The two face off as Nala along with Timon, Pumbaa and two other lionesses, appears and they say each other's names with deep contempt.Īfter introducing themselves, Timon orders Zira to get out of their Pride Lands. Kovu's mother Zira, who had been quietly watching from the bushes, also emerges. In a bid to relax him, she playfully growls, but when Kovu reciprocates, King Simba immediately appears out of nowhere. Kiara and Kovu become friends and Kiara tries to initiate a game of tag, only to find Kovu has no idea how to play. Luckily, Kovu distracts them long enough for he and Kiara to escape. The two soon get into trouble when they find themselves in a river surrounded by crocodiles. Some time passes and the princess runs from her overprotective father and her suffocating babysitters Timon and Pumbaa and sneaks across the borders of King Simba's kingdom to the Outlands, where she encounters an " Outsider" cub named Kovu. The film starts where the previous film left off, with the presentation of King Simba and Queen Nala's newborn daughter, Princess Kiara, a ceremony which the ghost of Mufasa proudly watches over. Rafiki presents Kiara, the daughter of Simba and Nala, to the Pride Lands. Desperate to be together, they must overcome the two obstacles that are keeping them apart: the leader of the Outsiders, Kovu's mother Zira, and Simba's prejudice of the Outsiders. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride centers around Simba and Nala's daughter Kiara, who falls in love with Kovu, a male lion who was raised in a pride of Scar's followers, known as the Outsiders, who are Simba's enemies. While the original film's plot is inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet, this sequel's plot is similar to another Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet. It was then given a G rating by the MPAA. The film wasn't rated until the 2-disc Special Edition was released. The film was later re-released as a special edition DVD (which altered the original title's "II" into "2") on August 31, 2004, and on Blu-ray, for a Marelease. It was released on Octoby Walt Disney Home Video and was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation/ Disney Video Premiere. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (later re-titled The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride) is an American animated direct-to-video film that serves as a sequel to The Lion King.
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