The one thing you never knew about lion king....

Here’s The One Thing You Never Knew
About ‘The Lion King’
One simple fact to help you be prepared for
your next viewing.
Sure you’ve watched Disney ‘s classic movie
“The Lion King ” a million times, but we can
guarantee there’s one thing you’ve never
thought about before: why is the villain, Scar,
named Scar?
Yes, yes, we know. It’s the scar on his eye.
But did he always have that scar? If he did,
wouldn’t he be called “Birthmark” instead of
“Scar?” After all, a scar is a thing you get
during your life, rather than something you
name someone – or some lion – hoping they’ll
get a scar later in life so their name is
appropriate.
Turns out, Scar wasn’t actually always named
Scar.
The character, originally voiced by Jeremy
Irons, has appeared in Disney animated movies,
TV shows and books multiple times – including
in both sequels to “The Lion King,” and the
animated spin-off “Timon & Pumbaa.”
But for information on Scar’s past, you’re
going to have to look to a story in “The Lion
King: Six New Adventures.” The particular
adventure, titled “ A Tale Of Two Brothers,”
appropriately tells the back-story of young
Mufasa and Scar, who at the time was named…
Wait for it…
Taka.
Why is that GIF of Scar so upset? That’s
because “taka” in Swahili translates to a few
different things in English: want, which makes a
lot of sense; as does desire. But most of the
time, the word is used to mean either “dirt” or
“garbage.”
So Scar’s parents named one of their kids Taka
– meaning “garbage” – and the other kid Mufasa
– meaning “king.”
Ouch.
In case you’re wondering how that piece of lion
garbage got his name-sake scar, he tricked a
buffalo named Boma into attacking Mufasa…
But when Taka started started laughing at his
own trick, Boma – and his herd of buffalo –
attacked Taka instead.
After he was saved by his father Ahadi – which
means “promise,” by the way – and healed by
Rafiki, the newly damaged lion said, “From now
on, call me Scar. Father, I won’t forget what
happened today. I promise.”
Yeah. So there you go. Scar got a literally
garbage name, and now you’ll never look at
“The Lion King” the same way again!