ALLADIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP

The film starts with a street peddler, guiding us through the streets
of the fictional Arabian city of Agrabah. After trying to sell us on
his wares, he pulls out an old oil lamp, claiming it "once changed
the course of a young man's life. A young man who like this lamp
was more than what he seemed: A diamond, in the rough."

The peddler then begins to tell us a tale, beginning on a dark night,

where the Sultan's grand vizier, Jafar, meets with a thief named
Kassim. Kassim hands over half of a gold scarab beetle, of which
Jafar has the second one. Putting them together, the beetle flies off,
before causing a giant tiger's head to rise from the sand: the Cave
of Wonders.

Jafar sends Kassim to enter, telling him to retrieve a lamp inside.

However, upon approaching the Tiger's Head, it speaks that only
one may enter: "One whose worth lies far within: the Diamond in
the Rough!" Kassim still attempts to enter upon Jafar's orders, but
upon entering the tiger's mouth, it bites down on the thief, closing
off the entrance way. It is then that Jafar claims he needs to find
the Diamond in the Rough in order to enter.

The next day, on the streets of Agrabah, a young street urchin named Aladdin is struggling to steal a loaf
of bread, along with his monkey, Abu. After outwitting some of the Palace Guards, the two settle down to
eat their spoils, but are put off their stomach by a couple children who are hungry. Aladdin and Abu give
the two their bread, but are then sidetracked when a Royal Prince marches through the streets, and claims
Aladdin to be nothing but "a worthless street rat." Aladdin and Abu then retire to their abode, with
Aladdin promising his friend that someday, things will be better.

The next day, the Royal Prince leaves the Palace, angered that Princess Jasmine has fended off his
advances -- Jasmine's pet tiger Raja has bitten out the seat of the suitor's pants. The Sultan talks to his
daughter, who claims she is tired of living her life being cooped up behind walls. The Sultan goes to
consult with his adviser, Jafar, who claims he can help the Sultan, if the Sultan will give him the blue
diamond ring on his finger. Using hypnosis, Jafar gets the ring, and retreats to his private quarters.

Later on that evening, Jasmine escapes from the Palace, and wanders the streets of Agrabah the next day.
However, her act of giving an apple to a hungry little boy lands her in trouble with the street merchant
until Aladdin interferes and leads Jasmine away just in time.

Meanwhile, Jafar has used the blue diamond ring of the Sultan's and consulting The Sands of Time, is
revealed just who he needs to enter into the Cave of Wonders: Aladdin!

Aladdin has retreated with Jasmine to his and Abu's place, and she is rather taken by his kindness.
However, Aladdin is suddenly set upon by the Royal Guards. It is then that Jasmine reveals herself to
them, demanding Aladdin be released. However, the head of the Royal Guards, Razoul, claims he is
acting under orders from Jafar.

Returning to the Palace, Jasmine confronts Jafar, who claims that Aladdin was captured because he
kidnapped her. When Jasmine claims this to be ridiculous Jafar tells her that Aladdin has been executed,
sending her away in tears.
In actuality, Aladdin has been imprisoned in the Royal Dungeon. Abu manages to free Aladdin, but are
then met within the dungeon by an older prisoner, claiming he needs Aladdin's help to locate The Cave of
Wonders. In truth the prisoner is actually Jafar in disguise, who manages to help Aladdin escape the
dungeon.

After the group arrives at the Cave of Wonders Aladdin is allowed to enter, with the cave commanding
that he "touch nothing but the lamp." Aladdin and Abu venture deep into the cavern, where they first
encounter a magic carpet, that then leads them to the lamp's location. Aladdin is able to retrieve it, but
Abu breaks the rule, and swipes a large ruby, causing the cave to begin to collapse on them. Using the
magic carpet, Aladdin and Abu manage to get to the entrance to the cave, where the old beggar pleads for
Aladdin to give him the lamp. Aladdin does so, and the beggar then reveals a dagger, intending to kill
him. Luckily, Abu bites the beggar, and both Aladdin and Abu fall back into the cavern, as the giant
Tiger's Head disappears under the sand.

Jafar then laughingly reaches for the lamp, only to find it is gone. Abu managed to steal it off the beggar
before he fell into the cave with Aladdin. Deep within the cave, Aladdin begins to examine the lamp,
finding a worn inscription on the side of it. Rubbing it, the lamp then produces a large blue genie. The
genie tells Aladdin that for rubbing the lamp, he is entitled to three wishes (and that wishing for more
wishes is also not an option), but that they come with the following exceptions:

1) He can't kill anyone 2) He can't make anyone fall in love with someone else 3) He can't bring people
back from the dead

Using his street-smarts, Aladdin manages to con Genie into getting him and Aladdin out of the cave
without using a wish. Landing in a small oasis, Aladdin contemplates what to wish for, and asks the
Genie what he would wish for. The Genie mentions how he'd wish to be free of the lamp, prompting
Aladdin to promise to free the Genie after making his first two wishes.

As the topic turns to Aladdin's wishes, he thinks of wanting to be with Jasmine, and though he cannot
make her fall in love with him, he decides to wish to be a Prince, as she is a Princess. Aladdin uses his
first wish; the genie will turn him into a fabulously rich prince. Abu is transformed into a large white
elephant and will be Aladdin's mount.

Meanwhile, back in Agrabah, Jafar is still upset that he didn't get the lamp. Wanting to find some way to
attain power, Jafar attempts to convince the Sultan that there is a clause in the royal rules that if Jasmine
has not been suitably wed by a certain time, Jafar can marry her.

However, the plans are put on hold when a large and noisy royal procession enters the Kingdom,
proclaiming the arrival of Prince Ali Ababwa (aka Aladdin in his new persona). The procession is huge,
with riches, exotic animals, hundreds of servants and Aladdin himself. Aladdin's entourage bounds into
the palace, impressing the sultan. Jafar appears suspicious and cold toward the new suitor. Aladdin is
taken to Jasmine, who is unimpressed and rebuffs Aladdin's charms. However, when Aladdin removes his
hat to shoo away Raja, Jasmine is reminded of the street urchin. Aladdin tries to gain Jasmine's interest
again by telling her how rich and powerful he is but she remains steadfastly ambivalent. Aladdin decides
to leave Jasmine and steps off on his magic carpet. Jasmine wishes to ride with him and the two take a trip
around the world. Aladdin's charm eventually wins her over.

Returning Jasmine to the palace, Aladdin is roughly seized by palace guards who tie him up and dump
him in a nearby lake. When he accidentally rubs the lamp, Genie appears and coaxes Aladdin into using
his second wish to save the boy's life. Aladdin returns to the palace to find that Jafar is using his cobra-
shaped staff to once again hypnotize the sultan, demanding that he order his daughter to marry the
treacherous vizier. Aladdin figures out Jafar's schemes and smashes the staff. Jafar vanishes before the
palace guards can arrest him, but not before spotting the lamp hidden in Prince Ali's hat. After he's gone,
the sultan sees that Jasmine has accepted Aladdin and wishes to marry him.

However, Aladdin is still troubled by the fact that he's not a real prince and has been lying to the princess.
Genie appears and tries to coax Aladdin into using his 3rd wish to free him. Aladdin tells him he can't
since he still feels he's betraying Jasmine. The genie suddenly retreats into the lamp, feeling betrayed
himself.

Jafar returns to his secret lair beneath the palace, seemingly defeated but laughs hysterically when he
realizes who Prince Ali really is. He then sends his pet parrot Iago to steal the lamp which he does rather
easily. Jaffar summons the Genie. Genie is forced to do Jafar's bidding and appears in a gigantic form,
grabbing the palace and taking it to a remote mountain. Jafar uses his 1st wish to become the world's most
powerful sorcerer and reveals to everyone that Aladdin is nothing but a street urchin. He launches him out
of the palace in a makeshift rocket which lands in a wintry mountain region. Jafar then uses his 2nd wish
to become sultan and imprisons the sultan and the princess until she agrees to marry him.

Trapped in the mountains, Aladdin finds the magic carpet and is able to return, sneaking into the palace.
He finds the genie, who tells him he can't help him since Jafar holds the lamp. Aladdin tries to sneak up
on Jafar to steal back the lamp -- Jasmine pretends to be suddenly enraptured with Jafar to distract him.
However, Jafar sees Aladdin's reflection from Jasmine's tiara and knocks him away and traps Jasmine in a
large hourglass. Jafar transforms himself into a giant cobra to terrorize Aladdin, who fights back valiantly.
While trapped in Snake Jafar's coils, Aladdin has an epiphany and talks Jafar into using his 3rd wish: he
tells Jafar that the Genie is still more powerful. Jafar then wishes to be turned into a genie himself, which
Genie complies. As Jafar revels in the power he's suddenly gained, after freeing Jasmine from the
hourglass before she fully suffocated, Aladdin reminds him that being a Genie means becoming a servant
to whomever holds Jafar's lamp. Jafar is suddenly shackled and is sucked into the new lamp created by his
wish and is trapped.

Genie takes the Jafar lamp and hurls it out into the desert, where it lands in the Cave of Wonders. The
genie then tells Aladdin that if he wants to use his third wish to become a prince again he can. Aladdin,
however, wishes the genie free. The lamp becomes inactive and the genie's shackles fall off his wrists.
Overjoyed that he's no longer a servant, the Genie plans to travel the world. The sultan, knowing that
Aladdin is not a prince, decides to let him marry is daughter. Abu is changed back into his monkey form
and the Genie leaves after an emotional goodbye. Aladdin and the princess are married and Aladdin
becomes heir to the kingdom. They fly away on Aladdin's carpet toward the moon, which turns into the
laughing genie's face.
 MULAN

During the Han Dynasty in ancient China, the legendary

Great Wall fails to keep out the notorious Hun army and
their ruthless leader, Shan Yu (Miguel Ferrer). The alarm is
raised, and the Emperor (Pat Morita) entrusts General Li
(James Shigeta) with mobilizing an army to protect China.
The wise Emperor reminds the general that "one man can
be the difference between victory and defeat."

Fa Mulan (Ming-Na Wen), the teenage daughter of

prosperous farmer Fa Zhou (Soon-Tek Oh), nervously
prepares for her meeting with the village matchmaker
(Miriam Margolyes). Though clever and kindhearted,
Mulan is a tomboyish klutz who has little faith in her
ability to become a poised and dignified bride. After
rushing through her morning chores, she meets her mother,
Fa Li (Freda Foh Shen) and grandmother (June Foray) in
town and is bathed and dressed before joining the other
girls at the matchmaker's house. Mulan's eccentric
grandmother insists that Mulan take a live cricket with her
for good luck, but the insect escapes from its cage and
wreaks havoc at the meeting. Mulan is deemed a
"disgrace," and is told she will never bring honor to her
family.

Deeply ashamed, Mulan returns home and laments that she is not the daughter her parents deserve. Her
father, however, comforts her and metaphorically suggests that the cherry blossom late to bloom will be
the most beautiful of all.

The Emperor's smug councilman, Chi Fu (James Hong) arrives at Mulan's village to draft one man from
each family for the imperial army. Mulan watches in fear as young men are called forward to receive their
orders, knowing that her aging and weak father will be called up as well, being the only male member of
the Fa family. As Fa Zhou is summoned by Chi Fu, Mulan pleads for her father to be excused from battle,
as he is already a veteran and is afflicted with an injured leg. Fa Zhou reprimands her for her interference,
and insists he will go to training camp the next day with the other soldiers. Knowing her father will die if
put in combat again, Mulan makes a desperate decision. After her parents are asleep, she cuts her hair
short, dons her father's armor, and takes his draft information before riding out to the camp in his place.
Fa Zhou and Fa Li awaken and discover with horror that their daughter has left to join the army. They
cannot go after her, for impersonating a soldier is a capital offense, and Mulan would be executed if her
identity was revealed. Grandmother Fa prays to their ancestors to protect Mulan.

In the small temple on the Fa's property, the statues of the ancestors come to life to deliberate over what
to do about Mulan. Mushu the dragon (Eddie Murphy), a former guardian who was demoted to gong-
ringer, is sent to awaken the Great Stone Dragon, the most powerful guardian, to bring Mulan home
safely. While grumpily trying to wake the statue, Mushu accidentally reduces it to rubble. He is met by
Cri-Kee, the "lucky" cricket who had accompanied Mulan to the matchmaker, and the two eventually
decide to go after Mulan themselves. Mushu plans to make Mulan excel in the army, thus earning back
his place among the ancestors as a guardian.
Shan Yu and the Huns are riding quickly through the wilderness toward the Imperial City. Shan Yu sends
a taunting message to the Emperor, daring him to send his finest troops to face the Hun army.

Mulan arrives at the outskirts of the training camp, terrified of her task and dejectedly telling her horse,
Khan, that it would take a miracle for her plan to work. As if on cue, Mushu and Cri-Kee appear, with
Mushu falsely introducing himself as a trusted guardian of her ancestors and promising to help her
become a model soldier. Mulan timidly enters the camp and, following Mushu's instructions on how to
interact with men, inadvertently causes a brawl. The ruckus is quelled by Captain Li Shang (B.D. Wong),
the son of General Li, who was appointed by his father to train the new troops while Li takes his army to
protect the Imperial City. Shang is unimpressed with the sloppy new recruits, especially awkward Mulan,
who presents herself as Fa Zhou's little-seen son Ping.

Mushu supports Mulan as she struggles through training, which is especially harrowing because her
fellow soldiers are still angry with her for the camp-wide fight on their first day. Shang presents them
with a seemingly-impossible task: to climb a huge wooden pole while wearing heavy arm weights to
retrieve an arrow from the top. Mulan finally redeems herself by cleverly using the weights to her
advantage, scaling the pole and reaching the arrow. The other troops begin to warm up to "Ping,"
especially grouchy Yao (Harvey Fierstein), gawky Ling (Gedde Watanabe), and enormous but gentle
Chien-Po (Jerry Tondo). Mulan has an increasingly difficult time keeping her identity hidden, especially
since the men all bathe together in a nearby lake, and Mushu is called upon to provide distractions when
things get too dangerous.

Shan Yu plans to move his army through a mountain pass, which is the swiftest route to the Imperial City.
Though he determines that General Li and his army is already guarding the pass, Shan Yu confidently
leads the Huns to battle the imperial troops.

Chi Fu, the Emperor's council, has remained at training camp to compile a report on the new troops. He
remains unimpressed, though the soldiers have successfully completed training, and behaves rudely
toward Captain Shang. Mushu, continuing his plan to transform Mulan into a war hero, has Cri-Kee forge
a letter from General Li, requesting backup troops at the mountain pass. The ruse works, and Shang
marches the troops out of camp the following day. During their trek, Mulan's friends keep their spirits up
by dreaming about their ideal woman, but their optimism is short-lived. When they reach the mountain
pass, they find General Li and his entire platoon slaughtered. Shang is shocked and grief-stricken at his
father's death, but is all the more determined to stop Shan Yu before he reaches the Emperor.

As Mulan, Shang, and the troops progress through the snowy mountains, Mushu accidentally sets off a
cannon and gives away their position. The Huns immediately attack, and it is evident that they greatly
outnumber the soldiers. As the Hun army charges toward them, Shang instructs Yao to aim their last
cannon at Shan Yu. Quick-thinking Mulan swipes the cannon and fires it at the mountainside, causing a
huge avalanche that buries the Huns. The soldiers run for safety, with Shang and Mulan narrowly
avoiding falling to their deaths over a cliff. Shang thanks Mulan for saving their lives, and gets her
medical attention for an injury she sustained from Shan Yu's sword. Mulan can no longer hide her gender,
and she is ousted to the rest of the troops. Chi Fu pressures Shang to execute Mulan immediately, but
Shang, while angry at Mulan for her deception, refuses to kill her and leaves her in the mountains with
her horse and supplies.

Mulan miserably tells Mushu that entering the army was a mistake, and that she was fated to dishonor her
family. Mushu finally admits that he was not sent by the ancestors, and that his mission was a selfish one
to get his job back. Even Cri-Kee confesses that he is not a truly lucky cricket. They are all about to give
up hope when they discover that Shan Yu and many of the Huns had survived the avalanche and are
emerging from the snow. Mulan, Mushu, Khan and Cri-Kee rush to the Imperial City to warn of the
coming attack.

In the city, Shang and his troops are being hailed as heroes for defeating the Huns. Mulan, presenting
herself as a woman again, confronts Shang during their victory parade (though Shang, Ling, Yao, and
Chien-Po are noticeably glum) and tells him what she saw in the mountains. Shang dismisses her as a liar,
and members of the crowd are deaf to Mulan's words. On the steps of the palace, the Emperor is
kidnapped by the Huns, who beat Mulan to the city. Shang, Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po turn to Mulan for a
plan. With the latter four disguising themselves as concubines, they infiltrate the palace and attack the
Huns guarding the chamber into which Shan Yu had taken the Emperor. Shan Yu threatens to kill the
Emperor if he refuses to bow to him and accept him as the new leader of China. The Emperor stoically
refuses, but Shang leaps to his aid just in time. As Shang and Shan Yu battle, Chien-Po carries the
Emperor to safety. Mulan then attracts Shan Yu's attention by proving herself to be the soldier who
started the avalanche, and Shan Yu turns his wrath from Shang to her. Mulan lures Shan Yu to the roof of
the palace, before Mushu arms himself with an enormous firework rocket which he launches at Shan Yu.
The Hun leader is blasted to smithereens in a colorful display, and Mulan drops to safety on the palace
steps.

As the chaos subsides, Chi Fu verbally attacks Mulan for her actions. Shang angrily defends her until the
Emperor appears. He explains to Mulan that, despite her fraud, she has saved the entire nation of China.
In the ultimate display of respect, the Emperor bows to Mulan, as do the countless people in the attending
crowd. He then offers Mulan a job as his council (to the shock of Chi Fu), but Mulan respectfully declines
and expresses her wish to return home. The Emperor gives her his medallion and Shan Yu's sword as gifts
to honor the Fa family.

Back at the Fa estate, Fa Zhou is overjoyed at the return of his daughter. Though she presents him with
the Emperor's crest and the sword of Shan Yu, he casts the priceless gifts aside and embraces Mulan,
ensuring her that "the greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter." Shang arrives soon afterward,
returning the helmet that Mulan left behind, and awkwardly but happily accepts Mulan's invitation to stay
for dinner.

Mushu, at last, is restored to guardian status in the family temple. Mulan thanks him for his help in her
adventurous plan, and the ancestors celebrate that the Fa family is complete again.
 PRINCESS FROG

In New Orleans, a young girl named Tiana ( Elizabeth M.

Dampier) and her mother are visiting the La Bouff family,
where Tiana's mother Eudora (Oprah Winfrey) is crafting a
dress for the family's daughter, Charlotte (Breanna Brooks).
Charlotte is a lover of fairy tales, and Eudora reads the two
the story of "The Frog Prince." While Charlotte is
enamoured with kissing a frog that becomes a prince, Tiana
finds the thought disgusting.

Upon returning home, Tiana helps her father, James

(Terrence Howard) prepare gumbo. As the meal is finished,
her father tells of his dream to one day open his own
restaurant. When Tiana eagerly chimes in that she wants to
help, her father claims they'll call it Tiana's Place. Upon
seeing the Evening Star outside her window, Tiana makes a
wish, to which her father explains that wishing can only go
so far, and that she has to help that wish along.

As time passes, Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) holds onto the

dream, even after her father has passed away. Working two
different jobs, Tiana spends almost all of her time working
and saving for a place, with little time for friends or fun.
One morning, she runs into Charlotte (Jennifer Cody) and her father 'Big Daddy' La Bouff (John
Goodman), who has been named King of the Mardi Gras for the fifth year in a row. Charlotte is
incredibly excited that a visiting prince named Naveen (Bruno Campos) is in New Orleans. As Naveen is
single, Charlotte hopes to fulfill her wish of marrying a prince and living happily ever after, and has
invited him to attend a social function at the family mansion.

Knowing of Tiana's cooking skills, Charlotte pays her friend a large sum of money to cater the event.
Tiana is pleased, as the money is just enough to allow her to purchase the place to start her restaurant.
Tiana contacts the building's owners and shows the place to her mother. While Eudora is pleased, she is
worried that Tiana seems to have no time for herself, with her one-mindedness regarding the restaurant.

Meanwhile, Prince Naveen is entertaining a crowd; playing the ukelele with a band, and dancing. His
assistant Lawrence (Peter Bartlett) angrily comes up to him, complaining that the two would be late for
the La Bouff's masquerade. Naveen brushes the issue off, and offers to buy everyone in the crowd a drink,
but Lawrence reveals that the prince is broke. His only options of fixing his financial state are to marry a
wealthy young lady, or get a job. Relucantly, Naveen agrees, but a spectactle soon ensues, resulting in the
two landing dizzily on the footpath. A tall man, introducing himself as Dr. Facilier (Keith David) greets
them, and hands Naveen a business card reading 'Tarot Readings, Charms, Potions, Dreams Made Real',
before pretending to read the prince's palm and recognising him as a royal. Naveen eagerly informs
Lawrence of Facilier's feat, but the assistant grabs a newspaper with the prince's face printed on it, from
the witch doctor's back pocket and calls him a charlatan. Facilier has a brief flash of anger, before he
regains his composure and invites the others into his shop. Naveen and Lawrence each take three of his
tarot cards. Facilier looks at Naveen's cards, and deduces that he is from across the sea, and despite being
royalty has little money, due to his parents cutting off his funds. He says the prince needs to marry a rich
young woman, but this would conflict with his urges to be free. Lastly, the Shadow Man states that
although freedom takes money, he sees the prince being wealthy in his future. He then moves onto
Lawrence, and after inspecting the assistant's cards, concludes that although he has been pushed around
by others all his life, he will be the man he always wanted to be; namely, Lawrence being wealthy,
powerful and the boss of Naveen. Facilier offers both men his hand, and while Naveen uncertainly shakes
it, Lawrence does so with fervour. Quickly, the witch doctor gets down to work, pricking the prince's
finger and filling up a small head-shaped talisman with his blood. Transformations begin to change both
Naveen and Lawrence, but the scene darkens before anything noticeable occurs.

At the La Bouff mansion, Tiana shows up to cater the event, and soon, Prince Naveen arrives. Charlotte
eagerly goes to him for a dance. As Tiana watches her friend, she discovers the realtors of the property
have also attended the function, as they approach her and the food. Tiana eagerly tells of her wish to sign
the papers to the building as .soon as possible, but the two men explain that someone else has offered a
larger sum, and are planning to deny her the property, unless she can come up with more money. Upset
and heartbroken, Tiana accidentally makes a mess of her outfit. Charlotte, seeing her friend in need,
allows her to change out of the outfit, into a blue gown with tiara. While in Charlotte's room, she sees the
star shining in the sky, and wishes for help regarding her restaurant. As she looks down, she finds a frog
sitting near her, and sarcastically asks it if it wants a kiss. To her surprise, the frog replies, and Tiana
screams and races back inside. After unsuccessfully dodging the stuffed animals thrown at him and being
smacked with a book, the frog is finally able to tell Tia, that he is Prince Naveen of Maldonia. She then
asks him, that if he is Prince Naveen, who is the person dancing with Charlotte downstairs, to which he
replies that he has no idea. Suddenly, he spots the name of the book Tiana is holding; The Frog Prince.
He, under the impression that Tia is a princess, tells her that like what happens in the book, if she kisses
him, he will turn back into a prince. She abruptly refuses, but when Naveen mentions that his wealthy
family might be able to reward her in some way, Tiana thinks about her restaurant, and determindedly
plants a kiss on the frog.

To the horror of both parties, not only is Naveen still a frog, but Tia has changed into one two. Shocked
and angry, she launches herself at the prince and tackles him, until they both go flying out the window
onto a drum set, before falling into the neck of Charlotte's dress. 'Big Daddy' La Bouff yells for Stella the
dog to catch the frogs, who run across a dinner table before escaping via a bunch of balloons.

As the masquerade comes to an abrupt end, the Prince Naveen imposter hurries into a nearby cottage and
opens up a cabinet to find an empty jar. Dr. Facilier appears from behind him and accuses him of letting
the real prince/frog go. The imposter is revealed to be Lawrence, who can only keep the prince's form if
he is wearing the blood-filled talisman around his neck. Lawrence, having second thoughts about the
deceit, throws the talisman to Facilier, telling him to wear it instead. The Shadow Man angrily shouts for
him to be careful with the object, and then replies that even if he wanted to be the fake prince, the voodoo
magic wouldn't work on him. They also discuss their plan; Lawrence is going to marry Charlotte, then
Facilier would dispose of Big Daddy, and their fortune would be shared.

Still clutching onto the balloon strings, Tiana discovers that the reason why Naveen was changed into a
frog was because he was messing with voodoo, and stubbornly states that the only way to get things in
life is through hard work. Taken aback, Naveen questions why a princess would ever have to work, and
Tia replies that she's a waitress not a princess. Outraged, the prince exclaims that that was why the kiss
didn't work, and the two engage in a heated argument before the balloons suddenly pop and they are sent
falling into a lake. They narrowly escape a large fish and then an aggressive crane, followed by a group of
hungry alligators from which they hide in an old tree and spend the night.

In the morning, Tiana makes a small raft so that the two can make their way back to New Orleans and
become humans again. To her annoyance, Naveen doesn't help with the paddling, and instead sits and
plays a twig-guitar. Tia turns around to give him a piece of her mind, but sees a huge alligator that looks
as if it's about to eat up Naveen. To both of the frog's surprise however, the alligator pulls out a trumpet
and launches into a jam session with the prince, and introduces himself as Louis (Michael-Leon Wooley).
Naveen explains that he and Tiana are both humans, turned into frogs by voodoo magic, to which Louis
replies that a woman named Mama Odie (Jenifer Lewis) is the voodoo queen of the bayou, and she can
perform similar feats. As the journey to her lair is so dangerous however, he flatly refuses when the two
ask if he can take them there. Disappointed, Tiana is about to return to her paddling, when Naveen hops
off the raft and suavely persuades Louis to guide them to Mama Odie's. He says that the witch could
probably turn the toothy alligator into a human as well, so that he could fulfill his dream of playing with
the jazz musicians of the city. This is too much for Louis, who swiftly agrees to take them there.

Back at the La Bouffe's, Charlotte and Lawrence, posing as Prince Naveen have tea together. Suddenly,
one of Lawrence's ears appears to swell up, although it has really just returned to it's normal size.
Worriedly, he checks the talisman and sees that half of the blood has been used up. He nervously blames
his ear on mosquitoes, but just as quickly, his backside enlarges. Lawrence manipulates and maneuvres
Charlotte so she can't see his transformation back into his plump self, just as his chin and stomach swell
up. To distract her, he hurriedly proposes to her, and Charlotte accepts before happily waltzing away. Dr.
Facilier appears from nowhere and watches as all the blood is drained and Lawrence returns entirely to
his former body. As the assistant had let Naveen free so that his blood was currently unavailable, the
Shadow Man is forced to ask for help from his 'friends on the other side'.

Meanwhile in the bayou, Tiana tells Louis about her big plans for the restaurant. Quickly the trio realises
their hunger, and the frogs try fruitlessly to catch flies for food. But their inexperience falis their attempt,
as Naveen and Tiana's tongues get tied in a knot. Louis tries to help but just makes the knot incredibly
more complicated, before hurrying off to get a sharp stick. A firefly zooms down to observe the
struggling couple, and chuckles at their discomfort. Soon enough however, he undoes the knot and
introduces himself as Ray (Jim Cummings). The two explain their predicament to him, but the firefly says
that they're heading in the wrong way if they want to meet Mama Odie. Right on cue, Louis runs in
waving a sharp stick in the air but Ray whispers to Tiana to never take directions from an alligator, as
they'll always get you lost. He then whistles, and immediately thousands of fireflies light up to show the
group the way.

Dr. Facilier, back in his shop is asking large totem heads on the wall for assistance in retrieving Naveen,
but they frown menacingly at his plea. As if expecting their negative answer however, Facilier assures
them that as soon as he kills 'Big Daddy' La Bouff, the 'friends' can have all the souls of New Orleans for
themselves. To this, the heads agree, and a multitude of shadows enter the room. Facilier orders them to
find Naveen, and bring him back alive... for now.

Back at the bayou, Ray is farewelling his relatives as he prepares to go with Tiana, Naveen and Louis the
rest of the way. He reveals to Tiana that he is in love with Evangeline, but Naveen advises the firefly to
not settle down so quickly. Louis is pricked by a bush and melodramatically wails in pain until Ray calms
him down to pull out the thistles. As the group is preoccupied, a trio of hunters lies in wait, planning to
catch and eat Tia and Naveen. Unaware of the danger they're in, the two frogs walk away from the others,
Tiana in front, chopping away at leaves in her path, and Naveen behind. After being told by Naveen that
she doesn't know how to have fun, Tia angrily retorts that he's a lazy good-for-nothing. While they
exchange heated words, Naveen is captured in a net by Reggie (Ritchie Montgomery), and Tia by Two
Fingers (Paul Briggs). She escapes, just as Louis and Ray spots Reggie in a boat with guns, gloating over
the prince. In his terror, Louis accidentally falls back in the thorn bushes, but the firefly flies up the old
hunter's nose to distract him and set Naveen free. Running away from Darnell (Don Hall), Tia
inadvertently lands herself in a trap box and is promptly sat upon by Reggie to prevent her escape. The
prince bobs out of the water, gleeful with his freedom but sees Tiana trapped, and follows the boat. He
sits on Reggie's head, causing Darnell to dimwittedly whack his father to try and hit the agile frog. Soon
chaos ensues, and Tia is able to get out of her cage.
Naveen and Tiana return to Louis and Ray after their ordeal, while the firefly impatiently yanks the
thistles out of the pained alligator. To make him feel better, Tia makes swamp gumbo but insists Naveen
help by mincing the mushrooms while she gathers peppers. She returns to find him struggling with the
task, and smiling, helps him. The prince admits that since his charmed life in the castle, he doesn't know
how to do anything. One of the shadows under Facilier's orders, meanwhile, finds flowers as evidence of
the frogs and lets out a piercing call. Soon the other shadows follow him and they make their way towards
the prince.

After eating the swamp gumbo, Naveen compliments Tiana's cooking, saying she has a gift to which she
thanks him. Ray changes the subject though, pointing to the sky and telling the others that the Evening
Star is Evangeline. He sings about his love for her, but when Louis moves to interrupt and tell him that
his love is actually a star, Naveen throws a nutshell at him and gestures for him to be quiet. The prince
asks Tia to dance with him, but she dejectedly hops to another lilypad and sadly tells him that she doesn't
dance. Naveen tugs her back near him however, and quietly tells her that if he can mince, she can dance.
They begin dancing on a lilypad to Louis's trumpet, while Ray creates mood lighting. The pair are about
to kiss, until Tia pushes him away and remarks that Charlotte was getting herself a superb dance partner.
Suddenly, the shadows grab and drag Naveen away, but although the others run after him, it doesn't look
like they're fast enough. Bursts of light from nowhere, hit the shadows and destroy them, rendering
Naveen free, and as the group looks for their saviour, they meet Mama Odie.

She brings them back to her tree house and introduces them to her pet python Juju, who she uses as a
walking stick. Tiana and Naveen try to get her attention to turn them back into humans, but she interrupts
each of their attempts, by offering them candy, falling asleep and going to her gumbo pot. Eventually she
answers their questions by trying to teach them the difference of wants and needs. Tiana doesn't
understand however, so wearily Mama Odie shows them through the gumbo pot, how to turn human
again; Naveen will have to kiss Charlotte before midnight, while she's princess of the Mardi Gras parade.

The group decide to make their way to New Orleans by following Louis' suggestion, and they sneakily
climb aboard the river boat. A group of musicians soon make their way past however, and while Naveen,
Ray and Tiana can hide, Louis is too big, and is noticed by them. Luckily for both parties however, the
alligator is thought to be a human inside an alligator costume, and excitedly plays the trumpet and follows
them. Ray and Tiana go to watch Louis play with 'the big boys', but Naveen mysteriously decides to stay
back and says he'll catch up with the others later. He then fashions a ring out of rope and a beaded
bracelet, before asking Evangeline why he can't just tell Tiana he loves her. Ray flies in in the wrong
moment, and thinking Naveen is making a move on Evangeline begins to pummel him. Naveen quickly
sets the record straight, but tells Ray to not tell Tiana about his love for her. Soon after, the prince leads
Tia to a private dinner, where she is taken aback but delighted. He treats her to a minced dinner, but due
to nerves, begins making mistakes, telling Tia he has dated thousands of women, then calling her one of
the guys before tripping and upturning the food. She takes it in her stride though, giggling and saying she
thinks it's cute. Naveen is about to propose to her, but Tiana interrupts, pointing out her future restaurant
and gushing about her plans for it. When she mentions, however, that she needs the money by the next
day, or she'll lose the restaurant forever, the prince realises he cannot marry her and disappointedly heads
off. While Tiana talks to Evangeline, telling her about her uncertainty for the future, Naveen is being
dragged off once again, by the shadows.

Charlotte is seen knocking on a door, calling for Prince Naveen to hurry up for the Mardi Gras wedding,
while Lawrence worriedly procrastinates, saying he'll be ready shortly, but itching for Naveen's blood so
he can take his form again. The shadows suddenly appear, and toss the prince into Facilier's hat, where
they take more of his blood and drip it into the talisman. Back on the river boat, which has docked,
everyone's getting off to play at the Mardi Gras, but Tiana asks Ray where Naveen is. Ray lets slip that
Naveen loves her, and that he plans to marry her after kissing Charlotte and getting them both turned back
into humans. Giddy with joy, Tiana hops around the Mardi Gras, looking for the float where Naveen
would be kissing Charlotte, but instead sees the Prince imposter about to marry her. Mistaking Lawrence
for the actual prince, Tia is devastated and tunes out Ray as he wonders how it can be true, when Mama
Odie specifically said both frogs would be turned human once again.

Tia hops off sadly, and Ray flies through the city looking for her. Once he does, he tries to comfort her
but Tiana angrily bursts out that Evangeline isn't real, and is just a star. Ray tearily tells Evangeline to not
listen to Tia, and that she's only speaking out of a broken heart, before flying off to put things right. As
Lawrence prepares to wed Charlotte, Facilier chuckles, preparing to kill Big Daddy through the use of a
voodoo doll. Ray finds Naveen locked inside a small chest right next to Lawrence, and quickly sets him
free. Naveen launches himself at the former assistant, and the two go tumbling off the float. Lawrence
runs off to dispose of the frog, but the prince takes the talisman off his neck and throws it to Ray who
flies away with it. The shadows and Facilier run after the firefly, and to help him, Louis stops playing and
growls, alerting the other musicians that he's an actual alligator. As the crowd screams and parts, Louis
runs off to help his friend.

Ray meanwhile, zooms towards Tiana, and quickly explains the nature of the talisman, claiming it proves
that what they saw wasn't the truth. Tiana hops off with the object, while Ray stays behind to destroy as
many shadows as possible. With his light, he kills a few of them, but Facilier soon arrives and knocks the
firefly to the ground, before disgustedly stepping on him. A few seconds later, Louis comes running,
calling for Ray, but finds the firefly lying on the ground and makes off for Tiana.

The shadows and Facilier continue chasing Tiana, but when she threatens to break the talisman into a
million pieces, the Shadow Man casts an enchantment on her, causing her to look human again, and
changes the setting, to her dream restaurant. She thinks she sees Naveen playing the ukulele in the corner
of the room, but when the man turns around, she sees it isn't and is disappointed. Facilier meanwhile, tries
to convince Tia to hand over the artifact, promising the restaurant and becoming a human again. When
she refuses to, he brings up memories of her sacrifices and people doubting her abilities, and finally her
father working hard but failing to get enough money for a restaurant. Facilier tells Tiana that she could
get everything that her father ever wanted, but she determinedly tells the witch doctor that although her
father never got what he wanted, he had what he needed. She throws the talisman to the ground, but it's
snatched up by Facilier's shadow and the illusion immediately disappears.

Facilier cackles and tells her that she should have taken his deal, but using her tongue, Tia takes the
talisman back and shatters it on the ground. The Shadow Man is horrified, and frets how he won't be able
to pay back his debt. Totem heads come out of the stone heads, asking if he's ready, which he replies that
he isn't. Voodoo dolls climb out of the ground, and in terror, he says that he has lots more plans, revealing
that he has the prince locked away, to Tiana's surprise. An enormous totem head sucks in Facilier's
shadow, and the hysterical witch doctor himself, to sacrifice his soul in exchange for his unpaid debts.
Then the totem heads and voodoo dolls disappear, and a gravestone with the Shadow Man's face on it
appears.

Charlotte angrily knocks on the door of the building which Lawrence is on, demanding that he open up.
Finally, she breaks in, but instead of being the handsome Prince Naveen who she expects, fat, old
Lawrence is the one who greets her. Horrified, she screams, and so does he, running past her into the
night. The real prince, still in the form of a frog, calls her name, and after being squashed with a book,
tells her who he is.

Tiana arrives, just in time to see Lawrence being hauled into the back of a police car. She then sees
Charlotte and Naveen sitting on the steps, the latter explaining his and Tiana's predicament. Charlotte
expects marriage, to which Naveen reluctantly agrees but puts emphasis on money being given to Tiana
for her restaurant, saying that she is his Evangeline. As they are about to kiss, Tiana stops Naveen but he
tells her that it is the only way to get her her dream. But she quietly replies that her dream wouldn't be
complete, without him in it. Charlotte, seeing their love, agrees to kiss Naveen, without him having to
marry her, but as she plants a kiss on him, the bell sounds, signalling midnight has passed. With
seemingly no hope of becoming human again, the frogs smile sadly, but are content with being together,
whether in frog or human form.

Louis comes running, bringing Ray with him, and they stay with him through his last moments. Back at
the bayou, his funeral ceremony is carried out, with the firefly lifted by his relatives, in a leaf, and sent
floating on the river. As he disappears into the distance, a new star appears, right next to the Evening Star.

Naveen and Tiana get married by Mama Odie, and as they kiss they both transform into humans.
Surprised, they realise that by getting married, Tiana was now a princess, and by Naveen kissing her they
were both changed back. They then get formally married as humans, to the delight of Eudora, and
Naveen's parents. As Tiana throws the bouquet, it's caught by Charlotte

At Finner Bros. Realty, Tiana pushes over tins of her hard-earned money, and the brothers are encouraged
by a growl from Louis to hand over the key to the restaurant. Tia and Naveen then get to work, and begin
to redecorate and clean up the property, until it is beautifully furnished and Louis is shown to be playing
the trumpet with a band, on the stage. The restaurant is full, and Charlotte, 'Big Daddy' La Bouffe,
Naveen's parents and Eudora are all seated. Charlotte then dances with Naveen's younger brother, who's
only six and a half but Charlotte says that she's waited this long. Tiana and Naveen then dance and kiss on
the roof of the restaurant.
 MALEFICENT

Long ago, two rival kingdoms sat side by side: The human
kingdom, ruled by a power-hungry king, and the Moors, a
peaceful place inhabited by many gentle supernatural
creatures. One resident of the Moors is Maleficent (Isobelle
Molloy), a young fairy girl with enormous wings, who acts as
a guardian for the other magical beings.

Young Maleficent is alerted by three small fairies, Knotgrass

(Imelda Staunton), Flittle (Lesley Manville),and Thistlewit
(Juno Temple), that a thief has been apprehended by the forest
guards at the borderline of the Moors. The thief, a human boy
called Stefan, returns the jewel he had taken and explains that
he is an orphan with no real home. Maleficent forgives him
and the two strike up a friendship that lasts for several years.
On Maleficent's sixteenth birthday, Stefan gives her "true
love's kiss," but then abandons her to pursue his thirst for
power in the King's inner circle.

When Maleficent is grown (now Angelina Jolie), she is the

primary guardian of the Moors. King Henry (Kenneth
Cranham) leads his army to conquer the Moors for the human
world, but Maleficent victoriously counter-attacks with her band of magical creatures. King Henry is
mortally wounded in the battle, and makes known his hatred for the winged woman who defends the
Moors. Having only a daughter for an heir, King Henry promises her hand and the throne to whichever of
his men brings proof of Maleficent's death. Stefan (now Sharlto Copley), despite his relationship with
Maleficent, takes on the task in hopes of becoming the new king.

Stefan returns to the Moors at night and reconnects with Maleficent, who is happy and not at all
suspicious to see her friend again. After giving her a drink to put her into a sound sleep, Stefan prepares to
stab her to death. Unable to bring himself to kill the woman he once loved, he crudely removes her wings
as she slumbers and then departs. When Maleficent awakens, weak with the pain from her severed wings
and realizing she had been betrayed, she swears revenge against Stefan. On his deathbed, King Henry
accepts the wings as proof of Maleficent's demise and awards the crown and his daughter's hand to
Stefan.

Having lost her ability to fly, Maleficent frees a captured raven in a nearby field and gives him the power
to transform into a man. She recruits this raven-man, Diaval (Sam Riley) to serve as her "wings" in
exchange for having saved his life. She declares herself ruler of the Moors, infusing her surroundings with
dark magic and pitting herself once and for all against Stefan, ruler of the human kingdom.

While spying on Stefan's palace, Diaval overhears the royal staff speak of the baby girl just born to the
King and Queen. He hurries to relay the news to Maleficent, who sees an opportunity for revenge. She
attends the child's christening ceremony uninvited and bestows a curse on the princess: Before the sun
sets on Princess Aurora's sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel
and fall into an eternal death-like slumber. As an added insult to Stefan, Maleficent snidely remarks that
the only possible restoration to life is "true love's kiss." Stefan begs Maleficent to reconsider, even falling
to his knees at her request, but she is too happy at having avenged her mistreatment to show mercy. After
leaving the court in chaos, Maleficent causes a massive wall of thick-thorned trees to surround the Moors
and keep humans at bay.
Stefan orders all spinning wheels in the kingdom to be destroyed, and sends his infant daughter to be
raised by the three fairies in the forest in hopes of avoiding the curse. Knotgrass, Flittle, and Thistlewit
are easily distracted and have difficulty supervising Aurora as she grows, but the princess is kept safe by
Maleficent's curse, which rules that she must stay alive until her sixteenth birthday. Maleficent and Diaval
keep a semi-distant watch over Aurora throughout her childhood, coming in contact a few times but never
revealing her identity. Aurora grows into a pretty teenager (Elle Fanning), with no inkling of her royal
roots or Maleficent's curse.

As Aurora's sixteenth birthday nears, Stefan falls deeper into paranoia. The Queen is dying, and he knows
Maleficent will return on the day the curse is set to culminate. He keeps her severed wings in a glass
cabinet in an isolated wing of the palace. He becomes more and more detached from reality, having long
rambling "conversations" with the wings and is deaf to any subject other than Maleficent. He sends his
men to hunt her down before Aurora's birthday.

Maleficent begins to admit that her hatred for Stefan does not extend to Aurora. Emerging from the blind
rage she felt when the princess was a baby, Maleficent now sees that Aurora is a good, innocent person
undeserving of such a harsh fate. Feeling guilty, she puts a temporary sleeping spell on the girl and
transports her into the Moors. When Aurora wakes, she is enchanted by the beautiful fairy kingdom and
shows no fear when Maleficent makes her presence known. Aurora happily explains that she recognizes
Maleficent from several incidents in her childhood and believes Maleficent is her fairy godmother.
Without explaining the truth, Maleficent spends the evening getting to know the victim of her own curse.
After returning Aurora to her cottage home to sleep, Maleficent attempts to retract the curse, but she had
made it too powerful to be undone. Diaval reminds her that true love's kiss can still break the spell, but
Maleficent admits she added it as a false hope because she believed it did not exist.

On the eve of Aurora's fateful birthday, Maleficent speaks with her about an evil that she is unable to
protect her from. Aurora remains optimistic, and announces her wish to live in the Moors with her "fairy
godmother." While preparing to break the news to her "aunties" (the three fairies who raised her), Aurora
encounters Prince Phillip (Brenton Thwaites), who asks her for directions, though both are awkwardly
stunned by their mutual attraction. After their brief meeting, Aurora delivers her news to the fairies, who,
in their shock, let slip Aurora's true parentage and the details of Maleficent's curse. Horrified, Aurora
rushes to the Moors to confront Maleficent, who sadly admits the truth. Aurora, now frightened and
untrusting, returns to the human kingdom.

That night, Princess Aurora is finally returned to her father. They share a brief emotional reunion before
Stefan orders his daughter locked away for her own protection. Back in the Moors, Maleficent prepares a
last-ditch attempt to stop the curse. She and Diaval journey toward the palace and encounter Prince
Phillip, who remembers meeting Aurora and is recruited to provide "true love's kiss" to save her.
Maleficent casts a sleeping charm on the rather confused prince, and whisks him away through the forest,
hoping to get to Aurora before the curse unfolds.

As Aurora's birthday progresses and night begins to fall, she feels a strange sensation in her finger and
hears a eerie voice calling her name. In a trance=like state, Aurora follows the disembodied voice through
the palace until she discovers a hidden room containing piles of broken and burnt spinning wheels. She
approaches a sharp spindle and touches it, drawing blood. A moment later, she sinks to the floor in a deep
sleep.

Aurora is carried back to her chambers and laid on the bed. Stefan is enraged, blaming the three fairies for
failing to protect his daughter. Maleficent and Diaval manage to infiltrate the palace with the unconscious
Prince Phillip, who is woken at the door of Aurora's bedroom. The three fairies, guarding the sleeping
princess, encourage Phillip to try and wake Aurora with true love's kiss, but since the two are not yet in
love, the effort fails. Heartbroken, Maleficent approaches Aurora's bed and apologizes for her actions,
promising to protect her as she sleeps. Maleficent kisses Aurora on the forehead and is both shocked and
elated to find that the spell had been broken through the power of her own maternal love for the princess.
Aurora realizes how much Maleficent cares for her, and begins to trust her again.

A guard reports to Stefan that Maleficent was spotted in the castle. The royal guards ambush her and
attack when she leaves Aurora's room. Maleficent orders Aurora to run to safety before transforming
Diaval into an enormous dragon and beginning her showdown against Stefan.

While searching for something to aid Maleficent, Aurora discovers the severed wings in the glass
cupboard. The wings, sensing the presence of their mistress, being to flap violently until Aurora frees
them. The wings fly to Maleficent and re-attach themselves to her moments before Stefan delivers a fatal
blow. Maleficent rises above her attackers, but Stefan loops a chain around her leg and clings to it as she
pulls him out a window and onto one of the palace towers. Maleficent attempts to end the fight without
any fatalities, but Stefan attacks her once more, sending them both plummeting off the tower. Maleficent
takes flight and Stefan falls to his death, a victim of his own unrelenting desire for power and revenge.

Maleficent soon undoes the dark magic in the Moors, restoring its former light and beauty. The Moors
and the human kingdom are now united, and Aurora is crowned Queen of both kingdoms. Prince Phillip
and Aurora continue their romance, and Maleficent, now free from the chains of her vengeful thoughts,
lives happily among the peaceful creatures of the Moors, and flies happily through the skies with Diaval.
 THE LION KING

The Lion King takes place in the Pride Lands of Africa,

where a lion rules over the other animals as king. As dawn
breaks, all the animals of the Pride Lands are summoned to
Pride Rock, the home of the pride of lions. Rafiki (Robert
Guillaume), a mandrill, walks through the herd and climbs
the face of Pride Rock to greet his friend, King Mufasa
(James Earl Jones). Mufasa leads Rafiki to his mate Sarabi
(Madge Sinclair) who is holding their newborn cub. Rafiki
anoints the cub with fruit juices before presenting him to the
gathered animals. The animals cheer and then bow to the new
future king.

Meanwhile, Scar (Jeremy Irons), the younger brother of

Mufasa, is sulking by himself behind Pride Rock. He is
envious of his brother's position as king and is disgruntled at
the fact that he will never be king now that Mufasa has an
heir. Mufasa and his majordomo, a hornbill named Zazu
(Rowan Atkinson), confront Scar on why he wasn't present at
the ceremony that morning. Scar shrugs it off, claiming he
had forgotten, and scoffs his new responsibility to show
respect to the future king before wandering off.

As monsoon storms drench the Pride Lands, Rafiki is seen in his tree home, a large baobab, adding details
to his newest piece of wall art. He chuckles lightly as he finishes, reciting the new cub's name, Simba
(Jonathan Taylor Thomas).

Now a budding youth, Simba rises early one morning and pesters his father to get up and show him the
lands he's destined to rule over. Mufasa illustrates from the top of Pride Rock that everything the light
touches is their kingdom, except for a place on the horizon that is covered in shadow. Mufasa tells Simba
he's forbidden from ever going there. Out in the plains, Mufasa tells Simba that there is a balance to all
life which eventually comes full circle; the Circle of Life. When Zazu appears with a morning report,
Mufasa takes the opportunity to give Simba a pouncing lesson which goes successfully, much to Zazu's
dismay. As Simba gets ready to try again, Zazu suddenly exclaims that a group of hyenas has been seen in
the Pride Lands. Mufasa rushes off to deal with it while Zazu takes Simba home.

Simba returns to Pride Rock where his Uncle Scar is lurking about. Simba brags about his fate to be king
to which Scar reacts without the slightest bit of enthusiasm. Casually, and goading Simba's excitement,
Scar asks if Mufasa showed him the shadow place on their morning walk. When Simba replies no, Scar
adds that it is a dangerous place where only the bravest lions venture. Simba perks up, saying he's brave,
and begs his uncle to tell him what's there. Scar feigns an accidental slip of the tongue by revealing that
it's an elephant graveyard but praises Simba's cleverness. He asks that Simba never explore the place, but
as Simba reassures him and leaves, Scar smiles to himself knowing full well that Simba's curiosity will
get the better of him.

Simba meets up with his friend Nala (Niketa Calame-Harris) who is being bathed by her mother, Sarafina
Zoe Leader. He tells her about a cool place he has found, lying to Sarabi that its around the water hole.
Sarabi gives them permission to go as long as Zazu accompanies them. Along the way, Simba and Nala
devise a plan together to get rid of Zazu, which works. They then run off, Nala showing off her skills as
an expert pinner, before finding themselves in the elephant graveyard. Suddenly, Zazu reappears and
demands that they leave. Simba shows off his bravery by laughing in front of a large skull. Laughter
echoes from within and three hyenas emerge, surrounding the cubs. Shenzi (Whoopi Goldberg), Banzai
(Cheech Marin), and Ed (Jim Cummings) deliberate what's to be done with the cubs, more specifically,
how to eat them. The cubs and Zazu escape for a moment, but Zazu is pulled back and stuffed into a
boiler which shoots him into the air. The hyenas eventually corner the cubs in an alcove and Simba tries
to roar. The hyenas laugh and tell him to try again. A real roar is let out as Mufasa appears and attacks the
hyenas before they run off. Zazu reappears by Mufasa's side and Simba tries to say something but Mufasa
furiously reprimands him for being deliberately disobedient and leads them towards home.

Back in the Pride Lands, Mufasa tells Zazu to take Nala home while he teaches Simba a lesson. Fearful
and meek, Simba walks up to his father, noticing that his father's paw print is much bigger than his own.
He apologizes for disobeying but says he only wanted to be brave like Mufasa. Mufasa tells Simba he's
only brave when he has to be. As they reconcile, Mufasa tells Simba that all the stars in the night sky are
the spirits of kings past and that they will always be there to guide him, as will he.

Back in the graveyard, the hyenas lick their wounds and quarrel with each other. Their fights are broken
up by Scar who is greeted as a friend. Irritated that the hyenas couldn't dispose of the cubs, he proposes a
plan that would eliminate both Simba and Mufasa from the throne.

The next day, Scar escorts Simba through a gorge and puts him near a rock shaded by a sapling, telling
him that Mufasa is planning a surprise for him. Scar instructs Simba to stay put while he fetches Mufasa
and suggests that he practice his roar while he's away. Just above the gorge, the three hyenas lie in wait in
front of a massive herd of wildebeest. Scar appears above them, signaling them. As Simba waits,
scowling over his little roar, a chameleon climbs down from the tree. Simba practices roaring at it, finally
letting off one loud enough to scare the chameleon and echo off all sides of the gorge. But the ground
starts shaking and Simba looks up to see the herd of wildebeest charging down the gorge straight for him.
He runs away, the wildebeest gaining, while Scar warns Mufasa nearby that there is a stampede in the
gorge and Simba is down there. Simba manages to grab hold of a broken tree, elevating himself above the
wildebeests' horns while Mufasa climbs down and runs alongside the animals. He manages to grab Simba
in his mouth and carries him to safety, but is pulled back by the charging animals. After a tense moment,
Simba watches his father leap onto the side of the gorge, digging his claws into the dirt and struggling up
the hillside. As Mufasa nears the top, he sees Scar standing over him. He pleads for help, but Scar digs his
claws into his paws and mocks him before pushing him off. Simba watches helplessly as Mufasa falls
onto the stampeding herd.

As the dust settles, Simba runs down to look for his father. He discovers him beneath a broken tree, dead.
As he mourns his loss, Scar appears and blames Simba for what happened. Simba, thinking he had started
the stampede that killed his father, follows his uncles advice when Scar tells him to run away and never
return. Simba runs off as Scar instructs his hyenas to kill him. The three hyenas chase Simba to the edge
of an incline where he tumbles into a sea of brambles. Small enough to avoid the sharp spikes, Simba runs
through them as the hyenas barely manage to stop near the base. Unlucky Banzai is shoved into the
brambles and emerges howling, stuck with thorns. The hyenas watch as Simba runs into the distant desert
and decide that he will most likely die, shouting to him that if he ever comes back they will kill him.

Scar returns to Pride Rock to announce that both Simba and Mufasa have perished in the stampede and
assumes the role as king. The lionesses look on in fear as a horde of hyenas arrives to live alongside Scar
at Pride Rock. Rafiki watches sullenly from a distance and smears the image he had once created of
Simba.
In the desert, Simba has collapsed under the heat and a group of vultures descends on him. Suddenly, a
meerkat and a warthog charge into them, bucking and kicking them away as part of their favorite game;
bowling for buzzards. The warthog, Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella), then discovers Simba and brings him to the
attention of his meerkat companion, Timon (Nathan Lane). Timon is initially afraid of the young lion but
Pumbaa asserts that he's still little and will grow up to be on their side instead of eating them. Timon
scoffs at the idea, before suggesting the very same thing as his own. Pumbaa picks Simba up and carries
him into the shade where he's revived. Simba thanks them for their help before walking away. Timon and
Pumbaa take pity on him and tell him that, whatever happened to him, he has to put his past behind him,
citing their motto Hakuna Matata; no worries. They then invite Simba to stay with them as a fellow
outcast in their jungle paradise and teach him to eat bugs rather than meat. Simba begins to cheer up and
eventually grows into a healthy, carefree adult (Matthew Broderick).

Meanwhile, the Pride Lands have been reduced to a wasteland under Scars rule. Zazu is confined to a
bone cage singing while Scar lazily lies about chewing on bones. Zazu mutters under his breath that he
never had to do this under Mufasa. Scar reels on the name, citing that the law is to never mention Mufasas
name. Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed appear, complaining that food and water have become scarce and that the
lionesses refuse to hunt. Scar suggests they eat Zazu as Banzai lets slip Mufasas name before he corrects
himself under Scars glare. Scar then dismisses them.

Back in the jungle, Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa lie down together after a meal of bugs to look up at the
night sky. Pumbaa asks what the sparkling lights in the sky are to which Timon replies that they're
fireflies that got stuck in the big, bluish-black thing. Pumbaa says he'd always thought they were burning
balls of gas billions of miles away, a theory which Timon debunks due to Pumbaa's flatulent nature. They
ask Simba what he thinks. Answering only to their begging, he says he was once told that the lights are
great kings of the past watching over them. Timon starts cracking up over the thought of royal dead guys
watching them, but Simba wanders off, saddened over the memory of his father. He sighs and collapses
onto a bunch of wild flowers, spreading their petals and leaves to the wind. The wind carries them back to
the Pride Lands where Rafiki, sitting atop his tree, grabs them. He takes them back into the tree where he
sniffs them and contemplates the apparent familiar smell. Suddenly it strikes him; Simba must be alive.
Crazed with happiness, he quickly smears a mane around the head of his Simba drawing, stating that it is
time.

Timon and Pumbaa are walking through the jungle together when Pumbaa becomes distracted by a large
rhino beetle. Hungry, he follows it to the edge of the jungle and sneaks up on it as its perched on a log
facing some grassland. His eye then catches something in the tall grass as the beetle flies away. Pumbaa
screams as a lioness emerges from the grasses and gives chase. Hearing Pumbaa, Timon comes running
and finds him stuck in the roots of a tree. He tries to free Pumbaa as the lioness draws closer. She leaps
forward but Simba jumps in and begins to fight with her while Timon cheers him on. He tries to knock
her down but she flips him over and pins him to the ground. Simba recognizes this move and his old
friend, Nala (Moira Kelly). When he reveals himself, Nala is shocked and happy to see him again. Simba
introduces her to Pumbaa and Timon, who is less than happy about the reunion since Nala had tried to eat
Pumbaa. Nala tells Simba that everyone in the Pride Lands thought he was dead after Scar told them
about the stampede. Nervous, Simba asks what else Scar told them, but Nala says that it doesn't matter
now that he's alive and the rightful king. Simba excuses Timon and Pumbaa to speak to Nala alone. As
they walk through the jungle together the romantic settings encourage their feelings for each other, though
Simba is hesitant to talk to Nala about his past. She tries to get Simba to go back to the Pride Lands with
her, telling him that everything has fallen into disarray since Scar took the throne. He refuses, explaining
that he shouldn't worry about things that happened in the past, which angers Nala. She tells Simba that
returning to the throne is his responsibility but he storms off and walks out of the jungle to an open field.
He tries to justify his decision before yelling at the night sky that Mufasa wasn't there for him and feeling
solemn that it was his fault.
He then hears singing coming from a tree behind him and sees Rafiki in the branches. Irritated, he walks
away. Rafiki follows him and asks him a series of rhetorical questions and chanting seemingly
nonsensical words. Convinced that the baboon is crazy and confused, Simba turns to walk away when
Rafiki reveals that he knows Simba is Mufasas son. Rafiki then runs off and Simba follows. He finds
Rafiki mediating on a rock and asks if he knew his father. Rafiki says "I know your father", to which
Simba responds that he died. Rafiki laughs, saying that Mufasa is alive, and leads Simba through a thicket
of trees and vines. They stop at a reflecting pool and Rafiki instructs Simba to look into it. Seeing only his
reflection at first, Simba looks harder and sees an image of Mufasa. Rafiki says that Mufasa lives within
him as a large storm cloud appears overhead and a specter of Mufasa speaks out to Simba, saying that he
has forgotten who he is and that he must take his rightful place as the true king of Pride Rock. Simba begs
his father to stay but the apparition disappears, echoing that Simba must remember who he is. As Simba
contemplates the message and the change in the winds, Rafiki wallops him over the head with his staff.
Outraged and in pain, Simba asks what he did that for. Rafiki says that it doesn't matter because its in the
past, but though the past may still hurt, one can either run from it or learn from it. He swings his staff
again and Simba ducks before grabbing the staff and throwing it away. Then Rafiki watches and cheers as
Simba runs off, announcing that he's going back.

Timon and Pumbaa are sleeping together as Nala approaches them and nudges them awake, frightening
them at first. She asks if they've seen Simba but Rafiki appears overhead and declares that the king has
returned. Confused by this statement and Rafikis mysterious arrival and departure, Timon and Pumbaa
listen as Nala tries to explain that Simba has decided to go back to the Pride Lands to take his place as
king.

Crossing the desert, Simba finally arrives in the Pride Lands to find it dark and barren. He eyes Pride
Rock with a look of vengeance when Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa appear beside him. They all agree to help
Simba reclaim the throne, though Timon is less than impressed by the landscape they're fighting for. They
sneak over to Pride Rock and discover that its crawling with hyenas. Simba offers Timon and Pumbaa as
live bait and they do put on a colorful performance for the hungry hyenas while he and Nala move closer.
Simba instructs Nala to rally the lionesses while he looks for Scar. He finds him at the base of Pride
Rock, calling loudly for Sarabi. Hyenas nip at her heels as she approaches and Simba looks on
mournfully. Scar questions her as to why the lionesses refuse to hunt. Sarabi explains that the herds have
moved on and their only chance for survival is to leave Pride Rock. Scar refuses and, when Sarabi
compares him to Mufasa, he cruelly hits her. Having seen enough, Simba appears on a ledge and runs
down to comfort his mother. Scar backs away, fearful that its Mufasa that has returned, but when he
realizes who it really is, he shoots a hateful glare at Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. Simba confronts Scar,
demanding that he step down from the throne or fight, but sly Scar asks why things must end in violence
and says he would feel terrible if he were responsible for the death of a family member. Though Simba
says he's put the past behind him, Scar questions whether the lionesses have done the same. When Nala
questions this, Scar prompts Simba to tell them all who was responsible for Mufasas death. Sadly, Simba
confesses that he was, though it was an accident. Scar uses this and accuses Simba of being a murderer,
backing him up to the end of Pride Rock to the point where Simba slips over the edge, dangling by his
paws. Lightning strikes and ignites a fire beneath him as Scar looks over him, remarking that this was just
the way Mufasa looked before he died. Then Scar grabs Simbas paws and whispers in his ear that he was
the one to kill Mufasa.

Enraged, Simba leaps over the edge and pins Scar, choking him to confess the truth to the lionesses.
Fighting immediately breaks out between the hyenas and the lions. Timon and Pumbaa join the fray with
their signature bowling moves and Rafiki impresses with some acrobatic martial arts. When Timon is
cornered by Shenzi and Banzai in the lions den with Zazu, Pumbaa comes to the rescue, his fury provoked
when Banzai accidentally calls him a pig.
Scar manages to slip away from the fighting but is followed by Simba. They meet at the top of Pride Rock
surrounded by flames where Scar begs for his life, saying that he's family and that the hyenas are the real
enemy. Having heard this, the hyenas back away growling. Simba relents, saying that he's not like Scar
and tells him to run away and never return. Scar meekly walks past him but sends a pile of embers into
Simbas face, blinding him for a moment. Scar then attacks Simba and a fierce fight ensues. Scar manages
to knock Simba down and leaps at him but, using the technique Nala had mastered in her pinning, Simba
flips Scar with his hind legs over the edge of Pride Rock. Scar tumbles down the rock face and lands at
the base. He groggily stands up and notices the hyenas approaching him from between the flames. He
greets them as his friends but they respond that he said they were the enemy. Scar looks at them in horror
as they lick their lips and surround him before attacking.

Rain begins to fall and Simba returns to the lionesses where he greets his mother and Nala. Rafiki rattles
his staff and points it towards the tip of Pride Rock. He bows to Simba, who gives him a hug, and says it
is time. As everyone watches, and as the rain washes away dust and bones, Simba ascends Pride Rock,
gazing one last time at the heavens before letting out a mighty roar and sealing his position as king. The
lionesses join in, hailing their new king. Some time later, the animals of the Pride Lands gather once
again at Pride Rock, cheering at Simba and Nala as they overlook the kingdom. Rafiki comes between
them and holds up their newborn cub for all to see.
 DISNEY
MOVIE
SYNOPSIS
 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
LAOANG I CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Laoang, Northern Samar

Submitted by:

JANN VINCINT T. BALUYA

Grade V Garnet

Submitted to:

LOUIE B. LIMPOCO
English Teacher