Simba Tumaini/Relationships

## Nala

As a young cub, Nala and Simba were best friends and would go on adventures together in the Savannah. They both agreed that the idea of friends marrying each other was too weird for them. Nala was heartbroken when Scar told her the news of Simba's death, but after the two met up in the Dream Realm, she made a promise to go after him. Thanks to a combined effort from Tod and Simba, Nala was able to escape into Figonia. During their magic training in Figonia, they slowly started falling in love with each other, eventually to the point where Nala proposed to her childhood friend, to which he agrees.

## Tod

In the opening adventures of Disney's Final Frontier, Tod and Simba actually had a more friendly rivalry due to having to deal with their own problems, eventually being able to take it easy for their adventures. This rivalry was also sparked temporarily when Simba thought Tod was getting amorous for Nala, when Tod only says they're just friends and nothing more. Despite this, Tod and Simba actually had a friendship you could almost call a brotherhood. Tod even expresses worry for Simba as he would constantly check Simba's progress and make sure he was up to speed instead of falling behind.

## Bagheera

Simba and Bagheera had a second-father and son relationship at the start of the adventure. After the events that would start Shenzi's Redemption, Simba's relationship started to strain slightly after Bagheera started showing affection for Shenzi Marie. In one reality, Simba played a harmless prank on Bagheera and both remain on equal footing as they constantly challenged each other, while a second reality has Simba trying to kill Bagheera out of blind anger and losing (to which Bagheera teaches him the same lesson he taught Nala). In the end, Simba was able to understand what Bagheera was trying to tell him, and used it as a way to judge Prince John and other villains who ended up being manipulated by Singular Requiem.

## Shenzi Marie

Simba and Shenzi started out as enemies. After Bagheera taught him there's more to Shenzi than just the rough outside, Simba required her help in order to knock Scar off the throne. When Shenzi and her hyena clan killed Scar, Simba and Nala kept their promise not to banish her clan from the Pride Lands, but despite this she continued her clan in the Outlands. It is assumed that based on his interactions with Shenzi post-Lion King that the two were finally friends.

## Scar

Scar is Simba's uncle. Their relationship originally was a one-sided rivalry, with Simba loving him while Scar loathed Simba. After Mufasa was killed by Scar, he took advantage of Simba by making him believe he was responsible for Mufasa's death. Simba initially had to deal with and hide the fact he was a "killer," with Tramp helping him readjust to a second chance. After seeing Nala's reactions and hearing Scar lied about him dying, he easily figures out Scar was responsible for Mufasa's death and swears he'll take him out when the time was right. Scar continued to try and be manipulative when Simba returned as an adult, but Simba was able to see through his tricks the second time around, making Scar admit that he killed his father. The two engaged in combat with Simba having the advantage and literally throwing him off Pride Rock. He watched with a smug expression as Scar would then be killed below by Shenzi and her clan.

## Future Kovu

Simba had a few run-ins with a time displaced Kovu teaching him a few tricks Figment wasn't able to teach him. Consequently, this changes their relationship drastically from their original film counterparts. Kovu would also sometimes ask Simba questions about Scar, but every time he came close to finding the answer, his eye would suddenly start stinging and would have to run away. Simba was a bit oblivious to this, but on the third time around, he finally asked why he looked like a younger version of his uncle, only for Kovu to spill the truth as he revealed his recent eye scar from his present time. Simba, with this new information, understood Kovu in a better light and decided it was best not to see him as a successor to Scar, but as an ally to the Pride Lands. When Kovu had to leave Simba at the end of The Fox and the Hound, ultimately proud of Simba's progress, he tells him to take it easy on "The lion who accidentally lead you into a trap." Simba was initially confused by this, but it assumes the events of *Simba's Pride* are canon to this universe.