The Lion King

The Lion King is a 1994 Academy Award winning animated film from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Taking much of its story from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the film is one of the highest grossing animated films of all time. It has spun off a Broadway adaptation in 1997 and a CGI remake in 2019.
==References==
* A 1995 episode of Sesame Street features "The Chicken King," directed by Walt Dizzy. In the film, a lion who wants to be king tries and fails to turn a corn cob into an egg, and is bested by Elmo (in a chicken outfit) who eats the corn and in turn lays an egg.
* In the Farscape episode "Jeremiah Crichton," John Crichton sarcastically greets Rygel, "Well, hakuna matata, Masata. We got a big problem."
* In the Elmo's World episode "Wild Animals", the Lecture Lady announces that following "Wild, Wild Kingdom" is The Lion King with Tiger Woods.
* Among the theatre credits listed on his resume submitted for his audition for the 2016 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Pepe included "The Lying King."
* Timed with the release of the 2019 remake of The Lion King, the Twitter account for Galli Galli Sim Sim posted a parody of the film's poster featuring Boombah in the title lion role called "The Lion Friend." 
* While on a trip to Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Animal and Kermit visited the Tumble Monkeys from the Disney Live Entertainment show Festival of the Lion King. 
* In The Muppets Mayhem episode "Break On Through," Floyd Pepper hallucinates "Weird Al" Yankovic appearing in the sky (a la Mufasa's ghost) and asks if he's supposed to take back the Pride Lands and reclaim the throne. Weird Al then quotes Mufasa's parting words ("Remember who you are, the one true king"), and after he leaves, a talking cactus shows up, enthused that they're doing a Lion King spoof.
==Connections==
* Rowan Atkinson voiced Zazu
* Beyoncé voiced Nala in the 2019 film
* Lacey Chabert voiced young Vitani in Simba's Pride, as well as reprising both this role and her adult counterpart in the spin-off series The Lion Guard
* Cam Clarke voiced Simba in various spin-off media, including The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, and Simba's singing vocals in Simba's Pride
* Jim Cummings voiced Ed, the gopher, and part of Scar's singing vocals in the original film
* Billy Eichner voiced Timon in the 2019 film
* Deborah Glassberg worked in the New York puppet workshop for the original Broadway production
* Donald Glover voiced Simba in the 2019 film
* Whoopi Goldberg voiced Shenzi
* Heather Headley played Nala in the original Broadway production, sang the female part of the pop version of the song "Love Will Find a Way" from Simba's Pride, and voiced Makini's mother Fikiri in The Lion Guard
* Edward Hibbert voiced Zazu in Simba's Pride
* Jeremy Irons voiced Scar
* Elton John composed the songs for the film and Broadway Musical.
* Chantylla Johnson played Nala in various productions
* James Earl Jones voiced Mufasa in the original film, several spin-offs and the 2019 film
* Keegan-Michael Key voiced Kamari in the 2019 film
* Phil LaMarr voiced an impala in the 2019 film and Goigoi on The Lion Guard
* Bruce Lanoil voiced Timon in Kingdom Hearts II, Disney Think Fast, and the Timon & Pumbaa's Wild About Safety shorts
* Nathan Lane voiced Timon
* Eric-Jan Lens understudied for Zazu, Timon, and Ed in the Dutch adaptation of the musical
* Lebo M performed vocals for "The Circle of Life" in the 1994 film, contributed to the soundtracks Rhythm of the Pride Lands, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, and Mufasa: The Lion King
* Mark Mangini was a supervising sound editor on the film
* Cheech Marin voiced Banzai
*Jason Marsden voiced Kovu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
* John Oliver voiced Zazu in the 2019 film
* Brett O'Quinn puppeteered in Legend of The Lion King for the Disney theme parks
* Rob Paulsen voiced Banzai in The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
* Chance the Rapper voiced a bush baby in the 2019 film
* Seth Rogen voiced Pumbaa in the 2019 film
* Chris Sanders was a story artist on the film
* Robb Sapp played Ed in the Broadway production and performed in the national tour
* Amy Sedaris voiced a guinea fowl in the 2019 film
* Jonathan Taylor Thomas voiced young Simba
* Carmen Twillie sang lead vocals on "Circle of Life"
* Frank Welker provided animal vocalizations
* Pharrell Williams was the music producer of the 2019 film
* Hans Zimmer scored the original film and the 2019 film
==External links==
* IMDb
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