Never Judge a Hyena by Its Spots/Trivia


 * A book of the episode is also due to be released. Unlike other episodes, the book features a different title.
 * The title is a reference to the saying you can't judge a book by it's cover.
 * A German audio tape of The Lion King, Friends for Life shares some similarities with this episode. Both stories focus on Simba's son (Kopa/Kion) meeting a friendly hyena, and both lion cubs wind up getting trapped in a river with a fast current at some stage. Kion also thanks Jasiri in Swahili, which is also the name of the friendly hyena in Kopa's tale (Asante). These are most likely coincidental, however.
 * 'We are the Same' (as well as when Jasiri says 'we're more similar than you think')might reference the fact that lions and hyenas are from the animal group called Feliforma.
 * This is the first episode where Kion doesn't call for his grandfather for advice.