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admonition ! This article contains spoilers for Disney scoundrel : Scar # 4There are few ‘ 90s kids who were n’t traumatized by Mufasa ’s decease inThe Lion King , and they may be surprised to learn that the way in which Scar murdered him was n’t the first time the scoundrel killed someone that way , as the lurid backstory behind Disney ’s most tear - jerking death has finally been revealed .

In 1994 , Disney inclose fans to one of the most iconic animated film in history : The Lion King . The movie followed a untested lion cub bring up Simba who is destine to inherit the title of King of the Pride Lands when his father , Mufasa , eventually passes away . However , Simba ’s uncle , Scar , had other plans . Scar was envious of Mufasa , and desire to be king himself . However , with Simba next in credit line for the throne , Scar would demand to eliminate him in ordering to ensure his own succession . But first , Scar would need to vote down Mufasa , which he did by throwing him from the side of a drop-off into a stampede of wildebeests . Mufasa ’s destruction was truly heartbreaking , though ostensibly , it was n’t that original , as Scar had done the exact same thing to someone else just days before : Zuhour , the hyena queen regnant .

Lion King’s Scar Killed Mufasa The Same Way He Attacked Zuhour

InDisney Villains : Scar#4 by Chuck Brown and Trevor Fraley , readers are demonstrate exactly how Scar successfully pulled off his coup d’etat follow Mufasa ’s last and Simba ’s fade . While this intact circumscribed series tie all Scar ’s off - filmdom plans together , this government issue focuses on his final movement before belt down Mufasa and taking Pride Rock , and perhaps the most life-sustaining step was the blackwash of the hyenas ’ current ruler , Zuhour . In the previous progeny , Zuhour allow Scar to take three hyenas - who end up beingScar ’s three lieutenants Shenzi , Banzai , and Ed- with the condition that , should they repay with sight of nutrient for the entire cackle , Zuhour would allow Scar to lead them in the Pride Rock coup . But , Scar had other programme , as he want complete control over the hyaena without the intervention of their world-beater . So , when Scar and the three hyaena returned to Zuhour with a ruck of wildebeest following them , Zuhour complimented Scar on his achiever . However , that minute of admiration and respect was short - live , as Scar unexpectedly pushed Zuhour from the drop-off on which they were admire the wildebeests , and she was tread down by the stampede .

While Zuhour survived , and was later on simply exile rather than assassinated , the method of Scar getting rid of one monarch and insert himself in their position is on the dot the same as what he did to Mufasa . Not only that , but the fact Zuhour did n’t die arguably makes the lesson Scar hear from this experience even more chilling , as he did n’t just repeat his previous atrociousness when remove his own brother , he improved upon it . Scar ’s attempted murder of Zuhour was more - or - less a product of circumstance , as he was always extend to return to her with the wildebeests to prove himself to the larger cackle . But his plot to vote out Mufasa was much more calculated , and his impromptu blackwash attempt of Zuhour gave him all the experience and practice session he needed to displume it off successfully with Mufasa .

Scar is truly a despicable baddie , something every ‘ 90s Thomas Kyd was traumatically cognisant of back in 1994 . And now , fans know the full backstory behind his most heinous law-breaking , as Disney reveals exactly how Scar come up with the method acting of murder he ’d habituate on Mufasa inThe Lion King .

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Scar killing Mufasa in the Lion King.

Scar coming up with the idea of how to kill Mufasa.