Why?

[Pixie]

Do your research before posting topics like this, please. It's all ok if you theorise that it is Kopa at the end of TLK, but officially, it's not. So don't say it is and get angry at the producers for "cutting him out"

[iluvnala]

[quote="atouchofgrace"]It was stated the baby's name was Kopa at the end of the first movie? No.
The creators said its name was Fluffy, a cub with no gender. They didn't want to contunue the story, why bother with the name or sex, it's useless. Kopa appeared in the BOOKS, Kiara was created by SP's staff.
Even today after the books and the sequel, the directors say the cub's name is Fluffy, not Kopa or Kiara. They don't acknowledge both of them.

It's simple:
1- TLK came first (Fluffy)
2 - The books came after TLK (Kopa)
3 - SP came after TLK and the books (Kiara)
4 - Even today, the original creators deny both books and sequel (Kopa and Kiara)

So, the timeline is:
1 - Fluffy
2 - Kopa
3 - Kiara

Fluffy came first, he/she is the original one.[/quote]Fluffy was just a nickname

[SuperBabySimba]

[quote="iluvnala"][quote="atouchofgrace"]It was stated the baby's name was Kopa at the end of the first movie? No.
The creators said its name was Fluffy, a cub with no gender. They didn't want to contunue the story, why bother with the name or sex, it's useless. Kopa appeared in the BOOKS, Kiara was created by SP's staff.
Even today after the books and the sequel, the directors say the cub's name is Fluffy, not Kopa or Kiara. They don't acknowledge both of them.

It's simple:
1- TLK came first (Fluffy)
2 - The books came after TLK (Kopa)
3 - SP came after TLK and the books (Kiara)
4 - Even today, the original creators deny both books and sequel (Kopa and Kiara)

So, the timeline is:
1 - Fluffy
2 - Kopa
3 - Kiara

Fluffy came first, he/she is the original one.[/quote]Fluffy was just a nickname[/quote]

Used when the cub didn't have any identity anywhere, and then even after Kopa already existed in the books. Hence, the cub remained just Fluffy.

[SummerSnowLeopard]

I wish I knew why Disney did that. I wish I knew.