The Little Zebra

The Little Zebra is a 2013 American-British-India-France-Spain computer animated fantasy action-adventure drama comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell, Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise and produced by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson.

The film features the voices of Jake T. Austin, Liam Neeson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Wenham, Richard E. Grant, Loretta Devine, Jim Carrey, Anthony LaPaglia and Laurence Fishburne.

Plot
Deep in Africa, a young half striped zebra named Khumba. His life was miserable expect his father Seko, his mother Lungisa and his friend Tombi who has three sisters.

Khumba was picked on one day when Themba called him a freak, he was comforted by Nigel, a brown pelican, Jamie, a lizard, Steven, a badger, Gogo, a stork and Kerio, a armadillo who has friends. At night, Seko was stargazing with Khumba and he will become like his father. One day, when Khumba accidentally let some Gemsboks in with Gemsbok Healer, he is blamed by his father's friend Thabo, but Seko confirms it and instead of grounding Khumba, he tells him worriedly that Thabo didn't mean to hurt Khumba and his father's feelings.

When the Gemsboks leave, Phango, a tyrannical leopard who charges at the fence and into the open. Khumba was right, he didn't close the fence because of him and he lets them in without closing the fence. Phango keep threatening his friends and Seko fights with Phango, but he was badly wounded and Khumba pushes him away. Seko softly tells his last words that Khumba will follow his dad's footsteps and he would take his place before he dies.

The herd mourns for Seko's death, which Khumba was the one who let Phango in. That evening, the argument between Khumba and Tombi became much stronger and ended when Tombi pushes Khumba away and tells him to leave because she was tired of all things were never done and wishes everything he had in his life wasn't good enough anymore which Khumba tearfully yet sorrowfully leaves.

As Khumba wanders alone, he met two owls Digger and Twilight, a burrowing owl and a Great Grey Owl, Khumba knows the way to the mountains and the three mark it across.

On they way, they meet two quirky duos Mama V and Bradley, a wildebeest and a flamboyant self obsessed ostrich. They were cornerd by Dag, a friendly but lazy coyote and his pack of coyotes. The coyotes escaped after a fight, Dag meets Khumba and make friends with him.

That night, Dag was interrogated by Phango about Khumba heading his way. The five friends head into the campfire for the night. The next morning, when they are heading to the path, they were attacked by vultures lead by Scar and seven of them are his minions. Khumba and his friends escapes and found a place to drink but the alligator accidentally scares them and Khumba introduces to the alligator named Brian who lead them the way.

Khumba, Mama V and Bradley had found a waterhole but with Karoo's Game Park. Digger and Twilight had also found them here and the animals were from the park including elephants, chickens, roosters, bushbuck, bat eared fox and a antelope. Horton introduces to Khumba and helped them on their journey.

The trio headed far far far days where they keep on travelling until they get a rest stop at the cliffs up high, When Khumba begins traveling with his friends. Mama V helped Khumba climb up the cliffs and the zebra found the spot, The Craigs of death where they meet The Black Eagle and tells the story of Phango when he was abandoned by his pack and grew terrible and terrible, when he knew his blindness would give him a sense of smell like no other leopard before him and grow up to become a hunter. He would got his revenge and Khumba agrees that Phango kills his father.

Khumba sees his dad's spirit and Seko tells Khumba that he remembers who he is and the one true zebra is inside of him as Seko agrees he will have a brave choice.

The gang keeps on travelling until they found a farm which they were chased away by Nora, a merino sheep and the trio had locked in the pen. Khumba hears, finds and sees the truth, he let Phango in and kills his father. Mama V comforts Khumba and travel off together, leading Nora following all by herself when The Black Eagle follows the sheep and takes her to Khumba's herd.

Khumba, Mama V and Bradley were chased by the guard vicious dogs when the two were running along with Horton who catch up with them. Khumba attacks the vicious dogs in the alley. The gang watched as Khumba uses his strength like his father when he fighted Phango while protecting Khumba, kicking the vicious dogs further and the dogs fled while running away. Khumba noticed the tank was about to explode because a dog's claw sharpened the tank. Khumba ran followed by the explosion while sending him flying.

Mama V and Bradley tend the unconscious Khumba but he wakes up seeing visions of Phango and the four ran away while the sirens alarmed them. While headed the tracks, Khumba tells the three the truth: He let Gemsboks in and the herd blames him, which Phango is in and Seko fights Phango but the brutal fight cost his dad's life and dies because if it wasn't for him, he would never let Phango in which angers Bradley and confused Mama V and Horton, the truth was too brutal and shamed because Tombi break up because she wishes Khumba's life was not good enough. Khumba is blamed for the horrible truth and soon he would face horrible thoughts because the herd kicked him out and Tombi rejected him. He tearfully begins to get upset and runs away far far away from his friends.

As Khumba ran, he found a safe place in a jungle because when he sits down, he bursts into tears knowing his life was not good enough anymore. Phango smells Khumba's tracks and searches for him. Digger and Twilight found Khumba, but he doesn't want anymore friends or family. Digger and Twilight started a friendly relationship before meeting Khumba and instead of ending it, they helped him.

Cast

 * Jake T. Austin as Khumba.
 * Liam Neeson as Phango.
 * AnnaSophia Robb as Tombi.
 * David Wenham as Digger.
 * Richard E. Grant as Bradley.
 * Loretta Devine as Mama V.
 * Jim Carrey as Horton.
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Twilight.
 * Laurence Fishburne as Seko.
 * Geoffrey Rush as Nigel the Pelican.
 * Anika Noni Rose as Lungisa.
 * Catherine Tate as Nora.
 * Rupert Everett as Scar the Vulture.
 * Ben Vereen as Mkhulu.
 * Jenifer Lewis as Gogo.
 * John Leguizamo as Jamie.
 * Willem Dafoe as Steven.
 * David Koechner as Dag.
 * Brady Corbet as Kerio.
 * David Shaughnessy as Albatross.
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Heather.
 * Saoirse Ronan as Emily.
 * Abigail Breslin as Charlotte.
 * Julie Andrews as The Narrator.
 * Greg Ellis as Thabo.
 * Jennifer Cody as Fifi.
 * Jamie Denbo as Trixie.
 * Noureen DeWulf as Pavi.
 * Tania Gunadi as Tini.
 * Bruce Spence as Scratch.
 * Eric Bana as Claw.
 * Joey Richter as Themba.
 * Juanita Jennings as Zuki.
 * Roger L. Jackson as Black Eagle.
 * Deep Roy as Rufus.
 * Cree Summer as Mena.
 * Corey Burton as Seagull.
 * Tom Kenny as Bunny.
 * Zolani Mahola as Lucy.
 * Sam Riegel as Jock.
 * Jim Cummings as Pete.
 * Sindiwe Magona as Gemsbok Healer.
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Pelican.
 * Dick Van Dyke as Elder Zebra.
 * John DiMaggio as Gerald.
 * Jeff Bennett as Chicken.
 * Jack Angel as Bruce.
 * Rodger Bumpass as Flamingo.
 * Mona Marshall as Eliza.
 * Jane Carr as Cheerleader Zebra.
 * Paul Eiding as Pelican 1.
 * Phil Proctor as Ed.
 * John Cygan as Grave Zebra 1.
 * Patrick Pinney as Grave Zebra 2.
 * Jess Harnell as Pelican 2.
 * Jim Ward as Flamingo 2.
 * Peter Siragusa as Grumpy Crow.
 * Mickie McGowan as Chick.
 * Sherry Lynn as Cheerleader Zebra 2.

Trivia

 * The film was released in digital 3D, however, the picture was sharp and the widescreen frame was presented in the 2.40:7 aspect ratio showing more and more picture on the sides.
 * The film has also been in the works since November 13, 2009 and it was in development on March 12, 2010.
 * Angelina Jolie was considered for the role of Lungisa, but when she's working on Kung Fu Panda 2, Anika Noni Rose replaced her and do the role instead.
 * The pelican that was on the roof with the other Pelicans is voiced by Mike Mitchell, who directed the film.
 * Bradley, Digger, Twilight, Gogo and Nigel were actually birds.