[129] E! Wanting to further expand his army, Scar sends Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu in search of Reirei's Pack, wanting to get them on his side. Since Scar had no cubs of his own, Zira's son Kovu is chosen to serve as Scar's heir. Sulley, Baymax, Scar, Captain Jack Sparrow, the Genie, Merida, Belle, Oogie Boogie and more stand ready, and amplified in dynamic and unexpected ways. Scarica Disney Mirrorverse direttamente sul tuo iPhone, iPad e iPod touch. Scar's fury turns into interest and excitement upon learning this. He restricts every conversation about his deceased brother rather than banning his name. After defeating the skinks, the Lion Guard then enter the mountain to confront Scar, who keeps the Lion Guard distracted long enough until springing his trap by signaling Ushari to strike at Kion's face. After realizing who the interloper truly was, the surprised Scar pretends to be happy to see Simba alive and well while also giving the hyena trio an angry glare for failing to kill Simba as ordered. When Janja asks how they are going to accomplish, Scar reveals that he brought in some help in the form of Sumu, a deadly scorpion, to sting Simba. Simba went to his paradise, where he met Timon and Pumbaa, but even there he was not safe from the ghost and was still tormented. 'Oh, and just between us, you might want to work on that little roar of yours, hmm?' Upon hearing about Jasiri, Scar, at first, sees her as a possible valuable ally, but Janja reveals that Jasiri is friends with the Lion Guard and also respects the Circle of Life, unlike the other Outlanders (singing "The Worst Hyena We Know" in the process). After Makucha, Mama Binturong and Zira were defeated, Kion passed down the title as leader of the Lion Guard to Zira's daughter, Vitani while he becomes King of the Tree of Life, thus leaving Scar's plans for conquest and chaos in vain. "[5] As directors, Minkoff and Roger Allers aspired to create "an animal picture based in a more natural setting,"[6] describing the film as "More true-life adventure than mythical epic. "[92] Concluding that "Villains are often the most memorable characters in a Disney animated film," Roger Ebert described Scar "one of the great ones. "[104] David Sterritt of The Christian Science Monitor exalted Irons's acting, describing him as "positively brilliant. He brings that feeling of a Shakespearean villain to bear because of his background as an actor. Furious, Scar then orders Janja to takes care of her and her clan for good, by playing them at their own game. He then leans over and whispering to Simba "his little secret": that it was he himself who really killed his father. Scar attempts to make his way to the top of Pride Rock unnoticed, but Simba spots him and gives chase. Scar's supervising animator Andreas Deja also served as the supervising animator of Hercules.[86]. Eventually, his plan to take the throne was then made even more difficult by the birth of Mufasa's son, Simba, causing him to hate his newborn nephew as he did his brother and thus planned to dispose of him as well. "[130] Animation World Network ranked Scar the sixth best animated villain. Upon returning to Pride Rock, Askari told Mufasa about the ordeal and expected to be praised by all for vanquishing the two villains. "[26] Irons's physical appearance and mannerisms served as inspiration for Scar's supervising animator Andreas Deja, namely his flicking his paw in disgust. Irons's best-known line from Reversal of Fortune, may not be much of a father figure, but he's certainly great fun. ranked Scar fifth, with author John Boone writing that the character "plotted one of the most painful deaths in Disney history, so you know he'll never be forgotten. However, Scar, knowing that Simba will go to the Elephant Graveyard anyway just to prove his bravery, secretly orders his hyena minions, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed to kill the cub as part of his plan to overthrow Mufasa as king. As Simba did not see his uncle's action of throwing Mufasa, Scar manages to manipulate a devastated cub Simba into thinking Mufasa's death was his fault (as Simba had roared seconds before the stampede started), and he tells him to run away and never return, implying that he would kill him if he doesn't. Scar debuted in The Lion King (1994). Now facing his fears, he went back to the Pridelands. [134][full citation needed][135] Official Disney Blogs wrote that the song, with its "hyena backup singers, and the best bone-rattling percussion of all the villains' songs," Scar proves himself "an expert crooner of villainous plots. Although this annoys Janja, Scar explains that being Simba's royal adviser, Zazu is "keeper of all the secrets of the Pride Lands", and that the information Zazu could disperse would make it easy for them to take over the Pride Lands. Send a variety of Guardians from Disney and Pixar properties to fight back evil! Due to his death in The Lion King, Scar's appearance and presence in its sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) is limited. [141], To-date, Deja remains best known for animating several of Disney's most famous villains, admitting to preferring animating villains over heroes. [127] Included in the website's "12 most famous Disney villains from worst to best" countdown, Yahoo! "[91] Similarly, ComingSoon.net's Joshua Starnes hailed Scar as "the best part of the film." After gaining the power of The Roar and learning of Scar's past and his misuse of the roar, Kion becomes incredibly cautious about using the Roar for good instead of evil. He orders Ushari to trick Kiburi into believing that if he killed Simba, he will rule the Pride Lands. The pride is led by Scar's most devoted follower Zira. Mufasa then looks up and spots Scar coldly staring at him and pleads for his brother to help him. Prepare to stand against the oncoming hordes of darkness seeking to fracture the Mirrorverse worlds of Agrabah Merchant’s Alley, Scarefloor F, and Port Royal Queen’s Landing. In an ever-evolving narrative, these empowered guardians must team up and battle through epic quests to defeat the dark Fractured forces that seek to shatter the Mirrorverse. ", A film that features the voices of several well-known A-list actors, namely Irons as Scar, Matthew Broderick as Simba, James Earl Jones as Mufasa, Nathan Lane as Timon, and Whoopi Goldberg as Shenzi,[94] The Lion King has since gone on to be acclaimed as "one of the most impressive arrays of voice talents ever utilized in an animated film. "[79] Scar plays a similar role in the video game The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure (2000);[80] Simba's climactic "battle with Scar concludes the first six levels of the game. After Mufasa manages to get Simba and himself out of the stampede, he begins climbing to safety, but is unable to reach the ledge. "[125] The Orlando Sentinel ranked Scar the sixth "greatest Disney villain of all time". [160] While Disney executives ignored these accusations, Slant Magazine defended the studio, explaining that Scar's black mane is simply an example of "the animators' elementary attempts to color-code evil for the film's target audience. Soon after, all of the ghosts came and formed a giant Heartless beast called the Groundshaker. While some are born to feast, others spend their lives in the dark ... begging for scraps. Stephen Hunter of The Baltimore Sun described Irons's voice as "plummy-rich with rancid irony. Mufasa begins reasoning with Boma when Taka roars and says that Boma must move by order of the Lion King, or Mufasa will face Boma in combat. In the first season episode "Lions of the Outlands", Scar is mentioned to have had a close relationship with Zira and told her about the Roar of the Elders and how he lost it. [47] Ejiofor said that "especially with Scar, whether it's a vocal quality that allows for a certain confidence or a certain aggression, to always know that at the end of it you’re playing somebody who has the capacity to turn everything on its head in a split second with outrageous acts of violence - that can completely change the temperature of a scene". Scar pleads for mercy, but Simba angrily demands that he confesses his crime to the pride. Just then, another lion appears and comes to Sarabi's defense. [37][38] According to author Rachel Stein of New Perspectives on Environmental Justice: Gender, Sexuality, and Activism, Irons relies "on his history of playing sexually perverse, socially dangerous male characters to animate his depiction of Scar. He eventually runs into Janja and his Clan and, in order to save himself from being eaten, Ushari starts trying to bargain with Janja, telling him of Kion's secret. The pair wonder if they can bring Scar, who "aided" the hyenas in his time, back to life and do some research. Now a ghost-filled with hatred, he would haunt Simba, who was now king. 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Though Scar is long dead, his legacy had a big effect on his grand-nephew, Simba's son, Kion. Strangely enough, he (for some reason) does not appear in the show's tie-in film Mickey's House of Villains, not even as a cameo, and is, therefore, one of the only three Disney villains featured in that show who does not appear in that film at all, with other two beings Commander Rourke and Shere Khan because they are absent. [52] Disney's more seasoned and experienced animators gravitated towards Pocahontas, while the studio's newer animators were relegated to working on The Lion King, dubbing themselves the "B-team". Despite Zira's death, both her and Scar's desire to have Kovu as their successor is most likely to come true, but not in the way as they expected as Kovu wants to carry on Mufasa's legacy and not Scar's, inspiring a touched Simba to accept Kovu as his new son-in-law and future successor. After being summoned, Scar conspires with Janja and the other animals in the Outlands to take over the Pride Lands and defeat the new Lion Guard and Simba, who were initially unaware that Scar had returned. Although Mufasa saves Simba, the king is weakened, and unable to climb out of the gorge to safety. Scar gathers up all his minions at the volcano and reveals his newest plot to destroy both Simba and the Lion Guard during the anniversary of Simba's victory of over Scar. "[26] By blaming Mufasa's death on an innocent Simba, Scar ultimately triggers "a cycle of guilt, flight, denial and redemption, as the hero goes into self-imposed exile before finally reconciling with his father's memory, returning to face his wicked uncle and generally coming of age. Scar, unwilling to give up the power or fight Simba one-on-one, instead plays on Simba's guilt over the death of his father by questioning if it must end in violence and states how he would hate to be responsible for the death of another family member. As they leave, Scar coldly warns Janja to not disappoint him again. "[64] Considered "an odd mix of deadly seriousness and slapstick humor ... Simba fights Scar to the death" while "intercut with ... Poomba [sic] ... doing a parody of Travis Bickel. "[35] Describing Irons as "a gentleman and a brilliant actor," Allers revealed that the actor was constantly offering "extra interpretations of lines which were fantastic. The lion claimed to have wisdom and power, and believed that the most powerful lion should be the true ruler of the Pride Lands. In this divergent universe, battle-ready and evolved versions of beloved Disney and Pixar characters join together in the Mirrorverse … The minute Simba is out of earshot, Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed appear and are ordered by Scar to kill Simba. [2][3] Although first citing these similarities as initially unintentional,[4] director Rob Minkoff always felt it was essential "to anchor [the film] with something familiar. Mufasa leaps in to save his brother and the buffaloes ready themselves to attack again. Empowered in dynamic and unexpected ways, Sulley, Baymax, Scar, Captain Jack Sparrow, the Genie, Merida, Belle, Oogie Boogie and more stand ready to fight. Scar’s army begins sacking various locations in the Pride Lands, causing great unrest, until the Lion Guard trains the residents of the Pride Lands into a militia capable of fending off the Outlanders. Then one day while Askari was still an adolescent, during a solo scout in the Outlands, he encountered a mysterious lion who he'd never met before but apparently befriended quickly. Scar refuses and attacks Simba, who throws him off the cliff after a brief fight. The actor reportedly "blew out his voice" upon belting the line "you won't get a sniff without me," rendering him incapable of completing the musical number. Within the musical of the same name, Scar's actions are relatively the same as compared to the original film, with a few exceptions: one of them being that he had any of his followers who had questioned his leadership put to death for doing so. Scar orders a three-sided attack to take over Mizimu Grove, with Janja's leading. "[25] This idea was first suggested by story artist Jorgen Klubien. [159] Additionally, "Even though [Scar] would be expected to mate with one of the lioness, he is never seen intimated by any. This caused Simba to become extremely afraid. Return of Simba and Battle for Pride Rock. In addition, Askari was also jealous of Mufasa for being heir to the throne instead of him and secretly desired it for himself while carrying on with his duties. The herd surrounds the buffaloes and ends the fight. However, during the battle, Janja tries to escape, only for Scar to appear and berate him for being cowardly, unaware that they are being watched by Kion. Originally first-in-line to Mufasa's throne until he is suddenly replaced by Simba, Scar decides to lead an army of hyenas in his plot to take the throne by killing Mufasa (succeeded) and exiling Simba (failed), ultimately blaming his brother's death on his nephew. Scar's Ghost was already there, and it was now haunting Simba's wife Nala and Pumbaa. Scar greets his "friends" in a pleasant matter, but the hyenas reveal that they overheard Scar blaming his crimes on them, much to his horror. Scar was unwilling to confess, so Simba starts to choke his uncle by pressing his paw onto his throat, forcing Scar to announce the truth in a low tone. Unfortunately for them, as they begin to walk away, Ushari arrives and coldly informs them that Scar wishes to speak to them now and is not happy. Luckily, Rafiki and The Lion Guard are able to defeat the two groups. "), Tim Curry and Malcolm McDowell were originally considered for the role of Scar. "[32] Although he had starred in a children's film before, the actor admitted that it did not mirror the success of The Lion King,[32] a film that has since gained notoriety for its cast of well known, award-winning Hollywood actors,[33] which animation historian Jerry Beck referred to in his book The Animated Movie Guide as "the most impressive list of actors ever to grace an animated film. Aided by his friends Nala, Timon and Pumbaa, Simba arrives at Pride Rock and witnesses Scar striking his mother Sarabi and confronts Scar, who demands that Simba admit to the pride that he killed Mufasa. In the beginning of the episode, Ushari discusses his concerns of Kion preparing to attack the Outlands and the possibility of Janja joining sides with Jasiri. Enter a divergent universe and unite teams of powerfully amplified Disney and Pixar Guardians to battle against an unrelenting threat in this new action RPG featuring exciting real-time, team-based combat.
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