Banzai, Shenzi & Ed

[Kieran]

Banzai, Shenzi and Ed--the hyena trio that mainly did Scar's bidding.

Why are they always hanging together / apparently some sort of friends? To me it seems they have not much in common. Ed is quite brainless, though apparently does understand words and situations to some extent... but never says a word... (He's by the way a great character in that sense, pretty scary actually... knowing he's not as stupid as he seems but not knowing what is going around his head)... Banzai is something between Ed and Shenzi, and Shenzi is cool. =D What do you think they find so interesting in each others, or are they perhaps siblings? Of course it may be that they just wanted a colourful trio of characters without any deeper idea as to why they stick together, but... Just thinking.

[Chakaandzambi]

Perhaps they were siblings? I never thought about it before.

[queen]

Ialways believed Banzai was Shenzi's mate, since in the movies, they call each other romantic slangs. And in addition, Banzai seems to be the highest ranking male, so maybe because of that, he is Shenzi's right hand man.. hyena? Ed CANNOT be her brother, because female hyenas kick related males out to avoid inbreeding to avoid incest. Maybe Ed is Banzai's brother then, because they act the way brothers do. I dunno, but this trio does seem interesting. If Disney makes a prequel, then they should show the hyenas' origins

[queen]

Ialways believed Banzai was Shenzi's mate, since in the movies, they call each other romantic slangs. And in addition, Banzai seems to be the highest ranking male, so maybe because of that, he is Shenzi's right hand man.. hyena? Ed CANNOT be her brother, because female hyenas kick related males out to avoid inbreeding to avoid incest. Maybe Ed is Banzai's brother then, because they act the way brothers do. I dunno, but this trio does seem interesting. If Disney makes a prequel, then they should show the hyenas' origins