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Kwashi
Name Kwashi
Meaning Born Sunday[1]
Gender Male
Species Mandrills
Affiliation(s) Mufasa, Pridelanders
Appearances The Lion King (J.T Allen V.)
Voice Actors None
Close Relations Presumed Unnamed Sister, Uncle of two Unnamed Mandrill Children
Don't you know it's good luck to help a lion?
―Kwashi to presumably his sister

Kwashi is a baboon who was deleted from the final movie. He can be found in The Lion King (J.T Allen V.) script.

Appearance

Kwashi has is an old and rickety mandrill with a long silver beard, mane, and brown fur. His nose is pink, and his face is a lighter brown.

Personality

Mandrill One: Maybe Uncle Kwashi will know
Madrill Two: Yeah, he knows everything!
—Kwashi's nephews

Kwashi's personality is similar to that of Rafiki's, however he is purely wise and not a lick insane. He is a truthful and honest individual, not containing the truth even if it does hurt.

Information

In J.T's The Lion King

Zazu: ...Where are you off to in such a hurry?
Kwashi: To find a Lion, a Champion, to rid us of these...these heinous-
—Kwashi's plan to free the lands from Scar's paw and the hyenas

Kwashi meets Simba for the first time while picking blossoms when the prince is looking for his friend Nala. Later, when the lion is a teenager and Mufasa is defeated, he instructs Simba to run across the desert to escape the hyenas - to stay alive, and when he believes the prince has failed him, he looks for another lion to help free the Pride Lands.

He finds Simba again, older and stronger, and helps the lion take back his kingdom.

References

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