Beshte

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**Beshte** is the pentagonist of the Disney Junior show *The Lion Guard*. He is a hippo and one of Kion's friends and a former member of the Lion Guard. His position on the team was the Strongest in the Pride Lands.

## Background

### Personality

Beshte has been described as a happy-go-lucky hippo. He is the most genial character in the group and is very friendly and encouraging. He speaks with a surprisingly soft demeanor despite his size and is also very compassionate. Beshte has an appropriately large heart and never fails to treat his friends with kindness. He is also the first of his friends to recognize that Kion needs some space, even pointing out to Bunga, Kion's best friend, what the cub needs.

### Physical appearance

Beshte has a stout body with thick legs, dark gray-purple toenails, and three dark spots on his back. His body color is that of a neutral gray, which becomes much paler across his chest and jawline. His inner ears are pale pink, and the area around his eyes is a lighter shade of his body color. He has a disproportionately large snout, with small ears and eyes, as well as thick eyebrows. His teeth are rather large, with two protruding over his upper jaw, and a patch of black hair sticks up from his otherwise bald head. His eyes are bright blue.

In "Battle for the Pride Lands", as a teenager, Beshte has grown taller, the tuft of hair has gotten bigger and he has also starts to display small whiskers, similar in appearance to his father, Basi.

Other names: Big B (by Bunga), Son (by Basi), Poa the Destroyer (by Tree of Life animals) and Poa the Life Safer (by Pinguino)

Occupation: member of the Lion Guard (formerly) and member of the Night Pride

Affiliations: Pride Animals, Basi's Pod (formerly), the Tree of Life and Night Pride

Home: The Pride Lands (birthplace) (formerly) and The Tree of Life (current residence)

Likes: peace, being with his friends, protecting the Pride Lands, making new friends, giving rides on his back, mud, swimming and snow

Dislikes: danger, disrespect, his friends in danger, troubles, Janja (formerly), not being able to be nice and extreme sunlight

Powers and abilities: brute strength

Status: active

Parents: Basi (father)

Other relatives: unnamed grandfather

### Abilities

* **Skilled Combatant:** With his size and strength, Beshte is proven to be a great combatant against many opponents.
* **Expert Swimmer:** As a hippopotamus; Beshte is an excellent swimmer.
* **Stealth:** Beshte stated himself that he is not very good on land to have stealth, but he is proven to have great stealth in the water, as proven to be true against the hyenas.
* **Singing:** As demonstrated throughout the series; Beshte is an excellent singer.
* **Animal Strength:** Beshte is the strongest member in the entire Lion Guard; for example, he was able to push a large boulder with little struggle and the same with a heavy tree that was falling as he tries to hold it as much as he could with extra weight of the baboons that were living in it with Bunga. With his large size, he is able to show off his brute strength as he slams into the clan of the hyenas and the Outsiders to toss them into the air.
* **Animal Agility:** Beshte the third most agile member in the entire Lion Guard. However, he is more agile in the water, then he is on land.
* **Aquatic:** As a hippopotamus, Beshte is able to swim and hold his breath underwater for a certain period of time.

## Trivia

* "Beshte" means "buddy" in Swahili.
* Beshte's catchphrase: "Twende kiboko!" translates to "Let's go, hippopotamus!" in Swahili.
	+ "Kiboko" is also the subspecies name for the east African hippopotamus (*Hippopotamus amphibius kiboko*) and is also the Swahili word for "hippopotamus".
* Beshte is not Dusan Brown's debut Lion King role; previously, as a younger boy, Brown had played Young Simba in a tour version of the stage musical.
* Although it's known that Basi is his father, it's unknown who is his mother who is never seen nor mentioned.