Scar (Disney)

### Goals

Kill his brother Mufasa (succeeded) in order to invade and rule the Pride Lands (succeeded temporarily).
Kill his nephew Simba in order to maintain his rule over the Pride Lands (failed).

### Most Entertaining Features

Is manipulative, charismatic, and deceitful in the first half of the film.
He has many comedic moments.
His legendary villain song.
Stands out as one of the few Disney villains to succeed in his plans, which makes defeating him even more satisfying.

### Most Detestable Traits

Is cowardly and would beg for his life.
Was derailed in the second half of the film and lost all his magnificence.
Killed all his teammates in the Lion Guard.

### Type of ED

Manipulative Usurper

**Scar** is the main antagonist of Disney's *The Lion King* franchise.

He is the younger brother of King Mufasa, the uncle of Simba, the protagonist, who overthrows his brother by throwing him off a cliff. Later, he is defeated by his nephew.

He was famously voiced by Jeremy Irons in the first film, in the direct-to-video sequels, he was voiced by Jim Cummings, who also backed up Irons in "Be Prepared", and in the Lion Guard, he was voiced by David Oyelewo.

## His Qualities

### What Makes Him Entertaining?

* Scar has arguably one of the best Disney villain songs (Be Prepared) of all time.
* He has many comedic moments, with dry wit and him calling his henchmen idiots as example, and even after his character was derailed in the second half he still has one comedic moment of hating the song, "It's A Small World".
* Has many evil is cool moments, especially his villain song.
* While some believe him sadistically playing with the mouse before eating him was made to make him hated, others find it interesting and shows that he is actually evil.
* He has a cool design that draws on Disney’s previous evil lion, Prince John, being thin and gangly, but adds a mane to make it clear he is a man of action.
* He has multiple magnificent qualities in the first half of the film, being manipulative and cunning.
* Unlike many Disney villains, he initially succeeded in his plans, which makes his defeat even more satisfying.
* His character was re-railed in The Lion Guard and goes back to his manipulative schemer self.
* He has many iconic lines such as the aforementioned "I'm surrounded by idiots" and "Oh, I quiver with **FEAR**".

### What Makes Him Detestable?

* Ultimately, he becomes less entertaining after becoming king, as he loses all his magnificent qualities afterward, and becoming a cowardly tyrant who sells out his henchmen to save his own neck, which leads to his downfall.
* His actions are vile enough to stand out among Disney villains, as most of them are VBs while he is Pure Evil.
* Killed his fellow Guard members by using the Roar of the Elders when he was young, which led to him losing his Roar.

## Trivia

* For a long time, Scar was considered to be a full-on Hate Sink for his actions and was initially a Magnificent Baddie before Mufusa's death, due to him losing his magnificent traits in the second half of the film, however he eventually was removed after being declared to having too many entertaining qualities as well as his character derailment in The Lion Guard, which transformed him back into a manipulative schemer.

## External Links

* Scar on the Villains Wiki
* Scar on the Pure Evil Wiki
* Scar on the Disney Wiki
* Scar on the The Ultimate Evil Wiki
* Scar on the Lion King Wiki

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