During the lesson, they run into Timon and Pumbaa struggling with some birds, so the two lions help them chase the birds off. However, Kiara interrupts and they go off together so Kovu can help her learn to hunt. The next day, Simba walks outside the den to drink at a watering hole where Kovu contemplates attacking him. That same night, Simba has a nightmare about his father's death, only in the dream, Scar morphs into Kovu and throws the panicked and frightened Simba off the cliff into the stampede. Drawn by the smoke, Simba and Nala find them together and Simba reluctantly thanks Kovu for rescuing his daughter and allows him to come to Pride Rock, though he is ordered to sleep outside the den. Nuka and Vitani set fire to the plains where Kiara is hunting, causing her to faint and give Kovu the chance to rescue her, as part of Zira's plan. Furious to find out her father has lied, Kiara decides to hunt away from the Pride Lands, though is still unsuccessful in her efforts. However, Simba is worried and fearful of his daughter unprotected and sends Timon and Pumbaa to watch her again, despite promising not to. A few days later, an adolescent Kiara heads out to do her first solo hunt. At first, Rafiki is hesitant but eventually decides to trust Mufasa on this. But Mufasa, using the wind to communicate, encourages him to reunite the Pridelanders and Outsiders together through Kiara and Kovu. Years later, Rafiki becomes worried about what to do now that Kovu has grown up, becomes stronger, and is following Zira’s orders to destroy Simba and the Pride Lands. At that moment, Zira returns and rebukes both of her sons, but then decides that she can use Kovu's new friendship with Kiara to get her revenge against Simba. In the Outlands, Zira's eldest son, Nuka, complains to his younger sister Vitani, about Kovu's status as "the Chosen One" despite not being Scar's real son.
Unwilling to harm the cub, Simba orders them to leave and later scolds Kiara for endangering herself and reminds her role as future queen. Zira then reminded him that Kovu is Scar's hand-chosen successor. Zira claims that the Pride Lands belonged to Scar, But Simba reminds her that he banished her and her group of lions called the Outsiders because of it. After escaping a river filled with crocodiles, the two become friends, but Simba and Kovu's mother, Zira, quickly end their playtime by roaring at each other. One day, while Timon and Pumbaa are distracted because they're arguing over their lunchtime, Kiara sneaks into the Outlands where she meets a young cub named Kovu. Months later, Simba becomes very overprotective of young Kiara, assigning Timon and Pumbaa ( Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella) to be her babysitters. The film opens a few months after the events of the first film where Rafiki gathers the animals of the Pride Lands together for the presentation of King Simba and Queen Nala's new daughter Kiara, with Mufasa's spirit proudly watching over the ceremony.
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6 The related television film, series and sequel.Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film was warmly received by audiences and was a success, with the videos selling well. Also, Madge Sinclair, who was the voice of Simba's mother Sarabi, had died one year after the first film was released therefore her character does not appear in the film. Most of the original cast reprised their roles from the first film, with the notable exceptions of Rowan Atkinson, who was replaced by Edward Hibbert as the voice of Zazu in this film and its follow-up/predecessor The Lion King 1½ and Jeremy Irons, who was replaced by Scar's singing voice actor from the first film Jim Cummings as the voice of Scar in this film. While the original film's plot is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet, this sequel's plot is based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.Ī discussion began about the possibility of a sequel to The Lion King before the first film even hit theaters. Desperate to be together, they must overcome the two obstacles that keep them apart: Kovu's mother, Zira, and Simba's prejudices against the Outsiders.
The film centers around Simba and Nala's daughter, Kiara, who falls in love with Kovu, a male lion raised in a pride of Scar's followers and Simba's enemies, the Outsiders. The Blu-ray edition went into the Disney Vault on April 30, 2013. It was also re-released again on Blu-ray alongside The Lion King and The Lion King 1½. It was later re-released as a special edition DVD (which altered the original title's "II" into "2") on August 31, 2004. The film is the sequel to the 1994 Disney animated film The Lion King.
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Source The Lion King II: Simba's Pride is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated film released by Walt Disney Home Video on October 27, 1998.