Simba Brendan Fraser, takes the place of both Rafiki and Mufasa by standing at the tip of Pride Rock and presenting his young son to a crowd of onlooking animals, accompanied by wife Ursula, portrayed by Leslie Mann. During the third season finale of "Once Upon a Time", the main character Emma Swan asked her parents Snow White and David Nolan if they were going to hold up her yet unnamed baby brother like in "The Lion King". Since the release of "The Lion King" in 1994, the name "Simba" has increased in use and popularity among dog and cat owners.
The Lion King (franchise) are a playable world and a number of characters from the film appear. Simba is also a playable character in the video game "Disney Friends". A 70 mm film entitled "" is shown in the Harvest Theater in The Land Pavilion at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida. It opened on January 21, 1995 replacing "Symbiosis". It stars the characters from "The Lion King", where the story follows Timon and Pumbaa are chopping down trees and clogging up rivers to build the Hakuna Matata Lakeside Village. Simba comes to them and explains how their actions are harmful to nature.