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2023 wasDisney ’s 100th Anniversary , and while the year was marred bysome major box office letdown , the House of Mouse did make one bold choice that buff are still talking about - confirming a belovedLion Kingcharacter is an out - and - out cannibal . It ’s an mind that ’s been batted around in fan circles for decades , and yet one that no - one ever expected Disney to in reality confirm .
Disney ’s 100th Anniversary saw the release of several titles in itsDisney Villainscomic line , published by Dynamite Comics . One of these wasDisney Villains : Scar(from Chuck Brown and Trevor Fraley ) , which follows the 1994 movie villain ashe recruits his hyena armyand plots to kill off Mufasa and Simba . spy on the hyenas while take how to bend them to his will , Scar learns that - cut off from the target animals of the Pride Lands - the hyenas have turned to cannibalism to survive .
Unlike some of Disney ’s darkest concepts , this is n’t plainly suggest at or incriminate . When Whoopi Goldberg ’s picture show grapheme Shenzi is selected as the latest hyaena to be sacrifice to keep the multitude fed , their loss leader - the Queen of the Bone Eaters - gain it reset the hyenas will kill and feed her , andthat she ’s taken part in similar attacks before , declaring :
Do n’t embarrass yourself , Shenzi . You ’ve eat your filling at feasts just like these . Now it ’s your turn to be the feast .
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Lion King’s Hyenas Survived by Eating Each Other
Being Banned from the Pride Lands Left Them with No Option
While it was a surprising move for Disney to confirm a dear children ’s character is a cannibal , it does make sense for the widerLion Kingstory . In the original picture show , the hyena are banned from hunting in the Pride Lands due to their rash slaughter of prey animals , and yet once Scar takes power , there are enough of them left to form an army that even restrain the lions . Dark asDisney Villains : Scar ’s root is , it does at least explain how the hyenas live on during the periods where they could n’t sneak into Mufasa ’s domain to feed . It also adds a poetical note to Scar ’s eventual death , savaged by his own hyaena enforcers - he know precisely what he was dealing with from the start , but arrogantly assumed he could keep forrader of their hungriness .
2023 Was a Great Year for Disney Comics
Disney VillainsMight Be Dark, But It Told Some Great Stories
2023 also discover the release ofDisney Villains : Maleficent(Soo Lee ) andDisney baddie : Hades(Elliott Kalan and Alessandro Ranaldi . ) The latter essentially set up an entire cinematic creation spinning out ofHercules , introducing an ground forces of novel hero and baddie pulled from Hellenic myth - though it did risk its own controversy by in effect removingthe 1998 animatedHerculesTV seriesfrom Disney canon . A play tomboy , Hadeshad the energy of a unbent - to - telecasting movie sequel ( which is n’t inevitably a big thing ) , butMaleficentwas easily the year ’s must - read Disney comedian .
While 2014’sMaleficentmovie ( star Angelina Jolie ) already did a well - invite job of humanizing the ' vicious ' witch , Disney Villains : Maleficentaccomplishes the same feat without softening her animated movie history . The series pursue Maleficent during the years that log Z’s Beauty was locked aside , and visualize her caught up in a series of encounters that lead up to a duel with her heroic counterpart , the Wizard . Without rewrite Maleficent as a hero sandwich , the serial subtly explores her moral linear perspective , as she steadfastly refuses to allowanyoneto cross her and get aside with it .
While 2023 ’s Disney movies may have let down , its comics proved to be underrated jewel , withDisney baddie : Scarcoming from nowhere to offer up one of the coloured pop culture moments of the year - and making it insufferable to watchThe Lion Kingthe same way ever again . Roll on 2024 , and the upcomingDisney villain : Cruella De Vil(coming January 10 from Dynamite Comics . )
