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Mufasa is a fictional character in Disney's The Lion King franchise. A wise and benevolent lion, he first appears in the 1994 animated film as the King of the Pride Lands and devoted father to Simba, who he is raising to inherit the kingdom. Mufasa is killed by his younger brother, Scar, who murders him to usurp the throne.
Convincing Simba that he is to blame for Mufasa's death, Scar advises the prince to run away and never return, then orders the hyenas to kill him. Scar returns to Pride Rock and tells the pride that both Mufasa and Simba died in the stampede, before becoming king and allowing the hyenas into the Pride Lands.
What first caught Taymor’s interest in the show was the wildebeest stampede. It’s a visually stunning moment in the 1994 film, one that leads to the death of Mufasa, the lion king himself.
Scar alerts Mufasa, who saves Simba and tries to escape the gorge; he begs for Scar's help, but Scar throws Mufasa into the stampede to his death. Scar tricks Simba into believing that Mufasa's death was his fault and tells him to leave the kingdom and never return. He then orders the hyenas to kill Simba, who escapes.
Mufasa's death scene in "The Lion King." IMDb/Walt Disney Studios "I learned on 'Lion King,' you can do that kind of thing, but you handle it in a certain way so that you don't pull punches," he said.
Mufasa: The Lion King begins by honoring the past. In light of the death of original Mufasa actor James Earl Jones, who died Sep. 9 at the age of 93, the entire film opens with a tribute to the ...
Scar takes Simba to a gorge and tells him to wait there. On Scar's signal, the hyenas start a wildebeest stampede into the gorge ("The Stampede"). Scar tells Mufasa that Simba is trapped in the gorge. Mufasa leaps into the stampede and manages to save his son, but as he tries to escape, Scar throws him off the cliff back into the stampede ...
James Earl Jones, the iconic voice behind Star Wars‘ Darth Vader and The Lion King‘s Mufasa, has died. He was 93. The star died on the morning of Monday, Sept. 9, at his home in Dutchess ...