Uncle Max (The Lion King)
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Max, along with Timon and Ma |
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| First appearance | The Lion King 1½ |
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| Voiced by | Jerry Stiller |
Uncle Max is a meerkat character in Disney's fictional The Lion King universe. In the 2004 direct-to-video animated film The Lion King 1½, Uncle Max is voiced by Jerry Stiller.
[edit] The Lion King 1½
Uncle Max is a prominent member of a meerkat colony and a relative of Ma and her son Timon. At the beginning of the film, Ma asks Max to let Timon be a sentry for the colony, and Max reluctantly agrees. However, Timon daydreams while on duty and lets three hungry hyenas, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, into the colony area. The meerkats flee for their lives, and Max is almost eaten by the hyenas. The meerkats blame Timon afterwards, and Max is also angry with him. A sad Timon leaves the colony to find a place where he belongs.
Max appears again towards the end of the film, where he and Ma encounter Timon and his warthog friend Pumbaa at Pride Rock. It is revealed that he and Ma had been searching everywhere for Timon since he left the colony. Together, the four help Simba in a battle against Scar and his hyenas. They meet Shenzi, Banzai and Ed once again, but this time they successfully defeat them by digging a long tunnel underneath them.
After Simba takes his rightful place as King of the Pride Lands, Timon takes Max, Ma and the rest of the colony to the jungle paradise he and Pumbaa discovered.
| The Lion King | |
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| Films | The Lion King | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | The Lion King 1½ |
| Characters | Ahadi | Kiara | Kopa | Kovu | Ma | Mohatu | Mufasa | Nala | Nuka | Rafiki | Sarabi | Sarafina | Scar | Shenzi, Banzai and Ed | Simba | Timon and Pumbaa | Tojo | Uncle Max | Uru | Vitani | Zazu | Zira |
| Songs | "Circle of Life" | "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" | "Be Prepared" | "Hakuna Matata" | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" |
| Books | The Brightest Star | Friends In Need | Six New Adventures |
| Games | The Lion King | Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games |
| Other media | Original motion picture soundtrack | Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable | Rhythm of the Pride Lands | The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa | Broadway musical | Festival of the Lion King | Festival of the Lion King soundtrack |
| Misc | Kings of the Pride Lands | The Lion King family | In popular culture |
| See also | "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | Kingdom Hearts II | Kimba the White Lion controversy |
