Makunga the Lion was the main antagonist in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. He was an evil lion and Zuba's rival that wants to take Zuba's place as "Alpha Lion and also calls Alex a "pathetic excuse of a son". When asked why Makunga wants to become Alpha Lion, he replies, "I'm better looking, I have better hair, I'm deceivingly smart; and I want everyone else to do what I say". Makunga has a large, black, Elvis-styled mane & green eyes, then used Alex, years later, to finally reach the rank of Alpha Lion. However, he is not a very good leader, saying that the only solution to the fact that the local water hole was nearly dry was that they all would "have to fight for it". This causes doubt about his role as Alpha Lion and almost every animal on the reserve wants Zuba back & eventually meets his downfall when being tricked into angering Nana, who was mad at Alex (and consequently treated him like she does Alex). He is believed to be killed & eaten by the stranded New Yorkers right after Nana drags him out of the reserve. However, the DVD commentary reveals that "Nana brought Makunga to New York in a cage". He is similar to Scar (the villain from The Lion King) & was voiced by Alec Baldwin.
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