Samson

Samson the Lion is the main protagonist of the 2006 animated film, The Wild. Before the events of the film, he was a lion born in a traveling circus and he co-starred with his father. Until one day, during his performance he failed to perform his roar in front of the audience. His father sees that as a disgrace, saying if he had been born in the wild he knew how to roar. Samson was then taken to the Central Park Zoo where he met Bridget the giraffe, Larry the anaconda, Nigel the koala, and Benny the squirrel. While at the zoo, he mated with another lion and gave birth to a son and named him Ryan. One night at the zoo, Ryan was taken away and Samson and his friends must go and find him.