The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
The Circle of Life Continues...
The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Simba and Nala have given birth to a daughter, Kiara who's as rebellious as her father was. But Kiara drives her parents to distraction when she catches the eye of Kovu, the son of the evil lioness, Zira. Will Kovu steal Kiara's heart?
In The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “lion kingdom”. The story fights on E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, identity, power, family, tradition.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)E9/E10 · identity, power
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)E9/E10 · identity, power
Paddington (2014)E9/E10 · family, identity
Shrek Forever After (2010)E9/E10 · identity, power
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)E9/E10 · identity, power
Ferdinand (2017)E9/E10 · identity, prejudiceSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Avengers: Endgame (2019)E8/E11/E14 · rare rung · family, power
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)E8/E14 · rare rung · power, prejudice
Extinction (2018)E8/E14 · rare rung · identity, prejudice
The Monster Squad (1987)E8/E14 · rare rung · family, power
Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans (2010)E8/E14 · rare rung · power, prejudiceAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)consciousness in animals · kraken high school
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic animal kingdom
Shrek 2 (2004)consciousness in animals · fairy‑tale kingdom
The Lion King (2019)consciousness in animals · pride kingdom
The Jungle Book (2016)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic jungle
Brave (2012)consciousness in animals · highland clan mythSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)consciousness in monsters · family, identity
Byzantium (2013)consciousness in the dead · identity, power
Wolves (2014)consciousness in monsters · identity, power
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)consciousness in machines · identity, power
Aladdin (1992)consciousness carried elsewhere · identity, power
Captain Marvel (2019)consciousness in aliens · identity, power
