Scar

* Adult
* Spirit
* Teenager

"*Long live the King!*"
—Scar to Mufasa before killing him

## Information

Scar is the main antagonist in the 1944 film *The Lion King,* the 2019 film *The Lion King,* and one of the antagonists of the second season of the show *The Lion Guard.* He makes cameos in the show *Timon and Pumbaa* and is briefly shown during *The Lion King 1 1/2.*

## Appearance

Scar has tawny fur, neon-green eyes, and a sleek black mane. He has a tan muzzle, underbelly, and paws. Scar has a thin frame, probably to emphasis his undernourishment and weakness. He is elegant but also has a wild side, as shown when he was singing *Be Prepared.* He is shown to never have retracted his claws, unlike the others. He also has a goatee beard, characteristic of villains. He has a small, thin scar over his right eye, earning him his namesake. Scar also has tufts of black hair on the back of his legs.

## Personality

Scar is evil and cunning, he is also murderous. Scar also shows to be extremely determined when he returns in fire, as he makes many attempts to take over the Pride Lands.

## Family

**Brother:** Mufasa

**Nephew:** Simba

**Great Nephews:** Kion and Kiara

## History

### The Lion King

Scar is first shown as he captures a mouse, and Zazu appears, only to cause the mouse to escape and run away. Scar tries to eat Zazu, but Mufasa comes, telling him to drop Zazu. Mufasa tells Scar that he never showed at Simba's presentation. Zazu adds on to this, and begins scolding Scar.

After, Scar is shown as a young Simba tells him that one day, he'll be in charge of everyone, even his uncle. Simba asks Scar what he will be when he is king, and Scar humors the cub saying, "a monkey's uncle." Scar then tricks Simba into venturing into the elephant graveyard.

Scar later visits the Outlands to scold the hyenas for failing to dispose of Simba. He then sings the song *Be Prepared,* telling the hyenas his master plan, singing the song *Be Prepared.*

The next day, he takes Simba to the gorge. He tells Simba to wait in the gorge, as his father has a surprise for him. After convincing his nephew not to follow him, he signals to the hyenas to start the stampede he set up and runs to find Mufasa. Scar gets Mufasa to save Simba from the stampede. He watched as Mufasa attempted to save Simba. Mufasa jumped on a ledge and pleaded for Scar to help him. Scar instead threw Mufasa off the ledge, resulting in his death. He found Simba and made him believe that Mufasa's death was his fault. He told Simba to run away and ordered the hyenas to kill him.

Scar tells the Pride how Simba and Mufasa perished in the stampede. He then claims that he must take the role of the king, and assures the lionesses that the hyenas and lions will become allies.

The last time we see Scar in *The Lion King,* he is arguing with Sarabi about the food left in the Pride Lands. When Scar knocks Sarabi away, Simba comes in to his mother's aid. Scar was shocked to see him alive. He accused Simba of killing Mufasa.

Scar then confessed that he killed Mufasa, and Simba made him tell the pride. Simba chased Scar, finally defeating him by pushing him off of Pride Rock. He was attacked by the hyenas, since they were the "enemies".

### Six New Adventures

In the non-canon books Six New Adventures by Alex Simmons, Scar was born under the name Taka, which means "wish", "want", or "trash" in Swahili. He had become upset when he learned that his older brother Mufasa was chosen to be king over himself. Taka would come to meet three hyenas named Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, who tell him that if Mufasa is made to look like a failure, then he will look kingly in comparison and soon take the throne. This leads to Taka tricking his brother into going down to the waterhole, where a Cape buffalo called Boma is refusing to share the water with the rest of The Pride Lands which, at the time, is having a terrible drought. While there Mufasa starts to try to reason with Boma and Taka roars and tells Boma that he must move by order of the Lion King, or fight Mufasa, Boma then charges out of the water at Mufasa. Mufasa escapes with the aid of a mandrill called Rafiki, and Boma goes after Taka instead.

Mufasa runs back and finds Taka being attacked by Boma's herd. A large buffalo slashes Taka with his horns, causing him to be knocked unconscious. Mufasa leaps in to save his brother and the buffaloes prepare to attack again. Before they can do so, King Ahadi, father of Taka and Mufasa, appears with a large herd of animals that surrounds the Buffaloes. It was during this attack that Taka got a scar on his eye, and renamed himself "Scar", as a reminder of his mistake, explaining his cruel name.

### The Lion Guard

According to the television show The Lion Guard, Scar , as the second-born child of the king, possessed a power called the Roar of the elders which gave him a very powerful roar that could blow things away. He led the Lion Guard, a group made up of the Pride Lands' fiercest, bravest, fastest, strongest, and keenest of sight. One day, he was patrolling the lands alone when he met a Strange Lion.

The Strange Lion told him that he could be the king, not Mufasa. Taka began to listen to him, starting to become convinced. But it turned out to be a trap. The Strange Lion led him up to a volcano and a cobra came and bit him on the eye. The Lion told Scar that he would cure the snake venom in return of servitude, but he blew him and the snake away.

After the incident, Scar expected his brother to be proud of what he'd done, but Mufasa merely nicknamed him "Scar" and patted his head. As the venom in his body began to corrupt him, Scar began to become jealous and hateful of Mufasa. When his Guard refused to help him kill Mufasa, he blew them away, resulting in his loss of the Roar of the Elders. He then sank into depression and became shriveled and weak.