The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)

Squidward and GavenLovesAnimals / Universal Pictures / Dreamworks Animation Studios' movie-spoofs of Disney's 1994 Animated drama/musical film *The Lion King*, in the loving memory of the late Robert Guillaume (1927-2017) and Madge Sinclair (1938-1995).

This spoof feature follows the adventures of the young Speckles (Simba), the heir of his father, Patch (Mufasa). Speckles's wicked uncle, One Eye (Scar), plots to usurp Patch's throne by luring father and son into a stampede of Pachyrhinosauruses. But Speckles escapes, and only Patch is killed. Speckles returns as an adult to take back his homeland from One Eye with the help of his friends; Ricky the Microceratus (Timon) and Url the Ankylosaurus (Pumbaa).

## Plot:

The story of *The Tyrannosaurus King* takes place in an Mesozoic kingdom called the Mesozoic Lands, where a tyrannosaurus rules over the other animals as king.

At the beginning of the film, Samson, a oviraptor shaman, anoints Speckles, the newborn baby of King Patch and Queen Martha, and presents him to a gathering of dinosaurs at Mesozoic Rock. Meanwhile, Patch's younger brother, One Eye, who decided not to be at the ceremony, is annoyed that he is no longer the heir to the throne. Patch confronts One Eye about not attending the ceremony and tells him to not turn his back on him, when he tries to leave. When One Eye tells Patch that he should not turn his back on him and Patch tells him if it's a challenge, One Eye replies that he would not dream of it as he lacks brute strength. After One Eye leaves, Patch wonders what to do with him.

Months later, Patch takes Speckles around the Mesozoic Lands, teaching him about the "Circle of Life", the delicate balance affecting all living things. He also teaches him where everything the light touches is their kingdom. Later, One Eye tells Speckles about the wasteland, a place where Amur has warned him not to go. Speckles asks his mother if he can go to the water-hole with his best friend, Rexy. Martha and Rexy's mother Momma Dino agree, but only if Patch's majordomo, the Alexornis Alex, goes with them. Speckles and Rexy elude Alex's supervision and go to the wasteland instead. There, the youngsters are chased by four Velociraptors named Lurleane, Bubbha, Pervis and Earl, who had secretly been ordered by One Eye to kill the youngsters, but Speckles and Rexy are rescued by Patch, who was summoned by Alex. After sending Rexy and Alex ahead back to Mesozoic Rock, Patch scolds Speckles for putting himself and Rexy in danger, before teaching him about the Great Kings of the Past, who look down on the living from the stars.

Later that night, One Eye gains the loyalty of the raptors by claiming that if he becomes king, they will "never go hungry again" if they help him kill Patch and Speckles. Plotting further, One Eye gathers more raptors forming an army. Sometime later, One Eye lures Speckles into a gorge for a "surprise from his father" then signals the raptors create a Pachyrhinosaurus stampede down into the gorge where Speckles is. Alerted by an insincerely dramatic One Eye, Patch races to rescue Speckles from the stampede. He saves his son, but is left clinging to the edge of a cliff, which results in One Eye flinging him into the stampede below to his death. One Eye convinces Speckles that he was responsible for his own father's death, and recommends that he flees the Mesozoic Lands, never to return. To compound this, One Eye once again sends the raptors to kill Speckles, but as Speckles reaches a thorny embankment, they let him escape, hurling threats that he will be killed if ever seen again. That night back at Mesozoic Rock, One Eye informs Martha, Rexy and the rest of the Tyrannosauruses that both Patch and Speckles were killed in the stampede, and that he is assuming the throne as the closest of king. After becoming king, One Eye fulfills his promise to the raptors and allows them to come into the Mesozoic Lands.

Speckles collapses in a distant desert where he is found unconscious by Ricky and Url, a Microceratus-Ankylosaurus duo who raise Speckles under their carefree "Hakuna Matata" lifestyle. When Speckles has grown into a young adult he saves them from a hungry Tyrannosaurus who is revealed to be Rexy. Speckles shows Rexy around his home and the two begin to fall in love. Rexy then tells him that One Eye's tyrannical reign has turned the Mesozoic Lands into a barren wasteland; she demands that Speckles must return and take his rightful place as king, but Speckles refuses, still guilty about supposedly causing his father's death. Samson arrives and persuades Speckles to return to the Mesozoic Lands, aided by Patch's presence in the stars. After some advice from Samson and the spirit of his father, Speckles, followed by Rexy, Ricky and Url, returns home.

Once back at Mesozoic Rock, Speckles (with Ricky, Url and Rexy) is horrified to see the condition of the Mesozoic Lands. What was once a lush paradise was now a dead wasteland. With the Tyrannosauruses overhunting, their prey eventually left the Mesozoic Lands, causing famine in the streak. After seeing One Eye strike his mother, Speckles announces his return. In response, Speckles confronts One Eye, who forces Speckles to confess to being responsible for Patch's death. One Eye then forces Speckles over the edge of Mesozoic Rock, just as a lightning bolt starts a fire below. As Speckles dangles over the edge of Mesozoic Rock, One Eye whispers to Speckles that he killed Patch. Enraged, Speckles leaps up and pins One Eye to the ground, forcing him to admit the truth to the Tyrannosauruses. A raging battle then ensues between the raptors and the Tyrannosauruses, Ricky, and Url which results in Speckles cornering One Eye. In the midst of their fight, One Eye tries to surreptitiously blame everything on the raptors, but the raptors overhear his conversation with Speckles. Speckles orders One Eye to flee the Streak Lands. One Eye pretends to leave but turns to attack Speckles, resulting in a final duel. Speckles eventually triumphs over his uncle by flipping him and kicks him over a low cliff. One Eye survives the fall, but finds himself surrounded by the now resentful raptors. The raptors surround their traitorous fallen leader. One Eye frantically tries to absolve himself, but the raptors have had enough of his lies, derogatory treatment, and broken promises so they ignore his life plea, attack him, and maul him to death, as flames rise around them.

With One Eye and the raptors gone, and with the rightful king in place, the Mesozoic Lands are restored which is turning green with life again. The film concludes with Samson presenting Speckles and Rexy's newborn baby Blue into the air, thus continuing the Circle of Life.

## Cast:

* Cub Simba - Juvenile Speckles (Speckles the Tarbosaurus)
* Adult Simba - Adult Speckles (Speckles the Tarbosaurus)
* Cub Nala - Rexy (OC; Juvenile)
* Adult Nala - Rexy (Jurassic Franchise)
* Timon - Ricky the Microceratus (OC)
* Pumbaa - Url the Ankylosaurus (Dinosaur; 2000)
* Rafiki - Samson the Oviraptor (OC)
* Zazu - Alex (Walking with Dinosaurs; 2013)
* Mufasa - Patch (Tarbosaurus: The Mightiest Ever)
* Sarabi - Martha the Tarbosaurus (Speckles' Mother) (Speckles the Tarbosaurus)
* Scar - One Eye (The Dino King)
* Shenzi - Lurleane the Velociraptor (The Good Dinosaur)
* Banzai - Bubbha the Velociraptor (The Good Dinosaur)
* Ed - Pervis the Velociraptor (The Good Dinosaur)
* Earl the Velociraptor (The Good Dinosaur) as Himself (Lurleane's Pack)
* Sarafina - Momma Dino (Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs)

## Other Cast:

* Baby Simba - Baby Speckles (Speckles the Tarbosaurus)
* Teen Simba - Teen Speckles (Speckles the Tarbosaurus)
* Hyenas - Velociraptors (Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, Prehistoric Planet, Dinosaur, and The Land Before Time III: The Time of Great Giving), Utahraptors (Walking with Dinosaurs), Screech and Thud (The Land Before Time), and Deinonychus (The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire)
* Lions - Various Tyrannosauruses
* Animals - Various Dinosaurs (Jurassic Franchise, Walking with Dinosaurs, Dinosaur, Speckles the Tarbosaurus, The Land Before Time, etc..)
* Mouse - Alphadon (Walking with Dinosaurs; 2013)
* Groundhog - Didelphodon (Walking with Dinosaurs; 1999)
* Stampede - Pachyrhinosauruses (Walking with Dinosaurs; 2013, Prehistoric Planet, Dinosaur and March of the Dinosaurs)
* Vultures/Buzzards - Pterodactyls (The Good Dinosaur)
* Chameleon - Xianglong (Dinosaur; 2000)
* Beetle - Dim (A Bug's Life)
* Baby Kiara - Blue (The Dino King: Journey to the Fire Mountain)

## Scenes Index:

1. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 1 - Opening/♪ The Circle of Life ♪
2. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 2 - One Eye
3. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 3 - Speckles' First Day / Everything the Light Touches
4. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 4 (A) - Pouncing Lesson
5. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 4 (B) - ♪ The Morning Report ♪
6. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 5 - Speckles and One Eye's Conversation
7. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 6 - ♪ I Just Can't Wait to be King ♪
8. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 7 - The Apatosaurus Graveyard
9. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 8 - The Great Kings of the Past
10. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 9 - Back to the Graveyard/♪ Be Prepared ♪
11. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 10 - The Stampede!/Long Live the King
12. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 11 - The King is Dead/Speckles' Exile
13. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 12 - One Eye Takes Over the Mesozoic Rock
14. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 13 - Meets Ricky and Url
15. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 14 - Put your Past Behind You/♪ Hakuna Matata ♪
16. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 15 - One Eye's Reign
17. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 16 - Stargazing/He's Alive!
18. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 17 - Rexy chases Url/Speckles and Rexy's Reunion
19. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 18 - ♪ Can You Feel the Love Tonight ♪
20. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 19 - Speckles and Rexy's Argument/Speckles meets Samson
21. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 20 - Patch's Ghost/Speckles' Destiny
22. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 21 - Speckles' Return/Ricky and Url's Distraction
23. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 22 - Speckles Confronts One Eye/Speckles Founds Out the Truth/Battle for the Mesozoic Rock
24. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 23 - Speckles Vs. One Eye/One Eye's Demise
25. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 24 - King of the Mesozoic Rock/Happy Ending in the Mesozoic Lands
26. "The Tyrannosaurus King (1994)" Part 25 - End Credits

Bonus Feature: "The Tyrannosaurus King 3D" Bloopers Outtakes

## Songs:

* In the End Credits (after "Busa" by Lebo M) "Can Somebody tell me Who I Am" by Orange Blue (from Disney's Dinosaur) - (Extended Version only)

## Species Cast:

* Eastern Black Rhinoceros (*Diceros bicornis michaeli*) - *Triceratops horridus*
* Topi (*Damaliscus lunatus topi*) - *Saurolophus angustirostris*
* Southern Meerkat (*Suricata suricatta suricatta*) - *Microceratus gobiensis*
* Tanzanian Cheetah (*Acinonyx jubatus jubatus*) - *Carnotaurus sastrei*
* Marabou Stork (*Leptoptilos crumenifer*) - *Quetzalcoatlus northropi*
* East African Bush Elephant (*Loxodonta africana knochenhaueri*) - *Apatosaurus ajax*
* Cattle Egret (*Bubulcus ibis ibis*) - *Avisaurus archibaldi*
* Greater Flamingo (*Phoenicopterus roseus*) - *Tapejara wellnhoferi*
* Serengeti Thomson's Gazelle (*Eudorcas thomsonii nasalis*) - *Parasaurolophus walkeri*
* Reticulated Giraffe (*Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata*) - *Brachiosaurus altithorax*
* Leaf-Cutter Ant (*Atta cephalotes*) - *Haidomyrmex cerberus*
* Grant's Zebra (*Equus quagga boehmi*) - *Edmontosaurus regalis*
* Vulturine Guineafowl (*Acryllium vulturinum*) - *Balaur bondoc*
* Eastern White-Bearded Wildebeest (*Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus*) - *Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum*
* Tanzanian Red-Billed Hornbill (*Tockus ruahae*) - *Alexornis antecedens*
* Masai Lion (*Panthera leo nubica*) - *Tyrannosaurus rex*
* Greater Kudu (*Tragelaphus strepsiceros*) - *Lambeosaurus lambei*
* Cape Buffalo (*Syncerus caffer caffer*) - *Styracosaurus albertensis*
* Mandrill (*Mandrillus sphinx*) - *Oviraptor philoceratops*
* Vervet Monkey (*Chlorocebus pygerythrus hilgerti*) - *Graciliraptor lujiatunensis*
* Wood Mouse (*Apodemus sylvaticus*) - *Alphadon marshii*
* Plains Pocket Gopher (*Geomys bursarius*) - *Didelphodon vorax*
* Southern Ostrich (*Struthio camelus australis*) - *Gallimimus bullatus*
* Mountain Gorilla (*Gorilla beringei beringei*) - *Therizinosaurus cheloniformis*
* Nile Hippopotamus (*Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius*) - *Stegosaurus armatus*
* Eastern Nile Crocodile (*Crocodylus niloticus africanus*) - *Deinosuchus riograndensis*
* Giant Anteater (*Myrmecophaga tridactyla*) - *Fruitafossor windscheffeli*
* Black Sable Antelope (*Hippotragus niger niger*) - *Corythosaurus casuarius*
* Spotted Hyena (*Crocuta crocuta*) - *Velociraptor mongoliensis*
* Jackson's Chameleon (*Trioceros jacksonii*) - *Palaeosaniwa canadensis*
* Rüppell's Vulture (*Gyps rueppellii*) - *Nyctosaurus ‬gracilis*
* Central African Warthog (*Phacochoerus africanus massaicus*) - *Ankylosaurus magniventris*
* European Rhinoceros Beetle (*Oryctes nasicornis*) - *Manipulator modificaputis*

## See Also:

### Animated Productions

* The Tyrannosaurus King II: Speckles' Kingdom (1998) (Sequel)
* The Tyrannosaurus King 1½ (2004) (Midquel)
* The Tyrannosaurus Guard: Return of the Roar (2015) (Spin-Off/Sequel)

### Animated TV Series

* Ricky and Url (TV Series) (1995-1999)
* The Tyrannosaurus Guard (TV Series) (2016-2019)

### Live-Action Productions

* The Tyrannosaurus King (2019) (Live-Action)
* Patch: The Tyrannosaurus King (Upcoming Live-Action Prequel)