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17 Questions I Have About The New Version Of "The Lion King"

Is Mufasa actually Nala's father?!

1. Do the lions ever feel guilty about eating animals they can have whole-ass conversations with?

2. Speaking of which...does Simba keep eating grubs when he takes his place as king?

3. By the way, can lions even survive eating a 100% grub diet?

4. Also, do the grubs not talk?

5. If Mufasa and Scar are the only adult male lions around...who exactly fathered all those other cubs?

6. Are...are Nala and Simba brother and sister?

7. Why doesn’t Scar just murder Simba himself, since he’s already killed Mufasa?

8. Did we really need to spend a whole 10 minutes watching a beetle roll a ball of poop with a clump of Simba's hair stuck in it?

9. Exactly how much time passes between Mufasa’s death and Simba’s return?

10. It seems like it’s been years...so why does Scar wait so long to make his move on Sarabi?

11. Why didn’t the lionesses just team up to take down Scar, anyway?

12. And why do they believe Scar’s version of events about Mufasa’s death?

13. Why didn’t Zazu call him on his BS?

14. What do the hyenas do after ripping Scar apart?

15. Why did the filmmakers think it’d be weird if the animals expressed too much human emotion...but not if they did whole musical numbers?

16. Do kids who watch this version without seeing the original feel the same way as we all did about the first movie?

17. Finally, will I cry every time I think about Mufasa for the rest of my life?

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