Cowardly Lion

The Cowardly Lion is a huge, but frightful beast who lives in the Land of Oz. He is one of the main protagonists of the Wizard of Oz book series and movies as well as a friend of Dorothy Gale.

Oz: The Great and Powerful
The Cowardly Lion appears in the prequel as a cameo, attacking Oscar and Theodora because he recognized Theodora as Evanora's sister and, not knowing who Oscar was, assumed that Oscar was in league with Evanora. In this version, the Lion does not speak, but he does keep his personality. He tries to attack Finley when he is trapped in weeds. Oz saves him by performing "magic" (a puff of red smoke) in the animal's face. He becomes scared and runs away. His existence is alluded to when Oscar calls him a coward as he ran away.

Return to Oz
After Dorothy left Oz and returned home to Kansas, the Cowardly Lion had been turned into a stone stature by the Nome King, but thankfully Dorothy defeats the Nome King and restores the Cowardly Lion to his regular form. Among many other Ozians, he celebrates Dorothy's victory and witnesses the return of Oz's true ruler Ozma. He also says goodbye to Dorothy as she departs, knowing she will return to Oz another time.