Why if it isn't my big brother descending from on high to mingle with the commoners.
Sarabi and I didn't see you at the presentation of Simba.
That was today? Oh, I feel simply awful. (scratches claws against a rock like nails on a chalkboard, irritating Zazu) Must've slipped my mind.
Zazu Yes, well, as slippery as your mind is, as the king's brother, you should have been first in line!
I was first in line. Until the little hairball was born.
That hairball is my son and your future king.
Scar (sarcastically): Oh, I shall practice my curtsy. (turns to leave)
(becoming angry)
Don't turn your back on me, Scar.
Oh no, Mufasa. Perhaps you shouldn't turn your back on me.
(Mufasa roars and leaps in front of Scar)
Is that a challenge?!
Temper, temper. I wouldn't dream of challenging you.
Zazu Pity. Why not?
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. (skulks away)
Zazu (to Mufasa)
There's one in every family, sire - two in mine, actually - and they always manage to ruin special occassions.
What am I going to do with him?
Zazu He'd make a very handsome throw rug.
Zazu And just think! Whenever he gets dirty, you could take him out and beat him.
(the hyenas confront Simba, Nala and Zazu, who have wandered into the elephant graveyard)
Well, well, well, Banzai, what have we got here?
Mmm...I don't know, Shenzi. Uh, what do you think, Ed?
Just what I was thinkin'. A trio of trespassers!
Zazu And quite by accident, let me assure you. A simple navigational error.
(Zazu turns to leave but is stopped by Shenzi)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait. I know you. You're Mufasa's little stooge.
Zazu I, madam, am the king's Majordomo.
(to Simba)
And that would make you...
Do you know what we do to kings who step out of their kingdom?
Puh. You can't do anything to me.
Zazu (nervous)
Technically, they can. We are on their land.
But Zazu, you told me they're nothing but slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers!
Zazu Ix-nay on the upid-stay...
(Banzai angrily interrupts)
Who you callin' "upid-stay?!"
Zazu (tries to hurry Simba and Nala away)
My, my! Look at the sun, it's time to go!
(gets in their way)
What's the hurry? We'd love you to stick around for dinner.
Yeah, we could have whatever's "lion" around!
(The hyenas laugh)
Ohh, wait, wait, wait, I got one, I got one! Make mine a "cub" sandwich!
(Ed makes noises and points to where Simba, Nala and Zazu were)
What, Ed? What is it?
Hey, did we order this dinner to go?
'Cause THERE IT GOES!!!
(they turn to see Simba, Nala and Zazu fleeing)
Zazu (singing, depressed)
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows my sorrow...
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...
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...
ZS Zazu/Scar
(Scar grins and joins in with actions and singing, even using a skull as a puppet)
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--
[angry]
What?! What did you say?
Zazu Erm, nothing!
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]
(to Scar)
We got a bone to pick with you!
[to Banzai]
I'll handle this. (to Scar) Scar, there's no food and no water--
Yeah, it's dinner time, and we ain't got no stinkin' entrees!
[exasperated]
It's the lionesses' job to do the hunting...
Zazu Oh, you wouldn't want me! I'd be so tough and gamey and... eww...
Oh, Zazu, don't be ridiculous. All you need is a little garnish.
(aside, to Shenzi)
I thought things were bad under Mufasa.
(suddenly angry)
What did you say?!
I said Muf... (Shenzi nudges him) I said, uh... "Qu? pasa?"
Yeah but, we're still hungry.
(yelling)
Out!
(The hyenas quickly flee the cave)
Zazu [Inside a deserted Pride Rock, Zazu is singing in the rib cage while Scar using a pointy part bone as a toothpick] [singing]
♪ Nobody knows the trouble I've seen / Nobody knows my sorrow ♪
[throws the bone out]
Oh, Zazu, do lighten up. Sing something with a little bounce in it.
Zazu [singing]
♪ It's a small world after all... ♪
[yelling at Zazu]
NO! No. Anything but that!
Zazu [singing]
♪ I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts / Dee-dee-dee-dee / There they are all standin' in a row... ♪
SA Scar and Zazu
[singing]
"♪ Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head--"♪
Zazu Oh... I would never have had to do this for Mufasa.
[quick and angrily-ish]
WHAT?! What did you say?
Zazu Oh, nothing.
You know the law. Never, ever mention THAT name in my presence. I AM THE *KING!*
Zazu Yes, Sire, you are the king. I only mentioned it to illustrate the differences in your royal managerial approaches. [laugh nervously]
[from offscreen]
Hey, Boss!
Oh, what is it this time?
We got a bone to pick with you.
I'll handle this. Scar, there's no food, no water.
Yeah. It's dinnertime, and we ain't got no stinkin' entrees!
It's the lionesses' job to do the hunting.
Yeah, but they won't go hunt.
Zazu Oh, you wouldn't want me. I'd be so tough and gamey and eww!
Oh, Zazu, don't be ridiculous. All you need is a little garnish.
[to Shenzi]
I thought things were bad under Mufasa.
[quick and angrily-ish again]
What did you say?!
I said Muf-- [Shenzi nudges him] [nervously] I said, uh, que pasa?
[Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed shuffle past Scar. They pause in the entryway of Pride Rock and look back at Scar]
Yeah, but we're still hungry.
[from off-screen]
OUT! [Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed flee; Ed lets loose a crazy evil laugh]
[The scene transitions to the jungle at night] [belches]
[Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa lie on their backs in the grass]
Whoa! Nice one, Simba.
Thanks. Man, I'm stuffed.
[rubs his stomach]
Me too. I ate like a pig.
AS Adult Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa
[sigh contentedly]
Ever wonder what those sparkling dots are up there?
Pumbaa, I don't wonder. I know.
[gestures vaguely]
They're fireflies. Fireflies that got stuck up in that big bluish-black thing.
Oh, gee. I always thought they were balls of gas burning billions of miles away.
Pumbaa, with you, everything's gas.
Simba, what do you think?
We told you ours. Please?
Well, somebody once told me that the Great Kings of the Past are up there, watching over us.
You mean a bunch of royal dead guys are watching us? Pfft! *laughs*
Who told you something like that?
Oh, you're killing me, Simba.
Yeah... [stares up at the stars, downcast]
Oh. [After a moment, Simba gets up and leaves. Timon looks at Pumbaa in confusion] Was it something I said?
[walks to a ledge, his head drooped. He looks up at the stars, then collapses, sending a shower of milkweed floss into the air; he sighs]
[The scene transitions to the milkweed floss being carried on the wind. It drifts over Rafiki's tree]
:[catches some in his hand and sniffs it experimentally] Hmm. [climbs down into the branches of his tree. He sits and puts the milkweed floss into an empty turtle shell. He shakes the shell and hums. He grabs a gourd that is hanging in his tree, breaks it in two, and munches on one half] Hmm. [ducks down toward the milkweed floss] Simba? [looks at the smeared painting of Simba] He's alive? He's alive! [bounds across the tree and laughs. He grabs his staff. He races towards the painting and dips his fingers in red paint and laughs. He draws a mane on the painting of Simba] It is time.
Zazu [Timon runs from Banzai with Shenzi]
Let me out! Let me out!
Let me in! Let me in! [hugs Zazu tightly while they are both cornered by Banzai and Shenzi] Please don't eat me.
[appears at the mouth of the cave]
Drop 'em!
Uh-oh, he called him a pig.
Uh-oh, he call him a pig.
Shouldn't have done that.
[shouting]
ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?!
THEY CALL ME MR. PIG!!! AAAAAHHH!!!!!!!! [lets out a battle cries out, charges at the hyenas.]
Zazu [Ed stands outside Pride Rock. The ground shakes, with rocks falling around him.] [from off-screen]
Take that, you stupid...
[from off-screen]
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
[from off-screen]
Take that and that!
[from off-screen]
Keep at 'em! Keep at 'em!
[from off-screen]
Ow! Ooh! Whoo, baby!
SB Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed
[Shenzi and Banzai flee the cave, running into Ed.]
*yip*
[Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed charge off.] [from offscreen]
Whoo!
[Timon, Pumbaa, and Zazu emerge from the cave.]
Run, ya yellow-belly!
TP Timon, Pumbaa, and Zazu
[chanting]
Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!
[The scene switches to Simba chasing Scar up to the high point of Pride Rock. Scar runs up to the edge and sees the sheer drop. Simba leaps up to confront him at the cliff-like edge. Scar is very apprehensive, seeing he is cornered and at Simba's mercy] [having Scar cornered; coldly]
Murderer.
Simba, Simba, Please. Please have mercy. I'm just trying to...
[angrily]
You don't deserve to live.
Simba, I am family. It's the hyenas who are the real enemy. It was their fault. It was their idea.
Why should I believe you? Everything you ever told me was a lie.
What are you going to do? You wouldn't kill your own uncle.
No, Scar. I'm not like you.
Oh, Simba, thank you. You are truly noble. I'll make it up to you, I promise. How can I, ah, prove myself to you? Tell me anything.
Run. Run away, Scar. And never return.
Yes. Of course. [looks down and sees a pile of hot coals] As you wish, Your MAJESTY! [swipes the coals into Simba's face. With a cried out of surprised and pain, Simba paws the coals away as Scar leaps and attacks. There is a fight in slow motion. Both Scar and Simba land heavy blows. At normal speed, Simba gets knocked on his back. Scar leaps through the flames at him. Simba gathers courage and uses Scar's momentum in a "throw" similar to Nala's fighting tactics to send him flying over the edge. Scar tumbles to the bottom. He weakly gets up] Ahh, my friends.
I thought he said that we were "the enemy".
Yeah. That's what I heard.
[Ed starts laughing, in a far more sinister tone than usual. The other hyenas join in as they start hungrily closing in on Scar] [last words before his death]
No, let me explain! No, you don't understand! No, I didn't mean it! No, look, I'm sorry I called you... No! NO!
Zazu [The camera pans up as the hyenas pounce on Scar and start to maul him to death, with flames covering the scene. A brief rainstorm douses the flames. As Simba comes down, Zazu bows and mouths]
Your Majesty. [Simba greets his mother and Nala. Rafiki motions for Simba to ascend Pride Rock as king. Simba starts walking up and pauses to hug Rafiki as his father did]
It is time.
[Very majestically, he ascends through the rain. Through a hole in the clouds is a patch of stars. One bright star shines out briefly] Mufasa's Ghost: Remember.
AC African Chorus
[Simba's expression gains confidence and strength. He roars. The lionesses roar in reply. Time switch to the savannah in full bloom again. Cue "Busa" theme]
Busa le lizwe / Busa le lizwe / Busa le lizwe / Bus-busa ngo xolo
LM Lebo M
[Obscured verse] [singing]
Se-fi-le / Baba ti-tabo / Maye babo / Busa lomhlaba.
AC African Chorus
[Obscured verses]
LM Lebo M
He! Se-fi-le / Busa Simba! Busa Simba! Ubuse ngo xolo / Ubuse ngo thando / Ubuse ngo xolo / Ubuse ngo thando / Ubuse ngo xolo.
AC African Chorus
[Simba, Timon, Pumbaa, and Nala are on Pride Rock. Zazu flies up to the point. Timon, of course, is shaking his arms in the classic victory sign. All the groups of herds are there and making noise as in the presentation of Simba]
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala / Ingonyama nengw' enamabala.
LM Lebo M
[ngw' enamabala-wa]
FC Full Chorus
Till we find our place / On the path unwinding / In the Circle / The Circle of Life / Circle of... Life.
[Rafiki appears, holding Kiara. He lifts her to present her to the crowd. Bass drum hit and black out to title in red lettering as in the beginning. The Circle is completed]
Zazu [spoken]
Good morning, sire!
[spoken]
Good morning, Zazu!
Zazu Checkin' in with the morning report!
Zazu [singing]
♪ Chimps are going ape, giraffes remain above it all / Elephants remember, though just what I can't recall / Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks / Showed interest in my nest egg but I quickly said, "No thanks!" / We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch / Not everyone invited will be coming back from lunch / This is the morning report / Gives you the long and the short / Every grunt, roar and snort / Not a tale I distort / On the morning report ♪
Let an old pro show you how it's done.
Zazu [singing]
♪ Oh, the buffalo have got a beef about... ♪
[spoken verse herd when Zazu is singing in the background]
Stay low to the ground.
Yeah, OK. Stay low to the ground.
Zazu [singing]
♪ ...the season's color seen in all the herds... ♪
Take it slow. One more step. Then pounce!
Zazu [singing]
♪ ...in the dung! Aawwwkk!!! ♪
[singing]
♪ This is the morning report / Gives you the long and the short / Every grunt, roar, and snort / Not a tale I distort [muffled] On the morning report! ♪
Zazu Aaaah! Oh! Ow!
Ha ha ha! That's very good.
