#elephant graveyard

[kaythefloppa]

Everyone seems to be talking about the Simba's Pride scripts, production notes, early drafts, and concept art-work that were recently unearthed from eBay and all the headcanon/fanfic/family-tree material that it gives, but how come no one, FRIGGIN NO ONE talks about the deleted scene from The Lion King 1½ where Timon and Pumbaa meet and talk to Scar.

I'm not even kidding:

In the original plotline for The Lion King 3, Timon and Pumbaa (for whatever reason) were supposed to be looking for Mufasa, the Lion King. They would've come across the Elephant Graveyard and, mistaking Scar for Mufasa, come across Scar himself along with his hyena army after they have completed the Be Prepared musical number. Timon remarks that Scar is not Mufasa, to which Scar says "Must I forever be reminded of this," a nod to the original when the hyenas mistake Scar for Mufasa. The hyenas, wanting 'revenge' chase Timon and Pumbaa throughout the Graveyard before losing them.

And no, this isn't a recent discovery, (well sorta). The person storyboard artist, Amber Hollinger, (who worked on several direct-to-video sequels such as Belle's Magical World, Lilo and Stich 2, and Fox and the Hound 2) had this uploaded to her site in 2012, over 12 years ago. Since then it was added to the wiki in the concept gallery. I may have only recently found out about their source, but I knew this deleted scene existed for close to a decade. I can't be the only one who regularly thinks about this, right?

Personally, while I think the idea of Scar and Timon exchanging lines is sheer hilarity in of itself (tangent: Would they have gotten Irons back for this one-off line or would they have had Jim Cummings record some speaking lines for Scar like they did in Simba's Pride?), I can understand why it got cut, since it probably would screech the film to a halt if they had this one cameo from Scar and the hyenas drag out on and on when the movie is supposed to be an interquel with the main story and characters being a backdrop (at least during the second act that coincides with TLK's first act). To add to that, it also raises up a legitimate plot-hole in Scar knowing that there were witnesses to his conspiracy, witnesses who seemingly knew about he was about to kill, and did nothing, and in a movie filled with possibly deliberate inconsistencies, this in particular would be too tall to overlook.

But overall, it's pretty cool, and I think in a fandom that fascinates over deleted material, this is pretty underrated (then again, the 3rd movie in of itself is entirely underrated).

#the lion king #the lion king 3 #the lion king 3: hakuna matata #the lion king 1 1/2 #timon and pumbaa #timon #timon lion king #pumbaa #pumbaa lion king #disney #scar #the lion king scar #the lion king hyenas #hyenas #elephant graveyard #shenzi #banzai #ed #shenzi banzai ed #storyboard #storyboarding #deleted scene #art #disneytoon studios #I'm 90% positive the continuity of Simba's Pride wasn't in mind during this movie's development #But in that movie there's a one-off line where Timon tells Kovu that he never really met Scar #I half-wonder if this scene was cut because someone on the team rewatched SP and wanted to remain true to that line. #If that's the case that's fucking hilarious #tlk fandom #2024

[theplaguedogs]

Elephant Graveyard concept art created for The Lion King (1994)

#found #the lion king #lion king #elephant graveyard #concept art #behind the scenes #film #movies #disney

[lulu2992]

Inktober 2023, Day 25: Dangerous.

“Danger? Ha! I walk on the wild side; I laugh in the face of danger.”

#the ground looks a bit weird but it’s okay #inktober #inktober 2023 #inktober2023 #the lion king #simba #nala #elephant graveyard #disney #walt disney #skull #skeleton #dangerous #my art #fan art #traditional art

[wheresgir]

@jamesworld4lyfe PUT ME HERE

#REQUESTED PLACE #gir #invader zim #lion king #elephant graveyard

[carcosacurations]

elephant

#elephant #elephant graveyard #elephant sculpture #installation art #skeleton #skeletal #skull #interior design #interior decor #surreal sculpture #dreampunk #dream aesthetic #nightmare #eldritch

[umbrarkzoo]

Crazy kids

#tlk #the lion king #shenzi #banzai #ed #shenzi banzai and ed #shenzi banzai ed #tlk hyenas #hyenas #hyenas tlk #yeens #my art #theyre supoose to be teens in this image #elephant graveyard #they do have spots i just didnt make them visible enough ;-;

[jestinysblog]

#elephant graveyard

[common-misconceptions-daily]

Old elephants near death do not leave their herd to go to an "elephants' graveyard" to die.[404]

#elephants #elephant graveyard #fauna #common misconceptions

[b3achysurfur]

ya no I could totally beat his ass if I wanted too

#he’s so wimpy omg #L bully #one wrong pull and his hair will slide off #lace where? THERE 🫵 #Logan should’ve stood on business sooner #his ears so big he might just fly away #like the one mf elephant #sbg #school bus graveyard webtoon #school bus graveyard #schoolbus graveyard #sbg (webtoon)

[navree]

'the dark side of the city' steve you live in metropolis, there's no dark side, the dark side is that shadowy place across the bay with the bat demon and the insane high crime rate

#personal #my adventures with superman #listen you KNOW everyone refers to gotham in that city like it's the elephant graveyard from the lion king #'that's beyond our borders. you must never go to gotham unless you want to be attacked by evil clowns and ten different mobsters'

[g63heavenonearth]

Allegheny Cemetery 121523-63

#gravestones #graveyard #cemetery #elephant #alleghenycemetery #heavenonearth #pittsburgh

[tennessoui]

WAIT KIT!!! You mean to tell me there’s another cooking obikin out there besides the one where anakin is the chef and ahsoka his daughter and he’s crushing on her piano teacher!!!!! WHERE HAS THIS BEEN!!!???? WHEN DID I MISS IT?!?!???

yessss ok i never talk about this au and obviously recipe for disaster (fic on ao3 here, podfic on ao3 here - CLICK IT'S AMAZING) is the primary chef anakin fic (from me)

BUT a chef anakin who is competing with a baker obi-wan? even if they have so much chemistry and also they really don't have to compete at all because their fields are pretty separate?? or at least like not directly competitive???

but they compete anyway?? in front of viewers?? because they can't get along in the kitchen even if they absolutely get along in bed as soon as they finally take the other to the bedroom???

unironically, chef's kiss!!!

#asks #cooking channel au #obikin #do not even think to worry about missing this au lol #my blog is like an elephant graveyard #so much comes to die

[power-nova]

i need to catch up so i can find out who tf dasein is and why everyone is obsessed w them

#w101 #wizard101 #im almost done with zafaria rn.......... #finishing up the elephant graveyard...and then im assuming morganthe

[serious-goose]

if you open the 'for you' tab on this app, you'll break out into hives, and a chasm will open in your living room

#just a psa for the reddit newbies #it's like the elephant 🐘 graveyard from lion king #we don't go there #tumblr etiquette

[elijones94]

🐾 Don’t mess with Shenzi! 🐾🦴

#Shenzi #The Lion King #character study #Disney fanart #hyena #spotted hyena #the Elephant Graveyard #the Outlands #Scar #Shenzi Banzi and Ed #Disney Villain #Disney Villain sidekicks #Whoopi Goldberg #Alex Kupershmidt #The Lion King 1 1/2

[jcams88]

It’s kind of amazing how twitter is consistently the worst part of every fandom experience no matter what the fandom is…

#burn it to the ground #proud non twitter user #never go to the elephant graveyard young simba #iwtv #interview with the vampire #some people on that website need to like… take a walk