Nefu

Nefu is a male mandrill. He is the nephew of Rafiki.
When Nefu visited his uncle for the day, he begged to learn magic. Rafiki relented and instructed Nefu to stack golden gourds on the shelves of his storage room. Eventually, Nefu grew tired of the chore and used Rafiki's stick to magically force the trees to come to life and help him. However, the spell got out of control, and Rafiki had to step in to revert things to normal. Afterward, Nefu opted to not use magic to complete his chores.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Nefu lived with his parents. He admired his uncle, Rafiki, and longed to be a shaman just like him.
===Apprenticeship to Rafiki===
When his parents went to the fine country for a getaway weekend, Nefu decided to stay with Rafiki. He told his uncle that he wanted to be a shaman just like him. He then asked Rafiki to teach him how to draw on the tree and how to make magic. Rafiki took Nefu to his storage room and instructed him to stack the shelves with golden gourds. Rafiki then took his nephew to the gourd trees and, without helping him, made him pick up the gourds and place them on the shelves.
When Nefu went into the room with a few of the gourds, the gourds magically placed themselves on the shelves. The young mandrill believed that Rafiki had tricked him into doing his chores, so he decided to use Rafiki's stick to make the gourd trees come to life and place the gourds in the room for him. Later, when the room was completely filled with gourds, one of the trees continued throwing more in the room, and Nefu tried to get it to stop.
When the tree refused to stop throwing the gourds in the room, Nefu used the stick to make lightning strike the tree. But then it got very stormy, and the wind broke Rafiki's stick in half. Nefu then ran into his uncle, and the two mandrills went back into the room.
Rafiki saw that the room was filled with gourds. He became suspicious, as he believed that Nefu had had help, which the young mandrill denied. The tree suddenly came back to life and threw more gourds in the room. After Rafiki saw the tree, he wondered what had happened to the stick. Nefu explained what had happened and said that he would never mess with magic again.
After Rafiki forgave Nefu, he showed his nephew that he had more sticks in his closet. He then went outside and used his magic to turn things back to normal. He then forced Nefu to return the extra gourds to the trees and offered him part of his old magic stick for him to use as help. Nefu, however, decided to do the chore on his own. Rafiki replied that he was being very wise. When the two mandrills went back into the storage room, Nefu accidentally turned Rafiki's tree another color.
==Physical appearance==
Nefu is a small and skinny mandrill. He has grayish-brown fur, with a pink face, pink ears, pink hands, and pink feet. He also has blondish-brown dreadlocks. He wears a red scarf and green pants.
==Personality and traits==
Nefu is rambunctious. He is also quite lazy and snarky, as he used magic to complete his chores for him. He is fascinated by the idea of magic and looks up to his uncle, Rafiki. Even so, Nefu learned the hard way that magic must be respected, not abused, and ultimately chose to complete his chores without it.
==Appearances==
* The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
** "Rafiki's Apprentice"
* This Chore's a Bore
==Trivia==
* Nefu was voiced by Tahj Mowry.
==References==
Category:Characters
Category:The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa characters
Category:Males
Category:Mandrills
Category:Pride Landers