The Lion King Reborn/Transcript

This is the transcript for The Lion King Reborn, a film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Studios, as well as distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film serves as a extended version of Disney's well-known 1994 animated classic The Lion King, combined with its sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, its prequel The Lion King 1½, and a couple episodes from television spin-offs The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa and The Lion Guard, as well as featuring a couple clips from the Aladdin television series. Directed by Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers, and Howy Parkins, the film stars an ensemble voice cast of well-known actors including Matthew Broderick as Simba, Jeremy Irons as Scar, Eden Riegel as Kiara, Nika Futterman as Zira, Gabrielle Union as Nala, Nathan Lane as Timon Berkowitz, Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa Smith, Jason Marsden as Kovu, Blair Underwood as Makuu, Rowan Atkinson as Zazu, Khary Payton as Rafiki, Andy Dick as Nuka, Lacey Chabert as Vitani, Cheech Marin as Banzai, Jim Cummings as Ed, Whoopi Goldberg as Shenzi, Landry Bender as Makini, Maia Mitchell as Jasiri, Dusan Brown as Beshte, Joshua Rush as Bunga, Diamond White as Fuli, Atticus Shaffer as Ono, Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Rani, Julie Kavner as Ma, Jerry Stiller as Uncle Max, and Angela Bassett as Sarabi, and features Max Charles in a supporting role as Kion. It also features the voices of Madison Pettis as Zuri, Sarah Hyland as Tiifu, Christian Slater as Ushari, Andrew Kishino as Janja, Greg Ellis as Mzingo, Common as Kiburi, and Ana Gasteyer as Reieri. The film dedicates to Suzanne Pleshette and Robert Guillaume, the original voices of Rafiki and Zira, who died in January 2008 and October 2017.

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Timon and Pumbaa are not Dead
What was what?! Shh! What was that?! What was that?! Where? What? Where? Where? Shh! What was that?! Shh! [silence as they look from side to side, listening] Quick, before the hyena come! Dig, digga tunnah When you're done ya dig a bigga tunnah Digga tunnah, Dig, dig a tunnah Quick, before the hyena come! DIG!
 * [The film starts out with the Disney and Walt Disney Animation Studios logos, then fades to black. Soon it fades into a sunrise on African grassland (lightly treed), in time with opening chant to The Circle of Life. Sounds of morning on the savannah. Titles words read: KANYA - AFRICA. Rafiki is inside his baobab tree; he soon finishes with a mane on a painting of Mufasa. It soon fades into a flashback; lion roar in the background, calling the animals to gather to Pride Rock for the ceremony. Animals of all types (okapis, elephants, giraffes) marching to Pride Rock]
 * Rafiki: [voice over] It was a glorious sight! Old Rafiki could hardly believe his eyes: all the animals on the move, coming together from the Four Winds… [camera cut to a shot on Rafiki viewing the animals heading to Pride Rock] …who could forget a day like that? [camera pan on Pride Rock in the distance with Mufasa watching from his point of view] Everybody came to celebrate the birth of Simba, Mufasa's boy. [bounds down inside his tree. He grabs a turtle shell and breaks a fruit in half] You see… ♪ It was the Circle of Life… ♪ [suddenly halts for a beat and blinks at the audience] What? What's that you say? [while laughing, he bounds deeper into his tree and grabs his staff] You've heard of this before, yeah? [puts his hand in some fruit paint] You think you know the story?! [he draws a picture of Timon dressed in drag and doing the hula with Pumbaa dressed as cooked meat with a apple in his mouth] You don't know the half of it!
 * [Cracks appear across the screen image, and the screen shatters and falls from the field of view in fragments, leaving a view of Pride Rock in daylight]
 * Africalous: [reverently narrating] Pride Rock. So majestic. So powerful. So…bizarrely named. This was Africa's most habitat-visited place in the mystic Pride Lands, full of wise animals, who respect known as the "Circle of Life". [camera pan to Mufasa watching over the Pride Lands] Mufasa, son of Ahadi, is currently the king of the Pride Lands, alongside his mate Sarabi as queen. [Sarabi comes up and nuzzles her husband's head. Rafiki and Zazu then come in on-screen] Rafiki was known to be their shaman…for a mandrill, while Zazu, who was a hornbill, worked as the king's majordomo. [camera pan back to Pride Rock] Our story does not start here. Rather it starts several hundred football yards away from the majestic proud land in Africa. [camera pan to Timon, walking up on-screen before looking at the camera] This is Timon. He was known to be a meerkat, dreaming to live in a better place. He was also an outcast from his colony, after failing to perform Sentry duty ordered by his mother Ma, and his uncle Max, who has gone a…little bit paranoid and eccentric. [camera pan back to Pride Rock] Forsaking, how can a rock be proud? It's a rock, because the animals think a "pride" is what they call a group of lions. But where meerkats come from, they didn't have nothing to be proud of. But maybe it'd be safer if I just show you where Timon came from. Please remain seated while the camera is in motion. [the camera does a super-high-speed truck-out from Pride Rock, past zebras, grasslands, the Elephant Graveyard, the gorge, marshlands, the desert, and finally stopping at a dry plain of low mounds of dirt, with a tumbleweed blowing across] Here we are: our story really begins from Pride Rock to locals known as the "Pit of Shame". They were so low on the food chain they were underground…but you don't have to take my word for it. I'll just let the fellow meerkats do the talking as one by one pop out of their holes like a game of Whack-a-Mole.
 * ["Digga Tunnah" music begins]
 * Meerkats: [chanting, nervously] What was that?!
 * Meerkat guard: [looks left, then right, listening; he then calls] CLEAR!
 * [Scenes of the colony of meerkats all busily digging a network of tunnels, singing as they work]
 * Meerkats: [singing] Digga tunnah,

Digga tunnah, Dig, digga tunnah You can dig and never get dunnah Digga tunnah, (Dig a little faster) Dig, digga tunnah What was that?! [pause to listen] Quick, before the hyena come! DIG!

Digga tunnah is what we do Life's a tunnah we're diggin' through Digga tunnah is what we sing Digga tunnah is everything! Mud and clay is a meerkat's friend Always more around every bend And when you get to your tunnah's end, Hallelujah! Let's dig again! DIG!

Digga tunnah, Dig, digga tunnah (Digga tunnah) When you're done, ya dig a bigga tunnah. Digga tunnah, (Dig a little faster) Dig, digga tunnah. What was that?! [pause to listen] Quick, before the hyena come! To be continued…
 * Fred: DIG!
 * Ma: [searching for her son] Timon? Excuse me. Have you seen my son? Has he been through here? Timon?
 * Uncle Max: [singsonging] Digga tunnah, dig, digga tunnah…digga tunnah, dig, dig — Aahh!
 * Ma: Uncle Max? [pokes Max, scaring him out of his chant]
 * Max: [spooked] Aaahh!
 * Ma: Uncle Max, relax. Have you seen Timon?
 * Max: [pleased with himself] No, I haven't seen Timon. And what a day it's been! No fractures, no lacerations, no concussions, contusions or injuries of any sort. As a matter of fact, there's no sign of Timon's handiwork anywhere!
 * [The ground ceiling cracks and then comes crashing down around them; there's nothing left but a ring of dirt held up, with Timon standing under it]
 * Max: [fuming with rage] That would be…TIMOOON!!!
 * Timon: [he turns back to the colony, feeling much embarrassed] Heh-heh. Hey, everybody!
 * Flinchy: Ha, ha. Nice work, Timon.
 * Swifty: Way to go, tunnel klutz.
 * Stumpy: Who else could break a hole?
 * Fred: Four in a week — a new record! You're a peeping Timon!
 * Ma: [quietly despairing] Not again…
 * Timon: What? [defiantly] It's called a "skylight"!
 * Africalous: [as the "skylight" crumbles to nothing] But as the "skylight" crumbled to nothing, Ma tried to salvage the situation her son caused.
 * Ma: Ho-ho. Wow. Isn't that creative. A skylight…Oh, ha-ha. [seeking discretion as the better part of valor] I'll just have a word with him.
 * [Ma leads Timon away from the scene of the collapse]
 * Timon: I…I was just trying to shed a little light on our pathetic existence.
 * Ma: Timon, this can't go on. Just this month, you've pulled down four walls and collapsed two tunnel exits. [she combs Timon's hair] We have to look after each other. Our survival depends on it.
 * Timon: What's the point? All we do is dig so we can hide, and hide so we can dig. [Ma finishes combing his hair, which "poofs" up into a bunch of spikes. He then walks a little further and pushes some grass apart to gaze out over the horizon] I wanna be where we don't have to dig tunnels and live with our heads stuck in the sand. What's so bad about dreaming of a better home?
 * Ma: [joins him at the gap in the grass] I wanna show you something. Look, Timon. Go on, look. [camera pulls back to a panoramic view of the Pride Lands in all their golden-lit majesty, as the "This Land" theme plays] Look out to the horizon, past the trees, over the grasslands. [sharply] Everything the light touches…belongs to someone else!
 * [A record needle scratches; the grasses snap back together and block the view]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Timon's smile suddenly frowned. He remembered the same talk with his late Pa.
 * Timon: Funny. I thought you were going a whole different direction with this.
 * Ma: What can I say? It's nature's design.
 * Max: [suddenly appearing out of the grass] She's right! We're food for other animals — a moveable feast. Feared by no-one and eaten by all!
 * Timon: But when they die, they become the grass. And we eat the grass, right?
 * Max: Not exactly; we can't digest grass. We have carnivorous stomachs.
 * Ma: [snatching Timon away] Ok, Max. Thank you. You've been a big help. [to Timon] Honey, I —
 * Max: [appearing out of another stand of grass] Meerkat…it's what's for dinner!
 * Ma: [increasingly sarcastic; pointing meaningfully off into the distance] Thank you, Uncle Max.
 * Max: [he turns and groans at the camera] Uhh. [he soon leaves, then disappears]
 * Timon: I think Uncle Max dislodged one too many rocks with his skull.
 * Ma: But he's right, Timon. [she tries to comb his hair again; a bug flies by, and she snatches it and squishes it into hair gel] Oh, I just know there's a way for you to fit in here.
 * [Timon glowers from under his plastered-down hair; a single hair springs back up, and he sighs]
 * Africalous: [narrating] That's when she heard it: Max was calling for sentries.
 * Max: [off-screen, to other meerkats] Alright, who's on Sentry duty?
 * Ma: [perking up with inspiration] That's it! That's it — my son on Sentry duty! Timon the Sentry!
 * [Cut to Uncle Max being told of this idea]
 * Max: [in horrified shock] Timon the Sentry?! Why don't you save the hyenas the trouble and kill me now?! Just kill me now!
 * Timon: [to Ma] He has a point.
 * Ma: All you have to do is watch for hyenas and yell if you see one. Look at Iron Joe.
 * [Camera pan over to a meerkat named Iron Joe on Sentry duty in a nervous breakdown]
 * Iron Joe: [as a couple of meerkat orderlies carry him away, raving, from his post] Don't close your eyes! Don't look away! Somebody's gotta guard us! Somebody's gotta protect us! [breaks up into a hysterical cry]
 * Timon: Well. Now, I'm convinced.
 * Ma: Listen. It's outside, up in the breeze, under the wide open sky — isn't that what you want? [to Max] Or maybe you would rather have him go back on the digging crew.
 * Max, Timon and everyone: NO!!!
 * [The entire colony of meerkats, listen intently, and now pretend nonchalance and clear their throats]
 * Ma: Good…then we all agree. Timon, listen to Uncle Max. He'll teach you everything you need to know. [earnestly] And honey, try to make this one work.

To be continued…


 * Max: Scurry, sniff, FLINCH! Scurry, sniff, FLINCH! Scurry, sniff, FLINCH! Good. Now…what do we do if we see a hyena?
 * Timon: Scream, "Mommy"?
 * Max: That's right, mister! Because, the world out there is fraught with danger. FRAUGHT, I TELL YOU!
 * Timon: [sarcastically aside to the camera; over Uncle Max] Oh, boy. It's the Fraught Fest.
 * Max: Even all bloodthirsty hyenas are waiting to rip us limb from limb!
 * Timon: [while sarcastically applauding] Bra-vo, Uncle Max. Way to sell it to the cheap seats.
 * Max: Applaud now, sonny boy. But, try clapping when you don't have any hands.
 * [Max soon turns around and leaves. Timon gulps, looking at his hands. Then he takes up his position on the rock]
 * Timon: Scurry, sniff, flinch. Scurry, sniff, flinch. [marimbas begin; Timon starts to get into it] Huh…I like the sound of that. [begins dancing flamboyantly] Scurry, sniff, flinch!
 * ["That's All I Need", the sister song to "Warthog Rhapsody" begins]

To be continued…


 * Timon: I, uh…I guess I owe everyone an apology. [pause] Alright, so I made a teensy mistake. Like we all haven't broken into song on Sentry duty before. Ha, ha, ha…come on. Let me have a show of hands. [the meerkats all wander off, disgusted; Timon tries to change tactics] Oooookay. [Max and the meerkats are all staring at Timon severely] Maybe, it's a little too soon, but I'm sure we're all gonna laugh about this someday. Trust me.
 * Max: … I did trust you. I trusted you to be on Sentry and you let the hyenas sneak up!
 * [The meerkats all silently file out, except for Ma. Timon sighs before he leaves sadly. Scene switch to the rock outside, where Timon is hunched; Ma emerges from the hole and notices him]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Timon was all alone sitting on the rock where he broke out into a sad musical number playing in his head. That was where Ma found him.
 * Ma: [approaching to her son] Oh. Aww, sweetie.
 * Timon: I'm never gonna fit in here. Nobody even likes me.
 * Ma: Sure they do, honey. Sure they do!
 * Timon: Besides you, Ma.
 * Ma: Uh, besides me? Um, there's, uh…
 * Timon: I have to find my place; but it isn't here. My place is out there, Ma. Oh…I may not know exactly where or how far, but I gotta go!
 * Ma: [pauses, then acquiesces] Well, I hope you find what you're looking for, honey.
 * Africalous: [narrating] Feeling sad of saying his last farewells, Timon gave his Ma one last hug.
 * [Music turns sweet as Timon comes back to embrace her]
 * Timon: I love you, Ma.
 * [Ma keeps hugging Timon, tighter and tighter until we start to hear crunching sound effects]
 * Ma: Oh, Timmy. My Timmy. Mmm-mmm…
 * Timon: [strained, muffled] Ma…choking…not breathing…
 * Ma: Ooh. Mmm. Mmm-mmm…
 * Timon: And people wonder why I have issues. [the embrace finally ends] I'll be okay!
 * Ma: Oh, I know you will! [wistful] You will.
 * Africalous: [narrating; Ma slowly lets go of Timon's hands] Timon turned away, then began striding purposefully away into the sunset.
 * [As Timon strides away into the sunset, "Timon's Traveling Theme" begins]
 * Ma: [calling after him] Be careful!
 * Timon: I will! [marches on a bit further]
 * Ma: Don't talk to strangers!
 * Timon: I know, Ma! [marches a bit more]
 * Ma: Remember, wash behind your ears!
 * Timon: [the music slows; he turns impatiently] MA! I'm not a kid anymore! [resumes marching]
 * Ma: Never go swimming without a buddy!
 * Timon: Got it!
 * Ma: [almost inaudible] Send us a message sometime—! [indistinct]
 * Timon: [exasperated] Oy…! [yells at the top of his lungs] WHAT?
 * Ma: I said, send us a message sometime!
 * Timon: WHAT?!
 * Ma: I said, send us a —
 * Timon: [turning away from Ma] Goodbye, Ma! [sets off in earnest as African music plays triumphantly. He reaches the open grasslands]
 * Africalous: [narrating] And so, with high spirits, he boldly ventured off where no meerkat had dared to go before. He put his past behind him, and never looked back… [ends narrative]
 * [Nighttime in the Pride Lands; Timon suddenly breaks into sobbing]
 * Timon: Mommy! Mommy!
 * [Far shot to reveal that he is moaning in front of Rafiki's baobab tree]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Timon was moaning in front of what was known as "the Tree of Life". Inside, a mystic mandrill named Rafiki noticed the meerkat crying and then hurled down to ask.
 * Timon: [crying] I want my Mommy! [Rafiki starts to come down from his tree] What am I doing? Which way should I go?
 * Rafiki: [appearing hanging upside-down] That depends on what you seek.
 * Timon: [does a wild take, goes sprawling] Hey, where'd you come from?
 * Rafiki: [laughs] Oh, the better question is: Where are you going?
 * Timon: Oh, someplace wonderful, mister, where…where y — you didn't happen to catch the song I sang a few minutes ago, did ya?
 * Rafiki: I didn't have the pleasure.
 * Timon: To recap: I want to live in some beautiful place, outside…a carefree place, where I don't have to hide or worry.
 * Rafiki: [jumps down next to Timon, laughing] Life, without worry. You seek Hakuna Matata.
 * Timon: Harpoon-a-tomato?
 * Rafiki: Hakuna Matata, it means "No Worries".
 * Timon: Perfect! Mind taking that stick of yours and drawing me a map, bub? [Rafiki smacks his head with his staff] Ow! Hey!
 * Rafiki: [goes into his mystic-monkey pose] To find it, you must look beyond what you see.
 * Timon: What the heck is that supposed to mean?
 * Rafiki: It means: Look beyond what you see.
 * Timon: [imitating Rafiki] "Beyond what I see." Ha. Get a load of the monkey, gettin' all existential on me. Beyond what I see… [pans over to a frog croaking on a rock] Hmm…beyond what I see… [pans to a tree stump a little farther away. Immense and meaningful music starts to rise] Beyond what I see… [pans to a tree in the distance; music swells louder]
 * Africalous: [narrating] While viewing his point of view in the distance, a musical swell began to play in Timon's head.
 * Timon: It's kinda hard to think with all this music! Beyond…what I see… [focuses in on Pride Rock in the far distance as the music rises to a climax] Oh, wait a second. It's comin' to me. It's either that slug I ate, or I'm having an epiphany!
 * [Camera zooms in on Pride Rock]
 * Africalous: [narrating] An angelic choir sang in Timon's head.
 * Timon: I'm going to the big, pointy rock! Right? [turns around, but Rafiki is gone]
 * Africalous: [narrating] But Rafiki had already disappeared.
 * Timon: Who was that strange monkey? Ah, well. Dream home, here I come!
 * [Dissolve to Timon entering a stand of tall grasses]
 * Africalous: [narrating] The sun was beginning to show the earliest signs of rising, when Timon heard hoof beats following him.
 * Timon: [a snapping sound startles him as wind blows calmly on some tallgrass] Hello? Strange, but wise monkey? [a flock of birds take off and startles him again. He climbs up on a rock; then he hears a weird grunting roar, and sees a bulky shape rushing in his direction. He tumbles off the rock and rushes blindly through the grass as the ominous roaring sound pursues him. Timon then suddenly bumps into Pumbaa and the two start screaming]
 * Africalous: Timon crashed headfirst into a warthog as he thought he was a "scream".
 * Timon: [begs on his knees; to Pumbaa] Just eat me now…and please make it fast. I've got a low threshold to pain.
 * Pumbaa: Easy, easy there, little guy. I'm not gonna eat you.
 * Timon: Then why were you stalking me!?
 * Pumbaa: Well, gee, I saw you go by and I figured a little fella like you shouldn't be out here all alone.
 * Timon: Hey, what about you? [suddenly apprehensive] You are all alone, aren't you?
 * Pumbaa: [ruefully] Yeah. Most animals give me a pretty wide berth.
 * Timon: [seeing the idea] They do? Even the hungry ones?
 * Pumbaa: People see me comin' and they run for cover. They can't get out of the way fast enough.
 * [As Pumbaa speaks, Timon holds up one of Pumbaa's hooves, playing with it like a pair of scissors]
 * Timon: [pulling Pumbaa's tusks down] Must be the gleam on those vicious tusks? Huh? Strikes fear into their hearts.
 * Pumbaa: … Actually, they say I wreck their appetite.
 * Timon: Wow, it's like you have this — this…special power.
 * Pumbaa: [backing away nervously] Special power? Well, it's pretty powerful alright. [gestures indistinctly at his rump]
 * Timon: Perfect! You're hired.
 * Pumbaa: Eh, for what?
 * Timon: [indicating Pride Rock] To get me to a little worry-free haven out of that big, pointy rock.
 * Pumbaa: And, you want me to come with you?
 * Timon: Do you see any other big, lovable chunk of warthog here? Who also happens to have razor-sharp tusks and the ability to repel predators? [grins ingratiatingly]
 * Pumbaa: I'm your pig.
 * Timon: You and me, I can tell we see eye-to-eye.
 * Pumbaa: [hopefully] You mean…like friends?
 * Timon: Whoa, easy there, big fella. I'd say more like [making "quotes" with his fingers] acquaintances.
 * Pumbaa: [a bit disappointed] Oh. [brightened] Well, it's a start.
 * Timon: Put 'er there, acquaintance. [they shake paws] I'm Timon!
 * Pumbaa: Pumbaa!
 * Timon: No, really…
 * [Pumbaa grins sincerely at Timon for a beat]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Pumbaa sincerely grinned at Timon.
 * Timon: … Let's hit the road.
 * ["Timon's Traveling Theme" starts to play]
 * Pumbaa: You got it…acquaintance.
 * Timon: So clear up one thing for me. If you weren't gonna eat me, what kind of a wacky wild pig are you?
 * Pumbaa: I'm an insectivore.
 * Timon: Oh-ho! A bug-eater! Well, me too. I just never had a name for them myself. I'm partial to the crawling critters myself!
 * Pumbaa: I prefer the ones with wings!
 * Timon: Pumbaa, this could be the start of a beautiful…acquaintanceship.

The Circle of Life
Sithi uhm ingonyama
 * [Animals of all types make their way to Pride Rock in the night: Elephants, giraffes, wildebeest, antelope, hippos; it then zooms out to see Rafiki viewing the scene]
 * Rafiki: It was a glorious sight! Old Rafiki could hardly believe his eyes: all the animals on the move, coming together from the Four Winds, who could forget a day like that? Everybody came to celebrate the birth of Simba, Mufasa's boy. [he bounds down into his baobab tree, then comes to his turtle shell from the opening of the film and breaks the same fruit in half] You see… ♪ It was the Circle of Life. ♪
 * [Rafiki takes the juice from the fruit and hand-draws and completes the ceremonial crown on the painting of Mufasa. It soon zooms into Mufasa walking out of Pride Rock]
 * Mufasa: [voice-over] Everything exists together in a delicate balance. And so, we must respect every living thing… [sudden cut to black] …because we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.
 * [The sunrise begins again over the Pride Lands — Pumbaa and Timon enter the scene, walking across from left to right]
 * Chorus: ''Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba

Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhhmm ingonyama Ingonyama

Siyo Nqoba Ingonyama'' Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala'' And, blinking, step into the sun There's more to see than can ever be seen More to do than can ever be done
 * [Timon and Pumbaa freak out as the animals all bear down on them; Pumbaa then races out from under all the roaring and screeching animals as they rush past. Timon rides on his back and steers him to follow the animals]
 * Africalous: [narrating] All the animals were arriving at Pride Rock, narrowly hitting Timon and Pumbaa, as they ventured across the veldt, against the rising sun, and even against Mount Kilimanjaro.
 * [Various pans and camera views of several animals, all moving, even through Mount Kilimanjaro. A view of giraffes pans to a long shot of all the animals in their procession. Camera is panning and jumping to elephants, antelopes, zebras, ants, birds, storks, etc…]
 * Chorus: ''Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
 * MS: From the day we arrive on the planet

Some say eat or be eaten Some say live and let live But all are agreed as they join the stampede You should never take more than you give

Some of us fall by the wayside And some of us soar to the stars And some of us sail through our troubles And some have to live with the scars

There's far too much to take in here More to find than can ever be found But the sun rolling high Through the sapphire sky Keeps great and small on the endless round

It's the Circle of Life And it moves us all Through despair and hope Through faith and love Til we find our place On the path unwinding In the Circle The Circle of Life And it moves us all Through despair and…
 * [When the "The Circle of Life" is mentioned, the long-distance pan centers on Pride Rock where all the animals are gathering. Mufasa is on Pride Rock. Long camera arc to Mufasa and Zazu. He bows to Mufasa, who smiles and nods at him. Rafiki arrives and walks through a group of animals who bow to him. He embraces Mufasa before they go in to see Sarabi and her newborn cub Simba]
 * Africalous: [narrating] In the lap of Sarabi, was baby Simba. [Rafiki uses his staff for Simba to play] Rafiki smiled and waved his staff over the tiny cub. [Rafiki puts fruit juice and sand he collects on Simba's brow — a ceremonial crown. Simba sneezes and his parents embrace heads] He took a gourd, broke it, and spread some of the juice on the cub's forehead. Then he sprinkled some of the sand at his feet on the juice. The baby sneezed, but his parents smiled.
 * [Timon and Pumbaa finally arrive. Pride Rock rises before the two of them as the crest a small hill]
 * MS: It's the Circle of Life
 * Timon: Whoo-hoo! There it is, the big pointy rock! Oh, baby, we're almost there!
 * [A record-needle scratching sound accompanies them screeching to a halt as the suddenly see that Pride Rock is surrounded by hundreds of animals]
 * Pumbaa: I think we're little late.
 * Timon: It's a land rush. That loudmouth monkey must've blabbed it to the whole world!
 * Pumbaa: What exactly did he say?
 * Timon: [imitating Rafiki] Look beyond what you see.
 * Pumbaa: So maybe you're supposed to look beyond the big pointy rock.
 * Timon: [as though he came up with it himself] Maybe I'm supposed to look beyond the big pointy rock! Let's have a little look, shall we? Beyond what I see…beyond what I see…beyond what I see… [the screen pans past Pride Rock and all the gathered animals to a small hill with a little cave] Oh-ho! What do you know? The monkey's got an eagle eye for real estate!
 * Pumbaa: [indicating Rafiki walking outside Pride Rock] Timon, look!
 * Timon: He-he-hey! It's the monkey!
 * Pumbaa: What's he doin'?
 * Timon: Aw, who cares. It's not important. Come on! My dream home awaits!
 * [They approach the gathering of animals from behind, rising in front of them like a wall. Pumbaa nervously shrinks back away from them]
 * Pumbaa: Uh…I don't do so well in crowds. Maybe we better go around.
 * Timon: Don't you know the shortest distance between me and my dream home is a straight line? Follow me! [he leads Pumbaa straight into the breach]

To be continued…

It's the Wheel of Fortune It's the leap of faith It's the band of hope Til we find our place On the path unwinding In the Circle The Circle of Life And it moves us all Through despair and hope Through faith and love Til we find our place On the path unwinding In the Circle The Circle of Life
 * Pumbaa: [miserably] Ahem…Timon…there's something I gotta tell ya.
 * Timon: Pumbaa, Pumbaa, Pumbaa. We'll have a plenty of time to chat once we settle in.
 * [Timon pulls one of Pumbaa's tusks, forcing him to walk deeper into the animals. Pumbaa's stomach gurgles more; he then starts to panic]
 * Pumbaa: I could really use a rest-stop.
 * Timon: [trying to get him back on track] Don't worry. You'll get your second wind.
 * Pumbaa: [breaking out in sweat] I got a really bad feeling!
 * Timon: It'll pass!
 * Africalous: [as Timon accidentally grabs Pumbaa's tail, and he releases a massive fart; an elephant then freaks out and trumpets] Timon grabbed Pumbaa's tail by accident. All at once: Pumbaa let out a massive fart, causing the animals around them to pass out. [all the animals immediately around Timon and Pumbaa cough and collapse with disgust] First gnu, then giraffes, and finally rhinos.
 * [Timon and Pumbaa stand at the epicenter of what looks like a nuclear blast; a slight hissing sound is heard, as well as groans and coughs. We see that the hissing is Timon's hair on fire, fizzling down to his scalp]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Timon turned to Pumbaa, being the epicenter of the flatus.
 * Timon: [goes suddenly from aghast to thrilled] So, I guess that's your special power, huh? What a weapon!
 * Pumbaa: You don't mind?
 * Timon: Are you kidding?! It was a gas! [he breaks into hysterical laughter]
 * Pumbaa: [his emotions rise a little] Well, I don't like to toot my own horn…
 * Timon: Yeah, that's probably for the best. [pause for a beat] Let's go, Pumbaa!
 * Pumbaa: Lead the way!
 * [Timon and Pumbaa soon wind their way through the prostrate animals]
 * Africalous: [narrating] They made their way to the small oasis and began construction.
 * [Dissolve to the piled rocks that mark Timon's new dream-home spot as the sky happens to be a sunset]
 * Timon: This is it, buddy-boy. Home sweet home! And I don't gotta share it with anybody. Try commitment-free. [ties up a hammock and lies down] The elbow-to-elbow life reminds me a little too much of home. [Pumbaa hands him a massive bowl of slush] This place has everything. Cool refreshments, cozy little hammock, a lovely water feature. It's all mine!
 * Pumbaa: Oh.
 * Africalous: [narrating] Pumbaa took in the fact that Timon forgot to factor him in.
 * Pumbaa: [tries to handle it bravely] Well…it's really coming together, Timon, so, uh, so I guess I'll just be going. [walks off slowly]
 * Timon: Wait a minute, now wait-wa-wait. There's no law that says you have to go. I mean, if you want —
 * Pumbaa: [zipping back immediately] Great! I already made up two beds! [camera shows the two grass beds, one much bigger than the other] One for you, and one for me.
 * Timon: [yawns luxuriantly] Gee, all this construction work has me bushed. Think I'll turn in early. [he crawls over the smaller bed and makes himself comfortable in the larger, Pumbaa-sized bed, then clicks his tongue]
 * Africalous: [narrating; as Pumbaa circles around twice, then somehow stuffs himself into the smaller bed] Timon had a large grass bed that Pumbaa made for himself, and Pumbaa slept in a smaller one he originally made for Timon.
 * Pumbaa: [a leg pops out sideways, but he gets comfortable anyway] Ahh…good night.
 * Timon: Sleep tight.
 * Pumbaa: Dream of bedbugs tonight.
 * [Timon and Pumbaa fall asleep. Dissolve to the exterior of the cave]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Home sweet home indeed. [cut to Rafiki where he picks Simba up and ascends to the point of Pride Rock; Mufasa and Sarabi follow. Rafiki then holds Simba up for the crowd to view]
 * Zebra1: Oh, look. The rhinos are bowing.
 * Zebra2: Ooh, we'd better bow, too.
 * [The zebras bow, followed by the antelope in front of them, then more wildebeests, elephants, and the whole rest of the gathered crowd, all laid out in splendid array as seen from the perspective of Mufasa, Rafiki, and Zazu at the tip of the promontory]
 * Africalous: [narrating] All the animals began bowing as a domino affect from the flatus, but to Zazu, the hornbill, and Mufasa, it was out of respect.
 * Zazu: Look, sire, how they kneel before the royal son.
 * [The animals soon start to starts howling and stamping before clouds move apart and a sunbeam highlights Rafiki and Simba on Pride Rock. The animals all soon bow again. Camera slowly zooms out to a striking panoramic view of the presentation]
 * MS: It's The Circle of Life
 * [Bass drum hit (fff) and immediate switch to black screen with title "The Lion King Reborn" in blood-red caps]
 * [The logo soon fades out. Fade into the view of the Pride Lands in the next morning]
 * Africalous: [narrating] For the next morning, word spread quickly across the Pride Lands. Everyone, saved for one, rejoiced. [a mouse comes out and starts preening in the light. He begins sniffing before being frightened. Suddenly, a full-grown Scar swoops down and catches him before he talks to it while playing with it] In a small cave near Pride Rock, an orange lion was toying with a field mouse. This was Mufasa's younger brother…Scar.
 * Scar: Life's not fair, is it? You see, I…well, I shall never be king. And you…shall never see the light of another day. Adieu. [he extends out his tongue to eat the mouse]
 * Zazu: [mockingly interrupting] Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?
 * Scar: [sighs] What do you want?
 * Zazu: I'm here to announce that King Mufasa is on his way. … So, you better have a good excuse for missing the ceremony!
 * [The mouse manages to escape from underneath Scar's paw and scampers into a hole]
 * Scar: Oh, now look, Zazu; you made me lose my lunch.
 * Zazu: Ha! You'll lose more than that when the king gets through with you. He's as mad as a hippo with a hernia.
 * Scar: Oooh…why I quiver with fear.
 * Zazu: Now, Scar! Don't look at me that way! HELP! [he tries to fly away, but Scar bites the bird into his mouth]
 * Mufasa: [he approaches menacingly to his brother] Scar? Drop him.
 * Zazu: [his beak pops out of Scar's mouth] Impeccable timing, Your Majesty. [Scar soon spits out the bird, covered with saliva, much to his disgust]
 * Scar: [sarcastically overjoyed] Why? If it isn't my big brother, descending from on high to mingle with the commoners.
 * Mufasa: Sarabi and I didn't see you at the presentation of Simba.
 * Scar: That was today? Oh, I feel awful. [he scratches his claws against a rock like nails on a chalkboard, which Zazu irritates to the sound] Must've slipped my mind.
 * Zazu: Yes, well, as slippery as your mind is, as the king's brother, you should have been first in line!
 * Scar: [clicks his teeth at Zazu, who takes cover behind Mufasa's foreleg] Well, I was first in line…until the little hairball was born.
 * Mufasa: That "hairball" is my son…and your future king.
 * Scar: [sarcastically] Ohh, I shall practice my curtsy. [he turns to leave]
 * Mufasa: [becoming angry] Don't turn your back on me, Scar.
 * Scar: Oh, no, Mufasa. Perhaps you shouldn't turn your back on me.
 * Mufasa: [roars and literally leaps in front of Scar] Is that a CHALLENGE?
 * Scar: Temper. Temper. I wouldn't dream of challenging you.
 * Zazu: Pity. Why not?
 * Scar: As far as brains go, I got the lion's share. But, when it comes to brute strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool. [sulks away slowly from the den]
 * Zazu: [to Mufasa; deep sigh] There's one in every family, sire…two in mine, actually. [perching onto Mufasa's shoulder] and they always manage to ruin special occasions.
 * Mufasa: [about Scar] What am I going to do with him?
 * Zazu: He'd make a very handsome throw rug.
 * Mufasa: [smiling] Zazu!
 * Zazu: And just think! Whenever he gets dirty, you could take him out and BEAT him.
 * [Mufasa laughs]

I Just Can't Wait to Be King
To be started…


 * Simba: Hey, Uncle Scar! Guess what?
 * Scar: I despise guessing games.
 * Simba: I'm gonna be king of Pride Rock.
 * Scar: [sarcastically] Oh, goody.
 * Simba: My dad just showed me the whole kingdom. And I'm gonna rule it all! Heh heh!
 * Scar: Yes. Well…forgive me for not leaping for joy. Bad back, you know…
 * [Scar falls to the ground with a "twump". Simba goes over and leans on his shoulder]
 * Simba: Hey, Uncle Scar? When I'm king, what'll that make you?
 * Scar: A monkey's uncle.
 * Simba: [he tumbles off of Scar's shoulder and laughs] You're so weird.
 * Scar: You have no idea.

To be continued…

So enemies beware With quite so little hair Like no king was before I'm brushing up on looking down, I'm working on my ROAR.
 * [Cut to Zazu flying in the sky overhead with Simba and Nala walking to the waterhole]
 * Zazu: Step lively. The sooner we get to the waterhole, the sooner we can leave.
 * Nala: [whispering to Simba] So, where are we really going?
 * Simba: An elephant graveyard.
 * Nala: Wow!
 * Simba: Shhhh! Zazu.
 * Nala: Right. So how are we going to ditch the dodo?
 * Simba: [starts whispering to Nala] Oh, I know how we can…
 * Zazu: [hearing the cubs below back and forth, he flies back down in front of them] Oh, just look at you two. Little seeds of romance, blossoming in the savanna. Your parents will be thrilled, what with your being betrothed, intended, affianced, and all.
 * [Simba and Nala look at each other in confusion]
 * Nala: … Meaning?
 * Zazu: One day, you two are going to be married.
 * Simba: I can't marry her. She's my friend.
 * Zazu: Well, sorry to bust the old bubble, but you two turtle doves have no choice. It's a tradition going back generations.
 * Simba: Well, when I'm king, that'll be the first thing to go.
 * Zazu: Not so long as I'm around.
 * Simba: Well, in that case, you're fired.
 * Zazu: Nice try, but only the king can do that.
 * Nala: Well, he's the future king.
 * Simba: So you have to do what I tell you.
 * Zazu: Not yet, I don't. And with an attitude like that, I'm afraid you're shaping up to be a pretty pathetic king indeed.
 * Simba: Hmph. Not the way I see it…
 * ["I Just Can't Wait To Be King" soon fades in; colors change to wild pop-African. Background abruptly becomes surreal, brightly-colored cartoon style]
 * Simba: I'm gonna be a mighty king
 * Zazu: Well, I've never seen a king of beasts
 * [Zazu plucks Simba's hair where mane would be. Simba gets a mane of leaves before he climbs on a log]
 * Simba: I'm gonna be the mane event
 * [Simba shouts at Zazu, startling him backwards into a puddle]
 * Zazu: [drying on what appears to be a hanging towel] Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing
 * [Camera pulls back; reveals the "towel" as the ear of a red elephant which hits Zazu with its trunk as with a golf club, sending him skipping like a stone across a shallow pool of water; the cubs follow immediately]
 * Simba: Oh, I Just Can't Wait To Be King
 * Zazu: [speaking] You've rather a long way to go, young master, if you think…

To be continued…


 * Zazu: [crushed under a rhino; muffled] I beg your pardon, madam, but…GET OFF! Simba? Nala?
 * Timon: Oy, phew, showpeople.

To be continued…


 * Banzai: [looking where Ed is pointing] Hey? Did we order this dinner to go?
 * Shenzi: No. Why?
 * Banzai:  'Cuz there it goes!!
 * [They turn to see Simba, Nala and Zazu fleeing]

To be continued…

So many juicy segments to detach Be good as gold for you're as good as carved
 * Shenzi: Look, boys! A king fit for a meal!
 * Banzai and Shenzi: [singing] I think we should begin the meal from scratch
 * [The hyenas are now entering the cave, taunting]
 * Shenzi: Here kitty, kitty, kitty!
 * Banzai: [giggling with menace] We're starved!
 * Africalous: [narrating] Simba tried to roar the hyenas back with a small yowl. [Simba lets out a medium yowl]
 * Shenzi: That was it? Hah. Do it again…come on.
 * Africalous: [narrating] Simba tried again… [Simba opens his mouth to roar, but a full-grown lion sound is heard] …but this time, it was a full-grown roar. It was Mufasa!
 * [Mufasa arrives from the left on-screen and starts to attack the hyenas. Pumbaa and Timon watch wide-eyed from the sinus cavity of the elephant skull, as the shadows cast on them pantomime the scene of Mufasa beating up the hyenas]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Timon commented on the new ordeal.
 * Timon: [whispering, à la "The Sixth Sense"] I see carnivores!
 * [Mufasa continues to hit and knock down the hyenas until they are cringing under him]
 * Shenzi: Oh, please, please. Uncle. Uncle.
 * Banzai: Ow. Ow. Ow.
 * Mufasa: Silence!
 * Banzai: Oh, we're gonna shut up right now.
 * Shenzi: Calm down. We're really sorry.
 * Mufasa: If you ever come near my son again…

To be continued…

Be Prepared

 * Mufasa: [thinks silently for a moment, then finally turns to his son] Simba, I'm very disappointed in you.
 * Simba: I know.
 * Mufasa: You could have been killed. You deliberately disobeyed me! And what's worse: you put Nala in danger!
 * Simba: [on the border of crying; voice cracking] I-I-I was just trying to be brave like you!
 * Mufasa: I'm only brave when I have to be. Simba…being brave doesn't mean you go looking for trouble.

To be continued…


 * Mufasa: Simba, let me tell you something my father told me…look at the stars. The great kings of the past look down on us from those stars.
 * Simba: Really?
 * Mufasa: Yes. So whenever you feel alone, just remember that those kings will always be there to guide you…and so will I.

To be continued…

… To Die For
To be started…
 * Timon: Beyond what you see…beyond what you — [suddenly shudders] Hey, how am I supposed to look beyond what I see, beyond that?
 * [The camera reveals Timon looking straight at Pumbaa's butt]
 * Pumbaa: Huh? Oh, sorry.
 * [Pumbaa moves aside to reveal the gorge in all its splendor]
 * Africalous: [narrating] When Pumbaa moved out of Timon's way, it was revealed there was a gorge. Inside, Scar toke Simba near a rock, underneath a small tree in the middle of his upcoming trap.
 * [Camera zoom inside the gorge with Simba underneath the tree, with Scar watching him]
 * Scar: Now, you wait here. Your father has a marvelous surprise for you.
 * Simba: Oooh. What is it?
 * Scar: If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it?
 * Simba: If you tell me, I'll still act surprised!
 * Scar: You are such a naughty boy! This is just for you and your daddy. You know, a sort of…father-son…thing. Well! I'd better go get him.
 * Simba: I'll go with you.
 * Scar: No! [regaining composure] No. Just…stay on this rock. You wouldn't want to end up in another mess like you did with the hyenas…?
 * Simba: [shocked] You know about that?
 * Scar: Simba, Simba. Everybody knows about that. Lucky Daddy was there to save you, eh? [puts a paw on Simba's shoulder] Oh…and just between us, you might want to work on that little roar of yours. Hmm?
 * Simba: Oh. Okay.
 * Africalous: [narrating; Scar pats Simba's head roughly, then moves off] Scar patted Simba's head before moving off.
 * Simba: Hey, Uncle Scar! … Will I like this surprise?
 * Scar: Simba, it's To Die For.

To be continued…


 * Timon: What this place lacks in water and shade it makes up for with searing heat and blinding sunshine. Home, sweet home, Pumbaa!

To be continued…


 * Pumbaa: Shall we run for our lives?
 * Timon: Oh, yes, lets.
 * Timon and Pumbaa: AAAAHHHH!!!
 * [Timon and Pumbaa scream and then take off from the wildbeest stampede. Cut back to Zazu with Mufasa on a short distance from the gorge, witnessing the sound of the wildebeests running]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Scar was arriving to Mufasa "out of breath".
 * Zazu: Oh, look sire; The herd is on the move.
 * Mufasa: Odd…
 * [Scar runs up to Mufasa and Zazu]
 * Scar: Mufasa. Quick. Stampede. In the gorge. Simba's down there!
 * Mufasa: Simba?!

To be continued…


 * Pumbaa: Hang on, Timon!
 * Timon: This is it! Goodbye, cruel world!
 * [The wildebeest screeches to a halt at the edge of the cliff, pitching Timon and Pumbaa off in slow motion, screaming. After a few midair tumbles, they land lightly in a slow-moving river. Timon stands on Pumbaa's belly]
 * Timon: That's it? [scoffs] That wasn't so bad. You can't knock old Timon down that easy! Yeah! Bring it on!
 * Africalous: [narrating] Timon spoke too soon. [as Timon notices an increasing roar of rushing water] Timon noticed an increasing roar of rushing water, seeing that they were on top of a waterfall.
 * Timon: Pumbaa? Question: is it possible to fall off the edge of the Earth?
 * Pumbaa: Technically, no. The Earth is round like a sphere, Timon, so it doesn't actually have an edge.
 * [The camera pulls back once, twice, three times to reveal an absurdly high waterfall. Timon and Pumbaa both scream as they hurtle over the edge and plummet down the waterfall]
 * Africalous: [narrating] The duo fell off of the waterfall and into a oasis below. Timon fell unconscious and began to think back to his days with his Pa. [it fades into a flashback as the background, Sentry meerkats, Fearless "Pa" Buzz, and Timon are drawn in pencil] Yes, indeed. Timon was 15 in meerkat years. He was following his father out to a ledge overlooking their fraction of the veldt. This would go on until Ma would then arrive with cooked termites…again. Much to Pa's suprise.
 * [Cut to Timon walking with his Pa]
 * 15-year old Timon: Look Pa, I know we're pretty low on the food-chain and all, but why do we have to dig tunnels all of the time? [as Pa starts to scurry, sniff, and flinch, Timon gets into a boxing pose] Where's our pride? Where's our — [Pa holds Timon back as if there was a predator. A small bunyoro rabbit hops by] — dignity?
 * Fearless "Pa" Buzz: [letting go of his son] Timon, let me tell you something about dignity. [gestures at the grasslands] Son, look out to the horizon…past the trees, over the grasslands. [music swells louder] Everything the light touches…belongs to someone else. [a record needle scratches before Timon's smile drops to a frown. Light shines brightly on a big pointy rock in the distance] I'm sorry, pal. But that's just the way it is. Dignity has nothing to do with it! [holding onto Timon's shoulders] It's nature's designs — we are what we are. And what we are is food for other animals. A consummate prey. A moveable feast. Feared by no-one and eaten by all! [clutches Timon as if he was a security blanket]
 * 15-year old Timon: But when they die, they become the grass. And we eat the grass, right?
 * Pa: Not exactly; we can't digest grass. We have sensitive stomachs.
 * 15-year old Timon: See Pa, that's what I'm talkin' about. Maybe there's a place out there with no hyenas. A place where we don't have to run or dig tunnels!
 * Pa: Timon! This is our home, and I'm proud of those tunnels! Your Uncle Max and I dig those tunnels to keep you and your Ma safe. We dig those tunnels because we love you!
 * 15-year old Timon: You dig tunnels because you're just afraid of everything!
 * [Pa gives Timon a pouty face. Ma then arrives with a leaf tray of termites]
 * Ma: Oh, there you boys are! I've got some nice fresh termites all ready for you.
 * Pa: Termites again?
 * Ma: Oh, feeling braver now, aren't we? [cracks a termite queen along the thorax]
 * Pa: [having no response] I'll be home late. I've got a tunnel to repair…
 * [Pa sulks off. Reflective music then starts playing]
 * 15-year old Timon: [sits down on a rock, then turns to Ma] Was I adopted?
 * Ma: Timon! You two are as different as dawn and dusk!
 * 15-year old Timon: I'm tired of doing everything his way.
 * Ma: [frizzling his hair] Oh, sweetie, you've almost grown now. And whether your Pa likes it or not…you'll be making your own way soon. [giving her son a reassuring hug] Oh, whatever you do, I know you're going to make me proud.
 * 15-year old Timon: Do you really think so?
 * Ma: I know so! Even Pa will.
 * Pa: [a loud thud shakes the air. He stubbed his toe] See! It's a jungle out here!
 * Ma: [turns miserably to Timon] … Well, if he lives that long…
 * [Ma gives Timon a termite; he gulps it before Ma leaves]

To be continued…


 * Shenzi: [seeing Simba running off far into the distance] Hey, there he goes. There he goes!
 * Banzai: [plucking out the thorns from his skin] Well, so go get 'im!
 * Shenzi: There ain't no way I'm goin' in there. What, you want me to come out lookin' like you, Cactus-Butt?
 * Banzai: [while spitting thorns onto Ed's nose] But we gotta finish the job.
 * Shenzi: Well. He's as good as dead out there anyway. And if he comes back, we'll kill 'im.
 * Banzai: [yelling to Simba] Yeah! You hear that?! If you ever come back — we'll kill ya!
 * [As Simba is still running into the desert, the hyenas laugh before making their way back to the Pride Lands]

Hakuna Matata

 * [Camera dissolve to Scar addressing the lionesses by the moon on Pride Rock]
 * Africalous: [narrating] As night fell over the Pride Lands, Scar was present at Pride Rock to give a eulogy for both Mufasa and Simba to the lionesses and Zazu.
 * Scar: Mufasa's death was a terrible tragedy; but to lose Simba…who had barely begun to live… [the lionesses, with Zazu, are comforting Sarabi and Sarafina, who bend their heads in extreme pain. Nala is crying on her mother's leg] …For me, it is a deep personal loss. And so, it is with a heavy heart that I assume the throne. Yet, out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era in which lion and hyena come together, in a great and glorious future. [as the hyenas emerge, casting eerie green shadows and laughing hollowly, he ascends Pride Rock]
 * Africalous: [as the camera pans to Rafiki, who shakes his head in deep pan] Scar's speech made way for the hyenas to move into Pride Rock. Rafiki began to mourn too: the balance in the Circle of Life was broken. [the scene changes with Rafiki in the same position in his baobab tree] He sat in the Tree of Life… [Rafiki wipes away a tear, and reaches up and rubs his hand across the cub painting, smearing it] …and rubbed away the painting of Simba.
 * [The smeared painting overlaids sad music across the night sky through the Pride Lands as the chorus takes up the song "Rafiki Mourns"]
 * Chorus: Mi-Leh-Leh

Mbyani Mpoka Kumuyini

Kembe Ntsembele Mbiyani Mpoka Lundila Mwana Hosanna

Hosanna Oh Mama

Na Wu Detsa Kambe Kontsari

Dela Mama Kabantsa Kari

Mbyari Mbyari Mbyari
 * [Dissolve back to the river's edge where Pumbaa emerges out, gasping for air. Timon is seen clutched onto Pumbaa's tail]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Back in the oasis, Pumbaa emerged from the water, gasping and wheezing. Timon clutched Pumbaa's tail and was dragged to safety, but otherwise limp. [Pumbaa collapses and coughs out some water] Pumbaa collapsed and coughed up some water. [Pumbaa hears Timon groaning, who is lying on the beach clutching a lily in a classic death pose. Mournful violin music plays] Timon came to and groaned, holding a lily.
 * Pumbaa: Timon, you okay?
 * Timon: I give up!
 * Pumbaa: But you can't give up! We still haven't found our dream home.
 * Timon: Forget it, Pumbaa. I've been dragging you down long enough. I'm going home…and I suggest you do the same.
 * Pumbaa: Oh, I — I would if I could, but I can't.
 * Timon: Oh, sure you can, buddy. I won't stop you.
 * Pumbaa: No, I mean…I don't have a home.
 * Timon: You don't? What happened — are you lost? [Pumbaa shakes his head, his snout flapping side to side] No place good enough for ya? [Pumbaa shakes again] What, you're all alone in this big empty world?
 * [Pumbaa turns to face Timon, with huge dewy eyes]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Timon realized the truth: Pumbaa's special power also drove away his own sounder, where it forced him to be alone.
 * Timon: Truth is…I'm all alone too. [takes Pumbaa's foreleg] Pumbaa, you're the only friend I've ever had. And friends stick together to the end.
 * Africalous: [narrating] Both of them smiled.
 * [The two gaze at each other; Timon's reflection appears in Pumbaa's eyes as the music swells. Dissolve to the two of them asleep on the beach; gradually the scene changes to daylight]
 * Africalous: The next morning, Pumbaa started to open his eyes just as Timon was about to head back to look for Rafiki.
 * Timon: [he wakes up, then cracks his back] Uhh! [stretching] Uhh! Ooh! Aw, well. It's too bad we never found that perfect place. Why'd we ever listen to that stupid monkey?
 * Pumbaa: [waking up, gasping] I think maybe you're giving up too soon, Timon.
 * Timon: [sneering] Beyond what you see… [Pumbaa grabs his head and spins it around to face what he sees] Huh?
 * [The camera rotates to show a gorgeous jungle panorama: Waterfalls, woods, distant mountains, lush lakes and rivers]
 * Pumbaa: [triumphantly] Remember that place I told you about?
 * Timon: Forget about your place. Get a load of what I found! Talk about "beyond what you see"! [Samba music plays] Pumbaa, this is our dream home! [he pulls aside vines to demonstrate] Dramatic views! [he pulls vines taut for Pumbaa to swing in them] Your very own porch swing! [the two of them relax in a pool which is bubbling merrily] Hot tubs and spas! [he pulls open a tree to reveal dozens of bugs] Well-stocked cupboard!
 * Pumbaa: [he slurps up all the bugs] Let's celebrate!

To be continued…

What a wonderful phrase Hakuna Matata! Ain't no passin' craze
 * Timon: [relaxing on a vine stretched across the water] The monkey was right. We found it: the perfect life. [dives into the water, then emerges out to dry himself with a leaf] He had the perfect name for it, too. [cut to Timon, where he sits on a rock] Such a wonderful phrase. It had this rhythm: Laduda Ladada…
 * Pumbaa: [adding each dishes of his cooked bugs] Try this: Hot tuna frittata. The spinach armada. A spoon of ricotta. A wormy piccata. Kahuna colada. A blue enchilada. Legumes on a platter.
 * Timon: Think, think, think.
 * Pumbaa: [poking one of the dishes] This outta be hotter.
 * Timon: I forget.
 * Pumbaa: I got to lambada! [starts dancing, trotting sideways until he bumps into Timon]
 * Timon: [grabs Pumbaa's snout and starts yelling] Hey! How can you dance at a time like this? I'm dyin'  here! [realizing he's gone a bit too far, he lets go and backs off] Ooh. Sorry about that, pal.
 * Pumbaa: [nonchalantly] Hakuna Matata.
 * [Timon shakes his head in confusion; cartoonish "Obbidy-obbidy-obbidy" sound effect]
 * Africalous: [narrating] That was it!
 * Timon: Come again?
 * Pumbaa: Hakuna Matata. It means "No Worries". Eh — [realizes] Ohhhh.
 * [Epiphany music plays, hinting at "Hakuna Matata". Wipe to the two of them swinging on vines into the water. It shows a montage of Timon and Pumbaa enjoying their carefree life: the two lying on their backs looking at the stars, having snail beers, charging through the jungle, bungee-jumping on jungle vines, parachuting on leaves, slurping up a long worm and ending in a kiss as in "Lady and the Tramp"]
 * Timon and Pumbaa: Hakuna Matata!

It's our problem-free Philosophy Hakuna Matata! Hakuna Matata Hakuna Matata Hakuna Matata Hakuna Matata Hakuna Matata…
 * [It becomes a chant as they shuffle along the now-famous log, dancing and singing]
 * Timon and Pumbaa: Hakuna Matata
 * [Sudden cut to a close-up of Ma]
 * Ma: Hahuna Mawhata?
 * [Rafiki is talking to Ma under the meerkats' tree by the rock]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Back at the colony, Rafiki decided to visit and to speak with Ma in the same spot where she said goodbye to Timon.
 * Rafiki: It means "No Worries".
 * Ma: I see…
 * Rafiki: So, I told the boy: to find Hakuna Matata, you must look beyond what you see.
 * Ma: A metaphor…
 * Rafiki: Well, actually, it's not a meta —
 * Ma: [suddenly clocks Rafiki in the head with his own staff] You used a metaphor on Timon?! He takes things literally! [panicking] That's it. He's starving out there. I just know it! Max! Timon's out there, chasing metaphors. I've gotta go find him!
 * Max: [calling from inside a hole, which shakes the ground] Are you nuts?!
 * Ma: [sarcastically to Rafiki] Nice to have a supportive family, isn't it? Well, here I go.
 * Rafiki: Remember, the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
 * Ma: Thanks. Here's my first step: [lands squarely onto Rafiki's foot]

To be continued…

Trouble in Paradise
To be started…


 * [Timon turns on the device, and a static screen appears. After a few seconds, a archive recording of Ernie Sabella at Walt Disney World, acts Pumbaa as a message slowly fades in]
 * Ernie Sabella: [in a archive recording] Ella! It's Pumbaa, Hakuna Matata! [gasps] I'm so sorry I forgot! But I will never forget it again! It's always Ella, Ella, Ella!

To be continued…


 * Sabella: [in a archive recording] Andrew, Tyler, it's Pumbaa from The Lion King! Hakuna Matata!

To be continued…


 * Sabella and Alexys Gabrielle: Hakuna Matata!

To be continued…


 * Pumbaa: Believe in myself? [he then calls up to uncle Ernie in the sky] Wait! Don't go! You said you'd never leave!

To be continued…


 * Pumbaa: [speaking through the quill] Guess bowling for porcupines [he spits the quill out] wasn't the best idea, huh?
 * Timon: Yeah. Gotta be right up there for bobbling for snapping turtles. [Pumbaa plucks out another quill] Aah-ha-ha-ha-ha-hoo!
 * Pumbaa: [under his breath] Ohh, that's gonna leave a mark. [just then, after hearing the sounds of vultures in the distance, he spits the quill out. Pumbaa then walks to the right to see vultures circling around their prey] Hey, look, Timon. Buzzards! What do you say? One more round?
 * Timon: One more run won't change our lives!
 * [Timon grabs onto Pumbaa's ears and rides on him, charging towards the vultures]
 * Timon and Pumbaa: Yaaaaah!
 * [Cut to a different view of the desert where Simba is stumbling to keep walking]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Meanwhile, Simba ran far away from Pride Rock, to escape his guilty past. He ran, but can't hide from himself. After being a sandy storm, it circled around him, forcing him to be thirsty. Hungry. Being an outcast. And to survive. [Simba finally faints onto the desert floor. Mzingo and the vultures then start circling around him] As Simba finally fainted, a group of vultures, led by their leader Mzingo, came in and start to gather up on their prey. Just then, right as they were about to eat, Timon and Pumbaa arrived in the scene.
 * [Timon, riding Pumbaa, appears and dives into the midst of the vultures. They slap and kick Mzingo and the vultures all away]
 * Timon: Get out! Get out! Get outta here!
 * Pumbaa: I love bowling for buzzards! [Timon laughs, while dusting himself off. Pumbaa then notices Simba, who is lying with his paw over his face] Uh-oh. Hey, Timon, you better come look. I think it's still alive.
 * Timon: [walks to the front of Pumbaa, then turns at Simba] Alrighty, what have we got here? [smells Simba, then tries to lift Simba's paw. He can't. He gets under it and with a great push gets it above his head. He sees Simba's face] Geez! It's a lion! Run, Pumbaa! Move it!
 * Pumbaa: Timon, it's just a little lion. Look at him. He's so cute, and all alone. Can we keep him?
 * Timon: Pumbaa, are you nuts? We're talking about a lion. Lions eat guys like us!
 * Pumbaa: But he's so little.
 * Timon: He's gonna get bigger!
 * Pumbaa: Maybe he'll be on our side!
 * Timon: A — huh! That's the stupidest thing I ever heard. Maybe he'll be — [as though he came up with it himself] Hey, I got it! What if he's on our side? You know, having a lion around might not be such a bad idea.
 * Pumbaa: [while lowering himself down to scoop Simba up on his tusks] So we keeping him?
 * Timon: Of course. Who's the brains in this outfit?
 * Pumbaa: Uhhh…
 * Timon: My point exactly. Jeez, I'm fried. Let's get outta here and find some shade.
 * [Pumbaa trots off with Timon on his back and carrying Simba. Camera switch to Pumbaa, Timon, and Simba near a pool of water and oasis. Simba has been laid near the water. Timon splashes some water in Simba's face. Simba stirs]
 * Africalous: [narrating] At the edge of the jungle, Timon and Pumbaa watched closely as Simba's eyes opened. Timon moved in closer.
 * Timon: You okay, kid?
 * Simba: I guess so.
 * Pumbaa: You nearly DIED.
 * Timon: I saved you. [Pumbaa angrily oinks] Well, Pumbaa helped. A little.
 * Simba: Thanks for your help. [heads off quietly back out towards the desert]
 * Timon: Hey. Where you going?
 * Simba: Nowhere.
 * Timon: [watching Simba, talking to Pumbaa] Gee. He looks blue.
 * Pumbaa: I'd say brownish-gold.
 * Timon: No, no, no, no. I mean he's depressed.
 * Pumbaa: Oh. [trots up next to Simba] Hey, kid, what's eatin' ya?
 * Timon: Nothin'. He's at the top of the food chain! [breaks into hysterical laughter] The food chain! [sees no reactions from Pumbaa and Simba silently, making him to realize his joke flopped] So? Where're you from?
 * Simba: Who cares? I can't go back.
 * Timon: Aaaaaah, you're an outcast. That's great, so are we!
 * Pumbaa: What did you do, kid?
 * Simba: Something terrible. But I don't want to talk about it.
 * Timon: Good, we don't wanna hear about it!
 * Pumbaa: Come on, Timon. [to Simba] Anything we can do?
 * Simba: Not, unless you can change the past.
 * Timon: You gotta put your past behind you. Look, kid, bad things happen and you can't do anything about it. Right?
 * Simba: Right.
 * Timon: [pokes Simba's nose] Wrong! When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world.
 * Simba: Well, that's not what I was taught.
 * Timon: Then maybe you need a new lesson. Repeat after me. [clears his throat] Hakuna Matata!
 * Simba: [still lethargic] What?
 * Pumbaa: [slowly pronouncing] Hakuna Matata. It means "No Worries."

To be continued…

Sunrise, sunset Swiftly fly the years One season following another Laden with happiness and tears
 * Timon: [sweating, in trepidation] Snail slurping?!
 * Pumbaa: Oh…uh…nobody. We never had a snail eating contest before.
 * [Cut to a snail in silhouette in the jungle; the original theme from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" plays. The sun creates a lens-flare wash to Simba and Timon facing off over a monstrous pile of snails. They narrow their eyes at each other in turn; then both flex their paws like gunslingers. Pumbaa is seen cowering in the bushes]
 * Pumbaa: I don't think this is such a good idea.
 * [Simba grabs a snail and slurps it straight out of its shell, leaving slime all over his chin. He slams the shell down and leers at Timon, who yawns theatrically, then slurps down a snail of his own and folds his arms defiantly]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Simba and Timon were taking turns slurping as many snails as they could to win.
 * [Simba raises a paw with four snails, which he slurps down rapid-fire one after the other, then tosses the shells down and grins devilishly. Timon stares back in amazement, his eye twitching; then he swallows four of his own, swats away the shells, and grins a trifle insanely, breathing hard. Cut to Pumbaa in the bushes, looking at one and then the other like in a tennis match, as we hear slurps from one side and then the other in rapid succession. Finally he sinks down in trepidation, and the camera switches back to Simba and Timon slumped against opposite ends of the rock, only one snail left in front of each of them. In extreme perspective, Simba reaches for the last one, groans and shudders, then slurps it down; he belches loudly, then tosses the shell away with a drunken smirk. Timon picks up his last one, his belly bulging out over the edge of the rock; the snail in his hands morphs into Pumbaa, staring back at him]
 * Pumbaa / Snail: I told you this wasn't such a good idea!
 * [Timon suddenly gags, covers his mouth, totters, and collapses; the snail shell flies up into the air, lands, clatters to a halt, and the snail inside pops out and scoots away]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Timon suddenly began to retch. He tottered and finally let go of the snail to which he collapsed, full of snails. [the camera trucks back vertically away from Timon, passed out and bloated on the ground next to the pile of shells] Thus did the pupil surpass the teacher. [Pumbaa walks slowly up to Timon and helps him up with a tusk; the music stops] Pumbaa helped Timon back on his feet. He then looked at Simba swaggering away into the jungle, tearfully of sadness.
 * Timon: [watching Simba swaggering away into the trees] Our Simba is growing up. [he and Pumbaa stare after him for a beat; then Timon breaks into "Sunrise, Sunset" from "Fiddler On the Roof"] Is this the little boy I carried?
 * Pumbaa: When did he grow to be so tall?
 * Both: Wasn't it yesterday when he was small?
 * [The background chorus takes up the song as captions read: TEN MONTHS LATER. First Timon, then Pumbaa, then a full-grown Simba fly into the air, trampolining off a bunch of hanging vines. All three bounce into the air again, and Simba grabs the other two in a midair embrace. The three of them lie on their backs looking up at the stars (no doubt, discussing cosmology); dissolve to the three of them hanging from vines, Simba gently pushing the others so they swing]
 * Chorus: Sunrise, sunset
 * [Finally, dissolve to Simba and Pumbaa in the bubbling hot-tub pool]
 * Pumbaa: … So you see, that's why they call it a "dung beetle".
 * Simba: Eww. You don't say. And yet, still so tasty.
 * Pumbaa: Oh, yeah. And they're my favorite, too.
 * [Timon approaches the tub, wearing a leaf around his middle. He tosses the leaf away, dabs a toe in the water, and eases himself in]
 * Timon: Ahhhh. Just what the doctor ordered.

To be continued…

The Madness of King Scar
Ninga dinwa Ninga phelelwa nga mandla
 * [The chorus takes up in the next scene where colorful African kites and birds are seen flying in the orange sky. Fade into "One by One"]
 * Chorus: Ibambeni njala bakithi

Siya ba bona Bebe fun' ukusi qeda

One by One Ngeke ba lunge One by One Sizo nqoba

One by One Ngeke ba lunge One by One

Ibambeni njala bakithi Ninga dinwa Ninga phelelwa nga mandla

Siya ba bona Bebe fun' ukusi qeda

One by One Ngeke ba lunge One by One Sizo nqoba (2x) Ngoba thina Siya zazi (2x)

Ibala lami Elimnyama Ndiya zidla Ngalo Ibala lami Elimnyama Ndiza kufa Nalo (2x)

Kumnandi Kwelakakith Eafrica Diddely-dee-dee There they are a-standing in a row…'' Some as big as your head'' A flick of the wrist That's what the showman said!'' [speaking] Alas, poor Yorick. I hardly knew him…Zazu? Zazu, why am I not loved? I'm every inch a king Yet I feel a twinge of doubt As I go walkabout But how about some lunch? It doesn't matter if it's fresh I need a fix of flesh My bones have moved to where they've never been They are on the outside looking in… [singing] You are so adored! Oh, you are so adored! Of wildebeest kielbasa Or maybe hornbill on the spit… I'm revered, I am reviled I'm idolized, I am despised I'm keeping calm, I'M GOING WILD!!!
 * [The camera switches to a far view of Pride Rock. Almost all of the coloring is in gray. Most of the plants and trees appear to be dead. The scene switches to a view of Zazu and Scar. Zazu is in a cage made of some animal's ribcage, singing. Scar is laying out on a rock picking his teeth with a bone]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Back in the Pride Lands, things had taken a turn for the worse since Mufasa's death. Scar's reign transformed the once lush Pride Rock into a desolate wasteland. Once was once wildlife, before there was now bones. Mufasa's former den had become nothing but a lounge for Scar, with Zazu locked up in a bone cage made from the ribs of a long dead elephant.
 * Zazu: Nooooobody knows the trouble I've seen. Nooooobody knows my sorrow…
 * Scar: Oh, Zazu, do lighten up. [he tosses the bone at Zazu and it clatters against the cage] Sing something with a little bounce in it.
 * Zazu: … It's a small world after all…
 * Scar: NO! No! Anything, but that.
 * Zazu: … ''I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts
 * [Scar is enjoying this and starts to join in; he picks a meerkat skull and starts to play with it]
 * Scar and Zazu: ''Big ones, small ones
 * Scar: ''Give them a twist
 * [Fade into the song "The Madness of King Scar"]
 * Scar: I am that rare and awesome thing
 * Banzai: [off-screen] Hey, boss!
 * Scar: When my name is whispered through the pride…is this talk of love or regicide?
 * Shenzi: [off-screen] Reggie who?
 * Scar: Tell me I'm adored…please tell me I'm adored?
 * Banzai: [off-screen] Hey, boss!
 * Scar: [exasperated] Oooh, what is it?
 * [The hyenas walk inside the den]
 * Banzai: We got a bone to pick with you!
 * Shenzi: There's no food, no water…
 * Banzai: Yeah. It's dinnertime, and there ain't no stinkin' entrées!
 * Scar: You and your petty complaints. You don't know what real hunger is. Day after day, it gnaws at the very core of my being.
 * Banzai: I had that once. It was worms… [pronounced as "woims"]
 * Scar: No, no, no. It's like an itch. Deep, persistent, profound…
 * Banzai: That's it! Worms! When they get really bad, all you gotta do is…hunker down and scoot!
 * [Banzai and the hyenas burst into laughter]
 * Scar: Thanks for the tip. Ingrates! If it weren't for me, you'd be beating off buzzards for your next bite!
 * Hyenas: [singing] Yeah, you're our savior, thanks a bunch
 * Scar: Are you blaming me?!
 * Hyenas: Oh, no! It's the lionesses!
 * Scar: That's more like it!
 * [Shenzi and Ed dance around Banzai as they continue to sing; other hyenas then dance along to the song]
 * Hyenas: [singing] But what I'd give for one more hit
 * Zazu: Oh, how I miss Mufasa!
 * Scar: [snaps at Zazu quickly with anger] Mufasa?! Mufasa!?! What did you say?
 * Zazu: Oh, nothing!
 * Scar: You know the law: Never, ever mention that name in my presence. I am the king!
 * Zazu: Yes, sire. You are the king. I, I…well, I only mentioned it to illustrate the differences in your royal managerial approaches.
 * Banzai: [whispering to Shenzi and Ed] I thought things were bad under Mufasa.
 * Scar: What did you say?!
 * Banzai: [Shenzi elbows him] I said, uh…"Que Pasa"?
 * Scar: Even in death, his shadow looms over me… [milkweed suddenly flies around his body, looking from each direction, much to his horrified shock]
 * Africalous: [narrating] In his mind's eye, Scar saw the ghostly spirit of Mufasa manifest itself in the den.
 * Scar: There he is. No! There he is! [he finally sees Mufasa's spirit in the night sky much to his horror] AND THERE!
 * Zazu: Calm yourself, Sire, or you'll get another one of your splitting headaches!
 * Scar: I am perfectly fine!
 * [The music swells louder as Scar suddenly goes berserk singing]
 * Scar: [singing] I'm better than Mufasa was

… I tell myself I'm fine Yes, I am, no, you're not Yes, I am, no, you're not. I tell myself I'm fine!

No, you're not, yes, I am, no you're not. Yes, I am! No, you're not! Yes, no, yes, no, who am I talking to…!?! It's written in the stars You all belong to me!
 * [The music continues to swell even louder; Scar laughs evilly]
 * Zazu: PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, SIRE!
 * [The music finally stops]
 * Scar: [turns to Zazu, calmly] Oh, very well. Zazu?
 * Zazu: Yes, Sire?
 * Scar: Nobody loved me. There's the rub…not even as a cub! What did my brother have that I don't have?
 * Zazu: Do you want the short list or the long?
 * Scar: Whatever.
 * Zazu: Well, he had adoring subjects…
 * Scar: No…
 * Zazu: A loving family…
 * Scar: No…
 * Zazu: A devoted queen…
 * Scar: That's it, I need a queen! Without a queen, what am I? A dead end, no line, no descendants, no future. With a queen, I'll have…cubs … Immortality will be mine! [slinks down and grabs a bone to chew]
 * Africalous: [narrating] While getting a bone to chew on, Scar began to think over for which lioness he should mate with. Can it be Sarafina? No, she already has a mate. Or his widow Zira? Maybe, but couldn't she be probably too eccentric? He lastly thought of Sarabi. But he knew she would never accept him as her mate. Just then, Scar realized in the form of a familiar face.
 * Nala: [a full-grown Nala walks up to Scar on-screen] Scar…
 * Scar: [back in form] Nala! Your timing couldn't have been more perfect. My how you've grown!
 * Nala: Scar, you have to do something. We're being forced to overhunt!
 * [Scar gets up; fade back into the song]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Scar didn't care.
 * Scar: [singing] She's got those assets feminine
 * Nala: You're the king. Control the hyenas
 * Scar: I have to make her mine
 * Nala: You're destroying the Pride Lands
 * Scar: Nobility in every gene
 * Nala: If we don't stop now…don't you see…
 * Scar: She has to be my queen
 * Nala: …there's still a chance for things to be all right again…
 * Scar: Come, sweet Nala
 * Nala: Wait…W-What are you doing? Are you listening to me?
 * Scar: We'll create a host of little Scars
 * Nala: What are you talking about?
 * Scar: Tell me I'm adored
 * Nala: Get away from me!
 * Scar: Tell me I'm adored! [Nala swipes her claw in Scar's face] Oh, Nala ~ you know how I loathe violence…one way or another, you will be mine!
 * Nala: Never, Scar. Never! [she flees out of the den]
 * Scar: [singing] You belong to me

To be continued…


 * Timon: Whoa. Nice one, Simba.
 * Simba: Thanks. Man, I'm stuffed.
 * Pumbaa: Me, too. I ate like a pig.
 * Simba: … Pumbaa, you are a pig.
 * Pumbaa: Oh. Right. [all three sigh deeply in unison. The "Lea Halalela" music softly fades in] Ever wonder what those sparkly dots are up there?
 * Timon: Pumbaa, I don't wonder. I know!
 * Pumbaa: What are they?
 * Timon: They're fireflies, that got stuck up on that big bluish-black thing.
 * Pumbaa: Oh. Gee. I always thought they were balls of gas burning billions of miles away. [turns to Simba] Simba, what do you think?
 * Simba: [reluctantly] Well…somebody once told me that the great kings of the past are up there — watching over us.

To be continued…

E-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, Awimbawe
 * Rafiki: Simba? He's - he's alive? He, he - he's alive!!
 * Africalous: [as Rafiki, grabs his staff and hand-draws a mane on the smeared lion image on the wall] With great delight, Rafiki turned to his faded painting of Simba and painted a mane onto it.
 * Rafiki: It is time!
 * [Rafiki bounds out of his baobab tree with his staff. The camera zooms in on the painting to dissolve into the next scene]

"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"

 * Timon: …and Timon passes the 20-yard line, the 30!
 * Simba: Hey, Timon! That was my lunch!

To be continued…


 * Timon: Pumbaa! You ate the ball! You're not supposed to eat the ball!
 * Pumbaa: Oh…sorry…did I miss something?

To be continued…


 * Timon: HEY!!!!! WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE?!?!?!?!

To be continued…

Dark is the day How can I find my way home?
 * [Dissolve to the fog-shrouded hills at twilight. Camera descends to show Timon and Pumbaa walking dejectedly by a waterfall]
 * Timon: Ah, that's it, buddy. We gave it our best shot, but he's a goner.
 * Pumbaa: [hearing something in the distance] Maybe not…!
 * Timon: You never give up, do you?
 * Pumbaa: Look!
 * [Timon looks, aghast. Camera switch to Nala arguing with Simba, who lays on a "hammock" of vines]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Simba was convining Nala to stay in his jungle paradise, but she wanted him to return to Pride Rock.
 * Nala: [voice catching, as though barely under control] We've really needed you at home.
 * Simba: Nala, we've been through this. I'm not the king. Scar is.
 * Nala: Simba, he let the hyenas take over the Pride Lands.
 * Simba: He did?!
 * Nala: Everything's destroyed. There's no food. No water. Simba, if you don't do something soon, everyone will starve.
 * Simba: I can't go back. You wouldn't understand.
 * Nala: What wouldn't I understand?
 * Simba: [hastily] No, no, no. It doesn't matter. Hakuna Matata.
 * Nala: [confused] What?
 * Simba: It's something I've learned out here. Look, sometimes bad things happen, and there's nothing you can do about it! So why worry?
 * [Simba trots away from Nala, walking on a fallen tree. She trots back up to her childhood friend]
 * Nala: Because it's your responsibility!
 * Simba: Well, what about you? You left.
 * Nala: I left to find help! And I found you. Don't you understand? You're our only hope. What's happened to you? You're not the Simba I remember.
 * Simba: You're right, I'm not. Now, are you satisfied? You know, you're starting to sound like my father.
 * Nala: Good. At least one of us does.
 * Simba: [cut by the comment about his deceased father, he tears into Nala with his next words] Listen! You think you can just show up, and tell me how to live my life?! You don't even know what I've been through!
 * Nala: I would if you'd just tell me!
 * Simba: FORGET IT!
 * Nala: FINE!
 * [Simba storms off. Timon and Pumbaa watch from the sidelines]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Timon started to jump for joy.
 * Timon: [excitedly] Pumbaa! Do you know what this means?
 * Pumbaa: Uhh…he can't express his feelings, and she has commitment issues?
 * Timon: [cheers] We won! [laughs] We split 'em up!
 * Pumbaa: And, uh, that's a good thing?
 * [Reflective music plays. Pumbaa follows Timon out into the grasslands, where Simba is wrestling with himself]
 * Pumbaa: Uh, he seems to be taking it kinda hard.
 * Timon: Yeah, I know. Look, I…heh. But it's the best thing for us. I mean, for him.
 * [The clouds gather on the horizon; as Timon turns away, they form into the face of Mufasa]
 * Timon: Ooh, let's go, Pumbaa. I think the storm's coming to a head…
 * [Timon and Pumbaa head back to the oasis. Camera cut to Simba pacing in a field]
 * Simba: She's wrong. I can't go back. What would it prove, anyway? It won't change anything. You can't change the past.
 * ["Endless Night", the sister song to "Lala", fades in]
 * Simba: Where has the starlight gone?

Home is an empty dream Lost to the night Father, I feel so alone

You promised you'd be there Whenever I needed you Whenever I call your name You're not anywhere

I'm trying to hold on Just waiting to hear your voice One word, just a word will do To end this nightmare

When will the dawning break Oh, endless night Sleepless I dream of the day

When you were by my side Guiding my path Father, I can't find the way

You promised you'd be there Whenever I needed you Whenever I call your name You're not anywhere

I'm trying to hold on Just waiting to hear your voice One word, just a word will do To end this nightmare And that the sun will rise And that the sun will rise
 * Simba / Chorus: I know that the night must end

I know that the clouds must clear And that the sun will shine And that the sun will shine We baba ngivelelwe We baba ngivelelwe Busa le lizwe Busa le lizwe Busa lomhlaba Sabusa le lizwe Sabusa le lizwe Sabusa le lizwe Busa lomhlaba
 * Simba: [looks up at the stars] You said you'd always be there for me! But you're not. And it's because of me. It's my fault. It's my fault…
 * [Simba bows his head, choking back tears. The camera backs to a far view and then zooms over to Rafiki in a nearby tree; he then starts chanting]
 * Rafiki: Asante sana, squash banana, wewe nugu, mimi apana!
 * [Simba seems slightly annoyed by the chant. He moves away. Rafiki, elated by the sight of Simba, follows him. Simba lies down on a log over a pond. A rock disturbs the water; Rafiki, now in a nearby tree, starts his chant again. He then does random acrobatics in the trees nearby]
 * Simba: Come on. Will you cut it out?
 * Rafiki: Can't cut it out. It'll grow right back!
 * Simba: [starts walking away, which Rafiki follows after him] Creepy little monkey. Will you stop following me! Who are you?
 * Rafiki: [in front of Simba's face] The question is: Whoooo…are you?
 * Simba: [sighs] I thought I knew. Now I'm not so sure.
 * Rafiki: Well, I know who you are. You don't even know who you are!
 * Simba: And I suppose you know?
 * Rafiki: Sure do. You're Mufasa's boy! [Simba turns around to look at Rafiki from this revelation, shocked] Bye! [disappears from Simba's view]
 * Simba: Hey, wait!
 * [Simba chases after Rafiki. Cue to the "Lala" theme]
 * BS: We sangoma ngi velelwe
 * [As Simba catches up to Rafiki, he is in a meditative lotus position on a rock]
 * Simba: You knew my father?
 * Rafiki: Correction. I know your father.
 * Simba: I hate to tell you this, but he died, a long time ago.
 * Rafiki: Nope. Wrong again! [leaps off the rock to a dense jungle area] He's alive! I'll show him to you. You follow old Rafiki; he knows de way. C'mon!
 * [Rafiki leads Simba through the area. Simba has trouble keeping up due to his size. The music slips into African chant]
 * Rafiki: Don't dawdle. Hurry up!
 * Simba: Hey, whoa. Wait, wait. Would you slow down?
 * [Rafiki is seen flitting through the canopy ahead of Simba, laughing hollowly and whooping. Simba struggles to keep up. Suddenly, Rafiki appears with his hand held up right into Simba's face]
 * Rafiki: Stop! Shhh… [motions to Simba near some reeds] Look down there.
 * Simba: [quietly and carefully works his way out. Rafiki uses his staff to motion the pool, showing Zazu's face] Zazu?
 * Rafiki: Oops! [bonks himself in the head with his own staff] Silly, wrong clue… [pushes Simba the other direction] Now…look.
 * Simba: [looks over the edge and sees his reflection in a pool of water. He first seems a bit startled, perhaps at his own mature appearance, but then realizes what he's looking at] That's not my father. That's just my reflection.
 * Rafiki: No. Look harder. [motions over the pool. Ripples form, distorting Simba's reflection; they resolve into Mufasa's face] There, you see? He lives in you.
 * Mufasa: Simba.
 * Simba: Father?
 * [Simba sees his father's spirit in the sky]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Just then, from the heavens above, the ghost of Mufasa appeared.
 * Mufasa: Simba, you have forgotten me.
 * Simba: No. How could I?
 * Mufasa: You have forgotten who you are, and so forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life.
 * Simba: How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be.
 * Mufasa: Remember who you are. You are my son, and the one true king. Remember who you are. Remember. Remember. Remember . . .
 * [Mufasa disappears rapidly back into the clouds. Simba then tearfully runs into the fields trying to keep up]
 * Simba: No! Please, don't leave me! Father! Don't leave me.
 * [Simba is left out in the fields. The wind tosses the grass restlessly. Rafiki approaches]
 * Rafiki: What was that? [laughs] The weather. [scoffs] Very peculiar, don't you think?
 * Simba: Yeah. Looks like the winds are changing.
 * Rafiki: Ahhh, change is good.
 * Simba: Yeah, but it's not easy. I know what I have to do. But going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been running from it for so long.
 * [Rafiki whacks Simba in the head with his staff]
 * Simba: Oww! Jeez, what was that for?!
 * Rafiki: It doesn't matter. It's in the past.
 * Simba: Yeah, but it still hurts.
 * Rafiki: Oh, yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it, or…learn from it. [swings his staff again at Simba, who ducks out of the way] Ha. You see? So, what are you going to do?
 * Africalous: [narrating] Simba knew it was time for him to head back home.
 * Simba: Well, first…I'm gonna take your stick. [tosses Rafiki's staff to the side]
 * Rafiki: No, no, no, no! Not the stick! [picks up his staff, then notices Simba running back] Hey! Where are you goin'!?
 * Simba: I'm going back!
 * [Music rises into celebratory "Busa" theme. A few shooting stars zing across the sky]
 * BS: Busa le lizwe

The Battle for Pride Rock
To be started…
 * Nala: Have you guys seen Simba?
 * Timon: I thought he was with you.
 * Nala: He was, but now I can't find him. Where is he?
 * [We hear Rafiki's laugh. He's sitting in a tree above them]
 * Rafiki: [chuckles] You won't find him here. The king…has returned.
 * Nala: [she realizes what Rafiki means] He's gone back!
 * Timon: Gone back? What do you mean? [he looks to the tree. Rafiki has disappeared] Hey! What's goin' on here? Who's the monkey?
 * Nala: Simba's gone to challenge Scar.
 * Timon: Who?
 * Nala: Scar.
 * Pumbaa: Who's got a scar?
 * Nala: No, it's his uncle.
 * Timon: The monkey's his uncle?
 * Nala: No. Simba's gone back to challenge his uncle to take his place as king.
 * Timon and Pumbaa: Oooh…
 * Timon: [aghast] He's gone? Whaddaya mean, he's gone?!
 * Nala: It's just like the baboon said. The king has returned. [fluttery music plays as Timon and Pumbaa stare at her, looking completely dumbfounded] Okay, look: Simba's the rightful king. But after he disappeared, Scar proclaimed himself the king and formed an alliance with the hyenas… [continues unintelligibly off-screen]
 * [Pumbaa and Timon are thinking, with concerned expressions]
 * Pumbaa: Poor, Simba. The treachery…the villainy…the sheer indescribable horror!
 * Timon: Blah, blah, blah. Why is she toying with us? Oh, this crazy chick is gonna eat us!
 * Africalous: [narrating; about Timon and Pumbaa] Again, the two were dumbfounded. Nala then finally got frustrated.
 * Nala: [crickets chirp in the background for a beat] Ooooh, don't you get it? Simba needs us! Now! [she runs off after Simba]
 * Timon: He needs us? Then he shouldn't have left us! If he wants to run off to be "His Highness", well, I say, don't let the branches hit you on the way out! Leave Hakuna Matata to someone who appreciates it. [he strides off stubbornly]
 * Pumbaa: But, Timon…it's not really Hakuna Matata without Simba.
 * Timon: Not Hakuna Matata? That's crazy talk. Crazy talk, I tell ya! Nothing's changed here. We had Hakuna Matata before Simba, and we've still got it now.
 * Pumbaa: We gotta go help our friend, Timon.
 * Timon: Et tu, Pumbaa? You're just gonna walk away, give up on all this? What happened to "friends stick together to the end"? Huh? Huh? Huh?
 * Pumbaa: [incisively] I was about to ask you the same thing. [he turns and stalks off. He then looks back over his shoulder to see Timon flopping down in the bed]
 * Timon: [stubbornly] I got everything I ever wanted right here.
 * [Pumbaa stares at Timon lying in the bed, tapping his toe for a beat; sad music playing. He finally turns and trots off, a tear in his eye. Timon begins to soliloquize to convince himself he's doing the right thing]
 * Timon: Now, this is more like it. ELBOW ROOM!
 * ["Elbow room" echoes an absurd number of times as the camera pulls back repeatedly; Timon collapses in despair]
 * Timon: Uhhhh. Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.

To be continued…


 * [Cut to the sun beating down on the dunes across the desert. As the "Busa" theme plays, Pumbaa gallops in slow-motion across the desert sands. A layover is faded in of Pumbaa's feet pounding the sand]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Pumbaa began to gallop through the blistering desert into a gorge where, years earlier, he was caught in a stampede. [Timon dashes at normal speed past the slow-motion Pumbaa; Pumbaa skids to a stop in confusion] Suddenly, with higher speed, Timon suddenly ran past Pumbaa. He skid to a halt and Timon turned to him. [Timon looks back at Pumbaa, who looks at him questioningly]
 * Timon: [with humility] Friends stick together to the end. [Pumbaa gasps joyfully, then he with Timon rush together and embrace, sobbing] What was with the running? If you can call that "running".
 * Pumbaa: I was giving you time to catch up. [lowers himself so that Timon can hop on] We got a fight to catch!
 * [Timon grabs Pumbaa's ears; Pumbaa rears up and paws the air like a mustang and gallops off (at full speed now) toward the dark and drought-ravaged Pride Lands]
 * Timon: This is the stuff of legends. An epic struggle — the place where heroes are born. Pumbaa…this could be our finest hour.
 * [Cut to Simba where he slowly crosses the desolated land. He reaches the lip of a cliff and looks out over his former home]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Simba had already made his way through the desert to the Pride Lands. As he noticed all the animals eaten grey, Simba seemed to have a new power within him just as Nala came up.
 * Nala: [off-screen] Simba, wait up! [she trots up next to Simba on the ledge] It's awful, isn't it?
 * Simba: I didn't want to believe you. I finally got some sense knocked into me. And I've got the bump to prove it. Besides, this is my kingdom. If I don't fight for it, who will?
 * Nala: I will.
 * Simba: It's gonna be dangerous.
 * Nala: [quoting young Simba] "Danger? Ha! I laugh in the face of danger." [laughs in determination]
 * Timon: [he with Pumbaa arrive behind the two lions] I see nothing funny about this.
 * Pumbaa: At your service, my liege.
 * Timon: [of the decimated Pride Rock] We're gonna fight your uncle … for this?
 * Simba: Yes, Timon, this is my home.
 * Timon: Whoa. Talk about your fixer-upper. Well, Simba, if it's important to you, we're with you to the end.
 * [Simba smiles appreciatively. Nice scene with the four of them on the ledge viewing the work ahead of them. Camera switch to Simba, Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa sneaking up to the edge of Pride Rock to observe hordes of hyenas eating bones]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Simba led his friends on the edge of Pride Rock. Timon then made a face when they saw…
 * Timon: Hyenas. I hate hyenas. [to Simba, whispering] So what's your plan for getting past those guys?
 * Simba: Live bait.
 * Timon: Good idea. [suddenly realizes what Simba means] Hey!
 * Simba: Come on, Timon! You guys have to create a diversion.
 * Timon: [incredulous] What do you want me to do? Dress in drag, and do the hula?!
 * Pumbaa: I don't think that would apply to this particular situation.
 * [Camera switch to Timon in a hula outfit. The music sung is "The Hawaiian War Chant" much like the Spike Jones arrangement. Pumbaa is set up like a roast pig, even with an apple in his mouth. Jungle drum riff as the hyenas turn to notice Timon and Pumbaa]
 * Timon: Luau!

If you're hungry for a hunk of fat and juicy meat, Eat my buddy Pumbaa here, 'cause he is a treat!

Come on down and dine, On this tasty swine, All you hafta do is get in line. Oy!
 * [The drooling hunger hyenas approach. Parenthetical parts are Pumbaa singing; the apple is at his feet]
 * Timon: Ahh, ya achin'?
 * Pumbaa: Yep, yep, yep.
 * Timon: For some bacon?
 * Pumbaa: Yep, yep, yep.
 * Timon: He's a big pig!
 * Pumbaa: Yep, yep.
 * Timon: You could be a big pig, too.
 * [They run off screaming to lead some of the hyenas away. Simba and Nala make it by]
 * Simba: Nala, you find my mother and rally the lionesses. [determinedly] I'll look for Scar…
 * [The two lions split ways. Timon and Pumbaa lead the hyenas over a rise and into a cave, screaming. Silence falls as the hyenas search for them inside the cave, holding for a beat]
 * Pumbaa: I'm feeling gassy!
 * [A powerful explosion suddenly sounds inside the cave, with a cloud of gas billowing out the cave entrance]
 * Hyenas: Aaaaahhh! Get outta the way!
 * [The hyenas flee the cave in a panic. Timon and Pumbaa emerge triumphantly; Pumbaa snorts like a bull. Timon rides on top of his head, looking like General Patton. "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner echoes in the score]
 * Timon: [inhales deeply] Ahh…I love the smell of Pumbaa in the morning.

To be continued…


 * Scar: Sarabiiiii!
 * Africalous: [narrating] Simba founded Scar, just as he also spotted his mother.
 * [Sarabi ascends Pride Rock. She only glares disdainfully at the hyenas. They growl and snap at her heels]
 * Scar: Where is your hunting party? They're not doing their job.
 * Sarabi: [calmly] Scar, there is no food. The herds have moved on.
 * Scar: No! You're just not looking hard enough.
 * Sarabi: It's over. There is nothing left. We have only one choice. We must leave Pride Rock.
 * Scar: We're not going anywhere.
 * Sarabi: Then you have sentenced us to death!
 * Scar: So be it.
 * Sarabi: [shocked] You can't do that!
 * Scar: I am the king! I can do whatever I want!
 * Sarabi: If you were half the king Mufasa was, you would never have made this choice!
 * Scar: [angrily backhands Sarabi, knocking her to the ground] I WAS TEN TIMES THE KING MUFASA WAS!
 * [Simba appears on the ledge, visibly angry and growling loudly at Scar for hitting his mother. Scar mistakes Simba as Mufasa and is understandably frightened]
 * Scar: Mufasa? No. You're dead.
 * Sarabi: [awakens at her son's nudge, but mistakes him as Mufasa as Scar did] Mufasa?
 * Simba: No. It's me.
 * Sarabi: [delighted] Simba? You're alive? [confused] How can that be?
 * Simba: It doesn't matter…I'm home.

To be continued…

To be continued…
 * Scar: [walks around Simba in a circle as he accuses him] If it weren't for you, Mufasa would still be alive. It's your fault he's dead. Do you deny it?
 * Simba: No.
 * Scar: [severely] Then…you're…guilty.
 * Simba: No. I'm not a murderer!
 * [Lightning switch to Timon, his family and Pumbaa in their viewpoint to show Simba being backed toward the precipice by Scar]
 * Pumbaa: Look! There's Simba! And that must be his uncle Scar!
 * Timon: Oh, good, they're talking things out. Which is how it should be. You know, I have a feeling everything's gonna be just fine.
 * [Lightning switch back to Scar, who is backing Simba up the length of Pride Rock]
 * Scar: Oh, Simba, you're in trouble again. But this time, Daddy isn't here to save you. And now everyone knows why!
 * [After Scar's last sentence, Simba slips over the edge and is clinging to the ledge by his forepaws. Lightning strikes below, igniting a fire. Scar sits back and pretends to think]
 * Scar: Now, this looks familiar. Hmm. Where have I seen this before, let me think. Oooh, yes, I remember! This is just the way your father looked before he died. [grabs Simba with his claws as he did Mufasa. He whispers into Simba's ear] And here's my little secret: I killed Mufasa!
 * [Simba has a quick memory flashback to that fateful instant. His voice blends with his younger voice in the scream of when his father fell]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Simba suddenly had a memory flashback to the very last time where he saw his father.
 * Mufasa: Scar! B-Brot-other! HELP ME!
 * Scar: [grabs Mufasa's paws] Long live the king!
 * Simba: [seeing Mufasa falling into the stampede to his death] Nooooooooo!
 * Simba: [with full rage, he lunges up and pins down Scar] NOOOOOOOOOO!
 * Africalous: [narrating] At full rage, Simba lunged up and pinned down his uncle. Scar was caught understandably very nervous and shaken.
 * Pumbaa: [cut back to him alongside Timon and his family seeing Scar pinned down] The hyenas are up there protecting Scar. What do we do?
 * Timon: Well, I've got a plan… [in pep-talk mode] Ma, Uncle Max: You're going to dig a trap. We're going to need — dare I say it? — tunnels…lots and lots of tunnels. And Pumbaa. You and me…we've gotta get those hyenas away from Simba. Come on, Pumbaa! Let's ride! [hops onto Pumbaa; they gallop off as heroic music rises]
 * Ma: [reflectively] You know, there's something different about Timon…
 * Max: You think? [frantically yelling] He's wearing a dress!
 * [Lightning switch back to Simba, who has pinned down Scar]
 * Simba: Murderer! [the lionesses are startled by this new revelation] Tell them the truth!
 * Scar: Truth? But, truth is in the eye of the beholder… [Simba starts to choke him] Alright. Alright. [quietly, venomously] I did it.
 * Simba: So they can hear you.
 * Scar: I KILLED MUFASA!
 * [Nala and Sarabi start towards Scar, the hyenas attack Simba in a wall of teeth. The lionesses join in. We see Pumbaa and Timon come in. Pumbaa is charging with Timon riding him. Hyenas are flying everywhere]
 * Pumbaa: Heeeyyyy-yaaaaah!
 * Timon: 'Scuse me. Pardon me. Comin' through. Hot stuff. Whoo!
 * [Bowling strike sound effect as hyenas fly. Rafiki whacks a hyena off Simba. Camera switch to him; with a battle scream, he joins the fray. As a bit of comic relief, Rafiki is fighting in kung-fu "B-movie" style, complete with cheesy sound effects. Camera switch to Timon running from Shenzi. He runs into the cave. Zazu spots him. Timon runs into his cage for safety from the hyenas]
 * Zazu: Let me out! Let me out!
 * Timon: Lemme in! Lemme in! [to the snickering hyenas, pleading] Please, don't eat me.
 * Pumbaa: [appearing at the cave's entrance] Drop 'em!
 * Banzai: Hey? Who's the pig?
 * Pumbaa: You talkin' to me?
 * Timon: Uh-oh! They called him a pig.
 * Pumbaa: You talkin' to me?!
 * Timon: They shouldn'ta done that.
 * Pumbaa: ARE YOU TALKIN' TO ME?
 * Timon: Now they're in for it!
 * Pumbaa: They call me MISTER PIG!
 * [With full rage, Pumbaa yells and plows at the hyenas, freeing Zazu and Timon from breaking the bone cage. Off-screen, the three then start to yell and attack the hyenas. Ed, who hears the attack, gets hit by a thrown Shenzi and Banzai, and the three then flee in a panic. Timon, Pumbaa and Zazu come out of the den, cheering, then start the Arsenio Hall "Ooh, ooh" chant. Cut to Scar running away from Simba, with the hyenas chasing after, while sparks from the fire fly all around. They all wind their way to an area near the top of Pride Rock, where the hyenas corner Simba, who snarls at them. Timon and Pumbaa look down on them from a ledge above them]
 * Timon: Hey, Pumbaa! What do you call a hyena with half a brain?
 * Pumbaa: [laughs] Beats me, Timon. What?
 * Timon: Gifted!
 * [Timon and Pumbaa laugh. Shenzi and Banzai, who heard the punchline, scowl angrily. Ed bursts out laughing before Banzai smacks him]
 * Banzai: They're talkin' about us.
 * Shenzi: [menacing, advancing on them] For your last meal, you're gonna eat those words.
 * [Pumbaa and Timon are grinning from the ledge above; suddenly they both zip away, leaving dust clouds in their own shapes that linger for a few moments. They scream as they run down the side of Pride Rock, until they reach a tunnel entrance]
 * Timon: [calling into the hole] Ma! I think we got their attention!
 * [Camera pans down into the underground, where Uncle Max is busily digging, and Ma is carrying support beams]
 * Ma: Not yet! Keep stalling!
 * Max: [singing obsessively] Digga tunnah, dig, digga tunnah…
 * [Cut back to Timon and Pumbaa, backed up against a rock wall and illuminated by the red firelight]
 * Timon: [panicked] Okay…
 * [Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" plays; Timon begins juggling sticks and dishes, while Pumbaa gestures toward him and grins. The hyenas stop dead, bewildered]
 * Banzai: [nonplussed] You gotta be kidding me.
 * [The music stops; Timon stands with the dishes balanced on the sticks on his nose and hands, spinning]
 * Timon: [even more panicked] Now, Ma?
 * Ma: [from underground] Need more time, honey!
 * [Offenbach's "Cancan" plays. Timon and Pumbaa link arms and dance, grinning tensely. The music peters out as the hyenas glare at them and look insulted]
 * Timon: [grasping at straws] Uh…freestyle!
 * [Hip-hop music plays as Timon and Pumbaa start breakdancing. The hyenas laugh and applaud]
 * Shenzi: Ooh, encore, encore!
 * Banzai: No, no, no. You mean, "entree, entree!"
 * Shenzi: No, you right. Let's just eat 'em. [she with the hyenas advance on them]
 * Timon: [at the edge of his wits] Is it ready yet, Ma?!
 * Ma: [from underground] Not yet! Keep stalling!
 * [Timon nervously drums his fingertips together, chatters his teeth, and bites his nails as the hyenas approach with sinister laughter. Timon gets an idea; he waves his arms in a "time-out" signal]
 * Timon: Waaait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on a second.
 * Pumbaa: [confused, then severe] Uh, Timon? What are you doin'?
 * Timon: [theatrically, down on one knee, proposal-style] Shenzi Marie Predatora Veldetta Jacquelina Hyena. Would you do me the honor of becoming my "bride"?
 * Africalous: [narrating; Pumbaa gulps, his mouth falling wide open and Shenzi looks dumbfounded] Both Pumbaa and Shenzi were dumbfounded.
 * Shenzi: … I don't think so!
 * Timon: Shenzi Marie, please. I know what you're thinking: "We're too different." "It'll never work." "What will the children look like?"
 * [Pumbaa is still frozen in shock]
 * Shenzi: Ooh, that violates so many laws of nature.
 * Timon: Listen to me! The problems of a couple of wacky kids like us don't amount to hill of termites in this nutty Circle-of-Life thing. And so I ask you: If not now, when? If not me, who? I'm lonely.
 * Pumbaa: [tapping Timon on the shoulder; sniffling, putting the best face on his shattered emotions] Can I be your best man?
 * Banzai: I say we skip the wedding, and go straight to the buffet!

"He Lives in You"
To be started…


 * Pumbaa: That's our boy.
 * Timon: Ohh, I promise myself I wasn't gonna cry.

To be continued…


 * Ma: You've really come a long way, Timon. Did you find what you were looking for?
 * Timon: I found a place that was beyond my wildest dreams. But…it still wasn't home. [he extends his hand out to take Ma's] I want to take you there…since it seems more like home with you…

To be continued…

Dig, digga tunnah When you're done ya dig a bigga tunnah Digga tunnah, Dig, dig a tunnah Quick, before the hyena come! DIG!
 * [Scenes of the colony of meerkats all busily digging a network of tunnels, singing as they work. As they sing, they pass by paintings of Buzz ordering meerkat workers, wacking a hyena back with a stick, and getting cornered by a group of hyenas]
 * Meerkats: [singing] Digga tunnah,

Digga tunnah, Dig, digga tunnah You can dig and never get dunnah Digga tunnah, (Dig a little faster) Dig, digga tunnah What was that?! [pause to listen] Quick, before the hyena come! DIG!

Sing the Ballad of Fearless Buzz Greatest meerkat there ever was Said no meerkat should have to hide Wiped his paws and went outside Fought a fearsome hyena back Beat him til he was blue and black But forgot hyenas roam in the pack Meerkat brave, it was meerkat snack DIG!

Digga tunnah, Dig, digga tunnah (Digga tunnah) When you're done, ya dig a bigga tunnah. Digga tunnah, (Dig a little faster) Dig, digga tunnah. What was that?!

To be continued…

Dig, dig a tunnah Never gonna dig another tunnah Digga tunnah, Dig, digga tunnah Never more the hyena come! Bravest meerkat we've ever known Led his family to the promised land Bravest meerkat we've ever known! It's Timon-o-rama time! I've never been the type I ain't asking for a lot, but what is mine is mine You never want to argue with a chorus line That's all I need Is All IIIIIIII neeeeeeeed All I need!!
 * [The camera dissolves to the rotating sweep that introduced the Jungle setting; Timon is now showing it off to Ma]
 * Africalous: A few days later, Timon, Pumbaa, and Simba had finally reached the colony's final destination: Hakuna Matata Falls!
 * Timon: Welcome to our new home…a predator-free environment!
 * Ma: I gotta hand it to you. Timon. This place has EVERYTHING.
 * Timon: Well, now that we're all here, it does.
 * [Timon and Ma climb up on Pumbaa's snout as epiphany music hinting at "Hakuna Matata" begins playing]
 * Africalous: [narrating] As Timon and Pumbaa took Ma on a tour on the Falls, Max had already began a tai-chi class for former tunnel diggers.
 * [Wipe to the inner jungle, where Max is leading a group of meerkats in a session of tai-chi]
 * Max: [slowly, demonstrating his movements; the meerkats all copy him] The crane…spreads its wings…turns, with dainty hands…
 * [Cut to meerkats arrayed along the edge of a pool, arms all upraised; one by one they dive into the water as they sing]
 * Meerkats: Digga tunnah,
 * [A meerkat chorus line of butterfly wings are swept out of the way; Timon dances and cavorts with a Carmen Miranda-esque hat of colorful bugs]
 * Meerkats: Sing the praises of brave Timon
 * [Uncle Max relaxes in the vine hammock with a drink, while bugs fall all around. Meerkats and Pumbaa take turns on the trampoline]
 * Meerkats: Never dreamed he'd help Simba shine
 * Pumbaa: Proved it's cool to hang out with swine!
 * [A line of meerkats fish for bugs under a log]
 * Meerkats: Accidentally saved the day
 * Timon: [posing next to Ma] Planned it so it would look that way!
 * Meerkats: And brought us out of the dirt and sand
 * [Timon and Ma, perched on Pumbaa's head, dive over a series of waterfalls. The meerkats all swim in the pools at the bottom, singing; Pumbaa with the two meerkats on his head rise out of the water, balanced on Simba's belly as he comes to the surface]
 * Meerkats: Sing the praises of brave Timon
 * Timon: A dream sublime
 * Meerkats: You'll have a perfect home
 * Timon: To fall for all that hype
 * Meerkats: Where no hyenas roam
 * Timon: About the meerkat role
 * Meerkats: Where it's a shoe-in cinch
 * Timon: In some organic hole
 * Meerkats: Where you don't have to flinch
 * Timon: And all that circle rot
 * Meerkats: And stand on guard as if
 * Timon: Is just a cunning plot
 * Meerkats: You've mastered scratch 'n sniff
 * Timon: For coming to the crunch
 * Meerkats: A fantasy sublime
 * Timon: I ain't nobody's lunch
 * Meerkats: Timon-o-rama time
 * Timon: This isn't for the birds, it isn't monkeyshine
 * Meerkats: That is all he needs
 * Timon: Whoa, whoa, I beg and plead!
 * Meerkats: Whoa, I beg and plead
 * Timon: That

To be continued…


 * Timon: Pumbaa, look at the little guy. A chip off the old block! And you gotta know who's gonna raise him…
 * Pumbaa: His parents?
 * Timon: But who's gonna teach him the really important stuff? Like how to belch… [lets out a loud belch] …and dig for grubs? [hops off of Pumbaa] I'm tellin' ya, buddy, it's gonna be like old times. You, me…and the little guy.
 * Rafiki: [chuckling] It is a girl.
 * Timon and Pumbaa: GIRL!? Oy!
 * [Timon and Pumbaa collapse with dead faint]

We Are One
To be started…

Return of the Roar
To be started…
 * Kion: Got you now, Bunga.
 * [The baobab fruit comes rolling down in front of Kion and Bunga; the two then rush to get it]
 * Bunga: Not yet! [as Kion grabs it, Bunga tackles Kion, forcing him to spit the fruit out. Bunga then starts tickling Kion's tummy] Cheka, cheka, cheka!
 * Kion: [laughing] Stop it! Bunga!

To be continued…

"Tonight, We Strike"
To be started…

The Rise of the Lion Guard
To be started… To be continued…
 * Rafiki: See, Simba? You see? Huh? Heh-ha, he is ready. It is time!
 * Nala: Simba.
 * Simba: Yes. Kion is ready. It is time…time for the new Lion Guard.

Confronting Makuu
To be started…


 * Kion: Okay, Makuu! If you want a fight, the Lion Guard can bring it. Just be careful what you ask for.
 * Makuu: And why is that?
 * Kion: Because of THIS!
 * [Kion turns around then uses the Roar at a grove of trees]
 * Africalous: [narrating] Kion demonstrated the Roar on a grove of trees to show Makuu what he would be in for if he should attempt a fight.
 * Makuu: [after being paused with frozen shock; nervously to his float] Um…perhaps it's time we moved on. Big Springs is running out of fish anyway.

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Meet Bunga the Wise
To be started…


 * Fuli: Oh! You can get off now!
 * Big Baboon: We'll get down…whoop! When the rain stops.
 * Fuli: UGH! Baboons!

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 * Timon and Pumbaa: Bunga the Wise!
 * Pumbaa: The sage of Hakuna Matata Falls!
 * Kion, Beshte, Ono and Fuli: The WHAT?!
 * Fuli: Seriously?
 * [Upbeat music starts to play, which Timon and Pumbaa start breakdancing. Fade into the song "Bunga the Wise"]

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 * Kion: Bunga, you've got to stop this. We've got enough to do trying to deal with the rainstorm. Your bad advice is making things worse!
 * Bunga: Me?! Bad advice?!
 * Pumbaa: [shocked] WHAT?!
 * [Twiga and Shingo both gasp with horrified disturbance]
 * Thurston: No!
 * Mongoose: Rafiki said Bunga was smart!
 * Bunga: You see, Kion, everyone loves my advice! They wouldn't know what to do without it, am I right?
 * Shingo: That's right.
 * Thurston: We're clueless!
 * Pumbaa: And Bunga gives good advice.
 * Timon: You said it, Pumbaa. He's even given the Lion Guard advice! Anybody remember a little thing called…"the dam"?
 * Shingo: [excitedly] YES!
 * Pumbaa: Love it!
 * Timon: That's right! His idea. His advice. Problem solved. The end. [the dam suddenly temporary bursts through the boulders and the flood starts to spread into the Pride Lands. Timon turns to the animals, calmly] And now, I have some advice. RUUUUUUUUUUN!!!

To be continued…

Utamu
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All Hail the Vultures
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 * Ono: Hapana. Kion! Mizngo and the vultures; they're circling!

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 * Ono: No, nothing. I…Oh, no! IT'S FULI! [he sights to see Fuli down while the vultures are cornering her] She's down, and she's surrounded by vultures!
 * Kion: Hevi kabisa! Til the Pride Lands' end…
 * Kion, Bunga, Ono, and Beshte: …LION GUARD DEFEND!
 * Mzingo: [Fuli growls menacingly at his vultures while continuing to prey on her] Oh, don't worry, my dear. It will all be over soon. After all, we are not uncivilized. Now…Parliament, ATTACK!
 * [Just as Mzingo is about to feed on Fuli, the Guard arrive in the scene]
 * Kion: VULTURES! Get away from her!
 * [Kion leaps and pins down Mzingo. Bunga does stunt moves before he back kicks Zusia]
 * Bunga: Zuka zama!
 * Ono: [he flies by Fuli while pecking Mwoga in the head multiple times] LEAVE FULI ALONE!!!
 * [The Lone Gunslinger Vulture and Twotia fly in to attack Fuli but suddenly get pushed back by Beshte]
 * Beshte: Twende kiboko!
 * Mzingo: [to his other vultures] Reconvene! Reconvene!
 * [The Lone Gunslinger Vulture, Mwoga, Twotia, and Zusia then fly up with Mzingo]
 * Kion: [he growls menacingly before he turns to the vultures] Mizingo! When you and your vultures take on one member of the Guard, YOU TAKE ON US ALL! [he then uses the Roar, which soon blows Mzingo and the vultures away into the sky, squawking. Kion then turns to Fuli] You okay?
 * Fuli: Yeah. Thanks for saving me, guys, even though I feel kind of lame for needing it.
 * Kion: We're always there for each other. We're a team.
 * Fuli: Well, I wasn't helping the team by going off alone and getting worn out. Next time I really will wait for the rest of you. Just try to move a little faster so I won't have to wait so long.

To be continued…

Kupatana
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 * Ono: It's Janja and his hyenas! They are chasing a little jackal pup though the Outlands!
 * Kion: [sighs] The Outlands. I wish the Lion Guard defended the Circle of Life out there, too. But we don't…
 * Simba: Kion. Today is Kupatana, and not just here in the Pride Lands. The spirit of Kupatana extends to all the animals in the Circle of Life. Even those in the Outlands.
 * Kion: Of course. You're right, Dad. [he turns to his friends] Lion Guard, let's go! We're going to save that pup!
 * Beshte: You got it, Kion!
 * Bunga: Zuka Zama!
 * [The Guard start to head towards the Outlands]
 * Kion: Til the Pride Lands' end…
 * Kion, Bunga, Fuli, Beshte, and Ono: …LION GUARD DEFEND!
 * [Back in the Outlands, Dogo continues to run away from the hyenas, passing by some animal bones]
 * Janja: There he goes! C'mon, fellas!
 * [Janja laughs evilly. Dogo then runs to the right]
 * Sita: Uh-oh!
 * Chungu: Whoaaaaa…!
 * [Janja and his hyenas suddenly skid into a gorge wall with a BAM. The hyenas groan in pain before Janja gets up and growls at Dogo]
 * Dogo: [while smiling] Hmm?
 * Janja: Oh, you jackals are so annoying! We just chased ya out of our den yesterday. And now you're back? Guess I need to make an example of ya!
 * [Dogo, while whining, smiles with big, dewy eyes. Janja charges at Dogo to attack. Kion suddenly leaps in and pins down Janja]
 * Kion: Not today, Janja!
 * Janja: Hey, hey, easy on the fur! [Kion growls in his face, fiercely] What're you doin' in the Outlands, anyway?
 * Kion: Making sure you let that pup go.
 * Bunga: [he with Fuli, Ono and Beshte are on top of the gorge's cliff] Don't you know today's Kupatana?
 * Janja: Ku…Ku…Kupatana? [he bursts into evilly laughter] Okay, Kion, you want the jackal? He's all yours.
 * Kion: Uh…okay… [he soon lets Janja back up]
 * Janja: C'mon, fellas. The Lion Guard's doin' us a favor today! [he laughs before he runs the other way with his hyenas] Merry Kupatana!
 * [The hyenas laugh with the Guard watching in confusion]
 * Ono: So. That was…different.
 * Beshte: You think Janja celebrates Kupatana, too?
 * Fuli: I seriously doubt it.
 * Dogo: [excited, he turns to each member of the Guard] Thanks, you guys! You were awesome! You were like, Let the jackal go. And they did!
 * Kion: Well, I'm glad we could help. Umm…
 * Dogo: I'm Dogo. And you guys must be the Lion Guard! You're the coolest! You just looked at the hyenas and they ran away!
 * Bunga: Yeah, we have that effect on no-goods.
 * Kion: You're safe now, Dogo. But…I'd stay away from Janja's territory if I were you.
 * Dogo: Are you guys going back to the Pride Lands? I know I'd be safe there.
 * Beshte: Don't you need to get back to your family, Dogo?
 * Dogo: [sighs] I'm all by myself. But I know there are lots of friendly animals in the Pride Lands! Can I please come with you?
 * [Dogo starts to act adorable with having big, dewy eyes, and wagging his tail]
 * Bunga and Beshte: Awwwww!
 * Kion: Well…it is Kupatana. [Dogo smiles in hope with big, dewy eyes] Okay, Dogo, you can come.
 * [Dogo starts yipping in excitement]
 * Reirei: Just wait for Kupatuna, all these animals gathered in one peace. They'll never know what hit 'em!

Jackal Style
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To be continued… Than other creatures you might know And though we seem quite pleasant Our niceness is just a show
 * Bunga: He's so cute!
 * Beshte: I know. But this is Muhanga the aardvark's den. He can't stay here. Dogo? [he nods a little close near Dogo, where he then wakes up with a small yip] You got your own spot on the hill. Remember?
 * Dogo: [he then remembers what Beshte said] Oh! Right! Okay! [he soon leaves into the Pride Lands]
 * Beshte: [to Bunga] Poor little fella. Must've gone for a walk and gotten lost.
 * Bunga: [he and Beshte sudden bug out when they notice a different jackal pup, similar to Dogo, snoring in a different den] WHOA! But I thought he…?
 * Beshte: Dogo. [the jackal pup soon wakes up with a small yip; he happens to have brown eyes instead of blue] Go back to your hill. This den belongs to someone else, too.
 * [The jackal pup smiles nervously before he leaves from the dens]
 * Bunga: [singsonging] Weird! [he and Beshte suddenly scream when they notice ANOTHER jackal pup in a different den. Bunga yells at the jackal pup, forcing him to wake up] DOGO! THESE ARE AARDVARKS'  DENS! You can't stay here!
 * [Four more of Dogo's brothers then pop their heads out of the aardvarks' den]
 * Dogo's brothers: Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip!
 * [Bunga and Beshte then notice all of Dogo's brothers with Bunga having his jaw wide open with frozen shock]
 * Beshte: Uh…Bunga?
 * Bunga: Uh…huh…
 * [In the Outlands, Kion with Fuli and Ono are on their daily patrol when they then hear Bunga and Beshte calling]
 * Bunga and Beshte: KION!!!
 * Fuli: [gasps] That was Bunga and Beshte!
 * Kion: Ono, what do you see?
 * Ono: [he looks straight ahead and sights what he sees] Hapana. Kion, I think you need to see this for yourself!
 * Kion: Uhh…okay, Ono, lead the way.
 * [Ono leads Kion and Fuli to the aardvarks' den. Kion and Fuli's expressions go to a shock look as they see Dogo's brothers with Bunga and Beshte, who are arguing with Muhanga and Muhangus]
 * Kion: Hevi kabisa!
 * Fuli: That's a lot of jackals!
 * Kion: [he walks up to Dogo's brothers] Where's Dogo?
 * Reirei: You looking for my boy?
 * Kion: [after noticing Reirei] Who are you?
 * Reirei: I'm Reirei, Dogo's mom. And this… [she notices Goigoi inside a aardvark cave with his head suck] Goigoi, get out here! [she back-kicks Goigoi and he comes out with a baobab fruit in his mouth] …is Goigoi, Dogo's dad. [she turns to Muhanga and Muhangus] It's such a lovely den.
 * Goigoi: [he crunches, then slurps the baobab fruit he had in his mouth] And the fruit's delicious!
 * Kion: Enough. [he then turns to Dogo's brothers to ask] Which one of you is Dogo?
 * Dogo: [walks up, then sits in front of Kion] I'm right here, Kion!
 * Kion: Dogo, I thought you said you didn't have any family.
 * Dogo: Uh, no. I said I was all by myself!
 * Reirei: Which he was! [Dogo walks up to his mother before she pats his head] At the time. My son always tells the truth. But when he went into the Pride Lands, we had to follow him. You can't expect a little pup to live in a strange place without his mom and dad. Right…Goigoi?
 * Goigoi: [he is seen suddenly snoring deeply. Reirei then uses her hindleg to kick Goigoi's face to make him gasp, then to stutter] W-Whatever you say, dear.
 * Reirei: And we couldn't leave our other kids alone in the Outlands. What kind of parents would do that?
 * [Reirei, Dogo, and his brothers sadly start to whine with big, dewy eyes]
 * Kion: Okay, yeah. I can see that.
 * Reirei: Our kind is born a bit smarter

We've learned how to beat the system Everyone else does our work for us But before we can take advantage First, we have to win their trust So listen up!

Pretend to be sweet Speak with a smile Then you can take things Jackal Style Even if you're mad Play it cool for a while That's how you fool 'em Jackal Style

Don't gather food or build a home There's plenty here for us to take Working hard might be good for others But we get by just being fake By being fake!

Pretend to be sweet Speak with a smile Then you can take things Jackal Style Even if you're mad Play it cool for a while That's how you fool 'em Jackal Style Jackal Style

And just wait for Kupatana. All these animals gathered in peace… We'll stroll in and eat at our pleasure It's gonna be one amazing feast It's gonna be one amazing feast!

Pretend to be sweet Speak with a smile Then you can take things Jackal Style Even if you're mad Play it cool for a while That's how you fool 'em That's how you fool 'em! Jackal Style Jackal Style That's how you fool 'em Jackal Style To be continued…
 * [Reirei, Goigoi, Dogo, and three of his brothers with the stolen foods are soon surrounded by a group of angered animals]
 * Reirei: Oh, dear. Has there been another misunderstanding?

Party Invaders
To be started…

Bunga and the King
To be started… Philosophy To be continued…
 * Simba: Hakuna Matata
 * Timon: What a wonderful phrase
 * Bunga: Hakuna Matata
 * Pumbaa: Ain't no passin' craaaaze!
 * Kion: It means "No Worries"
 * Kiara: For the rest of your days
 * Simba, Timon, Bunga, Pumbaa, Kion, Kiara, Beshte, Fuli, Ono, and Nala: It's our problem-free
 * Simba and Bunga: Hakuna Matata!

Tamaa the Bird of a Thousand Voices
To be started…
 * Chungu: You know…sometimes…I think the Lion Guard doesn't like us.
 * Cheezi: I know! Right? So, now what're we gonna eat, Janja?
 * Tamaa: [off-screen, while imitating Janja] Mmmm-mmm! You look tasty! [Chungu and Cheezi's expressions go to horrifed looks by the word "tasty"] I'm gonna eat you!
 * Cheezi: Me?! [he then laughs nervously] Did you say you were gonna eat me?
 * Janja: NO!
 * Chungu: Does that mean you're gonna eat…me?!
 * Janja: No, furbrains. It means I didn't say anything! But somebody did. And it also sounded like he's over there.

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 * Tamaa: [imitating Kion] Hey, impalas. It's me, Kion! leader of the Lion Guard! The hyenas are back in the Pride Land. So, you better run to the Outlands! [the impalas then continue to eat the grass. Janja glares angrily at Tamaa, who is smiling nervously] Impalas, what are you waiting for? Hyenas are coming. Escape to the Outlands. Right now!
 * Thurston: [spooked by Kion's last sentences] You don't have to tell me twice. Panic and run! Panic and run!
 * Tamaa: [imitating Kion] Shoot! Scat! RUN!

My Own Way
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 * Fuli: [muttering to herself] And this is nothing like a good hunt…
 * Ono: What? A good hunt? Yeah! It's great!
 * Fuli: What are we doing here, Ono?! Do egrets eat elephants?!
 * Ono: No. We eat the bugs kicked up by the elephants' feet! [he giggles then munches on a nearby fly near an elephant's foot]
 * Fuli: Bugs again!? What is with everyone eating bugs!? [just then, a plat of "mud" gets splattered on her shoulder and part of her face, much to her disgust]
 * Ono: What's wrong, Fuli? Why'd you stop?
 * Fuli: Ono, I'm covered in mud!
 * Ono: [he hops closer a little bit to sniff the "mud"] Oh, that's not mud. Come on! [he leaves]
 * Fuli: [she gasps after realizing what the "mud" is] Ugh! Gross!

To be continued…


 * Fuli: Okay. So I'm in the water…just like a hippo.

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 * Bunga: That lava was hot. And it hurts!
 * Fuli: Calm down. It's gone now.
 * Bunga: But, this means…I'M NOT IMMUNE! [a little length of the platform, breaks; Bunga screams and jumps on Fuli's head. The two continue to slide down on a lava slide, slowly to Janja and his hyenas]
 * Janja: A little bit further and they're ours for the eatin'! Honey badger, with a side of cheetah!
 * [Just then, Kion, Ono and Beshte arrive into the scene, much to Janja's surprise]
 * Kion: Til the Pride Lands' end…
 * Kion, Beshte, and Ono: …LION GUARD DEFEND!
 * [Nne, Tano and Fisi soon flee from the scene, whining in fear. A happy Fuli, with Bunga riding on her head pass by the Guard]
 * Fuli: Are we glad to see you guys!
 * Kion: [he investigates for a way to save Fuli and Bunga, then turns to Beshte] Beshte! The dead tree!
 * Beshte: You got it, Kion! [he charges at a dead tree] TWENDE KIBOKO! [he then pushes the tree over in the lava as a bridge for Fuli and Bunga]
 * Chungu: Awww, there goes dinner.
 * Janja: Oh, they're not gone yet! AFTER THEM! [he soon leaps onto the dead tree, forcing Fuli (while grabbing Bunga in her mouth) to slide down to Janja, Chungu and Cheezi, who are seen snarling and laughing menacingly]
 * Fuli: Can't catch me! [she grabs Bunga and finally leaps off the log onto dry lands, with Chungu, Cheezi and Janja screaming while sitting on the burning dead tree]
 * Cheezi: [he sniffs something, much to his delight] Mmmm!
 * Chungu: Something smells delicious!
 * Janja: T…That's us, furbrains!
 * [Cheezi and Chungu start to panic by seeing a way to escape, but to stand on Janja's body]
 * Janja: Get off of me!

To be continued…

The Gally-ally-go
To be started…
 * Laini: Please, save us, Kion! Please, please, please!
 * Kion: [muffled] Mmm-mmm-mm…

To be continued…

To be continued…
 * Bunga: Hey there, little gally-ally-go!
 * Beshte: Laini, what's the kerbubble? What's gotten all you galagos so upset?
 * Laini: Oh, nothing. Just that…a leopard moved into our trees!
 * Beshte: A leopard?
 * Ono: But the Pride Lands doesn't have any leopards.
 * Laini: It does now. He climbed up into our tree this morning, and he wants to eat us! So will you help us, Kion? Huh?! Speak up! [Kion muffles out; she then realizes that she was blocking Kion's mouth] Oh. Sorry. [she climbs on Kion's head]
 * Kion: Of course we'll help you.
 * Beshte: We'd never let a leopard eat you guys.
 * Fuli: "Eating flies"?! Who's eating flies?!
 * Kion: Stay here. We'll go get the leopard out of your tree. Sounds good?


 * Fuli: WILL SOMEONE GET THESE GALAGOS OFF MY EARS SO I CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON!?!
 * Bunga: [he takes then holds one galago from Fuli's ear] You didn't miss much. They wanna stay with us.
 * Galago: Pleeeeease!
 * Fuli: What? No. No way. [she uses her hind leg to knock the other galago off her ear]
 * Bunga: Oh, come on, Fuli. They're not so bad.

To be continued…

Find Your Roar
To be started…
 * Badili: See? I have confidence in me, and I know what I can do. And I'm not afraid to prove it.
 * Mapigano: Oh, yeah? Well…step a little closer and say that!
 * Badili: [he steps closer near Mapigano's face, much to his horrified fear] Is this close enough? Oh, was that too close?
 * Mapigano: [stuttering] It's-no, I-I just…
 * Badili: I'm not scared of you, Mapigano. I'll never be scared of you again. So you should go. Now.
 * Mapigano: Oh, yeah?! Well…
 * Badili: I said NOW! [he then lets out a loud roar at Mapigano's face before he smiles with satisfaction. After a beat, Mapigano finally whimpers in fear and flees away from the scene] And stay out!

To be continued…

Eye of the Beholder
To be started…

Outta The Way
To be started…

Janja's New Crew
To be started…
 * Janja: Get off of me, furbrains. Another plan ruined! And do you know why?
 * Cheezi: 'Cause you slipped…
 * Chungu: And slided into the Lion Guard?
 * Janja: No. It's because of you two!
 * Chungu and Cheezi: Us?!
 * Janja: That's right! Every time I come up with a brilliant plan, you two mess it up!
 * Cheezi: We do?
 * Chungu: Uh…I thought we messed it up together.
 * Cheezi: We're great at that.
 * Janja: [he finally groans with frustration] You know what? I can't take it anymore! You're. Both. FIRED! [he turns back to Nne and Tano with Cheezi and Chungu, not understanding what Janja meant, following him behind. Janja turns back and notices Cheezi and Chungu] Weren't you two furbrains listenin'? I said you're fired!
 * Cheezi: We're on fire?! Ahhhhh!
 * [Cheezi starts running around in a panic with Chungu patting himself all over, checking for "smoke"]
 * Chungu: Hey, I don't even smell smoke!
 * Janja: [shakes his head and rolls his eyes with disbelief] You're not on fire. You are fired! That means you're finished! Done! Through! Don't need ya!
 * Cheezi: Of course you don't need us!
 * Chungu: So, what's the new plan?
 * Janja: There ain't no new plan! YOU'RE NOT IN THE CREW ANYMORE! GET OUTTA THE OUTLANDS! [he turns to Nne and Tano] You two, I'm giving you promotion.
 * [Nne and Tano look at each for a beat before he turn to join Janja]
 * Nne: Okay.
 * Tano: Thanks!
 * Janja: And here's your first job. [he points at Cheezi and Chungu] Get rid of those two furbrains!
 * Nne: You got it, boss.
 * Tano: [he and Nne turn angrily to Cheezi and Chungu] You heard Janja!
 * [Nne and Tano start to snarl menacingly at Cheezi and Chungu]
 * Nne: Get lost!
 * Cheezi: [laughing nervously] Uh, sure! No problem!
 * Chungu: Yeah. We're lost most of the time already!
 * [Cheezi and Chungu finally flee from the Outlands. Janja smirks evilly as Nne and Tano continue to snarl]

To be continued…

Why did he tell us to go? The only family we know? And why send both of us here? [sobbing] Cheezi, why?! Why?! Now, what? What do we do? And who… [the song suddenly gets interrupted when Chungu notices a herd of antelope eating some tallgrass] Oh, look! Antelope!
 * Cheezi: Maybe…we can do it! [imitating as Janja, with a deep gruff voice] "I'm hungry, furbrain!"
 * Chungu: Uh…"Yeah, me too. Furbrain!"
 * [The two start laughing, only to soon sigh deeply, much to their sadness]
 * Cheezi: It just ain't the same.
 * ["Chungu's Lament", a parody song of "Kion's Lament" fades in]
 * Chungu: Why?
 * Cheezi: Ah-ha! That's what Janja would have us do! Hunt antelope! [he and Chungu are now sneaking up on a ledge to the antelopes]
 * Chungu: And you know what he'd say?
 * Cheezi: Uh… [quoting Janja] "Get those antelopes, furbrain!" [he and Chungu start snickering] I'll go this way!
 * Chungu: Yeah. And you'll go that way!
 * [The two split directions, only to go in a circle and hit each other in the heads; they groan. The antelopes, startled by the sound, soon flee away]
 * Cheezi: I thought you was going that way!
 * Chungu: And I thought you were going this way!
 * Cheezi: [referring to the antelopes] Now, which way did they go?

To be continued…


 * Tano: Awwwww. Whatcha staring at, oryxes?
 * Nne: Never seen smart hyenas before?

To be continued…


 * Nne: Don't tell me. The Lion Guard.
 * Kion: And you must be Janja's new crew!
 * Tano: We're our own crew.
 * Nne: So, now what?
 * Tano: You gonna scare us off…with the Roar?
 * Kion: You are pretty smart! [he narrows his eyes, then uses the Roar at Nne and Tano, which soon blows them back into the Outlands]

Babysitter Bunga
To be started…

The "Dark" Roar of the Elders
To be started…
 * Kion: Okay, Janja! We've got you su… [he suddenly notices Nala surrounded by the hyenas] Mom!
 * Nala: Kion?
 * Kion: No! [the hyenas continue to growl at Nala, forcing Kion to get so mad] Get…away…FROM…MY…MOM!!!!!!! [storm clouds appear and Kion uses the 'Dark' Roar of the Elders in rage, blowing the hyenas far into the distance; Nala ducks for cover. The hyenas get blown further into the Outlands; the Roar causes some destruction; Kion skids down and nuzzles Nala]
 * Nala: Thank you, Kion.
 * Kion: Of course, Mom.
 * Bunga: UnBungalievable…
 * [The Roar hits a ledge of the gorge. Once roaring and thundering, the Roar suddenly starts going the other way. Bunga and Beshte feel rumbling under their feet as Ono flies]
 * Beshte: [stuttering] W-W-W-W-What's the kerbu-bu-bu-bubble?
 * Fuli: Kion! Your Roar! It's…coming back towards us!
 * [Kion and Nala turn to see the Roar blowing back, causing massive destruction. The Guard and Nala start to flee from the incoming Roar but Fuli, Beshte and Bunga get caught as Kion screams]
 * Ono: Oh, nooo…! [he suddenly gets caught then blown by the Roar]
 * [Kion gets blown by the Roar as well. Close by Nala, a earthquake starts to happen; she suddenly falls in and briefly hangs on a rocky ledge]
 * Kion: MOM! [runs up to his mother] Mom!
 * Nala: Kion?!
 * Kion: Hang on! [he reaches his paw down to Nala, while straining] Almost…GOTCHA! [Kion finally grabs Nala and pulls her out of the sinkhole. He then nuzzles his mother's head] Mom. Are you okay?
 * Nala: I'm alright, Kion. Thanks to you.
 * Kion: I almost lost you.
 * [Fuli, Bunga and Beshte run up on-screen]
 * Fuli: Kion! Nala!
 * Beshte: You're not hurt, are you?
 * Nala: We're fine.
 * Bunga: I'll say it again. UnBungalievable!
 * Kion: It sure was. Is everyone okay?
 * Bunga: Yup.
 * Fuli: Yes.
 * Beshte: Me, too.
 * Ono: [off-screen] Affirmative.
 * Bunga: Huh?
 * Fuli: Oh…
 * [They all turn to Ono, who lost all of his top feathers from the "Dark" Roar]
 * Ono: What? What are you all staring at? [one of his top feathers gently floats down onto his beak] That was strange. Looks like one of my feathers.

To be continued…

Lions of the Outlands
To be started…
 * Kovu: Nuka! Hey, Nuka!
 * Kion: A friend of yours?
 * Kovu: He's my brother.
 * Nuka: That's right! So you better let me up! It's two against one now!
 * Jasiri: It's two against two.
 * [The two pairs soon start to circling, growling menacingly]
 * Nuka: It should be three against one! What kind of lion are you? Siding with a hyena!
 * Kion: What are you two lions doing in the Outlands? Why aren't you in the Pride Lands?
 * Nuka: Like our family's welcome here.
 * Kion: Why wouldn't you be? I'm sure my dad would welcome you there.
 * Nuka: And whooo's your dad?
 * Jasiri: [laughs] You know. The king of the Pride Lands. Simba.
 * Kovu and Nuka: [suddenly surprised by the hear of the name] Simba?!
 * Kovu: [excitedly] You really think he'd allow us into the Pride Lands?
 * Kion: I don't see why not. Especially if you give Jasiri's family their watering hole back.
 * Kovu: Back to the Pride Lands? That means I could see Kiara again!
 * Kion: You know Kiara?
 * Kovu: Yeah! Uh, it was a while ago. We gotta take him to see Mom.
 * Nuka: Oh, yeah, she's gonna want to meet the son of Simba.
 * Kion: The name's Kion.
 * Nuka: Okay. Kion, hyena, let's go.
 * [Nuka and Kovu then start to walk to the watering hole. Kion turns to Jasiri]
 * Kion: C'mon, Jasiri. This whole watering hole thing's gotta be a misunderstanding!
 * [Jasiri follows after Kion, while following after Kovu and Nuka]

Lions Over All
To be started… To be continued…
 * Zira: No…that's not true. I know the Roar's powers. Listen to me, Kion.
 * Kion: Oh, I've listened to you, Zira. Now, you listen to me. As long as I'm around, you are not welcome in the Pride Lands…or the Outlands.
 * [As Kion speaks to Zira, Kovu nervously back away, knowing Kion is ready to use the Roar]
 * Zira: No. You wouldn't! WE'RE LIONS!
 * [Kion narrows his eyes, then uses the Roar at Zira, Vitani, Nuka and the Outsiders, which soon get blown far away in the distance, screaming. Kovu, who was ducking for cover from the Roar, turns at the Guard, who glare at him angrily before he runs off]
 * Kovu: Mom…Mom! Wait for me!
 * [Cut to a view of termite mounts where Zira, Vitani, Nuka and the Outsiders are blown to there]
 * Nuka: Huh. Where are we?
 * Zira: Our new home… [smirks evilly]

The Rise of Scar
To be started…


 * Janja: A-A-Are you…?
 * Scar: Yes. I…am…Scar.

To be continued…

Kenge's New Attack
To be started…
 * Bunga: Come on, I dare ya!
 * Kenge: [laughs evilly] Listen to the honey badger. He thinks he's brave enough to fight Kenge. Biggest lizard in the Outlands!
 * Bunga: I don't just think it. I know it!
 * Kenge: Really? I smell fear.
 * Bunga: I'll give you something to smell!
 * [Bunga turns around at Kenge and releases a massive fart in his face. Kenge grunts and coughs with disgust before he flees away from the scene]
 * Bunga: Yeah! That's right, ya lizard! Run!
 * Chungu: [while noticing Kenge gagging, he, Cheezi and Janja then run after him] Hey, wait for us!
 * Bunga: [he sniffs deeply with satisfaction] Smells like victory.

To be continued…

Zuka zama, zoom, zoom, zoom!''
 * Bunga: ''Zuka zama, I'm immune!
 * Kenge: The honey badger?!
 * Janja: What's he doin' here?
 * Cheezi: Yeah! I thought you bit him!
 * Kenge: I did!
 * [Makini, in the background, starts to sneak in to get the melons]
 * Bunga: Hey, Kenge! [he jumps down and waves his hand at Kenge] Yoo-hoooo!
 * Kenge: What are you doing here, honey badger?
 * Bunga: Just wanted to let you know your bite's not working anymore. [he turns his rear at Kenge's face to show the bite is gone] See? It hasn't stopped me! Guess that bite of yours ain't so bad after all!
 * Kenge: OH, YEAH?
 * Bunga: [coughs] Pee-yew! But your breath, now that's bad! Gotta tell ya, for someone who says they're a big, scary lizard…you're not that scary, or that big.
 * Cheezi: [starting to get nervous] Uh-oh!
 * Kenge: What did you just say?
 * Bunga: Which part? The part where you're not scary? Or the part where you're not big?
 * [Kenge growls with rage]
 * Cheezi: [very nervously] Just don't call him "little", Bunga!
 * Bunga: Ohh, you don't like being called a little lizard.
 * Kenge: Stop saying THAT.
 * Bunga: Saying what? "Little lizard"? Little lizard. Oh, little lizard.
 * Kenge: [rearing up on his hind legs] I'm. Not. A LITTLE. LIZARD!
 * Chungu: Whoa, he's gonna get it now!
 * Bunga: Eh, I've seen bigger. Lots bigger!

Night Pride
To be started…
 * Rani: I am Rani, leader of the Night Pride.

To be continued…


 * Rani: Night Pride, together!

To be continued…


 * Rani: Welcome to the Tree of Life.

The Kumbuka Celebration
To be started…
 * Scar: You know what to do, Sumu.
 * Sumu: And do it, I will.

To be continued…

The most wondrous victory Let everyone participate From Pride Rock to the tallest tree He return to make things right So every time that you see him You can shout with delight for Hail, hail, hail to the king! Hail, hail, hail to the king!
 * Rafiki: Royal Family! Lion Guard! Herds of the Pride Lands! WELCOME TO THE GREAT KUMBUKA CELEBRATION!
 * [The Pride Landers cheer as the elephants blow their trunks and the monkeys screech. Fade into the song "Good King Simba"]
 * Rafiki: Today is the day we celebrate
 * [Rafiki uses his staff to point at the tallest tree in the Pride Lands, which birds then fly out of it afterwards]
 * Rafiki: Before pray we for freedom
 * Pride Landers: Good King Simba!
 * Rafiki: Takes care of everything
 * Pride Landers: Good King Simba!
 * Rafiki: The true and rightful king
 * Pride Landers: Good King Simba!
 * [As the Pride Landers and Rafiki continue to sing, Sumu crawls up from underneath Pride Rock; sudden intense music plays. Sumu then crawls up on Simba's tail, ready to sting]
 * Rafiki and the Pride Landers: Hail, hail, hail to the king
 * [Sumu finally stings Simba on the tail]
 * Rafiki: Hail, hail, hail to the king
 * [Simba, feeling very ill, suddenly faints much to Rafiki's surprise. The Pride Landers, including Ma Tembo, Mtoto's mother, Mbeya, Thurston, and Twiga, gasp with horrified shock at the ceremony that's going on]
 * Nala: Simba!
 * Rafiki: Your Majesty!
 * Kion: DAD!
 * [The Guard start to head up towards Pride Rock]
 * Makini: The king!
 * Fuli: Oh, no!
 * Timon: No, our baby!
 * Pumbaa: We're coming, Simba!
 * [Timon and Pumbaa then run after the Guard]

To be continued…


 * Scar: Well done, my scorpion friend. Only volcanic ash can help Simba now. Which means the Lion Guard will be on their way here to get it. Ushari! Tell the others to get ready. The plan is in motion.
 * Ushari: [hissing] C-C-C-Certainly.
 * Sumu: You want the Lion Guard to come here?
 * Scar: Yes, Sumu. You've helped me set the perfect trap. [laughs evilly]

Rescue in the Outlands

 * [Cut back to Pride Rock where Timon and Pumbaa are circling around while tearfully sobbing loudly. When the Guard comes up on screen, Kion turns to Timon and Pumbaa]
 * Kion: How is he?
 * Timon: [as Pumbaa whines loudly] Don't ask! Don't ask!
 * [Kion, Fuli, Ono and Beshte head inside Pride Rock as Bunga comes up to his adoptive uncles]
 * Bunga: Is it that bad?
 * Pumbaa: Actually, we have no idea. But that's why you shouldn't ask us!
 * [Pumbaa and Timon look at each other for a beat, then continue to sob loudly]

To be continued…


 * Reirei: Sure. Come this way! I dare ya!

To be continued…


 * Makini: Ohh, they're coming from every direction!
 * Scar: Yes! They are indeed!

To be continued…


 * Beshte: Got any good ideas?
 * Kion: Everyone get behind me. And stay together. [Makini, Beshte, Jasiri, Tunu, Wema, and Zazu soon stay together and back away behind Kion. He then speaks to the Outlanders] I'm warning you! Get out of our way!
 * Mzingo: [while circling, he turns to Mwoga] He's warning us?
 * Kiburi: Nothin' tastier than a meal with the sense of humor.
 * Scar: [laughing evilly] Planning to use the Roar, Kion? Surely you realize the massive power of your roar will simply make the volcano erupt. Just like it did when you helped me return.

To be continued…

Main cast

 * Matthew Broderick as Simba
 * Jeremy Irons as Scar
 * Eden Riegel as Kiara
 * Nika Futterman as Zira
 * Gabrielle Union as Nala
 * Nathan Lane as Timon Berkowitz
 * Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa Smith
 * Jason Marsden as Kovu
 * Ashley Nicole]]
 * Blair Underwood as Makuu
 * Rowan Atkinson as Zazu
 * Khary Payton as Rafiki
 * Andy Dick as Nuka
 * Lacey Chabert as Vitani
 * Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings and Whoopi Goldberg as Banzai, Ed and Shenzi
 * Landry Bender as Makini
 * Maia Mitchell as Jasiri
 * Dusan Brown as Beshte
 * Joshua Rush as Bunga
 * Diamond White as Fuli
 * Atticus Shaffer as Ono
 * Christian Myers as Africalous
 * Sterling K. Brown as Ahadi
 * Tommy Chong as Mbeya
 * James Earl Jones as Mufasa
 * Kath Soucie as Sarafina
 * Madison Pettis as Zuri
 * Sarah Hyland as Tiifu
 * Masise Klompus as Madoa
 * Andrew Kishino as Janja
 * Christian Slater as Ushari
 * Ana Gasteyer as Reieri
 * Common as Kiburi
 * Greg Ellis as Mzingo
 * Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Rani
 * Julie Kavner as Ma
 * Jerry Stiller as Uncle Max
 * Angela Bassett as Sarabi
 * Max Charles as Kion

Rules

 * Make it excellent as FreezingTNT's Finding Marlin/Transcript.