| | |In the sequel to the great conservative animation ''The Lion King'', protagonist Simba and his wife Nala are now raising a daughter of their own, Kiara, but Simba has exiled those lions in his pride who were loyal to his late evil uncle Scar, dubbing them "Outlanders". Tensions rise when Kiara falls in love with an Outlander. Although made during the infamous Michael Eisner era and was part of that era's direct to video sequel line, it also features the same pro-family and Christian messaging as in the original movie. Also features a condemnation against parental neglect/abuse and infanticide, as the main antagonist Zira frequently neglects one of the other antagonists, her eldest son Nuka (who is implied to be the actual male offspring for Scar unlike Kovu), and ultimately gets killed trying to win over her favor; and late in the film, when Vitani takes Kiara's words to heart and joins with the pride landers, Zira proceeds to threaten to kill her daughter in turn, which results in the remainder of the Outlanders proceeding to defect to the Pride Lands out of disgust towards the threat to her own daughter. | | |In the sequel to the great conservative animation ''The Lion King'', protagonist Simba and his wife Nala are now raising a daughter of their own, Kiara, but Simba has exiled those lions in his pride who were loyal to his late evil uncle Scar, dubbing them "Outlanders". Tensions rise when Kiara falls in love with an Outlander. Although made during the infamous Michael Eisner era and was part of that era's direct to video sequel line, it also features the same pro-family and Christian messaging as in the original movie. Also features a condemnation against parental neglect/abuse and infanticide, as the main antagonist Zira frequently neglects one of the other antagonists, her eldest son Nuka (who is implied to be the actual male offspring for Scar unlike Kovu), and ultimately gets killed trying to win over her favor; and late in the film, when Vitani takes Kiara's words to heart and joins with the pride landers, Zira proceeds to threaten to kill her daughter in turn, which results in the remainder of the Outlanders proceeding to defect to the Pride Lands out of disgust towards the threat to her own daughter. |
| − | |The last of the Direct to Video sequels before an embargo was placed upon them largely due to the negative reception to the sequels. The overall plot, acting as a prequel to the original film, deals with letting go of the past and moving forward, and also honoring your parents, as Ariel's reason for bringing back music to Atlantica was because she realized her deceased mother, Queen Athena, would never have wanted music to be banned. Also has some condemnation towards totalitarianism as King Triton, due to his grief of his wife's untimely death, proceeded to enforce big government style control over the kingdom, which was not depicted in a positive light at all. That said, however, the film also conflicted with several plot details regarding the later film (namely, Ariel desiring to become human and frequently disobeying her father to pursue that dream being left out entirely, and Ariel's sisters' birth order being swapped around from what was implied in the Daughters of King Triton musical number), and overall downplays the anti-misanthropy messages the original film had.
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| − | |Although it to some extent retreads the plotline of the film ''The Little Mermaid'' and was part of the infamous direct-to-video sequel line of the [[Michael Eisner]] era, it has a similar pro-family message and depicts the villain in a truly horrific light (such as trying to murder the main protagonist, a child, twice, once while she was a baby which acted as the primary reason why her parents, Ariel and Eric from the first film, went to great lengths to prevent her from learning about her heritage or even allowing her into the sea, and the other time when she was 12). It condemns parental neglect, too, because the main villain in question, Morgana, is largely motivated by being neglected by her mother over her elder sister, the previous main villain Ursula, which was most showcased in the special edition re-release via the added in song "Gonna Get My Wish."
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