My Lion King Forum

Just a little thing that has been bugging me lately.

In the scene where Adult Simba, Timon and Pumbaa are in the jungle, lying in the grass, stargazing, Pumbaa says that he "ate like a pig," to which Simba replies, "Pumbaa, you are a pig."

Later in the movie, Shenzi and Banzai are about to eat Timon and Zazu (when they are trapped in Scars cave). Pumbaa comes to help them, and Shenzi says: "Who`s the pig?" This triggers a rather aggressive reaction in Pumbaa, who screams "They call me MR. PIG!"

...That`s just weird. I`don`t know if there`s some kind of reference there that I don`t understand, or what.. If Pumbaa is so upset at being called "pig," why didn`t he get mad at Simba when he called him that earlier?

Sorry if I`m nitpicking or being over-analytical, but this detail has really been stuck in my mind lately.

Maybe because Simba was bummed out and Pumbaa likes Simba too much to be so stupidly mad.

I call my friends bad names and they laugh. If an enamy or unknown person says the same thing, its another story. I think its something similar

In the Norwegian version, Pumbaa says "I am a WARTHOG!" It makes more sense for him to get angry about being called "pig" when he is in fact a warthog. (It`s similar to Bambis father being insulted at being called "Moose," in Bambi II.)

[quote="PrincessKiara"]In the Norwegian version, Pumbaa says "I am a WARTHOG!" It makes more sense for him to get angry about being called "pig" when he is in fact a warthog.[/quote]
Exact same thing in the german version. This definitely makes more sense ^^

When Simba tells Pumbaa that he's a pig, he's just stating it matter of factly, and since he and Pumbaa are good friends, Pumbaa has no reason to get mad at Simba for saying it.

As for the end scene with Pumbaa and the hyenas, it is a parody/reference from the movie Taxi Driver, in which Pumbaa is playing off of the quote that Robert De Niro's character stated in the movie Taxi Driver, minus all the profanity of course. :)

^ AHA! So it was a reference! Thank you so much for clearing that up, KM!

Anytime PK. :)

I never knew it was a reference either. Haha.

I always thought it was because he got mad at him just calling him "the pig" because he's "MR PIG!", as in he's like, more important or something.