Matthew Broderick: Simba

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Simba

Rafiki: Hey, you! How dare you save the king's daughter!
Simba: You saved her? Why?
Kovu: I humbly ask to join your pride.
Simba: No! You were banished with the other Outsiders.
Kovu: I have *left* the Outsiders. I'm a rogue. Judge me now for who I am... or am I to be blamed for a crime I didn't commit?

[Timon and Pumbaa are fighting]
Simba: What are you doing?
Pumbaa: Ahh!
Timon: Good question. Uh, let me ask you one.
Pumbaa: Hippothetically.
Timon: Very hypothetically. There's this guy...
Pumbaa: But he's not a lion...
Timon: No. No, he's not a lion. Yeesh, definitely not a lion... and uh... uh, his daughter, um, say... vanished?

Kiara: [about letting Kovu return to the Pride Lands] Father, please reconsider.
Simba: You will not go anywhere without an escort from now on.
Kiara: No! That's not...
Simba: He used you to get to me!
Kiara: No! He loves me, for *me*!
Simba: Because you are *my* daughter! You will not leave Pride Rock. You will stay where I can keep an eye on you, away from him!
Kiara: You don't know him!
Simba: I know he's following in Scar's pawprints!
[hangs his head]
Simba: And I must follow in my father's.
Kiara: You will *never* be Mufasa!
[Simba is horrified; Kiara runs into the den, crying]

Simba: Scar couldn't let go of his hate, and in the end, it destroyed him.
Kovu: I've... never heard the story of Scar that way.
[whispers sadly]
Kovu: He truly was a killer.
Simba: [surveys the burnt trees around them] Fire is a killer. Sometimes what's left behind can grow better than the generation before.
[swipes paw over dust to reveal a small plant]
Simba: If given the chance.

Simba: Zira.
Zira: Simba.
[sees the lionesses, Nala, Timon and Pumbaa confronting her]
Zira: Nala.
Nala: Zira.
Timon: Timon, Pumbaa. Great! Now, that we all know each other, GET OUT OF OUR PRIDE LANDS!
Zira: *Your* Pride Lands?
[roars thunderously at Timon, who cowers behind Pumbaa's head]

Simba: [to Kiara, who is leaving Pride Rock] And stay on the path I've marched for you!
Nala: [chuckles] Simba, who does she remind you of?
Simba: What? Who?
Nala: She's just like you when you were young.
Simba: Exactly! Do you remember the dangers we put ourselves in?
Nala: [pushes Simba down on his back] You mean the dangers *you* put us in.
[laughs as they kiss]
Nala: She'll be fine.

Simba: Kiara?
Zira: Kovu! Move.
Simba: Stand aside.
Kiara: Daddy, this has to stop.
Zira: You're even weaker than I thought. Get out of the way!
Kovu: You'll never hurt Kiara *or* Simba! Not while I'm here.
[Zira snarls]
Simba: Stay out of this.
Kiara: A wise king once told me, "We are one." I didn't understand him then. Now I do.
Simba: But... they...
Kiara: Them? Us? Look at them! They *are* us. What differences do you see?

Zira: Vitani, now!
Vitani: No, Mother.
[looks at Simba's pride, then at Zira]
Vitani: Kiara's right.
[walks over to Kovu's side]
Vitani: Enough.
Zira: If you will not fight, then you will die as well.
[all of the remaining Outsiders head towards Simba and his pride]
Zira: Where are you going? Get back here!
Simba: Let it go, Zira. It's time to put the past behind us.
Zira: [now alone] I'll *never* let it go!
[camera points to more logs blocking the river and back to Zira showing her eyes]
Zira: This is for you, Scar.

Simba: I want you to keep a close watch on Kiara. You know she's bound to run off.
Timon: No worries, Simba. We're on her like stink on a warthog.
Pumbaa: Hey!
Timon: It's the hard truth, Pumbaa. Live with it.
Simba: Guys, I'm counting on you. Danger could be lurking behind every rock.

Kiara: Hey. Thanks for saving me today.
Kovu: What kind of hunter are you anyway, princess? You almost got yourself killed out there.
Kiara: What?
Kovu: You wouldn't last three days on your own.
Kiara: Oh, and I suppose *you* could teach me?
Kovu: Yeah.
Simba: Kiara!
Kiara: Coming!
[stalls Kovu]
Kiara: All right, impress me. We start at dawn.
[goes inside]
Kovu: I look forward to it.

Simba: Father, I am lost. Kovu is one of them. Scar's heir. How can I accept him?
Nala: Simba?
Simba: I was seeking counsel from the Great Kings.
Nala: Did they help?
Simba: Silent as stars. My father would never...
Nala: My Simba. You want so much to walk the path expected of you. Perhaps Kovu does not.
Simba: What? How do *you* know...?
Nala: [giggles] I can see them down there just as easily as you can. Get to know him and see.

Simba: Kiara, what did you think you were doing? You could've been killed today.
Young Kiara: But, Daddy, I... I didn't mean to disob...
Simba: I'm telling you this because I love you. I don't wanna to lose you.
Young Kiara: I know.
Simba: If something happened to you, I don't know what I'd do.
[rubs his head onto Kiara]
Simba: One day, I won't be here, and I need you to carry on in my place. We're part of the great Circle of...
Young Kiara: Circle of life. I know.
Simba: Exactly. And you need to be careful. As future queen...
Young Kiara: What if I don't wanna be queen? It's no fun.
Simba: That's like saying you don't wanna be a lion. It's in our blood, as I am. We are part of each other.

Kiara: Father, how could you break your promise?
Simba: It's a good thing I did. I almost lost you. No more hunts for you, not ever.
Kiara: But I was doing just fine. Even before Kovu...
Simba: Kovu?

Simba: [to Kovu] My father's law will prevail. For now, I reserve judgement. We'll see who you really are.