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Bunga & BingaKovimbaPride Rock FamilyScarafinaScaridaScarKhanSimbaltoSimbambiSimbionTarzan & SimbaKopasante
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Bunga & Binga[]

Bunga & Binga is the het ship between Bunga and Binga from The Lion King fandom.

Canon[]

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Fanon[]

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Fandom[]

Bunga/Binga tag on AO3

Kovimba[]

Kovimba is the slash ship between Kovu and Simba from The Lion King fandom.

Canon[]

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Seconds after Simba defeated Scar and reclaimed his birth right as the one true king, Zira brings her youngest cub, Kovu before him. Before Simba returned to confront his uncle, Scar had named Kovu his heir, despite not being his father, and Zira wants Simba to honour Scar's wish. Simba could not name Kovu the next king, with Scar being an illegitimate ruler, and tries to explain this to Zira. Because Kovu's mother attacks Simba out of rage, its leads to Simba banishing the lions who remain loyal to Scar. Kovu being one of them, as he and his family are forced out of the Pride Lands.

Simba resents Kovu for being Scar's heir, making it easy for Zira to fill her son's heart with rage towards him. Even though Simba refused to harm Kovu when Zira offered him a chance to do so, he tells Zira to take her cub and leave. Despite his feelings towards the Outsider lions, Simba could never harm a defenceless cub, who was terrified of possibly being harmed by his pride's mortal enemy. Because of the brief connection Kovu formed with Simba's daughter and heir, Kiara, Zira has Kovu use her as a means to get close to Simba. Before Zira sends out an adult Kovu to gain Simba's trust, she has him recite the way she raised Kovu to view Simba and the nature of his mission. Simba is his enemy and it's his destiny to become King, by killing Simba and avenge Scar's death.

Fanon[]

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Because Simba first knew Kovu as a cub, and the second film has it end with him becoming Simba's son-in-law, it has got some people to think that Kovimba should be marked as a friendship or familyship.

Fandom[]

FAN FICTION
Kovu/Simba tag on AO3

Pride Rock Family[]

Pride Rock Family is the family ship between Simba, Nala, Kiara, Kion, and Kopa from The Lion King fandom.

Canon[]

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After Simba and Nala became the new King and Queen of the Pride Lands, they started to have a family of their own.

Fanon[]

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Fandom[]

FAN FICTION
Kiara/Kion/Nala/Simba tag on AO3

Scarafina[]

Scarafina is the het ship between Scar and Sarafina from The Lion King fandom.

Canon[]

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Behind the scenes[]

Rob Minkhoff, one of the directors of The Lion King, expressed the view that Nala was the daughter of either Mufasa or Scar, meaning that one of them would have been involved with Sarafina[1] However, The Lion Guard episode "Paintings and Predictions" indicated that Nala's father-and thus Sarafina's mate-was an unidentified male lion who greatly resembled his grandson Kion in his youth.

Fanon[]

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The ship is not especially popular among The Lion King fans, no doubt due in part to Sarafina's minor role in the original film as well as the remake. Of course, a major objection to the pairing lies in the idea that, if Scar were Nala's father through Sarafina, Simbala would become a ship between two first cousins. Moreover, a deleted song from the original film put forward Scarla as a toxic het ship, an idea all the more objectionable were Nala to be Scar and Sarafina's daughter. It appears to be Sarafina's most popular ship with a known character, but is surpassed as a Scar ship by Scarira and even Scarabi.

There are 12 works featuring the pairing on AO3, 2 of which are rated Mature.

Fandom[]

FAN FICTION
Sarafina/Scar tag on AO3

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Scarida[]

Scarida is the friend ship between Scar and Merida from The Lion King and Brave fandoms.

Canon[]

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With Scar and Merida from two separate Disney films and universes, the two have never met. Part from when Disney features them in one of their many crossover medias, most of them being games that allows players to have their favourite characters to either team up or fight against one another.

The official global launch trailer for Disney Mirrorverse has Merida and Scar as two of the main focused characters. When Merida was standing before the Stella Mirror Scar was seen sneaking up behind her, and then follows Merida through the gateway mirror. Due to how Merida summoned her bow after Scar appeared from behind her, it looked like she was aiming her arrow at the lion. Until Merida's arrow hit the fractures that were behind Scar. This got Scar to smile at Merida and the two then teamed up to fight the rest of them. While Scar was fighting on the ground, Merida took out the archer fractures above him before they would shoot arrows at Scar. After Merida rejoins Scar on the ground to fight the rest of them, the two get approached by a fractured copy of Merida. As the two prepare to fight them, despite being out numbered by the fractures and fracture Merida, Baymax arrives to aid them.

Fanon[]

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Scarida is one of the rarer friendships in the Disney crossover fandom, with Merida being a heroin and Scar a villain. Not everyone is a fan of "Hero & Villain" friendships, and crossover ships of any ship type tend to be rare. The idea for this duo came from the global launch trailer for Mirrorverse, that had Merida and Scar team-up. Just as the app game's announcement and villain trailers helped to inspire cross pairings between Belle x Sulley and Ursula x Oogie.

Fandom[]

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Merida and Scar posts on Tumblr

ScarKhan[]

ScarKhan is the slash ship between Scar and Shere Khan from The Lion King and The Jungle Book fandoms.

Canon[]

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Fanon[]

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Fandom[]

FAN FICTION
Scar/Shere Khan tag on AO3

Simbalto[]

Simbalto is the slash ship between Simba and Balto from The Lion King and Balto fandoms.

Canon[]

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Fanon[]

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Fandom[]

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Simbambi[]

Simbambi is the slash ship between Simba and Bambi from The Lion King and Bambi fandoms.

Canon[]

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Simbion[]

“I'm proud that you're my son.”
— Simba to Kion The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar

Simbion is the family ship between Simba and Kion from The Lion King fandom.

Canon[]

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Simba and Kion have a close and affectionate father-son relationship. Kion loves, respects, and cares for his father a lot, and will do anything in his power to make his father happy. He will get very worried when his father is in danger and will do all in his might to ensure his safety.

Although Kion expressed sadness and fear when he was scolded by his father in Return of the Roar, he will still do everything that's possible to serve his father, trusting his father's judgment and wanting to make him proud.

When Rafiki declares that Kion is ready to lead the Lion Guard, Simba is at first worried about this, thinking that due to Kion being a cub, he is not ready to handle the responsibility. But changes his mind when Nala encourages him to listen to Rafiki. After seeing that Kion has chosen Bunga, Beshte, Fuli, and Ono to be part of The Lion Guard, Simba was not pleased. He tells his son that the Lion Guard has always been made up of lions and scolds Kion for treating his role of leader as a game and tells him to take his responsibilities seriously as Kiara does with hers. However, in truth, Kion did take his duties as the leader of the Lion Guard very seriously.

However, after Kion and the Lion Guard save Kiara from a gazelle stampede and chase away Janja and his clan. Simba realizes that Kion was wise enough to have chosen his friends to be in the Guard and expresses pride in his son and accepts the new Lion Guard. Ever since then, Simba has helped Kion defend the Pride Lands on a few occasions, as seen when he helped Kion defeat Reirei and her jackal family during the Kupatana celebration and, he even become a leader of the guard temporarily while Kion was away with Nala and Kiara on Udugu.

Simba shows great pride towards his son for his duty as leader of the Lion Guard and has great faith in them whenever their protecting the Pride Lands.

After Scar returns as a ghost, Simba plans on helping his son and his Lion Guard, defeat his evil-uncle, which eventually comes to pass seasons later, but at the cost of Kion receiving the Mark of Evil during the battle, which prompts him to journey to the Tree of Life with Simba supporting this decision, not wanting his only son to fall down the same dark, cruel and murderous path that his uncle did at Kion's age.

A while later, after Kion returns to the Pride Lands, he and Nala are happy to see their son again, and even more happy to see him marry Queen Rani and become King of the Tree of Life.

Fanon[]

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Fandom[]

FAN FICTION
Kion & Simba tag on AO3

Tarzan & Simba[]

The following article is based on a subject that has no agreed upon name; the current title is merely a placeholder and is subject to change. DO NOT HESITATE TO ADD THE PROPER NAME IF AVAILABLE.

Tarzan & Simba is the friendship between Simba and Tarzan from The Lion King and Tarzan fandoms.

Canon[]

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Young versions of Simba and Tarzan both appear as playable characters in the video game Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure.

Fanon[]

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Fandom[]

FAN FICTION
Simba & Tarzan tag on AO3

Kopasante[]

Kopasante is the het ship between Kopa and Asante from The Lion King fandom.

Canon[]

One day, Kopa, Simba’s son, ignored Zazu’s lessons and went to the Elephant Graveyard, where he found a young hyena named Asante trapped by a snake. Though hyenas were lions’ enemies, Kopa hesitated only briefly before fighting off the snake and saving Asante. Face to face, they regarded each other warily, but after exchanging names, Asante thanked Kopa for helping her. She explained that she had been hunting snake eggs when the constrictor attacked, and Kopa, eager to impress, pretended to understand her knowledge. When Asante asked if he lived in the Pride Lands, Kopa confirmed it, and she admitted that hyenas were not welcome there. Despite their differences, they parted on friendly terms, and Kopa later told his mother about Asante, receiving a light scolding but also praise for his kindness.

Over time, their bond grew stronger, though neither introduced the other to their family. One day, Asante convinced Kopa to visit the Shadowland, where a storm unexpectedly struck. As the rain poured and the river swelled, Kopa lost his footing and was swept away. Asante ran for help, enlisting the aid of her crocodile friend Kroko, who rescued Kopa from drowning.

Once Kopa was safe, Asante guided him back to Pride Rock, though she hesitated as they neared his home. She told Kopa they were even, as both had saved each other’s lives, but insisted that lions and hyenas did not belong together. Heartbroken, Kopa accepted her words and turned to leave, but Asante suddenly changed her mind. She asked if he still wanted her to meet his parents, and when he eagerly agreed, she admitted she was nervous. Kopa reassured her, then challenged her to a race, which she teasingly accepted.

Fanon[]

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Fandom[]

FAN FICTION

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SHIPS het AzaliJanjasiriKiFuKisiriKopa x VitaniKovaraMufasarabiRanionScarabiScariraScarlaScarziSimbalaVitani x Kion
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