This isn't a poll but I'm just interested in your opinions.

In my opinion, the lion never actually revealed his name to Scar sine Scar himself didn't say the name of the lion. That or he didn't feel the need to since it wouldn't bear any purpose.

A fitting name could be Ubaya, which translates to "Evil" in Swahilli, which is fitting considering the popular fan-theory that he is descended from the Evil Lions of the Past. It makes even better sense when you consider the double-theory that he is an ancestor of Zira's

As good as the idea sounds, I do not think Disney will make a 4th season, for numerous reasons.

The first is that Ford Riley, on Instagram, said that Disney was satisfied with the ending of the 3rd season, so the show didn't get a continuation.

The second reason is because Ford Riley no longer works for the Walt Disney Company as a whole. The final season was written and finished ahead of time, so by the time that Battle for the Pride Lands and the entire first half of the season was leaked, Ford Riley's contract with Disney ended with the show. Most spin-offs or renewals are made with the same team as the original, so unless someone takes over in Ford Riley's place, we might not see any new TLG content come out.

And just a side-note, I seriously think we should stop asking him anything TLG related. It's been a year and people are constantly spamming "Where is TLG S4" on his posts, even going so far as to go onto his old posts from 2016 and beg him for S4. In no way does that sit right with me, and I think we should stop looking at this man and instantly viewing him as the "God" of Disney's The Lion Guard.

The third reason is in regards to Mercury Filmworks. Around the same time that the finale of The Lion Guard aired, Tangled: The Series, another show animated by Mercury Filmworks, jump-started its final season, which lasted from October, to March. When you link the time-lines, it's easy to assume Disney canceled the Lion Guard in favor of Tangled: The Series, especially when you compare the run-times of their third seasons.

But I digress, even though Tangled is over as of a year ago, Mercury Filmworks isn't just gonna up and return to TLG now that it's canceled. Especially since now in these times where a certain entity which I will not mention is damaging the film industry as a whole. Unless another animation studio will take over for the show, the chances of TLG being renewed for the 4th season are highly slim.

4thly, and this was only in the wake of recent events, bear with me, Disney is planning a sequel to their CGI remake, which ironically premiered on the same day that TLG S3 finished production. So Disney isn't exactly abandoning Simba and his lions, but the thing is, the remake does not fit into the original's canon. That's why it's referred to as a remake. So anything that is added into its continuity can't be considered canon to the original, and vice-versa.

And get this - They announce this sequel ONE YEAR after their remake film comes out. One year. It took 2 years for the production of Simba's Pride to be finalized, it probably took between 2-4 years for the pilot of TLG to be completed, and it was like, 6 years in between the two Frozen films. And remember, the Lion Guard ended not even a year after the remake had been released. But Disney waited one year to announce a sequel to their remake, proving that they held it in high regard.

To some fans, this may indicate that Disney isn't abandoning the franchise and could possibly make a 4th season. I say that isn't true.

If Disney truly cared about The Lion Guard, and its status, they would've either -

A) Renewed it for the 4th season.

B) Announced a new series that's a continuation of TLG

C) Announced a new film that serves as a sequel to both TLK 2 and TLG.

However, that obviously wasn't the case here. In the case with A, it normally takes a year for a series to be renewed for another season. TLG was announced to have a third season before the second season finished its run. Yet here we are almost a year and a half into the future and no signs of any official TLG continuations.

With the case of B and C, I stand by the fact that Disney preferred their remake to have a sequel rather than their TV Show to have a sequel, and they did this one year after their remake and TV Show finale was released. So Disney does not prioritize their series enough to make a continuation.

Finally, and this is based on pure theory - It is unlikely Disney will ever make a sequel to Simba's Pride. They had multiple attempts and they didn't pull through with it. 1 1/2, instead of being a true prequel, or a true sequel, was a midquel. When TLG was announced, many people assumed it would pick up after Simba's Pride, but instead it went with the classic midquel route, and it wasn't until the very last episode where we finally get a post-TLK 2 story. They would've made a post-TLK 2 film years ago but they didn't, and it has been 2 decades since it came out. If Disney made another TLG series or renewed it for the 4th season, it might be meant that they had to base the story after the second movie,

If a 4th season does come out, that would be cool, (and I do hope they have better animation mange to retcon the continuity errors that the first 3 seasons brought in the show) but if Disney was at all planning another continuation of the original film, we would've known for sure. Instead we have no proof at all.

I think for those who consider TLG canon, then we might as well just consider Return to the Pride Lands to be the finale of The Lion King franchise.

If you think about it, Kovu is Simba's adopted cousin. Sooo Kiara married her adopted cousin twice removed

This is an oversight which I noticed during the series but Reirei and Kiburi are not at all seen in the final episode.

You think that with the threat of Zira, they'd want to take her out, but no, they're not seen.

It's easy to assume Jasiri simply forced everyone to evacuate their respective territories, but if she was going to help Kion keep the peace, would she not have simply recruited them?

And wouldn't Vitani have been told of how the vultures, jackals, crocodiles, and hyenas are no longer a threat now that Scar is gone?

Or do the jackals and crocodiles still cause trouble from time to time?

Yes, exactly what I said. This post was inspired by @Pinkpeony73 's post A thought.

I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I like to acknowledge all of the amazing things about Bunga.

Is he reckless? Yes, a lot. Can he be insensitive? Yes, he can. Is he stubborn? Yes, he's known for being that.

Despite all of this, I am going to "look beyond what I can see" with his character.

First of all, he has a strong sense of loyalty, especially towards Kion and the Guard. Bunga would do anything for the Guard, even to the point that he takes risks to do so. He even encourages Kion and to remind him that no matter what when or not he uses the Roar, he's not evil. However, his behavior towards him was different in the "Friends to the End", but I personally think that he was out of character and the end of Season 3 was pretty rushed. Also, even though he can be insensitive, the minute when he realizes it, he apologizes. For example, in "The Imaginary Okapi", when Kion told Bunga that he hurt him, he instantly apologized to Beshte along with Ono. This shows no matter what, he knows what's right and wrong, and he doesn't intend to hurt people.

Here's a picture of Bunga giving Kion a pep talk to continue to use the roar, and that he's not evil for trying to protect his family (Never Roar Again).

Secondly, he cares about his family. Bunga didn't have a family until he was adopted by TImon and Pumbaa. Ever since then, Bunga would do anything for his uncles. He always makes sure to not let them down by bringing the Utamu, and when he wasn't able to, he was so sad when he thought that he let them down. Another example of this is in the episode "Timon and Pumbaa's Christmas". Bunga wanted to have a whole performance and he wasn't willing to give up, even though he had less than a day to prepare.

In "Timon and Pumbaa's Christmas", Bunga tells Simba that before Timon and Pumbaa took him in, he had no family. He also mentioned that they did the same thing to Simba. Bunga wanted his uncles to have the best Christmas ever!

Finally, Bunga had a character growth in Season 3. First of all, when Ushari attempted to bite Kion in the Battle For the Pridelands, he stopped him from doing so and almost fell in the volcano (thanks Ono for saving him...I love you more than ever too). This brings back to my first point about his strong loyalty. This sacrifice shows that Bunga can take risks that benefit others and shows his true bravery. Secondly, remember when Rafiki said, "Honey badgers are the smartest when they think things through?" Bunga falls into the category when he leaps before he looks, but he started to think before he acts. For example, not having to do with his "secret weapon", was when Kion was struggling to fight a Komodo dragon, Bunga used Lumba-Lumba's tail as a launchpad to knock down the dragon to save Kion. It shows that Bunga is heading towards the right direction. Bunga's still reckless, but it will be a learning process.

Bunga makes a huge risk to potentially sacrifice himself for Kion, which is one of the best risks that he ever made in the show. This scene made me love Bunga even more than before, and Ono because he saved his life.

However, I do agree that he can be childish at times, mainly because The Lion Guard was targeted at younger audiences to introduce The Lion King franchise. I bet that he wouldn't be this childish if the age group was for older audiences.

Note: I respect your opinions about Bunga, even if yours differ from mine, and it's okay to dislike him. Everyone has different character preferences, but that's what makes things interesting...because like I said, it's most important that we all love the TLK franchise :) Also, I may be a tad biased because Bunga's one of my favorite TLK characters along with Timon and Pumbaa.

Thank you for reading, this is something that I always wanted to mention for a long, long, long time, way before I knew that this Fandom existed and joined it.

Also, thanks Peony for bringing him up, which gave me an opportunity to share my opinion. I mentioned it as a reply, but I wanted to make a more detailed explanation about it. I feel very proud of this post, and it's probably one of my best one.

I'm sorry for posting this here. I know this isn't about The Lion King, but I really need help, and I don't know where else to ask it.

I would ask it on The Jungle Book wiki, but they don't have discussion posts. And even if they did have it, no one but me is active there.

There are a lot of differend movies about The Jungle book. They all have the same characters, but my problem is that even though they are all the same character, they are all differend. They all look differend, they have a differend personality, in some movies they are males, while in others females, in some movies they are the villains, while in others they are the protagonists....

They all have one page now, but that doesn't seem right because they are so differend in each movie. And making a differend page for the characters from each movie can't either, because there would have to be way too much pages for just one character. (There would have to be 8 or 9 pages for one character.)

Does anyone have any idea what I should do?

Y'know, I used to really not like Bunga.

Now, I do.

*shrug*

Now, you may find that title a bit intense, but I think it’s applicable. I think that Kion and his Lion Guard were essentially forced into their role sooner than would have been traditional, let alone ideal. Of course, they filled those roles admirably, but it seems clear they had to learn a lot of things “on the job”. There are a couple of factors that played into this, but they ultimately have the same source: Scar.

As we know, the role of Lion Guard leader traditionally falls upon the second born child of the reigning monarch of the Pride Lands. Prior to Kion, the last known Lion to occupy this role was Scar. However, it seems natural to me to assume that Scar was preceded by an uncle, who presumably served as Lion Guard leader until Scar was deemed ready to assume the role himself. This uncle undoubtedly trained his young nephew to succeed him, and may well have passed over leadership to him in a fashion similar to that in which Kion eventually passed his role to Vitani. It may well be that this pattern was established by Askari himself, and will continue into future generations when Vitani passes on her duties to a child of Kovu and Kiara’s.

However, Scar represents a break in this lineage, for two reasons. First, he murdered his own Lion Guard with the power of the Roar, and thus lost it forever. As such, he would doubtless have been considered unfit to train a successor. Of course, Scar put the kibosh on that possibility himself when he killed Mufasa. Since Simba was Mufasa’s only cub, given that he was considered heir to the throne, there was no sibling of Simba’s to take up the mantle of leader of the Lion Guard.

With neither a great-uncle, uncle or aunt, or surviving members of any previous Lion Guard to turn to for counsel, Kion and his Guard had to figure out pretty much everything by themselves. This was obviously difficult, but gave them the chance to prove themselves in a way perhaps no Lion Guard had for generations. It may also be that their new kind of Lion Guard shook off some errors that the old system had fallen into. Here’s hoping Vitani’s Guard and those that come after can carry on the best of both traditions.