- “Twende kiboko!”
- ―Beshte
Beshte is the quinary protagonist of the Disney Junior show The Lion Guard. He is one of Kion's friends and a member of the Lion Guard. His position on the team is the strongest.
Background
Personality
Beshte has been described as a happy-go-lucky hippopotamus. He is the most genial character in the group and is very friendly and encouraging. He speaks with a surprisingly soft demeanor despite his size and is also very compassionate. Beshte has an appropriately large heart and never fails to treat his friends with kindness. He is also the first of his friends to recognize that Kion needs some space, even pointing out to Bunga, Kion's best friend, what the cub needs.
Physical appearance
Beshte has a stout body with thick legs, dark gray-purple toenails, and three dark spots on his back. His body color is that of a neutral gray, which becomes much paler across his chest and jawline. His inner ears are pale pink, and the area around his eyes is a lighter shade of his body color. He has a disproportionately large snout, with small ears and eyes, as well as thick eyebrows. His teeth are rather large, with two protruding over his upper jaw, and a patch of black hair sticks up from his otherwise bald head. His eyes are bright blue.
In "Battle for the Pride Lands", as a teenager, Beshte has grown taller, the tuft of hair has gotten bigger and he has also starts to display small whiskers, similar in appearance to his father, Basi.
Abilities
- Skilled Combatant: With his size and strength, Beshte is proven to be a great combatant against many opponents.
- Expert Swimmer: As hippopotamus; Beshte is an excellent swimmer.
- Stealth: Beshte stated himself that he is not very good on land to have stealth, but he is proven to have great stealth in the water, as proven to be true against the hyenas.
- Singing: As demonstrated throughout the series; Beshte is an excellent singer.
- Animal Strength: Beshte is the strongest member in the entire Lion Guard; for example, he was able to push a large boulder with little struggle and the same with a heavy tree that was falling as he tries to hold it as much as he could with extra weight of the baboons that were living in it with Bunga. With his large size, he is able to show off his brute strength as he slams into the clan of the hyenas and the Outsiders to toss them into the air.
- Animal Agility: Beshte the third most agile member in the entire Lion Guard. However, he is more agile in the water, then he is on land.
- Aquatic: As hippopotamus, Beshte is able to swim and hold his breath under water for a certain period of time.
Relationships
Family
Basi
Basi is Beshte's father. In "Beshte and the Hippo Lanes", Beshte tries to make his dad proud of him while working on the hippo lanes. Basi says that he's always proud of his son.
Friends
Kion
Beshte and Kion are great friends. Kion made Beshte part of his Lion Guard as the strongest. In "Swept Away" when Beshte goes missing, Kion gets worried since he roared up all the water that washed Beshte away. Beshte forgave Kion since he was helping the zebras. In "Cave of Secrets", Kion was glad to have Beshte on his team when they were about to be crushed by sharp rocks. In "Friends to the End", Kion got mad at Beshte for being delaying and told him to stop. Beshte knew that it was the venom in Kion's scar that was bothering him.
Bunga
Bunga and Beshte are great friends. They give each other nicknames like Big B and Little B. Beshte often shows concern over Bunga, particularly when he rushes into things. Bunga can always rely on Beshte to help him out of a tough situation.
Fuli
Beshte and Fuli are great friends. They always seem to agree on everything that is best for the Pridelands. Fuli often assumes a role of leadership, but Beshte never questions her about her authority. However, Beshte loves rolling in mud
However, she still immediately forgave him for accidentally knocking her into water in "Fuli's New Family."
Ono
Beshte and Ono are great friends. Ono is always seen riding on Beshte's back and he doesn't mind. He always believes in him because knows that his bird friend is the brains of the Lion Guard and knows everything.
Makini
Beshte and Makini are good friends. Beshte was happy to meet Makini in "The Rise of Scar." In "The Scorpion's Sting", Beshte saves Makini from Nne and Tano. In "Journey of Memories", Beshte was happy to hear stories Makini's first trip to the Tree of Life.
Mtoto
Anga
Beshte and Anga are good friends. At first, Beshte didn't really know her that well. Due to Ono's injury during the battle against Scar, she soon replaces Ono on the guard as The Kneenest of Sight while Ono becomes the Smartest, a new position created by Kion. The two then became really good friends on their journey to the Tree of Life.
Jasiri's Clan
Beshte and Jasiri's Clan are good friends. When Beshte first met Jasiri, he said any friend of Kion is a friend of their's.
Shujaa
Beshte and Shujaa are good friends. Beshte helps Shujaa learn to control his thug-like strength. When Beshte gets hurt from a tree falling on him, Shujaa comes to save him.
Hodari
Hodari and Beshte are good friends as he believes in Hodari's dream to become apart of a crocodile float. Beshte even asked Makuu to give Hodari a chance.
Hodari briefly fell out with Beshte when the gecko fell into Kiburi's trap, and believed that Beshte was just angry at him for following his dream with a crocodile that Beshte did not approve of. However, later, when Kiburi betrayed Hodari, he was surprised to hear that the hippo still cared for him despite his actions, and helped him to save Makuu.
Laini
Laini and Beshte are good friends. After saving the galagos a bunch of times and getting a ride on him through the Flood Plains, Laini likes being friends with the hippo.
Mbeya
Beshte and Mbeya are great friends. In "Never Judge a Hyena by Its Spots" when the guard was trying to get to Flat Ridge Rock after losing Kion, Beshte suggets that they ask Mbeya because he knows the Pridelands the best. However Mbeya said that he's never been there.
Ajabu
Beshte and Ajabu are good friends. Beshte shows Ajabu around the Pride Lands and tells him that he doesn't need to hide. Beshte helps save him from Makucha.
Dhahabu
Beshte and Dhahabu are good friends. Beshte thought that she was very pretty when he first met her. Beshte even helped fight Makucha when he was attacking her.
Timon and Pumbaa
Beshte, Timon and Pumbaa are good friends. Beshte performance in Bunga's Christmas show.
Rani
When Rani first met the Lion Guard, she and the Night Pride thought they were troublemakers in "The Tree of Life". However, she becomes good friends with all of the members of the Guars.
Baliyo
Baliyo and Beshte are on good terms.
Acquaintances
Simba
Simba and Beshte are on good terms. Beshte and Simba worked together in "The Trail to Udugu".
Kiara
Kiara and Beshte are on good terms. Beshte rescued Kiara in "The Rise of Scar."
Nala
Nala and Beshte are on good terms.
Makuu
Makuu and Beshte used to hate each other. However when Makuu reforms they become good friends.
Janja's Clan
Beshte and Janja's Clan used to hate each other. When they reformed and joined the Pride Lands, they become on good terms.
Thurston
Beshte and Thurston are on good terms. He and the rest of the guard has helped the zebras many times.
Rafiki
Beshte and Rafiki are on good terms. Beshte helped saved Rafiki in "Divide and Conquer."
Zazu
Beshte and Zazu are on good terms. Beshte helped save Zazu in "The Morning Report."
Enemies
Scar
As a member of the Lion Guard, Scar views Beshte as an enemy. He is aware of his status as the Pride Lands' strongest, and has before tried to take him out as seen in "Swept Away."
Zira
After attacking her pride and coming to the aid of Kion, Zira hates Beshte and thinks that he and the rest of the guard (excluding Kion) are pathetic since the only lion on their team is him.
Reirei's Pack
Beshte hates Reirei's Pack. Beshte used to think that Dogo was cute until they ruined the Kupatana Celebration.
Kiburi's Float
Beshte hates Kiburi's Float ever since they were banned into the Outlands. When Hodari joins them, Beshte was worried about his little buddy.
Makucha's Army
Beshte hates Makucha's Army. They tried to attack the animals at the Tree of Life.
Trivia
- "Beshte" means "buddy" in Swahili.
- Beshte's catchphrase: "Twende kiboko!" translates to "Let's go, hippopotamus!" in Swahili.
- "Kiboko" is also the subspecies name for the east African hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius kiboko) and is also the Swahili word for "hippopotamus".
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