Scar

Scar is one of the many Disney Villains appearing in the Sora and Pretty Cure's Adventures series. He is a member of the Council of Villains whose goal is to seek to harness the power of the Heartless and to take control of Kingdom Hearts to rule all of the worlds in the *Kingdom Hearts* video game series. Outside of the *Kingdom Hearts* universe, Scar is the main antagonist of the 1994 Disney animated film, *The Lion King*. He is the brother of Mufasa and the uncle of Simba.

## Scar

### Relatives

Mohatu † (grandfather)Ahadi † (father)

Uru † (mother)

Mufasa † (brother)

Askari † (distant relative)

Sarabi (sister-in-law)

Simba (nephew)

Nala (niece-in-law)

Kopa and Kion (grandnephews)

Kiara (grandniece)

Kovu (grandnephew-in-law)

Rani (grandniece-in-law)

### Occupation

King of the Pride Lands (formerly)Leader of the Hyena Clan (formerly)

Leader of the Lion Guard (formerly)

Member of the Council of Villains

## History

Scar gets the titles of a king killer and a villain by the fact that he actually killed a king. He orchestrated Simba being caught in a stampede, got his older brother and Simba’s father Mufasa to run into the gorge to rescue Simba and then threw Mufasa off a cliff. Then, he blamed Simba for the entire mess telling him to run away. For, good measure he sent his hyenas after Simba to kill and eat him. So, Scar gets bonus evil points for king slaying. His hyenas were not successful, but Scar took hold of the kingdom where mismanaged it to the point of famine. He’s a murderer and an ineffective ruler. He ruled through fear and deceit. When Simba came to challenge Scar for rule of the Pride Lands, Scar played off of Simba’s misguided guilt in an attempt to weaken Simba and it would’ve worked had Scar’s pride and sadism not gotten in the way, causing him to admit to Simba that he himself killed Mufasa. Eventaully, Simba overpowered him throwing him down to the hyenas below where he was mauled by his own betrayed followers.

## Powerfulness and Weaknesses

Scar knew how to twist things to get his way. He was smart enough to recruit the hyenas for his plot to take the throne and everyone believed him without question when he gave the news Mufasa and Simba were dead. His army made him nearly impossible to challenge and his downfall was trying sell them out when confronted by Simba. Scar was physically weaker than his brother Mufasa, but he was smarter, more conniving and brutal and he didn’t have those pesky little “ethics” to stop him from clawing his way up the hierarchy. Scar’s power emulates many historical dictators, both communists and fascists intelligent enough to hone in on fear and cast blame on other classes in order to rise to power and cruel enough to kill those who got in his way. And like most other dictators, the fall after his rise was brutal.

## Intelligence

Scar did put a fair amount of planning into his plot to overthrow Mufasa. He was able to use Simba to get the king into a vulnerable situation and used the fear and confusion Simba felt to send him away. And rallying all of the scavenger hyenas, promising them to be able to finally hunt and eat their fill was a clever tactic. But, Scar bit off way more than he can chew. We see when Simba returns that the Pride is a little more than a wasteland due to Scar being unable to manage the kingdom. His goals were ultimately short-sighted and he had no real plan for sustaining anything. He only wanted the title of king and the power that came with it. Scar didn’t have any foresight and was very impulsive. He was manipulative enough to take the throne for himself, but still too dumb to see that a kingdom under his rule was destined for failure. Had Simba not come back and fed him to the hyenas, the hyenas probably would have eaten him anyway given they were already in the process of starving.