The Lion King quotes

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

View Quote Life's not fair, is it? You see, I... well, I shall never be king. And you... shall never see the light of another day. Adieu.

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

View Quote Run away Simba...Run. Run away and never return.

View Quote Mufasa: Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.
Simba: But dad, don't we eat the antelope?
Mufasa: Yes, Simba, but let me explain. When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.

View Quote I'm surrounded by idiots.

View Quote Simba: Dad! Dad, dad, dad, dad, dad!
Sarabi (sleepily): Your son is awake.
Mufasa: Before sunrise, he's your son.

View Quote Zazu: (singing, depressed) Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows my sorrow...
Scar: Oh, Zazu, do lighten up. Sing something with a little, um, bounce in it!
Zazu: (thinks for a moment, then sings) It's a small world, after all...
Scar: No! No! Anything but that!
Zazu: (begrudgingly) I've got a love-a-ley bunch of coconuts, diddely-diddely, / There they are a-standing in a row...
(Scar grins and joins in with actions and singing, even using a skull as a puppet)
Zazu/Scar: Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head...
Zazu: [while Scar continues] Oh, I would never have had to do this for Mufasa--
Scar: [angry] What?! What did you say?
Zazu: Erm, nothing!
Scar: You know the law! Never EVER mention that name in my presence. I am the KING!
Zazu: Yes, sire. You are the king. I... I only mentioned it to illustrate the differences in your royal managerial approaches. [nervous laugh]

View Quote I killed Mufasa!

View Quote (during the final battle at Pride Rock, Timon is chased by Shenzi, Banzai and Ed into a cave. Pumbaa appears at the entrance)
Pumbaa: Problem?
Banzai: Hey, who's the pig?
Pumbaa: Are you talking to me?
Timon: Uh-oh. He called him a pig.
Pumbaa: Are you talking to me?!
Timon: Shouldn't 'a done that.
Pumbaa: ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?!?
Timon: Now they're in for it.
Pumbaa: They CALL me... MISTER PIG! (charges at the hyenas while yelling manically)

View Quote Rafiki: Shh. It's a secret. (leans towards Simba) Asante sana, squash banana, we we nugu mi mi apana!
Simba: Enough, already! What does that mean anyway?
Rafiki: It means you're a baboon. And I'm not! (chuckles)

View Quote (as Scar and the hyenas advance on Simba, steering him towards a ledge) Oh Simba, you're in trouble again. But this time Daddy isn't here to save you. And now everyone knows why!

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

View Quote Well as far as brains go, I've got the lion's share. But when it comes to brute strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool.

View Quote Pumbaa: (singing) And, oh, the shame!
Timon: He was ashamed!
Pumbaa: Thoughta changin' my name!
Timon: Oh, what's in a name?
Pumbaa: And I got downhearted...
Timon: How did you feel?
Pumbaa: ...every time that I--
Timon: Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!
Pumbaa: Oh... sorry.