Thread:Hey1234/@comment-9946467-20160406035244/@comment-1635429-20160406035911

I don't hate the hyenas. What you need to understand is that they were designed and portrayed as villains. They wanted Mufasa dead and Scar in charge so that they can eat as much as they please, more than they need, which upsets the natural balance, as the movie shows. They weren't shunned from the Pride Lands because they're hyenas, they were shunned because they don't respect the Circle of Life. That's the distinction between the lions and the hyenas in the movie, and that's something you need to understand.

The TV series is hardly canon because of how rediculous and inconsistent it is, but you can say they're neutral in it. I never consciously took that off the article, if it was ever added.