Kenge

“	♪Big Bad Kenge, he'll always cause a fright. Big Bad Kenge, he'll stop you with his bite. He's bigger than big, He's meaner than mean. He's the scariest lizard that you ever did see.♪	„
	~ Ushari describing Kenge in a song.

“	I'm. Not. A. Little. LIZARD!	„
	~ Kenge getting angry when Bunga insulted his size.

Kenge is a minor antagonist in The Lion Guard, appearing as the titular main antagonist in the episode "The Bite of Kenge" and later as a minor antagonist of the episode "The Scorpion's Sting".

He is a ferocious rock monitor who is friends with Ushari and is also a servant of Scar given his involvement with Scar's Army. He is also one of Bunga's greatest enemies.

He was voiced by Kristofer Hivju. who also played Tormund Giantsbane in Game of Thrones, Connor Rhodes in The Fate of the Furious and Krampus in Red One.

Appearance[]

Kenge is a large Rock Monitor with shiny swamp green scales. Some dark, muddy grey stripes go along his back, and cover his forelegs and feet, inverting the swamp green colors. Towards the top of his body, the stripes are outlined with a pale yellow line. He has a cream underbelly and sharp black claws on his feet, and a few muddy grey spots. His irises are light brown, and he has a mouth full of fangs, and his upper fangs show when his mouth is closed. He has a forked blue tongue.

Personality[]

Kenge has been described as having an "intimidating, ferocious nature". Much like Makuu before he reformed, he does not take orders from anyone, and will quickly assert himself as the leader. He is very self-conscious about his size, and reacts with severe rage at being called little in any way.

Although he will work with others to achieve a goal, he will not befriend his teammates. Kenge is very short-tempered and irritable, so he resorts to violence very quickly. He is very confident in his abilities and will happily challenge anyone. Like Kiburi, he is ruthless as he viciously attacked zebras and gazelles and then bit Fuli, Kion and Beshte even though they confronted him. He is shown to be cunning, namely when he attacks the Pridelanders just to lure the Lion Guard so he can bite them.

Biography[]

Kenge first appears in "Kenge's Bite" when Ushari sings about him. It is described as a huge, angry and poisonous lizard. The hyenas Cheezi, Chungu, Janja, on the advice of Ushari, take Kenge with them to get rid of the Guardians. Monitor lizard causes a mayhem at a watering hole and almost bites the animals around, and when the Guardians arrive, he easily immobilizes almost everyone with bites, but with the appearance of Bunga and his "smell of victory", Kenge retreats. He later plans to go with the hyenas to steal watermelons from the elephants, as Scar's ghost said that in this way the elephants might die of thirst, and with them the whole Circle of Life. At a small request from Janja to help with watermelons, the lizard frightened the hyenas and declared that Janja was not the main one for him, and Kenge was not going to follow his commands. On the way back, the gang runs into Bunga and Ono, and the monitor lizard orders the hyenas to steal all the watermelons while he deals with the rest of the Lion Guard. After Ono and Bunga manage to take some watermelons, Kenge bites Ono and Bunga. After receiving praise from Janja, the monitor lizard, along with the hyenas, collect all the watermelons back and go to Outland. Bunga and Makini catch up with the gang at Outland, the honey badger distracts all the villains while Makini steals the watermelons. Bunga tricks Kenge by calling him a "Little Lizard" and he starts trying to eat him, accidentally biting the hyenas along the way. After Makini stopped Kenge from eating Bunga by impersonating, In "Scorpion's Sting", Kenge appears at the end and attempts to attack the Lion Guard , but Kion uses the Roar of the Elders to send him and Shupavu's allies flying away, as after the battle ended, Kenge leaves Scar's lair.

It is unknown what happened to Kenge, the skinks and Sumu, after Jasiri takes control of the Outlands.

Trivia[]

According to the show's director Ford Riley, Kenge withdrew from Scar's forces because he did not want to deal with Kion's roar anymore.
Kenge's name means monitor lizard in Swahili.

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