Shenzi's Clan

Shenzi's Clan is a pack of hyenas who lived in the Elephant Graveyard during the reign of Mufasa.

The Lion King
The clan is first mentioned when Zazu (upon learning the news from a gopher) informs Mufasa, who had been training his son, Simba, of an invasion, thus forcing Mufasa to break off the training to dispel the situation, leaving Simba in Zazu's charge.

After the matriarch of the hyenas, and her two accomplices fail to harm Simba, and his friend Nala, Scar, who had set up the plan, angrily scolds them, before promising the hyenas that when he became king, they will never go hungry ever again.

The hyenas then kill Mufasa via a stampede and chase Simba away from his father's dead body. They try to kill Simba, but when he runs through a dense thorn thicket, they give up on the chase and decide to only kill him if he returns to the kingdom. After the monarch and his heir are done away with, the hyenas infest the Pride Lands and become Scar's bodyguards and minions.

Much later, as the Pride Lands have become barren, the hyenas start to become more hungry and complain to their king, but Scar simply ignores them.

When Simba returns from his self-exile from the Pride Lands, the hyenas reinforce Scar's position as king when Simba orders for Scar to step down. After Scar gets his nephew to confess his responsibility for Mufasa's death, the hyenas surround the two lions as they head toward the edge of Pride Rock, presumably protecting Scar.

After Simba gets Scar to confess that he killed Mufasa, a climatic battle between the Pridelanders and the hyenas breaks out while Simba goes after Scar at the top of Pride Rock in hopes of avenging his father's death. Scar tells an enraged Simba that the hyenas are "the real enemies," which angers the hyenas, who overhear him. A brief duel erupts between the two lions, which ends with Simba flipping his uncle over a cliff where Scar lands in an area among the defeated hyenas.

The hyenas, determined to get revenge on Scar, surround their fallen leader to eat him alive. Scar continually pleads for his life but the hyenas ignore him. The hyenas leap upon Scar and begin to devour him alive as they are all engulfed in flames.

The Lion King II
According to Nuka, the hyenas fled the Pride Lands after the battle, implying that some, if not all, hyenas survived the battle of Pride Rock.

Named Members

 * Shenzi
 * Banzai
 * Ed

Trivia

 * The hyenas were animated by Dave Burgess and Alex Kupershmidt.


 * In the stage musical, it is revealed that the hyenas are the cause of the famine, as they force the lionesses to overhunt.

Appearances in Fanfiction
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 * Lion King 3: Hyena Rules