<P> In the musical, the character of Rafiki was significantly modified . Because director Julie Taymor felt that the story lacked a strong female character, Rafiki was changed into a female mandrill and sangoma . She acts as narrator throughout the story, at one point speaking to the audience in a click language for comic effect . She sings the opening song "Circle of Life", a keening song called "Rafiki Mourns" following Mufasa's death, and a brief part in Nala's song "Shadowland", when she blesses Nala for her journey to find help . Instead of detecting Simba's scent on dust, Rafiki hears Simba's song "Endless Night" on the wind . Rafiki finds Simba and shows him that his father lives on in him through the song "He Lives in You". She is present during the battle, fighting a hyena, and adorns Simba with the king's mantle after his victory . And the play ends with her at the presentation of Simba and Nala's newborn cub . </P> <P> Rafiki makes occasional appearances in the Timon and Pumbaa TV series and has his own segments called "Rafiki Fables" in the same show . He appears briefly in the Pride Lands world of Kingdom Hearts II . </P> <P> Shenzi (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg in the films and Tress MacNeille in Timon & Pumbaa and Kingdom Hearts II), Banzai (voiced by Cheech Marin in the films and Rob Paulsen in Timon & Pumbaa) and Ed (voiced by Jim Cummings) are the three spotted hyenas who make up Scar's henchmen . After Scar promises them that they will have food, the hyenas trigger the wildebeest stampede and chase Simba out of Pride Rock . When Simba returns to Pride Rock, Shenzi and Banzai are defeated by Pumbaa . The three turn on Scar when the latter tries to blame them for Mufasa's death and the ruin of the Pride Lands, and eat him alive . </P> <P> Shenzi was originally going to be a male and be voiced by Tommy Chong to reunite him with Marin, who was playing Banzai, but the two had a falling out, so Shenzi was reconceived as a female and Goldberg was hired for the role . </P>

Names of the hyenas in the lion king