Shenzi's Redemption

**Shenzi's Redemption** is the third arc in *Disney's Final Frontier*. The arc contains 3 episodes, focusing on the back half of the Silver Arc, starting from Tramp and Bagheera's perspective of the back half of Alice in Wonderland, as they had finished their mission earlier.

## Story Events

### Rivalry

With Cinderella finally reunited with Prince Charming, and Angel in her more canonical appearance, Tramp, Bolt, and Bagheera went back to Figonia, surprised to notice Tod and his team didn't arrive yet. The three take a break from adventuring and decide to watch a bit of TV. During a routine training session, with Figment watching, the Enemy Generator suddenly goes haywire as if something was caught in the ink pool. Tramp, Bagheera and Figment decide to identify the issue, only to find out someone was transported here. The computer explodes to a state beyond normal repair.

Figment was set aback by this and instructed Tramp and Bagheera to show caution but didn't listen. With the Enemy Generator destroyed, Tramp and Bagheera greet the mysterious visitor, who is revealed to be Shenzi Marie. Shenzi is shocked about the sudden change in scenery as she looks around, though secretly thankful she's away from everyone else in the Pride Lands. The duo notice Shenzi was looking rather scrawny and she mentions a lot of the animals back home migrated or died off. Tramp offers lunch with her and the others, raising their Friendship by 1 immediately. Figment apologizes for freaking out earlier, thinking she was an assassin.

During lunch, Shenzi asks the team about if they know of a certain blue-eyed lioness named Nala. Angel has no idea who she is, but Tramp explains she'll arrive soon with Simba. Shenzi is under the belief they're bluffing, but Tramp confirms it much to her surprise. Tramp asks how Shenzi knew the two lions and why she was pursuing them in the first place. She explains her side of Mufasa's death to the group, being ordered to kill Simba after he was told to "run away and never return" by his uncle, Scar, who was leading their alliance at the time. Tramp and Bagheera assures her saying it wasn't her fault in the first place for what happened to Mufasa and Simba. As Angel watched with her jaw hung low, Bagheera took Shenzi under his wing to help her reform. Bolt, after lunch, tells the others he has an important project to work on in his room, and he vanishes for the rest of the chapter.

Meanwhile, Tod, Marian, Dodger, Nala, and Simba finished their hike through Wonderland. Marian offers to clean the group's clothes tonight, to which they happily agreed to. Dodger walked away from the group to meet up with Tramp who introduced him to Angel and Shenzi. Simba heads over to the Enemy Generator only to find a note from Figment telling everyone the machine broke and will be repaired by tomorrow morning.

Tod and Nala met up with the rest of the group, but Tod noticing two new characters tells Nala to stand guard. Nala meets up with Marian in the back entrance of the Hideaway. Tramp asked Tod why he was late this time, and Tod explained he was blocked by the Shadow Blot and the Queen of Hearts, but managed to kick their asses in the end. Tod is introduced to Angel and Shenzi, who greets them with a double pawshake. Nala and Marian managed to catch a quick glimpse of the three. Marian passes the descriptions of them and their names to Simba. Simba asked for a repeat of Shenzi's name, but upon hearing it again pisses him off. Nala felt she got double-crossed under the belief Shenzi tracked her and the entire group was in danger. Simba and Nala make a plan to defeat Shenzi for good, only for Simba's stomach to growl.

Tod, Angel, and Shenzi head outside as the others relaxed in the living room. Simba, Nala, and Marian grab some lunch, free from eating size changing food. Figment was also called into the kitchen, being asked what happened since Shenzi arrived, and he explained what happened to them. Simba is under the belief Tramp and Bagheera are being manipulated. Tod is told about Shenzi's side as well and why she followed Nala only to lose her. Angel then feels a disturbance nearby, so Tod, staying alert, climbs up a small cliff to keep an eye on the Hideaway.

Marian joins the young fox, and asks him about Shenzi. Tod passes on the info he acquired to her. Tod learns from her that Nala and Simba have had a rivalry with Shenzi due to a couple of near death situations. He couldn't help but sympathize with both sides of the story, Shen for being Scar's puppet, and Simba for his loss. Marian tells him the two sides need to fight, but Shenzi does not deserve death. Marian apologizes saying the inevitable struggle is entirely her fault, but Tod assures her it's no one's fault as it was just a series of unfortunate events. Knowing no one could control it, like the train accident with Chief, it is a perfect learning experience for all sides. The two comment about how they remind each other of someone they miss (for Tod, his mother (who died from a hunter), and for Marian, her son Joshua). Tod asked if it was possible for adoption, only to be told that Marian would have to speak to Robin Hood first when they get to Sherwood.

As they were talking, Tramp and Bagheera had already caught up with Angel and Shenzi. Simba, having been fed up trying to stealth out of severely wounding Shenzi, casts a flashbang on the four and attempts to kidnap Shenzi while she was blinded. Simba and Nala comment about how well the distraction worked, only to be stopped by Tramp and Bagheera who easily recovered. Simba hated the idea of fighting all three of them, but says he won't hesitate to kill them if they stand in his way. Simba proceeds to try and strike Shenzi immediately but is stopped by Tramp allowing Shenzi to get back up on her paws. Bagheera then covered for Tramp, only to clash with Tod who joined the battle. Wanting to even out the playing field for a non-serious match against Tramp and Bagheera he joined Simba and Nala's side. Tramp and Bagheera didn't take a liking to this one bit. Shenzi's eyes finally recover and is shocked to see Simba ready to fight against her. The two sides clash in an infamous fight. Tramp and Bagheera continued telling them to back down and cease but they wouldn't listen as Simba and Nala wanted revenge and Tod was in it for fun and a challenge against Tramp, nothing more. Marian was on standby watching from afar and taking care of the knocked out Angel from Simba's strike prior to the battle.

*"Give me 5 minutes, and in that time I'll run you three through." ~Simba, Pre-Battle*

* **If Tod, Simba, and Nala Win or Manage to Knock Out Shenzi:** Simba and Nala rejoice in striking down Shenzi, while Tod offers to help a tired Tramp up. Tramp thanks him and asks Simba if he's happy now getting what he wants. Simba orders Tramp to stay down and let him finish Shenzi off, only to be blocked by Tod. This confuses Simba as Bagheera tells him to listen, explaining Shenzi is not all bad.
* **If Time Expires:** Tod, Tramp, Simba, and Shenzi are seen exhausted trying to strike each other one more time, only for all four of them to fall to the ground. They catch their breaths only to laugh it off. Nala is surprised while Bagheera closed his eyes before looking over at Simba. "Now do you see, Simba?" the panther asked before explaining why Shenzi was under his wing.
* **If Tod, Simba and Nala Lose:** After Tod, Simba and Nala's defeat Marian joins the battle as Tod uses a Revival Bar to get back up and the two join together to try and win against Tramp, Bagheera and Shenzi once more but inevitably loses hard to no one's surprise anymore as Tramp and Bagheera are forces to be reckoned with. Tramp offers to help a tired Tod up but he managed to stand back up on his own saying it was worth fighting him. Simba, however, is even more angry that he couldn't kill Shenzi right there and then declares a hard rivalry with Bagheera. The Prince runs away, while Nala is accepting of her defeat.

#### Good Timeline

This is achieved in the first two victory conditions. Simba and Nala understand the lesson they had to learn from this and accept Shenzi as a part of the team. The sun goes down, as Simba declares "From this day forward, Bagheera, we'll be more than just friends, we're rivals." Bagheera allows it as the team decide to sleep until tomorrow. The six laugh it off as we skip to the next day. The group can finally train again and continue their work. The six's Friendship goes up by 1.

#### Bad Timeline

Nala feels she didn't understand why she and Simba lost. Bagheera explains it to her, while also saying the truth may be too hard to swallow. Nala and Shenzi shake on it as the sun goes down. The next day, the group can finally train again as the Enemy Generator is back up and running, but Simba refuses to work with the team, sulking into the Peter Pan portal. Nala and Shenzi's Friendship goes up by 1, while Simba's Friendship drops by 3.

#### Special Songs During this Chapter

Because the Shenzi Boss Fight can be played on either side, depending on which episode you completed first, a different song is played based on which team you're going up against. Be careful, once you finish the fight once, you cannot change your fate the second round.

* **Shenzi Boss Fight (Simba's Perspective):** The Zoo (Cover) - Scorpions ➔ The Hunter (Cover) - Dokken
* **Shenzi Boss Fight (Shenzi's Perspective):** Tonight - Seether (Simba's Boss Advantage Theme)

### Post-Double Feature III

With Sleeping Beauty and Peter Pan completed, everyone starts to feel better after the incident yesterday (but for Simba in the Bad Timeline, he's just using this as a ploy to try and soften Shenzi up). Tod figured that even through a rough, unexpected moment, the group could still come together and pull off various victories. He then recalled a familiar face he had seen, with Tramp asking who it was. Tod explained Chief looked a lot better than before, but it didn't feel like the same Chief he knew. Figment then gathers the entire group for a photo, taking a snapshot of the group so far.

The Blot, fed up over the loss of one of his aces, Queen Maleficent, tells his minions to listen carefully. He warns the next person to come back empty handed and fail to defeat at least one hero will die by his ink. The villains cower slightly, with the exception of a few.

### Pre-Jungle Book

Before the adventure could begin, Simba tells the group he volunteers to head in first, then proceeds to do so. Tod shrugs as he, Nala, Shenzi, Tramp, Angel, and Bagheera enter the portal. Marian, Bolt, and Dodger stay behind to do some magic research with Figment.

### Post-Jungle Book

Simba is finally level headed after the fight against Shere Khan, with Rikki joining the group now that his personal goal has been completed. Marian and Bolt greet them asking if their adventure was a success, with Tod nodding a yes confidently. "I feel our bonds are stronger than ever before, after a tough battle like the one we had," he said. (If you played through The Jungle Book's B Version, Simba apologizes again to Shenzi, with Shenzi acknowledging he finally corrected his mistake.) The timelines merge back to normal at this point. The sun goes down again after another successful day of adventuring. Shenzi offers to cook this time with Figment's help as Angel heads back inside. Tod then states he has one small request before the six main team members head in. Bagheera asks what it is he wanted, as Tod grabbed a mic hooked up to a CD Player. He turned it on and offered it to Tramp as the Title Screen music starts playing. Tramp nods instead allowing Tod to start them off. The group sings together for the first time ever.

### Bonus Chapter: Revenge is Coming

*To unlock this chapter, you must be playing the game on Hard Difficulty or higher. This chapter occurs before the start of the Dark Awakening arc.*

The Blot is angered by the multiple defeats the villains were having, even if they had at least one Item of Creativity under their belt. As Shere Khan returned in a severely damaged state, The Blot threatens to kill him, only to be stopped by Copper. He states it's not their fault they keep losing their fights against the heroes, but it was Tod's fault as he was basically the glue that was holding the entire team together. The Blot thinks it over, but still punishes Shere Khan for his failure, but not as deadly as he originally intended. He asks Copper for his plan, and he demands he fight Tod with his master. The Blot agrees, only on the condition he undergoes ruthless training under a hard cycle. He then calls Prince John up and tells him to go after the next Item of Creativity, and to make sure to use its power AGAINST anything in sight for maximum chaos.