THE LION KING
In
the a forest called the Pride Lands. There
is a king his name is Mufasa and the Queen
is Sarabi,and they have a son. The son’s named is Simba. Mufasa has a younger
brother, his name is Scar and realizes that he is no longer the heir to the
throne and plots to kill Simba and Mufasa.
Some
day Mufasa takes Simba around the Pride Lands, teaching him about the
"Circle of Life", the delicate balance affecting all living things.
Later, Scar tells Simba about the elephant graveyard, a place where Mufasa has
warned him not to go. Simba asks his mother if he can go to the water-hole with
his best friend, Nala. Their parents agree, but only if Mufasa's majordomo, the
hornbill Zazu, goes with them. Simba and Nala elude Zazu's supervision ("I
Just Can't Wait to Be King") and go to the graveyard instead. But there, they are chased by Shenzi, Banzai and Ed,
hyenas try to kill them, but they are rescued by Mufasa.
Meanwhile,
Scar makes agreement with the hyenas that if he becomes king, they will never
go hungry again. Some time later, Scar lures Simba into a gorge for a
"surprise from his father", while the hyenas create wildebeests
stampede down into the gorge where Simba is. Alerted by an insincerely dramatic
Scar, Mufasa races to rescue Simba from the stampede. He saves his son but is
left clinging to the edge of a cliff, which results in Scar flinging him into
the stampede below, where he is buried into the some of the wildebeests' horns,
hit the ground with extreme force, and finally trampled to death by the
wildebeest. Scar convinces Simba that he was responsible for his own father's
death, and recommends to “ run, runaway and never come back ”. To compound
this, Scar once again sends Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, his hyena henchmen to kill
Simba, but as Simba reaches a thorny embankment, the hyenas let him escape,
hurling threats that he will be killed if ever seen again. Scar informs the
pride that both Mufasa and Simba were killed in the stampede, and that he is
assuming the throne as the closest of king.
Simba
collapses in a distant desert where he is found unconscious by Timon and
Pumbaa, a meerkat-warthog duo who raise Simba under their carefree "Hakuna
Matata" lifestyle and that mean is no worries.When Simba has grown into a
young adult he saves Pumbaa from a
hungry lioness who is revealed to be Nala. Simba shows Nala around his home and
the two begin to fall in love ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight?").
Nala then tells him that Scar's tyrannical reign has turned the Pride Lands
into a barren wasteland; she demands that Simba must return and take his
rightful place as king, but Simba refuses, still guilty about supposedly
causing his father's death. Rafiki arrives and persuades Simba to return to the
Pride Lands, aided by Mufasa's presence in the stars. After some advance from
Rafiki and the ghost of his father, Simba, followed by Nala, Timon and Pumbaa,
returns home.
Once
back at Pride Rock, Simba with Timon, Pumbaa and Nala is horrified to see the
condition of the Pride Lands. After seeing Scar strike his mother, Simba
announces his return. In response, Simba confronts Scar and the truth about
Mufasa's death which is revealed by an overly confident Scar who forces Simba
over the edge of Pride Rock, just as a lighting bolt starts a fire below. As
Simba dangles over the edge of Pride Rock, Scar whispers to Simba that he
killed Mufasa. Enraged, Simba leaps up and pins Scar to the ground, forcing him
to admit the truth to the pride. A raging battle then ensues between the hyenas
and the lionesses which results in Simba cornering Scar. In the midst of their
fight, Scar tries to surreptitiously blame everything on the hyenas for, but
the hyenas overhear his conversation with Simba. Simba orders Scar to flee the
Pride Lands. Scar pretends to leave but turns to attack Simba, resulting in a
final duel. Simba eventually triumphs over his uncle by flipping him and kicks
him over a low cliff. Scar survives the fall but finds himself surrounded by
the now resentful hyenas. The hyenas surround their traitorous fallen leader,
and attack him and maul him to death, as flames rise around them.
With
Scar and the hyenas gone, and with the rightful king in place, the Pride Lands
are restored which is turning green with life again. The film concludes with
Rafiki presenting Simba and Nala's newborn cub, Kiara, into the air, thus
continuing the Circle of Life.
