The Lion King's central trauma is not Mufasa's death. It is the transfer of guilt to a successor. The screenplay engineers Simba's exile through internalized blame rather than external banishment. Scar does not simply remove Simba. He installs a false narrative that Simba accepts as truth. This is a sophisticated use of psychological causality in a family film. Structurally, this is guilt-driven character removal. Simba exits the story not because he is defeated, but because his identity collaps

Dog is adorably concerned by Mufasa's death in 'The Lion King'

Mufasas death

Inside Mufasa’s Lion King Death Scene, a Tearjerker for the Ages