Also I can't get over how Fearless Buzz is NOT Timon's Dad. FB is just a renowned legend from a past generation (honestly, excellent worldbuilding for the meerkats). I keep resorting to him being Timon's dad because of the easy connection and the fact that they're both deleted, possibly both deceased characters (idk was Timon's dad killed off in the old script he's from?). Because FB is an unrelated figure of the past, it kinda makes his connection to the colony SO ambiguous and there's so many directions to go, like even making him some other ancestor of Timon's.

WHY THE LADY AND THE TRAMP REFERENCE FOR BOTH THE LION KING 1 1/2 AND THE LION GUARD SEASON 3 😭😭😭

So I was thinking about how I felt like Pumbaa should've had a backstory in The Lion King 1 1/2 because not only would that have allowed the viewers to learn more about Pumbaa but him having a family would've allowed for this movie to introduce more characters since we only really got 2 (or 5 if you wanna count Iron Joe, Timon's father, and Fearless Buzz (the latter two of which I recently discovered were two different characters, I honestly thought Timon's dad was Buzz)), so I came up with a new character for TLK 1 1/2 So here we have Pumbaa's single dad, Baba. Like Timon's Ma, he is not referred to by name and is instead only addressed by his parental title throughout the film (Baba is Swahili for "Dad"). Baba is very sweet and very supportive and protective of his son. He promised himself he would be more protective after Pumbaa's mother passed away off-screen (idk it's up to you whatever happened to her I guess) Also Baba and Pumbaa's native dwelling is some kind of jungle, possibly some outskirt of the Oasis/Hakuna Matata Falls (idk it's wherever Pumbaa was when he starts singing about his past during the Hakuna Matata scene), which is why he has knowledge about this Oasis during the scene in TLK 1 1/2 when he tells Timon about a place to live Here, a young Pumbaa is too shy to make friends, Baba is telling him that what it takes to make friends is what comes from inside. Unfortunately, that quite literally happens when Pumbaa accidentally passes gas when attempting to introduce himself to other jungle-dwellers. When others run away from Pumbaa, fall unconscious from the stench, or shame him for his impolite behavior, Pumbaa runs away in embarrassment, away to what would be the Pridelands, where he would cross paths with Timon. Like Timon's Ma, Baba goes on a search to find his son, as he cannot afford to lose another family member. At the same time Timon reunites with his Ma, Baba reunites with Pumbaa and tells him he was able to recognize his unmistakable scent. I know Baba's design isn't awfully original, it's basically Pumbaa but darker/redder and with a mustache, bushy eyebrows, and smaller, further-apart eyes. The mustache idea comes from when I saw pictures of Remake Pumbaa and noticed he had whiskers on the sides of his mouth. Also sadly no I did not draw that jungle backdrop, I nabbed it from a TLK screenshot and tweaked the colors and transparency a bit, I wonder if I should've just drew it :P

Some are better than others, and some aren't necessarily good per se, but they're fun in their own way and scratch that particular itch. Some make me feel good, most are incredibly nostalgic, some may surprise you. Go take a listen!

Kovu: Yeah…Good luck buddy.