X

Quotes

Young Simba: Hey! Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?

Shenzi: Like... you?

Young Simba: Oops.

See more...

Mistakes

In the scene where Pumbaa gets jammed beneath a large tree root while trying to avoid being eaten by Nala, Timon runs over and tries to dislodge him from behind. Before Simba appears out of nowhere to pounce on Nala, notice how there's a large weed growing near the root on Pumbaa's left side. But just several shots later when Timon starts cheering Simba on, the weed vanishes. See more...

Picture

Movie Mistakes blog

Popular blog posts:

Top 15 biggest Harry Potter film mistakes

The 10 biggest mistakes in Iron Man 1 & 2

15 biggest mistakes in Titanic

30 Biggest mistakes in the Star Wars movies

The 20 biggest mistakes in Jurassic Park

Other great sites

Anything Hollywood

Bits & Pieces

Book mistakes

Bullz-Eye Movies

CanMag

Daily Stab

Defamer

Double Viking

EHOWA

Film Drunk

Foundry Music

Game mistakes

Geek Tyrant

Gone Hollywood

Hollyscoop

Hollywood Outbreak

I Am Bored

I Love Bacon

Joblo movie news

Movie Buzz

Movie spoilers

Movie timeline

Other crap

Rock Paper Everything

Screenjunkies

Sky movie reviews

Something Really Funny

Tengossip

Trailer Addict

Unreality Magazine

Mistakes
Trivia
Pictures
Quotes
Corrections
Questions
Submit
⇑
⇓
Disney wanted people to despise Scar, the film's villain, so, during Scar's big song 'Be prepared', they made references to Adolph Hitler. When Scar's army begins to march, they are goosestepping like Nazi soldiers and have their snouts raised like a Nazi salute (their snouts appear longer here than in any other part of the movie, and pointed to their right). Scar is on a large ledge, which resembles a balcony, much like that used by Hitler - on the side, the rock has a pattern resembling a giant Swastika. And finally, on the ground where the army marches, lines appear. These lines were on the streets of Germany, where the Nazis paraded.
Edit
⇑
⇓
In Swahili, 'Simba' means lion, 'Rafiki' means friend, and 'Shenzi' means uncivilized. There are many Swahili references throughout the film, and we can assume it takes place in Tanzania or Kenya, since Mt. Kilimanjaro is shown in several scenes.
Edit
⇑
⇓
In the movie Mufasa is voiced by James Earl Jones and the Lion Queen, Sarabi, is voiced by Madge Sinclair. Those same two actors also played the king and queen of Zamunda in the Eddie Murphy comedy "Coming to America".
Edit
⇑
⇓
The plot of the film is loosely based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. I know this sounds stupid... but king dies. His son discovers it was murder - the killer is the victim's brother, who is now in control. The son leaves the kingdom, only to return to challenge his uncle. Of course, Hamlet doesn't have quite such a happy ending, or as many songs.
Edit
⇑
⇓
When Mufasa tells Simba about the Great Kings of the Past if you look at the stars in the wide shot you can see a constellation in the shape of Mickey Mouse.
Edit Submitted by rabid anarchist
⇑
⇓
The film shares it's plot with Shakespeare's "Hamlet." In 2004, a spin-off was released entitled "The Lion King 1 1/2", which is similar in plot to Tom Stoppard's "Hamlet" spin-off, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead."
Edit
⇑
⇓
There is a scene where Nala asks Timon and Pumbaa where Simba is and neither of them know, then Rafiki says 'you won't find him here . . . the King has returned.' This scene is straight from the New Testament when Mary goes to Jesus' tomb and the angel tells her 'he is not here, for he is risen.' This explains why Rafiki is in a high place (the tree) above the others when he says his line and there is a bright light behind him to make him angelic looking.
Edit
⇑
⇓
Pumbaa is the first Disney character to be flatulent in a Disney film.
Edit Submitted by lmao Time
⇑
⇓
When Simba tells Scar, "You're so weird," Scar (voiced by Jeremy Irons) replies, "You have no idea." This is the exact same line Irons says in his Oscar-winning role as Claus von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune" (1990) when told he's a strange man.
Edit Submitted by Krista
⇑
⇓
After Timon and Pumbaa laugh at Simba for saying his father was watching him, Simba walks away and lies down. When he does, stuff flies everywhere and in the sky, many people think it says 'SFX', as a tribute to the special effects team, while others choose to believe it spells 'SEX'. This scene has been altered on the DVD version and the letters are no longer visible.
Edit
⇑
⇓
Adult Simba's singing voice is that of Joe Williams, who is the lead singer of ToTo and son of John Williams, the Star Wars composer.
Edit Submitted by lmao
⇑
⇓
In the initial theatrical release of the film, you heard a distinct "crunch" sound as the very last wildebeest leapt and landed over Simba's head and onto where Musafa is immediately after the stampede scene, implying the breaking of bones. It is not evident in any other versions.
Edit
⇑
⇓
The film characters and scenes are very similar to those found in a 1960s Japanese animated program, "Kimba the White Lion." The company that produced Kimba, Toho Studio, was aware of the similarites and threatened to sue Disney but dropped legal action because it could not afford a legal battle against the company.
Edit Submitted by megamii
⇑
⇓
Although Matthew Broderick is a singer, as well as an actor, he does not sing "Hakuna Matata" nor "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" in the film.
Edit