Battle for Pride Rock

The **Battle of Pride Rock** was a huge battle from the movie *The Lion King*. It deals with Simba leading his friends and the other Lions against his evil uncle Scar and the Hyenas.

## History

### Background

It all started with an evil lion named Scar who was the younger brother of the King of the Pride Lands, Mufasa. Scar hated being in his brother's shadow and was angry that Mufasa's new born son Simba, his nephew was going to become the future king. So he came up with a plan to kill them both with help from the Hyenas who lived in the Outlands, so he could become king. To do that he told Simba to wait in the gorge then had then Hyenas cause a stampede with in it by chasing some wildebeests. Simba was caught within the stampede, then when Scar warned Mufasa about he rushed to go save him but in the process got caught in the stampede itself. Mufasa climbed up the gorge and pleaded Scar to help him but Scar just threw him off into the stampede where he was trampled to death. Simba found his dead body and was sad and horrified by his death. Then Scar came and comforted him, while at the same time blaming him for what happened to Mufasa. He then told Simba to run away and never return to the Pride Lands again, but not before sending the Hyenas to go kill him. Simba managed to get away from them, with the Hyenas believing that Simba would die outside the Pride Lands and telling him that if he ever came back they would kill him.

Scar then went to Pride Rock telling the other Lions that both Mufasa and Simba are dead and that he would be their new king. He lets the Hyenas into the Pride Lands who overhunted the animals in the Pride Lands which led to it becoming a deserted and famished wasteland in the following years. This also caused the other animals in the Pride Lands to leave with only the Lions and the Hyenas left. Meanwhile, Simba wandered into the desert where he was found by a meerkat and warthog named Timone and Pumbaa. They took him in and raised him in their home under their motto "Hakuna Matata" which means no worries. Over the years Simba grew up into a full grown lion who had completely forgotten about his troubles back in the Pride Lands. But still held on to some grief about his father, which allowed Rafiki to realize that he was alive. Simba was then reunited with his best friend Nala and the two of them started to become close until Nala tells Simba was has been happening in the Pride Lands. Nala wants Simba to come back and take his place as the one true king but Simba refuses and after an argument he leaves where he soon meets Rafiki. Rafiki tells Simba that Mufasa in alive within him and summons Mufasa's ghost who tells him to go back to the Pride Lands and remember who he truly is.

### The Battle

Simba, Nala, Timone, and Pumbaa go back to the Pride Lands and find it in ruins and guarded by Hyenas. So Timone and Pumbaa distract them while Simba and Nala sneak in. When they get to Pride Rock they see Scar talking to Simba's mother Sarabi. So Simba tells Nala to gather up the other Lions to fight back while Simba goes to help his mother. Sarabi tells Scar that there is no more food in the Pride Lands and that they should all leave but Scar refuses and strikes her down in response. Simba then comes to his mother's aid and orders Scar to relinquish the throne to him. But Scar gets the Hyenas to back him up while Nala gets the Lions to back Simba up. But Scar gets Simba to admit his fault in killing Mufasa to the other Lions he then corners Simba to the edge of Pride Rock where a bolt of lighting strikes and causes a fire. Scar then sadistically reveals to Simba that he killed Mufasa which jolts Simba out of his guilt and pins downs Scar. He demands that Scar reveal the truth to the other Lions or he'll kill him, which he does.

The Lions and the Hyenas then start fighting each other with Rafiki, Timone and Pumbaa helping the Lions. But the fire soon engulfs the area around Pride Rock. Simba and the Lions then manage to drive the Hyenas away but Simba then corners Scar who tries to pin the blame on the Hyenas. Simba then declares that Scar is banished from the Pride Lands but then Scar attacks Simba and the two fight each other. Simba defeats Scar by knocking him into the fires below where he is confronted by the Hyenas who voice their anger at him for betraying them. Then they attack and kill him in revenge.

### Aftermath

With Scar and the Hyenas gone Simba take his place as the one true king of the Pride Lands as the incoming rain puts out the fires. Under Simba's leadership the Pride Lands return back to normal in the coming time with the other animals returning back. Simba and Nala then got married while Timone and Pumbaa become their royal helpers. Then they have a daughter named Kiara who would become the future queen of the Pride Lands which would lead to the Lion War.

## Belligerents

### Lions

* Simba
* Nala
* Timone
* Pumbaa
* Sarabi
* Rafiki
* Zazu
* Other Lions

### Hyenas

* Scar
* Shenzi
* Banzai
* Ed
* Other Hyenas

## Videos

The Lion King (1994) - Be PreparedThe Lion King (1994) - Rafiki Learns That Simba Is AliveThe Lion King (1994) - Simba Returns To Pride RockThe Lion King (1994) - Battle For Pride RockThe Lion King (1994) - Final BattleThe Lion King (1994) - Ending Scene
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