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TLK - The Hyenas
Shenzi ("Barbaric")+ Banzai ("Lurk")+ Ed, Spotted Hyenas, Scar's henchmen
"You know, if it weren't for those lions, we'd be runnin' the joint."
The hyenas are the dark horses of the TLK fanbase. People LOVE these little shits, and for a long time I've wondered why. Recently I've reflected on what I think of the hyenas, and it's come to this: they're both actual threats AND comedic relief, an interesting combination. Also, at the end of the day they're a disenfranchised, almost sympathetic, population that's maligned and poverty stricken. They are as much victims of Scar as they are his assistants. It's painfully easy for him to manipulate them into becoming his personal band of slavedrivers due to their own growing desperation at the bottom of the social order. We can think up histories they may have with the scrawny cuss from dawn til dusk, and some people do, but the only in-universe explanation we get on their relationship is that Scar uses and abuses them just as much as he does everyone else, the only caveat being that he (sorta?) pretends to be their friend. It's interesting to say the least. Sure they try to eat babies, but who out of us wouldn't do the same if we only got to eat once a month?
Contrary to the belief of Literally Everyone - even the people who worked on that baby show starring Simba's deviantArt OC son - spotted hyenas are not grey. At least, not as a general rule. They can have dustier coats, but they're more typically anywhere from pale tan to ruddy red. Hell, even the hyenas in TLK aren't actually grey, they're just almost always presented in dark environments. Go check out the stampede scene where we see them in broad daylight if you don't believe me. So these guys aren't grey, they're different shades of brown, Shenzi being the darkest and Ed being the lightest, and each has a unique pattern of spots just like with real hyenas. The lighting makes this difficult to see, obviously, but I kinda like that. I think it'd be cool to only ever present them in this kind of lighting as if dark shadows and strong rim lighting are part of the trio's very designs. Can lighting be a part of a character design? Probably not, but I call the shots here goshdamnit.
"You know, if it weren't for those lions, we'd be runnin' the joint."
The hyenas are the dark horses of the TLK fanbase. People LOVE these little shits, and for a long time I've wondered why. Recently I've reflected on what I think of the hyenas, and it's come to this: they're both actual threats AND comedic relief, an interesting combination. Also, at the end of the day they're a disenfranchised, almost sympathetic, population that's maligned and poverty stricken. They are as much victims of Scar as they are his assistants. It's painfully easy for him to manipulate them into becoming his personal band of slavedrivers due to their own growing desperation at the bottom of the social order. We can think up histories they may have with the scrawny cuss from dawn til dusk, and some people do, but the only in-universe explanation we get on their relationship is that Scar uses and abuses them just as much as he does everyone else, the only caveat being that he (sorta?) pretends to be their friend. It's interesting to say the least. Sure they try to eat babies, but who out of us wouldn't do the same if we only got to eat once a month?
Contrary to the belief of Literally Everyone - even the people who worked on that baby show starring Simba's deviantArt OC son - spotted hyenas are not grey. At least, not as a general rule. They can have dustier coats, but they're more typically anywhere from pale tan to ruddy red. Hell, even the hyenas in TLK aren't actually grey, they're just almost always presented in dark environments. Go check out the stampede scene where we see them in broad daylight if you don't believe me. So these guys aren't grey, they're different shades of brown, Shenzi being the darkest and Ed being the lightest, and each has a unique pattern of spots just like with real hyenas. The lighting makes this difficult to see, obviously, but I kinda like that. I think it'd be cool to only ever present them in this kind of lighting as if dark shadows and strong rim lighting are part of the trio's very designs. Can lighting be a part of a character design? Probably not, but I call the shots here goshdamnit.
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
Species Hyena
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Shenzi asks you guy see that cub Kion anywhere?
Banzai replies I don’t see anything Ed’s in my way
Ed laughs hoo ha ha ha heh heh heh heh heh.
Banzai: It’s not funny Ed.
Ed keeps laughing.
Banzai: Hey shut up.
Shenzi: Will you cut that out? We have to make sure that good for nothin Lion Guard doesn’t catch us. That last Lion Guard leader Scar gave us the Pride Lands but now this new Lion Guard leader is going to kick us out.
Banzai: Now what do we do?
Shenzi: We have to come up with a plan to destroy the Lion Guard. And I know just what to do.
Banzai: There he is now.
Shenzi: Okay now let’s sneak around them.
Meanwhile.
Kion: Today will be a good day in the Pride Lands. There are no evil lions, no crocodiles, no jackals, no vultures, no scorpions, no leopards, no cobras, no skinks, and no monitor lizards.
Ono: Except for one thing.
Fuli: What’s that?
Ono: Lemme check. Oh no Kion some hyenas are heading to the Pride Lands.
Kion: Which hyenas are you talking about is it Janja and his crew?
Ono: No it’s Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed and they’re invading the Pride Lands.
Kion: Hey I remember the story about them they were the ones who worked for Scar
Beshte: Now what do we do?
Kion: We have to stop them from invading the Pride Lands come on team let’s go til the Pride Lands end.
All: Lion Guard defend.
Shenzi: Well well well Banzai what do we have here?
Banzai: A couple of appetizers to me.
Timon: I hate hyenas.
Shenzi: Oh yeah? Well, you're going to taste so good when I eat you tender meerkat
(Shenzi, Banzai and Ed charge after Timon)
Timon: Please don't eat me.
Pumbaa: Drop him!
Shenzi: Oh look boys a pig fit for a meal. Let's get him.
Banzai: You got it Shenzi. Today we have a meerkat tail on a cob, warthog club sandwich, and mongoose pot pie. We also have elephant trunks, then we have some giraffe steaks hornbill kielbasa and finally our mouth watering main course zebra legs.
Shenzi: Now that's what I'm talking about.
"You 3 stop this attack now" said Kion.
“Well well well Banzai what do we have here?” asked Shenzi.
“Hmm I don’t know Shenzi what do you think Ed?” asked Banzai
”Ed laughs hysterically”.
“Yeah just as I was thinking a little lion cub and his friends are unfit to be protecting the Pride Lands” said Banzai.
“Kion is that those hyenas who worked for Scar?”
“Yes Ono they’ve always sneaked in the Pride Lands all the time. My dad told me about you Shenzi you’re the ones who helped Scar kill my grandfather. "Ah so that’s what you’ve heard?" asked Shenzi.
"Yes" replied Fuli.
“So you must be the new Lion Guard we’ve heard about eh?” asked Banzai
“That’s right and together, we are the protectors of the Pride Lands. said Kion.
Banzai replies I don’t see anything Ed’s in my way
Ed laughs hoo ha ha ha heh heh heh heh heh.
Banzai: It’s not funny Ed.
Ed keeps laughing.
Banzai: Hey shut up.
Shenzi: Will you cut that out? We have to make sure that good for nothin Lion Guard doesn’t catch us. That last Lion Guard leader Scar gave us the Pride Lands but now this new Lion Guard leader is going to kick us out.
Banzai: Now what do we do?
Shenzi: We have to come up with a plan to destroy the Lion Guard. And I know just what to do.
Banzai: There he is now.
Shenzi: Okay now let’s sneak around them.
Meanwhile.
Kion: Today will be a good day in the Pride Lands. There are no evil lions, no crocodiles, no jackals, no vultures, no scorpions, no leopards, no cobras, no skinks, and no monitor lizards.
Ono: Except for one thing.
Fuli: What’s that?
Ono: Lemme check. Oh no Kion some hyenas are heading to the Pride Lands.
Kion: Which hyenas are you talking about is it Janja and his crew?
Ono: No it’s Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed and they’re invading the Pride Lands.
Kion: Hey I remember the story about them they were the ones who worked for Scar
Beshte: Now what do we do?
Kion: We have to stop them from invading the Pride Lands come on team let’s go til the Pride Lands end.
All: Lion Guard defend.
Shenzi: Well well well Banzai what do we have here?
Banzai: A couple of appetizers to me.
Timon: I hate hyenas.
Shenzi: Oh yeah? Well, you're going to taste so good when I eat you tender meerkat
(Shenzi, Banzai and Ed charge after Timon)
Timon: Please don't eat me.
Pumbaa: Drop him!
Shenzi: Oh look boys a pig fit for a meal. Let's get him.
Banzai: You got it Shenzi. Today we have a meerkat tail on a cob, warthog club sandwich, and mongoose pot pie. We also have elephant trunks, then we have some giraffe steaks hornbill kielbasa and finally our mouth watering main course zebra legs.
Shenzi: Now that's what I'm talking about.
"You 3 stop this attack now" said Kion.
“Well well well Banzai what do we have here?” asked Shenzi.
“Hmm I don’t know Shenzi what do you think Ed?” asked Banzai
”Ed laughs hysterically”.
“Yeah just as I was thinking a little lion cub and his friends are unfit to be protecting the Pride Lands” said Banzai.
“Kion is that those hyenas who worked for Scar?”
“Yes Ono they’ve always sneaked in the Pride Lands all the time. My dad told me about you Shenzi you’re the ones who helped Scar kill my grandfather. "Ah so that’s what you’ve heard?" asked Shenzi.
"Yes" replied Fuli.
“So you must be the new Lion Guard we’ve heard about eh?” asked Banzai
“That’s right and together, we are the protectors of the Pride Lands. said Kion.
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