The Lion King
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[edit] Introduction
The Lion King is a 1994 animated film made by Disney. It was a set in Africa and told the story of a lion named Simba, whose father, Mufasa is King of the Pride Lands, Simba's life dramatically changes when his Uncle, Scar murders Mufasa and becomes King. Simba runs away, but years later he must return to avenge his father's death and take his rightful place as King.
[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
TLK: The Lion King
SP: Simba's Pride
TLKoB: The Lion King on Broadway musical
TLKFA: The Lion King Fanart Archive
RP: Roleplay
AML: Adult Male Lion. A term mostly used on TLK-themed MUCKs/MUDs. Numbers of AMLs are tracked because prides never consist of many adult males.
[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 1994
[edit] 2002
- On August 12, 2002, the LiveJournal community, badfic, was founded. The purpose of the community was to mock badfic and share horror stories from reading in the field. Members were also allowed to write their own badfic as a medium of discussing other badfic. By January of 2003, the community would be discussing Lion King fics. The story in question was posted to AdultFanFiction.Net. This was not the first time that bad Lion King fan fiction had been mocked. It had been brought up on GAFF several times during 1999 and 2000.
[edit] 2003
- On February 2, 2003, the LiveJournal community thelionking was created. [1]
[edit] 2005
- On February 15, 2005, the Lion King Source fansite was created, and is still one of the most popular TLK fansites.
[edit] Kerfluffles
Disney originally claimed the story of the film was original and was influenced by a number of sources including Hamlet, in which the main character's father is murdered by his uncle who becomes king, also the father coming back as a ghost and the main character avenging his father's death; Bambi, an animated Disney film about animals in a realistic setting, which is also a coming of age story which features the death of a parent; and the stories of Joesph and Moses from The Bible. Many fans of the 1960s animie series, Kimba the White Lion, including the widow of Osamu Tezuka, the show's creator and Matthew Broadrick, who voiced Simba in the movie, thought it was little too much like 'Kimba', Disney claims they never heard of the it, this has been disputed for years.[citation needed]
[edit] Influential Fanworks
-"Chronicles of the Pridelands," by John "Jaggy" Burkitt and David Morris
-"Generations," by Terry "Nieve" McNamee, 2000.
[edit] Fandom Members
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[edit] Fandom Size
As of March 18, 2008, there were 525 fans on FanPop. [2]
[edit] External Links
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
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