This eventually leads to an all-out battle between the Pridelanders and the Outlanders.Īt the beginning of season three, the Lion Guard have become teenagers and defeat Scar, and then must leave the Pride Lands traveling out of Africa to get to the Tree of Life in Asia to cure Kion and Ono’s battle injuries. Starting in season two, the Lion Guard's mission becomes harder when Scar returns as a fiery spirit and plans to destroy the Pride Lands, while forming an army consisted of animals from the Outlands. Despite the tradition that the Lion Guard has always been made of lions, Kion appoints his friends Bunga the honey badger, Beshte the hippopotamus, Fuli the cheetah, and Ono the egret, and together, they set out to keep their homeland safe and protect it from animals who do not respect the Circle of Life.

The series centers on Kion, Simba and Nala's son and Kiara's younger brother who, as second-born to the throne, has been gifted with a power called the Roar of the Elders and becomes the leader of the Lion Guard, a team who protects the Pride Lands and defends the Circle of Life. The second season premiered on July 7, 2017, followed by the third on August 3, 2019, with the series finale airing on November 3 the same year. The Lion Guard is a sequel and spin-off to The Lion King, and takes place during the time-gap within the 1998 film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, with the third and final season taking place in parallel with the film's second act, followed by the final two episodes of the series serving as an epilogue to the film. It is the second television series to be based on The Lion King, the first being Timon & Pumbaa (1995–1999).

The series was first broadcast with a television film titled The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar on Disney Channel on November 22, 2015, and began airing as a TV series on January 15, 2016, on Disney Junior. The Lion Guard is an American animated television series developed by Ford Riley and based on Disney's 1994 film The Lion King.

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