THE LION KING is the story of Simba, the cub of Mufasa, the king of the jungle. Simba "just can't wait to be king." But his evil Uncle Scar, bitterly jealous of Mufasa, wants to be king, so he arranges for Mufasa to be killed in a stampede and makes Simba think he's responsible. Simba runs away and finds friends in Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat, who advise him that the best philosophy is "Hakuna matata" (no worries). Simba grows up thinking that he has escaped his past, but his childhood friend Nala finds him and tells him that, under Scar's leadership, the tribe has suffered badly. - Common Sense Media