The Lion King 1½

***The Lion King 1½*** (known as ***The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata*** in some countries) is a 2004 American theatrically animated comedy film and direct-to-video animated comedy film. It is based on _The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa_ and serves as a third installment, sidequel to _The Lion King_. It is a final installment in the trilogy and the sidequel to _The Lion King_. All three movies were made by The Walt Disney Company. This movie is about the fictional characters Timon and Pumbaa before they met Simba.

## Release

_The Lion King _ was released on February 10, 2004. Internationally, it was titled _The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata_.

## The story

Timon and Pumbaa start to watch the original _Lion King_ movie, but Timon keeps insisting to fast forward to when they come in, because they were not seen in the beginning of the story or anywhere until halfway through. Pumbaa suggests telling the audience their story, which begins before Simba's journey begins. Through this, we meet Timon's mother and Uncle Max, discover why he left his meerkat colony, where he learned Hakuna Matata, how he met Pumbaa, and the perils they encountered while searching for their dream home.

## Voice cast

Appearing but silent are Simba's father Mufasa, mother Sarabi and uncle Scar.

## Soundtrack

The movie's soundtrack, _The Lion King 1½: Songs From Timon and Pumbaa's Hilarious Adventure_, was released on CD by Disney Records on February 10, 2004. It includes two songs from the original movie, "That's All I Need" and "Hakuna Matata", reperformed by Nathan Lane who took over the role of voicing the character Timon. The rest of the soundtrack includes various R&B tracks, including remakes of the Kool and the Gang classic "Jungle Boogie" by artist French, and two instrumental pieces from film composer Don Harper.

- Track listing

## Awards

|Year|Award|Category|Nominees|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|2005|rowspan="2"|Annie Awards|Best Home Entertainment Production|_The Lion King 1½_||
|Music in an Animated Feature Production|_The Lion King 1½_||||||
|rowspan="5"|DVD Exclusive Awards|Best Animated Character Performance|Nathan Lane (voice) Alexis Stadermann (animator) * For Timon||||
|Best Animated DVD Premiere Movie|_The Lion King 1½_||||||
|Best Director (of a DVD Premiere Movie)|Bradley Raymond||||||
|Best Editing (of a DVD Premiere Movie)|Joyce Arrastia||||||
|Best Screenplay (for a DVD Premiere Movie)|Tom Rogers||||||
|Saturn Award|Best DVD Release|_The Lion King 1½_|||||

## Video game

A video game version of the movie was published in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. It had Timon and Pumbaa as the playable characters.

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: The Lion King 1½
- **image**: File:The Lion King 1½ logo.svg
- **director**: Bradley Raymond
- **producer**: George A. Mendoza
- **screenplay**: Tom Rogers
- **music**: Don L. Harper, Don Harper
- **editing**: Joyce Arrastia
- **runtime**: 78 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English


## Infobox (album)

- **name**: The Lion King : Songs From Timon and Pumbaa's Hilarious Adventure
- **type**: soundtrack
- **artist**: Various Artists
- **released**: February 10, 2004
- **genre**: R&B, Pop music, Pop, World music, world, soundtrack
- **length**: 22:52
- **label**: Walt Disney Records, Walt Disney