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Kopa
Kopa
Meaning	Heart shape
Species	Lion
Close Relations	Great-Great-Grandson To Mohatu, Great-Grandson To Ahadi And Uru, and only in the books grandson to Mufasa and Sarabi and son To Simba and Nala.
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Appearances	The Lion King: Six New Adventures

"Great uncle Scar was a real creep!"

—Kopa, after hearing Rafiki's story, A Tale of Two Brothers

Kopa is the son of Simba and Nala in a series of books in the book universe.

Physical Attributes

Kopa is very similar to his father in appearance when he was a child. Kopa has a few differences, like slightly darker golden-colored fur and a brownish-red tuft of hair on his head, and a more squared muzzle than Simba. Other than that, he looks almost identical to his dad from his cubhood, even with the same reddish-brown eye color.

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Kopa, as shown in Nala's Dare.

Kopa is a lion character in Disney's The Lion King universe. According to the set of books titled The Lion King: Six New Adventures he is the son of Simba and Nala, but he didn't appear in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride - instead, Simba and Nala have a daughter named Kiara, and Kopa's existence was never mentioned. Disney has confirmed that the cub seen at the end of the first Lion King film is not Kopa; as even though Kopa already existed in the books, the film makers of The Lion King said on the film's commentary track from 1995 Laserdisc and 2003 DVD releases, that the cub in the end does not have a real name or gender. They called it "Fluffy" and didn't give it a gender. Then the other (not the ones who originally made the film) film makers from Disney decided it to be a girl and named her Kiara. As the sequel film doesn't make references to any siblings for Kiara, the cub in the end of the first film turns into Kiara, Kopa disregarding the creators of Simba's Pride, or still Fluffy without a gender. You decide ;)

Many consider Kopa to be "semi-canon," meaning he is only somewhat official, but that he is also not fan-made. The entire topic of "Kopa" has sparked a flame that has ignited a wildfire of disputes among the Lion King fandom. Either way, Kopa fits into the film if you put him in, and the film makes perfect sense with him being out of it, deeming Kopa to be a versatile character. Additionally, Kopa would actually make some plot holes in SP make sense, but there could be other theories besides Kopa to fill in the holes. Frankly, Kopa seems to be a flexible character who is both considerable to be a canon character or a non-canon character.

• Any fan of the Lion King should feel free to have his or her own opinion as to whether or not Kopa existed and should have such a right without being tormented.

Kopa wasn't even created, written or developed by Disney at all, which is likely the reason why the cub in the end likely was not Kopa (although other theories prove the opposite of this) and why he wasn't taken into the movie universe even later. The first book in the series, A Tale of Two Brothers wherein Kopa first appears, is an original story created and written by the writer Alex Simmons, who isn't part of The Walt Disney Company. Alex Simmons' personal web site, provides that information.

The word kopa has multiple meanings in Swahili: "heart shape" as a noun, and "borrow" as a verb.

The Lion King: Six New Adventures

In the book series, much of the time Kopa is listening to a story by various people like Zazu or Rafiki, but he probably appeared most prominently in Vulture Shock. He also had a few minor roles in some of the other books in the set of six. According to the illustrations, he looked almost exactly like Simba as a cub, except for a small tuft of brown fur on his head. He is described as loving to hear stories, but is also curious and playful, like his father was.

During Vulture Shock, Kopa wanted to find his family tree, which he thought was an actual tree with fruit and leaves. After being embarrassed by Mega, Leo, and the other lions, the cub asks Simba to take him to it, but his father was too busy dealing with a greedy hippo, so Kopa decided he would find his family tree by himself. Finding a lizard and chasing it, trying to eat the lizard, Kopa ended up wandering too far off and was in a dry, barren land; lost and afraid that he would never find his way back to Pride Rock, he curled up and fell asleep. In the morning he was found by two vultures, and realizing that the cub was the Lion King's son, the vultures knew Simba would trade anything for him, including a feast so large they would never go hungry again. They kept him prisoner high up in a tree so he couldn't escape, where Kopa was later found by the Buzzard Boyz, a group of rapping vultures who sang horribly. They befriended Kopa after the tiny cub said he liked their singing, and the gang brought Simba and Nala to him. Kopa was then rescued, and his captors were forced to listen to the Buzzard Boyz concert.

Kopa in How True, Zazu?

In A Tale of Two Brothers, Rafiki tells the back story of Mufasa and Scar to Kopa, and teaches him that we shouldn't be jealous of others.

In How True, Zazu?, Zazu tells Kopa about his life when he was young and how he became the King's majordomo.

External links

• Who was the cub? - Fluffy at The Lion King Wiki