This research aims at exploring the character education theorized by Thomas Lickona which are delivered by Zazu hornbill to prince Simba in The Lion King Movie (1994) produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation Company. He is a majordomo or an advisor to Lion King Mustafa of Simba Lion Club. He is also a nanny as well as a teacher of the prince Simba who is only a cub.
This research uses descriptive qualitative to analize the data. Several steps are used to collect the data, such as watching the movie and reading the movie script, identifying the data, classifying the data, and reducing the data.
The results showed that the character Zazu got several character education, especially efforts in the formation of prince character through education which can be seen from actions such as responsibility, respect, courage, self-discipline, and caring. The function of character education aims at instilling and shaping behavior or character obtained from moral awareness, moral thinking, and decision-making.
Keywords : character education, thomas lickona, zazu, the lion king movie