Might Nuka Have Turned out to be Good?

[SweetNala]

I think he would. He was desperate to please, not evil. Maybe he would try to be king and be ambitious to please Simba and then kill Kovu so he could be king......I see Scar all over again

[Katelyn23]

I think Nuka would have turned out to be good. When he was alive, he never seemed evil, just desperate to get his mother's attention. So I believe that if he saw his mother die, he probably would have followed Vitani and switched sides.

[VitaniOutsider]

No.. I think he would have drowned with her, trying to save her. Poor Nuka.

Same!

[Noah]

If the writers can make Vitani switch sides at the last minute for the silliest of reasons, anything is possible.

On the other paw, he is voiced by Andy Dick.

Tough call.

[FlipMode]

I think Nuka would have turned out to be good. When he was alive, he never seemed evil, just desperate to get his mother's attention. So I believe that if he saw his mother die, he probably would have followed Vitani and switched sides.

That desperation for attention probably stretched to the rest of the outlanders as well as his mother, who was the "leader" of the pack.
I reckon he would have been evil until the bitter end, I mean that is what happened anyway but I also do not think that if he did not die when he did, that he would have been good in the end.

[WindAnnWise]

I think, deep down, he was a good guy, he just wanted to please his mother. (I think Zira inadvertently caused his death, because if she had just paid more attention to him and loved and cared for him, he might not have felt the need to go climbing up a hill of logs to get Simba and thus died.)

[KentuckyWildcat]

I voted "other" because I don't really think he was evil per se. He was driven to the brink of insanity by the lack of attention he got from his mother. His desire for her to notice him eventually had the side effect of making him extremely jealous of Kovu and his status as "the chosen one".

If he had lived until the final battle, I think he most likely would have attempted to fight alongside Zira until the end in an effort to gain her favor. Even if he lived to see the prides unite, I'd doubt he would have changed much. His mental instability combined with his intense jealousy of Kovu, who became the new prince, would be so difficult for him to overcome that I can't picture him ever becoming a truly virtuous member of Simba's pride.