The Lion King 1½/Trailer transcripts

==Trailer 1==
The opening scene from The Lion King plays, and then...
* Lebo M: ♪ Nants ingonyama bagithi baba ♪
* Chorus: ♪ Sithi uhm ingonyama ♪
* Lebo M: ♪ Nants ingonyama bagithi baba ♪
*Timon: WHAAAAAT'S ON THE MENU? Hey con needs to be chasing you, it's Pumbaa!
*Pumbaa: (While crying) I gotta tell you, Timon... that song always gets me right here.
*Timon: Yeah, Pumbaa. Well, enough of that! (A silhouetted hand holding a remote comes in, and as we fast-forward throughout the movie, Timon and Pumbaa are shown in theater seats)
*Pumbaa: Uh...Timon, what are you doing?
*Timon: I'm fast-forwarding to the part where we come in!
*Pumbaa: But you can't go out of order!
*Timon: (As he resumes the film during "Hakuna Matata") Au contraire, my porcine pal. I've got the remote!
*Pumbaa: But everyone's gonna get confused! We gotta go back to the beginning of the story! (He pulls out another remote and starts rewinding the film)
*Timon: We're not in the beginning of the story! (With his own remote, he fast-forwards it again)
*Pumbaa: Yes we were, the whole time! (He rewinds the film again, this time at a slower pace)
*Timon: Yeah, but they don't know that! (And it's back to fast-forwarding)
*Pumbaa: Then why don't we tell them our story? (The film stops - right on a shot of the hyenas, scaring the both of them into their seats. They rise up.)
*Timon: Hey, I've got an idea! Why don't we tell 'em our story?
*Pumbaa: Oh, I like the sound of that!
*Timon: A little backstage tour; take them behind the scenes for a revealing and intimate look at the story within the story!
*Pumbaa: 'Cause what they don't know is how we really were there even though they didn't know we were there, you know?
*Timon: Couldn't have said it better myself. (He pulls out his remote and starts rewinding the film)
*Pumbaa: So, does this mean we're going back to the beginning?
*Timon: (As he resumes the film on the opening moments, this time in reverse) Oh no, Pumba, no. We're going way back, to before the beginning.
Suddenly, the title "THE LION KING III" zooms out onto a black screen
*Timon: Wait, wait wait wait, hold on a second! "III?" (Walks into view) What's with the "III?" No, no, no, the "III" has (He peels one of the "I"s off) got to go!
*Pumbaa: (offscreen) Timon, you can't use "II!" There's already been a "II!"
*Timon: Mmmm, you got a point there, big fella. It's not a sequel anyway.
*Pumbaa: Yeah, more like a, uh, (Timon pulls the second "I" off) behind-the-scene-quel.
*Timon: A what-a-who-quel?
*Pumbaa: Oh, you know, an in-betweenquel.
*Timon: That's it. Pumbaa, my muse, it's genius! (He puts one of the "I"s up, then tears an "I" in half and starts making little "1" and "2" shapes out of it. Cut back to reveal the full title: "THE LION KING 1½.") There. Now this title's a knockout! (Just then, "COMING SOON from Walt Disney Pictures" zooms out) Owwww! Not literally!
It crossfades into "2004," which itself fades out, ending the trailer.
==Trailer 2==
Somewhere Deep in the Jungle fades in as jacuzzi bubbles are heard until it fades out and fades into Simba and Pumbaa sitting in a hot tub.
* Pumbaa: ...So you see, that's why they call it a "dung beetle".
* Simba: Eww. You don't say. And yet, still so tasty!
* Pumbaa: Oh, yeah. And they're my favorite. (Timon approaches the tub, wearing a leaf around his middle.)
* Timon: At last, a movie about our story.
* Pumbaa: Yep. After a long day of movie making, it's good to kick back.
* Simba: I never thought that Hakuna Matata can be so sweat.
* All: (sighing contentedly) Aahhh.
* (They relax silently for a beat.)
* Pumbaa: Think I'll turn in for the night. (Pumbaa slowly climbs out. The bubbles immediately stop, as Pumbaa's retreating rump. Simba and Timon stare at the water in horror.)
* Timon: I'm out.
* Simba: Right behind you. (The films logo appears as the Circle of Life plays accompanied by Timon's own verse). 
* Narrator: The Lion King 1½. (Just then, An All New Movie, February 2004 appears.)
* Narrator: An All New Movie. 
* Narrator: This February, the Circle of Life will never be the same. (The screen fades out, ending the trailer.)
==2012 Reissue==
TBA
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