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.