Did You Know In THE LION KING 2: SIMBA’S PRIDE…

There is a hidden meaning behind the names of some of the new characters to the franchise. In Swahili, Zira, Kovu and Nuka mean words that link to the traits of their characters. Zira means “hate”, linking to her part as the villain of the movie. Kovu means “scar”, referring to his destiny as being Scar’s heir and also his similar appearance to the villain of the first movie. Nuka means “bad smell”, being a nod to how the character is seen as unwanted and annoying until his death later in the movie.

Movie: The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride

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[limkailuen]

I mean with a name that translates to bad smell, you obviously can tell Zira had very little expectation of her son

[callanightshade]

And Vitani's name translates to "Demon of War" which shows how she was raised to be a soldier for those loyal to Scar.

[robanah]

Well seeing as Scar’s actual name is “Taka” meaning “garbage” poor Nuka

[bagelrolls]

Vitani: I’m not even here, I’m an illusion 👁👄👁

[sleepytimesounds]

Nuka's death scene is even sadder if your watch the deleted scene for it.

[Blizardstar]

Vitani also means “Battle”. Honestly a lot of names in the lion king franchise as a whole mean things in Swahili it’s really cool

[fionahamilton]

Nukes death was sad .he only tried to please his mother

[soralinklokidottirprincess]

Poor Nuka he was an awesome character
Plus he was a comic relief to

[HydeiHyena]

I see nuka as a non villain he just wanted his mothers love and trying to make her happy it kills him

[bellathesmolneko]

Nuka had to deal with being named that, treated horribly by his mother and then he died, nuka deserved better😔😔😔

[kiranjotsingh]

I love when the money in the movie said to Kovou"HOW DARE YOU SAVE MY KIGS DAUTA"lol so funny.😂

[mistake]

"In lion King 2"

Me: WHAT THERE IS ANOTHER ONE

[Mx.Phoenix]

My favourite part of this movie was how much the characters made sure the audience knew that Kovu wasn't Scar's son

[TheOriginalScribbleStudios]

Zira was also supposed to have the darkest death of a Disney villain. You know how when she dies she's smiling. This is not an animation mistake. Kiara is kindhearted and has learned that a good Queen doesn't banish those who are grieving entirely. She tries to save Zira from her fall. In the original script Zira says "no. Never" before purposefully letting herself fall to traumatize Kiara. Obviously even for a villain a character committing suicide was too dark

[kylebroflovski]

I always felt bad for Nuka, all he wanted was to be accepted and make his mother proud of him, earn at least one time a praise from her and not always hear Kovu this and Kovu that. She only really saw him when he died.

[fivertherabbit]

I'm surprised that nuka doesn't mean "jealousy" because he is very jealous of kovi

[harleydakotanaval]

zira basically named her kid lil shit 😂😭

[iLoveBread_]

“IM DROPPING A NUKE!”

Some guy: “you said you smell bad?”

[sunnysong]

Zira actually means "heart filled with hatered" It may saund simmiliar but the actual translation more represents Zira's goals as it represents her whish for revange

[mochitheneko]

Kouv isn't related to scar and you will actually hear tht in the lion king 2 where nuka says " scar isn't even he's father he just took him in"