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This is a point that I agree with; let me also add how they enjoyed torturing the meerkat colony in TLK 1 & 1/2.
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Aw, they were just having good fun. I love that scene.
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And this raises a question about the topics Has it been confirmed that the hyenas survived? and Shenzi, Banzai & Ed---alive or...no, no, no.... Yes, the question is off topic, but not really, since part of the answer to the question of whether or not the hyenas are evil is whether revenge was (or was one of) their intention(s) for mauling Scar (to death).
If the hyenas wanted Scar to die, and themselves died after and/or while mauling Scar in the fire, but the fire was going to do the job anyways (and they knew it), then why did they essentially commit suicide by finishing the job for the fire before the fire had the chance? It seems to me that if the fire truly consumed Scar and the hyenas, they would have been able to predict this before trapping themselves in its path, so why would they trap themselves in its path anyways, unless they wanted to die? So I don't think the fire consumed Scar and the hyenas.
Or maybe, after seeing Scar rise from his fall, they thought he would escape the fire's path if they didn't finish him off first, so they went for it. Did they not predict that the fire would trap them (assuming it did)? Were they willing to die to get their revenge (were they cutting their noses off to spite their faces, assuming the fire did consume them and they did predict that it would)?[/quote]
I believe those topics are actually invalid, since it has been confirmed they survived. The Timon and Pumbaa series, while generally not considered canon, is set after the movie and features the hyenas in 6 or 7 episodes. This could not be done if they were dead. Although Scar made the briefest of cameos, it is intended as a joke, seeing he is dead. This does not seem to be the case with Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. They are very much alive.