The Lion King 2 1/2: Princess Nala

The Lion King 2 1/2: Princess Nala, or The Lion King 4: God Save the Queen, is a 2010 British/American animated love story, epic, drama, musical, and comedy film and is the fourth re-installment of The Lion King films. Like The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004), it is a parallel story to the original, but it has Nala telling her backstory.
It is a joint production between Walt Disney Pictures and HiT Entertainment and debuted on Playhouse Disney on Thanksgiving Day 2010.
== Characters ==
=== Lions ===
* Nala - the main protagonist, she is an adventurous lioness cub who desires to rule the Pridelands with aspiring king, Simba. She is voiced by Moira Kelly as an adult and Niketa Calame as a cub.
* Sarafina - Nala's mother. She is voiced by Zoe Leader.
* Matoota - Nala's father. He knows Bhati and Mufasa very well and is very supportive of Nala's friendships with Bhati and Simba. He is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
* Tumaini - Nala's maternal aunt and Sarafina's sister . She teaches Nala The Circle of Life in a a similar fashion as Mufasa did to Simba. Tumaini's name means hope in Swahili. She is voiced by Macushla Carney.
* Mheetu - Nala's younger brother. He is voiced by E.G. Daily.
* Simba - An aspiring king and Nala's best friend along with Bhati, he plots a date with Nala. He is voiced by Matthew Broderick as an adult and Jonathan Taylor Thomas as a cub. He is also the deuteragonist in the film.
* Mufasa - He is Simba's late father and former king of the Pridelands. He is a protective father and knows Matoota well. He is voiced by James Earl Jones.
* Sarabi - Simba's mother and Nala's mother-in-law. She is voiced by Madge Sinclair.
* Scar - The evil uncle of Simba and Nala's arch enemy, he and his hyena minions plot the murder for Mufasa and his son, as well as Nala. He initiates a wildebeest stampede in the gorge with the hyenas as well as Pimon and Tumbaa. He is voiced by Jim Cummings.
=== Other Animals ===
* Timon and Pumbaa - They are a meerkat and warthog duo who serve as the comic relief after Mufasa's death and are known for their Hakuna Matata philosophy. Timon is voiced by Nathan Lane and Pumbaa by Ernie Sabella.
* Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed - A trio of hyenas who serve as Scar's minions. Scar employs them to kill Simba and Mufasa with their Be Prepared song. They are voiced respectively by Tress MacNeille, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings.
* Rafiki - A wise, outgoing mandrill with a baboon-like tail. Rafiki is a traveler who has revealed to teach Timon "Hakuna Matata". He teaches Nala and Bhati the importance of a bodyguard. He is voiced by Robert Guillame.
* Zazu - He is a red-billed hornbill majordomo for the late Mufasa and a babysitter for Simba and Nala. He is voiced by John Oliver.
* Bhati - She is a somewhat cowardly bat-eared fox that Nala meets at nursery and she is Nala's gateway into meeting Simba. She is also loyal to Nala and their bodyguard, Walinzi. She is voiced by Madeleine Warburg.
* Pimon and Tumbaa - A muscular meerkat and warthog duo who are Scar's villains. When Scar initiates a wildebeest stampede, he tells Pimon and Tumbaa to kill Nala. They use a philosophy called "Kahuna Potato" that makes other people worry.They are voiced respectively by Billy West and Kevin Michael Richardson.
* Walinzi - A male black rhinoceros who serves as Nala's and Bhati's bodyguard during their quest to find Simba. His name means "guard" in Swahili. Walinzi acts as a watchdog for Pimon and Tumbaa and aggressively charges at them on sight to protect Nala and Bhati. He is voiced by Phil LaMarr.
* Prita - A male lappet-faced vulture who is impatient for eating food. They fly around the Pridelands with his mother in search of carrion. He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright.
* Kobi - a female English-accented lappet-faced vulture who is Prita's mother. She acts patient toward her son. She is voiced by Maria Darling.
== Trivia ==
* Pimon and Tumbaa first appeared in Kahuna Potato, an episode of The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa. In the scene inside Scar's lair where the hyenas have a conference meeting with him, it is revealed that Pimon and Tumbaa have learned "Kahuna Potato" from Scar.
* Bhati, Mheetu, Prita, and Kobi are deleted characters from earlier scripts of the original film.
* Macushla Carney, the voice of Tumaini, and Madeleine Warburg, the voice of Bhati, are development/production coordinators and executive producers worked with HiT for the film, as well as Fairies, Anthony Ant, Brambly Hedge, Angelina Ballerina, Bob the Builder, Oswald, and Rubbadubbers.
* Pimon and Tumbaa weren't seen in Be Prepared because Pimon and Tumbaa have already been prepared for the deaths of the king, Simba, and Nala.
* It is likely that Prita and Kobi were among the vultures with which Timon and Pumbaa were playing bowling and scared away. Some vultures later return when Nala calls for help when her gang comes to the desert.
* Given it's co-production with HiT Entertainment, Scar makes a Bob the Builder reference during his conference about the future wildebeest stampede, asking "Can we kill them?". The hyenas, Pimon, and Tumbaa answer "Yes we can" in response in unison.
== Chapters ==
* The Lion King 2 1/2: Princess Nala - Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6
* Chapter 7
* Chapter 8
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