Outsiders

### Members

Nuka, Vitani (formerly), Kovu (formerly), Lioness (formerly), Shabaha (formerly), Imara (formerly), Kasi (formerly), Tazama (formerly)

### Appearances

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

The **Outsiders** are a pride of lions who live in the Outlands. They were banished from the Pride Lands by Simba due to their loyalty to the previous king, Scar. Later, they reconcile with the Pride Landers, after which they disband and reintegrate with Simba's pride.

## Information

### **Lions of the Outlands**

The Outsiders took over a waterhole belonging to Jasiri and her clan and refused to share it. Desperate, Jasiri went to the Pride Lands and asked her friend and Simba's son, Kion to help her. Believing that it's just a misunderstanding, Kion agrees to talk to the lions.

After learning that Kion is Simba's son and leader of the Lion Guard, Zira takes him to a cave to talk privately about her knowledge of the Roar of the Elders, as she knew Scar also once had it. After the rest of the Outsiders arrive, Zira tells Kion that she knew Scar lost the Roar when he used it against his fellow lions and attempts to get Kion to side with the Outsiders. She also tells Kion that if it hadn't been for Simba, Scar would still be King. Kion replies that Scar was never the true King, which results in Zira sending her lionesses upon him. Eventually, Jasiri and the rest of the Lion Guard came to Kion's aid and fight off the Outsiders.

After being reminded by Bunga that Scar had actually lost the Roar due to using it for evil instead of against other lions, Kion tells Zira that as long as he's around, she isn't welcome in the Pride Lands or Outlands, before using the Roar to blast the Outsiders away to the Termite Mounds.

### **Cave of Secrets**

A picture of the Outsiders can be seen during the song *Wisdom on the Walls*.

### **The Lion King II: Simba's Pride**

When **Kiara**, the young daughter of **Simba** and **Nala**, expresses interest in roaming the Pride Lands, Simba warns her to stay away from the Outlands, where the Outsider pride dwells. Overhearing the conversation, **Zazu** flutters up to the king and warns Kiara that nothing inhabits the Outlands but a "bunch of backstabbing, murderous Outsiders." Simba then warns his daughter to never turn her back on them.

The first Outsider seen in the film is a young cub named **Kovu**. Upon first meeting him, Kiara takes her father's advice, never turning her back on the stranger. Intrigued by her behavior, Kovu questions her and then mocks her for always following her father's rules. He then boasts that an Outsider is self-reliant and can take care of himself.

Not long after their encounter, **Zira** shows up to defend her son, and Simba jumps up in his daughter's defense. The two have a stand-off, during which Zira laments the poor conditions of the Outlands, where her pride is deprived of food and water. Unsympathetic, Simba reminds her that the penalty for an Outsider straying into the Pride Lands is death. Testing Simba, Zira pushes her son forward, but Simba takes pity on the cub, ordering Zira and Kovu to leave the Pride Lands.

Once home again, Zira yells at Kovu for associating with a Pridelander, reminding him that Simba has banished their pride from the Pride Lands for staying loyal to Scar. She then gets a marvelous idea, plotting for an older Kovu to woo Kiara in order to gain Simba's trust and then kill him. She then sings "**My Lullaby**," during which her vengeful pride echoes her murderous intentions.

Years later, the plan is set in motion, and **Nuka** and **Vitani** set fire to the Pride Lands, making way for Kovu to save Kiara and wedge his way into Simba's pride. While the Outsiders wait excitedly for Simba's downfall, Kovu begins to genuinely fall in love with Kiara, and he refuses to kill the king. Sensing Kovu's betrayal, Zira and her pride ambush Simba, leaving him severely wounded. Though Simba escapes, Nuka dies during the attack, leaving Zira in a fury.

The vengeful lioness leads her pride into battle against the Pridelanders, and the Outsiders exert well-honed battle strategies and skills. Despite the ferocious tussle, the fight is soon stopped by Kovu and Kiara, who convince Simba to treat the Outsiders as one with the Pridelanders. When Vitani is swayed by Kiara and Kovu's plea for peace, the other Outsiders become disillusioned from Zira by her callous declaration that she'll kill Vitani as well. They turn on Zira and join Simba's side in favor of peace and a better life.

After Zira's death, Simba welcomes the Outsiders back into his pride. Once back at Pride Rock, the Outsiders-turned-Pridelanders witness the union of Kovu and Kiara. They then bow their heads as first Simba and Nala, then Kovu and Kiara stride past and roar out over the kingdom.

### **Journey to the Pride Lands**

The Outsiders are mentioned by Jasiri when she tells the Lion Guard that Zira has returned.

### **Return to the Pride Lands**

The Outsiders are mentioned by Rafiki when he explains what happened to Zira, showing that they reformed, following Vitani and join Simba's Pride.

## Members

* **Zira**
* **Nuka**

## Former Memers

* **Vitani**
* **Kovu**
* **Lioness**
* **Shabaha**
* **Kasi**
* **Imara**
* **Tazama**

## Unnamed Members

Unnamed Outsider1 (The Lion Guard)Unnamed Outsider2 (The Lion Guard)Unnamed Outsider3 (The Lion Guard)