In the a forest
called the Pride Lands. There is a king his name is Mufasa and the Queen is Sarabi,and they have a son.
The son’s named is Simba. Mufasa has a younger brother, his name is Scar and
realizes that he is no longer the heir to the throne and plots to kill Simba
and Mufasa.
Some day Mufasa takes Simba around the Pride Lands, teaching
him about the "Circle of Life", the delicate balance affecting all
living things. Later, Scar tells Simba about the elephant graveyard, a place
where Mufasa has warned him not to go. Simba asks his mother if he can go to
the water-hole with his best friend, Nala. Their parents agree, but only if
Mufasa's majordomo, the hornbill Zazu, goes with them. Simba and Nala elude
Zazu's supervision ("I Just Can't Wait to Be King") and go to the
graveyard instead. But there, they are
chased by Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, hyenas try to kill them, but they are rescued
by Mufasa.
Meanwhile, Scar makes agreement with the hyenas that if he
becomes king, they will never go hungry again. Some time later, Scar lures
Simba into a gorge for a "surprise from his father", while the hyenas
create wildebeests stampede down into the gorge where Simba is. Alerted by an
insincerely dramatic Scar, Mufasa races to rescue Simba from the stampede. He
saves his son but is left clinging to the edge of a cliff, which results in
Scar flinging him into the stampede below, where he is buried into the some of
the wildebeests' horns, hit the ground with extreme force, and finally trampled
to death by the wildebeest. Scar convinces Simba that he was responsible for
his own father's death, and recommends to “ run, runaway and never come back ”.
To compound this, Scar once again sends Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, his hyena
henchmen to kill Simba, but as Simba reaches a thorny embankment, the hyenas
let him escape, hurling threats that he will be killed if ever seen again. Scar
informs the pride that both Mufasa and Simba were killed in the stampede, and
that he is assuming the throne as the closest of king.
Simba collapses in a distant desert where he is found
unconscious by Timon and Pumbaa, a meerkat-warthog duo who raise Simba under
their carefree "Hakuna Matata" lifestyle and that mean is no
worries.When Simba has grown into a young adult
he saves Pumbaa from a hungry lioness who is revealed to be Nala. Simba
shows Nala around his home and the two begin to fall in love ("Can You
Feel the Love Tonight?"). Nala then tells him that Scar's tyrannical reign
has turned the Pride Lands into a barren wasteland; she demands that Simba must
return and take his rightful place as king, but Simba refuses, still guilty
about supposedly causing his father's death. Rafiki arrives and persuades Simba
to return to the Pride Lands, aided by Mufasa's presence in the stars. After
some advance from Rafiki and the ghost of his father, Simba, followed by Nala,
Timon and Pumbaa, returns home.
Once back at Pride Rock, Simba with Timon, Pumbaa and Nala
is horrified to see the condition of the Pride Lands. After seeing Scar strike
his mother, Simba announces his return. In response, Simba confronts Scar and
the truth about Mufasa's death which is revealed by an overly confident Scar
who forces Simba over the edge of Pride Rock, just as a lighting bolt starts a
fire below. As Simba dangles over the edge of Pride Rock, Scar whispers to
Simba that he killed Mufasa. Enraged, Simba leaps up and pins Scar to the
ground, forcing him to admit the truth to the pride. A raging battle then
ensues between the hyenas and the lionesses which results in Simba cornering
Scar. In the midst of their fight, Scar tries to surreptitiously blame
everything on the hyenas for, but the hyenas overhear his conversation with
Simba. Simba orders Scar to flee the Pride Lands. Scar pretends to leave but
turns to attack Simba, resulting in a final duel. Simba eventually triumphs
over his uncle by flipping him and kicks him over a low cliff. Scar survives
the fall but finds himself surrounded by the now resentful hyenas. The hyenas
surround their traitorous fallen leader, and attack him and maul him to death,
as flames rise around them.
With Scar and the hyenas gone, and with the rightful king in
place, the Pride Lands are restored which is turning green with life again. The
film concludes with Rafiki presenting Simba and Nala's newborn cub, Kiara, into
the air, thus continuing the Circle of Life.
