Jungle (The Lion King)

The Jungle (a.k.a. Hakuna Matata) is the setting from Disney's 1994 movie The Lion King, its midquel, and television series. It is an oasis that is located at an unspecified distance from the Pride Lands, adjoining a desert.

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In the first film, Timon and Pumbaa bring Simba to the oasis after rescuing him from near death in the desert. They did not seem attached to any one place, but simply assumed home to be wherever they were. Simba grows to adulthood while living in the oasis and later encounters an adult Nala. Nala notes the place's beauty, but becomes confused as to why Simba never returned home. Simba is eventually convinced by Rafiki to return to the Pride Lands. After helping Simba and the Pridelanders defeat Scar and the hyenas, Timon and Pumbaa end up residing with Simba and Nala in the Pride Lands.

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In the midquel, Rafiki unintentionally directs Timon toward the area, where, on the way, he meets and is escorted by Pumbaa. The two eventually arrive at the oasis while looking for their dream home. They name the oasis "Hakuna Matata" after the philosophy they both chose to live under upon arriving. The area apparently possesses everything Timon was searching for. He and Pumbaa claim it as their own territory, later raising Simba in the oasis. By the end of the film after Scar's death, Timon allows his former meerkat colony to reside at the oasis, thereby giving them a predator-free home.

Other animals are revealed to live here as well; for example, Kataka, Growler, and Zak from the "Hakuna Matata" books.