Friendship of the Year Banquet

The Friendship of the Year Banquet (also known as the Friendship of the Year Award) is an award ceremony in which two friends who won the award give a speech about their friendship and the participants have a feast afterwards. It is held between animals of the Serengeti.
==Information==
===Concept===
Every year, two friends who win the award for "Best Friendship in the Jungle" participate in the banquet. Each of the two friends gives a speech about the secret to their friendship, giving nothing but compliments about each other the whole evening, which greatly bores the audience. After their speech, the participants have a feast and the two friends earn the Great Gourd of Friendship.
===Timon and Pumbaa's night===
Timon and Pumbaa became the winners for the award for the year, with Rafiki becoming the host for the banquet. When Zazu told Rafiki how boring the event is, as the two friends do nothing but compliment each other (and that Rafiki telling jokes is not enough to make it exciting), the mandrill came up with an idea on how to liven things up.
As the banquet began, Rafiki asked Timon and Pumbaa about the secret of their long and everlasting friendship, which they replied was honesty. When everyone became bored of Timon and Pumbaa's speech, Rafiki casted a Truth Spell on the duo to make them say how they really feel about each other. The spell involved a bug stinging Timon and Pumbaa to make them tell the truth, which had Timon criticizing Pumbaa for his appearance and Pumbaa criticizing Timon for being a know-nothing-know-it-all.
Rafiki then suggested that it was now time for the feast. He asked a wildebeest waiter to place plenty of mashed potato bugs and cockroach chili in front of their guests. When everyone was having a feast, Timon and Pumbaa argued over what they said about each other while they were having their speech. When Rafiki placed the microphone between them, Timon and Pumbaa accidentally hit the mandrill with their food. Believing that they will not earn the Great Gourd of Friendship due to their behavior, Timon and Pumbaa started to blame each other and have a food fight.
After the food fight, Timon and Pumbaa started to tell positive truths to each other, stating that despite their flaws, they are still the best of friends. Rafiki then revealed to everyone that he cast the Truth Spell on Timon and Pumbaa, hoping that he made this year's ceremony interesting. But no one was impressed by Rafiki's action and they threw food at the mandrill.
Later, Timon and Pumbaa walked off with the Great Gourd of Friendship. The two friends apologized to each other for what they said earlier due to the Truth Spell Rafiki put on them. The spell then started to wear off, as Timon told Pumbaa that he doesn't smell that bad.
==Appearances==
* The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
** "Truth Be Told"
==References==
Category:Culture