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| Nala's father | |
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| Physical Attributes | |
| Gender |
Male |
| Species | |
| Fur color |
Gold, red, and white |
| Distinguishing features |
Head tuft |
| Biographical Information | |
| Residence | |
| Affiliations | |
| Familial Information | |
| Family |
Sarafina (mate) |
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Nala's father is an adult male lion. He is the mate of Sarafina, and the father of Nala.
Biography
Early life
As a cub, Nala's father fell from a tree, but he was saved by the Lion Guard. Upon reaching adulthood, he reared a single daughter, Nala, with Sarafina.
The Lion Guard
"Paintings and Predictions"
Nala's father is saved from a fall by the Lion Guard of his time
When Bunga steals Rafiki's staff, he stumbles upon paintings of Nala's father as a cub and mistakes him for Kion. Curious, Bunga touches the paintings with Rafiki's staff, bringing them to life, and watches in horror as Nala's father falls from a tree. A frightened Bunga proceeds to protect Kion from every tree they encounter, terrified that Rafiki's paintings predict the future.
Later, Rafiki reveals that the painting is in fact of Nala's father. In the past, Nala's father had fallen from a tree branch and been saved by the Lion Guard of his day.
"Cave of Secrets"
Nala's father appears in a painting during the musical sequence, "Wisdom on the Walls".
Behind the scenes
- The revelation of this unnamed lion being Nala's father contradicts a statement made by The Lion King directors Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers during the film's Tenth Anniversary Reunion discussion panel, where they stated that the general assumption is that Nala's father is either Mufasa or Scar.[1]
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References
| Season 1 of The Lion Guard | ||||||||||
| "Never Judge a Hyena by its Spots": Absent | "The Rise of Makuu": Absent | "Bunga the Wise": Absent | "Can't Wait to be Queen": Absent | "Eye of the Beholder": Absent | "The Kupatana Celebration": Absent | "Fuli's New Family": Absent | "The Search for Utamu": Absent | |||
| "Follow that Hippo!": Absent | "The Call of the Drongo": Absent | "Paintings and Predictions": Mentioned | "The Mbali Fields Migration": Absent | "Bunga and the King": Absent | "The Imaginary Okapi": Absent | "Too Many Termites": Absent | "The Trouble with Galagos": Absent | |||
| "Janja's New Crew": Absent | "Baboons!": Absent | "Beware the Zimwi": Absent | "Lions of the Outlands": Absent | "Never Roar Again": Absent | "The Lost Gorillas": Absent | "The Trail to Udugu": Absent | "Ono's Idol": Absent | |||
| "Beshte and the Hippo Lanes": Absent | "Ono the Tickbird": Absent | |||||||||
| Season 2 of The Lion Guard | ||||||||||
| "Babysitter Bunga": Absent | "The Savannah Summit": Absent | "The Traveling Baboon Show": Absent | "Ono and the Egg": Absent | "The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar": Absent | "Let Sleeping Crocs Lie": Absent | "Swept Away": Absent | "Rafiki's New Neighbors": Absent | |||
| "Rescue in the Outlands": Absent | "The Ukumbusho Tradition": Absent | "The Bite of Kenge": Absent | "Timon and Pumbaa's Christmas": Absent | "The Morning Report": Absent | "The Golden Zebra": Absent | "The Little Guy": Absent | "Divide and Conquer": Absent | |||
| "The Scorpion's Sting": Absent | "The Wisdom of Kongwe": Absent | "The Kilio Valley Fire": Absent | "Undercover Kinyonga": Absent | "Cave of Secrets": Mentioned | "The Zebra Mastermind": Absent | "The Hyena Resistance": Absent | "The Underground Adventure": Absent | |||
| "Beshte and the Beast": Absent | "Pride Landers Unite!": Absent | "The Queen's Visit": Absent | "The Fall of Mizimu Grove": Absent | "Fire from the Sky": Absent | ||||||
