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| [Elephant Graveyard - Hyena Scene] |
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| {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.} |
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| SCENE 3 - Be Prepared Scene |
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{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} |
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| Scar: {From his perch we saw in the Hyena chase} Oh, surely we lions are not all THAT bad. |
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| Banzai: Ohh. {relieved from the surprise} Oh, Scar, it's just you. |
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| Shenzi: We were afraid it was somebody important. |
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| Banzai: Yeah, you know, like Mufasa. |
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| Shenzi: Yeah. |
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| Scar: I see. |
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| Banzai: Now that's power. |
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| Shenzi: Tell me about it. I just hear that name and I shudder. |
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| Banzai: Mufasa. |
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| Shenzi: {Shivering} Ooooh. ... Do it again. |
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| Banzai: Mufasa. |
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| Shenzi: Ooooh! |
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| Banzai: Mufasa. Mufasa! Mufasa! |
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| Shenzi: {Builds up hysterical laughter} ...Oooh! It tingles me. |
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| Scar: I'm surrounded by idiots. |
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| Banzai: Not you, Scar; I mean, you're one of us. I mean, you're our pal. |
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| Scar: {Sarcastic} Charmed. |
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| Shenzi: Ohh, I like that. He's not king, but he's still so proper. |
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| Banzai: Yeah. Hey, hey. Did ya bring us anything to eat, Scar, old buddy, old pal? Huh? Did-ya-did-ya-did-ya? |
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| 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. |
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| {Intro fade-in on Be Prepared} |
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| Shenzi: {Chewing with full mouth} Well, ya know. It wasn't exactly like they was alone, Scar. |
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| Banzai: Yeah. What are we supposed to do-- {swallow} kill Mufasa? |
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| Scar: Precisely. |
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| {The three hyenas pause from eating and look up at Scar questioningly.} |
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| {Three-top flutter to coincide with Scar's leaps down to the Hyenas.} |
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| ************** CUT LINES ********************************* |
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{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.
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| {Scar walks calmly through sheets of flame and gas into the camera over the opening bit of the song} |
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| Scar: {Full song} |
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| {Scar paces slowly around Ed, who is chewing on the remnants of the zebra leg} |
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| I know that your powers of retention |
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| Are as wet as a warthog's backside |
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| But thick as you are, pay attention |
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| {He angrily swats the bone away; Ed comes to abrupt attention} |
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| My words are a matter of pride |
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| It's clear from your vacant expressions |
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| The lights are not all on upstairs |
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| {Waving his paw in front of Ed's blank eyes to make his point; Ed's tongue lolls out} |
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| But we're talking kings and successions |
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| Even you can't be caught unawares |
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| {Shenzi and Banzai are laughing on a ledge behing him; on "you," Scar turns and leaps at them, throwing them backward onto a pair of geysers, which then erupt, throwing the two hyenas into the air.} |
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| {In the next verse, Scar is strutting theatrically along a ledge which runs around back to the floor.} |
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| So prepare for a chance of a lifetime |
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| Be prepared for sensational news |
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| A shining new era |
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| Is tiptoeing nearer |
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| Shenzi: And where do we feature? |
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| Scar: {Grabbing Shenzi's cheek} Just listen to teacher |
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| {Shenzi rubs her cheek, which is now bruised red} |
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| I know it sounds sordid |
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| But you'll be rewarded |
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| When at last I am given my dues |
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| And injustice deliciously squared |
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| {Scar leaps up beside Ed, who is again chewing on the bone, and here kicks him off the ledge} |
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| Be prepared! |
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| {The three hyenas land in a pile of bones and are submerged; they reappear, each with a different horned skull on his head.} |
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| {Spoken} |
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| Banzai: Yeah, Be prepared. Yeah-heh... we'll be prepared, heh. ...For what? |
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| Scar: For the death of the king. |
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| Banzai: Why? Is he sick? |
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| {Scar grabs Banzai by the throat} |
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| Scar: No, fool-- we're going to kill him. And Simba too. |
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| {Dropping Banzai back onto the floor} |
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| Shenzi: Great idea! Who needs a king? |
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| Shenzi (and then Banzai): {Sing-song voices, dancing around Banzai} No king! No king! la--la-la--la-laa-laa! |
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| Scar: Idiots! There will be a king! |
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| Banzai: Hey, but you said, uh... |
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| Scar: I will be king! ...Stick with me {triumphant, toothy grin}, and you'll never go hungry again! |
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| Shenzi and Banzai: Yaay! All right! Long live the king! |
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| {Camera reveals hundreds of more hyenas in the shadows.} |
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| All Hyenas: Long live the king! Long live the king! |
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| {Full song again} |
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| {Scar's army of hyenas is goose-stepping across the floor of the cave, now stylized into a Nazi-esque quadrangle} |
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| Hyenas: {In tight, crisp phrasing and diction} |
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| It's great that we'll soon be connected. |
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| With a king who'll be all-time adored. |
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| Scar: |
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| Of course, quid pro quo, you're expected |
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| To take certain duties on board |
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| {Motions a slice across the neck} |
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| The future is littered with prizes |
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| And though I'm the main addressee |
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| The point that I must emphasize is |
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| {Leaps off his rock throne to single out one hapless hyena} |
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| You won't get a sniff without me! |
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| {That hyena slips and falls into a fiery crevice} |
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| {Throughout the next verse, the entire horde of hyenas joins in dancing boisterously, leaping along the tops of rock pillars, shaking animal skeletons in the light, one playing a rib cage/xylophone.} |
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| {The paranthetical parts are the hyenas' counterpoint singing} |
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| So prepare for the coup of the century |
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| (Oooh!) |
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| Be prepared for the murkiest scam |
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| (Oooh... La! La! La!) {rear ends punctuating} |
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| Meticulous planning |
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| (We'll have food!) |
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| Tenacity spanning |
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| (Lots of food) |
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| Decades of denial |
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| (We repeat) |
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| Is simply why I'll |
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| (Endless meat) |
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| Be king undisputed |
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| (Aaaaaaah...) |
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| Respected, saluted |
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| (...aaaaaaah...) |
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| And seen for the wonder I am |
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| (...aaaaaaah!) |
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| Yes, my teeth and ambitions are bared |
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| (Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo) |
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| Be prepared! |
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| All (Even Ed, who can be heard growling and snarling an approximation of the lines): |
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| Yes, our teeth and ambitions are bared |
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| Be prepared! |
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| {Close with a fill-in and a fade-out. Scar and the hyenas are laughing evilly. Drum roll rises to a crash coinciding with the panoramic opening of the next scene.} |
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Scene 1- 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 |
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(go back) |
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