For the ceremony, Rafiki the baboon cracks open a gourd and makes a red mark on Simba's forehead. In the beginning of the first film, Simba is an infant curled up in his mother's paws during the royal ceremony, where all cubs of the king and queen are presented from the summit of Pride Rock. Simba as an infant being anointed by Rafiki I laugh in the face of danger!" -Simba, at the Elephant Graveyard Information The Lion King Cub Simba "Danger? Ha! I walk on the wild side. Rather than rule by law and justice, Simba follows his heart and trusts the counsel of his friends, making him a very beloved king. However, he still retains some of his childhood innocence in the way he rules. By having the responsibilities of being a king thrust upon him so suddenly, Simba was forced to mature greatly.Īs a ruler and as a father, Simba makes good decisions and is more down-to-earth. Later, when Simba learned that Scar was ruling the Pridelands unjustly, he faced his past and returned to take his place as the rightful king. He later picked up a happy, carefree lifestyle with Timon and Pumbaa in an idyllic jungle paradise.Īs an adolescent, he had long since forgotten his old life, and once again acted as over-confident and adventurous as he did as a cub. Scar told the young Simba to flee from the Pridelands and never return. He didn't know, however, that Scar was at fault and was convinced by Scar that he was responsible for his father's death. He suffered serious emotional trauma when Scar, his uncle, murdered Mufasa through a twisted scheme directly involving the unsuspecting Simba. He was prone to overstepping his authority and attempting to order the other creatures of the Pridelands around. Mufasa: "Before sunrise, he's your son." - Sarabi and Mufasa when Simba is trying to awake his fatherĪs a cub, Simba was curious, adventurous and all too ready to become king of the Pridelands. His eyes are more gentle and brighter than his father's. Now an adult, Simba is stronger and has a fully grown red-brown mane that is lighter in color than his father's. In his adolescent years he started to grow more head hair. As a young cub, Simba had golden fur with a slight golden tuft of fur on his head.
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