Goigoi

Goigoi is a male jackal. He is a member of Reirei's pack. He is the mate of Reirei, and the father of Dogo, Kijana, and their brothers.
On the day of the Kupatana celebration, Goigoi and his family entered the Pride Lands and used their son Dogo's friendship with the Lion Guard to get permission to stay. However, during Kupatana, the jackal family attacked the Pride Landers at Mizimu Grove but were defeated, after which Simba personally exiled them back to the Outlands.
Later, Goigoi and his fellow jackals allied with the spirit of Scar and became members of his army. Along with their allies, the jackals launched many attacks on the Pride Landers, which culminated in a final battle in the Outlands. The Pride Landers won the day, and the jackals submitted to Jasiri's leadership.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Goigoi lived in the Outlands. He became mates with Reirei, with whom he had many pups, including Dogo and Kijana.
===Kupatana===
Per Reirei's instructions, Dogo tricked the Lion Guard into letting him into the Pride Lands. Goigoi and his family then snuck in after him. However, Goigoi's sons slept in several aardvark warrens, and Goigoi ate fruit that belonged to the aardvarks, which incited the ire of Muhangus and Muhanga. Kion arrived and lectured the jackals on their behavior. However, Reirei excused her family's actions and begged Kion to let her and Goigoi stay with Dogo, and Kion reluctantly agreed.
Shortly afterward, Reirei taught her pups how to take advantage of other animals. In doing so, the jackals managed to annoy a large number of Pride Landers, and Kion was forced to intervene again. Once more, Reirei begged Kion to forgive them, and Kion allowed them to attend Kupatana.
At the celebration, Goigoi and his family attacked the Pride Landers. Goigoi was stopped by Fuli, who overwhelmed him with her speed. Simba himself approached the jackal family and roared, which sent them scurrying back to the Outlands.
===Imitated by Tamaa===
Tamaa imitated Goigoi in order to scare away small animals from their food.
===Attack on the aardwolves===
Goigoi was asleep in his den when Reirei entered with news that a pack of aardwolves had moved in next door. Goigoi asked where the hyraxes had gone, and Reirei reminded him that they had not moved out, which caused Goigoi to snicker and remark that they had been delicious.
Together, Goigoi and Reirei greeted the aardwolves, introducing themselves as the pack's new neighbors. At first, the aardwolves were frightened, but when they realized that the jackals were not going to harm them, they expressed relief that it was not the Lion Guard. The jackals reassured the aardwolves that they were nothing like the Lion Guard and tricked the pack into trusting them.
Afterward, a stray member of the pack, Mjomba, entered the den and told his friends that they were welcome back in the Pride Lands. Before the aardwolves could leave, Goigoi shoved a rock into the cave entrance, trapping the pack in the den. Goigoi and Reirei then launched their attack, but before they could score a meal, the Lion Guard arrived and drove them away. The jackals fled back into their den, where the Lion Guard shut them inside. No sooner had they been shut away when Goigoi fell asleep.
===Distracting the Lion Guard===
Reirei and her family plotted to attack a herd of zebras. Nearby, Kion picked up the pack's scent, and the Lion Guard rushed to rescue the zebras from their attackers. Too late, the pack struck, and Reirei's children, Dogo and Kijana, managed to isolate a young zebra named Hamu from the rest of the herd. Ono spotted the double attack, and Kion ordered Bunga and Ono to save Hamu while he, Beshte, and Fuli rescued the remainder of the herd. Kion stopped Reirei from harming the rest of the herd. Reirei tried to blame Hamu for harming Dogo, but Kion exiled her back to the Outlands, and the jackals took off for home.
In the Outlands, Reirei trained Dogo and Kijana to hunt using Goigoi as a makeshift target. The pups did so well that Reirei decided to return to the Pride Lands. Kijana worried about the Lion Guard, but Reirei asserted that she would come up with a plan to keep the Lion Guard from interfering with their hunt.
Once in the Pride Lands, Reirei and her pack overheard Muhimu and Twiga discussing Bunga's babysitting duties at Hakuna Matata Falls. Elated, Reirei decided to attack the little ones while they were separated from their parents and ordered Goigoi to think up a way to distract the Lion Guard and keep them away from Hakuna Matata Falls.
Once separated from Reirei, Goigoi overheard the Lion Guard heading to Hakuna Matata Falls and frantically tried to come up with a plan. In the midst of his panic, he accidentally stepped on his own tail and howled in pain, which alerted the Lion Guard to his presence. The team took chase, but in the midst of his escape, Goigoi accidentally fell halfway into a pit, and the Lion Guard gathered around him.
When questioned, Goigoi claimed that he had been chasing an antelope, but Ono assured Kion that there had been no other animals in the area. Suspecting Goigoi of foul intentions, Kion offered to help him out of the hole if he revealed where Reirei and the rest of his family were. Goigoi begrudgingly agreed and told the Lion Guard that his family was at Hakuna Matata Falls. Fearing for Bunga and Hamu's safety, the Lion Guard charged off to rescue them.
===Army of Scar===
====Attack on Rafiki====
In the midst of a chase with Janja's clan, Ono spotted Goigoi, Reirei, and their pack attacking a group of pangolins on the other side of the Pride Lands, and Kion was forced to split up his team. While he and Beshte continued to pursue the hyenas, Ono left with Bunga and Fuli to take on the jackals.
Fuli and Ono arrived to fend off the jackals. The fight began, but the jackals scattered around Fuli, making it impossible for her to catch them. Reirei then changed strategy, and the jackals began to pelt Fuli with the curled-up forms of the pangolins. However, when the pangolins landed, they unfurled and released gas into the faces of the jackals, which caused them to flee.
Back in the Outlands, the hyenas and jackals came before Scar, who ordered them to attack Rafiki, as he could sense the presence of the Great Lions of the Past. Janja and Reirei proceeded to argue over which faction should take on Rafiki, but Scar ended the fight by selecting Janja to eliminate Rafiki while Reirei created a diversion elsewhere.
After the meeting, Janja gloated to Reirei about Scar's decision to send the hyenas instead of the jackals. Reirei rose to the bait, proclaiming that jackals were the smartest species, and the two began to argue over which faction was more intelligent.
Back in the Pride Lands, Ono spotted the jackals chasing down a herd of gazelles, and Kion ordered his team to pursue them. In the meantime, Ono watched for hyenas from above. Shortly into the chase, Ono caught sight of the hyenas stalking Rafiki, and Kion quickly changed course, sending Tamaa to deal with the jackals, while the Lion Guard defended Rafiki from the hyenas.
Tamaa caught up to the jackals, where he cornered them in a clearing by impersonating the voices of the Lion Guard. Reirei was pleased that they had managed to attract the Lion Guard's attention away from Janja, but Goigoi worried that they would be harmed in the process. Tamaa attempted to imitate Kion's Roar, but the spectacle merely confused the jackals, who had expected to be blown away. Reirei noticed Tamaa's tail feathers through the trees and pounced on him, pinning him to the ground. She then realized that Kion had tricked them. The jackals promptly left to assist the hyenas.
In the meantime, the Lion Guard had joined forces with Rafiki and defeated the entirety of Janja's clan. Reirei and her pack soon arrived to help, and a fight instigated. The Lion Guard and Rafiki beat back the combined groups, and the hyenas and jackals retreated.
====Defeat in the volcano====
Goigoi and the rest of the Army of Scar cornered the Lion Guard in the midst of the Outlands, then in the volcano. He was defeated when Kion used the Roar of the Elders to clear a path to escape.
====Occupation of Kilio Valley====
After Kilio Valley successfully burned to the ground, Scar ordered Goigoi and the rest of the army to remain in the valley so that they would hold the territory. Janja attempted to appoint himself the leader of the army, but Kiburi, Mzingo, and Reirei protested vehemently. The villains then competed over who should be in charge of the valley. They continued to argue as the Lion Guard looked on.
====Alliance with Thurston====
Goigoi was tasked with finding food by his mate, Reirei. He happened to notice Thurston sitting idly in a clearing and approached him with the intention of eating him. However, he paused when Thurston mentioned that he had inside knowledge on the Lion Guard. Thurston explained that the Lion Guard often overlooked him due to his stripes, and Goigoi wondered if he could use the same tactic to defeat them. As Goigoi left to deal with the Lion Guard, Thurston wondered if he had been unnoticeable only because he had been lost in a herd of other zebras.
Across the savanna, the Lion Guard rescued Mbuni and two other ostriches from sand that had filled up a gully. Goigoi approached with berry stripes painted on his fur but was soon noticed by the Lion Guard. Disappointed, he retreated.
Later, Goigoi agreed that Thurston had been lying to him and that he should be dealt with. Ono soon spotted Thurston being beset by Goigoi, Cheezi, Chungu, Nduli, and Tamka. The Lion Guard appeared and chased off the Outlanders.
====Hyena Resistance====
Goigoi joined the rest of his pack in repeated failed attacks against the Pride Lands, unaware that they were being thwarted by the Hyena Resistance. Eventually, he retreated after a long battle against the Lion Guard in the Outlands.
====Attack on Big Springs====
Goigoi and his pack launched an attack on the Pride Lands but were defeated by Shujaa. Later, Goigoi and the rest of the Army of Scar attacked Basi's pod but were defeated by the Lion Guard and Shujaa.
====Attack on Makuu's watering hole====
The Lion Guard rushed to stop Bupu's herd and the galagos from stampeding. Once calm, the groups admitted to having been scared of a jackal attack, and the Lion Guard concluded that the Pride Landers had to unite against the threat of the Outlanders.
Unbeknownst to the Pride Landers, Scar decided to attack Makuu's watering hole since the crocodiles' alliance with Kion was fraying. The Army of Scar, including Goigoi and his family, besieged Makuu's float. Ono witnessed the battle and reported his findings to Kion. Together, the Lion Guard and their Pride Lander allies stormed the watering hole and fought off the Army of Scar.
====Attack on Dhahabu====
Dhahabu, the queen of the Back Lands, arrived in the Pride Lands to discuss a water treaty between the kingdoms. Scar's lackeys, Shupavu and Njano, spied on the proceedings. In the Outlands, Shupavu and Njano informed Scar of Dhahabu's visit to the Pride Lands. Scar schemed to end the treaty between the two kingdoms and sent Goigoi and his pack after Dhahabu.
Across the savanna, Ono discovered that Dhahabu was being set upon by the jackals. Together with Raha and Starehe, the Lion Guard rushed to the rescue and fought off the pack.
Shortly afterward, Dhahabu was freshening up in a water hole when Goigoi and his family attacked again, this time with crocodile allies. Ono informed the Lion Guard of the predicament, and Raha and Starehe raced off to defend their queen.
====Attack on Mizimu Grove====
At Mizimu Grove, Rafiki and Simba announced Makini's mpando mpaya. In the midst of the celebration, the Army of Scar attacked, and the Pride Landers rose up to defend themselves. The battle paused when Scar appeared in the flames and threatened to overtake the entirety of the Pride Lands. Frightened by Scar's unexpected appearance, the remaining Pride Landers fled Mizimu Grove. Kion then used the Roar of the Elders to defeat the Outlanders.
====Battle for the Pride Lands====
Over the next few seasons, the Army of Scar waged war on the Pride Lands, only to get repeatedly chased off by the Lion Guard. Eventually, Simba declared total war on the Outlands. Meanwhile, Scar plotted to destroy the royal family and Janja's clan, who were on the cusp of revolting against the rest of Scar's army.
That night, Goigoi journeyed to Pride Rock with sticks in his mouth. Once there, he ran into Janja's clan and Shupavu, and Janja asked him what he was doing at Pride Rock. To Janja's surprise, Goigoi revealed that he was preparing to start a fire at Pride Rock. He then asked which way Pride Rock was, and Shupavu pointed out that it was right there. Goigoi left and set Pride Rock ablaze, which trapped the royal family, the Lion Guard, and Janja's clan in the blaze.
The next morning, the Army of Scar gathered to repel the Pride Landers' invasion of the Outlands, and Reirei told her pack that they knew what to do. In the ensuing fight, Goigoi tried to attack Bupu's herd but got pounced on by Laini. Eventually, the Pride Landers defeated Scar's army, and Kion vanquished Scar's spirit. Afterward, Cheezi asked what would happen to the Outlanders, and Janja remarked that he could only think of one animal who could keep the peace between the Outlanders and the Pride Landers: Jasiri. Despite her initial reluctance, Jasiri agreed to the appointment and announced that, as long as the Outlanders respected the Circle of Life, the Outlands would be peaceful. The jackals submitted to Jasiri's leadership, then returned home.
==Physical appearance==
Unlike his mate Reirei, Goigoi is not well-groomed. He has a lanky, skinny frame, with thin legs and an arched back. His pelt is light brown, and his ear rims, muzzle, paws, and underbelly are tan. A thick black stripe runs up his back, which ends in a short tuft over his forehead, and his tail is tipped with black. His eye rims are grayish-brown, and his eyes are black.
==Personality and traits==
Though jackals are known for being schemers, Goigoi is not the brightest, as he is only able to think with his stomach and has a tendency to lounge about and sleep. He is very submissive to his mate Reirei and never questions her actions. He is more afraid of Reirei than the Lion Guard, but this does not stop him from blaming her in order to avoid punishment. He is not the master of deception that Reirei is and so sometimes slips up when attempting to trick others.
According to Reirei, while he is not very smart, he is good to his kids, as he offered to be the bait in order to help them practice their hunting skills. Despite his lack of intellect, he prides himself on making Reirei proud. He has also shown on multiple occasions that he is able to sleep comfortably in almost any setting.
==Appearances==
==Trivia==
* Goigoi was voiced by Phil LaMarr.
** LaMarr also voiced an impala in the 2019 remake of The Lion King as well as one of the porcupine brothers and Shingo in The Lion Guard.
* Goigoi's name means "lazy, weak" in Swahili.
* Goigoi frequently says, "Whatever you say, dear," to his mate Reirei.
==References==
Category:Antagonists
Category:Army of Scar members
Category:Canon articles
Category:Characters
Category:Jackals
Category:The Lion Guard characters
Category:Males
Category:Outlanders