History Franchise / TheLionKing

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' (1994): The highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time. A young lion cub prince gets tricked by his uncle, the king's brother, into thinking he killed his father. After the cub grows up, he later learns of his uncle's tyranny and goes to face him to reclaim his throne. Part of the [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Disney Renaissance]], it is very inspired by ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.

* ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' (1994): A PlatformGame for UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/{{Super Nintendo|Entertainment System}} among others that loosely follows the plot of the original film.
* ''VideoGame/DisneysAnimatedStorybook: The Lion King'' (1994): A [[PointAndClickGame point-and-click]] {{edutainment game}} for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] and [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Macintosh]] computers serving as the first entry in that series. Basically, an interactive abridged retelling of the original film.

* ''VideoGame/TheLionKingSimbasMightyAdventure'' (2000): A PlatformGame for UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor and UsefulNotes/PlayStation that follows the plots of the first two films.

* ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'' (1994): A PlatformGame for UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/{{Super Nintendo|Entertainment System}} among others that loosely follows the plot of the original film. [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames Good,]] but [[NintendoHard difficult]].

* ''Mufasa: The Lion King'' (2024): A [[MeanwhileInTheFuture sequel/prequel]] to the 2019 film, directed by Barry Jenkins. The backstory of Simba's father Mufasa and how he went from an orphaned cub to becoming king of the Pride Lands, told to Simba's children by his friends.

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This was Disney's second franchise to have [[UsefulNotes/TheEGOTs EGOTed]] (''Franchise/BeautyAndTheBeast'' was the first), and to this day retaining the record for the shortest timespan to receive all four awards, receiving its grand slam in only four years.

* ''ComicBook/TheLionKingWildSchemesAndCatastrophes'' (2019): An anthology with four stories focusing on Simba as a cub.

** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' (2005) adapts the plot of the latter parts of the original film with the series' original characters taking part in the action.

This was Disney's first franchise to have [[UsefulNotes/TheEGOTs EGOTed]], and to this day retaining the record for the shortest timespan to receive all four awards, receiving its grand slam in only four years.

* ''ComicBook/TheLionKing'': A series of mostly unrelated comics based off of the original film.

* ''VideoGame/DisneysExtremeSkateAdventure'' (2003): Simba, Timon & Pumbaa, Rafiki and Nala appear as playable skaters, with Pride Rock, the Elephant Graveyard and Scar's Canyon being available as skatable levels.

* ''Mufasa: The Lion King'': A [[MeanwhileInTheFuture sequel/prequel]] to the 2019 film, directed by Barry Jenkins. The backstory of Simba's father Mufasa and how he went from an orphaned cub to becoming king of the Pride Lands, told to Simba's children by his friends.

* An untitled [[MeanwhileInTheFuture sequel/prequel]] to the 2019 film, directed by Barry Jenkins.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|2019}}'' (2019): The highest-grossing animated film of all time. A photorealistic reimagining of the first film directed by Creator/JonFavreau, following Disney's trend of live-action remakes of their animated films.[[/index]]

* ''The Lion King's WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' (1995–1999): The first spinoff, set between the first and second films, focusing on that meerkat and warthog duo mentioned above as they have adventures in the jungle they call home and [[WalkingTheEarth elsewhere.]] [[ReverseCerebusSyndrome Very different from the first film.]]

* ''The Lion King's WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' (1995--1999): The first spinoff, set between the first and second films, focusing on that meerkat and warthog duo mentioned above as they have adventures in the jungle they call home and [[WalkingTheEarth elsewhere.]] [[ReverseCerebusSyndrome Very different from the first film.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' (2015--2019): Made for young audiences, this series is an interquel set within the timeline of the second film. The king's son leads a diverse group of animals in defending the Pride Lands.

* ''Ride/TheEnchantedTikiRoom (Under New Management)'' (1998--2011): Zazu the hornbill made an appearance in this Walt Disney World update to the classic attraction as one of the hosts of the show, alongside ''Franchise/{{Aladdin}}''[='=]s Iago.

* ''[[Music/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' (1994): The soundtrack album of the 1994 film, featuring songs by Music/EltonJohn, lyrics by Creator/TimRice, and a score by Creator/HansZimmer.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|2019}}'' (2019): The highest-grossing animated film of all time. A photorealistic reimagining of the first film directed by Creator/JonFavreau, following Disney's trend of live-action remakes of their animated films.

** ''Black Is King'' (2020): A visual album film released on Creator/DisneyPlus and primarily made by Music/{{Beyonce}} (who voiced Nala in the remake) and based on the tie-in album she curated for the remake, ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King:_The_Gift The Lion King: The Gift]]'', made up of several segments forming into a narrative paralleling the plot of the original film.

** ''Black Is King'' (2020): A visual album film released on Creator/DisneyPlus and primarily made by Music/{{Beyonce}} (who voiced Nala in the remake) and based on the tie-in album she curated for the remake, ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King:_The_Gift The Lion King: The Gift]]'', made up of several segments forming into a narrative parallel the plot of the original film.