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Kovu (1998)

Kovu is a lion from The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride.

Voices[]

  • Ryan O'Donohue (young)
  • Jason Marsden (adult)

Background[]

Kovu is claimed to be the youngest son of Zira, who is a close follower of Scar; his two older siblings are Nuka and Vitani. He was apparently born at some point during Scar's reign, as Scar hand-picked him to be his successor, which annoyed Nuka. As a result, he was referred to by the Outsiders as the Chosen One. However, Scar merely mentored him, and Kovu is of no relation to Scar. His chosen path was put to a halt after Simba took back the throne from Scar and exiled the Outsiders due to their opposition of Simba's rule. As a result of Scar's death, Kovu was expected to one day avenge Scar by killing Simba and usurping the throne. As a cub, he was put through harsh training by Zira to prepare him for this task.

Personality[]

Kovu, unlike his mother and siblings, is very relaxed, kind and friendly, and doesn't necessarily believe in their cruel, violent and evil ways even as a cub. Despite this, when his mother tells him to do something, he will obey and even approach his older brother Nuka should he try to disobey her. Kovu was manipulated by Zira into believing that Simba was the enemy, which implies that he was at one point cruel and murderous, but this later changes when he befriends Simba and falls in love with Kiara. His initial refusal to fight, a trait he had as a cub, is resurrected when he attempts to stop the attack on the Pride Lands held by Zira. Kovu is willing to put the past behind him no matter how terrible it is. This is shown when he and Kiara stop the attack, and when he meets Kion again, he dose not hold any animosity towards him or the Lion Guard for their past meeting and he later bonds with him as his brother-in-law.

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Physical appearance[]

Kovu is noted by many to bear a strong resemblance to Scar, though it is a coincidence as it is stated that was not his father.

His fur is auburn, and his muzzle, paws, and underbelly are all creamy brown in color. He sports a dark brown head tuft and also sports tufts of fur on his elbow joints that match the color of his head tuft and tail tip. His dark eye shades mirror those of his siblings, but his emerald green eyes match no member of his family's.

As an adolescent, Kovu's mane is colored a very rich dark brown and matches the dark shades of his elbow tufts and tail tip. He later gets a scar across his left eye identical to Scar's that is inflicted by Zira.

He played Withered Foxy in Five Nights at Balto's Series[]

Kovu plays James Rhodes/War Machine in Dynamite's Cinematic Universe[]

Kovu played Garth in Alpha & Omega (PrinceBalto Style)[]

He is a wolf

Kovu played Surfer Dave in Atypical: The Furry Movie (The Lego Movie) (Phase Awesomness)[]

He is a surfer.

Kovu also plays Chainsaw/Purgatory Dave in Atypical 2: The Furry Movie (The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part)[]

He is the hardcore version of Surfer Dave.

Kovu played Kevin the Minion in Furries (Minions Parody)and Fourscore: Polar's Wild Adventure (Awesome Me 2).[]

He is a tall, courageous two-eyed Minion.

In Fourscore, he plays alongside Garth (Alpha and Omega).[]

Kovu played Bob the Tomato in Balto: A FunnyTales Movie[]

Kovu also played Bob the Tomato in FunnyTales and FunnyTales in the Wild, alongside Kenai the Bear (Phase Awesomeness). []

He is a level-headed tomato and Larry's best friend.

Kovu, along with Samson Maxwells and Jenna, played Barry in Animated Party (Sausage Party).[]

He is a deformed yet brave sausage, the good friend of Frank and Carl.

Kovu played Young Adult Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Saga PrinceBalto Style[]

He is a Jedi

Kovu played Han Solo in Star Wars (PrinceKodi Animal Style)[]

He is a Smuggler

Kovu played Tom in Kovu and RJ: The Movie[]

He is a cat

Kovu played Eric in The Little Mer-Lioness (Fiver&Heather's Channel)[]

He is a prince

Kovu played Gunther Gibson in Simba and Kovu[]

He is Jason Johnston's stepbrother

Kovu played Robert Shandling in Fievel in New York[]

He is the new mayor of New York

Kovu played Prince Phillip in Sleeping Kiara[]

He is a prince

Kovu played David Hasselhoff in The Kodiak Wolf-Dog Movie (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie).[]

He is a human surfer.

Kovu played Tony Ridnger in The Incredibles (CoolZDane animal Style)[]

He is a teenage boy

Kovu played Aladdin in Kovuladdin, Kovuladdin The Return of Scar and Kovuladdin and the King of Thieves[]

He is a street rat

Kovu played Prince Zuko in Avatar The Last Airbender NuclearZeon Animal Style[]

He is a Fire Bender

Kovu played Scamp in Nala and The Simba 2: Kovu's Adventure[]

He is a puppy dog

Kovu played John Rolfe In Kiarahontas:II Journey To a New World[]

He is an Englishman

Kovu played Hercules in Kovucules (Fiver&Heather's Channel)[]

He is a Hero in Training

Kovu played The Huntsman in Nala White and the Seven Animals[]

He is a Hunter

Kovu played Kerchak in Shining Armorzan[]

He is the Leader of the Gorillas

Kovu played Alan Parrish in Jumanji (LupeWolf22 Animal Style)[]

Kovu played Gregg O'Hara in Mighty Werehog Young[]

Kovu played Tadashi Hamada in Big Hero 6 (TheBluesRockz Style)[]

Kovu played Hiro Hamada in Big Hero 6 (AbananzerGoode485 Style)[]

Kovu played Kocoum in Maid Mariahontas[]

He is a fierce Indian

Kovu played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars (TheBeckster1000 Style)[]

Kovu played James P. Sullivan in Animal Characters, Inc.[]

Kovu played King Kong in King Kovu (2005)[]

He is a giant gorilla

Kovu played Nick Wilde in Zootopia (Austin A Animal Style)[]

He is a fox

Kovu played Lenny in Lion Cub Tale (Dragon Rockz Style)[]

He is a Shark

Kovu played Frankenstein in Hotel Transylvania (AnimatedFan195 Animal Style), Hotel Transylvania 2 (AnimatedFan195 Animal Style), and Hotel Transylvania 3 (AnimatedFan195 Animal Style): Summer Vacation[]

He is a Frankenstein's monster

Kovu played Devon in Quest for Camelot (Davidchannel's Version)[]

He is a Dragon

Kovu played Horton the Elephant in Kovu Hears a Fox[]

He is an Elephant

Kovu played Flint Lockwood in Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 1 And 2 (Bard Edition)[]

He is an inventor

Kovu played Lightning McQueen in CarToons Trilogy (Bard Edition)[]

He is a hotshot racer who learns a lesson.

Kovu played Dusty Crophopper in Pilots (Bard Edition)[]

He is a cropduster pilot who becomes a racing pilot and firefighter.

Kovu played Dusk Shine in My Little Animal: Friendship is Magic (Genderbend)[]

He is a winged unicorn

Kovu played Dusk Shine (Pony) in My Little Animal: Animated Boys[]

He is a alicorn

Appearances[]

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride[]

One day, Kovu escaped from his brother Nuka, who was supposed to be watching him. While wandering about, he met Kiara, Simba's daughter, who had wandered in the Outlands and bumped into him. The two cubs became friends after an incident with crocodiles, but they were quickly separated by their feuding parents. Back home, Zira angrily scolds Kovu for trying to befriend an enemy but then realizes she may be able to use the friendship to allow Kovu to get close to Simba and kill him. She then praises Kovu for his brilliance, stating that he has the "same conniving mind" that Scar had.

When Kovu has grown into an adolescent, Zira sends him to the Pride Lands to initiate her plan. As part of the plan, he rescues Kiara from a wildfire that has been set by his siblings Nuka and Vitani. After rescuing Kiara, he asks Simba to allow him to join the Pride Landers and tells him that he can either judge him for who he is or to accuse him for a crime he didn't commit. Though Simba rejects him initially, it is pointed out that by law he owes Kovu a debt for saving Kiara (through Zazu claims that Simba may want to make an exception in this case). As repayment, Kovu is allowed to return to the Pride Lands; however, Simba still doesn't trust him. Simba chooses to reserve his final judgment until he can learn about Kovu's character and forces Kovu to sleep outside the den away from the pride, where Kiara thanks him for saving her life, to which Kovu comments that Kiara almost dies and also about her lack of hunting abilities and a provoked Kiara asks him to teach her to which Kovu agrees. Kovu appears briefly in Simba's nightmare, where Scar turns into him and throws Simba off a cliff into the stampede (similar to how Scar killed Mufasa in the first film).

During his time at Pride Rock, he tries to attack Simba from behind, only to be unknowingly interrupted by Kiara, who reminds him about his earlier promise to teach her to hunt. When they do so, it becomes apparent that Kovu has never had any real fun before. When Kiara chooses to chase birds alongside Timon and Pumbaa for the fun of it, Kovu believes it to be training. Kiara teaches him to loosen up and enjoy himself and after fleeing from a herd of rhinos, they accidentally kiss. Over time, he grows fond of Kiara and begins to fall in love with her, a feeling which is encouraged by a meeting with Rafiki and begins to question his role in Zira's plot. Later, Simba finally warms up to Kovu and thanks him for saving his daughter's life the other day and invites him in the den with the pride. The next morning, Kovu decides to reveal Zira's plot to Kiara and that he doesn't want to be a part of it anymore because he loves her, but is prevented from doing so when Simba takes him alone to talk. After hearing Simba's retelling of Scar's story, he realizes how just how wrong his mother has been in her opinion of Scar. However, the two are ambushed by Zira and the Outsiders, who had been spying on Kovu and realized he was having second thoughts. Zira frames Kovu, claiming that the ambush was part of the plan. Kovu denies it, but Simba believes it anyway and quickly distrusts him. Kovu attempts to defend Simba but is knocked unconscious by Vitani.

After Simba manages to escape the Outsiders, Kovu rushes back to the Outsiders to see about Nuka, who had been trapped under falling logs while trying to attack Simba. Nuka dies as a result of his wounds, leaving Kovu, his family, and pride devastated. Zira angrily blames Kovu for Nuka's death, scarring him across one eye, reminiscent of Scar's appearance. In response, Kovu stands up to his mother for the first time, rejects Scar, and runs off. Back at Pride Rock, Simba and the animal subjects believe that Kovu was behind the ambush, and exiles the rogue lion from the Pride Lands, ignoring Kiara's protests. As Kovu was driven away by Simba’s animal subjects, he was being watched by Rafiki from a distance who sighs very sadly while realizing that Simba has completely defied his father's goals and broke the Circle of Life. However, Kovu later reunites with Kiara, who had run away from Pride Rock to find him. The two briefly discuss running away to form their own pride, but Kiara convinces Kovu that they need to return to try and unite their prides.

Kovu and Kiara return to find the Pride Landers and the Outsiders engaged in a bitter war, with Simba and Zira preparing to fight one on one. Kovu and Kiara manage to separate them, and Kovu publicly announces his intention to not let Zira harm either Kiara or Simba. As a result of his and Kiara's words and actions, Vitani leaves Zira's side, with the other Outsiders following her after Zira threatens to kill Vitani. When Zira attempts to attack Simba, Kovu looks on as Kiara fights her in an attempt to save her father. He sighs sadly as he sees his mother fall to her death but is relieved that Kiara is safe. Simba apologizes to Kovu for his mistake and allows him to return to the Pride Lands, where he is united in marriage with Kiara by Rafiki.

The Lion Guard[]

Kovu, along with Nuka, Vitani, Zira, and their pride return in the Disney Junior series The Lion Guard episode "Lions of the Outlands", which takes place sometime after Kovu's first meeting with Kiara. He is very hopeful when Kiara's brother, Kion, says he could get them back in the Pride Lands due to his desire to see Kiara again, something Kion had no knowledge of until then.

When Zira and her minions are blown out of the watering hole, (which they had taken from Jasiri's clan) by Kion's Roar of the Elders, Kovu manages to avoid being blasted away. When Kion starts to approach him, Kovu runs after his mother, siblings, and pride.

Kovu later returned in the series finale, "Return to the Pride Lands" (which takes place after Simba's Pride) when the Lion Guard arrives in the Outlands on their way to the Pride Lands.

After Kion recovered in the Tree of Life and returned to the Pride Lands with the Lion Guard, Anga sees Kovu at Pride Rock. This worries Kion and his friends, thinking they may have been too late. When the Lion Guard and the Outlanders are about to fight Vitani and her team, Kiara and Kovu immediately interfere, with Kiara revealing to Kion that Kovu, Vitani, and the rest of their pride have joined theirs. When Kion asks about Zira, Kovu somberly reveals that Zira has died. He and Kiara then take Kion and his Guard to Pride Rock where he, Rafiki, and Kiara explain everything that had happened while The Lion Guard was away, where it is then mentioned that Kiara and Kovu will be the new rulers of the Pride Lands.

Afterward, Kovu and the Royal family spend the whole day with Kion (during which time he and Kion very likely get to know each other a lot better and bond as brothers) and at night they gaze up at the spirit of Mufasa, who is happy to see them together. The next day, Kovu and several other animals watch the competition between Kion and Vitani's Lion Guards, which ends up with Kion appointing Vitani's team to be the new Lion Guard for winning most of the competition. Doing this grants Kion full mastery of the Roar. Kovu, along with the rest of the Royal family and all the Pridelanders attends Kion's coronation and wedding to Queen Rani and is happy that his new brother is now free to be with the one he loves and follow his own destiny just like he and Kiara did and cheers for him.

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Gallery[]

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Trivia[]

  • Kovu has a lot of parodies dedicated to him, both as a cub and adult. In Phase Awesomeness parodies, Kovu has his first protagonist role in Furries, where it's shown that his determination and faith (supported by the help of Benjamin Stilton, Rainbow Dash, and later on Joseph Jacobs) lead to the 547 Phase Awesomeness becoming a team.
  • Kovu occasionally plays due roles, one of his most memorable being in Animated Party, where he tags along with Samson and Jenna in being picked to enter the "Great Beyond". Though separated from the two after seing their friends (including dynamic duo Bearen and Rainbow Dash) slaughtered by their first creator (Scarlet Overkill a.k.a. Nightmare Moon), he and Kiara end up in the protective paws of another creator who restores the aforementioned duo to life, revealing that not all creators are "bad".
  • Though not explicitly stated in the actual Lion King franchise, in several fandoms Kovu and Kiara go on to have a family of their own. (In an upcoming P.A. Parody that focuses on the emergence of Rob in The Amazing World of Gumball, they have several; including Earth, a bipedal, alluring white lioness with some serious smarts; and Jennifer, who the two actually have by mere thought and, after being trapped in a void, turns into a red-furred wolf after making it out, vowing revenge against Earth and her friends for not saving her.)
  • Sometimes, as in Atypical and Atypical 2 (parodies of The LEGO Movie and it's sequel), there's more than one version of Kovu! In those two parodies, Kiara knows the original, whereas Bearen is good buds with his bipedal, surfer counterpart (who becomes a chainsaw enthusiast in the sequel).  
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