The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998 Video)

Matthew Broderick: Simba

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Quotes 

• Kovu : I humbly ask to join your pride.

  Simba : No! You were banished, along with the 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] 

• Zira : Well done, Kovu. Just like we've always planned.

  Simba : You!

  Adult Kovu : No! I didn't have anything to do with this!

  Zira : Attack!

• 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.

• Zira : Vitani, now!

  Adult Vitani : No, Mother.

  [looks at Simba's pride, then at Zira] 

  Adult Vitani : Kiara's right.

  [walks over to Kovu's side] 

  Adult 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 : As long as you live here, it's who you are,. You'll understand someday.

• 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.

• 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?

• 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 : Why have you come back?

  Kovu : Simba, I had nothing to do with...

  Simba : You don't belong here.

  Kovu : Please. I ask your forgiveness.

  Kiara : Daddy, please. Listen to him.

  Simba : [to Kiara]  Silence!

  [back to Kovu] 

  Simba : When you first came here you asked for judgement. And I pass it now!

  [animals were telling Simba to exile Kovu] 

  Simba : Exile!

  Kiara : No!

• Simba : Last chance, Zira. Go home.

  Zira : I am home.

  [pause] 

  Zira : Attack!

• 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 : 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]  It's kinda cold tonight, huh? Come on in.

  [Simba and Kovu walk into the cave] 

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

• Nala : Mind your father, Kiara.

  Young Kiara : Yes, mom.

  Simba : And stay away from the outlands.

  Zazu : Nothing there but a bunch of backstabbing, murderous Outsiders.

  Simba : Zazu's right. You can't turn your back on them.

• Simba : [as Kiara was leaving Pride Rock]  Whoa!

  [grabs hold of Kiara] 

  Simba : Where do you think you're going in such a hurry?

  [Picks Kiara up and placed her beside him] 

  Young Kiara : Daddy. Let go.

  Simba : Well, I just want you to be careful.

  [Kiara chases a butterfly. Simba grabs her tail just as she was about to pounce] 

  Simba : Kiara, are you listening? Accidents can happen. You could easily get...

  Young Kiara : Hurt or stepped on or even get lost.

  Simba : And remember,

  [releases Kiara's tail] 

  Simba : I want you to stay in sight of Pride Rock at all times.

  Young Kiara : At all times. I know. And if I see any strangers, don't talk to them, come straight home. Okay, okay, can I go now? Please?

  Simba : Very funny.

• Zira : Kovu was the last born before you exiled us to the Outlands where we have little food, less water.

  Simba : You know the penalty for returning to the Pride Lands!

  Zira : But the child does *not*! However, if you need your pound of flesh, here.

  [pushes Kovu towards Simba] 

  Simba : Take him and get out. We're finished here.

  [picks up Kiara delicately] 

  Zira : Oh, no, Simba. We have barely begun.

  [chuckles at Kiara and picks up Kovu] 

• Zira : These lands belong to Scar!

  Simba : I banished you from the Pride Lands! Now, you *and* your young cub, get out!

  Zira : Oh! Haven't you met my son, Kovu? He was hand chosen by Scar to follow in his pawprints and become king.

• Simba : What are you doing?

  Timon : Good question. Let me ask you one.

  Pumbaa : Hypothetically.

  Timon : Very hypothetical. There's this guy...

  Pumbaa : But he's not a lion.

  Timon : No! No, he's not a lion. Definitely not a lion! And his daughter, say, vanished.

  Simba : Kiara's gone?

  Zazu : Sire, the Outsiders are on the attack, heading this way. It's war!

  Simba : Zazu, find Kiara.

  [to Timon and Pumbaa] 

  Simba : We'll assemble the lionesses. Move now.

• Simba : [as he sees fire in the valley]  No! No! Kiara! Zazu, fly ahead! Find her!

• [Zira has fallen to her death in the rapids; Kiara sighs in remorse] 

  Simba : Kiara.

  [holds out his paw] 

  Kiara : Daddy.

  [takes Simba's paw] 

  Kiara : I tried.

  [they climb out of the gorge] 

  Nala : [embraces her daughter]  Kiara!

  [everybody gathers around] 

  Pumbaa : Wow! That was really brave!

  Timon : Yee-ha!

  Kiara : [approaches Kovu]  Kovu.

  Kovu : Oh, Kiara.

  [they embrace] 

  Simba : [regretfully]  Kovu?

  [Kovu approaches him] 

  Simba : I was wrong. You belong here.

  [Kovu and Simba smile at each other; Kiara embraces Kovu] 

  Simba : Let's go home.

  [turns to the Outsiders] 

  Simba : *All* of us.