The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Simba:
[to Kiara jokingly playing with her] Where do you think you're going in such a hurry? [picks Kiara up with his paw, and puts her under him]

Simba:
That's like saying you don't want to be a lion. It's in your blood... as I am. We are part of each other.

Simba:
[sternly] Kiara... I don't want you talking with him. [softening] I want to talk with him.

Simba:
Kovu, I was wrong. You belong here.

Kiara:
I'm not just a princess, you know. That's only half of who I am!

Pumbaa:
Well then who's the other half?

Timon:
Well while you're figuring it out let's eat! (Pumbaa lifts log) Here we are grubs!

Pumbaa:
The other white meat

Timon:
And so high in protein

Kiara:
Eww gross!

Timon:
No? How about you big boy?

Kiara:
(To Simba after he exiles Kovu) You will never be Mufasa!

Kiara:
[Runs out of the den at Pride Rock, looks at the view of the Pridelands.] Wow!, [She starts to run down, but is caught by Simba just in time.]

Zira:
What have I told you about THEM?!?

Kovu:
I'm sorry, Mother! She didn't seem so bad. I thought we could be

Zira:
Friends?!? You thought you'd get to the daughter and Simba would welcome you with open arms? What an idea (Gasps) What an idea! You brilliant child I'm so proud of you. You have the same conniving mind that made Scar so powerful

Kovu:
He wasn't my father, but he was still... part of me.

Kovu:
[talking to himself] Okay, I have to tell her today. Oh, where do I start? "Kiara, Zira had a plot, and I was part of it, but I don't want to be... because... it's because I love you." [exhales] She'll never believe me but I'm gonna try.

Zira:
These lands belonged to Scar!

Zira:
Oh no, Simba. We have barely begun. [looks down at Kiara and chuckles wickedly]

Zira:
Simba is injured and weak. Now is the time to attack! We shall take his entire kingdom, BY FORCE!

Zira:
Where are you going? Get back here!

Simba:
Let it go Zira it's time to put the past behind us

Zira:
I'll never let it go! [whispers] This is for you, Scar!

Timon:
Pumba, let me define, BABYSITTING!!

Timon:
Timon, Pumbaa. Great! Now that we all know each other, GET OUTTA OUR PRIDELANDS!!

Timon:
Boy, does she need a hobby!

Timon:
Pfft! That's not a king. That's a fuzzy maraca!

Timon:
I never even really met your tyrant. I mean, uh, Scar! Oh, heck of a guy! A little moody, but--

Timon:
[c*cks Pumbaa's tail] Don't anybody move! This thing's loaded! I'll let ya have it!

Timon:
[rehearsing the confession to Simba] Alright let's see. Uh, "Gee Simba! The good news is, we found your daughter. The bad news is, we dropped the warthog on her. Is there a problem with that?"

Pumbaa:
Don't worry, Kiara! Uncle Pumbaa's coming!

Pumbaa:
I thought our motto was "Hakuna Matata".

Rafiki:
[chuckling] It is a girl.

Timon and Pumbaa:
[Rafiki reveals Kiara is a girl.] GIRL?!? OY!! [They faint.]

Rafiki:
Kovu...Kiara...together? This is the plan? [to the sky, talking to Mufasa] ARE YOU CRAZY?!? This will never work! Oh, Mufasa. You been up there too long! Your head is in the clouds!

Adult Vitani:
Where's your pretty daughter, Nala?

Nuka:
Roasty toasty princess, roasty toasty princess! [finishes lighting the grass on fire (in a circle around him) and jumps in excitement, but then pauses] Hey, is it hot here or is that just me? [realizes he's surrounded by fire] FIRE!!!

Simba:
You know the penalty for returning to the Pridelands.

Zira:
But the child does not! However... if you need your pound of flesh, here.

[Nudges a terrified Kovu over to Simba, who glares at him. Kovu shivers in fright.]

Simba:
Take him and get out. We're finished here. [turns around and picks Kiara up with his mouth as he's getting ready to leave]

Zira Oh no, Simba, we have barely begun. [looks down at Kiara and chuckles wickedly, then turns and picks up Kovu]

[Kovu and Kiara look back at each other, sadly]

Cub Kiara:
[softly] Bye...

Cub Kovu:
[softly] Bye...

Nuka:
[muttering to himself] Kovu, Kovu, Kovu. Scar wasn't even his father; he just took him in. [to Cub Vitani, who is biting on a root] Oh, hey, Vitani. Where's little termite Kovu? "The chosen one"? [touches the root with a claw; it snaps, and Vitani tumbles backward; Nuka guffaws]

Cub Vitani:
Nuka, where's Kovu? Did you leave him out there on his own again?

Nuka:
Hey, it's every lion for himself out here! [scratching himself] That little termite's gotta learn to be on his own.

Cub Vitani:
Mother's gonna be mad. She told you to watch him!

Nuka:
[continuing to scratch] Oh, who cares?! I should have been the chosen one! I'm the oldest, I'm the strongest, I'm the smartest-- OH, THESE TERMITES!!! [starts biting every place he can find on his body, and rolls around on the ground; Vitani watches, smirking]

Vitani:
Yeah right Why don't you tell that to her?

Nuka:
Yeah? Don't think I won't!

Vitani:
Oh yeah? Here's your chance

Adult Kiara:
You don't know him!

Simba:
I know he's following in Scar's paw-prints! And I must follow in my father's.

Adult Kiara:
You will never be Mufasa! [runs off, weeping]

Zira:
What is your destiny?

Adult Kovu:
I will avenge Scar... take his place in the Pride Lands.

Zira:
Yes. What have I taught you?

Adult Kovu:
Simba is the enemy.

Zira:
And... what... must... you... do?

Adult Kovu:
I must KILL him!

Zira:
It's over, Simba! I have dreamed of nothing else for years!

Timon:
Boy, does she need a hobby.

Simba:
Last chance, Zira: Go home.

Zira:
I am home! [grins and snarls as lightning flashes] ATTACK!!!

Timon:
Tango-Charlie-Alpha. What's your position?

Pumbaa:
Uh...upright, head turned slightly to the left, tail erect.

Timon:
[speaks under his breath] Why do I bother? (spots Kiara) Aha

Zira:
I now see the path to our glorious return to power!

Cub Kovu:
But I don't want--

Zira:
HUSH! Hush, my little one. You must be exhausted. [singing] Sleep, my little Kovu. Let your dreams take wing. One day when you're big and strong, you will be a king.

Cub Kovu:
[showing a embarrassment smile] Good night.

Zira:
Good night, my little prince. Tomorrow your training intensifies...

[After Nuka is killed trying to pursue Simba, because Kovu let him go]

Zira:
Scar... watch over my poor Nuka. [turns and notices Kovu] YOU! [she slashes him across the face, leaving a scar like the one Scar had] What have you DONE?!

Adult Kovu:
I-I-I didn't mean to... It wasn't my fault, I... [snarling] I did NOTHING!

Zira:
Exactly! And in doing so, you betrayed your pride! Betrayed Scar!

Adult Kovu:
I want nothing more to do with him!

Zira:
You cannot escape it! Nuka is dead because of you!

Adult Kovu:
No...!

Zira:
You've killed your own brother!

Adult Kovu:
NO!!! [flees]

Simba:
Kiara?

Zira:
Kovu! Move!

Simba:
Stand aside!

Adult Kiara:
Daddy, this has to stop!

Zira:
You're even weaker than I thought! Get out the way!

Adult Kovu:
You'll never hurt, Kiara, or Simba. Not while I'm here!

Zira:
[scoffs] Ha!

Simba:
Stay out of this!

Adult Kiara:
A wise king once told me "We are one". I didn't understand him then. Now I do.

Simba:
But... they...

Adult Kiara:
Them... us. Look at them! They are us! What differences do you see?

[As both prides stand stunned in realization, the rain stops and the clouds clear; Simba smiles and nuzzles Kiara]

Zira:
Vitani! Now!

Adult Vitani:
No, mother! [faces Kiara then back to Zira] Kiara's right. [walks to join Simba's pride] Enough.

Cast and characters:
Matthew Broderick as Simba

Cast and characters:
Neve Campbell as Kiara (young adult)

Cast and characters:
Jason Marsden as Kovu (young adult)

Cast and characters:
Suzanne Pleshette as Zira

Cast and characters:
Moira Kelly as Nala

Cast and characters:
Nathan Lane as Timon

Cast and characters:
Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa

Cast and characters:
Robert Guillaume as Rafiki

Cast and characters:
Andy Dick as Nuka

Cast and characters:
Jennifer Lien as Vitani (young adult)

Cast and characters:
Edward Hibbert as Zazu

Cast and characters:
James Earl Jones as Mufasa's Ghost

Cast and characters:
Jim Cummings as Scar

Cast and characters:
Michelle Horn as Kiara (young)

Cast and characters:
Ryan O'Donohue as Kovu (young)

Cast and characters:
Lacey Chabert as Vitani (young)

Cast and characters:
Cam Clarke as Simba (singing voice)

Cast and characters:
Charity Sanoy as Kiara (young singing voice)

Cast and characters:
Liz Callaway as Kiara (mature singing voice)

Cast and characters:
Gene Miller as Kovu (mature singing voice)

Cast and characters:
Crysta Macalush as Vitani (young singing voice)

[First lines of the movie:
Kiara is presented to the gathered animals of the Pride Lands]

Timon:
Ah, Pumbaa — look at that little guy. A chip off the old block! And you gotta know who's going to raise 'im...

Pumbaa:
His parents?

Timon:
Okay, sure, get technical. But who's gonna teach him the really important stuff? Like how to belch... [belches] ...and dig for grubs? I'm telling ya, buddy... it's gonna be like old times. You, me... and the little guy.

Rafiki:
[laughs] It is a girl.

Timon:
[obliviously] Girl.

Timon and Pumbaa:
GIRL?! Oi! [they faint]

Simba:
[after bringing Kiara from meeting Kovu in the Outlands where she isn't allowed to go to] Kiara, what did you think you were doing? You could have been killed today.

Cub Kiara:
But, Daddy, I... I didn't mean to disobey--

Simba:
I'm telling you this because I love you. I don't wanna lose you.

Cub Kiara:
I know.

Simba:
If something happened to you, I don't know what I'd do. One day I won't be here, and I need you to carry on in my place. You are part of the great--

Cub Kiara:
Circle of Life, I know.

Simba:
Exactly. And you need to be careful. As future Queen--

Cub Kiara:
But what if I don't wanna be Queen? It's no fun.

Simba:
That's like saying you don't want to be a lion. It's in your blood... as I am. We are part of each other.

Zira:
You are ready! [inspects him] Nice, very nice. [chuckles wickedly] You have the same blackness in your soul that Scar had. What is your destiny?

Adult Kovu:
I will avenge Scar. Take his place in the Pride Lands.

Zira:
Yes. What have I taught you?

Adult Kovu:
Simba is the enemy.

Zira:
[evilly smiling] And what must you do?!

Adult Kovu:
I must kill him!

Adult Kiara:
Father, how could you break your promise?

Simba:
It's a good thing I did. I almost lost you. No more hunts for you; not ever!

Adult Kiara:
But I was doing just fine! Even before Kovu--

Simba:
Kovu?!

[Simba and Kovu roar at each other]

Nala:
[surprised at his ferocity] Simba?

Rafiki:
Hey! You! How dare you save the King's daughter?

Simba:
You saved her? Why?

Adult Kovu:
I humbly ask to join your pride.

Simba:
[immediately] No! You were banished with the other Outsiders.

Adult Kovu:
I have left the Outsiders. I'm a rogue. Judge me now, for what I am. Or am I to be blamed for a crime I didn't commit?

[Kiara and Kovu are looking at constellations in the night sky]

Adult Kovu:
See that? See that? Look at that! It's really pretty.

Adult Kiara:
What? Oh yeah! Um-- look, there's one that looks like a baby rabbit. See the fluffy tail?

Adult Kovu:
Yeah... hey! There's one that looks like two lions killing each other for a scrap of meat. [Kiara grimaces] Ohh, I've never done this before.

Adult Kiara:
Really? My father and I used to do this all the time. He says all the great Kings of the past are up there.

Adult Kovu:
Do you think Scar is up there? [gets up and moves off] No one here thinks he's very great... do they?

Adult Kiara:
My father said there was a darkness in Scar that he couldn't escape.

Adult Kovu:
Maybe there's a darkness in me, too.

[Kiara puts her paw on Kovu's, and as they nuzzle, Simba is watching on a hill from distances away]

Simba:
[calling out to Mufasa] Father... I am lost. Kovu is one of them. Scar's heir. How can I accept him?

Nala:
Simba?

Simba:
I was seeking counsel from the great kings.

Nala:
Did they help?

Simba:
[sighs] Silent as stars. My father would never--

Nala:
Oh, Simba. You want so much to walk the path expected of you. Perhaps Kovu does not.

Simba:
[surprised] What? How do you know what--

Nala:
I can see them down there just as easily as you can. Get to know them and see. [she nuzzles under Simba's head]

[Simba has been telling Kovu about Scar]

Simba:
Scar couldn't let go of his hate, and in the end, it destroyed him.

Adult Kovu:
[deeply shocked] I've never heard the story of Scar that way. He truly was a killer.

Simba:
[glances at the burnt plains around them] Fire is a killer. Sometimes, what's left behind can grow better than the generation before... [unearths a small plant from the dust] ...if given the chance.

Simba:
Why have you come back?!

Adult Kovu:
Simba... I had nothing to do with--

Simba:
[furious] You don't belong here.

Adult Kovu:
[desperately] Please. I ask your forgiveness.

Adult Kiara:
[actively protesting to Simba] Daddy, please! Listen to him!

Simba:
[sternly to Kiara] SILENCE! [turns back to Kovu] When you first came here, you asked for judgment... and I pass it now: EXILE!

Animals:
Kick him out! That's right! Judgment day is here! Exile him! Exile! Exile!

Adult Kiara:
Nooo!! No! Kovu!

[All the animals violently roar in approval]

Adult Kiara:
Father, please, reconsider!

Simba:
You will not go anywhere without an escort from now on.

Adult Kiara:
NO! That's not--

Simba:
He used you to get to me!

Adult Kiara:
NO! He loves me... for me!

Simba:
Because you are my daughter! You will not leave Pride Rock. You will stay where I can keep an eye on you, away from him!

Adult Kiara:
You don't know him!

Simba:
I know he's following in Scar's pawprints! And I must follow in my father's.

Adult Kiara:
You will never be Mufasa! [runs off, sobbing]

[Kovu and Kiara wrestle briefly, then catch sight of themselves in a reflection]

Adult Kovu:
[smiles at Kiara] Hey, look, we are one. Let's get outta here. We'll run away together! And start a pride... all our own.

Adult Kiara:
Kovu, we have to go back.

Adult Kovu:
You're kidding. But we're finally together!

Adult Kiara:
Our place is with our pride. If we run away, they'll be divided forever.

[The Outsiders and Simba's pride face each other across the field. When all are assembled in a standoff, Timon and Pumbaa moon the Outsiders]

Timon and Pumbaa:
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah!

Zira:
It's over, Simba! I have dreamed of nothing else for years!

Timon:
Boy, does she need a hobby.

Simba:
Last chance, Zira: go home.

Zira:
I am home! [smirks and snarls as lightning flashes and thunder claps] ATTACK!!!!

[Just as Simba and Zira are about to fight, Kiara and Kovu leap in between them]

Simba:
Kiara?

Zira:
Kovu! [Kovu doesn't back down] Move.

Simba:
Stand aside.

Adult Kiara:
Daddy, this has to stop.

Zira:
You're even weaker than I thought. Get out of the way!

Adult Kovu:
You'll never hurt Kiara, or Simba! Not while I'm here.

Zira:
[scoffs] Ha!

Simba:
Stay out of this.

Adult Kiara:
A wise king once told me, "We are one." I didn't understand him then. [smiles] Now I do.

Simba:
But-- they--

Adult Kiara:
Them...us. Look at them...they are us. What differences do you see? (Aren't we all part of the Circle of Life?)

[As both prides stand stunned in realization, the rain stops and the clouds clear; Simba smiles and nuzzles Kiara]

Zira:
Vitani! Now!

Adult Vitani:
No, mother! [faces Kiara then back to Zira] Kiara's right. [walks to join Simba's pride] Enough.

Zira:
If you will not fight... then you will die as well. [the other Outsiders, disgusted by Zira's words, also go to stand with Simba, leaving Zira standing alone] Wh-- wha-- where are you going?! Get back here!

Simba:
Let it go, Zira. It's time to put the past behind us.

Zira:
[now alone] I'll never let it go! This is for you, Scar!

[Zira snarls and leaps at Simba, but Kiara pushes her away, and both start rolling down towards the river]

Pumbaa:
[about to cry after seeing Kovu and Kiara's initiation] I love moments like this.

Timon:
Yeah.

Both:
Love! Not "like", "LOVE"! [they start crying, and Zazu covers himself]

[last line]

Mufasa:
Well done, my son. We are one.

[Simba is dreaming of the moment when his father died; he is at the top of the ledge, reaching down for Mufasa, who is just out of reach]

Mufasa:
SIMBA! SIMBA! HELP ME!

Simba:
FATHER! [Scar is above Simba, laughing on the rocks against the moonlight] No, Dad! Just...a little...farther...

Scar:
[latches on to Simba's upper foreleg with his claws] GOTCHA!!! Trust me!

Mufasa:
[slides down and into the gorge] SIMBA!

Simba:
NOOOOOO!!!!!!! [Simba turns on Scar, above him] Scar! [Scar morphs into Kovu, having a big vertical mark over Kovu's left eye, just like Scar] Kovu? [Kovu suddenly lets go, throwing Simba down after Mufasa] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[At the moment of impact, Simba jerks, panting. He looks around in fright, calms himself. Simba then goes back to sleep next to Nala]

[The song ends with Kiara and Kovu still singing the words "In Upendi". They are alone out on the savannah again]

Kovu:
Good night...

Kiara:
Good night.

[Kiara walks off to the main cavern, after looking back in Kovu's direction and sighing dreamily, and Kovu goes back to his standing stone on the promontory; Simba appears in the direction Kiara is walking, and he approaches Kovu]

Simba:
It's... kinda cold tonight, huh? Come on in.

[Vitani watches from a distance as the two lions make their way back into the cavern]

Vitani:
[hushed; to herself] Get him! What are you waiting for? Kovu, get him!

[She lies down and stares with despair as she realizes Kovu is not going to attack Simba. She hisses and jumps up, rushing back to report to Zira. Scene changes back to Zira's location]

Zira:
[snarling] You're sure?

Vitani:
Affirmative. I saw it with my own eyes.

Zira:
No... [turns and strides away from Vitani.] Kovu cannot BETRAY US!

[Simba has been telling Kovu about Scar]

Simba:
Scar couldn't let go of his hate, and in the end, it destroyed him.

Kovu:
[deeply shocked] I've never heard the story of Scar that way. He truly was a killer.

Simba:
[glances at the burnt plains around them] Fire is a killer. Sometimes, what's left behind can grow better than the generation before. [unearths a small plant from the dust] If given the chance.

Zira:
[from offscreen] [cackles]

[Kovu and Simba look around.]

Simba and Kovu:
[gasps]

[The Outsiders emerge from the shadows and stalk toward Kovu and Simba.]

Outsiders:
[growl]

[Simba looks to the side to see more Outsiders emerging.]

Kovu:
No. Oh, no... [Kovu and Simba look back and forth frantically.] No!

Outsiders:
[growl]

Zira:
[emerges, flanked by Nuka and Vitani.] Why, Simba...

Simba:
[angrily] Zira.

Zira:
What are you doing out here, and so... [evilly grins.] alone?

[Simba squares off against the Outsiders.]

Simba and Outsiders:
[growl]

Zira, Nuka and Vitani:
[chuckles]

Zira:
Well done, Kovu... Just like we always planned.

Simba:
[rounds on Kovu.] YOU!

Kovu:
NO!

Simba:
[snarls]

Kovu:
[looks around at the Outsiders desperately.] I didn't have anything to do with this! [looks imploringly at Simba.]

Zira:
ATTACK!

Nuka:
[lunges at Simba.] [snarls]

Simba:
[knocks Nuka away.] [grunts]

Kovu:
NO! [The Outsiders attack Simba.]

Simba and Outsiders:
[snarl]

Simba:
Ah! [fights back as more Outsiders gang up on him.]

Outsiders:
[snarling]

Kovu:
[jumps into the fray. He knocks an Outsider aside.] [grunts]

[Vitani kicks Kovu, knocking him into a nearby rock. He falls unconscious. Meanwhile, the Outsiders swarm over Simba.]

Outsiders:
[snarled]

[Nuka leaps into the fight, knocking Simba off a cliff. He falls into the gorge.]

Simba:
[grunts]

Zira:
[surveys Simba from the top of the gorge.] YES! [The Outsiders slide down the side of the gorge toward Simba.] WE'VE GOT HIM!

Outsiders:
[snarlier]

Vitani:
[pounces at Simba.] Rah!

Zira:
[from offscreen] REMEMBER YOUR TRAINING! [The Outsiders chase Simba through the gorge. One jumps on his back, but falls.] AS A UNIT!

Outsiders:
[growls]

Simba:
[pauses at the bottom of a log pile. He looks up to see that it leads to the top of the gorge.] [pants] [looks behind him to see the Outsiders charging toward him. He begins to climb the log pile.] [grunts]

[As Simba climbs, he dislodges a log that falls toward the Outsiders. They back away in time to avoid getting hit. Zira and Vitani glare up at Simba.]

Zira and Vitani:
[snarl]

[Simba looks over one shoulder at the Outsiders down below. He then looks back up at the log pile. Meanwhile, Kovu stands at the top of the gorge, looking down on Simba.]

Kovu:
SIMBA!

Zira:
GET HIM, KOVU! GET HIM! [Kovu runs offscreen.] DO IT! NOW!

[Simba continues to climb. Nuka clambers up the log pile after Simba.]

Nuka:
I'LL DO IT FOR YOU, MOTHER! [bounds gleefully up the logs.] [snickers] [loses his balance.] Oh! [looks down at Zira as he climbs.] Mother, are ya WATCHING?! [under his breath] I'm doin' it for you, and I'm doin' it for me.

Simba:
[loses his footing.] Ah!

Nuka:
[grabs onto one of Simba's back paws.] [whoops]

Simba:
[winces.] [grunts]

Nuka:
THIS is my moment of GLORY! [The log Nuka is standing on breaks, causing him to fall.] What? NO!

Zira:
NO!

Nuka:
[falls. Several logs land on top of him.] Ah!

Simba:
[climbs higher, kicking more logs down the pile.] [grunts]

Nuka:
[struggles to free himself. He looks up in fright as more logs fall toward him.] [screams]

[Simba climbs to safety. Meanwhile, more logs fall, raising dust. After a moment, the dust clears. Kovu bounds down to the bottom of the gorge and starts to pry the logs off Nuka.]

Kovu:
[grunts] [Zira shoves Kovu aside.] [shouts]

Zira:
[reaches down for Nuka.] [pants] [Kovu backs away. Zira shoves a log aside with her head.] [grunts] [Nuka is seen hopelessly buried in logs.]

Nuka:
[coughs]

Zira:
[heartbroken] Nuka...

Nuka:
[weakly] I'm sorry, M-Mother. I tried.

Zira:
[reaches down for Nuka.] Shhh.

Nuka:
[starts to speak]

[Nuka's eyes shut, and his head falls limply in Zira's paw. She draws back slowly, leaving his head to rest on the logs, and stares down at him in devastation.]

Zira:
[breathes heavily]

Vitani:
[approaches from behind Zira.] [sadly] Nuka...

[Vitani bows her head. The scene transitions to the open savanna. Simba limps through the grass. Kiara, Zazu, Timon, and Pumbaa appear on a nearby hill.]

Kiara:
Father? Father! [looks at Zazu, who has alighted in a nearby tree.] Zazu, get help!

Zazu:
Oh, yes! [flies away.] Help! At once! Of course! [Kiara, Timon, and Pumbaa rush down the hill toward Simba. He pauses and looks up wearily at their arrival.]

Simba:
[grunts]

Kiara:
Father... [nuzzles Simba, then pulls away and watches him with concern.]

Simba:
[breathes heavily] [Pumbaa skids to a halt in front of Simba, with Timon in his mane.]

Timon:
Simba, talk to me! [spreads his arms wide.] What happened?

Simba:
[breathes heavily] Kovu... Ambush... [collapses on his side.] [moans]

Kiara:
No...

[Pumbaa picks up Simba's head, while Timon lifts his tail.]

Timon:
It's all right, buddy. We're here for ya. [Timon and Pumbaa carry Simba away, while Kiara strides alongside them. The scene transitions to the gorge. The Outsiders are gathered mournfully around the log pile.]

Zira:
Scar, watch over my poor Nuka. [glares over one shoulder at Kovu.] Oh... [angrily lunges at Kovu] YOU!!!

Kovu:
[looks up. Zira angrily slashes him in the face and he yells in pain] AH!!! [turns away.] [breathes heavily] [looks back at Zira angrily, revealing a scar over his left eye.]

Zira:
What... have you... [juts her head at Kovu] DONE?!

Kovu:
I didn't... I-I didn't mean to. I... It wasn't my fault. I... [steeling himself] [breathes heavily] I did [juts his head at Zira] NOTHING!

Zira:
[Losing control of her rage at Kovu] EXACTLY! [paces around Kovu] And in doing so, you betrayed your pride. Betrayed SCAR!

Kovu:
[shouting] I want nothing more to DO WITH HIM!

Zira:
You cannot escape it! [strides toward Kovu, who backs away. Kovu slips on a rock and falls on his backside.] Nuka is dead because of YOU!

Kovu:
[softly] No.

Zira:
[and Vitani glower and yelling at Kovu] YOU'VE KILLED YOUR OWN BROTHER!

Kovu:
[screaming at his mother] NO!!! [angrily runs away from the Outsiders.]

Outsiders:
[roars]

Zira:
[holds up a paw to halt Vitani.] Let him go! [climbs a pillar of rock and stands overlooking the Outsiders.] Simba has hurt me for the last time. [The Outsiders gather below Zira, grinning.] Now, he has corrupted Kovu. Listen to me. Simba is injured and weak. [lifts a fist.] And now is the time to [slams her fist into the ground.] ATTACK! We shall take this entire kingdom BY FORCE!!!

Outsiders:
[rear onto their hind legs.] It's a lions. [roaringly]

Zira:
[laughs evilly] Gotcha! [cackles triumphantly]

[Kiara has just left Pride Rock to reunite with Kovu. Now, Timon and Pumbaa are talking]

Timon:
I can't believe we lost her AGAIN. This is the 8,000th time!

Pumbaa:
[winces] Ooh!

Timon:
[as he points at Pumbaa] I thought you were going to watch her!

Pumbaa:
"Me"?! YOU were gonna watch her.

Timon:
I thought you were gonna watch her!

Pumbaa:
No, YOU were gonna watch her!

Timon:
YOU were gonna watch her!

Pumbaa:
OH, WATCH THIS! [leaps onto Timon]

Timon:
OW! [tackles at Pumbaa and starts pulling his skin] TAKE THAT, YOU CREE-PY WART-HOOOOG! SAY IT!

Pumbaa:
FAT!

Timon:
SAY IT!

Pumbaa:
[Timon is holding his back leg] FAT! FATTY...FAT...FAT!

Simba:
[walks in] What are you doing?

Timon:
[seeing Simba, he screams and lets go of Pumbaa's leg] Good question. Uhh... let me ask you one.

Pumbaa:
HIPPO-thetically.

Timon:
Very HYPO-thetical. There's this guy...

Pumbaa:
But he's not a lion.

Timon:
No... no, he's not a lion... yeesh. Definitely not a lion. And, uh... uh... his daughter, um, say... VANISHED.

Simba:
Kiara is gone and does she quit?

[Zazu flies into shot]

Zazu:
Sire! The Outsiders are on the attack, heading this way! IT'S WAR!

Simba:
Zazu, find Kiara. [to Timon and Pumbaa] We'll assemble the lionesses. Move, Now!

[Kiara and Kovu approach from a distance, but the dust of the final battle is already rising; they're worried, but they rush towards the final battlefield at full speed anyway]

Pumbaa:
What do we do? What do we do?!

Timon:
There's only one thing we can do, Pumbaa. "When they going gets tough, they tough get going." That's our motto!

Pumbaa:
I thought our motto was "HAKUNA MATATA"?

Timon:
Pumbaa, stop living in the past! We need the new motto! [Timon and Pumbaa run screaming into the battle, trying to appear as menacing as they can. They are stopped short by the snarling lioness; they turn and run back the way they came] Like I said: LET'S GET GOIN'!