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Iron Joe
Iron Joe
Iron Joe
Physical information
Gender

Male

Species

Meerkat

Skin color

Pink

Hair color

Black, cream, and gray

Eye color

Black

Distinguishing features

   Furless tail tip
   Scraggly body
   Stray hairs on head

Biographical information
Status

Living

Residence

   Hakuna Matata (presumably)
   Meerkat territory (formerly)

Affiliations

Timon's colony

Titles

Sentry

Don't close your eyes! Don't look away! Somebody's gotta guard us! Somebody's gotta protect us!
―Iron Joe[src]

Iron Joe is a male meerkat. He is a member of Timon's colony.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Iron Joe was a member of Timon's colony. He served as a sentry.[1]

Sentry duty[]

All you have to do is watch for hyenas and yell if you see one. Look at Iron Joe.
Ma explains sentry duty to Timon[src]

When Ma taught her son, Timon, how to be a sentry for their colony, she indicated Iron Joe, who was filling the position. As Timon watched, Iron Joe frantically warned Timon to stay alert in order to protect the colony. He was then carried off by several meerkats, which left Timon in discomfort. Later, Timon's colony moved to the jungle.[1]

Physical appearance[]

Iron Joe is scraggly and thin. His main pelt is pale gray, while his chest, neck, and lower jaw are cream. His front and back paws are gray, as is what is left of his tail, and his tail tip is frayed so that only bald pink skin remains. Like most meerkats, he has dark stripes on his back. He is quite harried in appearance, with unkempt fur and three strands of hair sticking out of his head. He has bulging black eyes with yellow sclerae.[1]

Personality and traits[]

Iron Joe is extremely anxious, jumpy, and paranoid. He takes his job seriously, as he passionately ranted to Timon about the importance of a sentry's duty.[1]

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Revealed in Disney's The Lion King 1½ (2004). Written by Tom Rogers and directed by Bradley Raymond. Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kevin Schon. IMDb. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved on September 1, 2020.
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