The Lion King Quotations

The Lion King is a 1994 animated film in which a lion cub and heir to the throne of Pride Rock learns his place in the world. It centers on a guilt ridden lion cub who, after being tricked into thinking he killed his father, flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.

Directed by Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff. Screenplay by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton. Songs by Tim Rice and Elton John. Disney later produced two related movies: a sequel, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride; and a part prequel-part parallel, The Lion King 1½.

As a cub

My dad just showed me the whole kingdom. And I'm gonna rule it all! Heh-heh.

Hey, Uncle Scar. When I'm King, what'll that make you?

Okay, okay. I'm clean. Can we go now?

[Singing] Oh, I just can't wait to be king!

Danger? Hah! I walk on the wild side. I laugh in the face of danger. Ha ha ha ha!

Hey! Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?

As an adult

You said you'd always be there for me! But you're not … and it's my fault.

How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be.

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?

Run. Run away, Scar. Never return.

Mufasa

Everything the light touches is our kingdom.

You could have been killed!

Look at the stars. The great kings of the past look down on us from those stars. So whenever you feel alone, just remember that those kings will always be there to guide you … and so will I.

[Last words, alive] Scar! Brother. Help me!

[As a ghost] You have forgotten who you are, and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life.

[As a ghost] Remember who you are. You are my son, and the one true king.

Sarabi

And it's time for yours. [Scoops up Simba and starts cleaning him]

It's over, there is nothing left! We have only one choice. We must leave Pride Rock! [Scar: We're not going anywhere!] Then you have sentenced us to death!

If you were half the king Mufasa was, you – [Interrupted by Scar hitting her]

It's not true! Tell me it's not true!

Nala

[To Simba] Ha! Pinned ya.

Simba! I'm kind of in the middle of a bath?

So where are we going? It better not be any place dumb.

[About Zazu] Right. So, how are we gonna ditch the dodo?

[To Simba] Pinned ya again.

[To Simba] I thought you were very brave …

[Singing] He's holding back, he's hiding. But what I can't decide. Why won't he be the king I know he is, the king I see inside?

[In response to Scar saying, "They [the Hyenas] think I'm king."] Well, we don't! Simba is the rightful king.

Zazu

[To Scar] Didn't your mother ever teach you not to play with your food?

[To Simba] Oh, one day, young master, you will be king. Then you can chase those slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers from dawn until dusk!

Step lively! The sooner we get to the waterhole, the sooner we can leave.

[Simba and Nala are disgusted at the idea of being married one day] Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but you two turtle-doves have no choice! It's a tradition going back generations.

[As a rhino sits on him] I beg your pardon, madam, but … get off! Simba? Nala?

Scar

[First lines, spoken to a mouse he's about to eat] 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.

Well, 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.

A monkey's uncle.

You run along now, and have fun. And remember: it's our little secret.

[Just before throwing Mufasa into the stampede] Long live the King!

Simba, what have you done?

Run away, Simba. Run. Run away, and never return.

[To the hyenas, resulting in Simba's exile] Kill him.

[Scar's eulogy to Mufasa after the stampede, that he orchestrated] Mufasa's death was a terrible tragedy, but to lose Simba, who had barely begun to live? Mufasa died a hero, he gaved his own life to save his son. But alas, both are dead. For me, it is a deep, personal loss. 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!

I'm ten times the king Mufasa was!

[As Scar and the hyenas advance on Simba, steering him towards a ledge] Oh, Simba, you're in trouble again, but this time daddy isn't here to save you. And now everyone knows why!

I killed Mufasa!

[Slowly] Yes … of course. As you wish, your majesty! [Slaps ash into Simba's face, then attacks him]

Dialogue

[Scar has just pounced on Zazu and currently holds him in his mouth]

Mufasa: Scar! [Scar turns around] Drop him.

Zazu: [pokes his mouth through Scar's] Impeccable timing, Your Majesty.

[Scar spits out Zazu]

Zazu: Eww.

Scar: 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 simply awful! [scratches claws against a rock like nails on a chalkboard, irritating Zazu] 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 snaps his jaws at Zazu threateningly. Zazu hides behind Mufasa]

Scar: Well, I was first in line. Until the little hairball was born!

Mufasa: That "hairball" is my son and your future king.

Scar: [sarcastically] Oh, I shall practice my curtsy. [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 leaps in front of Scar] Is that a challenge?!

Scar: Temper, temper. I wouldn't dream of challenging you.

Zazu: Pity. Why not?

Scar: Well, 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. [skulks away]

Zazu: [to Mufasa] There's one in every family, sire. Two in mine, actually. And they always manage to ruin special occassions.

Mufasa: What am I going to do with him?

Zazu: He'd make a very handsome throw rug.

Mufasa: [grinning] Zazu!

Zazu: And just think! Whenever he gets dirty, you could take him out and beat him.

[They laugh]

Simba: Dad! Dad, dad, dad, dad, dad!

Sarabi: [sleepily] Your son is awake.

Mufasa: [whining] Before sunrise, he's your son.

Mufasa: You see, Simba, everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance, and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.

Simba: But dad, don't we eat the antelope?

Mufasa: Yes, Simba, but let me explain. When we die, our bodies nurish the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.

Zazu: Checking in … with the morning report!

Mufasa: Fire away!

Zazu: [in the original 1994 edition] Well, the buzz from the bees is that the leopards are in a bit of a spot. And the baboons are going ape over this. Of course, the giraffes are acting like they're above it all … the tick birds are pecking on the elephants. I told the elephants to forget it, but they can't. The cheetahs are hard up, but I always say, cheetahs never prosper.

Simba: Hey, Uncle Scar! Guess what?

Scar: I despise guessing games.

Simba: I'm going to be king of Pride Rock.

Scar: [sarcastically] Oh goodie.

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 thump, 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: [tumbles off Scar] Ha ha! You're so weird.

Scar: You have no idea.

[Simba and Nala explore the elephant graveyard, coming across a huge elephant skull]

Nala: [grinning] I wonder if its brains are still in there?

Simba: Well, there's only one way to know. Come on! Let's go check it out –

[A furious Zazu appears in his way]

Zazu: Wrong! The only "checking out" you will do will be to check out of here!

Simba: [exasperated] Aw, man …

Zazu: [afraid] We're way beyond the boundary of the Pride Lands!

Simba: [mockingly] Look, Banana-Beak is scared, heh!

Zazu: That's Mister Banana-Beak to you, fuzzy! And right now, we all are in very real danger!

Simba: Danger? Ha! I walk on the wild side. I laugh in the face of danger! Ha ha ha ha!

[He is suddenly terrified when fiendish laughter comes from the skull; the hyeneas soon emerge and confront Simba, Nala and Zazu]

Shenzi: Well, well, well, Banzai. What have we got here?

Banzai: Mmm … I don't know, Shenzi. Uh, what do you think, Ed?

Ed: [crazy laughter]

Banzai: Just what I was thinking. A trio of trespassers!

Zazu: And quite by accident, let me assure you. A simple navigational error.

[Zazu turns to leave, but is stopped by Shenzi]

Shenzi: Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait. I know you. You're Mufasa's little stooge.

Zazu: I, madam, am the king's Majordomo.

Banzai: [to Simba] And that would make you …

Simba: Future king!

Shenzi: Do you know what we do to kings who step out of their kingdom?

Simba: Huh. You can't do anything to me.

Zazu: [nervously] Technically, they can. We are on their land.

Simba: But Zazu, you told me they're nothing but slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers!

Zazu: Ix-nay on the upid-stay …

[Banzai angrily interrupts]

Banzai: Who you calling "upid-stay?!"

Zazu: [tries to hurry Simba and Nala away] My, my! Look at the sun, it's time to go!

Shenzi: [gets in their way] What's the hurry? We'd love you to stick around for dinner.

Banzai: Yeah, we could have whatever's "lion" around!

[The hyenas laugh]

Shenzi: Oh, wait, wait, wait, I got one, I got one! Make mine a "cub" sandwich! Whatcha think?

[Ed makes noises and points to where Simba, Nala and Zazu were]

Shenzi: What, Ed? What is it?

Banzai: Hey! Did we order this dinner to go?

Shenzi: No. Why?

Banzai: 'Cause there it goes!

[They turn to see Simba, Nala, and Zazu fleeing]

Banzai: So! The little majordomo bird hippity-hopped all the way to the birdie boiler.

[Banzai stuffs Zazu into a geyser]

Zazu: Oh no! Not the birdy boiler!

[Zazu screams as he is launched away like a rocket, the hyenas laugh hysterically]

Simba: Hey! Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?!

Shenzi: Like … you?

Simba: Oops.

[When Nala and Simba are trapped]

Banzai: Here, kitty, kitty, kitty …

Simba: [roars feebly]

Shenzi: [chuckles] That was it? Do it again. C'mon.

[Simba tries again, just as Mufasa roars loudly]

Hyenas: [thinking this was Simba's roar] Huh?!

[Mufasa attacks the hyenas, and pins down all three of them]

Hyenas: [all whimpering]

Mufasa: Silence!

Banzai: All, right, we're gonna shut up now!

Shenzi: Calm down. We're really sorry.

Mufasa: If you ever come near my son again …

Shenzi: This is … this is your son?!

Banzai: Oh, yours?! What?

Shenzi: [to Banzai] Did you know it?!

Banzai: Me? No, I didn't know. Did you?

Shenzi: No! Of course not!

Banzai: Oh.

[Pause]

Both: Ed?

[Ed nods, Mufasa roars in anger]

Banzai: Heh … toodles.

[The hyenas flee]

Mufasa: [not looking at Simba] Simba!

[Simba slowly walks towards his father]

Mufasa: 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: [almost crying] 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.

Simba: But you're not scared of anything.

Mufasa: I was today.

Simba: [surprised] You were?

Mufasa: Yes. I thought I might lose you.

Simba: Oh. I guess even kings get scared, huh?

Mufasa: M-hm.

Simba: [whispering] But you know what?

Mufasa: [whispering back] What?

Simba: I think those hyenas were even scareder.

Mufasa: [laughs] 'Cause nobody messes with your dad! Come here, you.

[Mufasa picks Simba up and gives him a noogie]

Simba: Oh no, no … aagh! Errgh!

Simba: [as Mufasa runs away] Oh, come here … hah! Gotcha!

[They end up with Mufasa laid down and Simba on his head]

Simba: Dad?

Mufasa: Hm?

Simba: We're pals, right?

Mufasa: [laughs] Right.

Simba: And we'll always be together, right?

Mufasa: [sits up] Simba … let me tell you something that 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.

[In the elephant graveyard]

Banzai: Man, that lousy Mufasa! I won't be able to sit for a week!

Ed: [giggles]

Banzai: It's not funny, Ed.

Ed: [tries to control himself, but breaks down into hysterical laughter]

Banzai: Man, shaddup!

[Ed keeps laughing, and Banzai attacks him; Shenzi appears as they fight]

Shenzi: Will you two knock it off?

Banzai: [points to Ed, who has ended up gnawing his own leg] Well, he started it!

Shenzi: Look at you guys. No wonder we're dangling at the bottom of the food chain.

Banzai: [with drool dangling from his mouth] Man, I hate dangling.

Shenzi: Yeah. You know, if it weren't for those lions, we'd be running the joint.

Banzai: Man, I hate lions!

Shenzi: They're so pushy.

Banzai: And hairy!

Shenzi: And stinky.

Banzai: And man, are they …

Shenzi and Banzai: Uuuuu-gly!

[They laugh, until Scar appears on a ledge above them]

Scar: Oh, surely we lions are not all that bad.

[The hyenas sigh in relief]

Banzai: Oh, Scar, it's just you.

Shenzi: We were afraid it was somebody important.

Banzai: You know, like Mufasa!

Shenzi: Yeah.

Scar: [dryly] I see.

Banzai: Now that is power.

Shenzi: Tell me about it. I just hear that name and I shudder.

Banzai: [in a creepy tone] Mufasa!

Shenzi: [shivering] Ooh! [whispers] Do it again.

Banzai: Mufasa!

Shenzi: Ooh!

Banzai: Mufasa, Mufasa, Mufasaaa!

Shenzi: [while she and Ed build up hysterical laughter] Oh, it tingles me.

Scar: [watches the hyenas for a second] I'm surrounded by idiots.

[During the "Be Prepared" song sequence]

Banzai: Yeah, be prepared. Yeah, we'll be prepared, heh. … For what?

Scar: For the death of the king.

Banzai: What, is he sick?

Scar: No, fool – we're going to kill him. And Simba too.

Shenzi: Great idea! Who needs a king?

Shenzi and Banzai: [singing] No king! No king! La-la-la-la-la!

Scar: Idiots! There will be a king!

Banzai: Hey, but you said, uh …

Scar: I will be king! … Stick with me, [grins triumphantly] and you'll never go hungry again!

Shenzi and Banzai: Yay! All right! Long live the king!

Other Hyenas: Long live the king! Long live the king!

Scar: Now you wait here. Your father has a marvelous surprise for you!

Simba: Oh! 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: Ho-ho-ho. You are such a naughty boy!

Simba: Come on, Uncle Scar.

Scar: No-no-no-no-no-no-no. 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! Heh-heh-heh … no. Just stay on this rock. You wouldn't want to end up in another mess like you did with the hyenas.

Simba: You know about that?

Scar: Simba, everybody knows about that.

Simba: Really?

Scar: Oh, yes. Lucky Daddy was there to save you, eh? Oh, and just between us, you might want to work on that little roar of yours.

Simba: Oh, okay.

[Scar pats Simba roughly on the head, then moves off]

Simba: Hey, Uncle Scar, will I like this surprise?

Scar: Simba, it's to die for.

Scar: Simba. What have you done?

Simba: [jumps back, crying] There were wildebeests and he tried to save me … it was an accident, I … I didn't mean for it to happen.

Scar: [embracing Simba] Of course, of course you didn't. No one ever means for these things to happen. But the king is dead. And if it weren't for you, he'd still be alive.

[Simba is crushed, believing his guilt]

Scar: Oh! What will your mother think?

Simba: [sniffing] What am I gonna do?

Scar: Run away, Simba. Run. Run away and never return.

[Simba runs off blindly, three hyenas appear behind Scar]

Scar: Kill him.

[Simba escapes the hyenas through a thicket of thorny bushes; Banzai has fallen in them, and has thorns in his rear]

Shenzi: [watching Simba] Hey, there he goes, there he goes!

Banzai: [picking out thorns with his teeth] So go get him!

Shenzi: There ain't no way I'm going in there! What, you want me to come out looking like you, Cactus-Butt?!

[Banzai takes out his indignity by spitting a thorn into Ed's face]

Banzai: 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 him.

Banzai: [yelling after Simba] Yeah! You hear that?! If you ever come back, we'll kill you!

Timon: [talking about Simba] Gee, he looks blue.

Pumbaa: I'd say brownish-gold.

Timon: No, no, no, I mean he's depressed.

Pumbaa: Oh. [talking to Simba] Hey kid, what's eating ya?

Timon: Nothing, he's at the top of the food chain! [laughs hysterically] The food chain! [sees no reaction from Pumbaa or Simba] So. Where're you from?

Simba: Who cares? I can't go back.

Timon: Ah, then 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.

Pumbaa: [trying to cheer him up] Kid, at times like this, my buddy Timon here says, "You gotta put your behind in your past!"

Timon: No, no, no!

Pumbaa: I mean, uh …

Timon: Amateur. Lie down before you hurt yourself. [to Simba] It's "you gotta put your past behind you". Look, kid, bad things happen, and you can't do anything about it, right?

Simba: Right.

Timon: 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 throat] Hakuna Matata.

Simba: "Hakuna matata"?

Pumbaa: It's our motto.

Simba: What's a motto?

Timon: Nothing, what's "a motto" with you? [laughs]

Pumbaa: [singing] And, oh, the shame!

Timon: He was ashamed!

Pumbaa: Thought'a changing my name!

Timon: Oh, what's in a name?

Pumbaa: And I got downhearted …

Timon: How did you feel?

Pumbaa: … every time that I –

Timon: Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!

Pumbaa: Oh … sorry.

[The missing word is thought to be "… every time that I farted" (rhyming with "downhearted"), because of Pumbaa's problem with flatulence]

Zazu: [singing, depressed] Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows my sorrow …

Scar: Oh, Zazu, do lighten up. Sing something with a little, um, bounce in it!

Zazu: [thinks for a moment, then sings with a scornful look] It's a small world after all …

Scar: No! No! Anything but that!

Zazu: [begrudgingly] I've got a love-a-ley bunch of coconuts, diddely-diddely / There they are a-standing in a row …

[Scar grins and joins in with actions and singing, even using a skull as a puppet]

Zazu/Scar: Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head …

Zazu: [while Scar continues] Oh, I would never have had to do this for Mufasa …

Scar: [angrily] What?! What did you say?

Zazu: Erm, 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 … well, I only mentioned it to illustrate the differences in your royal managerial approaches. [nervous laugh]

Banzai: Hey, Scar!

Scar: Oh, what is it this time?

Banzai: [as the hyenas enter the cave] We got a bone to pick with you!

Shenzi: [to Banzai] I'll handle this. [to Scar] Scar, there's no food and no water …

Banzai: Yeah, it's dinner time, and we ain't got no stinkin' entrees!

Scar: [exasperated] It's the lionesses' job to do the hunting …

Banzai: But they won't go hunt.

Scar: Oh – eat Zazu.

Zazu: Oh, you wouldn't want me! I'd be so tough and gamey and – you know, euurgh …

Scar: Oh, Zazu, don't be ridiculous. All you need is a little garnish.

Banzai: [aside, to Shenzi] I thought things were bad under Mufasa.

Scar: [suddenly angry again] What did you say?!

Banzai: I said Muf… [Shenzi nudges him] I said, uh … "¿Qué pasa?"

Scar: Good. Now get out!

Banzai: Yeah, but … we're still hungry.

Scar: [yelling] Out!

[The hyenas quickly flee the cave; Ed giggles nervously]

[Simba does a huge belch off-screen]

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 loudly] Timon, ever wonder what those sparkly dots are up there?

Timon: Pumbaa, I don't wonder; I know.

Pumbaa: Oh. What are they?

Timon: They're fireflies. Fireflies that, uh … got stuck up in that big bluish-black thing up there.

Pumbaa: Oh, gee. I always thought they were balls of gas burning billions of miles away.

Timon: Pumbaa, with you, everything's gas.

[Pumbaa is being chased by Nala and has gotten stuck in a tree root]

Timon: Pumbaa! What's goin' on?

Pumbaa: [frenzied] She's gonna eat me!

[Timon sees Nala and tries to push Pumbaa out of the root]

Timon: Geez, why do I always have to save your – aaaaargh!

[Nala pounces at Timon, only to be attacked by Simba]

Simba: Nala, this is Pumbaa. Pumbaa, Nala.

Pumbaa: Pleased to make your acquaintance.

Nala: [laughs] The pleasure's all mine.

Pumbaa: How do you do?

Timon: Whoa! Whoa. Time out; lemme get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's … okay with this? Did I miss something?!

Timon: [watching Simba and Nala walk away together, of which he disapproves] I tell you, Pumbaa, this stinks.

Pumbaa: Oh. Sorry.

Timon: Not you. Them! Him, her. Alone.

Pumbaa: What's wrong with that?

Rafiki: [chanting to himself] Asante sana, squashed banana, we we nugu mi mi apana!

Simba: Would you cut that out?

Rafiki: Can't cut it out. If I did, it would grow right back! [chuckles and starts to follow Simba]

Simba: Creepy little monkey … will you stop following me? Who are you, anyway?

Rafiki: I think the question is, whooo … are you?

Simba: [surprised, he sighs sadly] I thought I knew, but now I'm not so sure.

Rafiki: Well, I know who you are! Shh, it's a secret. [leans towards Simba] Asante sana, squashed banana, we we nugu mi mi apana!

Simba: Enough, already! What's that supposed to mean, anyway?!?!

Rafiki: It means you're a baboon … and I'm not! [chuckles]

Simba: [starts to walk away] I think you're a bit confused.

Rafiki: [zips in front of him] Wrong! I'm not the one who's confused – you don't even know who you are!

Simba: [sarcastically] Oh, and I suppose you know?

Rafiki: Sure do. You're Mufasa's boy!

[Simba stops, amazed, and turns back to Rafiki]

Rafiki: Bye! [darts away]

Simba: Hey, wait!

[After a brief chase, Simba finds Rafiki sitting in meditation on a rock]

Simba: You knew my father?

Rafiki: Correction: I know your father.

Simba: [sadly] I hate to tell you this, but … he died, a long time ago …

Rafiki: Nope! Wrong again! Ha ha! He's alive! And I'll show him to you. You just follow old Rafiki, he knows the way! Come on!

Mufasa's Ghost: Simba, you have forgotten me.

Simba: No, how could I?

Mufasa's Ghost: 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's Ghost: Remember who you are. You are my son, and the one true King.

Simba: Going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been hiding from it for so long …

[Rafiki whacks Simba on the head with his stick]

Simba: Ow! Jeez, what was that for?!

Rafiki: It doesn't matter! It's in the past! [chuckles]

Simba: Yeah, but it still hurts.

Rafiki: Oh, yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or – learn from it.

[Rafiki swings his stick, but Simba ducks]

Rafiki: Aha! You see? So what are you going to do?

Simba: Well, first, I'm gonna take your stick. [grabs Rafiki's stick and tosses it]

Rafiki: [frantically, running to retrieve the stick] No, no, no, no, not the stick!

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?

[Rafiki appears, laughing in a tree]

Rafiki: Hoo-hoo-hoo! You won't find him here! Ha ha! The King has returned.

Nala: I don't believe it. [smiles] He's gone back!

Timon: Gone back? What do you mean?

[He looks up to see that Rafiki has disappeared]

Timon: Hey, what's going on here? Who's the monkey?

Nala: Simba's gone back to challenge Scar!

Timon: Who?

Nala: Scar.

Pumbaa: Who's got a scar?

Nala: No, no, 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: Oh.

[Simba and the others are blocked by a huge pack of hyenas]

Timon: Hyenas. I hate hyenas … [to Simba] So what's your plan on slipping past those guys?

Simba: Live bait.

Timon: Good idea. [realizes] Hey!

Simba: Come on, Timon. You guys have to create a diversion.

Timon: What do you want me to do? Dress in drag and do the hula?!

[Drumbeats]

Timon: Luau! [singing] If you're hungry for a hunk of fat and juicy meat, eat my buddy Pumbaa here, because he is a treat! Come on down and dine on this tasty swine, all you have to do is get in line! Are 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! Oy!

[Timon and Pumbaa scream and run off, chased by the hyenas]

Scar: Why, Simba! I'm a little surprised to see you … [threatening glance at the hyenas] alive.

Simba: [approaches menacingly] Give me one reason why I shouldn't rip you apart.

Scar: Simba, you must understand. The pressures of ruling a kingdom …

Simba: … are no longer yours. Step down, Scar.

Scar: Oh, of course, I would, naturally. But there's one little problem. You see them? [indicates the large group of hyenas] They think I'm king.

Nala: [leading a group of lionesses] Well, we don't! Simba's the rightful king.

Simba: The choice is yours, Scar. Either step down or fight!

Scar: Oh, must this all end in violence? I'd hate to be responsible for the death of a family member. Wouldn't you agree, Simba?

Simba: That's not going to work, Scar. I've put it behind me.

Scar: But what about your faithful subjects? Have they put it behind them?

Nala: Simba, what is he talking about?

Scar: [grins] Ah, so you haven't told them your little secret. Well, Simba, now's your chance to tell them. Tell them who is responsible for Mufasa's death!

Simba: [pauses] I am.

Sarabi: It's not true. Tell me it's not true!

Simba: It's true.

Scar: You see, he admits it! Murderer!

Simba: No, it was an accident!

Scar: 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: Then you're guilty.

Simba: No, I'm not a murderer!

Scar: [backing Simba towards the edge of a cliff] Oh, Simba, you're in trouble again. But this time, Daddy isn't here to save you. And now everyone knows why!

[Simba falls off cliff, barely holding on by his front paws]

Nala: Simba!

[Suddenly, lightening strikes, causing the ground to catch on fire]

Scar: Now this looks familiar. Hmm, where have I seen this before? Let me think … oh, yes, I remember! This is just the way your father looked before he died. [grabs Simba's paws] And here's my little secret … [whispers] I killed Mufasa.

[Simba, shocked by the truth, has a brief flashback of Mufasa's death; furious, he leaps back onto Pride Rock, tackling Scar]

Simba: Nooooo! Murderer!

Scar: No, Simba, please.

Simba: Tell them the truth.

Scar: Truth? But, truth is in the eye of the behol– [Simba begins applying pressure to Scar's neck] All right. All right! [whispers] I did it.

Simba: So they can hear you.

Scar: I killed Mufasa!

Pumbaa: [charges through a group of hyenas] Heeeyy-yaaah! "Fair-ball!" [crashing into hyenas attacking]

Timon: 'Scuse me. Pardon me. Coming through. Hot stuff. Whoo!

[During the final battle at Pride Rock, Timon is chased by Shenzi, Banzai and Ed into a cave. Pumbaa appears at the entrance]

Pumbaa: Problem?

Banzai: Hey, who's the pig?

Pumbaa: Are you talking to me?

Timon: Uh-oh. He called him a pig.

Pumbaa: Are you talking to me?!

Timon: Shouldn't'a done that.

Pumbaa: Are you talking to me?!

Timon: Now they're in for it.

Pumbaa: They call me … Mister Pig! [charges at the hyenas while yelling manically]

[Simba has escaped the hyenas; he sees Scar, attempting to get away, and starts chasing him; the evil lion gets to the peak, but stops short of the edge descending to the fiery pits below him; Simba leaps out from behind the fire and starts coming towards him]

Simba: Murderer.

Scar: Simba, Simba, please. Please have mercy, I beg you …

Simba: You don't deserve to live.

Scar: [desperately] But Simba, I … um … am family. It's the hyenas! They are the real enemy. It was their fault, it was their idea.

Simba: Why should I believe you? Everything you ever told me was a lie.

Scar: What are you going to do? You wouldn't kill your own uncle.

Simba: No, Scar, I'm not like you.

Scar: Oh, Simba, thank you. You are truly noble, I'll make it up to you, I promise. And how can I prove myself to you? Tell me, anything.

Simba: Run. Run away, Scar. And never return.

Scar: [remembering these words as the ones he spoke to Simba when Mufasa died] Yes … of course. As you wish … your majesty! [flings burning embers into Simba's eyes]

[After Scar is knocked off Pride Rock, the hyenas appear before him]

Scar: Ah, my friends.

Shenzi: [laughs] Friends? I thought he said we were the "enemy".

[Scar, realizing what is happening, stares up in fear]

Banzai: Yeah! That's what I heard.

Shenzi and Banzai: Ed?

[Ed laughs darkly as the other hyenas surround Scar]

Scar: [increasingly distressed] No, no, I … I … let … let me explain. No, you don't understand. No, no, I didn't mean. No, no … No! Look, I am sorry I called you … I didn't mean … No, no, no!

[The hyenas attack Scar, presumably killing and eating him]

Cast

Jonathan Taylor Thomas – Young Simba
Matthew Broderick – Adult Simba
James Earl Jones – Mufasa
Jeremy Irons – Scar
Niketa Calame – Young Nala
Moira Kelly – Adult Nala
Nathan Lane – Timon
Ernie Sabella – Pumbaa
Robert Guillaume – Rafiki
Rowan Atkinson – Zazu
Madge Sinclair – Sarabi
Whoopi Goldberg – Shenzi
Cheech Marin – Banzai
Jim Cummings – Ed

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