Bunga/Relationships

The relationships of Bunga from The Lion Guard.
==Family==
===Timon and Pumbaa===
Bunga first met the meerkat and warthog when they were looking for Utamu. When Bunga came up to them, Timon was hesitant, but Pumbaa insisted that they keep him. Bunga loves his adoptive uncles very much. In fact, he has his friends put one a Christmas celebration for them. In Return to the Pride Lands, Timon and Pumbaa are shown to be very happy that Bunga returned to the Pride Lands safely.
===Kion===
Kion and Bunga have been best friends ever since they were little toddlers. Kion does not lose his temper with his annoyances very often as a cub, but once he gets his scar as a teenager, Bunga begins to think that Kion will turn evil and that he will stay that way forever. Even so, Bunga admitted that he would stick by Kion's side even if ended up turning bad (which he did not). Bunga seems very happy for Kion when he remains good and stops Makucha's Army with a huge roar and cheers for him loudly when he becomes king of the Tree of Life.
==Friends==
===Binga===
Bunga and Binga are instantly attracted to each other when they first meet. They have several competitions, but Binga keeps winning. Shortly before Bunga heads back to the Pride Lands, Bunga notes that he and Binga are just as close to each other as Kion and Rani, implying that the honey badgers are at least dating. When Kion becomes king of the Tree of Life, he and Binga are cheering loudly for their close friend.
===Fuli===
Fuli occasionally gets annoyed with Bunga, but even so they have been close friends ever since they were infants. Fuli is concerned for Bunga when he was bitten by Ushari in Fuli's New Family, but it turns out that honey badgers are immune to venomous bites.
===Beshte===
Beshte and Bunga have been close friends ever since they were infants and they have a lot in common because they are both friendly and are eager to protect their friends, family, and home. Bunga occasionally calls Beshte "Big B" and Beshte affectionately calls Bunga "Little B." Despite the fact that Kion was mean to Beshte when they were close to the Tree of Life, Beshte scolds Bunga for saying that Kion will turn evil because Beshte knows that Kion did not mean to pick on him and that his scar is bothering him very much.
===Ono===
Even though Ono occasionally gets annoyed at Bunga because of his foolishness, he still considers him a valuable friend. In fact, Ono was the one who saved Bunga's life before he would meet the fiery fate that Ushari had. Ono has also tried to get Bunga clean once when he gets him to roll around on mint leaves because Ono does not care for Bunga's stinkiness.
===Simba===
Bunga initially thought of Simba as a scaredy cat when he told Kion not to go to the Outlands. He also made Simba angry because he was causing a lot of trouble in "Bunga and the King." However, shortly after they part ways in the hole, they realize that they were raised by Timon and Pumbaa under philosophy, Hakuna Matata, ever since they were younger. From this point forward, Simba considers Bunga to be family.
===Kiara===
Bunga has saved Kiara numerous times, whether it be from a gazelle stampede and Janja's hyenas. They also work together on occasion, such as when they put out a wildfire when Dhahabu was visiting, or when they were looking for a way out of the tunnels underground.
===Shujaa===
When Bunga meets Shujaa, he seems happy to meet a gorilla whose strength rivals Beshte's. When Shujaa accidentally destroys parts of the Pride Lands, Bunga seems impressed by how strong he is. He even thanks Shujaa when he inadvertently throws a boulder at a termite mound.
===Dhahabu===
Dhahabu was Bunga's crush before he met Binga. Bunga did not mind when Dhahabu called him a little mongoose. He was bold enough stand up for her against Makucha, even when the leopard tried to manipulate the Guard to leave his territory. Bunga also dances eagerly as she sings on Pride Rock. He also seems jealous of Fuli, Tiifu, and Zuri when the golden zebra selects them as their guard instead of him.
===Rafiki===
Bunga initially believed that Rafiki's paintings predicted the future, but Rafiki tells him that if he jumps to conclusions it will lead to confusions. Bunga and his friends once saved Rafiki's life from Janja's hyenas and Reirei's jackals. Bunga at one time trained with Rafiki on how to use his stick to fight against enemies, such as Scar's Army.
===Makini===
Bunga and Makini are good friends. They first meet in "The Rise of Scar." Makini helps Bunga defeat Kenge and the hyenas. In "Mama Binturong" Bunga helps get Makini's staff.
===Anga===
Bunga and Anga are good friends. She helps the Lion Guard get to the Tree of Life.
== Acquaitances==
===Janja===
Janja and Bunga were initially enemies. Even though Janja has reformed, Bunga occasionally forgets that Janja is good even after he turned against Scar. Janja also gets annoyed with Bunga when they fight Vitani's Lion guard and still seems to be annoyed with Bunga, unlike any other member of Kion's Lion Guard.
===Rani===
Rani initially thought of Bunga as an enemy because he caused a rockslide, but Bunga was welcomed to the Tree of Life when Kion selflessly pleads for Ono to be healed. Rani still thinks Bunga is a troublemaker though. Even as Kion and Rani grow closer, Rani is annoyed when Bunga insisted that he go with her when she wants to talk to Kion about his roar. She is annoyed again, unlike Kion when Bunga wrecks another moment between Kion and Rani. Regardless, Rani still considers Bunga part of the Night Pride.
===Varya===
Bunga and Varya are good friends. Bunga helps watch Varya's Cubs.
===Jasiri===
Bunga and Jasiri are good friends. At first he was shocked that Kion was friends with a hyena. Bunga finds out that Jasiri isn't like the hyenas in Janja's clan. Bunga even liked the idea of the Hyena Resistance.
===Majinuni and Hafifu===
Bunga is good friends with Majinuni and Hafifu. At first he thought that they were baboons. He liked how they picked him up and made him fart. He also liked playing in the snow with them.
==Enemies==
=== Ushari ===
Bunga and Ushari have been bitter enemies for years. Bunga would purposefully annoy him or attack the cobra even when he was not doing anything wrong. Ushari has also bitten him before, but Bunga was not affected because he is immune to venomous bites. Ushari gets his revenge upon Bunga and the Guard by summoning the spirit of Scar in hopes of side-lining the Lion Guard. When Ushari injures his best friend Kion, he is the first one to defend him against the snake. When Ushari attempts to kill Kion once Scar is destroyed, Bunga intercepts the attack and knocks Ushari into the lava pit, killing him.
===Scar===
Bunga hates Scar just as much as most Pride Animals would. He was told stories by his adoptive uncles of how terrible Scar was. He along with the rest of Kion's Lion Guard and Makini meet Scar shortly after Scar sent Sumu to sting Simba. Scar soon sends his army to kill Bunga and the rest of his friends, but they escaped, so that Simba would be cured from the scorpion poison. Bunga was just as determined as Kion to defeat Scar. After Scar's defeat, Bunga worries that Scar is right that Kion will turn bad.
===Mama Binturong===
Mama Binturong becomes Bunga's archenemy when he fights her to get tuliza for his friend, Kion. After he destroys most of Mama Binturong's tuliza, she vows to get revenge on the honey badger. When she sees Bunga and Binga having snowball fights, she attempts to kill them both, but Bunga effortlessly defeats her. Mama Binturong then comes up with schemes to get rid of him, only to be blown away by Kion's roar in The Triumph of the Roar.
===Ora===
Bunga attempts to ride Ora, but Ora tells him to get off and calls him stinky. Bunga is also happy to see Kion roar at Ora and his komodo dragons off of Dragon Island. When Ora attempts to attack Lumba-Lumba, he fights Ora and his komodo dragons again. Ora then vows revenge on Bunga and his allies. Bunga later happily watches Ora and his friends get defeated by Kion once and for all.
===Chuluun===
When Bunga first met Chuluun, he asks her if she has heard about the Circle of Life concept. She claims that she plays by her own rules. Bunga gets some of his Chosen One paint on her, so that the red pandas can see her. When Bunga, his friends, and the red pandas surround Chuluun, he farts in her face and she falls in the snow. Chuluun then joins Makucha for revenge against Bunga. When Makucha's Army is defeated in The River of Patience, Chuluun directly mentions that they should especially get rid of Bunga. Bunga is happy to see Chuluun and her allies be blown away from the Tree of Life by Kion in The Triumph of the Roar.
===Zira===
Bunga knew that Zira was bad when Rafiki told him about who Zira was. When he and his friends go to the Outlands rescue Kion, he reminds Kion that Scar lost the Roar of the Elders because he used it for evil, not because he used it against other lions. Kion realizes that Bunga is right and roars the Outsiders out of the Outlands. Years later, Jasiri and Janja go to the Tree of Life to warn Bunga and the others about Zira's threat to the Pride Landers. They then head for the Pride Lands, only to find out that she is deceased.
===Kenge===
Kenge bit Bunga and his friends, but he is the only one not affected by the monitor lizard's venom. Bunga, however, distracted Kenge by calling him a little lizard while Makini takes the melons from him and the hyenas. This angers him to the point to where he tries to attack Bunga, but he bites Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu instead.
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