My Lion King Forum

ok so Zazu is a Steward? what is exactly is Zazus Job to the King? see I have never fully understood his job, to me he is more of the kings adviser and messenger, arnt I right?

[quote]ma·jor-do·mo
ˌmājərˈdōmō/
noun
noun: majordomo
the chief steward of a large household.[/quote]

Yeh he is more or less the King's messenger and advisor

He's a radar

That sudden moment when you realize that what Zazu is doing...

... is getting people in real life very agitated about government role in personal life.

Zazu is basically Mufasa's form of the NSA.

I laughed at the last post of DGfone
so true! I think he is a mix of a butler, advisor and babysitter.

His primary function appears to be to alert Mufasa to the various happenings of the Pridelands. He seems to be Mufasas right-hand (paw) man/bird, in TLK Zazu is usually seen with the king. Zazu can appearently be used for babysitting Simba sometimes too..
But yeah, Zazus job as I see it is a messenger and advisor, like zerodix said.

Another way to look at Zazu is as a form of a squire. While he doesn't have any promotions to look forward to, he does many things that a squire would be told do to, assuming off course, that he will be able to physically carry out the task.

Is it a good thing or a bad thing that he is chosen as a babysitter? On one hand, he is very fast and able to alert Mufasa very quickly if Simba is in danger, such as during the adventure to the elephant graveyard. On the other hand, it also means that he is unavailable for his other roles because he is occupied, and he is also not the most capable of creatures in stopping a lion cub with a mindful of mischief. Had Zazu been something other than a bird, it would have been very possible that he would simply have been strong enough to strong-arm Simba and Nala into staying in the Pride Lands.

Zazu seems to be a squire, I think. He can serve different roles from being a messenger and an adviser. Plus a babysitter for Simba and Nala. In "Simba's Pride", it seems like he mostly acts as an adviser for Simba, given the babysitting job goes to Timon and Pumbaa, although both act like advisers too at times. As a bird, Zazu does have the advantage of flying really fast to spot any incoming danger.