The Lion King (2019)
Donald Glover: Simba
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Quotes
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Simba : My father once told me: protect everything the light touches, if I don't fight for it who will?
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Simba : [attacks Scar after Scar admitted in to killing Mufasa] My father, your own brother - how could you!
Scar : [to the hyenas and lionesses] First he kills Mufasa, and now he wants to kill me!
Simba : YOU killed him! Tell them the truth!
Scar : Don't believe his lies!
Sarabi : Scar? You told us you didn't get to the gorge in time.
Scar : That's true!
Sarabi : [outraged] Then how did you see the look in Mufasa's eyes?
[Scar growls]
Simba : MURDERER!
Scar : KILL THEM ALL!
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Simba : It's over, Scar.
Scar : Have mercy on me.
Simba : Mercy? For what you did.
Scar : It was the hyenas. Those were the revolting, scavengers made me do it. I was planning on killing them all.
Simba : You fooled the hyenas? Just like you fooled me.
Scar : Simba, you wouldn't kill your only uncle.
Simba : No, Scar. I'm not like you.
Scar : Oh, Simba. You are truly noble, and I will make it up to you. Just tell me how I can prove myself. Tell me what you want me to do.
Simba : Run... Run away, Scar. Run away, and never return.
Scar : Yes. Of course... As you wish.
[looking down and seeing a pile of hot coals, began to angry]
Scar : Your majesty!
[throws embers of fire at Simba's face]
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Simba : Come on, what are you waiting for?
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Scar : Simba... I'm so happy to see you
[Angrily glares at the hyenas behind him]
Scar : Alive.
Simba : [angry] Give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip you apart.
Scar : I can give you more than one. You see... they think I'm king.
Nala : Well, we don't. Your reign is over, Scar. Simba is the rightful king! If you wanna get him, you have to get through us. Are you with me, lions?
Simba : The choice is yours, Scar. Step down or fight.
Scar : Must this all end in violence? I'd hate to be responsible for the death of a family member. To feel the shame of knowing... I took the life of someone I love.
Simba : I put all that behind me.
Scar : But have they put it behind them? Do your faithful subjects know what you've done?
Nala : What is he talking about?
Scar : So you haven't told them your little secret? Well, Simba... now's your chance to confess. Tell them who's responsible for Mufasa's death.
Simba : It was me.
Sarabi : It's not true. Tell me it's not true.
Simba : It's true. I'm sorry.
Scar : He admits it. Murderer!
Simba : No, no. It was an accident.
Scar : If it weren't for you the king would be alive. It's your fault he's dead! Do you deny it?
Simba : I'm not a murderer.
Scar : We should believe a son who takes the life of a father? We should believe a son who takes the life of a king? A son who abandons his mother?
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Timon : [about the hyenas] what's your plan for getting us past the slobbering guards?
Simba : Live bait.
[He, Nala and Zazu look at Pumbaa]
Pumbaa : That's a great idea. Those guys could never resist fresh meat! So all we need to do is find something that's like big, plump, and juicy, maybe like a gnu...
[They all continue to stare blankly at him]
Pumbaa : why's everyone looking at me?
Timon : [Shenzi's clan are paying attention to Timon and Pumbaa who is set up like a roast pig] Ma chère, mademoiselle. It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we proudly present your dinner! Be... our - GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
[they flew before the clan of hunger mad hyenas]
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Pumbaa : [referring to the stars] Hey, Timon. Do you ever look up there and wonder what those sparkly dots are?
Timon : Oh, Pumbaa. I don't wonder. I know.
Pumbaa : Really? What are they?
Timon : They're fireflies. Fireflies that got stuck on that big bluish-black thing.
Pumbaa : Oh, I guess that makes sense. I always thought they were balls of gas burning billions of miles away.
Timon : Oh, Pumbaa, why is everything always gas with you?
Pumbaa : I know.
Timon : What do you think, Simba?
Pumbaa : Yeah.
Simba : Oh, I don't know. But somebody once told me, the great kings of the past are up there. And they're all watching over us.
[Timon and Pumbaa start laughing]
Pumbaa : That's a good one! That's insane! That's insane!
Timon : Royal dead guys watching over us! Well, I hope they don't fall out of the sky!
Pumbaa : Hang on, your majesty! Don't let go!
Timon : Oh, that would be a mess.
Pumbaa : Oh, man!
Timon : I mean, Simba, think about it. Why would a bunch of kings be looking out for us? We're outcasts.
Pumbaa : Royal warthogs.
Timon : I can't!
Timon : I can't!
Pumbaa : I actually can't.
Timon : I can't.
Pumbaa : No, you can. I can't.
[Timon laughs again]
Simba : Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's stupid I'm going to go get some grubs or something
[looking sad, Simba gets up and leaves]
Timon : What did you say to him?
Pumbaa : I don't know.
Timon : As you were saying it, I thought, "This won't end well" you just start laughing.
Pumbaa : You laughed too.
Timon : I did not. I would never.
Pumbaa : Man, I blew it.
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Simba : [referring to the impala running away from him] What's up with that guy?
Timon : Uh, Simba, How can I say this? He's prey.
Pumbaa : Yeah
Timon : And he is never going to want to frolic with a carnivore.
Pumbaa : No. You two will never frolic.
Simba : Why not?
Timon : You see in nature, there's a delicate balance.
Simba : Oh yeah. The circle of life. I know that.
Pumbaa : No.
Timon : No, no, no. I don't know where you're getting "circle" from
Pumbaa : No, yeah. There's no circle of life.
Timon : No, it's no Circle.
Pumbaa : No, not at all.
Timon : In fact, it's the opposite.
Pumbaa : Yeah.
Timon : It's a line.
Pumbaa : Yeah.
Timon : It's a meaningless line of indifference.
Pumbaa : And we're all just running towards the end of that line. Then one day we'll reach the end and that'll be it. That's it. Line over.
Timon : Nothing.
Pumbaa : Nada. And you can really just kind of Do Your own thing and fend for yourself, because you're line doesn't affect anyone else's line.
Timon : You're alive and then you're not
[eats an insect]
Timon : like this guy. Mmm.
Simba : You sure it's not a circle? that we're all connected?
Pumbaa : A circle would mean we're all this. That would mean what I do affects him. affects that thing affects that thing.
Timon : Yeah. No, that's not how it goes.
Pumbaa : Which would make doing whatever we wanted not that cool.
Timon : Let me simplify this for you. Life is meaningless.
Pumbaa : Yes. that's why you just got to look out for yourself. That's why you do you, Simba.
Timon : Yes Simba, for the first time, we're enrusting you to make a plan for us today
Pumbaa : This is important, think about all you've been taught.
Timon : What do you want to do?
Simba : Absolutely nothing.
Pumbaa : Exactly!
Timon : Woo-hoo!
Pumbaa : He gets it!
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Simba : Who are you?
Rafiki : I know exactly who I am. The question is, who are you?
Simba : I'm nobody. So leave me alone, alright?
Rafiki : Everybody is somebody. Even a nobody.
Simba : Yeah, I think you're confused.
Rafiki : I am confused? You don't even know who you are.
Simba : Oh? And I suppose you do?
Rafiki : I held the son of Mufasa.
Simba : You knew my father?
Rafiki : Correction, I know you're father.
Simba : He died a long time ago.
Rafiki : He's alive. And I can take you to him. Follow me. I will show you! Your father is waiting.
[Simba just sees his reflection in the water]
Rafiki : Do you see him?
Simba : I don't see anything.
Rafiki : Look closer.
[Simba looks closer at his reflection and sees his father]
Rafiki : You see, he lives in you.
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Scar : Sarabi why put yourself through this, all you have to do is be my queen. Your suffering from what a memory of a life you once knew, a king you once loved. I tried to make you understand what a true king can be.
Sarabi : Scar, a true kings power is his compassion.
Scar : [angered] I AM TEN TIMES THE KING, MUFASA WAS!
Sarabi : You are nothing compared to Mufasa.
[Scar attacks Sarabi]
Scar : [notices a roaring Simba] Mufasa, that can't be.
Simba : Get away from my mother!
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Simba : I told you, isnt it great here? You know maybe it will be like this forever.
Nala : It's amazing. But there's... there's something I don't understand, if you been alive all this time why haven't you come home? We really needed you.
Simba : There fine... alright, nobody needs me.
Nala : Your the king.
Simba : Nala, Scar is the king.
Nala : Simba he's decimated the pridelands, there's no food, no water.
Simba : There's nothing I can do.
Nala : What about your mother? This is your responsibility. You need to challenge Scar.
Simba : I can't go back, ever.
Nala : Why? Because of what happened at the gorge? Scar told us that...
Simba : You wouldn't understand, none of it matters okay, Hakuna Matata.
Nala : [confused] What?
Simba : It's something, I learned out here okay. You see sometimes bad things happen and there's nothing you can do about it, so why worry?
Nala : Why worry? What happened to you? You're not the Simba I remember.
Simba : And I never will be, are you satisfied?
Nala : No, I'm disappointed.
Simba : You know, now you're starting to sound like my father.
Nala : Good, I'm glad one of us does.
Simba : [angry] You have no idea what I've been through.
Nala : I came here looking for help, I guess I made a mistake. Goodbye Simba.
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Simba : Timon, Pumbaa, I want you to meet my best friend, Nala.
Timon : Best friend? Well, that hurts.
Simba : Nala, you're going to love it here. This place is amazing. It's everything you could ever want.
Nala : Simba, we need to leave. Scar has taken over with the hyenas. You have to take your place as king.
Timon : King? Simba?
Pumbaa : We kneel before you as humble servants.
[They both laugh]
Simba : Pumbaa, relax. She's wrong.
Timon : Lady, you've got your lions crossed
Pumbaa : Nice.
Nala : Seeing you again, you don't know what this will mean everyone. What this means to me. You have to come home
Simba : This is my home. Please stay. This place is incredible. I know you'll love it.
Nala : I can't.
