#tamka

next question! /SILLY

Now why would you put that idea into his head?

browsing goigoi's wiki and i found this!

Chungu, Cheezi, Tamka, Nduli & Goigoi friendship canon?? even if it is literally just so they can eat lmao

it is The Idiot Henchmen appreciation time via screenshots :)

i love how goigoi and tamka just immediately click, their mutual hunger is unrivaled. goigoi even side eyes him when thurston interrupts them. immediately friends lmao

chungu and cheezi are so sassy in this scene LMAO they have no patience when it comes to food

bonus images :) sassy nduli and cocky tamka! i am so happy we got this random ass episode with them hgfhfhg. thank you lion guard

And it all has to do with his overconfidence

Starting with “Let Sleeping Crocs Lie” since he’s the most outspoken next to Kiburi: He doesn’t really do too much until the mashindano scene. Then he, Nduli, and Neema are blocked by what’s essentially the equivalent to the police. Kion decides to give them a chance to turn back, “if you were smart, you’d stop right now” and instead of complying, Tamka’s response is, matter-of-factly, “well, we’re not smart so get outta our way >:)”. He legit told the police he wasn’t smart and decided to fight them.

Fast-forward to The Zebra Mastermind, which the actions by all the Outlanders in that episode were stupid AF and that was the point. But what I’m referring to is right after Thurston mentions the “fact” about rubbing the guard’s tummies. Nduli, being the good and loyal cutie patootie that he is, suggests the smart idea of telling Kiburi. Because that’s what any henchman would do, right? Tell their boss about new information about the hero?

BUT OH NO. NOT TAMKA.

“No, we oughta fight the Lion Guard, put ‘em to sleep, and hand em over to Scar all by ourselves! Then maybe next time, we’ll get to go to the big meetin’!”

Let me break this down for you: Instead of doing the smart thing and telling your boss (the one with the actual brain cells) about this new info, he wants to fight the lion guard AKA the group who have beaten the shit out of him and the other outlanders MANY times and test this information on them in order to get validation. He’s doing this because he wants to prove something. AND ON TOP OF THAT, he antagonizes the guard again. “You don’t scare us, lion guard! Bring it on!”. And he gets beaten up….again.

Unlike the other crocodiles, he doesn’t learn his lesson. Makuu surrendered more times than he was beaten bc he understands Kion’s power. Kiburi’s more stubborn, but he’s the brains of his float (other than making the mistake of revealing his plan). Hell, the crocodiles are pretty smart in general. Tamka, and I say this affectionately, is neither. He’s a cocky idiot seen as nothing more than a “fish-for-brain”. His own ideas always blow up in his face

Here’s another thing: Crocodiles are shown to be pretty strong. Even when they lose a battle, it still takes effort to win bc crocs can hold their own. But Tamka? It takes one hit for him to go down. All Ono had to do was peck his head ONCE and he went down. He’s weak as shit

I just discovered this song exists and now I’m imagining Tamka and Nduli singing this to Wema and Tunu

omg yes

it surprisingly actually gets the kids to fall asleep! the leaders are just stood there stunned... until tamka and nduli fall asleep from their own “lullaby” lmao

- In a human au, he is DEFINITELY Italian-American. Not only is he fluent, but he also unintentionally teaches Nduli some of the curse words since h curses so often. Sometimes he’ll rant in perfect Italian until someone says “….What?”

- Oh and speaking of the human au, I’m thinking of everyone having human names like ‘John’ or ‘Kevin’, so Tamka’s is Tommy cuz ofc it is

- He brags about his singing when in reality he’s pretty bad at it😭 (Though it’s strangely decent when he’s singing softly)

- He and Neema have a…complicated friendship. Neema often insults him for his stupidity every chance he gets and Tamka sometimes calls him an asshole. Having said that, they still have each other’s backs. Only they can insult each other lmao

- His relationship with his dad is, unsurprisingly, really rocky. Ever since Pua learned about Kiburi’s stunt, he’s been the most disappointed with Tamka. He knows his son isn’t the smartest, but he sure as hell didn’t raise him like that no matter how cocky he used to be back then. Tamka just chalks up their disagreements as Pua being bad at communication and always dismissing him in favor of the other crocodiles just because they were more intelligent (Tamka c’mon, everyone else’s parents had died. He couldn’t just ditch them). Even though Tamka’s said things he regrets, he still loves his dad and vice versa…especially vice versa. Tamka’s the only hatchling of his clutch that survived and Pua couldn’t afford to lose his only son, not after promising to watch over him when Kuimba died

- They do slowly mend their relationship by bonding over Kuimba. You’d think tamka wouldn’t remember his mom, but he remembers everything: her voice, her face, how loving she was, the lullabies she sung, all of it. They eventually apologize to each other for their past mistakes

- His mother had a pretty big impact on him. Tamka would trust anyone who reminded him of her without even realizing it, hence why he trusted the meerkat mob boss (who I’ll name Bosi, meaning ‘boss’) so easily. Bosi acted so sweet and motherly towards him, it was hard for him to believe she was only using him.

- Like Reirei and Goigoi, Tamka and his love interest, Erevu, have that smartass x dumbass dynamic. She thinks of everything and he supports her like the sweetheart he is :)

- Tamka almost immediately fell for Erevu when he met her. While he did find her beautiful, it was really her brains that made her even more attractive. It took a while for him to impress her, but they bonded over the fact that there’s more to the both of them than what meets the eye (ie. Erevu wants to be seen for more than just her beauty and Tamka wants to be seen for more than just his lack of brains)

- Tamka and Nduli both are really affectionate with their mates. Infinite nuzzles, compliments, and support coming from them

- He tries to be the best dad ever for his hatchlings in the future, especially with Kutojali. Unfortunately, he just ends up embarrassing them

- I agree with the hc that if TLG had cussing in it, he’d do it the most

- He’s shown to be a bit selfless at times, saying he’d rather be the one to get hurt than any of his best friends

- He and Chungu like to roughhouse sometimes. Tamka always wins, but Chungu has gotten really close a couple of times. Though he’s better suited for being Tamka’s emotional support in return for Tamka boosting his confidence

- I’ve said this before in the tags of a previous post, but he’s basically the self-proclaimed “leader” of the Idiots. Now if only Kiburi would let him be in charge of the float when he’s gone

- Even though his time in the mafia was really brief (like a day and a half), it kind of rubbed off on him. He’ll still make mobster movie references and intimidate others mobster-style

- You know what’ll make him change his ways? Saying he’s breaking his late mother’s heart. Works every time lmao

“You’re breaking your mother’s heart”

“MAAAAA! I’M SORRY, MA! 😭”