The Lion King's live action Pumbaa is seriously freaking people out.

I say this with the upmost love and respect but warthogs are not… cute.

They’re fast and tough, and as Disney informed us; enjoy singing, but c’mon, no one is looking at a warthog and going “awwwwww”.

But… I think everyone forgot this? It seems they’ve always associated ‘warthog’ with smiley, happy, singy Pumbaa from The Lion King and now faced with this reality, they’re losing their damn minds.

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You may be aware that Disney has turned everyone’s favourite animated movie into a live action film, due to be released in July. This means all our favourite characters (and Scar, ugh) are now very high definition creatures that look real.

Everyone thought that was cool, until Seth Rogen, who voices the larger half of film’s most iconic duo Timon and Pumbaa in the upcoming movie, went and posted an image of live action Pumbaa and everyone realised a real warthog is significantly less cute than a cartoon version.

Mmhm... Now that's a warthog.

The public reaction has been a mix of confusion, outrage and pure fear.

I see this in my sleep paralysis pic.twitter.com/urbMJAOn2k

— Brandon‎⍟ (@FantasmicEars) May 30, 2019

Pumbaa: *looks like a warthog*
Y'all: pic.twitter.com/xKXsqz7j1l

— J. Alexander Wright (@juan23letsgo) May 30, 2019

seth rogen is
PUMBAA pic.twitter.com/5JMaZvjOPd

— pedor (@pedraum_quejero) May 30, 2019

Therapist: It's okay, photo realistic Pumbaa isn't real & can't hurt you.

Photo realistic Pumbaa: pic.twitter.com/Xy0Aot1awX

— Funky Funky (@LordFunkyFist) May 30, 2019

they should have worked on making pumbaa more cute instead of focusing so much energy on making zazu look exactly like john oliver pic.twitter.com/fggQ4jIjyP

— ????mad???? (@madxicanx) May 30, 2019

Pumbaa looks identical, what are you guys complaining about ???????? pic.twitter.com/IZtqrUMLT7

— TwoDogsPorking (@TwoDogsPorking) May 30, 2019

bro just wondering why pumbaa looks like he’s ready to kill me behind a chillis

— al (@blankwaste) May 30, 2019

we were talking about how scary pumbaa looks in the new lion king so i uh. turned his poster into a horror movie poster pic.twitter.com/fLnDzcJKr5

— Sof ???? (@LobsterScoundrl) May 30, 2019

Pumbaa looks like he’s going to devour my soul and Rafiki looks like he’s seen that and has been traumatized by it. #TheLionKing pic.twitter.com/BS6zSZAX1y

— Chris Hanna (@MegaNerd98) May 30, 2019

Online Dating Profile vs Real Life #Pumbaa pic.twitter.com/T5ac13OPlj

— Travis Keys (@travkeys) May 31, 2019

Okay these petitions are getting out of hand.#Pumbaa #TheLionKing @Sethrogen pic.twitter.com/pffUa0xzHj

— Andy (@YupThisIsAndy) May 31, 2019

I added @Sethrogen's hair from Knocked Up to the #Pumbaa pic that everyone is freaking out about. Better? #LionKing pic.twitter.com/IPPNTKh0IB

— Ef Rodriguez (@pug) May 30, 2019

So....7th grade talent show, me and two friends are singing Hakuna Matata and I'm doing the Pumbaa part....

This kind of broke me https://t.co/Ud9nPblYlA

— Another year older guy (@sgtMIKE2) May 30, 2019

Sissss I was not ready for live action Pumbaa to look like that I am screaming ???????????????? idk how I envisioned warthogs but it wasn’t that ????????

— RYE.UH (@mariahmaariahh) May 30, 2019

Have none of these people ever seen a nature documentary? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On the bright side, absolutely everyone is in agreement that Timon is GREAT.

everyone talking about pumbaa (like they’ve never seen a warthog before) but CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW CUTE TIMON IS pic.twitter.com/KkvmRKE0Ha

— Kylie (@kyzmarie_) May 30, 2019

The Lion King will be released in Australia cinemas on July 18, 2019.