Lions of the Outlands

Ford Riley

"**Lions of the Outlands**" is the twentieth episode of the Disney Junior animated series *The Lion Guard*. It premiered on November 11, 2016.

## Synopsis

When **Jasiri** asks the **Lion Guard** for help, they must choose whether to side with the **hyenas** or the **lions**.

Andy Dick, Lacey Chabert and Jason Marsden reprise their roles from *The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride* as **Nuka**, **Vitani** and **Kovu**, respectively.

## Plot

While Kion and Bunga are playing Baobab Ball, a gazelle tells them that a hyena is in the Pride Lands. Bunga challenges the hyena, which is in a bush, telling it that it was wrong to mess with him. When Jasiri pops out, Kion greets her in surprise. Jasiri tells him that lions have taken over her family's water hole. Kion dismisses this, saying it's just a misunderstanding, but allows Jasiri to show him. He sends Bunga back to the Lair of the Lion Guard to tell the others where he is. In the Outlands, Kion meets Jasiri's clan, and her sister Madoa tells him that the younger ones of the clan Tunu and Wema have only known bad lions. Meanwhile, in the Lair, Ono and Fuli race, with Ono continuously losing. When Rafiki asks Bunga where Kion is, he tells the Lion Guard that Kion and Jasiri went to the Outlands to meet lions. Rafiki is astonished and explains that the lions they are meeting up with are probably the Outsiders. He explains that Simba banished them for their loyalty to Scar. The Guard rushes to the Outlands to help Kion.

In the Outlands, a teenage lion named Nuka tackles Jasiri, telling her to stay out of their territory. Kion tackles him, and a young cub named Kovu groans at Nuka's weakness, telling Kion that Nuka is his brother. After learning that Kion is Simba's son, the two brothers take him and Jasiri to their mother and the Outsiders' leader Zira' who is drinking at the waterhole with her daughter Vitani. Kovu tells her that Kion had talked to Simba about allowing them to live in the Pride Lands, so he can see Kiara. Vitani rudely asks what Kion is doing with a hyena. After learning that Kion is leader of the Lion Guard and possesses the Roar of the Elders, Zira tells Kion to roar at a cloud, and when he does, it turns into a rain cloud. Kion asks how she knew this, and she says she is familiar to the Roar. She asks to talk to him privately, and Jasiri says that she doesn't trust her. Kion again dismisses her, saying it's a misunderstanding, and goes with Zira. Zira tells him that lions should be the best rulers but Kion disagrees, saying he likes the Circle of Life better.

Zira corners him with her lionesses and reveals that she knew Scar, who told her about the Roar and that he lost it because he used it against other lions. Thus, she offers him a choice: either join her or die. She leaves him under guard and gets her cubs, butting in on Nuka attacking Jasiri and Vitani complaining how her mother is taking too long. Zira tells Jasiri that Kion is joining them, and disappointed, Jasiri leaves. She then meets up with the rest of the Lion Guard, who tells her that Kion would never go with Zira. They return to Kion, who is pinned down by two other lionesses.

The Guard and Jasiri manage to corner the pride, and Zira reminds Kion that roaring at other lions would take away his Roar, but Bunga reminds Kion that Scar only lost the Roar because he used it for evil. Kion remembers Rafiki's paintings, and roars away Zira's pride, with Kovu keeping himself there. Kion challenges Kovu, who quickly runs after his mom. Madoa thanks the Guard, admitting she didn't have trust in him before. Tunu and Wema continue to run in fear of Kion, and Jasiri tells him to take it as a compliment, since he's fierce.

## Cast

* **Andy Dick** as Nuka
* **Lacey Chabert** as Vitani
* **Jason Marsden** as Kovu
* **Max Charles** as Kion
* **Joshua Rush** as Bunga
* **Diamond White** as Fuli
* **Atticus Shaffer** as Ono
* **Dusan Brown** as Beshte
* **Khary Payton** as Rafiki
* **Nika Futterman** as Zira
* **Maia Mitchell** as Jasiri
* **Maisie Klompus** as Madoa
* **Crimson Hart** as Tunu
* **Fiona Hart** as Wema
* **Erica Luttrell** as Lioness and Female Gazelle

## Appearance

* **Kion**
* **Bunga**
* **Jasiri**
* **Janja** (mention)
* **Wema** (debut)
* **Tunu** (debut)
* **Madoa** (debut)
* **Rafiki**
* **Ono**
* **Beshte**
* **Fuli**
* **Nuka** (debut)
* **Kovu** (debut/cub)
* **Kiara** (mention)
* **Zira** (debut)
* **Vitani** (debut/cub)
* **Simba** (cave painting)
* **Scar** (cave painting)
* **Lioness** (debut)

## Groups

* **The Lion Guard**
* **Simba's Pride** (no leader)
* **Janja's Clan** (mention)
* **Jasiri's Clan** (debut)
* **Outsiders** (debut)
* **Swala's Herd** (no leader)

## Locations

* **Pride Lands**
	+ **Pride Rock**
	+ **Lair of the Lion Guard**
* **Outlands**
	+ **Jasiri's Watering Hole** (debut)
	+ **Zira's Den** (debut)
	+ **Termites Mounds** (debut)

## Animals

* **Lions**
* **Honey Badgers**
* **Cheetahs**
* **Hippopotamuses**
* **Egrets**
* **Hyenas**
* **Mandrills**
* **Bats**
* **Gazelles**
* **Jerboas**
* **Cockroaches**
* **Zebras** (mention)