Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25400573-20190803081503/@comment-35080473-20190809143031

"Battle for the Pride Lands" is the most awesome, yet dark episode ever!

Pros:


 * Janja and his clan redeem at last!!


 * The returning appearances of Ushari, Jasiri, Madoa, Wema, Tunu, Makuu, Mbeya, Kifaru, Mwenzi, Shujaa, Zazu, Hodari, Tiifu, Zuri, the baboon leader, the baby baboon, Waza, Nyeusi, Nyata, Dogo, and Kijana!


 * The songs "A New Way to Go" ('Sisi ni Sawa' means 'We're the same') which gives us hints that Janja and his clan can be happy working with Jasiri instead of Scar, and "On The Last Night" performed by the Lion Guard, especially Fuli's backup lines.


 * The final battle against Scar and his army. The Lion Guard, Makuu's float, Bupu's herd, Ma Tembo's herd, Mbeya's crash, Laini's troop, Jasiri's clan, Janja's clan, Ono's flock, Shujaa, Anga, Hadithi, Mwenzi, and Hodari all storm through the Outlands into battle, then the Army of Scar and the Pride Landers collide. This is indeed the true ultimate showdown.


 * Anga and Hadithi bringing down the royal family from Pride Rock on fire for their safety.


 * Kion talking to Mufasa at night again, similar in "The Fall of Mizimu Grove". (Stay true to who you are. Don't fight fire with fire.)


 * Thurston's name finally revealed by Kion!


 * Kion, Bunga, Fuli, Ono, Beshte, Anga, Jasiri, Makini, the baby baboon, Mtoto, Kiara, Zuri, and Tiifu's redesigns as teenagers.


 * SCAR IS FINALLY DESTROYED FOR GOOD!!! (though the Lion Guard weren't the force to destory Scar, the Great Lions of the Past melt him by using the rain from the heavens)

Cons:


 * Ushari's voice has gotten deeper the last time we've heard him in "Undercover Kinyonga", yet somehow Christian Slater reprised his role after a long hiatus.


 * Pride Rock on fire. Although it has survived, the Army of Scar would've taken it over, just like Kilio Valley, then Big Springs, and finally Mizimu Grove.


 * The absents of Kenge and Sumu. Where were they during the final battle in the Outlands?


 * Ushari donning Kion his scar, where it is briefly shown bleeding on a Disney Junior show, rather seriously, which indicates that Season 3 is likely going to be joining the orignal Lion King films in how serious it gets.


 * Scar mimicking "Sisi ni Sawa" after Ushari gives Kion his scar. He sounds very dark for a character in a Disney Junior show, especially his last words, warning Kion that the Roar of the Elders is a curse.


 * "Ushari burns to death in a Disney Junior show. Sure he deserved it, but the fact that someone died in an incredibly agonizing matter on a preschool show indicates that this show is done with playing soft." — TV Tropes


 * Kion starting to lose control of the Roar of the Elders at Bunga, which at first, I thought he might lose the gift forever if he used it against his members. It will be tough for Kion to make it all the way to the Tree of Life and get healed before its too late. "I'm...not...evil! Or maybe I am."