Mufasa's Last Seconds

[KiarasMate]

Keep in mind though, Muffy was already weakened pretty badly from being under the stampede before he even managed to jump onto the side of the cliff. ^^

[RayCat]

Oh yes X3 and I guess he really expected Scar to help him

[SonOfSarabi]

I suppose he was really wishing Scar weren't so evil Lol

[kovusbuddy]

The thing is why he did it he wanted to be king but simba took over scar needed to rethink that action

[hi123]

did any1 ever react out the mufasas death or simbas almost death when u were little? i remember being simba and mufasa and scar on them and it was fun, who else did that?

[iluvnala]

I would expect Mufasa's last thoughts to be, disbelief, as shown by his expression as soon as Scar digs his claws into him, I would imagine him to be thinking "What are you doing!?" because as his brother he would expect him to help. Then when Scar says 'Long Live The King' from his horrified expression, I would believe he knows he is about to die.

As for Simba, I just looked at the scene again again, and from what I can see there seems to be a rock stack/formation blocking his view of Scar and Mufasa, and can only see when Mufasa is falling down.

And about being thrown off, pretty much what KM said, body size and gravity play the part

I agree

[SummerSnowLeopard]

I doubt that Mufasa had enough time to even register everything that was going on before he was thrown off the cliff. Maybe he had enough time to know that Scar betrayed him, but probably not much more than that.

Simba only witnessed his father falling off of the cliff. He didn't see what Scar did, as he was too busy scampering up the rocks. Clearly, that was a high distance from where Mufasa and Scar were, and seeing as Cubby Simba was at the very bottom to begin with, it would have taken him a little while to reach the top. From his point of view too, all he could really see was Mufasa's body plummeting to the earth below, if even that. Maybe he just heard his father's scream, which let him know that something was wrong.

Lastly, I think it's very plausible for Mufasa to fall as far away from the cliff as he did. Scar did toss Mufasa backwards and gravity, along with Muffy's natural size would do the rest. I think his body was probably kicked around quite a bit after he landed in the middle of the stampede too, so where his body ended up at the end was probably not the point where he initially made impact with the ground itself. ^^

This ^^
I don't think that Mufasa reqistered all that in time though.