Zuri

Zuri is a character who appears in the 2015 TV film The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar and its 2016 follow-up series The Lion Guard.

She is a lioness cub who is part of the Pridelander pride led by King Simba and Queen Nala. She along with Tiifu, serves as a friend of Simba and Nala's daughter Kiara.

Personality
Zuri is as sassy, easily upset, melodramatic, and sensitive, despite being a predator, she doesn't like to hunt, preferring others to hunt for her. She has a considerably poor memory. Zuri has also displayed a complimentary and appreciative side after being saved by Kion. However, she also was snobby and ungrateful when, in an alternate ending of the comic, "The Day of the Crocodiles", Kion saved her but got mud all over her fur.

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Zuri first appears when she gets her claws stuck in a log (as she was sharpening them, which she did to every tree she passed to keep them shiny), but is freed by Timon and Pumbaa, but ends up being knocked off the log by Bunga (which results in Zuri wounding her paw and breaking a claw) and uncovers a lair of bugs, to the delight of Timon and Pumbaa. Zuri is grossed out by the bugs, but is comforted by Kiara and Tiifu. She along with Kiara, Tiifu, Kion, Timon and Pumbaa dance to Bunga's song "Zuka Zama". Afterwards, Kiara sends Zuri back to Pride Rock to rest up.

"The Rise of Makuu"
Zuri along with Tiifu, joins Kiara when she, her family, The Lion Guard and several other animals, watch the mashindano between crocodiles Makuu and Pua, which Makuu wins.

"Can't Wait to be Queen"
Zuri and Tiifu acted as Kiara's "advisers" during her temporary queenship forcing others to acknowledge Kiara as Queen. They later fail on the job when they let Kiara go to a meeting with Janja by herself.

"Fuli's New Family"
Zuri along with Tiifu, joins Kiara in being trained how to track by Nala. Unlike the others, Zuri is uninterested in hunting (which she considers overrated) and when Tiifu becomes jealous of Fuli hunting next Kiara, Zuri replies that they should let Fuli hunt for them.

After the training is over, Zuri leaves with Nala, Kiara and Tiifu.

Trivia

 * Zuri is the third lioness in The Lion King films to have blue eyes. The first being Nala (though her eyes are green/blue in the first, blue in the second film and green in the third film) and the second is Vitani.
 * It's unknown which of the adult pridelander lionesses is Zuri's mother, as Nala is the only adult pridelander lioness to appear in The Lion Guard. The background of her father is also unknown.