He is the greediest of the three, frequently making references to hunger, and asking for food. Apart from these, Banzai is the model for most generic hyenas. His most distinguishing feature is his unusually heavy eyebrows. However, multiple times in the film, Ed is seen teasing him and Banzai jumps into the fight every time. However, he constantly submits to Shenzi, who is both smarter and more self-controlled than him. He is quick-tempered, hostile, gluttonous, and reckless, thinking with his teeth first. He is the most physically pugnacious of the trio. His name means "skulk" or "lurk" in Swahili, and it's also a Japanese battle cry. In Simba's Pride, Shenzi presumably has taken the clan away from the Elephant Graveyard to find better hunting grounds.īanzai (voiced by Cheech Marin) is the second hyena of the trio. When Scar tries to pin Mufasa's death on the hyenas at the end, she does not hesitate to inform the clan of his betrayal, and leads them in his execution. She allies the clan with Scar, even though the hyenas dislike the lions simply to provide for them, lies to Scar that Simba is dead to get them into the Pride Lands, and is even unafraid of informing him there is no food or water left, meaning the clan is starving and dehydrated. Shenzi can be just as heartless as Scar, but unlike him, her first duty is to strengthening her clan rather than the pursuit of personal power. Despite this, she has shown cowardice, along with her partners, on several occasions, including running away from Pumbaa in the final battle and Mufasa during their first encounter. Additionally, despite not appearing in the sequel, it seems that she has successfully hidden from Zira the fact that the hyenas, and not Simba, killed him, allowing her Pack to escape the Graveyard and leave the Pride Lands.ĭespite her dislike of Mufasa, Shenzi clearly has a measure of respect and fear for him, as she gets the "shivers" when she hears his name, and though she elbows Banzai before he can repeat the name in front of Scar, she clearly agrees with his opinion that they were better off when Mufasa was in charge (even if he did not like them or allow them to live in the Pride Lands, he at least treated them better and did not abuse or insult them for amusement like Scar). And at the climax of the movie, Shenzi informs the hyenas that Scar has betrayed them. She is not merely the leader of the trio, but the Matriarch of a Pack of over 200 hyenas, and her powerful leadership and diplomatic skills resulted in incredible gains for her pack, regardless of the cataclysmic results to the Pride Lands. She also lacks the dark gray 'stubble' snout of the males, the dark patches around her eyes are shaped to resemble heavily applied eye-shadow, and she has thicker lips with what seems to be black lipstick.ĭespite the common belief in the Pride Lands that hyenas are brainless, Shenzi's sense of humor hides a merciless sense of cunning. Her distinguishing features are five prominent bangs hanging over her face and a mane that reaches all the way to her bangs. Her first name means "savage", "pagan", "uncouth", or "barbarous" in Swahili.
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According to Timon in The Lion King 1½, her full name is Shenzi Marie Predatora Veldetta Jacquelina Hyena. Shenzi (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg) is the leader and sole female of the trio. A teenage Mufasa passes by, scares the hyenas away and befriends Zazu. In another book Friends in Need, the teenage hyenas appear again at the beginning, where they are preparing to boil a teenage Zazu in the elephant graveyard, as in the first film. His plan goes badly and his eye is wounded by the buffalo herd in the process, hence the nickname "Scar". Taka is intrigued by the suggestion and plans to incite a cape buffalo called Boma to fight Mufasa. Shenzi advises Scar to make himself look good by making Mufasa look bad. Later, Scar meets with the hyenas, the story revealing that he asked for their help. King Ahadi comes to his rescue just in time, with his sons Mufasa and Taka (Scar) in tow, and demands that the hyenas leave.
In the first book of the novelization series, The Lion King: Six New Adventures, A Tale of Two Brothers, the young hyenas appear at the beginning where they surround a helpless Rafiki who had just arrived in the Pride Lands. The hyenas were featured in two spin-off books of The Lion King, set before the events of the original film.
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