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The Lion King


and the circle of life where "only the strong and the beautiful triumph, and the powerless survive only by serving the strong." The first "Lion King"-related animated projects involved the characters of Timon and Pumbaa. First, the duo starred in the animated short "Stand by Me", featuring Timon singing the eponymous song, which was released in 1995 accompanying the theatrical release of "Tom and Huck". The duo then received their own animated series, "The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa", which ran
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Timon & Pumbaa (TV series)


The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, often simply referred to as Timon & Pumbaa, is an American animated television series created by Walt Disney Television Animation. Based on the 1994 Disney animated film "The Lion King", it centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog, as they live their problem-free philosophy Hakuna Matata. The show ran for three seasons on CBS, Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and in syndication as a part of "The Disney Afternoon". It aired from September 8, 1995
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and advises him to "look beyond what you see". Timon takes the advice literally and observes Pride Rock in the distance. Believing Pride Rock to be his paradise home, Timon ventures there and encounters Pumbaa on his way. The two quickly form a bond and Pumbaa accompanies Timon. The pair arrive at Pride Rock during the presentation of Simba to the Pride Lands' animals. As they make their way through the crowd of onlookers, Pumbaa explosively passes gas, causing nearby animals to faint but prompting animals further away to
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Timon and Pumbaa are an animated meerkat and warthog duo introduced in Disney's 1994 animated film "The Lion King" and its franchise. Timon was portrayed through his many appearances by Nathan Lane (in all three films and early episodes of the show), Max Casella (the original actor in "The Lion King" Broadway musical), Kevin Schon (in certain episodes of the show), Quinton Flynn (in certain episodes of the show), Bruce Lanoil in the "Wild About Safety" shorts and "Kingdom
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This is an episode list for "The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa", an American animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company. It follows the adventures of Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog from the 1994 Disney film "The Lion King", as they live their problem-free philosophy Hakuna Matata. Rafiki, the hyenas, and Zazu are also given their own segments. The series first aired in syndication and on CBS. It later aired on Disney Channel, Toon Disney, Disney Junior, and
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The Lion King (franchise)


Tale" retelling the story of The Lion King from Timon's point-of-view was released on February 24. 2012 for iOS devices. The story is set in a kingdom of anthropomorphic animals in Africa known as the Pride Lands, where a lion rules over the other animals as king. "The Lion King" begins when Rafiki, a mandrill, anoints Simba, the newborn son of King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi, presenting him to a gathering of animals at the Pride Rock. Simba is next seen as a
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executive producers. In 2004, Timon and Pumbaa starred in their own feature film "The Lion King 1½", a direct-to-video adaptation of the television series to the first of two films. Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Matthew Broderick, Robert Guillaume, Julie Kavner and Jerry Stiller provided the voices of Timon, Pumbaa, Simba, Rafiki, Timon's Mother and Uncle Max respectively. The show stars Timon, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog, both characters from the Disney animated film "The
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I Just Can't Wait to Be King


John himself also recorded his own version of the song for the film's soundtrack. It also appears in DisneyToon's 2004 direct-to-video followup "The Lion King 1½". Timon and Pumbaa are disturbed by some noise from outside of their home, which is actually Simba, Nala, and the animals singing this musical number. Timon is angry and hits the leg of an elephant supporting the tower of animals. The elephant jumps in surprise and causes the tower to collapse, explaining why it collapses in the original
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, the Vulture Police, Rabbit, Toucan Dan, and the Natives are absent. Each segments of the episodes in the first season starring The Lion King Characters: Timon is voiced by Nathan Lane & Quinton Flynn in this season. Kevin Schon, who sung the Timon and Pumbaa theme song "Hakuna Matata", voices Timon in this season and onwards. As of this season, the show was produced in Canada by Studio B Productions for Walt Disney Television Animation, with a new staff of producers, directors, writers (
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Nathan Lane


voiced Timon, the meerkat, in Disney's blockbuster animated film "The Lion King" and reprised the role in its sequels. In 1995, Lane voiced the meerkat in the early episodes of "Timon & Pumbaa". In 1995, he played the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz in Concert" at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT). In 1999, he appeared in the Encores! concert revival of "Do Re Mi
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The Lion King (known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata! outside of North America) is a 2004 American animated comedy adventure film produced by the Australian branch of Disneytoon Studios and released direct to video on February 10, 2004. The film was also theatrically released internationally and in selected cities in the United States. As the third film in the "Lion King" media franchise, the film is chronologically the first in the franchise. It focuses on the meerkat/warthog duo Timon and Pumbaa and their escapades taking
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of the island, which is unknown what might've happened to him. Therefore, the natives might have not seen their king in a really long time. When Timon and Pumbaa visit the island, the natives mistake Pumbaa for their long-lost king and they make Timon his servant. Everything goes well until they make Pumbaa relight the fire and realize that he's an impostor when they see that he is unable to do so. After Timon and Pumbaa escape, the three natives shed their disguises upon getting tired of being
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The Lion Guard


The Lion Guard is an American animated television series developed by Ford Riley and based on Disney's 1994 film "The Lion King." The series was first broadcast with a television film titled The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar on Disney Channel on November 22, 2015 and began airing as a TV series on January 15, 2016 on Disney Junior and Disney Channel. It is the second television series to be based on "The Lion King", the first being "Timon & Pumbaa". "The Lion Guard
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, unaware that Simba is still alive. Zazu (voiced by Rowan Atkinson in "The Lion King"; Jim Piddock in "Timon and Pumbaa's Jungle Games" and "The Lion King Simba's Mighty Adventure"; Michael Gough in "Timon & Pumbaa"; Edward Hibbert in "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" and "The Lion King 1½"; Jeff Bennett in "The Lion Guard"; and John Oliver in the live action film) is a red-billed hornbill and majordomo to
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place before and during the events of "The Lion King". Much of the original cast from the first film returns in this film to reprise their roles, including Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella as Timon and Pumbaa, respectively. As Timon and Pumbaa watch the original film in a theater, Timon decides to fast-forward to their scenes. Pumbaa's protest over this eventually prompts Timon to share his backstory, going back to before the beginning of the movie. Timon is a social outcast in his meerkat colony on the
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in early spring 2004 with Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, and Matthew Broderick reprising their original roles, and Elton John and Tim Rice returning to compose a new song, "Meerkat Rhapsody". The film was animated by Walt Disney Animation Australia studio in Sydney, Sparx and Spaff Animation. Upon its initial home video release, "The Lion King " was accompanied by with a marketing campaign tie-in with McDonald's with six Happy Meal toys: Simba, Rafiki, Timon, Pumbaa, Mufasa and Ed. In May
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ensure continuity of the original narrative while offering interaction. To add to the aural experience, the games featured voice acting. They allowed children to choose what they wanted to do onscreen, between reading, playing, and interacting with hotspots. The original film scripts were considered from an activity standpoint, with clickable features added to each page so players could affect the story; for example, in "The Lion King Animated Storybook" players could turn Pride Rock from green to brown, or collect bugs for Timon to eat. These
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a game for Christmas 1995 featuring Timon and Pumbaa in response to the misstep. George D. Grayson, 7th Level's president and chief executive, commented "the computer nerd takes particular pleasure in making something work that doesn't work right". This game would become "Gamebreak!" "Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games", Disney Interactive's first entry into their entertainment-focused Disney Interactive Entertainment division. "The Lion King Animated Storybook" was also available in Spanish, French, German and Italian-language through a
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The Lion King


"The Lion King 1½", another direct-to-video "Lion King" film, saw its release in 2004. It is a prequel in showing how Timon and Pumbaa met each other, and also a parallel in that it also depicts what the characters were retconned to have done during the events of the original movie. In June 2014, it was announced that a new TV series based on the film would be released called "The Lion Guard", featuring Kion, the second-born cub of Simba
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parade featured six floats designed around different aspects of Africa, dancers dressed in animal costumes and a Pride Rock float featuring Simba and Nala. Many characters from "The Lion King" appear in the Disney Channel series "Disney's House of Mouse". Some of them also appear in the series' spin-off films "" and "Mickey's House of Villains". The characters also appear at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as meet and greet characters. A digital storybook app called "The Lion King: Timon's
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misadventures in the jungle, but sometimes find themselves across the globe in various settings. This series also has episodes centering on Rafiki, Zazu, and Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. In the episode "Once Upon a Timon", a pre-existing storyline of how Timon met Pumbaa was revealed. This may indicate that "Timon & Pumbaa" (or just said episode) and "The Lion King 1½" exist in different continuities. "The Lion Guard" takes place after Kiara meets Kovu, but before her
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Nala is depicted as slightly older, calmer, and less overprotective of Kiara than her mate, Simba. In "The Lion Guard", Nala is shown to be a supportive mother to Kion. Timon (voiced by Nathan Lane in the films and the TV series "Timon & Pumbaa"; Quinton Flynn in earlier episodes of the TV series "Timon & Pumbaaa", Kevin Schon in both later episodes of the TV series "Timon & Pumbaa" and "The Lion Guard"; Bruce Lanoil in the video games
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alive, and draws a mane onto her painting of Simba. In the jungle, Pumbaa is hunted and chased by a lioness. Simba confronts her and saves his friend, but recognizes the lioness as Nala. She is amazed to find Simba alive, knowing that he is the rightful king. Timon and Pumbaa are confused, but Simba asks them to leave him and Nala alone. Timon realizes what is happening and laments the end of Simba's Hakuna Matata lifestyle ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight"). Nala
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". On November 1, 2017, JD McCrary was cast as young Simba. McCrary said that "Donald Glover is so talented that [he] actually did have to take it into consideration, because if Simba is going to grow up to be some sort of figure and you know of it, you have to keep that motive". The success of "The Lion King "and popularity of its characters led to the production of "Timon & Pumbaa", an animated television series starring Timon and Pumbaa. Simba
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a cliff. Kiara lands on a rock, but Zira slips and falls into the lake to death. Simba allows the Outsiders, including Kovu, to return to the Pride Lands, and Kovu is allowed to stand with Kiara at the top of Pride Rock. "The Lion King 1½" is a retelling of the events of the first film from Timon and Pumbaa's perspective. "The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa" follows the further adventures of the titular meerkat and warthog duo. The pair is normally seen having
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The Princess and the Goblin (film)


The Lion King". This film's star Rik Mayall had been asked by Tim Rice to audition for "The Lion King" for the roles of Banzai, Zazu and Timon. "Halliwell's Film Guide" deemed it an "Uninteresting animated feature, with a dull fairy-tale plot dully executed." "The New York Times" wrote "If 'The Princess and the Goblin' is mildly diverting children's fare, its characters are not sharply focused visually or verbally. In a cinema that teems with terrifying
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Disney's Adventures in Typing With Timon and Pumbaa" was released by Disney Interactive in 1998 for PCs with Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. The game teaches children how to type through use of five games. It features the characters Rafiki, Timon and Pumbaa. A game called "The Lion King 1½" was published in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance, based on the direct-to-video film and featuring Timon and Pumbaa as the playable characters. Some of the film's characters are playable in "Disney's Extreme
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uniting the Outsiders with the pride. Rafiki tries to make them fall in love by singing to them about a place called "Upendi", which means "love" in Swahili. In the end, he blesses the union of Kovu and Kiara, and Kovu is welcomed into the pride. Rafiki appears briefly in "The Lion King 1½", teaching Timon the philosophy of "Hakuna Matata", talking to Timon's mother about her son, and later convincing Timon to follow Simba to Pride Rock to confront Scar.
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2003, the DVD edition was confirmed to include music videos, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes views of how the movie was made, and two featurettes: "Timon -- The Early Years"; a mockumentary tracing Timon's childhood through tongue-in-cheek interviews with family and friends; and "Disney's Funniest Moments," highlighting Disney animated characters from the "Seven Dwarfs" to "Brother Bear". Two games are also featured, including a virtual safari backlot tour through the Pride Lands and a
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very large nose. Max is a pessimist by nature and very paranoid, believing that a meerkat's fate is to be "food for other animals! Feared by nothing and eaten by all!" Max reluctantly agrees to let Timon be a sentry for the colony and attempts to train him for the job, but is nearly eaten by the hyenas when they attack. He is glad to see Timon go but ends up going with Ma to find him. Max appears again towards the end of the film, where he and
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the death of Scar and avenging Mufasa, Timon takes them and the entire meerkat colony to the jungle paradise he and Pumbaa discovered. Ma is mentioned several times in "Timon & Pumbaa" and in "The Lion Guard" episode "Beware the Zimwi" by Timon, who claims that her cousin's friend knew an ox that was eaten by the Zimwi. Uncle Max (voiced by Jerry Stiller) is a prominent member of the meerkat colony and relative of Timon and Ma. He has grey head-fur and a
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Simba


Robert Faires felt that Simba and the other "Lion King "characters, though "true", were simply unoriginal retreads of preceding animated characters who were "swiped from other Disney cartoons." Hal Hinson of "The Washington Post" gave the character a negative review. Labeling Timon and Pumbaa the only interesting characters in "The Lion King", Hinson questioned Simba's role as the film's hero. Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times "agreed, "A movie's heroes may have their names above the
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which has no emotional echo in the first film. The quality of the animation is surprisingly impressive; some static backgrounds are the primary concession to a small-screen budget and the fluid character movements and expressions are vastly superior to those of, say, "The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa" TV cartoon series.'" Joe Leydon of "Variety" gave the film a positive review writing "toddlers and preschoolers will be equally enchanted and amused by colorful toon shenanigans." "Los Angeles Times" article writer Susan
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The Lion King (franchise)


Disney was developing a "Lion King" remake with Jon Favreau directing. Reports stated that animation styles would be similar to Favreau's 2016 film "The Jungle Book" and would shoot it back-to-back with "The Jungle Book" sequel. The film's voice cast features Donald Glover as Simba, James Earl Jones reprising his role as Mufasa, and Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen as Timon and Pumbaa, respectively, with Beyoncé as Nala. The film is produced by Favreau's Fairview Entertainment. In April 2017
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Mufasa and later Simba. After Mufasa's death, Zazu becomes a prisoner of Scar before Pumbaa breaks the bone cage releasing him when Simba returns to the Pride Lands. He eventually acts as a scout and advises Simba on royal protocol. In "Timon & Pumbaa", it is revealed that Zazu is not only a lion king's majordomo, he is a jungle administrator. In the episode "Zazu's Off-By-One Day", he is shown to be responsible for counting the population of the animals.
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The Lion Guard


the Circle of Life. They just want to eat and wreak havoc." In terms of giving "The Lion Guard" the same look as the original film, director Howy Parkins stated that they were mindful to keep the essence of "The Lion King". To that end, the crew did extensive research on the look of the backgrounds and characters and were able to obtain some original model sheets. In addition, Barry Atkinson and Mike Surrey, background painter and supervising animator for Timon on the original film respectively,
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; and Billy Eichner in the live action film) and Pumbaa (voiced by Ernie Sabella in the films, TV series "Timon & Pumbaa", and "The Lion Guard"; Leslie Hedger in "Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure"; and Seth Rogen in the live action film) are a meerkat and common warthog duo; Timon being a wise-cracking, yet loyal friend, while Pumbaa is gluttonous, yet brave. When they first meet Simba in "The Lion King", they save an unconscious Simba
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inspiration for John Smith from Errol Flynn and physical attributes of Gibson. Initially assigned as a supervising animator on "The Lion King", Nik Ranieri did character designs and test animation for Timon, but moved over to "Pocahontas" growing frustrated with an indecisive vision from the directors. There, he was assigned to animate Redfeather until Jeffrey Katzenberg ordered for the animals to be mute. Finding feathers difficult for Redfeather to gesture with, he was again assigned to animate Meeko using a Little Golden Books animal book illustrated by Alice and
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, the last few get stuck, prompting Timon to dive underground and break them himself. The cave-in commences, and the hyenas are ejected through the tunnels in time to turn against Scar. Simba accepts his place as king of the Pride Lands, thanking Timon and Pumbaa for helping him. Timon takes Ma, Uncle Max, and the meerkat colony to live in the predator-free jungle to complete his Hakuna Matata, and he is praised as their hero. Once Timon finishes his backstory, Ma, Uncle Max
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of 6.41/10. Frank Lovece of "TV Guide" gave the film stars out of 4 stating that "This retelling of "The Lion King" (1994) from the point of view of comic sidekicks Timon (voice of Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella) is one of the rare Disney direct-to-video sequels worthy of the original." He went on to say that 'the only aspect of the film that feels forced is the revisionist positioning of Timon as young Simba's step-dad,
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Raymond and released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on February 10, 2004. The DVD went to the Disney Vault in January 2005. The film is a chronologically concurrent sequel to the first film, focusing on Timon and Pumbaa. It was somewhat influenced by Tom Stoppard's play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", in which the title characters are seen in every major event of "Hamlet". The series "The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa" had a direct-to-video film named "Around the World
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Danny Rutigliano


Danny Rutigliano is an American actor. He appeared on Broadway in "The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" in 1994. He has appeared in "The Lion King" on Broadway, portraying the character Timon; he left the show in April 2010. A member of the original cast as the understudy, he also originated the role of Timon in the L.A. Production of "The Lion King", for which he received the Ovation Award for Best Featured Actor. He appeared in the Broadway revival of "Born Yesterday" in
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, Disney announced that the remake would be released on July 19, 2019. John Oliver was cast as playing Zazu. "The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa" is a spin-off cartoon series that centers on Timon and Pumbaa. The show ran for three seasons, airing on the syndicated block "The Disney Afternoon" and CBS in the United States, and BBS in Canada from September 8, 1995 to November 1, 1998. It had Bobs Gannaway and Tony Craig serving as the executive producers for the first
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Master System and Game Gear version. The film and sequel "Simba's Pride" later inspired another game, Torus Games' "" (2000) for the Game Boy Color and PlayStation. Timon and Pumbaa also appeared in "Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games", a 1995 PC game collection of puzzle games by 7th Level, later ported to the SNES by Tiertex. The Square Enix series "Kingdom Hearts" features Simba as a recurring summon, as well as a playable in the "Lion King" world,
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March 1, 2005. The young adult version of Thumper can be seen amongst the crowd of toons during the final scene of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". He is also mentioned as Roger Rabbit's uncle in one scene of the film. Thumper, along with Bambi and Flower, also appears in the end of the movie "Lion King 1 ½". Timon and Pumbaa visit the Lion King story in their own version and when they complete watching the movie, Timon's mom and Uncle Max wants to watch it
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Sabella. Timon was animated and created by Michael Surrey. They made their first appearances in the 1994 film when they shooed away the vultures that swarmed around young Simba, who had collapsed from heat exhaustion. Timon and Pumbaa then took the collapsed lion cub back to a small pool, where they splashed water on him to wake him up. After Simba is awakened by the two, they introduce themselves and welcome Simba to stay with them and follow their "hakuna matata" philosophy. At first, Simba is confused about Timon
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Mayall (for Timon) and Adrian Edmondson (for Pumbaa) to play the roles, as he got the idea for the lyrics to "Hakuna Matata" by watching their show "Bottom". As with many characters in "Lion King", Pumbaa's name derives from the East African language Swahili. In Swahili, "pumbaa (v.)" means "to be foolish, silly, weakminded, careless, negligent". Timon is one of the few characters whose name has no meaning in Swahili; "Timon
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into freeing him from his cage. Later in the episode, while Timon impersonates Toucan Dan in order to not be in trouble with the police, Toucan Dan impersonates Timon and this makes Pumbaa have to decide which one is the real Timon. Toucan Dan makes his second and final appearance in the episode "Alcatraz Mataz". In that episode, he frames Timon and Pumbaa for stealing a train car full of beak polish and the police throw them in jail. Angry at Toucan Dan, Timon and Pumbaa escape to catch the
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Timon to get banished. After Timon and Pumbaa meet for the first time, they see that Tatiana is still alive and rescue her from a cobra. When Tatiana returns to the colony with Timon and Pumbaa, Timon is offered her hand in marriage. When the Duke makes him choose between Tatiana or Pumbaa, he chooses to be Bestest Best friends with Pumbaa as they leave the Meerkat colony. Although "Once Upon a Timon" was meant to be Tatiana's only appearance, there is a female meerkat who bears a striking
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Ma encounter Timon and Pumbaa at Pride Rock, and helps Timon get rid of the hyenas by digging a tunnel. Max finally believes in Timon, and after Timon takes the meerkats to his jungle paradise, Max teaches the meerkats tai chi instead of how not to be eaten. Some of Max's role was originally going to be filled by Timon's father who was considered for inclusion in the film, but ultimately dropped. Kion (voiced by Max Charles) is the son of Simba and Nala, Kiara's younger brother
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Lightyears"). In 1994 the Walt Disney Animation Studios animated movie "The Lion King" brought the phrase international recognition, featuring it prominently in the plot and devoting a song to it. A meerkat and a warthog, Timon and Pumbaa, teach Simba that he should forget his troubled past and live in the present. The song was written by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics), who found the term in a Swahili phrasebook. It was nominated for Best Original Song at the 1995 Academy Awards
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Pumbaa into building a birdhouse for him, which is actually a hideout. The pigeon police show up and arrest Little Jimmy. In the episode "Jailhouse Shock," Little Jimmy is cell mates with Mr. Bear. In order to get revenge on Timon and Pumbaa for turning him in, he tricks Mr. Bear into thinking that Timon and Pumbaa hurt him so that he could hurt them back. Kiara (voiced by Neve Campbell as an adult; Michelle Horn as Kiara when she is a cub in "The Lion King II
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that he is assuming the throne as the next in line. Simba is later found unconscious by Timon and Pumbaa, who adopt and raise him. It is not until Simba is a young adult lion that he meets Nala again, and the two lions fall in love. Along with Rafiki and Mufasa's ghost, Nala convinces Simba to return to the Pride Lands and claim the throne. Simba, along with Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa go to the Pride Rock, where Simba confronts, fights, and defeats Scar,
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he had run off to challenge Scar, and that they need their help. Hurt that Simba left them, Timon unsuccessfully tries to persuade Pumbaa to stay, but Pumbaa follows Simba and Nala. Timon indulges in the jungle's luxuries by himself, but loneliness starts to overcome him. Rafiki appears again and indirectly helps Timon realize that his true Hakuna Matata is with the ones he loves, prompting Timon to take off after Simba, Nala, and Pumbaa. Timon catches up and reconciles with Pumbaa, before they journey onward to
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with Timon and Pumbaa", with Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella reprising their roles as Timon and Pumbaa respectively. The story tells of Pumbaa getting struck by lightning, losing all his memory, and Timon helps refrain every moment they spent. After Pumbaa gets his memory back, lightning strikes Timon losing his memory this time, making Pumbaa break the fourth wall by telling the viewers to rewind the tape to start at the beginning, being it was the only way to help Timon remember. Several episodes from the series are featured in
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. Rafiki and the lionesses bless her for her journey ("Shadowland"). Back in the jungle, Timon and Pumbaa want to sleep, but the restless Simba is unable to settle. Annoyed, Simba leaves them, but Timon and Pumbaa lose their courage and follow him. Simba leaps across a fast-moving river and challenges Timon to do the same. Timon falls in and is swept downstream. He grabs a branch over a waterfall and calls for Simba's help, but Simba is paralyzed by a flashback of
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), Timon's father is never mentioned. However, in deleted scenes, Timon's father is an active character, though he was apparently replaced by Uncle Max. Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen played Timon and Pumbaa respectively in the 2019 CGI remake of The Lion King. Director Jon Favreau encouraged Rogen and Eichner, who did their voice recordings together, to improvise a lot. Eichner said that “It’s such a great role that allows you to do so much. But I’ve learned that the bigger the project and
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as Smolder the Bear (a parody of Smokey Bear) who dislikes fires and saves Timon and Pumbaa from being cooked on Quint's fire. Tatiana (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is the daughter of the Duke Meerkat and the princess of the meerkat colony. She only appears in one episode but she's vital for Timon's past. After Timon leaves his sentry duty post to prepare for his date with Tatiana, a king cobra enters the colony and kidnaps the princess, which makes everyone believe she's dead and which causes
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believes in Timon and convinces Uncle Max to give him a job as a sentry or look-out. After Timon fails in his duty, she remains convinced that he can still find a place in the colony, but when he insists that he has to go, Ma supports him. Later, she gets worried about Timon after speaking to Rafiki and searches for him. They finally reunite at Pride Rock and Ma helps in the battle against the hyenas by digging a long tunnel to trap them. After Simba becomes king,
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his daughter, and accepts the two lions as the future king and queen of the Pride Lands. In "The Lion King 1½", a direct-to-video followup released in 2004, Simba appears as a less prominent character because the film's primary focus is on Timon and Pumbaa's behind-the-scenes role and involvement in "The Lion King", in which they appear as supporting characters. Although the two films technically share the same story and timeline, the plot of "The Lion King 1½
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his home with the duo, it is shown that he has obviously injured all of his penguin "friends", as they are all seen wearing bandages. Timon dislikes Irwin's clumsiness, and tries to get rid of him by tricking him into playing a game of Hide-and-Seek. Irwin accidentally causes the boat to sink and Timon and Pumbaa run into him on an island. Timon confronts the penguin and he tricks him into playing another game and Irwin accidentally causes the island to sink. Irwin meets Timon and
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his father's place as King. As the series continued, an extensive cast of characters was introduced, including a new generation of the family of Pride Rock. Simba (voiced by Matthew Broderick as adult Simba in the films; Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Simba when he is a cub in "The Lion King"; Matt Weinberg as Simba when he is a cub in "The Lion King 1½"; Cam Clarke in "Timon & Pumbaa"; Rob Lowe in "The Lion Guard"; in the live action
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", and featured popular songs from the movie. The show ran for 30 minutes and had performances in both English and French. A new Lion King show, named "The Lion King: Rhythms of the Pride Lands", debuted on June 30, 2019 at Disneyland Paris in the Frontierland Theater in Frontierland as part of "The Lion King & Jungle Festival". Disney describes the show as "a tribe of singers, dancers and acrobats dressed as Rafiki, Simba, Timon, Pumbaa, Nala, Mufasa and Scar
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The Lion King 1½ (video game)


Disney's The Lion King 1½ (known as Disney's The Lion King outside North America) is an action platformer video game based on the film of the same name, the third film in "The Lion King" franchise. It was developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Disney Interactive, whilst THQ distributed the game in Europe. The game was released worldwide for Game Boy Advance on October 7, 2003. The game puts the players in the role of Timon and Pumbaa in a quest to find Hakuna Matata. It
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Pride Rock. After helping Simba and Nala distract the hyenas, Timon and Pumbaa run into Ma and Uncle Max, who came looking for Timon. Timon proposes that they all help Simba by getting rid of the hyenas. Whilst Simba battles Scar, Ma and Uncle Max are directed to construct a series of tunnels beneath the hyenas, and Timon and Pumbaa use various tactics to distract them while the tunnel is being made. When the tunnels are finished, Max knocks down the sticks, breaking the ground under the hyenas. However
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such gags as the hand buzzer, the squirting flower, and the whoopee cushion. He also loved Timon's hyena jokes. When Fred visits Timon and Pumbaa, he pulls more practical jokes on the duo, such as impersonating Timon's mother or impersonating a Billy Goat guard. Timon and Pumbaa, however, don't find Fred's jokes very funny and they often overpower him. Aside from pulling practical jokes, Fred enjoys doing all sorts of activities, such as playing Turtle Tennis and Fishing for Flamingos. He also mentions
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, while Timon's stages have him hunting for bugs within a time limit while avoiding spiders. The sprites and backgrounds were drawn by Disney animators themselves at Walt Disney Feature Animation, and the music was adapted from songs and orchestrations in the soundtrack. In a "Devs Play" session with Double Fine, game designer Louis Castle revealed that two of the game's levels, Hakuna Matata and Be Prepared, were adapted from scenes that were scrapped from the final movie. The Amiga 1200 version of the game was developed in two
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his various business and artistic ventures, Page has served as a video game music producer for the and "The Lion King" franchise's "Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games" video game, as a composer for the movie "Three Kinds of Heat", and as a supervising producer for "Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time" video game. Although Page made a fuller transition into technology entrepreneurship in the computer software industry in 1993 (after founding 7th Level), effectively culminating any potential commitments with Pink Floyd,
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Lion King" and its sequels. The series involves the characters having misadventures in the jungle of Africa, as well as across the globe in different settings such as Canada, United Kingdom, United States and Spain. While the show focuses primarily on Timon and Pumbaa, it has four episodes centering respectively on Rafiki and the hyena trio Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, which are under the names "Rafiki Fables" and "The Laughing Hyenas", and two episodes centering on Zazu. The following characters from "The Lion
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at the bag-checking area in the Disneyland Resort. Supposedly set in the world of The Lion King, the series follows friends Timon (Bruce Lanoil) and Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella) as they learn to be "Safety Smart" by taking precautions such as being aware of your surroundings. The main storyline for the series is Timon not knowing/following proper safety guidance, and Pumbaa teaching it to him. At the end of each episode, Timon and Pumbaa sing a musical number reviewing all that they learned from the
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went defunct in the early-mid 2010s. Timon and Pumbaa were also main characters in "The Legend of the Lion King", a former Fantasyland attraction in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, which retold the story of the film using fully articulated puppets. The two also make cameo appearances in the Hong Kong Disneyland and the Disneyland versions of It's a Small World. They appeared along with Simba in the 1995 film "", an edutainment film at Epcot's Land Pavilion. Timon and Pumbaa both feature in Festival
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the castle. Fred appears in a total of four episodes: "Tanzania Zany", "Mombasa-In-Law", "Once Upon a Timon", and "Mind Over Matterhorn". Boss Beaver (voiced by Brad Garrett) is an ill-tempered and cantankerous beaver with a white hard hat. His lifestyle is the exact opposite of Timon and Pumbaa's Hakuna Matata lifestyle: Boss Beaver likes to work while Timon and Pumbaa like to relax. He owns a lumber mill and an amusement park called "
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majordomo. Kataka is a meerkat who appears in the story called "Falling in Love". She is part of a meerkat colony that lives in the same oasis that Timon and Pumbaa reside in. Zak is a zebra who appears in a story called "Falling in Love". He resides in the same oasis as Timon and Pumbaa. Timon enlisted Zak to help get Kataka back to her colony. Growler is a young warthog who appears in a story called "Pumbaa's New Friends". He is part of the
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Lands and defends the Circle of Life. As leader of the Lion Guard, Kion is gifted with a power called the Roar of the Elders which when used, causes the great lion spirits of the Pride Lands' past to roar with him. "The Lion Guard" is a sequel to "The Lion King" and takes place during the time-gap within the 1998 film, "." Various characters from the first two films also make appearances in the show, including Kiara, Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki,
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on home video, having sold over 30million VHS tapes. "The Lion King" garnered two Academy Awards for its achievement in music and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. The film has led to many derived works, such as a Broadway adaptation; two direct-to-video follow-ups—the sequel, "" (1998), and the prequel/parallel, "The Lion King 1½" (2004); two television series, "Timon and Pumbaa" and "
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Hakuna Matata (song)


"Hakuna Matata" is a song from Disney's 32nd animated feature "The Lion King". The music was written by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. The song is based on Timon and Pumbaa's catchphrase in the movie, "Hakuna matata", which is a Swahili phrase; it means 'no worries'. It is characterized by its simple 4/4 time, upbeat message and catchy lyrics. The musical score was composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. In the film the song is sung
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-off television series have been produced, one focusing on the characters of Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog called "Timon & Pumbaa", and the other focusing on new character Kion called "The Lion Guard". Three sets of educational shorts have also been produced. Blayne Weaver, Shaun Fleming, Quinn Beswick, Bradley Pierce, Specers Breslin, Jeff Bennett, Andrew McDonough, Jim Cummings, Aaron Spann, Bill Farmer, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Chris Sanders, Carolyn Gardner, Corey Burton, Kevin Schon
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to IBM field engineers. He spent his last three years with IBM living in Tokyo, returning to the United States in 1990, where he left the company and began studying acting with Ivana Chubbuck and voice-over with Susan Blu. For many years, he was Nathan Lane's voice double, taking over the role of Timon in "The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa" and singing the title song as well. He appeared in over 120 episodes of that series. He reprised the role of Timon in "The
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his bon viveur, good-humored attitude gets him to become friends with them. Timon gives him the name "Speedy", because he thinks that it would be a brilliant incongruity. Speedy always finds himself in danger, such as becoming a French gourmet snail and an earring out of his shell, and it's always up for Timon and Pumbaa to save him. In the episode "The Man from J.U.N.G.L.E.", Speedy is revealed to be a superhero called Super Duper Hero X after Timon and Pumbaa were captured by
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that he and Timon have always gone Bowling for Buzzards. At the meerkat colony, Fred's duty was to guard the Duke Meerkat's castle, although on the day the Duke left the colony, he snuck away to get a snack and convinced Timon that it was now his chance to go on a date with Princess Tatiana. When the Duke banished Timon from the colony after a cobra kidnapped the princess, Fred's new duty was to guard the back gate, which indicates that he has been demoted for failing to protect
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Ed getting in the way of their wildebeest hunt, so they try sending them on various wild goose chases. They also appear in "Gabon with the Wind," where they are convinced by Timon that he is going to catch Pumbaa for them, when he is actually going to find his friend so that they can both run away to safety. In the episode "Boary Glory Days", Timon and Pumbaa use Cheetata and Cheetato to play a game of Predator Tag. While the cheetahs are chasing Timon and Pumbaa,
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Pumbaa that he should stay with the group, but Pumbaa decides to continue living his Hakuna Matata lifestyle with Timon, which the female warthog understands. Ned (voiced by Frank Welker) is a high and mighty African bush elephant who thinks he's wonderful at everything. He seems to enjoy teasing Timon and Pumbaa when they fail at proving their worth to him. In the episode "Uganda be an Elephant", Timon states that Ned is the most popular guy in the jungle and Pumbaa decides to turn himself into an elephant
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. Other actors he dubbed over are Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hanks, Mickey Rourke, Ralph Fiennes, Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller, and Gary Oldman ("Léon" and "The Fifth Element"), as well as the voice of Timon in the animated film "The Lion King". Accolla was the father of voice actor Lorenzo Accolla and he was also the uncle of voice actress Natalia Accolla. Accolla died on July 14th 2013 after suffering a long illness. The voice of Homer Simpson was passed on to voice
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calling it "one of those rare movies where I wanted to sit in the front row and let the images wash out to the edges of my field of vision". Broadway star Nathan Lane, who was the voice of Timon the meerkat in "The Lion King", has said "Finding Nemo" was his favorite animated film. Ed Park of "The Village Voice" gave the film a positive review, saying "It's an ocean of eye candy that tastes fresh even in this ADD-addled era of
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, Simba, Rafiki, and eventually many other Disney characters join him and Pumbaa to rewatch the film in the theater in which Pumbaa tells Timon that he 'still doesn't do well in crowds'. In April 2000, it was announced that the Walt Disney Company selected Jeff Ahlholm, Colin Goldman, and Tom Rogers to write the script for "The Lion King 3". It was scheduled to arrive in video stores sometime in 2001. In May 2003, "The Lion King " was scheduled for home video release
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, and convinces him to offer Kovu a chance to prove himself trustworthy. At the end of the film, Nala gains Kovu as her son-in-law after he marries Kiara. In "The Lion King 1½" (2004), which focuses instead on Timon and Pumbaa's friendship, Nala's role is virtually identical to that of her appearance in "The Lion King" because filmmakers reused most of the character's footage from the first film. Voiced by actress Gabrielle Union, Nala reprises her role as Queen
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King II: Simba's Pride", Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed were going to return as Zira's henchmen, with Cheech Marin reprising his role as Banzai from the original film. Yet they were cut, presumably due to Scar's death being at the hands of the hyena trio. The fate of the three hyenas is unknown. In "The Lion King 1½" Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed act as the local predators who attacks Timon's meerkat colony before their allegiance with Scar. In "The Lion Guard
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until Pumbaa discovers a luxurious green jungle he tried to tell Timon about earlier. They finally settle there with the philosophy of Hakuna Matata. Eventually, Timon and Pumbaa encounter Simba in a nearby desert, nearly dead. They rescue him and decide to raise him under their philosophy. Years later, Nala appears after chasing Pumbaa and reunites with Simba. Believing Hakuna Matata to be in jeopardy, Timon and Pumbaa attempt to sabotage their dates, but fail. After witnessing Simba and Nala's argument, Simba disappears. Nala explains that
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his nemesis Chromosome Quint. Every episode featuring Speedy end with Timon and Pumbaa saying bye to Speedy when they return him home, a seagull capturing Speedy, and then Timon and Pumbaa trying to save him once again. Speedy's voice was based on that of Bing Crosby. Speedy also makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the episode "Washington Applesauce". Fred (voiced by S. Scott Bullock) is a meerkat who is Timon's other best friend back at the meerkat colony. He is a practical joker, employing
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suitcase full of valuables. When they handcuff the thief, he tells them that he didn't steal Timon and Pumbaa's suitcase, he found it. The police let him go, but later arrest him again when they find out that he really stole the duo's suitcase while catching him in the act. In the episode "Alcatraz Mataz", the Vulture Police throw Timon and Pumbaa in jail after they were convinced by Toucan Dan that they stole the train car full of beak polish. After Timon and Pumbaa confront Toucan
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fowl. However, none of Timon's ideas work, so Pumbaa suggests that he and Timon use the jeep so that they carry a fake bag of bugs (which have firecrackers inside) to distract the Guinea fowl while Sharla and the other warthogs leave the hut with the real bag of bugs. Although Sharla banished Pumbaa from the group, they still have romantic feelings for each other. When Pumbaa (and Timon) show up to the hut, they tell each other that they have never forgotten one another. Sharla tells
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Scar (The Lion King)


where he admits to the murder of Mufasa, before being pinned down by Simba, and defended by the hyenas. He appears again when Simba is chasing him, who is pursued by the hyenas, who later battle Timon and Pumbaa. Scar's final appearance in the film is when he is defeated by Simba and thrown off the edge of Pride Rock into the flames below, where he is betrayed and killed by his own minions; the hyenas. Scar makes a brief cameo in Disney's animated feature film "Hercules"
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villain who ultimately transforms into a Heartless as a result of the character's own "hatred and jealousy." Scar also makes a brief non-speaking cameo appearance in an episode of "Timon & Pumbaa", despite that he is deceased at that time. Scar is portrayed in paintings throughout season 1 of "The Lion Guard" television series, which explains some of his backstory. When Scar was younger—as per tradition to all second born children of the current reigning "Lion King"—he led the Lion Guard who protected
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bow to Simba. Following this, Timon and Pumbaa make multiple attempts to set up homes throughout the Pride Lands, but wind up being forced away every time after witnessing several events from the original film, such as Simba singing I Just Can't Wait to Be King, Mufasa's fight with the Hyenas, and Scar's conspiring with the hyenas. Eventually, the pair are caught in the wildebeest stampede that killed Mufasa in the original film, and are thrown off a waterfall. Exhausted, Timon decides to give up,
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Mufasa's death. Timon falls from the branch and Simba snaps out of the flashback, rescuing his friend. Simba is ashamed that Timon nearly died because of his recklessness. The three friends settle to sleep and discuss the stars. Simba recalls Mufasa's words, but his friends laugh at the notion of dead kings watching them. Simba leaves, expressing his loneliness and bitterly recalling Mufasa's promise to be there for him ("Endless Night"). Rafiki hears the song on the wind, joyfully realizes that Simba is
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and final appearance in the episode "Africa-Dabra!," this time appearing as an unsympathetic and ruthless magician. After Timon pulls him out of a hat, he teams up with the meerkat to become part of his magic act, telling him that he has been looking for a partner for years. When he gets annoyed by Pumbaa ruining the magic acts, he breaks up Timon and Pumbaa's friendship. When Pumbaa finds out that Timon never truly said anything mean about him, he gets revenge on Rabbit by trapping
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turns out that Pumbaa accidentally passed some gas and the smell made a few animals collapse, causing the other animals to think they were bowing and later they all bowed) and Mufasa was very puzzled at seeing this and his majordomo Zazu then tells him they are bowing to his son; Simba, Nala, and when the animals are singing "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" (it was Timon who hit an elephant's leg with a stick, causing the tower of animals to collapse); the elephant graveyard
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masculine and strong"), Nakawa ("good-looking"), Kibibi ("princess"), and Zawadi ("the gift"). After the hosts welcome the audience to the show, the curtains open and a procession of dancers, puppeteers, and stilt walkers enter the theater ("I Just Can't Wait to Be King"). Among them are "Lion King" characters Simba, Pumbaa (both puppets on floats), and Timon (played by a live performer). Acts
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from a flock of vultures. They take him in and bring him to their home in an oasis. Later, after Simba grows up and returns to the Pride Lands to battle Scar, they help Simba stop Scar's tyrannical reign and the two become Simba's royal advisors. Although they are supporting characters in the first two films, they are featured as the main characters in "The Lion King 1½" as well as in the "Timon & Pumbaa" TV series. As revealed in the TV series "The Lion
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. Simba grows up in the jungle with his two new friends and other animals, living a carefree life under the motto "hakuna matata" ("no worries" in Swahili). Now a young adult, Simba rescues Timon and Pumbaa from a hungry lioness, who turns out to be Nala. She and Simba reunite and fall in love, and she urges him to return home, telling him that the Pride Lands have become a drought-stricken wasteland under Scar's reign. Feeling guilty over his father's death
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