Banzai: {Entering the cave, taunting} Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
{Simba tries to roar. He produces a nice medium yowl.}
Shenzi: Oo-hoo... that was it? Hah. Do it again... come on.
{Simba opens his mouth to roar again, but we hear a full-
grown lion roar.}
Shenzi, Banzai, Ed: Huh?!
{Mufasa charges the hyenas from camera left and knocks them about
until they are cringing under him.}
Shenzi: Oh, please, please. Uncle. Uncle.
Banzai: Ow. Ow. Ow.
Mufasa: {Half roar} Silence!
Banzai: Oh, we're gonna shut up right now.
Shenzi: Calm down. We're really sorry.
Mufasa: If you ever come near my son again...
Shenzi: Oh this is... this is your son?!?
Banzai: Oh, your son?
Shenzi: Did you know that?
Banzai: No... me? I-I-I didn't know it. No. Did you?
Shenzi: No! Of course not.
Banzai: No.
Shenzi and Banzai: Ed?
Ed: {Stupidly nods yes}
{Mufasa roars}
Banzai: Toodles!
{With a gunshot sound they disappear. Zazu lights in front of
Mufasa, giving him a "that'll show 'em" nod... but then withers
under Mufasa's angry glare.}
Simba: {Approaching his father} Dad, I...
Mufasa: You deliberately disobeyed me.
Simba: Dad, I'm... I'm sorry.
Mufasa: {Stern} Let's go home.
{They all start walking out of the Burial Grounds, the
cubs bent down in shame.}
Nala: {Whispering} I thought you were very brave.
{The camera steadily pans up one of the walls of the cave.
It stops on a horrifying image of Scar, standing on a ledge
where he had been watching the cubs' near-demise.}
{Camera switch to out on the savannah. The cubs are still
walking in a shamed manner behind Mufasa. Zazu is flying
between.}
Mufasa: {Still stern} Zazu?
Zazu: {Flying forward and lighting in front of Mufasa, his
trepidation showing} Yes, sire?
Mufasa: {Stern} Take Nala home. I've got to teach my son a
lesson.
{The camera views the cubs. Simba crouches lower in the
grass as if to hide. Zazu flies back to the cubs.}
Zazu: Come, Nala. Simba... {puts his wings on Simba's
shoulders, gives a heavy sigh, and then a reassuring pat}
Good luck.
{Zazu and Nala leave. The camera view is of Simba in the
foreground with Mufasa facing away from the camera in the
background.}
Mufasa: {Calling, still very stern, not looking at Simba}
Simba! {The word reverberates in the night air.}
{Simba slowly turns and walks towards his father. The
camera follows him forward. Ominous yet sad music. Simba
steps into a depression. Looking down he sees that his
forepaw fits inside just the palmprint of his father's
paw. A very tense moment for Simba. It comes across to the
audience that his father could easily do much, much more
than discipline Simba. Simba is harshly reminded
of how small and young he is compared to his father. He looks
up and, quite courageously, continues to come forward.}
{Mufasa thinks silently for a few moments, not looking at his
son. Then, finally, he turns to him.}
Mufasa: Simba, I'm very disappointed in you.
Simba: {Very quietly and sadly} I know.
Mufasa: {Continuing} You could have been killed. You
deliberately disobeyed me. And what's worse, you put
Nala in danger!
Simba: {Bordering on crying, voice cracks} I was just
trying to be brave like you.
Mufasa: I'm only brave when I have to be. Simba... being
brave doesn't mean you go looking for trouble.
Simba: But you're not scared of anything.
Mufasa: I was today.
Simba: {Disbelieving} You were?
Mufasa: Yes... {bends down close to Simba} I thought I might lose you.
Simba: Oh. {Lightening slightly} I guess even kings get
scared, huh?
Mufasa: Mm-hmm.
Simba: {Whispering conspiratorially} But you know what?
Mufasa: {Whispering back} What?
Simba: I think those hyenas were even scareder.
Mufasa: {Gentle laugh} 'Cause nobody messes with your dad.
Come here, you.
{Mufasa has bent down. He picks Simba up and starts
giving him a noogie.}
Simba: Oh no, no... Aaagh! Errrggh!
{Music rises as Simba and Mufasa tussle playfully for a
brief while.}
Simba: Oh, come here... {as Mufasa runs away} Hah! Gotcha!
{They end up with Mufasa laid down and Simba
on his head}
Simba: Dad?
Mufasa: Hmm?
Simba: We're pals, right?
Mufasa: {Gentle laugh} Right.
Simba: And we'll always be together, right?
Mufasa: {Sitting up, Simba now on his shoulder} Simba... Let
me tell you something that my father told me... Look
at the stars. The great kings of the past look down on
us from those stars.
Simba: {Awed} Really?
Mufasa: Yes... So whenever you feel alone, just remember
that those kings will always be there to guide you ...
And so will I.
{Camera switch from stars to Hyena cave. As we move into the
cave, we first hear Banzai's voice and eventually see
Banzai and Ed together with Shenzi to the side.}
Banzai: Man, that lousy Mufasa! I won't be able to sit for
a week! {We notice numerous scratches on Banzai's
rear}
Ed: {Laughs}
Banzai: It's not funny, Ed.
Ed: {Tries to stop laughing, but bursts out worse}
Banzai: Hey, shut up!
Ed: {Can NOT stop laughing}
{Banzai tackles Ed; they start fighting.}
Shenzi: Will you knock it off!
{Banzai stops. Ed continues, biting himself in the leg.}
Banzai: Well, he started it!
Shenzi: Look at you guys. No wonder we're dangling at the
bottom of the food chain.
Banzai: {With drool dangling from his mouth} Man, I hate
dangling.
Shenzi: Shyeah? You know, if it weren't for those lions,
we'd be runnin' the joint.
Banzai: Yeah. Man, I hate lions.
Shenzi: So pushy.
Banzai: And hairy.
Shenzi: And stinky.
Banzai: And man, are they...
Shenzi and Banzai: UuuugLY! {laughter}
Scar: {From his perch we saw in the Hyena chase} Oh,
surely we lions are not all THAT bad.
Banzai: Ohh. {relieved from the surprise} Oh, Scar, it's
just you.
Shenzi: We were afraid it was somebody important.
Banzai: Yeah, you know, like Mufasa.
Shenzi: Yeah.
Scar: I see.
Banzai: Now that's power.
Shenzi: Tell me about it. I just hear that name and
I shudder.
Banzai: Mufasa.
Shenzi: {Shivering} Ooooh. ... Do it again.
Banzai: Mufasa.
Shenzi: Ooooh!
Banzai: Mufasa. Mufasa! Mufasa!
Shenzi: {Builds up hysterical laughter} ...Oooh! It tingles me.
Scar: I'm surrounded by idiots.
Banzai: Not you, Scar; I mean, you're one of us. I mean,
you're our pal.
Scar: {Sarcastic} Charmed.
Shenzi: Ohh, I like that. He's not king, but he's still so
proper.
Banzai: Yeah. Hey, hey. Did ya bring us anything to eat,
Scar, old buddy, old pal? Huh? Did-ya-did-ya-did-ya?
Scar: I don't think you really deserve this. {Holds out a
zebra haunch.} I practically gift-wrapped those cubs for
you. {Drops leg to Hyenas} And you couldn't even
dispose of them. {Intro fade-in on Be Prepared}
Shenzi: {Chewing with full mouth} Well, ya know. It wasn't
exactly like they was alone, Scar.
Banzai: Yeah. What are we supposed to do-- {swallow} kill
Mufasa?
Scar: Precisely.
{The three hyenas pause from eating and look up at Scar
questioningly.}
{Three-top flutter to coincide with Scar's
leaps down to the Hyenas.}
{Due to plot adjustment, the intro lines to the music
track Be Prepared were cut. They were originally a
monologue of Scar trying to decide on using the Hyenas or
not. These were cut presumably to allow for the earlier
entrapment of the cubs being credited to Scar. The monologue
does, however, appear on the soundtrack.}
Scar: {Spoken over what is now faded intro}
I never thought hyenas essential.
They're crude and unspeakably plain.
But maybe there's a glimmer of potential
If allied to my vision and brain.
