We've grown up with Disney movies our entire lives. We love them, we know them, we quite often wish we could jump right into them.
While they often depict stories of hope and love, there are quite a few dark theories about our favorite Disney plot l...
The Lion King might be suitable for younger audiences, but there are still some traumatic moments - namely the death of Mufasa. Near the beginning of the movie, the young lion cub Simba watches his dad and ruler of Pride Rock fall to his death. Mufasa was trampled by a stampede of wildebeests after Scar (his brother and Simba's uncle) through Mufasa into the cavern below. This leads to a heartbreaking moment where Simba finds Mufasa's lifeless body and is then told by Scar to run away. The Lion King never shows Mufasa's body again, and that has now sparked an insane theory about what happened to Mufasa's body.
The theory started (According to research) from TikTok user Christian Jones@classyking0 spreading across the internet, as he's suggesting that Scar eats Mufasa in The Lion King. The video questions what happened to Mufasa's body after he died and notes that no animals actively hunt lions in real life. It then points to a scene later in the film where Scar is seen playing with a skull that looks to be the shape of a lion's skull.
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At first glance, this is a shocking but compelling theory to consider for The Lion King. Scar was the last one to be shown near Mufasa's body, so he's in a position to take the body away and eat it if that's what he wants. Scar also tells the other lions of Pride Rock of Mufasa's demise and doesn't appear to bring the body with him. If this is what happened, it would make sense why The Lion King doesn't show it, as this is still a movie for all ages after all. And since it is evident Scar hated his older brother, there's no way of knowing where he'd stop to feel superior.
However, that doesn't mean this Lion King theory is correct. The entirety of it is based on events that happened off-screen. Mufasa's body could've been brought to Pride Rock and buried potentially, or it could've been left in the wild to decay naturally. There's also no way of knowing that the skull Scar plays with is Mufasa's, as it could be the skull of another cat-like creature or one of an entirely different lion. But theres also a strong possibility that Scar ate his own brother.
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Special thanks to SagittarianJoy for sharing their theory. I had a lot of fun researching and such and I find that this particular one is pretty messed up. I hope everyone including the theorist enjoyed the page ☺️
