My Lion King Forum

- Scar is a rogue in league with the hyenas, and is not a member of the pride. (I'm happy he's from the family, it's far more interesting)

- King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi have a son, Simba.

- Simba grows up with a menagerie of playmates. His best friend, Nala (or Nadra), has as her constant companions her little brother, Mheetu and Bhati, a bat-eared fox. Simba's own sidekicks are Timon and Pumbaa (or Harold). (Why do Simba and Nala need their own sidekicks? If Nala is Simba's best friend then she could be his own sidekick, right? Also, too many characters: Simba + 5 friends!)

- The youngsters play games like "king of the hill" as they learn about their environment and the hierarchy of the animal kingdom. (This sounds kinda funny...)

- Simba grows into adolescence too preoccupied with thoughts of love for Nala to heed his father's training on how to be a good king. (Awww! <3)

- Simba risks his life in an attempt to save the cub Mheetu, who is lured by Scar into the midst of a wildebeest stampede. Mufasa ultimatly rescues both young lions. (Simba saves Mheetu, Mufasa saves Simba... Who'll save Mufasa? lol)

- Mufasa saves Simba from a flood, instead of a wildebeest stampede.

- On a day when Simba refuses to go on patrol with him, Mufasa is killed in a direct attack by Scar and the hyenas. After Mufasa's death, Scar rules the pride until Simba is old enough to be king. The day arrives for Simba to assume the throne, but Scar denounces him as irresponsible and unfit to rule.

- Rafiki arrives and and accuses Scar of murder. Scar calls on the hyenas to chase Simba and Rafiki into exile. They go to live with Timon's family of meerkats and Rafiki trains Simba for his climatic battle with Scar. (Karate Lion, I mean... Kid)

- Simba wins, gets together with Nala and happy ending.

- They tried to paraphrase lines from Hamlet in the script such as "Alas poor wildebeest, I chewed you well". (0___0)

"The Lion King" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "King Of The Jungle"

There's also a lizard named Iggy and a meerkat like that would be Simba's friends and the hyenas were cape dogs. Also, where did you get all that info? o_o

http://concept.lionking.org/characters/capedogs.shtml
http://concept.lionking.org/characters/iggy.shtml
http://concept.lionking.org/characters/tesma.shtml

[quote="Kopa23"]There's also a lizard named Iggy and a meerkat like that would be Simba's friend and the hyenas were cape dogs. Also, where did you get all that info? o_o

http://concept.lionking.org/characters/capedogs.shtml
http://concept.lionking.org/characters/iggy.shtml
http://concept.lionking.org/characters/tesma.shtml[/quote]

Yep, Iggy! But he was eliminated before this storyline.
I got this from the Laserdisc bonus features.

Ah, I see! That's rather interesting. There's also an alternate storyboard ending of TLK with Scar beating Simba and then get consumed by flames as he laughs maniacally, not sure if it was the original "king of the jungle" ending though..

Edit: Also, Simba was originally white!!

[quote="Kopa23"]Also, Simba was originally white!![/quote]

White?? Poor Kimba... I mean Simba!

XD Inorite? TLK was originally gonna be a Kimba remake, but the owners of Kimba denied it. But it was too late to give up on the project so they alternated the storyline.

[quote="Kopa23"]XD Inorite? TLK was originally gonna be a Kimba remake, but the owners of Kimba denied it. But it was too late to give up on the project so they alternated the storyline.[/quote]

I'm glad they did. I think The Lion King has a much better story.

Don't bash on me, but I think this does sound like an interesting storyline. However, I still prefer the current TLK plot waaaay over this one. King of the Jungle has too many characters than it knows what to do with, the plot is a little complicated for kids, and the old names kinda suck (I mean, Nadra? Harold? Eww) Nevertheless, thanks for sharing this with us. It's interesting to see the plot ideas the writers of TLK were considering during the early stages of its development.

[quote="Amanda"]Don't bash on me, but I think this does sound like an interesting storyline. However, I still prefer the current TLK plot waaaay over this one. the old names kinda suck (I mean, Nadra? Harold? Eww)[/quote]

I said it was not so great when compared to TLK, not in general. It's interesting, yes, but nothing compared with TLK. No bashing for you, Amanda.
And yes, the old names do suck! I can't see why they seemed so torn between Nala and Nadra, when Nala is, IMHO, a MUCH prettier name. And Harold? Sounds so out of place. Also, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa, Mhetoo, Bhati... they are all pretty much useless.

I'm so glad this concept was abandoned! I guess parts of it are kind of interesting and could have worked out but..the rest is a mess IMO.