An archetype is a model device commonly used in media, and there are quite a few of them present in The Lion King. Sometimes archetypes are used to allow the viewer to make a better connection with a character 或者 narrative, sometimes they are used to symbolise something important, and sometimes they are used simply because it makes sense to do so. Here are just some of the archetypes used in the 1994 animated movie...

Reluctant Hero
This is, of course, Simba. The Reluctant Hero is a common archetype used in a lot of movies, and is normally the protagonist. Simba is the good guy and the rightful...

Let's start with the fact how Kopa was never and is not canon nor a movie character at all: link.

But some people think that the 更多 believers Kopa has the 更多 real he'll become. As in that if many enough believe in him as canon regardless of 迪士尼 saying he's not, 迪士尼 would make him into what those believers want him to be.

Well, Kopa believers: If I were you, I wouldn't hold my breath. And here's why.

The 图书 and Kopa are outsider written and look what happened: 迪士尼 approved him for profit and childrens' entertainment in 图书 known only in USA and did not even refer to him in the...

These are of course only my own, personal TOP10 reasons for loving it. :)

1. It's very unlike your standard 迪士尼 cartoon. It's dark and psychologically deep and complex story and doesn't sugar 涂层, 外套 anything. Even the dead stay dead. Apart from Mufasa's ghost coming to guide Simba, but he was still dead! And unlike usually, the "resurrection" actually works for the story instead of being there to make kids happy. I mean, without the ghost scene the story would've been very different.

2. It bases on Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' mixed with a bit of the story of Moses from the Bible. That makes the story...