Mufasa and Scar: the story of the confrontation

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

W alt Disney's animated masterpiece The Lion King, which won many honorary awards, including two Oscar statuettes, continues to be one of the most beloved cartoons among viewers. The main characters are Mufasa and Scar, two lions living in the same pride. They are the most famous Disney characters.

Brief information about the Ruler of the Pride Lands

Mufasa is the central character in the first part of the cartoon "The Lion King", the father of Simba. He appears before the audience in the form of a wise and just leader of the pride. When his son Simba grows up, Mufasa tells him about the Circle of Life, how everything is interconnected, and about the savannah.

It is he who tells the young lion cub that all the kings of the pride live among the stars. Subsequently, Simba, more than once looking at the starry sky, asked his father for advice. Lion Mufasa and Scar are complete opposites, but knowing how cunning his brother is, the king allows him to live in the pride. Although this usually does not occur among lions: it is this case that will serve as an argument in the future in the dispute about whether they are siblings.

Scardreams of taking Mufasa's place and comes up with a cunning plan. He tricks Simba into a canyon, and the hyenas drive a herd of antelopes into it. The Lion King rushes to save his son without hesitation. He manages to pull Simba onto a rock, but is himself run over by antelopes. Mufasa was able to climb the gorge, but Scar, despite asking for help, throws the lion into a stream of running antelope. And the Lion King dies. Later, Mufasa appears to his grown son in the form of a spirit and convinces him to return to the Pride Lands.

The main antagonist of the cartoon

Scar is the main villain of The Lion King. He is Mufasa's younger brother and Simba's uncle. Scar was not happy that his brother had an heir, because he himself became the second contender for the place of the ruler of the pride.

The cunning lion wanted to kill his nephew, but his plan failed. Then he negotiates with the hyenas to remove Mufasa, and in return they will be able to live on the Pride Lands. Scar and the hyenas make the herd of antelope run away. When the king saves his son, the cunning lion pushes his brother off the cliff. Scar tells Simba that his father died because of him and forces him to leave the pride.

The lion thought that the hyenas would attack his nephew in the desert, but they could not catch up with him and decided that he would die of starvation. During the reign of Scar, a drought came, the hyenas left the pride without food. Years later, Simba returns, but his cunning uncle tells everyone that he is to blame for Mufasa's death.

During the conversation, the lion drove him onto a rock and wanted to repeat the scenebrother's death. At that moment, Scar tells the truth to Simba. But during a fierce and stubborn fight, the young lion wins and throws the cruel uncle off the cliff. The relationship between Mufasa and Scar is one of the main storylines of the cartoon.

Brothers or not?

After 23 years, the creators of the cartoon made a statement that Mufasa and Scar are not siblings. According to them, these are just two lions who lived in the same pride and had a tense relationship. The creators noted that they built the confrontation between the lion Mufasa and Scar on their unequal position: one is a recognized leader by all, the other has always remained in the shadows.

Authors in additions to the cartoon have repeatedly said that they were inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. Therefore, they decided to make Mufasa and Scar brothers to give more drama. It was even supposed that in that famous tragic scene the cruel lion would utter the following phrase: “Good night, dear prince!”, But it was decided to replace it with “Long live the King!”. Most fans continue to consider lions as siblings.

Mufasa's appearance in the second part

After the success of the first cartoon, a sequel was released. In it, Simba acts as the leader of the pride. It tells the story of growing up of his daughter Kiara. In this part, Simba already has to learn how to make fair decisions.

Kiara meets the exile Kovu. And then her father had a nightmare: the scene of Mufasa's death, in which Simba was already on hisplace, and Kovu throws him off a cliff. This dream symbolizes the leader's distrust of the new member of the pride. At the end of the cartoon, when Simba allows the exiles to return to the pride (and Kovu), he hears the voice of his father, who is proud of him.

Scar's image continued

In the second part, the main antagonist of the first part, like Mufasa, appears in The Lion King 2. In addition to Simba's nightmare, a parallel is drawn between him and the young lion Kovu. In the scene when he looks at the reflection in the water, Kovu sees an image of Scar. Initially, the young lion is associated with him because of the scar that he left him, thereby designating him as his heir. But the hopes of his mother and Scar did not come true, Simba accepts him into the family, and Kovu returns to the Pride Lands, where he lives with Kiara, the leader's daughter.

The Lion King Mufasa and Scar as children

The history of strained relations between the brothers begins in the early years. The young lion Scar was named Tako and he and his brother were trained to become the ruler of the pride. The translation of his name means "dirt" or "garbage". Mufasa and Scar's father, King Ahadi, chooses his eldest son as his successor, which upsets and turns his younger brother against him.

The story of Mufasa and Scar's childhood is told in The Lion King. Six Adventures. Taco wanted to humiliate his brother by pushing him into the water when the buffaloes came to the watering hole. But Mufasa was able to dodge and rushed to save his brother, who was attacked by buffaloes. Ahadimanages to save the young lions, but Tako is left with a scar. After this incident, he asks to call him that, in order to remember what anger can lead to.

The story of The Lion King was created many years ago, but it is still loved by everyone. A beautiful and emotional plot, an African landscape, magical music - all this immerses the viewer in an atmosphere of freedom, harmony and conveys natural beauty.