Warner Brothers and Disney Pictures

Lebo M: [The sun rises, turning the sky from black to red.] Nants ingonyama bagithi baba. Sithi uhm ingonyama. Ingonyama. [Various animals, including a rhino, several topi, and a colony of meerkats, lift their heads in the direction of the sun.] Nants ingonyama bagithi baba.

Timon: (in time with Lebo M)

[from offscreen] What's on the menu? It could be ceviche. [A cheetah pauses on the edge of a ridge, tail lashing.] Stinky-oo. It's Pumbaa.

Lebo M: (in the background)

[Storks walk through a shallow body of water, look at one another, then take to the air.] Sithi uhm ingonyama. Ingonyama.

Pumbaa: [from offscreen] I gotta tell you, Timon. That song always gets me right here.

Scorbunny: Me too.

Timon[from offscreen] Yeah, Pumbaa? Well, enough of that. [Timon's hand comes into view. He is holding a remote, which he clicks. The movie starts to rapidly fast forward. Scorbunny and Timon and Pumbaa's silhouettes are seen sitting in a theater.]

Scorbunny: Uh, Timon... What are you doin'?

Timon: I'm fast forwarding to the part where we come in.

Pumbaa: But you can't go out of order!

Timon: [Timon clicks the remote. The movie starts playing at the scene in which Simba, Pikachu, Scorbunny, Timon, and Pumbaa cross a log.] Au contraire, my porcine pals [Timon waggles the remote.] I've got the remote!

Pumbaa: But everyone's gonna get confused! [Pumbaa grabs a remote.] We gotta go back to the beginning of the story. [Pumbaa lifts and clicks his remote. The movie starts to rewind.]

Timon: Timon stands.] We're not in the beginning of the story! [Timon clicks his remote. The movie pauses on a frame of Rafiki holding up Simba. The movie starts to fast forward.]

Scorbunny: Yes, we were! The whole time. [Scorbunny clicks his remote. The movie pauses on a frame of Timon standing with his mouth open.]

Timon: Ah! [The movie starts to rewind slower.] Yeah, but they don't know that. [Timon clicks his remote. The movie pauses on a frame of Nala pinning Simba. The movie starts to rewind.]

Pumbaa: Then why don't we tell them our story? [Pumbaa clicks his remote. The movie pauses on a frame of the hyena trio cackling.]

Scorbunny Timon and Pumbaa[Scorbunny [Timon and Pumbaa leap into the air.] *screams* [Scorbunny Timon and Pumbaa hide on the floor. They emerge slowly.]

Timon: Timon and Pumbaa hide on the floor. They emerge slowly.]

Timon: Hey! I've got an idea. Why don't we tell 'em our story?

Pumbaa: [Pumbaa nods emphatically.] Oh! I like the sound of that.

Scorbunny Me too.

Timon: [Timon holds his chin thoughtfully.] A little backstage tour. Take 'em behind the scenes for a [Timon strokes his chin.] revealing and intimate look at the story within the story!

Pumbaa:'Cause what they don't know is how we really were there, even though they didn't know we were there, y'know?

Timon:Couldn't have said it better myself! [Timon clicks his remote. The movie starts to rewind.]

Scorbunny: So, does this mean we're going back to the beginning?

Timon: [Timon clicks the remote. The movie plays the opening "Circle of Life" chant, but continues to rewind.] Oh, no, Scorbunny [Timon gestures dramatically.] We're going way back...to before the beginning. [Timon lifts his hands dramatically.]