Kopa

Kopa
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Name Kopa
Meaning Heart
Species Lion
Appearances The Lion King: Six
New Adventures
Voice Actors None
Close Great-Great-
Relations grandson
of Mohatu, Great-
Grandson
of Ahadiand Uru,
Paternal grandson
of MufasaandSarabi,
Maternal grandson
of Sarafina, Great-
nephew ofScar,
Son
of Simbaand Nala,
Brother toKiara,
Brother-in-law
toKovu
"Great Uncle Scar was a real creep!"
—Kopa, after hearing Rafiki's story, A Tale of Two Brothers
Kopa is the son of Simba and Nala.
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Physical Attributes Edit

Kopa is very similar to his father in appearance when he was a child. Kopa has a few differences,
like slightly darker golden-colored fur and a brownish-red tuft of hair on his head. Other than that,
he looks almost identical to his father from his cubhood, even with the same reddish-brown eye
color and Kopa looked liked Young Simba.
Info Edit
Kopa, as shown in Nala's Dare. Added by Takoto

Kopa is a lion character in Disney'sThe Lion King universe. According to the set of books titled The
Lion King: Six New Adventures he is the son of Simba and Nala, although he didn't appear in The
Lion King II: Simba's Pride - instead, Simba and Nala have a daughter named Kiara, and Kopa's
existence was never mentioned again. Disney has also asserted that the cub seen at the end of the
firstLion King film is Kiara; Because the books and the second movie were produced by
different writers, there would understandedly be inconsistencies between the book series and
second film but many fans have tried to explain the differences, asserting that Kopa is in fact the
cub seen at the end of the first movie due to the fact that the cub seen at the beginning of the
second movie (Kiara) looks slightly different. The word kopa has multiple meanings in Swahili,
perhaps the best of which is "heart shape".[1]
This is Simba, Nala, Rafiki and what is believed to be Kopa Added
by Crystal8monkey
In the first draft of the script for The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Kiara had a brother named Chaka,
but Chaka was removed from the story before production of the second film began.
The Lion King: Six New Adventures Edit
In the book series, much of the time Kopa is listening to a story by various people like Zazu the
hornbill or Rafiki the baboon, but he probably appeared most prominently in Vulture Shock. He also
had a few minor roles in some of the other books in the set of six. According to the illustrations, he
looked almost exactly like Simba as a cub, except for a small tuft of brown fur on his head. He is
described as loving to hear stories, but is also curious and playful, like his father was.
In the first book of the series, A Snake in the Grass, the introduction includes a summarised story of
who Simba is and what he did. "Simba had battled Scar and became the new Lion King, not long
after, Nala and Simba had become the parents of Kopa". This suggests that Kopa is their first child
and Kiara is his younger sister.
During Vulture Shock, Kopa wanted to find his family tree, which he thought was an actual tree with
fruit and leaves. After being embarrassed by Mega, Leo, and the other lions, the cub ask Simba to
take him to it, but his father was too busy dealing with a greedy hippo, so Kopa decided he would
find his family tree by himself. Finding a lizard and chasing it, trying to eat the lizard, Kopa ended up
wandering too far off and was in a dry, barren land; lost and afraid that he would never find his way
back to Pride Rock, he curled up and fell asleep. In the morning he was found by two vultures, and
realizing that the cub was the Lion King's son, the vultures knew Simba would trade anything for
him, including a feast so large they would never go hungry again. They kept him prisoner high up in
a tree so he couldn't escape, where Kopa was later found by the Buzzard Boyz, a group of rapping
vultures who sang horribly. They befriended Kopa after the tiny cub said he liked their singing, and
the gang brought Simba and Nala to him. Kopa was then rescued, and his captors were forced to
listen to the Buzzard Boyz concert.
Kopa in Nala's Dare Added by Jljarubas

In A Tale of Two Brothers, Rafiki tells the back story of Mufasa and Scar to Kopa, and teaches him
that we shouldn't be jealous of others.
In How True, Zazu?, Zazu tells Kopa about his life when he was young and how he became the
King's majordomo.
Trivia Edit
 According to some websites, the name Kopa wasn't ever considered as a name for the cub
at the end of the first movie, which suggest Kopa may never have been the cub at the end
of The Lion King, and may have just been implemented into the books by the authors only,
and not officially by Disney.
 Some fans theories state that Kopa is Kiara's older brother and that he was either killed by
one of the Outsiders (more specifically, Zira) or that he ran away in a theme similar to young
Simba's flight from the Pride Lands in the first film. If he was indeed killed by one of the
Outsiders, then it would explain Simba being overprotective of Kiara in the second film and
partially explain the exile of Zira and the other outsiders.
 A less widespread theory is that Kopa was born after the events of The Lion King
II: Simba's Pride, making him Kiara's younger brother.
 In the original screenplay for the first film, the cub at the end is simply referred to as a
"newborn cub" while the directors refer to it as "Fluffy" jokingly on the audio commentary.
This goes back to how no one working on the film expected the film to be successful.
Therefore, no one planned ahead to any books or sequels.
 At the end of the original books of the film The Lion King, it is stated that Rafiki the Baboon
lifts up their newborn son. In the audio books and books re-released after Lion King II:
Simba's Pride, this has not changed. Although there is no named mentioned, it does
specifically mention a son not a daughter.

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Kopa, as shown in Nala's Dare. Added by Takoto

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