Concepts & Deleted Scenes

As with all series, The Lion Guard has gone through several changes during production. This article lists all known early concepts.

Early Logo
An early logo which uses the original Mark of the Guard symbol as a background.

Early Mark of the Guard
Seen in a handful of early book concepts, the original Mark of the Guard was a simple lion paw print. Only two are known - Kion's and Beshte's. They were found on old covers of Bunga's Big Adventure and Kion's Animal Alphabet respectively.

Call of the Guard V4
Dated 20th April 2015, this early version of the Main Title sequence shows a handful of changes, although by this stage the majority of it is much the same as the final.

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Kion's Lament Reprise Concept
An early shipping animatic, dated 21st January 2015 exists, complete with an early/demo singer. It is almost identical to the final version, save for one notable difference.

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Tonight we Strike V1
There are two early versions of Tonight we Strike. The earliest does not possess a date, but features a lot of differences compared to the final.

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Tonight we Strike V2
Another early version, dated 9th February 2015 features most of the finalised song. There are still some differences, particularly towards the end. Although the song is labelled 'Final', there is a rather drastic difference shown at the end.

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Ending V2
Dated 8th June 2015, this ending is almost the same, save for some of the credits scene which is slower in some parts compared to the final. Characters in the concept are also more expressive.

Differences
In addition to all of this, an additional scene cut from the final product entirely can be seen. It shows Bunga walking ahead of the Lion Guard chanting 'Look out here comes the Lion Guard' with various other expressions tagged on at the end. He then turns around to face the Guard, and we receive a close up of Ono telling him to look out. The camera cuts back to Bunga who cries 'That's right!' before continuing his chanting and moving his head to the sides. Back to Ono, who cries with urgency 'No really, look out!' whilst spreading his wings. The camera moves back to Bunga's feet where he trips up a termite mound. The Guard move in to check on him. The camera moves back to Bunga who has his head completely immersed in the mound and Fuli plucks him up and dumps him the right way up. With the camera focused on the Lion Guard and Bunga's back to the audience, the Guard exclaim 'Ew' before the camera turns back to Bunga, whose face is covered in termites. He happily exclaims 'Termites? Yum!' before picking one off and eating it. The camera returns to the Guard one last time to show their faces of disgust, with Kion uttering 'Bunga...' in a disappointed tone.

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Zuka Zama Concept Demo
See: Zuka Zama (pilot concept)

Late Cuts
A few concepts were actually animated, but never used. Instead, Disney have placed the finished version of these short scenes in commercials for the show.

Early Ending
Also reused was this scene of the Guard walking forward. This was originally going to be used at the end of The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, but was replaced with the crew looking proudly over a rock before focusing in on Kion's face.

Extra Ending
A small part of the extra ending can be seen in The Lion Guard Alphabet.

Kion, Simba, Nala & Mufasa
Seen in a couple of trailers, this scene actually appears briefly from an earlier version of Call of the Guard.