Nuka’s Full Story | Scar's Neglected Heir: Discovering Disney's The Lion King

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Early on in Nuka’s life he was trained by his family and pride to hate Simba, and over time he became convinced that destroying that king was the only way to prove that he should’ve been chosen to be Scar’s successor and to show his mother he should be loved. Today I’m going to be going through the entire, complex and tragic story of the chaotic villain from The Lion King 2: Nuka.

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[callanightshade]

In a deleted part of Nuka's dying scene he said to Zira "I finally got your attention"

[tomboyangel]

Dark theory/idea:
If Kovu had killed Simba and became king... Nuka's jealousy would have continued to climb, until he walked down the same path Scar did.
Ironic isn't it?

[moviemelody]

Poor Nuka, he was a neglected and abused child that just wanted his mother’s approval:(

[nerdyninjatemptress]

Poor Nuka deserved better. He deserved a mother who actually cared about him before his death, not after it.

[lifeismusic]

So weird how he skipped nuka over for being so weak when scar himself was all scrawny too.

[bbernales]

Scar, the jealous brother, had a son who’s a jealous brother.
Ironic isn’t it?

[Black.Rose]

I was always curious about the other lion pride in Lion King. Scar left his pride messed up. Nuka seemed very desperate and that's most likely why Scar may not have chosen him. An impulsive leader would cause way too many problems

[raven]

To be honest it was all Zira's fault for how Nuka turned out. Her neglection of him and paying more attention to Kovu has led Nuka to slowly develop mental and psychological issues that Zira could have prevented if she'd just paid attention to Nuka. But she didn't and in return it cost her her first son's life.


It's kind of sad if you think about it carefully.

[lunamoonstone]

in ways i felt bad for nuka and did cry when he was killed. zira was a horrible mother the cub she chose to raise and love to be the one to take her revenge, falls for a pridelander and betrays everything she taught him. the one she neglects, insults, and cares nothing for died trying to kill her enemy all for her. truly sad, at least her, nuka, and scar all together one big messed up family

[OmegaCoyote]

I love Nuka! He was such a fun character, I laughed every time he was on screen. I found his death more sad than Mufasa's simply because I liked the character more.

[filipapinto]

So, the way Zira and Scar treated Nuka (and also Vitani) mirrored the way Ahadi treated Scar

[foxtatertot]

Nuka's original last words were, "I finally got your attention."

[Priderockstarlion]

I honestly felt bad for Nuka when he died ☹️

[Hektols]

The most ironic thing about that family is that it resembles a lot the behaviour of real lions and other animals, with Zira favoring the more healthy looking younger cub over the scrawny looking elder one.


The same goes for Scar's ploy to kill Mufasa and Simba.

[SharpDesign]

The real reason he mentioned Kovu was not Scar's heir was so we knew Kovu and Kiara are not related..subtle..

but still..makes me more curious on the story

[MrJohnffrey]

Nuka is a rare example of a funny but tragic character.

[ChrisWilliams-zzkt]

He wanted to impress zira despite being ignored to prove he can be better then kuvuo but his ego gets the better of him and gets killed by logs

[CelticRaE]

Personal head canon : nuka is scars only biological son... ironically being born weak he rejected him immediately blaming Zira for his condition. Zira scorned, went behind scars back and had Kovu and vitani with another lion. Nuka knew he was scars real son which made him even more jealous of kovu.

[Phoenixwizard]

I sort of wish Zira had gotten crushed by the logs and Nuka being chaotic character that he is would take the lead as second in command and issue the attack on Pride Rock, his anger and hatred making him a legitimate threat.

[queennovella]

I truly feel bad for Nuka. If Scar had chosen Nuka instead of Kovu, the outlander's plan probably would have succeeded. All Nuka wanted was to prove he was capable of making his mother proud.