The Lion King (1994) is the third Disney animated film to have more than one television spin-off (the other being Timon & Pumbaa (1995)). The others are The Jungle Book (1967) (TaleSpin (1990) and Jungle Cubs (1996)), and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)/Winnie the Pooh (2011) (Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983), The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988), The Book of Pooh (2001), and My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007)).
Character catchphrases: Kion - Hevi kabisa! ("Totally intense!") Bunga - Zuka Zama! ("Pop up and dive in!") Fuli - Huwezi! ("You can't catch me!") Beshte - Twende kiboko! ("Let's go, hippo!") Ono - Hapana! ("Oh, no!")
Originally, the mark of the guard was to be a lion's paw, as seen in a promotional image of Kion (who had white eyes at the time). It was later changed to the lion's head.
This is the first animated Lion King-related project in which someone other than Matthew Broderick (who did Simba's speaking voice in the original film, as well as its sequel and midquel), Joseph Williams (who did Simba's singing voice in the original film) or Cam Clarke (who voiced Simba in his television and video game appearances, as well as his singing voice in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)) voices Simba as a full grown lion.