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!")
Le Roi lion (1994) is the third Disney animated film to have more than one television spin-off (the other being Timon & Pumbaa (1995)). The others are Le Livre de la jungle (1967) (Super Baloo (1990) and Le Livre de la jungle, souvenirs d'enfance (1996)), and Les Aventures de Winnie l'ourson (1977)/Winnie l'Ourson (2011) (Les aventures de Winnie l'ourson (1983), Les Nouvelles Aventures de Winnie l'ourson (1988), Le Livre de Winnie l'ourson (2001), and Mes amis Tigrou et Winnie (2007)).
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.
In Season One, Episode 20, "Lions of the Outlands," Nuka, Vitani, and Kovu reprise their voices as they were in The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride (1998), Nuka being Andy Dick, Vitani being Lacey Chabert and Kovu being Jason Marsden. However, Zira was voiced by Nika Flutterman. Simba and Nala have also changed voices, with Rob Lowe (Simba) and Gabrielle Union (Nala).