10 Reasons Why The Hyenas Are The True Heroes Of The Lion King
6. His Royal Highness Is A Privileged Brat
Then, Simba actually meets the residents of the Graveyard, and he’s an entitled brat. He repeats his ingrained prejudice directly to their faces - that they are “nothing but slobbering mangy stupid poachers.” This bears repeating - he insults an entire species, to their faces, on the land that his own father segregates them to.
The crowned prince is only a cub, but already, like his father, he’s a royal elitist. Perhaps the hyenas are deserving of their miserable fate - they are hyenas, after all.
And for the lions, that's enough.