THE LION KING

WORKING -DRAFT OF: August 20,1993

Written;.by

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Irene Macchi 'Jonathan Roberts r:

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Kusic'by Elton John

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Lyrics by,Ti. Rice

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IN DARKNESS:

A Native African VOICE calls out in SONG.

FADE IN:

Dawn. The sun slowly rises over an African plain -- full, brilliant.

'Native African VOICES respond in SONG. The SOLO VOICE continues, joined by the group.

CLOSE ON

ANIMALS - alert to' the sound: a RHINO, TOPIS, KEERCATS,a CHEETAH, '. several HARABOU STORKS.. Another aarabou stork enters frame. Intro SONG:·THE CIRCLE OF LIFE"

The stork takes wing.

EXT.. VICTORIA FALLS .

The rising sunliqhts the cascadinq water. The mare.bou storks fly .across frame.

EXT. PLAIH WITH KILDlAKJARO IN B.G.

ELEPHANTS walk along throuqhthe .orninq mist. AERIAL SHOT - A RIVER

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Flocks of airborne ·FLAKINGOES cast ehadows on thelleandering

waterway, below.. ....

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GAnx·rBS

leap and run serossa qras .... sy· pla~n .. EXT • ,A, ,HILL

A MOTHER GlRAFFE •. crests the:-hl1l ,followed by her baby; as the song lyric beqins:

. VOICE

(sing'in;) .'FROM:THE;;:I)AY':"q'·ARRIVE :ONTHE

PLANET .

AND BLINKI.NG STEP INTO THE SUN 'l'BERE'SMORE TeSEE THAN CAN EVER BE

SEEN' . .' .

MORE,ro DO THAN CAN EVER BE DONE

'rhe mother and child giraffes cross frame andreacba cres't that overlooltsa hugea1qrliltion of ani1lals. They lope down the hill to :join thea •. V_HOLD ON:

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A TREE BRANCH

where ants carrying leaves march across. RACK FOCUS to reveal:

ZEBRAS

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below --trotting in'the same direction as the rest of the

herds •

. DOWN SHOT - GUINEA FOWL

waddle toward us ••• as dust reveals:

A HUGE ELEPHANT

who crests an incline and lumbers toward us ••• The guinea fowl Bcamper .ahead.· One is almost stepped on by the elephant's huge hoof.

EXT. A STREAM

reflecting the morning sun. The reflection is.shattered by

'. ZEBRA who leap into the water and cross- causing an explosion of shiJlDiering droplets. In the b.g., AN ELEPHANT with birds perched on its head and tusks gives them safe passage across thestreaJI •. PAN to see ltb.e aniaals getting out of the streaJl andjoininq a SCREENPVL of ani.als, all

walking in the same direction. : '".' .

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VOICE (CONT' 0 1 .. ) THERE'S FAR TOOMOCH ~rAKE :rH

'H.EItE ::11 ... ,,,,,,.,,,

MORE 'l'O FIND '!'HAN EVEa..BE FOUND BUT THE SUN ROLLING HIGH THROUGH· THE SAPPHIRE' SKY ..

. ' KEEPSGREAT:Al{DSKALLON THE

':-ENDLESS·.:'ROUHD '

'The llqht chanqes. "'PANtoREVEAL:

EXT • PlUDE 'ROCK - CONTINUOUS

AnillPressiva mountain :with.anyplateaus, level. and 'taxtur_es,. _';;It.'stands',;,castle~like,,_in,:the :,center.::;ofc,the.pride lands.

VOICE (COJn"D) IT'S THECIRCLEOP I.IPS AND 1'1' MOVES US 'ALL . .

THROUGH DESPAIR AND HOPE THROUGH FAITH AND LOVE ONA PATH UNWINDING

TILL WE FIND OUR PLACE

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IN THE CIRCLE

THE CrRCLE OF LIFE

AERIAL SHOT - CONTINUOUS

WE TRACK in with a hombill (ZAZU) who flies over the qatheredaniJDals and ANGLES up, up, up to the promontory.

He "lands and bows reqallyto an o. S'. character. He qestures with his vinq, indicating that allis ready ••• and reverently backs away.

ANGLE- KUFASA

The rising sun lights thisreqal, coJIDand-inq lion (MUFASA) -- who Acknowledges'Zazuwith a warm nod.

REVERSE ANGLE

Below, the'animals are collected in a natural amphitheater.

WITH MUFASA

Surveying' the situation .. 'ifITHTHE ANI.HALS

Gourds and on the topota'walking stick ;aake theirvay through the crowdc~ An old baboon (RAFIKI)-' - who carries the walkinqstick -- hobbles out from the crowd, toward

, Pride Rock. There is .ysteryand buaorto this old fellow as he allbles :forward and Beales the cliff.

EXT.... EDGE OF PLATEAU ,ABOVE ( , .

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Raf"iki-'shead pops up. He &1Ibles ~ a standing position, goes riqhttoMufasa and 'qi vas him a bug • Mufasa beuus. 'These'guys "obviou.slyqovay ,back.-'They'turn and look at:

"A LIONESS

(SARABI) 'who bas ber new})orn cu.b (SIKBA) nestled at ber ,feet ..

,FULL"SHOT

Mu.fasa lovinqly nuzzles Sarabi. Then he nuzzles the little Cub.

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MUSIC UNDER:

ANGLE - THE CUB

Rafiki looks at him. He shakes a gourds on his walking stick over Simba and they RATTLE. He cracks a gourd open and smears BODe goo on the little-quy's forehead. He takes a handful of dirt and sprinkles it over Simba. Simba SNEEZES.. Mufasa and Saralli, doting parents, think this is adorable.

RAFIKI

ever-so-carefully lifts Simba and carries hiD. to the promontory of Pride Rock. He holds the cub UP. for all to' see. "

The animals react with glee: applaud and do somersaults:

ELEPHANTS trumpet; HONKEYS ZEBRAS stomp.

THE SKY

A shaft of sunlight shines down throuqh the clouds on the

future king .. '

THE ANIMALS

bow and genuflect qrandly~, SUMMIT OF PRIDE ROCK

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Rafiki holds the cub hiqh. Mutasa and 5arabi watch.

VOIes (CONT' D) IT'S "THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

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AND I~ MOVES US ALL ,

THROUGH DESPAIR AND HOPE THROUGH FAITH ;ANDLOVE"~.' ON APATH,'UNWINDING C-"".., -rILL' WE "FINDOUR'PLACE'-'"

IN THE CIRCLE '

:'l'HE.CIRCLE -,OF, LIFE

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HOSIC OUT. FADE OUT

TITLE CREDIT: -THE LION KING" SEQ. 1.2 ( SCAR , ZAZU ,MUFASA ) FADE IN:

A ROCK SURFACE - A SHORT TDlE LATER

A chameleon blends in with its terrain. Its eyes shift. It walks away. PAN DOWN the rock to reveal a shadow ••• then a dark crevice.

DARKNESS

Two little eyes dart erratically across FRAME. AS, b.q. becomes liqhter,we realize that the eyes belong to a FIELD MOUSE.

EXT. SHADE TREE AREA - CONTINUOOS

As the field mouse seampers, a huge lion paw THUDS into fraJIe and traps the.ouse in its jail-like claws.- -PULL BACK TO REVEAL:

,SeAR, a thin,anqular tior. -with an attitUde problem. He qingerly lifts the mouse by its tail and danqles it over his qaping mouth. Rather than eat ~e.ous'e, Scar roils it

, through his" paw the ,way a gamb~er ,~Dlls a coin~

SCAR .

Life's not fair. ,:i.es -- You Bee, I shall never bekib,g. -And you ahall never seeanothet'~ay. Adieu.

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As Scar is about; tp.at~ouse, he HEARS:

ZAZU ,', (0. s. )

Didn' t your lIOther ever tell you not to,playwithy:our ,food?

"SCAR

'Oh,;-'Zazu.'What do you want?

REVEALZazu, thehornbill we .at in the bpening scene. Zazu blends regal with ironic edqe. -He reveres his boss (King Mufasa) and disdains anyonehepereelves to be a low-lite eretin - which!s prettYlluch everybody Imt· the King.

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ZAZU

I'm here to announee that Xing Mutasa's on his way. And you'd better have a good excuse for missing the ceremony this morning.

The little Douse escapes to freedom.

SCAR (mock sad)

Now look, Zazu. You've made me lose lily lunch.

ZAZU

You'll loseJDore than that when the king gets through with you. He's as mad as a hippo with a hernia.

Scar, licking his chops, advances on Zazu -- who backs away.

SCAR'

00000. I quiver with fear.

ZAZU

"Now, Scar -- Don't look at me that

way.·" ,,,. .z,

Scar continues stalking.

ZAZU (CONT' D) _'

Help1"

Scar catches zazu in his mouth. And CHOMPS his teeth shut. Mutasa enters, having witnessed, what Scar just did..

MUFASA ('-,

(admonishing ).~.-<

Scar! ..

Scar , surprised.., and with a bird bulge!n ,his'mouth:

SCAR

"',With",that,ZaZu~8,beak':poke5, outtro. 'Sear's lips .I,tIooks . 11ketbe .cuth-within-a-mouth in -Ali.n.-

ZAZU'S BEAK

Impeccable timing, Your Majesty.

MUFASA

(to a disobedient puppy)

'DrOp him.'!

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SCAR (releasing Zazu) Plegh!

Zazu tumbles to the ground and shakes off.

SCAR

(to Mufasa)

Why if it isn't my big brother, descending trom on high to Dingle among the commoners.

MUFASA

Sarabi and I didn't see you at the presentation of Simba.

(genuine)

Is anything wrong?

SCAR (insincere)

That was today? Oh, I feel simply awful. Must have slipped my mind.

ZAZU

Yes, well as slippery as your mind is -- as the king's brother, you should have been first in 11ne.

Scar nips at Zazu - who evades hi ••

SCAR

I ~ first in line until the little hairball was born.

MtlFASA

That hairball is my son 'and your future king.

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SCAR ,«~:.

I shall,practicemy "euttsy ..

Scar abruptly turns to walk,away. Mufasa calls after hi1U

MUFASA

Don't, turn your back on ".e, Scar J

Scar reels back around.

SCAR

Oh ,no I Mufasa. Perhaps XQ]l shouldn't tu.rnyour back onmA.

KUFASA

Is that a challenge?

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Zazu ducks behind arock.

_ SCAR (pointed) Temper-temper. (butter wouldn't melt)

A challenge? Oh, I wouldn't dream of it.

Zazu hops forward.

ZAZU

Pity.

(8 beat) Why not?

SCAR

Well, as far as brains '9'0, I qot the lion's share. But when it comes to brute strenqth,I'. afraid-I'. in the shallow end of the gene pool.

SCar slinks away. Zazu and Hufasa watch him leave.

ZAZU

There's one in every family, Sire. ~ in mine, actually. And they always manage to ruin special occasions.

As they walk off:

KUFASA

What am Igo~n9 to do with hi.?

"ZAZU

He I dJllakeavery,', lUlndsomethrow ru9'.

MUFASA C·:

,(goodldea) Zazul

-ZAZU

"And just,,'thinJ:t.Whenever'he gets dirty I you can take hi,D out and beat hi ••

TIME DISSOLVE TO:

SEQ. 3: (DAY WITH DAD)

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TIME PASSAGE MONTAGE AN ACACIA TREE - DAY

Gliamerinq in the sunliqht .•• then darkening as the sky clouds over. It starts to rain.

A FLATPLAIH

rain drenches the land. LIGHTNING FLASHES.

DISTANT MOUNTAINS

,the stOrD. .oves over the hills and plains, castinqshadows.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. PRIDE ROCK - PRE-DAWN -MONTHS LATER

In -the distance'," Pride Rock in i tspre-dawn splend.or. Simba, 'now a full-grown cub, trots into:

INT. ROYAL CAVE -CONTINUOUS

SFX : SHORING

Simba ,barely able to contain his ,axei tement ,bounc1sover to his sleepinqparents,bumpinq affectionately against his

father. '

51MBA

Hey, Dad. Wake up 1 Da~ 1

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Muf_asa doesn't respond.Simba presses an, nudqinqhis Dad.

He -tugs on Mufasa's ear - and falls off, landing with an "COYf!"

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, Dad-Dad~Dad .. Da4~wad-Dad ... Dad. ' ••

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'SARABI Your,8onis awake.

MUFASA 8e:foresunrise, he's ,your son.

51mba pulls on Kufasa's tail and gets gently swatted Qut of frUle. He runs in and head butts Kufas.:'

. SIMBA

You promised!

Mufasa pops open on. eye.

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KUFASA

Okay, okay. I'm up. I'D up.

SIMBA All-z'ight!

Simba trots off. Hufasa immediately EXHALES into sleep. Sarabi CLEARS F~ THROAT and nudges Mufasa.

SARABI.

Hon-ey •••

She nudges him HARD.. His eyes pop open.

KUPASA

Okay! Okay 1

PRIDE ROCK LONG SHOT.;. KINt1'I'ES LATER

siJDba exits the cave, followedby' his parents.. He trots ahead .. "" then runs back to his Dother. Sarabi gently nuzzles hil:! and qives him a little push on his way.

Sarahi watches proudly as Mufasa and Siaiba heael up Prlde Rock.

EXT • PRIDE ROCK - CONTINUOUS

Mufasa and 5imba lock out over the Pride lands aathe sun crests the far horizon, shooting yellow beams across the vast expanse.

MOFASA

Simba, look: Everything the light touches is our kinqdOD ..

simba ' s-eyes fOllOwthehor~~on and grow wide. 'SDIBA

Wow. -

As· Sllllba lIOves around'tbe plateau to survey hiskinqdom,we

see the vistas he sees., -

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1mFASA lV.O.)

A kinq's time as ruler rises and falls . like the sun. One day the sun will set on-.y time-here and will rise vlthyou as the newkinq.

SIMBA

And this will all be mine?

MUFASA Everything-

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SIMBA (in ave)

Everything the light touches. (scanning horizon)

What about that shadowy place?

KUFASA

That's beyond our borders. You must never go theref SiDba.

SIMBA

But I thought a king can do whatever be wants.

Mt1FASA

Ttl.refs a lotllore to being king than getting your way all the tille.

o Mufasa exits the shot. Simba follows.

SIMBA (wide-eyed) There's JIQDl?

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MUFASA (cautionary) Well, Simba •••

PRIDE ROCK - VISTA SHOTS

Mufasa and 51mba are dots on the horizon. They look out at the land in harmony. Antelope leap and .ove along.

WITH SIMBA AND HUFASA

Slaba is amazed and impressed by~ll that he sees around

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.. IfUFASA (v.c.)

.Everything you·see: ~ists together in·' a delicate balance .. As king you need to understand ·:that balance "and respect all the creatures -- from the .. cravlinqant"1:.o the ,leaping antelope.

SIMBA

But, Dad, don't ~e eat the antelope?

MUFASA

Yes, Simba.But let me explain.

MUPASA (CeNT' 0)

(then: )

When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we're all connected in the great Circle of Life.

simba considers this. Zazu flaps'in and lands on a nearby rock ..

SEQ. 3.1

(POUNCING)

ZAZU Good morning, Sire!

KUFASA Good Dorning, Zazu.

ZAZU

Checking in with the morning report.

MUFASA Fire awayt

Mufasa nodstc Zazu to beqin. Sillba couldn't care less; he eyes a passing butterfly and lopes after it.

ZAZU'

The buzzfroD. the bees is that, well -- the leopards are in a bit of a spot .....

Simba pounces toward the butterfly -- and misses. Mufase notices, butZazu drones on.

HUFASA (toZazu) Oh, really?

ZAZU (o.S.)

'The baboons are going ape. Of ,course.

Mufasanoticessillba's leap for the insect -- and miss.

JroFASA (whispering)

What are you doing, son?

SIMBA

Pouncing.

HUFASA

Let an old pro show you how it's done.

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ZAZU (0.5.)

The tick birds were pickinqon the elephants. I told the elephants to target it, but they can't.

JroFASA .

Zazu, would you turn around?

ZAZU (turninq around) Yes, sire.

(pressing on)

Tbe cheetahs are hard up, but as I always say •••

MUFASA (whispering, to Simba)

stay low to the qround.

ZAZU

••• Cheetahs never prosper.

'JillIL.I\",

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SIMBA (to himself)

Okay, stay low to the ground. Riqht, yeah.,'

ZAZU

Uh-- What'sgo!nq on?

KUFASA

It. pouncing lesson.

ZAZU (auto pilot)

Oh • very good • Pouncing!

(:realizinq) r':\.

Pouncing? Ohi no, Si:t.,i. You can't

be serious! :'") I

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Mufase gestures to Zezu to .turnback around. While Zazu prattles on, Mufase instructs his son:

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ZAZU:-(~' 0) (grumbling )._)

This is so humiliating.

MUFASA (whispering to Simba)

Try not to make a sound.

Simba makes, his way stealthily toward Zazu.

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ZAZU

What are you tellinqhim, Mufasa? •• Mufasa? •• Simba.?

Simba flies through the air and hits his target.

ZAZU Aaaaaakltk:l

Mutasa laughs. Zazu dusts himself off.

MUFASA

Ha-ha-ha. That's very good!

A MOLE pops up from a bole in the ground.

MOLE

Zazu!

ZAZU

Yes?

MOLE

News from the underqround!

He whispers "BZZZ-BZZZ-BZZZ ••• " 1n Zazu's ear.

MUFASA (to Simba) Now next time •••

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ZAZU (to MUfasa~

Sire -- Hyenas!" ~~ the Pride lands!

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MUFASA (exi tinq) '-,

Zazu, take SiJlba home.

-':sDmA

Aw, Dad, r.:;an' tI come?

MUFASA

No, son.

Mufasa runs off.

WITH SIMBA AND ZAZU

SIMBA

I never qet to go anywhere.

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ZAZU

Oh, Young Master, one day ~ will be king. Then you can do whatever you want.

SIMBA

~hat'snot what my dad told me.

ZAZU

Well, let old Zazusetyou straight .. You're going to have it all.. You'll be -- Head Honchol ••• Top Banana!

• .... The Grahhhhnd Promage ....

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SIKBA (pumped up)

All-right! '

SEQ. 4 (SDmA/SCAR)

EXT. SCAR'S SUNNING AREA - MINUTES LATER

Scar walks along a cliff's edge. He kicks a small rock off. Simba, pumped up by Zazu's speech, runs into frame.

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SIHBA

Hey, Uncle Scar! Guess what?

SCAR

I despise guessing games.

SIKBA ( undaunted)

I'm qonna be king of Pride Rockl

SCAR (underwhelmed) Ohqood.ie.

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SIMBA ')

My Dad just showed me the whole 'kingdoml And I'lRqo~a ,rule it all!

SCAR ~~:

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Yes.. Well ,forgi velle for not

leaping for joy. Bad back, you know.

Scar flops down and rolls away from Simba. But the undaunted cub comes back for more.

SIMBA

Hey, Uncle Scar, when I'm king, what'll that make you?

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SCAR

A monkey's uncle.

SIMBA (laughing) You're so weird.

SCAR You have no idea. (ill beat)

So your father showed you the whole: kingdom, did be?

SIMBA Everything!

SCAR

He didn't shew yeu what's beyend that rise at the northern borcier?

SIMBA

Well, ne. (miffed)

He said I can't go there.

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SCAR

And_he',s absolutely right. It's far too dangerous. only the bravest of

lions go there. .

SDIBA (defensive)

Well, I'll brave. What's out there?

SCAR

_I'm sorry, Simba, I just can't tell· you.

SIMBA

Why not?

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Scar puts his massive paw gently on Simba's·head •

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only looking out of .y~avori te

SCAR Simba , SiJllba. I '. for·, the well-being

nephew.

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SiJDba squirms free.

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SIMBA

Yeah, right. I'm your .Q.D.ll!. nephew.

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SCAR

All the aore reason for me to be protective. An elephantqraveyard is no place for ayounq prince.

(a beat) oops.

SIMBA An elephant Hb.A:t? (awed)

. Whoa!

SCAR

Oh dear, I've said too .. uch. I

-. suppose you' dhave found out sooner or lateX".You.beinq so clever and all. Just do De one favor? Promise iaeyou'll never visit that dreadful place ..

Scar hugs Siaha tight.

SIHBA NoproblelR.

SCAR -"

There's a good. lzld·.. You run along

now and ·havetun.

Scar gives Simbaa little boot to start him on his way. Tben he calls toSiaba:

··-SCAR (CONT'D)

And remember: it's our little secret.

SEQ. 4.1

( SI~,INALA)

.' -EXT. A SHELTER,EO:', AREA OF PRIDE ROCK -,HINUTES IATI:R

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Lionesses lounge in 'the shade. Sarabi is nearby on a small rock. We find. cute little :cub, MALA, being given a bath 'a cat kind of bath) by her mom,SARAFINA. Nala is not ;enjoyinq the experience -, as her Dother's tonque aore or

.' :less rearra."ges,herface •

Simba trots in.

'. SIMBA Hey, Nala!

MALA (flatly) Hi, Simba ..

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COllie on! I just heard about this qreat place!

·NALA

I'm kind of in the middle of a bath.

SARABI (o.s .. )·

And it's time for yours.

Sarabi picks up Simba by the scruff and lifts him up ·to the ledge she is On. She starts to lick/bathe him. He protests ..

SIMBA

Me-om!

He tries to wriqgle free.

,SARABI Would you hold still?

SIHBA

Mom, you're messing up lily .ane!

Sarabi continues to bathe him, cat-style.. He reacts.

SIXB~ ~ CONT' D) Bww ..... Yuck! "\ \1

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He wriggles free and falls off to the ground below. He stands up and giveshillSelf a quick clean-up once-over, finishing up with b~s armpits.

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(SIHBA

Okay, okay •. ,'I '. clean .. (then)

Can we go now?

, ·KALA

'Where are we going, anyway? It better ,not be anyplace lame.

SIHBA

Ho, it's really cool.

SARABI

SO where is this -really ecolD place?

SIMBA

Oh ....

(lying)

.. around the waterhale.

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NALA (unimpressed)

The waterhole? What's so great about the waterhole ••• ?

Trying to make her take the bait •••

SIMBA (thru teeth)

1'11 show you when we ~ there .. "

MALA (getting it) Ohhhh.

(to Sarafina) Mom, can I go?

Sarafina looks to Sarabi for the verdict.

SARAFINA

I don't know. Serabi, what do you think?

SARABI

Well •••

SIMBA/NALA (thru cheesy grins) P1eeeez?

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It's alrig~th lIle •••

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Si~a and Nala make a break for it.

,SARABI (CONT' D)

As long ~~ ·Zazu goes with you.

Simba and Nala freeze in their tracks, crestfallen.

SIMBA

Not Zazu ..

DISSOLVE TO:

SEQ. 4.2 (-CAN'T WAIT TO BE KrNG") EXT.. A PLAIN - A SHORT TIME LATER

Zazu flaps on ahead of the two cubs, calling back:

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ZAZU

Step livelyl The sooner WE! qet to ,the waterhole, the sooner we can 'leave!

WITH SIMBA AND NALA

MALA

So where're we really g01n'?

SIMBA (on the Q.T.)

An elephant graveyard.

KALA

Wowl'

SIMBA

Shhhh •• (indicating)

Zazu •••

NALA

Right. HoW're we gonna ditch the dodo?

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Simba raises an, eyebrow, then qrins and leans in to huddle. " We hear the sounds of their conspiratorial MH.ISPERING:

Zazu sees

them tete-a-tete and flies to them.

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ZAZU - ..... /'

Just 199k at you' two! Little seeds of romance blossoming in the savannah! Your parents will be thrilled. What with your being betrothed and' all.

I' .''''-

SnleA

Be-w~at?

ZAZU

You and Nela are betrothed! Intended! Aff lanced!

Simba and Nala look at each other, shrugging a "Huh?"

KALA Heaning ••• ?

ZAZU

one day you two are going to be marriedl

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SIMBA

I, . ~--? . mgonna marry ~.

ZAZU

No -- u..Yesnll§.r.,n you chuckleheaded little oik.

SIMBA

Yuck!

MALA

Eeuwww!

SIMBA

I can't marry he~. She's my friend.

NALA

Yeah. It'd be too weird.

SlHBA

Yeah. Porqet it. We don't have to qet married if we don't want to. (to Nala)

Deal?

MALA

Deal!

ZAZtJ

Sorry to bust your bubble, but you two turtle doves have no choice. It's a tradition qoingback qenerations.

SIeA ~·t,.r

Well, when I'. Jtinq, that'll be the firstthinq to.RO.

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·ZAZU

Not so ~,j as I '.around.

SIMBA

In that case, you're fired.

ZAZO

Nice try. But only the king can do that.

MALA

Well, he's the future king.

SIMBA

So you have to do what I tell you!

ZAZU

IIS2:t ~\I don't, you puny puff of pre-pubescent ·fuzz. And wi than attitude like that, I'a afraid you' will be a·pretty pathetic king, indeed!

SDIBA

Not the way Y see it!

SONG:-lJUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE XING" Simba pounces Zazu playfully:

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SIXBA

, I'M GONNA BE A KIGHTYKING SO ENEMIES BEWARE r

Zazu jUlllps backwards up onto a log and falls into 8. knothole.

ZAZ'D

Y'VE HEVERSEEN A KING OF BEASTS WITH QUITE SO LITTLE HAIR

Zazu plucks a hair fromSimba's nonexistent .ane. S1mba's head pops through a leafy bush.

SlXBA

I'M GONNA BE THE KANE EVENT LIKE NO KING WAS BEFORE

I'M BRUSHING UP ON LOOKING DOWN, J :'M WORKING ON MY ROAR

........ . .

He ROARS 1n Zazu's face -- i~ ,the process, blowing/spitting in Zazu's eye.Zazu qrabs .for'.omethinq to blow his nose in, unaware he's tugged an'e~ephant's ear:

-. '('''\ ,",'

THUS FAR A RA'l'HER·· UN~~~~G THING

The elephant uses his trunk like a golf club and knocksZazu out of frame •. Hebouncesacross astream'-- like a skipping stone.. A·· reflection of flamingoes shatters· and the birds ' burst1nto flight.

Simba and Hala race In.

-SIMBA

OH I JUST CAN"T WAIT TO BE KING!

Zazu wades through, holding up his feathers like and old aunt holding up her skirt at the beach.

c. 'i>-,_;/' .:

. ":.".\ '. -.:

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2:

ZAZU

(talking)

You've rather a long way to qo, young master, if you think I'm going to stand by while you run around ' like ~asnot-nosed •••

.

Silliba and Nala trade off aaking faces behind Zazu'sback when Zazu turns to look at one, the other is making the rude face. He finally catches them in the act. They run circles around the old bird and leave hill behind in a puddle.

SDmA (singing)

NO-ONE SAYING OCTHIS - NO-ONE SAYING BE THERENO-ONE SAVING S'l'OP THAT -

NO-ONE SAYING SEE HERE -" FREE TO RUN AROUND ALLDAY - FREE TO 00 IT ALL 'MY WAY

,Zazu ducks to avoid an ostrichrwminq through frame. Simba and Nala ride ostriches that run away from Zazu.

ZAZU, (speaking) When I said that 1-,

What I .eant was that the - What you don't realise is

that aometiDles - Now see here!

That's definitely out -

He flies off, reaching the ostrich-riding cubs, and while flying backwards, talks 1n their face:

ZAZU

ITHIHK IT'S TIME THAT YOU AND I ARRANGED A HEART TO HEART

He CRASHES into a rhinorwap and is flattened. The kids race by: "

'I

'I I

I J ! i

NALA 'l

K~NGS DON'T NEED ADVICE FROM LITTLE 80RNBILLS FOR A START.

, .-

Zazu falls to the ground and' sits on a little perch -unaware that he is floatinq,ona log down a stream ••• headed

: for a waterfall : <3" "

ZAZU

IF''rH:IS IS WHERE THE MONARCHY IS HEADED, COUNT ME OUT OF SERVICE, OUT OF AFRICA, I WOULDN'T'HAHGABOUT

Zazu disappears over, the waterfall.:He flies ,back .up , irked:

ZAZU

THIS CHILD IS GETl'ING WILDLY OUT OF WING

Zebra stripes fill the screen.

SllIBA

OH I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING!

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simba and Nala are saluted by two,lineso! Zebras. Zazu comes f1:appingafter them, and the Zebras and trap him between their Iegsa

.'

siJllba and Hala zip in and out of animals' legs •. Zazu tries

to catch them. Their heads pop in and out from behindlegsa

S1mba stands on a giraffe's head~ He orders the ani.alsa ~ey obey. Zazu gets caught underfoot.

SIMBA (singing) EVERYBODY LOOK LEFT - EVERYBODY LOOK RIGHT • EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK I'M ....

ZAZU (screaming) Aaaaaaa ••• eek

00000 ••• OW

. .

Giraffes stand in a semi-circle. Simba steps from head to bead -- like he's aoving across stepping·stones.

Row it's a cacophony of animal movement, all building African ·Bushy· Berkley style - until Zazu gets caught between two animals' rear ends.

SDIBA(singinq) STANDING IN THE SPOTLIGHT

ZAZU (screaming) Not yet!

SiJDba whispers to a hippo, who whispers to a giraffe, who whispers to a,llCInkey:

SIMBA 01 tcb the Dodo.

ZaZll gets nabbed by the monkeys, and take him up into a tree.

Alljg&tcrs open their mouths, revealiDq;the

singing.... . '0~. "

.' ... .rTV .. T CHORDS C "-,?

.eut~ . . ' ........... t

LET EVERY 'CREATURE GO 'FOR BROKE AND SING

LET'S HEAR IT IN THE HERD ANO.ON THE WING IT' sGON'NA BE 'XIN.G - SIMBA' S FINEST FLING

Giraffes toss SiJlba and Nala into the air -Beach Blanket 'Bingo--style.

birds inside are

- "

Zazu is being held captive by a aonkey family.

Simba and Hala are at the top of a'40s-style sculptured stack Qf· ani.als. Poor Zazu is supportinq the whole mass. He can't balance any longer. The sculpture starts to wabble -- sending 51mba _and Hala flying.

( .- .......

r\,._-): \., ., ...

SDIBA

OH I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING!

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Finally free of Zazu, Slaba and Nala make their break for it.. •• as the tower of animals tumbles ..

SDIBA

OH I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING!

All that remains is one very plump. rhino. From below it WE HEAR:

ZAZU (V.C.)

I beg your pardon, Madam. Get off! (meekly)

Simba?.. Nala?

SEQ. 5 (HYENA CHASE)

EXT. TOP OF.A RIDGE -DAY

Simba and Nala run in LAUGHING at their success. Theyare jubilant.

SIMBA ~l-riqht! It worked!

NALA We lost him!

They nHigh Five" each other.

" SIMBA ---,

I am a qenius!

KALA

Hey, genius -- it was my idea!

Yeah, but

SIMBA I,pulled (. -c ,

NA.LA.

it off!

''With 'u.

SIMBA

Ohyeah?!

Simba playfully leaps ror Nale and they ,tussle. She flips him. He lends 'with a THUD! on his back and tries to qet up, but Nala holds him tbere a beat •••

MALA Pinned ya!

SIHBA Hey, let lie UP!

-, .-,

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She does. He tries to flip her. She flips him again -- and they tUDble dowu the hi,11 until .....

EXT .. ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD - CONTINUOUS

Nala lands on top of Simba ..

'.

MALA Pinned ya again1

They are suddenly interrupted by GEOTHERMIC STEAM -. PLUHES ~ BOTH

Gasp!

'·1

The steam clears, revealing:

AN ELEPHANT SKULL

huge, terrifying..simba and Nala both let out GASPS" of joy ..

BOTH

Whoooal -

SIKBA'

This is itt We made it!

MALA (impressed)

Wow! It's really creepy.

, ". '

SIHBA

Yeah. Isn't it great?!

1-

MALA

( conspiratorial r

We could get in big trouble.

SIHBA (gleeful) I know ..

"'\ __ . f /

,

MALA

I wonder if \ta, 'brains are still in

there.. ,..... .:", .

' .... -.,)

SIMBA

C'aon, let's go check it out ..

Simba is about to climb in one of the eye sockets. Zazu swoops in to chide:

!~.-.

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ZAZU

Wronq, my little royal pain. The only checking-out you will do will be to check out of here.

SIMBA

Oh, man •••

ZAZU

We're way beyond the boundary of the" , Pride Lands.

SIMBA

Look. Banana-Beak is scared!

ZAZU

It's Mister Banana-Beak to you, Fuzzy. '

(sternly)

And right now we are all in very real danger.

(~i_,.

SIHBA

(b:ravado)

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

danger. , .

(swagger) Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

FrOIl inside the skull (and much louder), hideous HYENA LAUGHING follows rapid-fire:

HYENA VOICES HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE!l!

Simba, Nala andZazureact to the sound ••• then the sight of "'rHREE ::HYElfAS" , slinkingooz ily 'out, cfthes)cull' seyes:

BANZAI ,a 1Iale' :,hyena:SHENZI"afemalehyena: and a third byena,EO -whodoesn't,speakbut just ,LAUGHS.· (He's ,the Harpe of hyenas) They are'three punks who ,get tripped up in their own laughs • <'They slink! around 'the .. cubs •

SHENZI

",:Well",well, -well ,Banzai. "M'hathave we got here, -.'

~AI

Hmmm.. ... I do'ii"t know, Shenzi. What do you think, Ed?

Ed LAUGHS his siqnature laugh.

ED " Hee-hee-hee.

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BANZAI

Just what I was thinkin'.A trio of trespassers.

ZAZU

And quite by accident, .let .e assure you. A simple navigational error.

Zazu starts to fly, to lead the cubs to safety, but Shenzi slaps at Zazu's tailfeathers, pinning him' to the', ground.

SHENZI

Whoa .... whoa ••• Wait, walt, wait. We ain't been properly introduced.

Freeing his tailfeathers:

ZAZU (proudly)

I, madam, am the king's lIajordomo.

SHENZI Whoo-weee! A Major Dumbo!

<,

el":i

BANZAI (circlingSillba)

And that WQuld make you •••

-. ::._)"

SIMBA (puf£ed up) The fut1.1re king.

Rox-ally mocking him:

BANZAI/SHENZI 000000 ••• 000000... king!

",SH_ENZI

Then I guess we have toqive you the - royal treatment! '

SIHBA1'l·/- .

'Pub. YoU can't do a~Y:ihing to me.

,ZAZU. ,,_)

Er ••• teChniC¥lt, they can. We A.r..e on their land <:5

SIMBA

(to zazu)

But tb.U sneak onto our land all the tie!

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SIMBA( CONT'O)

(to byenas)

My dad told .e about you. You're nothing but slobbering, manqy, stupid poachers!

ZAZU (whispering)

Ix-nay on the oopid-stay.

BANZAI

Hey! Who youcallin' ·oopid-stay"?

ZAZU

Oh, .y-mY"'JlY.. Look at the sun .. Ti.e"tosm·

The hyenas block Zazu, Halaand Simba, then circle, licking their chops.. .

SHENZI (suddenly folksy)

What's the hurry? We'd love you to stick around for dinner.

BANZAI

Yeah. We could have whatever's "lion" around.

(UlUSed)

Get it? Lion around! (lauqhing) Reb-heh-beh. '

EO Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh.

'BANZAI

Oh, JlanlI don't know when the last time was I had lion cubsJ·.

, "

- ._. 11

Banzai qrabs Si:mba 'stail • Ed " goes;to bite it, 'but Simba slaps him away ;.

SIMBA

(

" ( .. '"

, l

(- .. .:

~,

1!m having the lion

-Hey!

SHENZI wait-walt-waitl cubs.

While the hyenas are wrapped up!n their argument, Simba, Nala and Zazu sneak away, unnoticed ....

3

BANZAI

You will not. You can have the bird.

Ed notices the exit and frantically tries to qet Banzai and Shenzi's attention.

SHENZI

Don't you give me the bird!

BANZAI

Alright·alriqht! We'll split the bird. But I qet the wings.

SHENZI

Oh, sure. Arid.l get stuck with the bill.

Ed is.between them, acting out the exit of Simba et aI, vocalizing like a dog whimpering.

EO Uh-Uh ... Uh .... uh;..uh-

BANZAI

Okay -- we'll split the bill.

He'sinShenzi's face, trying to qet her attention:

·£0 Uh::uh-Uh-Uh-ub-

SHENZI (to Ed) What???

Banzi sees the fleeinq trio.

Heyl go?

BANZAI

Did we order· this dinner to

. .

~-\ ~.;

SHENZl

·Ho. Why? \,

BANZAI C~:·" 'Cause there it g~1

, '

Sure enough, our three are some distance away, beating a hasty retreat.

SHENZI

Get 'em!

The hyenas chase their dinner.

WITH THE CUBS

racing from their pursuers. Simba notices Za%u isn't with them.

KALA Did we lose 'em?

SlKBA Jfhere's Za%u?

WITH THE HYENAS

LAUGHING, holdinq Zazu by his winqs, like be's a puppet .arching toward a thermal vent:

BANZAI

So the little majordomo bird hippity-hopped all the way to the birdiebciler.

ZAZU (panicked)

Oh, no! Not the birdie boiler!

ZOOM! A plume of staU!. LAUNCHES Zazu out of frUie. He - screams:

ZAZU

.A.aBaaaal

SHENZI Bye-bye, birdie!

HYENAS Hee~hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!

51mba calls to them:

-

,.,

SIHBA . "

Why don 'tyou pick ::'bnsomebody your

own size! ,-

"

SHENZI Great idea 1 \. (AL'l'S: f'\If you insis~1 Dead on.

Yeah. You! ]

SIMBA

Oops!

3:

lIITHSIMBA AND MALA

Running.

A THERMAL VENT

shoots up like a curtain. The cuqs put on the brakes. Then the hyena trio appears.

SHENZI/BANZAI/ED (TOGETHER)

Boo!

The cubs scramble away, running toward:

At. HUGE .. ELEPHANT SKULL

They scale it. It is very slippery. They can't get footing. The cubs falloff and slide. down in along, 10n9, long spine that bangs down a steep incline.

SIMBA/NALA (screaming) Aaaaaaaa!

THE CUBS

land in a bone pile.

They dash up a hill covered in bones.

TOP . OF HII.L

- ,.;.'.: ,-

.-": ...• '.

Nala slips. She can't gain ber footing. She panics.

NALA Simbal Help me!

SnJBA

runs and SWIPES SHENZI. She sees red ,and YOWLS:

SHENZI

. .

OWWW!

She chases after Simba.

race along_ Their path is blocked:

ANGLE - A DEAD END

The cubs' only option is to climb an elephant carcass. .As they do, the dry bones give way. SiJlba and Nala fall. The ribcage SNAPS DOWN, imprisoning them behind bone bars.

" .

The Hyenas.enace toward them, LAUGHING. Simba and Hala tremble in fear.

BANZAI (wild laugh) Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha(then;coldly)

" Here, ki tty-ki tty-ki tty •.•

51mba :musters all his courage and tries to roar. All that comes out is a pathetic squeak.

SIMBA

rr-rr .... ?

SHENZI (mocking) That was it? (laughing)

Ah-ha-ha-ha. Do it again! Come on.

The hyenas LAUGH.enacingly. simba tries desperately to roar again, but all that comes out is:

SIKBA

rrr ....

His meek little ·rrr" suddenly EXPLODES in an O.S.:

A LION'S vorCE (0.5.)

ROAR!

The Hyenas freeze.

SHENzr & BANZAI

Huh?

, "..

WHAM 1 A huge lion paw swe1!ps INTO FRAME, sending the hyenas

flying. Reveal Mufasa. 'The hyenas cower.

I

SHENZI OWl Hey! OUch!

,.C"_~ZAI

Hey! awt)Ph! OUch! Stop! Please I

MUFASA

Silence!

(8 beat)

If you ever come near my son again •••

('- ",

I ..

SHENZI

SOn? Son? This is your ,son? Oh, man, we didn't know.

/, .. ;: ., _ .... ". "'-.:,:""J:.,

SHENZI( CONT' D) (to Banzai)

Did you knowtbat?

BANZAI Me? No. Did you?

SHENZI (exasperated) No. Of course ~ot.

They both turn to Ed:

BANZAI/SHENZ I (TOGETHER)

Ed?

Ed nods "yes" and WE HEAR:

SFX: THE RA'rI'LE OF ED'S BRAINS. He is interrupted by Mufasa.

MUFASA

ROAR!

BANZAI

Toodles!

The Hyenas run off, YIP-YIP-YIP-YIPPING •

. "_:. ' . ; ~ .

SIHBA

Dad ••• I •••

MUFASA

YOU deliberately disobeyed .e1

SIMBA

O d I, I"

a. m... • sorry.

'MUFASA

(fumt:nq) Let's 90 "holle •

-. Mufasa leads" the" way I Zazut lappin_9behind him. PAN TO REVEAL:simba following ,hangdoq • ,Halais with him and shoots him an-It's'okay· look, addinq:

~~

(whisper~;

I thought you were very brave.

. ..

He just continues on, his head drooped.

ANGLE - A ROCKY LEDGE ABOVE THEM

3

Reveal Scaris shadow. He's taking this all in. It turns away and slinks out of traDe ..

SEQ. 6 (SLMBA & DAD)

EXT. PRIDE LANDS - SUNSET

Mufasa walks ahead, leading Simba: Zazu and Hala hOJlle. Simba has a dejected look as he tries to keep up ..

HU'FASA (O.S .. ) (sternly)

Zazu!

,.

Zazu flaps·. forward to the kinq. WITH MUFASA AND ZAZU

,. ...LX-·

\~-, -, -

\.:~ .... ; .. :/

'_"-.-,"

ZAZU

Sire, I feel siJlply awful about this ••.

(a beat)

Althouqh I must point out that babysitting ....

MUFASA (interrupting) It wasn't your fault.

ZAZU

••• is not part of my ••• I beq pardon?

KUFASA

I said, it wasn't your fault.

ZAZU (taken aback)

Well. Yes. Of course.

Oh.

KlftPASA ZazulTake~ala home. I have to teach .y sOq,.':a' lesson ..

SIKBA

hears this and sinks into the qrass ..

WITH ZAZU AND KUFASA

ZAZU Very good, Sire.

Zazu nods and flies to the cubs.

WITH ZAZU AND THE CUBS ZAZU Come, Mala.

(to simba) Simba •••

verystiff-upper-lip:

ZAZU .(CONT'D) (RAF Commander)' Good luck.

Zazu and Hala take off. Simba doesn't move.,

.MUFASA (eallinq) Simba!

SIKBA

edging closer to his father. His little paw lands in one of the enormous paw prints Mufasa left'. His is dwarfed by Mufasa ' S '. ilDllense print ..

WITH SIMBA AND HUFASA 'Simba sits beside his dad ..

MUFASA

Simba, I'm very disappointed in you •.

SIMBA

I know. I'm sorry.

MUFASA

(sternly)

You could ha've been killed! And what's-worse," you put Nala in

danger 1 .... ..,

;

Jlufasaturns to see the little 'cub cowering in fear. Simba

starts to cry as he speaks: ,

1- ,was justS~nfj;.o be brave, like you.

MUFASA.

I'm only brave when I bave to be. Simba •••

(softening)

being brave doesn't mean you go looking for trouble.

Q_.-:

SIHBA

But you're not scared of anything.

HUFASA I was, today.

SIKBA

You were?

MUFASA

Yes. I thought I lI.ight lose you.

SIMBA

Oh.. I quess even kings get scared, huh?

Mufe-sa pulls Simbaclose ..

MUFASA C'llere, you ..

Then-- he starts to tickle his cub. Both romp, LAUGHING and GROWLING playfully.

MUFASA/SIMBA Ha-ha-ha ••• grfff .... ha-ha •••

They stop~There is a moment:

SIHBA

Dad?

MUFASA

Hmm?

SIMBA We're pals, right.

--MUFASA

Right.

SIMBA

And we'll always be~,.ether.

Right? !~ 1._ .

.... .

Sillba, father

MUFASA'

let me tell you something my told .e: ". Look at the stars ..

~.

Simba looks up.

KUFASA (CONT'D)

The great kings of the past look down on us froD those stars.

i~····

3

1

I, h,',

\. _ _)_

I

SIMBA

Really?

MUFASA

Yes .. "SO ,whenever yqu feel alone, just remember that those kinqs will always be there toquide you.

(s beat) And so will I.

They stare at the stars" in silence, dwarfed by the infinity that surrounds them.

SEQ. 7 ("BE PREPARED")

EST. SHOT - HYENA LAIR - NIGHT

BANZAI (0.5. )

Oh, lUln.. That lousy Mufasa.. I won't be able to sit for a week.

Ed LAUGHS wildly.

ED to.s .) Hee-hee-hee!

WITH SHENZI, BANZAI AND ED

still 'lickinq"their wounds - but Ed LAUGHS. Banzai rubs his butt.

BANZAI It's not funny, Ed ..

Ed LAUGHS even harder.

ED HEE-HEE-HEE •••

BANZAI

Hey, shut up!

Ed is HYSTERICAL.

Banzai

ED ",HEE-:HEE.o;.HEE--:HEE";HEE-HEE--HEE! \ .

pounces on him, andrttiey fight. , ..

GRUMBLING, GROWLING, GNASHING OF

TEETH.

MISC.

SHENZI

Banzai, will you guys knock it off?

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They stop fighting. Ed idicticallychews his own leg. Saliva hangs from Banzai's jaw.

BANZAI ll§ started it.

SHENZI

Look at you guys! No wOnder we're dangling at the bottom of the food chain.

BANZAI

Oh, man, I hate dangling.

SHENZI

Yeah. If it weren't fer those lions, we'd be running the joint.

BANzAI Man, I hate lions.

SHENZI They're pushy ..

BANZAI And hairy ..

SHENZI

-. -. -, "_ .. . And st'inky-

, "'.

BANZAI And, _an, are they ....

SHENZI/BANZAI (TOGETHER)

uggg-~!

-

All LAUGH and enjoy themselves ..

ANGLE - SCAR

on the upper ridge and callinlf'"'d,own:

;!~~

SCAR ..

Oh.surelywe l,~ons are net"all.:tb.A:t

,bad.. '.

FULL SHOT

All GASP ••• until SIGHS of relief.

r "

,- ,

,... " ...

~ ....

'"'-'

they recognize Scar.

Then they HEAVE

BANZAI (unden;ohelmed)

Oh, Scar.. It's just you ..

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SHENZI (whew)

Yeah, we were afraid it was somebody important.

SCAR (coldly) I see ..

BANZAI

You know -- Like Mufasa.

SCAR

Uh-huh.

BANZAI Now that's power.

SHENZI

nl.l.,me about it. I just he..a..l.: that name, I shudder.

BANZAI (playing along) nMufasa.n

'.,'" .. -

SHENZI - '_., " .', ,(shuddering 1

Brrrrr! ' '

(then,. rapidly) 00 it' again!

BANZAI

"Mufasa!n

SHENZI (shuddering) Brrrrrr!

Ed laughs wild~y.

EO Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee •••

r -,8AHZAI_\

"Mufasa-Mufasa~Mu!asa!·

-' .....

Shenzi goes wild, gleefully SHUDDERING and SHIVERING:

SHENZI Burrrrr-burrrr-burrrr.. It just tingles lIlel

Ed laughs louder.

I"

/ ,,'-'

f (--'J' ,_::'. ,

\ ..... _ ...

SCAR

(under bis breath)

I am surrounded by idiots.

BANZAI

How ~, Scar -- You're one of ~. You're our pal.

SCAR (with loathing) Charmed.

SHENZI

OOh, I like that. He's not king, but he's still so proper.

BANZAI

Hey, did'jabrinq us anything to eat, Scar old ", puddy, old pal? . Did'ja-d.id'ja-did'ja?

Scar considers what to do with the scrap of carrion he's carry!n' ...

SCAR

I don't think you really deserve this. I practically qift-vrapped those cubs for you, and you couldn't

': .. "",,-,, --'- even dispose-of thell-'. - " ',,' -,,- "

He tosses them the hunk of' meat. They eli ve into it, voraciously. SOUNDS OF CHEWING, MUNCHING, SLURPING. They speak with their mouths full.

SHENZI

Well, ya,'know,it wasn't like they was exactly alpne, Scar.

"'BANZAI

Yeah, what",were we' supposed to' do,.

kill Mufasa? ~~

. "

r:: , <-),

Scar jumps down, scattering hyenas as he lands. He walks throuqh the steam vents.

4

SCAR

I KNOW THAT YOUR POWERS OF RETENTION

He circles Ed and whacks the bone out of his mouth. Ed stands at attention. Scar continues circling'St\.

SCAR· .

ARE AS WET ASA WARTHOG'S BACKSIDE BUT THICK AS YOU ARE t PAY ATTENTION MY WORDS ARE A MATTER" OF PRIDE

.'

Scar waves his paw 1n front of Ed"sqlazed-over eyes.

SCAR"

IT" S CLEAR FROM YOUR VACANT

EXPRESSIONS'" . .

THE LIGHTS ARE NOT ALL ON· UPSTAIRS

Two hyenas stare down fro. a ledqe and share a joke.

. SCAR .

BUT WE'RE TALKING XINGS AND SUCCESSIONS

EVEN YOU CAN'T BE CAUGHT UNAWARES

(~t"

~':~~ .... '

, ... .,.~.

scar startles the bejesus out of· the two hyenas who fall down and l.and on steam vents. Scar exits and the' steam

. vents'erupt, sendinq'thehyenas into'orbit •. '!'hen back into frUle.

scar appears in trame and dances up a ramp.

-'

SCAR

SO PREPARE FOR THE CHANCE OF A

LIFETIME .... ,

BE PREPARED FOR SENSATI6NAL NEWS A SHINIHGNEW ERA

'. IS TIPTOEING NEARER

He tiptoes to 'a hig-herlevel. Shenzi asks: \

"SHEN(I :'~" ..

And where do we""""Tiature?

.. :He,pinches .. ·her ····,cheek..

SCAR

Just listen to teacher I KNOW IT SOUNDS SORDID BUT YOU'LL BE REWARDED

WHEN AT LAST I AM GIVEN MY DUES! AND INJUSTICE DELICIOUSLY SQUARED

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BE PREPARED!

He mounts to a higher level, kicking bone-chewing Ed - who tumbles down the rocks and crashes in a bone pile.

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BANZAI

Yeah! Be prepared. We~ll be prepared!

.' (confused) For what?

Scar sits on a rock pinnacle.

SCAR

For the death of the King.

BANZAI Is he sick?

.

SCAR

.' (throttling him)

No, fool! We aregoinq to kill him. ,And Simba, .. too e-

He drops Banzai -- who falls out of frame ••. and back into frame between Shenzi and Ed.

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-. "SHENZI

'Great':fdeal Who needs a king?

..

'ALL IIYENAS (chanting)

.NO KING, NO KING! ~. LA LA LA LA!

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The-hyenas dance around and sing iike idiotic children . . Scar is on a ledge above them.

SCAR

'Idiots!·. There_ill be a King!

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" SANzAl-'

But you said •••

c· ._'\ _/'"

. -~.-:.- .' ,.

"_".\'::;_: ..

SCAR

I will be King 1 Stick with .eand ',you "ll never ",' go ,hungry "aqain 1

Scar towers over a gathering, throng of hyenas.

BANZAI , SHENZI

Yay, all right! Long live the King! !

Hyena CHEERING. steam fills the screen.

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--.._--

ALL HYENAS (laughing) Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

The steam evaporates"revealinq rows of jackbooted, goosestepping storm trooper hyenas.

Scar observes from above. Tbeir shadows cross his face.

HYENAS, (sinqinq)

IT'S GREAT THAT WE'LL SOON BE CONNECTED

WITH A KING WHO'LL BEALL TIME ADORED

SCAR

OF COURSE, QUID PRO QUO, YOU'RE

" EXPECTED,

TO TAKE CERTAIN DUTIES ON BOARD (draws a murderous

claw across his

throat)

THE FUTDRE IS LITTERED WITH PRIZES AND THOUGH I'M THE MAIN ADDRESSEE THE POINT THAT I MUST EKPHASIZE IS

, .". '

Leaping into"thelllidst of the hyenas.,

SCAR

YOU WON'T GET A SNIFF WITHOUT ME!

The qrcund begins to crack. open.

SCAR 5: SHEHZI • BANZAI" SO PREPARE POR THE COUP OF THE CENTURY

'More -steam 'vents shoot ,up.-sthe,earth shakes and splits~ Scar leaps dnto a pillar Cf,,~OCk., 'which,begins ~o rise.

BEP~FOR ''l'HEHtmxIE~~CAM - ~~LA-LA!

METICULOUSPLANHIHG WE'LL HAVE FOOD!

<,TENACITY" ,'SPAHNIKGLOTSOF 'FOOD

DECADES OF DENIAL WE REPEAT

IS SIMPLY WHY I'LL ENDLESS MEAT

BE KING UNDISPUTED AAAAAAAAHl

llESPECTEO, SALUTED AAAAAAAAH 1

AND SEEN FOR THE WONDER I AM AAAAAAAAH!

....... ,

(';ed)

While Scar and his pillar of rock continues to thrust up cut of the surrounding ground, the hyenas dance demonically.

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SCAR

YES HYTEETH AND AHBITIONSARE BARED

BE PREPARED!

SCAR _ 6: HYENAS

YES OUR TEETH ANDAMBITl.ONS ARE BARED

BE PREPARED!

Hyenas daneeend' dismember skeletons.. one hyena plays the vibes ona rib C8gee

on Scar's evil lauqh, we pullback,throuqh,the·.lenqth ofa rib c~ge,and see him ranting atop his p,illar, high above the whole, lurid, Hieronymus·Bosehcarnival-in-hell •.

SEQ .. 10 (STAMPEDE,lHUFASA'S DEATH)

EXT. PLATEAU -THE FOLLOWING DAY

TWo dots are down: belOW in a tremendous gorge ..

, SCAR (o.s.)

Now you wait here .. Your father has a !larvelous surprise for you.

. SIMBA (0.5.)

Wbat is 'it? '

EXT.. FLOOR OF THE GORGE - A SHORT TIXE LATER

Scar is with simba under a tree. sillba sits on a rock.

SCAR

If' I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise now, would it?

.: ·.·:SIMBA ". :(sweetly'-shrewd) If ,-youtell.e -- I'll surprised.

still ~

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SCAR •

(tsk ... t8k-t5kinq) Youare-suche ,,~auqhtyboy •

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S~HBA (llaJl~:~an ) Come on, UnOle Scar •••

No-no-no .. your dad .. father-son

SCAR

This is just for You know, a sort thing ..

you and of

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SCAR (CONT'O) (a real pal)

Well, I'd better go get him.

SIMBA I'll go with you!

SCAR

1iQ!

(sweetly) _

Ho, no.

SCar starts to go.

SCAR (CONT'D)

Just stay on this roek. You wouldn't want to end up in another mess like you did with the hyenas.,

SIKBA

You know about that?

SCAR

Simba -- 'everyone knows about that.

Simba looks mortified.

", '- ',' "" '" .. :-' _. -,SIHBA-

Really?

SCAR

Mmm-mm.

SCAR (CONT'O)

(a beat)

Now be a good lad and prove you can doone thingriqht:Stay on this rock: and wait ,for your surprise.

SIMBA

. Right! .,\.,

,'(,-

Scar starts toleave.~mha calls:"

,SIMBA (CONT'D)

Hey, Uncle SCar -- willI like the surprise?

Scar turns back to Simba ..

SCAR

Simba, it's.t2 die. UU;: ..

Scar trots off. SiMba centers himself on the rock. He looks around for his ,father. He waits ..

EXT. A LEDGE ABOVE - CONTINUOUS

A herd of hundreds of WILDEBEEST qrazes. Thru their legs we see Shenzi, Banzai and Ed.

We hear a stomach RUMBLE., WITH THE HYENA 'TRIO

Shenzi glares at Banzai.

SHENZI

Shut up!

BANZAI

I can't help it. I'm so hunqry ••• I gottahave a wildebeest.

SHENZI

stay put ..

, BANZAI

can't I just pick off one of the little sick ones?

SHENZI

',Ho!: ,We wait tor the' signal from

Scar'~' ,,',' "" ,."

WITH SIHBA - CONTINUOUS

A chameleon enters frllllle left, crawling on a lonq branch. The chameleon's weird eye .ovement.catches Simba's at1;ention. They eye each other. As ~e chameleon climbs from the branch onto the rock, Simba reaches for it. He misses thechamel eon, and gets ' hit with the branch. The chameleon moves across a black part of the rock and turns

black. ,simba stegsgr: the rgck. He holds a leaf over the funny' 'creattire.. ..which,.Akasitturngreen. S-imbaLAUGHS.

'-.;~.-

ANGLE -SCAR

qivinq thesiqnal. WI-TH THE'RYENAS

SHENZI

Look! There he is! Let's go.

They slink toward the qrazing wildebeest. WITH SIMBA

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He bolds his paw near the chameleon -- who changes color as it crawls up simba's arm. It nears Simbs's face and bites him on the nose. He recoils, YELPING:

SIMBA.

Yeee-oWWW'W!

SOUND: Simba's scream echoing off the canyon walls. Then the THUNDERING of hundreds of wildebeest approaching.

"

ANGLE - TOP OF THE GORGE,

WILDEBEEST cascade down into the gorqe- running directly toward Sillba.

WITH SIMBA

Simba sees the WILDEBEEST flood do,wn into the gorge - a STAMPEDE that thunders directly toward him.

Si1llba runs for his life ..

WITH THE STAMPEDE

The Hyena Trio nips at the hooves of the Wildebeest as the final qroup approaches the edge of the ridge and spills out of sight over and down into the gorge ..

WITHSIKBA

. ..... .: ,~

running deeper into the gorge.

EXT. TOP OF GORGE - ANOTHER VANTAGE POINT - CONTINUOUS

Za-:%u, riding along on Mufasa's baC!lnotices

from below in the qorqe. )

" ~ .

ZAZO -. : "

Look ,Sire 1 'The berd is on the move.

dust rising

Odd ....

Scar .. erges :from the bluff below, calling to his brother:

SCAR

Mufasa! 'QUick! Stampede I In the gorge I SiJDba' s down there 1

XDFASA

5imba?

WITH SIHBA

Running full aut. Barely ahead af the wildebeest. Simba·· scurries up to the branch of a dead tree.

WITH HUFASA, ZAZU AND SCAR ZAZU,

I'll fly ahead, Sire!

ZAZU'S POV - PLYING

looking down, over the herd, he sees simba clinging'to a branch. Simba frantically calls:

SIMBA Zazu! Help me!

ZAZU

Your father is on the way1 Hold on!

SIMBA

Hurryl WITH MUFASA AND SCAR

Tbey leap down onto a lower ledge. Zazu zooms in, directing Mufasa'satten~ion toward Simba.

ZAZU There! on that tree.

MUFASA (calling) Hold on, Simba!

WITH SIMBA

Tbebranch he ',S cling ingto startS to 91 ve ,~. _It dips. ·SIMBAj ', .• '

Aaaaahl

Simba tries more desperately to hold on.

··WITH :M01"ASA

( - , .... to. • ,--'

WE TRUCK with Mufasa as he plunges into the gorge and battles his way upstream through the onco~in9 wildebeest.

WITH ZAZU AND SCAR

From their vantage above the gorge. Zazu hovers.

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ZAZU

Scar, this is awful 1 I'll go back for help.

Scar BATS Zazu against a rock. SPLAT! Zazu's out cold.

ZAZU (CONT' 0) .

Uuumphl

ANGLE - SIM.BA

as a wildebeest CRASHES into the branch he clings to. Simba flips into the air.

MUFASA

leaps in and catches his son. Mufasa carries Simba 'and runs. A wildebeest hits him, and· slmba. tumbles out of Mufase's .outh -into the midst of the herd.

SIMBA

dOdqes wildebeest. Mufasa races· in and pulls Simba out.

FULL SHOT

" Mufasa runs and places Simba on a ledge above the trouble.

(8:li:: , ' 'Sillba. ":1s sllfe. But e'"wildebeest knocks Mufasa back into the

flow. Mufasa disappears under the arDy of qallopinq wildebeest.

MUFASA Ahhhi Ohhhi

SIMBA

Dad 1

'~ ,

,MufasA'is out of SimbA'syiew, so bedees ;,not witness the

f~l~inq: ~

WITH THE STAMPEDE

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Mortally wounded, Mufasa makesra··valiant leap up a steep

incline. He climbs up loose rOC~ that gives way. He 'strugqles 'up 'the :',1nc1ine and "climbs just beneath ,a rocky overhang.' He diqs his claws in and dangles.

ANGLE - SCAR

looking down at his brother, who clinqs for his life.

(:,

..... ~

MUFASA

Calls to Scar:

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HUFASA

Scar, help mel Brother -- help me?

SCAR AND MUFASA

UnDoved, Scar glares at Hufasa.. Hold a beat. Then Scar DIGS his claws into Mufasa's forearms, pulls him closer and whispers:

SCAR

Long live the King .. '

Scar releases his grip.. Mufasa slides down the steep incline to his "death ..

SIKBA

runs over the rise JUST IN TIME 'TO SEE Mufasa disappear into the thundering wildebeest. He does not see Scar. He cries:

SIHBA Noooooooo!

Simba runs down into the dust-filled gorge.

IN, THE GORGE

" stiiichoked·- with dust _ kicked up by the stalllped.e.. S1mba searches for his father.

SIMBA (CONT' D)

Dad!?

He bears a SOUND and turns to look:

5IMBA (CONT'O)

Dad? ••

l'utit is only a stray 'Wildebeest that runs off. Its movementdraws,5imba's gaze to the ,form of his lifeless father.

ANGLE - XUFASA

51mba rushes to his father.

He nuzzles hi ••

SIHBA (panic building) Oad? ....

Nothing.. Again.

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, SIMBA (CONT'D)

(.ore panic)

Dad? ... Come on.

He tries to raise Mufasa's powerful arm.. It flops to the ground. Panicked, Simba runs away a few paces.

SIMBA (CONT'Dj (calling)

Help 1 Somebody! Anybody?

Then he runs back to his dad ..

SIMBA (CONT'D)

(more panic)

Dad ,you gotta get up • Come on, Dad, stop playing. Dad, we qotta go home ..Please?

He isn't sure what to do. He starts to SOB, moves very

, close to Mufase and then nuzzles his father and lies down beside the qreat lion. We bold on SOBBING Simba.

ANGLE - SCAR

emerging through the settling dust. WITH SIHBA

. , .

"_ :.',.,

- .. -;, ... ;'-:,10'.

SOBBING into his father'sllane. Scar looms over him and takes advantage of the .oment.

SCAR (0 .. 5.)

Simba.

FtJLL SHOT

SCAR (CONT'D) What have you done?

"SIHBA ')'t!

(Bob/explaining) '/'

There were wildebeests ..... He tried to save me ••• It was an accident .. didn't.ean for it to ....

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I

SCAR Of course you didn't. No one ever Ileans for theaethings to bappen. But the king is dead. If it weren't for you, be'd still be alive. Oh, what will your mother think?

siaha sobs harder.

SIHBA What am I gonna do?

SCAR

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

Simba tears off. We FOLLOW HIM.

WITH SCAR

as Shenzi, BarizaiandEd emerge from. the dust.

SCAR

Kill him.

Shenzi and Banzai take off. Ed follows.

EXT. BOX CANYON - CONTINUOUS

Simba runs in -- and evades the hyenas.

TRACKING WITH THE HYENAS

'. Following Simba who runs to a cliff wall and- cliJabs into a crevasse. They're right on his tail.

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WITHSIMBA

He re'alizes he's being chased by the hyenas.

Reaching the edge. It drops off to a flat plain that folds out to the horizon.Simba has to make a choice. He leaps over the edge and rolls uncontrollably down to the bottom.

WITH THE HYENA TRIO

Jumping'over the same ledge.

WITH SIMBA

Landing 1n thorny brush .SiDlJa ,GASPS .. , and GROANS. (

,.. -' ..

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. -. ,'bouncing-down'the hill,slaverinq , · .. YIPPING ""'. reali-2 in9 what they're headed for. -. Their eyes bug.SFX: SLAMMING ON BRAKES sound as the Hyenas SCREECH to a stop.

WITH THE HYENAS

HYENAS

Wboa ••• who8 ••• WHOA!

SPX: CRUNCH! of thorns digging into flesh as Banzai lands in the thorny brush with an OOFF! He bounces back up, HOWLING. He's covered -. with thorns.

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BANZAI

Eeeeyiiike!! Yike-yike-yike! OWoooo-eeee!

I

Shenzi and Ed think this is hysterical and LAUGH.

SHENZ I AND ED (laughing)

Hee, hee, heel

ANGLE - SIMBA RUNNING OFF

running flat cute

WITH THE HYENAS

They're separated from Simba by thebeavy, painful thicket. Shenzi orders Banzai:

SHENZI Hey! 'rhere he qoes!

As Banzai pulls out. a thorn:

BANZAI So go qet him ..

-. l.r. ~ - .~ ~ .'~ , -. SHENZI

No way I'm 90in9 in there. (muttering)

What you want me to come outlookinq like you -- cactus-butt? -

-

BANZAI

But we qotta finish the job.

~

SHENZ! ' ,

Well, he',sasqood as' Clead out-

there, -anyw~y.'Andif he does" COile - back, we'll kill him.

BANZAI '-

Yeah. '-.,..;

(yellinq to Siltlba) ·Youhearthat? If you ,ever come back_ -- we'll kill you!

BANZAI'S ECHO

Kill you! Kill you 1 Kill you1 Kill you!

S!

ANGLE - THE FLATLANDS

WE HEAR the hyenas WICKED LAUGHS ECHO across the wasteland". In the far distance, WE SEE young prince Simba run for his life.

SEQ. 8 (SCAR LIES TO THE PRIDE)

EXT.. PRIDE ROCK - SUNDOWN

Scar wipes a tear from his eye ..

SCAR

All that .: I have I would gladly g1 ve not to be here today. ·MUfasa's death is a terrible tragedy. But to lose Simb21 -- who had barely begun to live? For Jle, it is a de'ep, personal loss.

The lionesses grieve.. Zazu wipes a tear from his eye.. Nala buries her face against her .om.

~;;)

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SCAR (CONT' D)

So it is with a heavy heart that I assuaethe throne.

, , .. (a beat)

-,', "We mus.t never forget the qreat

Hutasa and our beloved SiJlba, and the brave deed that was done·this day ••• Yet out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era -- Anew order of peace and prosperity •••

-

Shadows of hyenas appear on Pride Rock. A dazed Zazu

squawks:

ZAZU 'Oh 'my -- Hyenas!

The liones,ses .ourning turns to fe$.%', aurmur inq -hyenas!"

SARABI--~_' SCar 1 ' 'J2gsgmethiijg !

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SCAR

(ignoring it)

••• A new order of peace and prosperity in which lion and hyena come together in a great and qlorious future!

Fr01ll."all corners of the Pride lands, an serpentine invasion of hyenas creeps onto the land. The lionesses are silent ..

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. ' .... --,.

FADE TO BLACK

SEQ.. 9 (SIHBA' S EXILE/TIMON & PDKBAA)

EXT. DESERT - DAY

Simba crosse5the parched sand. He slips down a s~nd dUIle.

TIHE DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. FARTHER INTO DESSERT - LATER

A.and storm fills the screen. Simba emerges, fighting against thestrenq winds.

TIME DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. EDGE OF SAVANNAH ... DAY

Simba, looking near death,trudges across the hot, dry inhospitable wastes. Heat waves distort what we see. A shadow passes over Simba. He looks up TO SEE:

ANGLE - SKY

A half dozen BUZZARDS fly high, in theheat-White sky.

WITH SIMBA -

" . ~ . ,-

The effort was too much. His knees buckle and he falls to the ground in a faint.

BUZZARDS' POV - CIRCLING

-

Loo~in9 down at Simba.

WITH SIKBA

Cominq to, then'slowly continuinghfs march on.

The buzzards encircle the cub. ·He puts up a valiantfiqht, but it's too much for his weakened ,~ondition.He faints. The buzzards are about to dine when WE HEAR:"

l

'TIMON Beeee-yaaaaa!

\

In gallops a lumpy, big-hearted, perceptive but slow-witted warthoq (PUMBAA). Riding on his ba~lt, his trusty, hyper pal, a aeerkat (TIMON)4 They charge the buzzards - who scatter.

5

BUZZARDS (chaotic

squawking) Ack-ack-aek-ack-ack-ack.

S1mba is still out cold. Pumbaa trots over to him.

TIMON (yelling)

Get out-qet out-qet"out of here!

PUHBAA

I love this! Bowlin' for Buzzards!

TIMON , (laughing)

Ha-ha-ha! Gets 'em every time. Okay, let's qo!

Pumbaa checks cut Simba. He's a little shaken up.

PUHBAA (re cub) Uh-ab.

(calling)

Hey,. Timon, ya better come look.

As, Tillon dashes ever •••

.:~ ... _

PUHBAA (CONT' 0) I think it's still alive.

Then Timon approaches very gingerly.

TIMON

00000. (then: )

Alrightie ••• What do we have here? (lifting a paw)

Jeeze, it's alionl Run, Pll:mbaal

Move it! 'i"

Tillonscrambles ,up PuDbaa for safety.

,PUHBAA

'Aw,Timon -- It's jUS.:t.-' a little

1 ion. Look at him. '~~_a.e' s so cute and all alone. ,can we keep hi.?

-'.

t<dt!

TIMON

Pumbaa, are you nuts? You're talking about a lionl Lions eat quys like us!

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,<_"

PUMBAA

Aw, we can,' t turn our backs on him.

TIMON

Manna bet? Who's the brains in this outfit?

PUMBAA (stumped)

tJh.hh..hhl),h. e" •.•

TIMON My point exactly!

Tillon zips over to the unconscious Simba to-demonstrate:

TIRON( CONT' O} Look at him:

(lifts an eyelid) Shifty little eyes ••• (lifts Simba's lip to reveal teeth)

Sharp fangs.... He's a carnivore!

PUHBAA Oh, come'on, Timon.

- TIMON "'. '

Read my lips: car-nee-vorrri

PUMBAA But he~s so little.

TIMON

He's gonna get biggerl

PUMBAA

.: Maybe 'he'll-be on, our side.

TIMON

Tbat'stbe stupidestthJ.ng I ever 'heard • The things that: OOllleout of your mouth!

, " ( llghtbulb)

Heyl I'<veqot itl.What if ;he'son

our side? '

(resolved) C

Ya know, havin' ("8:. "iion around might not be such a b)s.d,..!dea!

,/ .,

(:_:d~r

POMBAA

So we're keepin' hill?

Pumbaa scoops Simba up and carries hill toward the jungle.

TIMON

PffftlOf courseJ Keep up with the program. Phew! I'm burnin'up. Let's go hit the waterhole, Pumbaa. I need a drink.

DISSOLVE TO:

_.

EXT. EDGE OF JUNGLE Timon and PwRbaa watch:

UNCONSCIOUS SIMBA - CLOSE

His eyelids flutter open. FULL SHOT

TIMON You okay, kid?

SIMBA (d.isoriented) I ••• quessso ..

PUKBAA You nearly died.

TIMON r saved you.

Pumbaa snorts athilD. ..

'l'IKON ( CONT ' 0 ) (adding)

Well, Pu.mbaa helped. A Ii ttle.

SIMBA 'l'hanks f.oryour help.

;

.. Simba qets up and starts to leave. ~ "Timon calls after him:

TIMON

Hey, where ya goi~'?

'SIMBA r ".

Nowhere.. ,~;

Simba looks forlorn as he walks away.

TIMON

Gee. He looks blue.

(\ \ :;

PUKBAA

I'd say brownish-gold.

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TIMON

No-no-no. I mean he's depressed.

PUMBAA

Oh.

(to Simba)

Kid, what's eatin' ya?

TIMON (to -- Pumbaa)

Hothin'. He's at the top of the 'food chain.

(no response)

Ha-ha-ha. • .. --

(fading) Ha-ha-food chain ••• (fading)

Ha-he .'.. Yeah ••• (then: )

Sol Where ya from?

SIHBA Doesn't matter.

TIMON (elated)

.,' Ah, - you're' an outcast 1

SIHBA

What?

TIMON

An outcast. That's qreatl So're we!

PUHBAA ,Whad'jado, kid?

SIMBA

-Something terrible .. But I'don't

-want to talk about it .. " .

•

~ .~.

TIMON

"Good! We don',t ,want, to hear ,about it.

ftl'nn::t lie lie ( r""~ "-

(going to £i1mba)

Ya know, 'kid, in~es like this my buddy Timon here says: you qotta put your behind in your past.

PUMBAA (CONT'O) (confused)

Uhhh .... I mean ....

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TIMON (interrupting)

No-no-no! bateur! Lie down before you hurt yourself.

(to Simba)

It"s: You gotta put your ~ behind you. Ya know: take life one day at a time. No past, no future. HakunaMatata!

SIMBA

What?

PUKBAA (slowly) Ha-ku-na Ma-ta-ta. (explaining)

It means -no ,worries .. "

'l'DlON (testimonial)

Yup. 'Two little words that'll chanqe your life.

SIMBA

Really?

.. ~~ . , ... .- _-' ' , , ~. '. ," .. - ~ ..

'l'DlON

Uh-huh. They changed mine •••

SEQ. 9 .. 1 ( SONG: wHAKUNA MATATA")

out_of nowhere, a briqht spotlight shines on Timon. Very dramatically Timon talks bis testimonial. Then segues into song -- where he dezonstrates how he didn't conform with the meereat colcnyhe lived in.

,"IJIDlOK

WHEN I WAS AYOONG :MEERCAT PDIIBAA (WHENHEWAS,A"YOUNG~~T)

" tI'DIOlI - -'

'1 ,WASWORKIN" IN THE . COLONY PAY IN ' KY:DUES

"" ACCEPTIN"WITHOOT QUESTION THE PREVAILING VIEWS

THAT A MEERCAT' 5 LIFE WAS ONE LONG

, GRIND '. r- ':

POKHAA ~

THAT SOUNDS ROUGH 'l'DIOH

DIGGIN HOLES, STANDIK' GUARD TIL IT CROSSED MY MIND

TIMON

I WAS WRONG AND ALL ALONG

ALL THAT I NEEDED WAS TO HAVE HEEDED

PtJJmAA

(HE WAS WRONG )

(ALL ALONG) (WHATDID'JA NEED?) (SING IT, TIMON)

.CBOROS .

HAKONA HATATA! WHAT A WONDERFUL PHRASE

HAKUNA KATATA!AIN'T NO PASSING CRAZE pmm,u,

Drrro!

CHOROS

XT MEANS NO WORRIES AND THE~TOFYOUR DAYS TAKE OUR PROBLEK-FREEPHlLOSOPHY HAKUNAKATATA!

SIHBA

Hakuna Ma~ •• Does that really work?

TIMON

Ha-ha-ha~ Oh does it work? Oh that's rich.. Oh, Pwlbaa, tell him.

PUMBAA

Listen to De, kid. Listen. Sit down there. I got a story, too!

, : .. PWabaa launches into his tail- of woe -- showing how his special aroma made him an outcast.

I.'

POJmAA (singing)

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG WARTHOG ....

TDIOH

(WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG WARTHOG) PlJMBAA

I FOUND MY AROMA LACKED CERTAIN APPEAL

I ·COULD·:CLEAR'.THESAVAHNAH AFTER

. EVERY HEAL

I,.MASENSITIVE-SOUL'!HOUGH I SEEM

THINlt ... SKINNED -' I

'AND IT HURT THAT MY FRIENDS NEVER S'l'OOO·DOWNWIND ,PDKBAATDlOH

AHDOH'THESHAME . ,(OH'HE'WASASHAMED)

TRIED CHANGIN' XY HAME (YOU CAN'TREKEKBER THE ONE YOU'VE ,.'. GOT)

AND I GOT DOWNHEARTED EVERhlME THAT I ••• ,

Timon ·shushesftPumbaa.

TIM.ON

Hey! Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!

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PUKBAA Oh. Sorry.

[ALT:

IT WAS ALL TOO CLEAR

'I'HERE WAS AN 'ATMOSPHERE ]

CHORUS

HAKUNA KATATAJ WHAT A WONDERFUL PHRASE HAKUNAMATATA 1 AI-N'T NO- PASSING CRAZE

IT MEANS NO' WORRIES FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAYS 'rAKE OUR PROBLEM-FREE PHILOSOPHY

RAKUNA MATATAI

While MUSIC noodles-:,'

EXT. JUNGLE - A SHORT TlME'LATER

Timon and Pwlbaa lead SiDba through the lush surroundings.

TIMON

Well, kid, are you with us?

SIMBA I. guess so.

_ TIMON Then right' this way!

Timon pulls back a huge leaf, revealing Timon and Pumbaa's -bachelor pad. It is a jungle paradise.

TIMON '(CONT'O) Welcome to our humble home.

SIMBA You live here? -

~.

TIMPN

-We-live wherever we want.

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p~ \-

Yupl'Homeiswhere lOur rwDprests • .........

. ' EXT. 'ANOTHER'PAR-TOF- THE JUNGLE..,. -MOMENTS LATER

Timon stands next to a log. Pumbaa BURPS.

PUMBAA (caNT' D) (burping)

Urrrrp ••• Gee, I'm starved!

6·

(~\'-,,---j'

SIM13A '

I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole zebra!

TIMON

We're fresh out of zebra.

SIMBA Any antelope?

TIMON.

SIMBA

Hippo?

TIMON

No, no. Listen kid, if you're gonna live with us, you're <Jonna have a eat like us.

TiDon gestures to the log:

TIMON ( CONT' 0 )

This looks like a good spot to rustle up some grub.

Tbeylift aloq, revealing Dililons of insects. Timon

scoops up SOlDe. ,

SIMBA What's 'that?

TIMON

A qrub. What's it look like?

Timon pops the qrub in his DOUth.

SiDba, recoils in disqust. ~- /

TIMON ( ceNT' 0) MmmmlTasteslike chicken. ,

~

Pumbaa 'slurps a big-wormy thing,colllD.enting:

Co"_ 0

PUMBAA .. "

-Slimy ,yet _,satisfyin'. - Cabeat)

You're gonna love it here.

While Timon collects a sampler of bugs which be eats and places on a leaf be uses as an attractive serving tray:

'l'IXON

This is the great life no responsibilities •••

No rules,

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C]::)

TIHON(CONT'D) (reabuq)

Oooo ••• Thelittle cream-~illed kind.

(to Simbal ' "

And D!stof all;,noworries! (to Simba)

Well, kid? ••

,',

Tiuonoffers siDba the "platter of buqsoo He thinks a aomentoo Then caves:

5 I MBA

Oh well.... HakunaMata'ta!

siJDba eats a buqooNot bad.

TIMON

That's ittl{akunaHatata,.

ALL THREE

HakunaMatata.

During the ,fi.nal c:horus, "the trio dances and plays through various landscapes. In each one we aee SiJDba has grown -until he is a JD.ane-totingadolescent.

CHORUS"

I

i

i

, ,,"( speaking) _ " HAKUNA,MATATAl HAxuNA KATATA!

"HAxuNAMATATAJ HAlCUNA MA~ATA!"

~A MATAT).! ,

IT MEANS NO WORRIES FOR THE REST OF TAHE OUR' 'PROBLEM-PREE PHILOSOPHY

(Pumbaascatswhile Tillon sings),

HAKUNA MATATA! ' • "'j ,I

,HAKUNi'MATA.TA!

" ,:jiAlroNA,)lATATA! '" ',,'HAxuNA',HATATA!·" ",HAxuNA ,MATATA'I ", ,:HAKUNAHATATAl

. ~. ,

YOUR DAYS

~ ..

i I

'HAKUNA ~.oo t:~""

~, ~

'SEQ. 9 .,2:(UNDER"l"HE -STARS) ......

EXT. JUNGLE - NIGHT

At the close Of the song, vefind Tilllon, PwIlbaa and ,', ' adolescent Simba lying onthf!ir backs under :'the night sky, looking up at the, stars.. It's like a caDlpfire scene with campfire buddies.

They are. silent 'for a Doment. Then out of the blue:

PUHBAA (wondrous) Timon?

TIMON

Yeah?

PUKBAA

Ever wonder what those sparkly dots up there are?

TIMON

Pumbaa, I don't wonder.. I know.

PUHBAA oh , What are they?

TIMON.

They're fireflies. Fireflies that got stuck up on that big bluish black thing.

PtJMBAA

Oh, gee -- I always thought they were balls ofqas, burning billions of miles away ..

, . ~ _.

TIMON

Pumbaai with: you everything'.· gas.

PUHBAA

Simba, what do you think?

SIMBA Well .... uh ••• Hah!

PUHBAA

. Aw, c 'mon, Simba • We told you ours.

C'aon.

SIMBA -

( ::-.~

..~

TIMON Give. Give ..

Ha ....

POMBAA·

Come on.. We told 'ja ours. Please?

SIKBA

Well ••• somebody once told.e the qreat kings of the past are up there -- watching over us ..

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PUMBAA

Really?

TIMON

Ya mean a ,bunch of royal dead quys are watchin I·· us?

Timon laughs it off.

TIMON (CONT'D) Ha-ha~ha-ha~~.That's the craziest thing I ever heard!

Everybody LAUGHS uproariously.

TIMON, (CONT'D)

Who told you something like that?

SIMBA (laughing)

Ya. Pretty dumb, huh?

FULL SCREEN - STARRY SKY

pan down to:

SIMBA

. - , A top a' nearby hill i ,. he qazes up at the starry·· -sky, II distant look in his eye. Then he asks:

SIHBA

Are you really there?

There is no response. He SIGHS and then tries to block it all. out with his "mantra:"

SIMBA( CONT I D) ···Hakuna·· Matata. '

He flops down.. The force of the' impact Bends ,milkweed ai,.rborneacroBs ,the night sky." ... '

"-.. " -

THE JUNGLE CANOPy - CONTINUOUS

,The:airborne pieces of ,Ililkweedtravel throuCJh ,the ,air ••• SEQ. 12 (RAFIKI GETS SIMBA)

POUEN

moves across the landscape ••• finally approaching a tr~e.

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EXT. JUNGLE - CONTINUOUS

An baboon HAND POPS into frame. It collects ·the wind-borne objects and snaps shut. REVEAL

RAFIKI

"

the wise old baboon we Bet at Simba's Presentation sits in the branch of a tree. He clutches what he's just caught and dives down into' the tree.

RAFIKI'S CAVE" - CONTINUOUS

Rafiki takes a hollow tortoise shell and tosses in what he just collected. He cracks ,open a gourd. As he, "reads" the contents, he idlyt8kes II bite outo! one half of the gourd.

" He takes II good long look at the contents of the shell, MUMBLES and then LAUGHS.

RAFIKI

Simba! •••

He goeste a painting of a lion cub - that has the B.ue marking on bis forehead that Rafiki placed on SilDba at his P~esentation.

RAFIKI (CONT' D)

-.-:, .- Simba.-.:.,_ ",' ", , .. - .. ' ". ,," ',>'._,"

He scurries to qet his walking stick. Then he returns to the wall painting and smears something from one of his gourds around the head of the cub. Now the cub bas a Jlane. Rafiki laughs joyfully.

RAFIKI (CONT # D) It's time.

He grabs his walking. stick 'and runs out. SEQ. 15 (SIMBA ~NALA'REUNlTE)

" EXT. EDGE OF "THE mJNGLE -DAY

e'"

Timon and PumbaawalktlNardus,sinqing: (SONG:-THE LION

SLEEPS "TONIGHT")

'POKBAA A HEM It. WEP

A WEEM It. WEP

'lIKON

IN THE JUNGLE, THE MIGHTY JUNGLE, THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT ..

E

PDJmAA A WEEH A WEP

A WEEN AWEP

PUlDbaa notices ,a fat, juicy bug and follows it out of frame. 'rIMOR

IN THE JUNGLE, THE MIGHTY JUNGLE, THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT.

Timon doesn't hear Pwlbaa's bass line. But he's lost in his own groove.

TIM.ON ( CONT' 0) I can't hear ya, buddy. (a beat)

Back IDe up.

(singing) ,

AM WHEEE-EEE"'EEE-EEE-EEE AH PUHBAAH JruH WAY

AM WHEEE~BEE-BEE-EEE-EEE AH PUMBAAH "HUH •••

(realizing he's qone)

Puabaa? •• Pumbaa?

EXT. A TREE TRUNK - CONTINUOUS

" ."

still HUHMING the- ·Ah-Whee-Muh-Way" tune, Pumbaa Btalks the buq.

, ,POKBAA

(hwaminq) ~ ..

, It'

MM-MM-MM-MM-MM-MM •

.. -" .

It-lands on a tree stWllp. Pumbaa quickly hides behind a tree. Then he cautiously .talks the bug ••• and gets stuck over the stlDlp. ,He hears a CRACK!n the distance. He

listens , then calls : :,'

~);

'1"1.on?

There is no response, BoheresWleshis bug-hunt. He comes eye ,to eye with the,buq.

PUMBAA'S POV

Rack Focus to reveal:

A YOUNG LIONESS IN THE BRUSH

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REVERSE ANGLE - ONPUMBAA

Scared to death.. '!'he lioness leaps into frame. A chase ensues, Pumbaa SQUEALIHG in fear~ They run toward the jungle.

EXT ~ JUNGLE - CONTINUOUS

The lioness chases Pumbaa around a tree.

PUKBAA Squeeeeeal!

WITH TIMON

who hears the squeal.

TIMON (calling) PwRbaa? PUmbaa?

THE CHASE

PUmbaa runs under an arched root. His butt is too biq to qet through, so he gets stuck. Timon runs into frame.

TIMON . (to Pmlbaa)

Hey, ' what". gooin' on?

PUKBAA She's qonna eat ae!

TIMON

HUh?

• I

(trying to free him) Urfff! Why do I always have to save

your ......

Timon SEES the Lioness leaping f~r them. screaming:

He freezes,

\.~ TIMON· (CONT' D)'

Aaaaa ...

AS the Lioness leaps, Simba (now an adolesc:ent) jumps into frame and knocks her down. Timon takes a peek and sees the ' lions face off.

TIMON (to Pumbaa)

Don't worry, buddy. I'm here for you.. Everything's gonna be okay.

7:

/ .... '- .

.(O'--"J. .,

( .. /

I ..... ,. ~ ,;'

PUMBAA

Hey, what's happenin'?

Timon calls out:

TIMON

got her.Dh no! S.he's got

Wow! Check out that .ave. mavin' like a champ. Get her! ber head!

(a beat)

Oh, ow! That'sqottahurt. -Go for the jugular ••• The jugular!

(toPumbaa) .

See, I told ya he'd come in handy ..

He's him. He's Bite

With that, Hala flipsSimba en his back and pins him to the qround -",,;,the same way she did as a cub. She holds sililba there a beat. S1mba thinks he recoqnizesher.

SIHBA

Kala?

Kala backs away infearlshock.

"t~~!ii>

\:--- . .;,:/! .

-; ~'-' - ~

SIMBA (CONT' D) It's me - Simba.

. She steps'b4ck~' unsure.

.. . ..

KALA SiJllba?

-,

Siaba gives her a reassuring smile. Hala realizes it is Simbo and screams with amazement/glee:

KALA '(CONT'D)

Aa_aaa!

Timon and-Pwlbaawitnessthis1n disbelief ..

overlaps • '~_.

Dialogue

MALA (CONT'D) HOW did you ••• ?

····'SIMBA

How did ~ ••• ? Where did you ••• ? (a beat) ..

WOW!ll!

:".~.,"-.,

NALA

Where did you come from?

Simba gets tongue-tied, falters, finally saying:

7

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I ',.

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SIHBA

Itls great ta see ya!

MALA

Oh, itlsqreat to see you ..

TIMON

Hey! What's qoinl on here?

SIHBA

What are you doing here?

NALA

What do you aean what. am ·~doin9" here? What are ~ doing here?

SIMBA I live here!

Timon tries again.

TIMON

HEY! -- WHATIS GOINi ON HERE?

SIMBA

Timon, this is Nala. Shels my best friend.

TIMON Friend? Friend??!

SIHBA

Yeah.

(calling) Hey, Pumbaa!

Pumbaa extricates himself from the root with a POPl

SIMBA (CONT 10) -V Come over here. (introducing)

Nala, thisisPumbaa. Pwabaa Nala.

.PUMBAA '. -I

:Pleased.to .• a'key~cquaintance !

KALA

The pleasurels all .ine.

{, .. : .... \: __ oj;

.,-;'-"

TIMON

Yeah, it's nice to m •••

TIMON (CONT'D)

(stopping himself)

Whoa, whoa, whoa 1 Time out! Let)De get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody'S okay with this? Did I ~. somet~in9?

SIMBA Relax, Timon.

There is a moment.

MALA

wait' 'til everyone finds out you've. been hm:il. all this time! ..... And your mother! What will she think?

simba locks panic-stricken.

SIKBA

She doesn't have to know. Nobody has to know.

MALA

Of course they do! you're dead •

Everyone thinks

. r .. " -

-SIHBA'"

,'.,

They do?

MALA

Yes. SCar told us about the stampede.

SIMBA (cagey/suspicious) What, else did he tell ycni1,

NALA

What else .• atters? You're. alive! And that .• eans .....

(oh, lilY God) "

you're thekinq!.;""

simba is 'taken 'aback. TiJao~:aps up:

TIMON

"King? II

C"oh, 90 on")

Pfffffl- Lady, have ~ got your lions crossed!

MALA

No, he iA the rightful king.

7

PwDbaa believes and is in awe.. He moves respectfully toward Silllba~

PUMBAA

The· king! Your .Majesty~~~

Pumbaa bows reverently and kisses Simba's paw.

: ...... ~.

P,."· \, _':>

SIMBA stop it .••

PUXBAA

I gravel at your feet.

TIMON

It's not "gravel", it's grayel. And don'tl He's not the kin9~

(to Simbal

Are ya?

SIMBA

No.

NALA

Simba!

SIKBA

"No, I'm 'not the king. Maybe I was qonna be -- But that was a lonq tiDe ago.

(upbeat)

Look. Things change~ I'll finished with all that. I don't think about it ,any mere.

TIMON

Let 1Ie qetthis straight. You're "the king ••• and you never told us?

"SIXBA '- ,_,

1ft"

RaJlle"llber ,Timon, .' Put, your past

behind you?" ""-.-

TIMON

Well this isdltferent!

SIKBA -

Look, Timon. I'D still the saae f1Uy.

TIMON But with power!

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SIMBA

Stop it. I'm not a kinq.

_ PUKBAA

(etta boy)

Yes you are!

TIMON

And we're all in this together.

NALA

(to Timon/PUmbaa)

Could you guys excuse us for few minutes?

TIMON

Hey, whatever ~has to say, she can say it in front" of us. Right, Simba?

Sim.ba gesture's for them to leave.

SIMBA Maybe you better go.

Timon throws up his arms and stomps off with Pumbaa.

_ .. ', , ,,' ." _ TDlON "

'( fuming to _ Pumbaa)

Ya think ya know a quy •••

" ".'.:.

PUMBAA

Come on, Timon. After all, he 14 the kinq.

TIMON And what are we? The short subjects!

-

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WITH SIHBA AND NALA .. 'CONTINUOUS

simba

..

\ ' "

looks at the "du0e;-inq, ",colliDlenting:

'SIMBA

T1.on, and Pumbaa-- You'll learn to love '8lIl~

The reality of the situation finally hits Hala. She looks at S!mba, and her eyes well up with tears. ,Simba bas never dealt with an ythi nq like this1 so he isn't sure of what to do.

SIMBA (CONT' D) What? •• What is it?

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7

KALA

It~s like you're backtrom the dead. You don't know how lRuchthis could mean to everyone .... what it means to _e.

OVercome witheD.otion, Nala turns. away, eJlbarrassed by her tears. Now Simba is at even more of a loss.

SIKBAHey, it's okay.

MAIA (then:)

I've 'really missed you.

, SIMBA

I've missed you, too.

There is a aOl1ent between them.

SEQ. lS.1 (COMIC LOVE SONG) 'ANGLE - TIMON , PUHBAA

Spying on Siaba and Hala from behind a fern.

.... : ... : -

".-. ,,_TIMON_

.' I 'tellya Pumbaa, this stinks' •

,PUHBAA

Oh. Sorry.'

TIMON

Not you. :lb.e.m. Himl her; alooone.

," ... ,

,

PUKBAA What's wrong with that?

While Simbll,shows Nala around-- in a series of lush, romantic settings, ,,' Ti,mon,lln'd" Pumbaa,COllllllent:

-, ...

TIMON",' (to PUKBAA)

,"71" I' SAID I LOVED YOU (POImAA:H1lh?)

'HAD YOU ONKYBRAIN (.PtJMBAA: ;Heyl)

TillOn pinches Pumbaa' s cheeks.. "Pumbaa pulls away. TiJlOn' cllJ11bs on Pumbaa's back sndperehes on his head.

"':IKON (TO PUHBAA) IT WOULD MEAN A ROMANTIC ATMOSPHERE

HAD RENDERED HE INSANE (PUKBAA: Yup)

TiDon jumps off PuDbaa's nose -- to clarify

trIKOH (TO PUHBAA) THAT'S ONLY AN EXAMPLE

IT DON'T APPLY TO US (PDKBAA: Phew!)

LONG SHOT - MALA AND SIHBA

PmlBAA

BUT OVER THERE IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY 'rDfOH

AND ONE WE MUST DISCUSS

ANGLE - TIMON AND PUKBAA

singing their lament.

'fiKOH

. HIS CAREFREE DAYS WITH US ARE BOTH

IN " SHORT OUR PAL IS DOOMED

They huq and burst into tears.

'l'IMON/PUMBAA

.Waaaaaea ••••

. \.

SEQ. 15.3 (.SIHBA IrNALA ARGUE) .... .: (,.

....... r

EXT. JUNGLE WITHSIMBA. AHDNALA-CONTlNUOUS

HISTORY

SIHBA (very ·up")

Isn't this a great place? Hala,. you're gonna love it here.

NALA

It is beautiful •••

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. -- .. -~,.; .

KALA (CONT'O)

(a beat)

But I don't understand something -You've been alive all this time • Why didn't you come back to Pride Rock?

SIMBA

(very casual)

Well, I just needed to qet out on my own .... live lIy own life. And I did! And it's great!

MALA

We've really needed you at home.

SIMBA No one needs me.

MALA

Yes we do. YOU're the king.

SIMBA

Hala, we've been through this. I'm not the k.ing. Scar is.

NALA

. Simba, he let the hyenas, take over 'the Pride' lands.

SIMBA (genuine) What?

NALA "

I didn't know how to tell you.

Everything's destroyed. There's no food, no water. Sillba, if you don't dosomethinqsoon,everyone will starve.

SIMBA I can't go back.

Co

• ..... j~.

Simba.startstoexit.Nala goestc hill.

MALA

Why?

SIHBA

You wouldn't understand.

(~'

MALA

What wouldn't I understand?

SIMBA

No, no,no ••• It doesn't matter. Hakuna Matata.

KALA

What?

, .

SIMBA

Hakuna Hatata. It's what I learned out here. Sometimes bad things happen,

MALA'

( interrupting,) Simba. •••

SIMBA, (drivingonl

and there's nothing you can do about it. So why worry?

Simba turns away from Kala.

KALA

Because it's your responsibility! (a beat)

Simba, doesn't the Pride mean anythinqtoYDu? Doesn't your mother, .ean anythinq to you?

He turns to her:

.

SIMBA What about you?

You left.

, ,

"

MALA

I left to find help. And I found you! Don't you understand? You're 'our only hope.

sorry.

KALA

What's happened to you? You're not theSiliba'I'remeDber.

SIMBA

You're right. I'm not. Now are you satisfied?

NALA

No. Just disappointed.

Be

SIMBA

You know,You i re starting to sound like my father.

NALA

Good. At least one of us does ..

SIMBA

Listen!. You think you can just show up and tell me how to live lily life? You don't even know what I've been through ..

Simba turns and leaves. Infuriated, Na1a calls:

NALA Then tell lIIe!

SEQ. 16 ("TO BE OR NOT TO BE"/REFLECTING POOL/MUFASA'S

GHOST)

EXT.. JUNGLE -NIGHT - A SHORT TIME lATER

Lost in thought, Simba sits on a rock and stares up at the twinkling sky.

r: 0'

SIMBA

I don't care What anybody.ays. I won't go back. What would it, prove, anyway? It. won't change anything - You can't change the past.

(re stars)

You told 1IIe you'd always be there for me -- but you're not. There's nothing out there. There's nothing

. to believe in anymore.. Nothing ..

Nothing. ....~ I

'He s1 tsquietly.;. , ..•. He-is interrupted 'by an odd little tune .. ,RAFIKI'S 'VOICE

,.··(81ng1-nq)

·ASANTE ··,SANA .... ' SQUASH ,BANANA ..

,WEWENUGU. HI MI nANA.

. . ...... _,..:

Up in a nearby tree, he sees thesllbouette of a fiqurewhose angles match those of the qnarled branches. simba moves away in search of solitude.

EXT. FALLEN TREE TRUNK - MOMENTS LATER

~- .. :,: ... -

simba rests on a fallen tree trunk that bridges a stream - which reflects the stars and 51mbs's melancholy look •

,1(,' ';;

.... _......:.

8:

SIMBA

sigh ....

PLOPla stone lands in the water below. Then:

RAFIXI "5 VOICE (singing)

ASANTE SANA. SQUASH BANANA ..

WE WE NUGU. HI MI APANA.

SiJDba calls up.

SIMBA

Come on! Will ya'cut it out?

Simba walks away again. Rafikifollows., RAFIXI

Can't cut it out.. It'll grow right back!

SIHBA

Would you stop following me?

Rafiki centinueste shadow hiD.

SIMBA (CONT' D) ,'.:' __ , ' ' Who are you?

Rafiki CODes right up to Sillba ..

RAFIKI

The question is: who are you?

S1mba thinks a .oment.. ,}

SIMBA

fa sigh, then:)

,I thought I knew. Now I 'mnot so

sure.. r

,_

RAFIKI G

I know who you are.. Shhli. ... Come bere.lt's aseeret.

~".: I :

Simba leans his ear toward Rafiki.

RAPIKI (CONT' D) (singing)

ASANTE SANA. SQUASH BANANA.

WE WE HUGU.. HI MI APANA.

While Rafild continues singing:

8

SIMBA Enouqh already! (a beat)

What is that supposed to mean, anyway?

RAFIKI

It .eansyou'rea baboon, and I'm not!

(laughing) Hee-hee-hee.

SIMBA

I think you're a little confused.

5imba begins to· 'exit.. Rafiki's firiger pokes Simba in the nose.

RAFIKI

Wrenq! 1'm not the one who I & contused. You don't even know who you are ..

SIKBA

And I suppose ~ know?

RAFIKI

-, sure do. You're Hufasa's boy.

'5imba '1s in shock. -"R~fiki scoots away. him ..

Bye.

. ... -. ..

SiJllba chases after

SIMBA Hey! Wait!

LONG SHOT - PLAINS

Simba's silhouetted fermraces up the hill. '. EXT.. HILL TOP -, LATER

Ratikis! ts call1ly,' -quru-style on the top of a hill .. ··Huffin9andPuff!nq,S!mbae.iShe~ his climb up to Rafiki ..

SIMBA '''' . . You knew ,lIJ.y fathe"?r'

, ,

}':c;cH;

RAFIKI

correction. I know your father.

SIMBA

I hate to tell you this, but my father died a long tiDe aqo.

RAFIKI Nope. Wrong again.

Rafiki w~lks toward thick jWl9le underbrush, calling back to Simba.

RAFIKI (CONT' 0)

He's alive! 1"llshow him to you. You follow old Rafiki. ,He knows the way.

Rafikidisappears,throuqha _small openinqofa bower.. Sillba., qoes over and looks in. He considers a' moment, then disappears inside.

1NT.. JUNGLE-NIGHT_-

Dark,dense·foliage. Simba tries to keep up with agile, fast-movinq---R'afikf who calls back:

RAFIKI

Don't daWdle!

Hurry up! "aitinq!

Mufasa's

, Rafiki dashes through the trees, hanging branches and v-ines. 51mba has a hard time following.

SIMBA

Heyl .: Whoa! Wait! ••• wait a

- secondr~:-'-.,Would you slow-down!

RAPIEI' Come on-collle on 1

ASANTE SANA.. SQUASH BANANA.

WE WE HUGO.. HI MI APANA ..

SIHBA

wait. will you wait? second.

wait a.

,Rafiki seeasto be ,qoneo;Sillbs-,presseson through the thick 11nderbrush. '- He" looks up and sees. Rafiki In atree.t.rhen bfiki is qone .:Baffled, ,SiDbacontinueson • Until :

Rafiki's hand pushes up in simba's face.

<,

-"RAFIKI

stop!

Rafiki approaches a curtain of tall reeds. He parts them, directing S1mba-:

RAFIKI (CCNT' D) Shhhh •• " .Look down there ..

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EXT.. REFLECTING POOL - NIGHT

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SiJDba anxiously, cautiously looks in a pool of water.. He sees the REFLECTION OF A LION ..

SIMBA

That's not my father .. ~t's just my reflection.

RAFIKI

No ••.

Rafiki directs Simba's line of vision.

RAFIl<I (CONT'O) Look,harder .....

,ANGLE - REFLECTING POOL

The lion reflection changes to' a reflection of Mufasa's image. Simbaqasps.

RAFIKI (CONT ~ 0) You see-- He lives in you.

KOFASA

simba •••

"Slmba looks up to see where the Voice is cOllinq from-.He knows it belongs to his dad. Something magical starts to happen: The image of Hufasa begins to build itself • At first it is frightening.

SIHBA

-'

Father?

MUFASA

Simba,have you forgotten me?

'SIHBA No! How could 17

,.,.-

Theqhost's 'presence'starts'to,~.soJl,e theatDosphere - big,

colorful, full of magic llqht.

"KOlASA
You have forgotten who you are, and
so, have forqotten me.
The vision becomes JIlore warm and loving .. ,"" .. '\

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KUFASA (CONT' 0)

Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Lif,e.

We are now comfortable with the image.

I ;

SIHBA

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.

~he vision starts to fade •••

MUFASA(CONT'Dl Remember who you are •••

and fade •••

SIHBA

No! Please! Don't leave mel

and fade •••

: ..

"', MOFASA

Remember .....

and fade •••

SIHBA

Father .....

MUFASA i

Remember .. "" Remember •••

~'-

The vision is gone.

PULLBACK to show ,Simba under a huge field of stars.

'SEQ. 17 (WHO'S THE MONKEY?)

"EXT. " JUNGLE ,GLADE' -LATERTHAT' NIGHT

We hear: SNORING.

ANGLE - TIMON AND PUMBAA

-SNORING continues. Timon rises and falls from frame. WIDEN TO REVEAL: Timon is curled up on Pumbaa's tummy and rises and falls with each of Pumbaa's SNORES.

FULL SHOT

Hala enters frame and nudges Timon. Timon smiles.

MALA Psst. •• Wake up.

.

Timon opens his eyes drowsily and sees:

A HUGE LIONESS FACE

looming over him.

FULL SHOT

Timon leaps out of frame. He SCREAMS in fear:

TIMON

ABaaa!

Pumbaa awakens and catches Timon's panic and SCREAMS with Timon:

PUMBAA " TIMON (TOGETHER)

Aaaaaa!

Hala tries to calm them.

'c, "'.""" HALA

It's Okay. It's okay. It's me.

They stop screaminq.

,TIMON

Don't ~ dQ ~ aaein. (under breath)

Carni veres. Oy!

,),

KALA "'"'\"

, Have you guys seen Simba?

TIMON

I 'thought he was with you ...

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NAIA __ )

He ,vas. 'But now I can't :find him. Where is he?

PUHBAA I don't know.

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TIMON

He's gotta be someplace.

From up in a nearby tree, comes Rafiki's LAUGH.

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RAFIKI Ha, ha. Ha, ba. (then)

You won't find him here. The king has returned.

MALA .. (amazed/excited)

I can't believe it. He's really gone back.

TIMON

Gone back? What do you mean? (to Rafik!)

Hey!

But Rafiki is gone ..

TIMON· (CONTi'O)

What's 90in'on bere? Who's the monkey?

, MALA

Simba's gone back to challenge Scar.

TIMON

,Who? ,,'

; .....

NALA

Scar.

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PUMBAA Who's qot a scar?

NALA ""'.

No-no-no -- It's his uncle .. ·, I '

TIMON

The, monkey's .hisuncle?

'NALA

No.sillba's gone back to challenge his uncle to take hUj..place as king.

TIMON , PUMBAA/ TOGETHER (dawning)

Ohh-hhh •••

TIMON (panicked)

You mean Simba's .archin' off into the jaws of death?

(sobbing)

Oh, Simba .... My pal ••• My buddy •••

as

TIMON (CONT'D) (anqry)

That idiotl

NALA

You don't understand, Timon.

TIMON

I don't understand? ~ don't understand? YQUUU don't understand.

Nala starts to leave.

TIMON (CONT' D) , Hey 1 Where are you goin'?

NALA

I'm qoinq with him.

PUMBAA I'. qoin', too.

TIMON Not you, too!

PUMBAA'

Yup 1. It t s about responsibility ..

TIMON (world c::rashinq)

But what about Hakuna Matata?

PUHBAA

Timon, there CODes a tiDe in life when one must take fate into one's own hands. And like simba',who marches off into the face of death, I too, go to meet lDy,destlrty ••• as

,his faithful friend ..

·Pumbaa exits.,Timon'thlnksa,beat, then rants:

TIMON \

Fine 1 ,Good 1 Who'naeds ya 1

(kid-like) "'~._

'" Now l.!mking :cfthe junglel (looks around)

Wbere's my scepter?

SEQ .. 17.1 (PRE-BATTLE BONDING) CLOSE-UP - SIMBA'S FEET

running across desert.

LONG SHOT - SAND DUNE·

(, ..

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As 51mba crosses, a breeze erases his tracks.

FULL SHOT - SUN DOWN ANGLE - SIMBA

running across cracked earth. His shadow is huge.

SIMBA

crests a rise, races downhill and exits -- Large storm clouds roll in behind him.

Simba's paw enters frame. TRUCK OUT to see simba walk through the desolate land.

EXT. CLIFF

SiJllba enters to see:

EXT .. SAVANNAH - DUSK

Parched earth. The horizon filled with a sea of dried bones. Roplant life. 'In the distance --. Pride Rock .. ~ l

_, .1., •• _;.

REVERSE ANGLE - SIKBA'

horrified at the devastation.

SIXSA

What has he done? What have I done?

Nala enters frame and stops near ·'51mba.

NaIa ....

.-

51mba •.••

They nuzzle. The enormity ;ofSimba's'task hits him. 'SI'MBA

This isn't goinqto be easy.

r.

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NALA

We'll see it throuqh to the end. Together.

There is a moment.

90

SIMBA

(from their youth) Deal?

NALA

Deal ..

Pumbaa trots in.

PUHBM Deal me in, too!

SIMBA

Pumbaa ?1

PUMBAA

'At your service, Your Kingship!

(speech time)

I don't know what's qonna happen out there --All I know is we're qoin' into this thing together 1

Timon trots in.

TIMON

Not without me, ya won't.

SIMBA/NALA/PUMBAA (TOGETHER)

·Tilllon?ll·

TIMON

What? You think I'm gonna let you qet killed without my helPl ~

(then:) ,

Okay, Your Worship. (salutinq)

What'll it be?

.. SIMBA

I'Jllthi"nkln' .... I'.m'"thinkin' ..

. ,

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And they all bead toward "Pride Rock.

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SCAR (exasperated)

Ob -- must I do everything?!

Scar exits.

ANGLE - A ROCK

Two hyenas in f.q. fight over a bone. One of them flies against the rock. Simba, Hala, Timon and Pumbaa peek out, surveying the area. Timon is having secondthoughts~

TIMON

Jeeze, look at all those ••• teeth. Are you sure this is such a qood idea,?

Th'e hyena gets up. Everybody ducks behind the rock but. Timon. Simba's paw POPS UP into frame and pushes Timon down behind the rock, just as the hyena looks up. The hyena exits.

The quartet's heads pop up.

TIMON

Maybe we should try this tomorrow.

Timon!

There is a beat. Simba assesses the situation. He nods:

SIMBA

Now.

TIMON

Oh well, Hakuna Ma ••• (throwing enos up) 'Forget ... About-i t!

LONG SHOT

r.: '._

". -.._.;

Hyenas ,everywhere.

"ANGLE - 'AROCK

Timon and Pumbaa soft-shoe into'frame. They ·play" vaudeville-style to a sea of hyenas ••• whom they pretend aren't there. 'riDon tries his best to .ask his jitters.

- .......

i_ j',

'-.-;;:;§/

'lIKON

Say,Pumbaa -- haven't you put on a few pounds?

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SEQ. 1 S (SIMBA ARRIVES AT PRIDE ROCK) WIDE SHOT - PRIDE ROCK (LATE AFTERNOON)

Truck in past a hoard of hyenas. INT. SCAR'S CAVE - DAY (CONTINUOUS)

Scar reclines, gnawing On a bene.' A bedraggled Zazu, imprisoned under an animal rib cage, PATHETICALLY SINGS.

ZAZU (singing)

NOBOO'fKNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VB SEEN NOBODY KNOWS H'i SORROW •••

SCAR

Oh,Zazu -- lighten up. Sing so~ethin9 with a little bounce in it!

Zazu looks miffed, then finally gives it the old college try but without much conviction.

ZAZU (singing)

IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL IT'S A SHALL •••

SCAR

No! 'Anythinq but that!

Zazu starts 8gain, deadpan.

ZAZU (singing) I'VE GOT A LOVERLY SUNCHOF COCONUTS (DEEDLE-DEE) ····'THERE THEY ARE.A,·STAHDING IN A .:( BtJMP~DA~BUMP)

BIG ONES,'SMALLO~

,SCAR/ZAZU' (TOGE'liiER) SOME AS BIG' 'AS YOUR°""HEAD ••• GIVE EM A'TWIST

A 'FLICK OF THE WRIST •••

. ,.

ROW,

ZAZU (under breath)

I would never have had to do this for Mufasa.

Scar leaps off his pedestal.

9

SCAR (exploding) HbAt?

ZAZU (meekly) Nothing.

SCAR

(livid)

You know the law! Never, eye:r:::: mention that name in my presence. I aD the king!

ZAZU (back pedaling)

Yes, Sire. You are the king.

(vamping)

I .... uh .... only mention it to ••• illustrate the differences in your royal managerial approaches ..

SCAR Oh ..... Go on ..

ZAZU

Well .... (-Mu-f'a-sa·l

, ·MI1-JDl-IDll" '

(ironic butter-up)

was aqreat king. But you, Sire you :r::::e-define the ward "king."

SCAR (savoring it) .... continue .....

ZAZU

Only,:youcould -rule the Pride a,s .... ,only ••• ~ •• '. do ..

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shenzi ,Banzaiand Ed run ."'in ..

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"SHENZI --Hey, Boss 1

BANAZI

We qat a bone to pick with you.

SCAR

Oh.

(to Zazu)

Just when you were warming up. (aloof, to hyenas)

What is it?

'_

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SHENZI

(chummy)

Scar, you know we love you, and you're the kingliest of kings, but there is oneteensie problem.

(urgent) .

It's dinner time-, and we done run ~utta entrees.

BANZAI

Yeah. And there's no food, either.

SHENZI

Well, how about it, Scar?

SCAR

I'm, the king, not.the cook!

BANZAI

(under his breath)

And I thought things were bad under Mufasa.

SCAR (exploding) What did you say?

BANZAI I said "Mu-n •••

Shenzi shoves him ..

BANZAI (CONT'O)" -urf. I said nOue pasa!n

SCAR

,Good.

SHENZ!

Yeah.. ,But'we're st~ll hungry.

:,

SCAR r :

It's "the lionesses "'1obto do the . hunting!

BANZAI

Yeah. But they won't go bunt.

SHENZI

Make 'em. You're the big cheese.

BANZAI

Whose got some cheese?

PUMBAA You noticed!

TIMON

Why, I bet you could feed a family of four!

PUMBAA

At least!

(a beat)

Picture me rollin' in butter .. Roley-poley, roley-poley, rOleypoley ..

WITH SIMBA AND NALA - CONTINUOUS

As the hyenas' attention is diverted by Timon and Pumbaa, they pass behind them.

WITH TIMON AND PUMBAA - CONTINUOUS

TIMON

Okay, my roley-poley buddy, I say it's time we turn into FAST FOOD!

And they run off, pursued by the hyenas.

WITH SIHBA

as he hears:

SCAR (0.5.) (calling) SA-RAAA-BIIII!!!!!!!l!!!!!

SCAR'S ECHO ;,

Sarabi-Sarabi-Sarabi! ! 1 l,)

SIMBA'SPOV

Of Sarabiwalkinqthe"qauntlet froDthe .back of the crowd to tbefront --',head >held high.\. ~NQbody 'moves. The hyenas

"'stare at her ominously .An ~eerie wind WHOOOSHESacross the

'plain. " __ '

WITH 'SCAR ANDSARABI

The wind whips Scar's mane. Lightning strikes in the distance ..

SARABI Yes, Scar?

SCAR

Where is your hunting party? They're not doing their job.

SARABI

Scar, there is no food. The herds have moved on.

SCAR

No! They're just not looking hard enough.

SARABI

It's over, Scar. There is nothing left. We have only one choice. We must'leave Pride Rock.'

SCAR

We're not going anywhere.

SARABI

Then you are sentencing us to death.

SCAR Then so be it.

'&11" '~r .•

.. .' , :. ~ ./

SARABI You can't do that •

~ - .'

I am the king, and I can do whatever

I want!

SARABI

If you were half the king Mufasa was, you would never do •• ~ ,.

,SCAR

I 'AM TEN TIMES, THE KINGHUFASA WAS!

.seae 'strikesSarabi,- and'sbe falls.

SCAR'S ECHO "Mufasa,_M:ufasa -Mufasa •••

Heat lightnillg flashes • The ," thunder becomes a ROAR.

SEQ. 19 (THE FIGHT) EXT. PRIDE ROCK - DUSK

The ROAR continues. Heat lightning illuminates the shadowy FIGURE of a LION. It is Simba -- who has witnessed Scar's treachery. Simba charges down the rock ..

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SCAR

skitters away in fear:

SCAR '

Mufasa? -- No! -- It can't be. You're dead! Go away. Go! Leave me alone!

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Simba stands near his mother. Sarahi lifts her head ••• unsure of who.,~he strang-eris.

SARABI (groggy) Mufasa?

SIKBA No. It's me ..

SARABI (weakly)

Simba ..... , You're alive ..

SIMBA

I'm home.

Scar regains his confidence.

SCAR

Simbal

(nervous laugh)

Simba.I'm a little surprised to see ~ --

(glares at hyenas) oliye.

ANGLE - SHENZI, BANZAI' ED -,HYENA TRIO

r.- .

-.: .. ,-

,Gulp!

" ,And ,they,duck behind arock. ,WITH "'SIMBA . AND SCAR

-

, .,

<SimbasilentlY,s,talksScar .......... , whobac'ks, away • ,SCar tries - to

" hold him off: '

SCAR

Stroke of bad timing your showing up when you did ..

SIMBA

I'd say I'm right on time.

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Simba lunges at Scar. They tussle., Scar gets away.

SCAR

Oh, Simba -- You must understand. The pressures of ruling akingdoll •••

SIMBA (interrupting) Are no longer yours.

Simba leaps for him again.

SIMBA (CONT' D) Step down, Scar.

SCAR (patronizing)

Oh. Well, I would, of course. But there is one little problem.

WE HEAR eerie laughter of the hyenas.

HYENAS (O.S.) Hee-hee-hee-hee •••

ZIP PAN:

TONS OF HYENAS

." ..

rush in, LAUGHING violently. They are allover Simba -- who desperately tries to fight them off.

'"

ANGLE - SARABI

SARABI

Simbal

SURROUNDING FLATLANDS -CONTINUOUS Lightnlngstrikescloser,to Pride 'Rock, :ignlting the land. WI.THSCARANDSIMBA

The hyenas pulverize Simba. -Scar finally shouts an order: -:.SCAR

Enough!

The hyenas immediately stop and part down the center. Scar coaly walks through the parted crowd -- toward Simba who is weakened by his injuries and dangerously near the edge of the promontory. Simba struggles to keep from sliding off the rock to his death. Loose stones give way, causing him more trouble. Scar looms in for the kill.

9

SCAR

Poor pathetic Simba • Ever since you were a cub, wherever you went, disaster ·followed.

SIHBA Step down, Scar e .

SCAR

Always rushing headlong into trouble But "Daddy" was always there to save you. As I recall, "Daddy" died trying to save you.

srMBA

It was an accident.

SCAR

And that's why you ran away? (to Sarabi)

Not very kingly, eh, Sarabi?

SIHBA I was wrong.

SCAR

You were always wrong. ,And,}ook where you are now. But this ti~e ••• "Daddy" isn't here to save you.

Simba slips back off the promontory and SCREAMS:

•. " - ;<.,

SIHBA

Aaasaa!

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He.dangles off the ,edge, of the rock, his claws losing their ,·hold :wi theach passing second •

Simbs'doesn'tknowit, but-he is, in ,the exact same position his-father 'was 'before his death.-'Scar,s8vorsthe:moment.

SCAR

How this looks familiar • Where bave I:;seenthis::,before? · .. Letme,·::think. ' ••

,(brightening)

Oh, yes -- I remember! That's just the way your father looked before I killed him.

Simba ROARS and leaps for Scar, hitting him like a freight train. They fight. Simba flips SCar. The hyenas freeze while and Simba holds Scar down: