Vuruga Vuruga

Vuruga Vuruga is a female cape buffalo. She is the leader of a herd of cape buffalo in the Pride Lands.
At the onset of the dry season, Simba called a Savannah Summit so that the Pride Lander leaders could discuss how they would ration water and share territory. Though Simba invited Makuu to the Savannah Summit, Vuruga Vuruga and Twiga refused to accept the crocodile's reformation and set a trap of rotten fruit for him. Eventually, Kion uncovered the scheme, and Vuruga Vuruga and Twiga made amends with Makuu.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Vuruga Vuruga lived in the Pride Lands. At some point in her life, she became the leader of a herd of cape buffalo.
===Royal Buffalo Wallow===
One day, Simba and Nala tasked their eldest cub, Kiara, with announcing the Royal Buffalo Wallow. After being delayed by a flood, Kiara arrived to the event covered in mud. Upon Kiara's arrival, Vuruga Vuruga bowed respectfully, and Kiara greeted her politely. To Kiara's surprise, Vuruga Vuruga praised her for her ungroomed appearance and explained that the royals tended to act very stuffy at the Wallow. She added that Kiara must understand what the event was all about. However, Kiara gave credit to her friends, Tiifu and Zuri, for always encouraging her to look her best. She then stepped forward and announced the start of the Wallow. As the cape buffalo herd wallowed in the mud, Vuruga Vuruga and Kiara watched contentedly.
===Savannah Summit===
In order to prepare for the Pride Lands' dry season, Simba invited the Pride Lander leaders to attend a Savannah Summit. Along with the other animal leaders, Vuruga Vuruga journeyed to Pride Rock, where she listened to Simba's announcement that he had invited Makuu, the crocodile leader, to the Summit as well.
Together, the party proceeded to Mizimu Grove. Along the way, Vuruga Vuruga and Twiga spoke resentfully about Makuu's past actions and how willing Simba was to forgive him. Zazu interrupted their talking, and the animals continued on to Mizimu Grove. Along the way, Simba and Zazu stressed the importance of equality and cooperation.
Later, while patrolling the Pride Lands for trouble, Mtoto overheard Twiga speaking about Makuu, and he informed the Lion Guard of what he had heard. Together, the team took off to protect Twiga. However, when they arrived at the scene, Makuu was nowhere to be seen, only Vuruga Vuruga and Twiga. Mtoto clarified that he had only heard Twiga speaking about Makuu, but Twiga was quick to deny this assertion, and Vuruga Vuruga backed her up. Though suspicious, the Lion Guard left and privately deduced that Vuruga Vuruga and Twiga must be too afraid to tell the truth about Makuu because he had threatened them.
Later that day, Kion lied to the Pride Lander leaders that Makuu had fallen into a pit and lost his life in the struggle. Horrified, Vuruga Vuruga and Twiga exclaimed that they had never intended for Makuu to get hurt, only to fall into a pit of rotten fruit. Just then, Makuu revealed himself and announced to the gathered animals that he had come to the Summit with the intention of helping his float and the Pride Lands but had only received distrust and hostility in return. The gathered animals feared his wrath, but Makuu merely prompted Simba to let the Summit go on. As the Summit recommenced, Vuruga Vuruga and Bupu got into a fight over where the crocodiles would sleep for the dry season, with each wanting to host them.
===Traveling Baboon Show===
Vuruga Vuruga spectated the Traveling Baboon Show. When it was revealed that the baboons had been stealing food from the Pride Landers, she gasped in shock.
===Elephant stampede===
When Ma Tembo's herd started a stampede in order to flee a swarm of bees, the Lion Guard resolved to clear their path lest any animals get hurt. Ono flew high above the commotion, where he spotted Vuruga Vuruga and her herd resting in the path of the stampede. Fuli volunteered to deal with the cape buffalo and managed to scare them off the path just in time for the elephants to thunder past.
===Dispute with Twiga's herd===
When a drought hit the Pride Lands, Vuruga Vuruga's herd got into an argument with Twiga's herd over whose turn it was to drink from Big Springs. Before long, Kion arrived and defused the situation. Later, Vuruga Vuruga led her herd to Dhahabu Grove, where they had access to drinking water.
===Battle of the Lion Guards===
When Anga returned from the Tree of Life, she flew past Vuruga Vuruga's herd. The next day, Vuruga Vuruga spectated the Battle of the Lion Guards at Mizimu Grove.
==Physical appearance==
Vuruga Vuruga is a large and beefy cape buffalo, with a box-like frame and a scruffy hump on her back. Her pelt is light brown, while her underbelly is grayish-brown. She has a dark muzzle and dark eye rims as well as two curved gray horns that are covered in darker spots. Her eyes are green.
==Personality and traits==
Vuruga Vuruga is friendly and polite. She has an appreciation for royals who attend the Royal Buffalo Wallow in the spirit of the event: ungroomed and casual. Despite her overall kind demeanor, Vuruga Vuruga can be distrustful and hold grudges, as she did not accept Makuu's reformation as readily as the other Pride Landers. She even went so far as to plot against him with Twiga. Eventually, she owned up to her actions, apologized to Makuu, and even tried to negotiate on his behalf as to where his herd would sleep during the dry season.
Vuruga Vuruga always puts the needs of her herd first, as seen when she argued with Twiga over whose turn it was to drink from Big Springs during a drought. Even in a crisis, she is level-headed and fair, and will take direction from authority.
==Appearances==
* The Lion Guard
** "Baboons!"
** "The Savannah Summit"
** "The Traveling Baboon Show"
** "The Ukumbusho Tradition"
** "The Golden Zebra"
** "Return to the Pride Lands"
==Trivia==
* Vuruga Vuruga was voiced by Virginia Watson.
** Watson also voiced the baby baboon's mother, Mtoto's mother, and Muhanga.
* Vuruga Vuruga's name means "mix, stir, muddle up" or "disarrange, disturb, agitate" in Swahili.
==References==
Category:Canon articles
Category:Cape buffalo
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:Leaders
Category:The Lion Guard characters
Category:Pride Landers