50 Fun Facts About The Lion Guard

A television executive described The Lion Guard as The Lion King crossed with which team of superheroes?

The Avengers was the comparison network boss Nancy Kanter made when the series was announced in 2014. Like that team, each member of the Guard brings one special strength.

Bunga, the bravest member of The Lion Guard and Kion's best friend, is what kind of animal?

A honey badger, Bunga learns that a snake's venom cannot hurt him, and the discovery makes him so reckless that he wanders into the Outlands, where the hyenas target him.

Which famous duo from The Lion King raised Bunga as his adoptive uncles in The Lion Guard?

Timon and Pumbaa took Bunga in as a youngster, just as they once raised Simba, an upbringing the king and the Guard's daredevil bond over when stuck underground together.

Which actor returned as the voice of Kion's late grandfather in the pilot film for The Lion Guard?

James Earl Jones, also the voice of Darth Vader, reprised the part he created in 1994 for Return of the Roar. Gary Anthony Williams took over for the rest of the series.

Names of characters, places and songs in The Lion Guard are drawn from which widely spoken African language?

Swahili supplies the show's names and catchphrases, a habit inherited from The Lion King, where Simba is simply the word for lion.

By tradition in The Lion Guard, the leader of the Guard is which child of the reigning king and queen?

The second-born leads the Guard while the first cub inherits the throne, which is why Kion patrols the Pride Lands and his older sister trains to be queen.

After defeating Scar, the heroes of The Lion Guard leave the Pride Lands to seek the Tree of Life on which continent?

Asia is where the Tree of Life stands, so the third season swaps savannah animals for tigers, a binturong and a friendly clouded leopard.

According to The Lion Guard, which animal gave the young Scar the wound behind his famous nickname?

A cobra bit him after a rogue lion from the Outlands lured him into its jaws. When his brother mocked the wound with a nickname, resentment grew into a plot for the throne.

Which song from The Lion King is sung in The Lion Guard episode where Simba and Bunga are trapped in a sinkhole?

Hakuna Matata is sung by the royal family and the whole Guard in the episode Bunga and the King, in which the two discover that the same carefree pair brought them both up.

Which star of Parks and Recreation and The West Wing voices King Simba in The Lion Guard?

Rob Lowe took over the grown-up king from Matthew Broderick, who voiced the character in the 1994 film and its sequel.

Which lion from The Lion King appears as a spirit in the sky to give Kion advice in The Lion Guard?

Mufasa counsels his grandson from the clouds whenever a problem seems too big, a secret that only a handful of Kion's friends ever learn.

Whom does Simba leave in charge of the Pride Lands while he attends a funeral in The Lion Guard?

Kiara rules for a day while her parents mourn an old friend, and the hyenas try to exploit the future queen's inexperience with a plan to seize the kingdom.

The Lion Guard ran for three seasons, from 2016 to 2019, on which television channel for young children?

Disney Junior carried all 74 episodes, though the pilot film, Return of the Roar, was first shown on the main Disney Channel in November 2015.

Fuli, the first female animal ever to serve in The Lion Guard, is what kind of big cat?

A cheetah, Fuli is the Guard's fastest member and Kion's trusted deputy, and unlike her friends she is happiest spending time alone.

Beshte, the strongest and friendliest member of The Lion Guard, is what kind of animal?

A hippopotamus, Beshte is the Guard's muscle but also its gentlest soul, acting as a big brother to the youngsters of his herd and a friend to every species.

Ono, the original keenest of sight in The Lion Guard, is which kind of African bird?

A cattle egret, Ono is the youngest member of the Guard. Real birds of his kind trail big grazing animals to snap up the insects they disturb.

Where in the Outlands does Scar return as a fiery spirit after Kion roars in anger in The Lion Guard?

The spirit rises in a volcano after the hyenas goad Kion into a furious roar, and the eruption lets Scar plot against the Pride Lands for a whole season.

Which scheming hyena leads the Outlands clan that keeps raiding the Pride Lands in The Lion Guard?

Janja starts as the show's chief troublemaker but changes sides after Scar betrays his clan, and he ends the series as a loyal ally of the Guard.

In The Lion Guard, Kion channels the Great Lions of the Past through a power called the Roar of the what?

The Roar of the Elders is a gift with a catch: it can turn dangerous when used in anger, and a leader who uses it for evil loses it for good.

Which queen of the Tree of Life does Kion marry in the final episode of The Lion Guard?

Rani leads the Night Pride, the lions who protect the Tree of Life, and after their wedding Kion stays on as its king while a new Guard defends his old home.

Which star of the cheerleading film Bring It On voices Queen Nala in The Lion Guard?

Gabrielle Union took over the queen from Moira Kelly, the voice of the grown-up lioness in the original film and its sequel.

Which bad-tempered snake joins the hyenas to bring back Scar and later bites Kion in The Lion Guard?

Ushari turns villain after being trampled by the Guard once too often, and his bite leaves Kion with a mark over the left eye that sends the heroes off in search of a cure.

Which crocodile takes over his float by winning a duel, then slowly reforms into an ally in The Lion Guard?

Makuu begins as a bully who invades his neighbours' territory, but in time he wants to be a better leader and earns a place at Simba's summit of Pride Lands leaders.

Which young mandrill becomes Rafiki's apprentice and later travels with The Lion Guard to the Tree of Life?

Makini trains to be a Royal Mjuzi, a keeper of knowledge who advises the royal family, and she ends the series serving the new queen of the Tree of Life.

Which bird joins The Lion Guard as its new keenest of sight at the start of season three?

Anga, a martial eagle, first helps the Guard by flying higher than their own lookout can, then takes over his job when his eyes are damaged in the battle with Scar.

Which lioness, a daughter of Zira, forms her own Guard while Kion is away in The Lion Guard?

Vitani proves she can lead without the Roar, so Kion hands the job to her all-lioness team and goes back to the Tree of Life.

Which friendly hyena, who respects the Circle of Life, ends up ruling the Outlands in The Lion Guard?

Jasiri befriends Kion in the opening episode of season one, later forms a hyena resistance against Scar, and is chosen to lead the Outlands once he is beaten.

Reirei, a scheming matriarch from the Outlands in The Lion Guard, leads a family pack of which animals?

Jackals make up Reirei's pack: her lazy mate Goigoi and their pups, including Dogo, whose rescue lets the whole family talk its way into the Pride Lands.

Mzingo, who scouts and spies for the hyenas in The Lion Guard, leads a flock of which birds?

Vultures follow Mzingo, and the show calls his flock a parliament. On Scar's orders they later start fires across the Pride Lands from the air.

After his eyesight is damaged in The Lion Guard, Ono gives up his old role and is named the Guard's what?

Smartest is the title Kion invents so his friend can stay on the team, a nod to the bird's deep knowledge of animals and their habitats.

Dhahabu, the Back Lands leader whose watering hole saves the Pride Lands in The Lion Guard, is a rare golden what?

A golden zebra, Dhahabu later travels from the Back Lands to agree a treaty with Simba, letting his subjects share her herd's water through the dry season.

Beshte's shy friend Ajabu, whom the rest of The Lion Guard believe is imaginary, is which rare forest animal?

An okapi, Ajabu has fled to the Pride Lands to escape a hungry predator, and his habit of hiding from strangers is why the others doubt he exists.

Kongwe, the wise old adviser Fuli must escort to Pride Rock in The Lion Guard, is what kind of animal?

A tortoise, Kongwe drives the speedy Fuli to distraction by stopping to observe everything, yet that patience is what teaches her how to outwit a prowling enemy.

On an island during the journey to the Tree of Life, The Lion Guard is attacked by which reptiles led by Ora?

Komodo dragons attack on a peninsula that Kion's Roar cuts off as an island, and once washed out to sea their leader joins the villains trailing the Guard.

During a celebration of his victory over Scar in The Lion Guard, Simba is poisoned by the sting of which creature?

A scorpion named Sumu, sent by Scar, delivers the sting, and the Guard must race into the Outlands to fetch the only cure before sundown.

In The Lion Guard, Nala takes her two cubs to find Udugu, which turns out to be a word meaning what?

Kinship is what Udugu means, the bond between siblings, and the cubs only grasp it when their mother vanishes and they have to work together to find her.

Which young actor, the voice of Sherman in Mr. Peabody & Sherman, plays Kion in The Lion Guard?

Max Charles had already played the young Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man before he led the Guard through all three seasons.

Which British actor, who played Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, voices the spirit of Scar in The Lion Guard?

David Oyelowo earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for the part, following Jeremy Irons and Jim Cummings as the voice of the villain.

Which star of Heathers and Mr. Robot voices the scheming snake who helps summon Scar in The Lion Guard?

Christian Slater plays the snake as a grump with a grudge: fed up with being trampled by the heroes, the reptile throws in his lot with the hyenas.

Which actor, best known as Brick Heck on the sitcom The Middle, voices Ono in The Lion Guard?

Atticus Shaffer recorded the part during his nine-season run on The Middle, and had earlier voiced Edgar in the animated film Frankenweenie.

Which villain from the Backlands secretly trails The Lion Guard to the Tree of Life to feast on rare animals?

Makucha, a leopard who has clashed with the Guard before, becomes the chief villain of the final season after overhearing talk of the rare creatures living at the Tree.

On a night patrol in The Lion Guard, Kion blasts away which harmless termite-eaters after mistaking them for hyenas?

Aardwolves are insect-eating relatives of hyenas, so sending them flying into the Outlands leaves the Pride Lands overrun with termites until the Guard brings them home.

Tamaa, who fools The Lion Guard by imitating the voice of any animal, is which kind of bird?

A drongo, Tamaa mimics other animals to scare them off their food, a trick real fork-tailed drongos play by faking alarm calls.

For the Mpando Mpya ceremony in The Lion Guard, Rafiki's apprentice plants which kind of tree in Mizimu Grove?

A baobab sapling is the centrepiece, and when it survives an attack by Scar's army the frightened Pride Landers take it as a sign to stay and stand together.

Which lion led the very first Guard and later teaches Kion to master the Roar in The Lion Guard?

Askari appears to Kion as a spirit and judges him ready to command the power only once the young leader is willing to give it up.

Which creator of the preschool series Special Agent Oso developed The Lion Guard and wrote its pilot film?

Ford Riley took inspiration from his eight-year-old son, who liked to pretend that he and his friends were a team of heroes at the park.

The makers of The Lion Guard researched the animals and habitats of which East African ecosystem for storylines?

The Serengeti was the reference point, and director Howy Parkins said its wildlife facts were woven into the stories without being made obvious.

The Lion Guard duet Sisi Ni Sawa earned an Outstanding Original Song nomination at which television ceremony?

The Daytime Emmy Awards shortlisted the song in 2017, and another number from the show was nominated in 2020. Kion sings it with a hyena he has just befriended.

In The Lion Guard, what did the young Scar do with the Roar that cost him the power forever?

Scar destroyed his followers, the lions he once led, with the Roar while plotting to seize the throne, and the power deserted him for good.

In a bamboo forest in The Lion Guard, which animals hail Bunga as the chosen one who will defeat a ghost?

Red pandas greet the Guard's daredevil as their saviour, and the ghost haunting them turns out to be a prowling big cat named Chuluun, who later joins the villains.