The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, also titled as The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride, is a 1998 American animated direct-to-video musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Video Premiere. It is the sequel to Disney's 1994 animated film, The Lion King, with its plot influenced by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and the second installment in The Lion King trilogy.

Plot

King Simba and Queen Nala's newborn daughter Kiara is presented to the gathered animals of the Pride Lands. After Kiara has grown into a young cub, she becomes frustrated with her father's over-protective parenting. Simba has his childhood friends Timon and Pumbaa accompany her everywhere out of concern for her safety, but Kiara manages to evade them and wanders off alone into the barren Outlands, home to an enemy pride of Scar's exiled followers called the Outsiders. There, she encounters another cub, Kovu, and the two of them narrowly escape a crocodile-infested river, becoming friends in the process.

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