by Zonofon » July 12th, 2014, 7:46 pm
I have always believed that this is the same stampede because TLK 3 is not only the story of Timon (main story), but the view from the outside to the events taking place with Simba. Initially we see how Rafiki shows newborn Simba, then we see events related to the song "I Cant wait to be king". So then we should see the look on the part of this tragic accident.
Yes, of course there are discrepancies in time, but they were also before in TLK 3. I think that the rapid sedation of herd can be explained by the fact that the filmmakers wanted to show calm before Timon and Pumbaa fallen from waterfall: to show contrast.
Incidentally, I do not think it is a mockery of Mufasa (we do not see him in this scene), but Timon and Pumbaa also could suffer from stampede. But this is a topic for another discussion.