Lion King Flash Game
Riitta Palazzo
More than 100 million people around the world have experienced the phenomenon of Disney's THE LION KING, and now you can, too, when the Triangle's best-loved musical returns to DPAC. Winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, this landmark musical event brings together one of the most imaginative creative teams on Broadway. Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor brings to life a story filled with hope and adventure set against an amazing backdrop of stunning visuals. THE LION KING also features some of Broadway's most recognizable music, crafted by Tony Award-winning artists Elton John and Tim Rice. There is simply nothing else like THE LION KING.
Disney's The Lion King is recommended for a general audience. As an advisory to adults who might bring young people, Disney recommends its productions for ages 6 and up. All persons entering the theater, regardless of age, must have a ticket.
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Ono flies in and tells the rest of the Lion Guard that the zebras and gazelles are fighting. The Lion Guard goes to check things out. They find the zebra herd lead by Muhimu and the gazelle herd lead by Swala and they are indeed fighting. The Guard goes down to check it out and, after Muhimu sits on Bunga, learn they are fighting over the grass. Kion tries to tell them there's plenty of grass only for Ono to inform him that most of the grass is gone. Kion offers to help them find new grazing grounds and goes to ask his father where he can find both herds new grazing grounds. Simba tells his son he can find such grounds in Mbali Fields and tasks the Lion Guard with escorting the two herds there.
The Lion Guard arrive to escort the herds and, after Ono finds a route, they move out. When the fields are in sight, Kion informs the herds that they are almost there. This proves to be a mistake, because this makes the impatient zebras rush down the path with the equally impatient gazelles following suit. The stampede causes an avalanche that closes off the path. Ono finds another path but it goes into the Outlands. This generates complaints from the herds toward Kion, despite the fact that the avalanche was their fault. Things get worse when a flash flood starts and the Guard has to rescue them. This leads to more complaints, blaming Kion for leading them in the low-ground during a rainstorm despite no-one could predict a flash-flood, and the lion cub, feeling discouraged, leaves everyone alone to think.
The spirit of Mufasa appears before Kion and tells his grandson to not let their lack of faith affect his, because they will trust him if he trusts himself. Mufasa also tells his grandson that all he needs is confidence, which comes from within him, and not from what others think of him. Kion goes back and resumes the trip. On the way, Muhimu feels some pains and reveals that she's having a baby. Kion orders Fuli, Beshte, and Ono to escort the large majority of the herds to the new grazing ground. Afterwards, Muhimu has her baby, Hamu, and Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu attack but get fought off, with the baby contributing to their defeat. Afterwards, the rest of the herds get escorted to their new grazing grounds.
The Battle for the Ndona Pride is the final confrontation between the rightful king of the Ndona Pride, Simba, and the rogue lion, Scar, who had killed the previous king, Mufasa, and taken his place as king, as well as their respective armies. This event was supposed to be shown in The Lion King when it was initially titled King of the Jungle.
When Simba returns home, he is shocked by the emptiness of his homeland and organizes a strategy plan to take it back. Meanwhile, Scar is told by Banagi and Baasho that Nala is responsible for rebelling against Scar. With an angry outburst, the lionesses protect Nala, and when Scar breaks through their resistance, Nala flees into the marshy borderland where she finds Simba. Simba asks Nala about Scar's weaknesses, and she replies that Scar is fearful of lightning. Along with Nala, Herr Rhino, Daabi (with her cousin aardvarks), and Kwashi (with the baboons), Simba plans to take back the Pride Lands. Simba orders the aardvarks to dig a tunnel with an entrance through which Scar can pass but with an exit through which only a lion as small as Nala can pass. Kwashi and the baboons collect rocks and hand them fire-brigade fashion into the trees over the tunnel, because they have to bury the tunnel once Scar is inside. Simba commands Herr Rhino to lie down in the grass and pretend to be a rock, so he can suddenly attack enemies if a problem occurs. Zazu is a little unsure that the rhinoceros will be fast enough, but Simba has confidence in Herr Rhino.
At night, during a rainstorm, Nala clambers up to Pride Rock. At that moment, lightning flashes, and Scar notices her in the flash of light. Nala starts to run, and Scar rushes after her. Banagi tries to explain that it could be a trap, but Scar ignores him and runs into the woods behind Nala. Nala and Scar pass below the baboons' positions, where a baby baboon clunks Scar in the head with a rock, which interferes with Scar's attention long enough for Nala to hide herself in the dense woods. When Scar finally notices Nala, she jumps into the tunnel. Thunder booms, and Scar, frightened, plunges into the hole, too. He thinks he's won, but Nala manages to escape through the
exit, and Scar can't follow her, because he's too large. Aardvarks starts to fill the tunnel in, burying Scar alive. Baboons start to pelt Banagi's clan (which tries to help their king) with stones. Nala informs the lionesses that Simba has returned.
Suddenly, the earth explodes, and Scar springs up from the tunnel. Simba stands up to him and quotes the words that Zazu had said to Scar when he first appeared: that this land belongs to his pride, and he will protect it. He then leaps on Scar, sinking in claws and fangs, but the experienced Scar manages to bring him down. Simba yanks himself up and runs away through the trees, but Scar follows him. He hears a chattering sound, swipes back a bush, and reveals Rina and Rada, who have been making chattering sounds to confuse him. Scar roars, but Simba dives down from the branch above, sinking his teeth into his foe's spine and knocking him to the ground. Scar smashes the young lion against the tree trunk.
The two lions roll into a fury, unhinged, claws flying. Simba rolls out before Scar can get on top, then leaps at him again. He runs to the riverbank, where Herr Rhino should be waiting. Simba gives him a signal, but in horror, realizes that it is not Herr Rhino, but a mere rock. Scar jumps from the shadows at Simba, and they again roll into the water. Lightning flashes and scares Scar, allowing Simba to run under a big tree and clamber up to one branch. It starts to give way under his weight. Scar runs up to the tree as the branch cracks. Simba jumps off the branch, which falls on Scar and kills him.
The rain ends. Zazu and Herr Rhino appear and say that they are ready for the battle with Scar, not knowing that he is already dead. Simba comes back to his pride, and Kwashi says that he wishes Mufasa could see his son's victory. However, Simba looks at the sun appearing from behind the clouds and says that he thinks Mufasa did see it. Sarabi and the lionesses bring a defeated Banagi and Baasho to their new king, asking what to do with them. Simba tries to scare the hyenas, asking the lionesses if they are hungry, but then exiles the manipulating hyenas to the desert.
The intention for the design aesthetic for our production of The Lion King, Junior was to do a (mostly) non-masked production that looked very different than the iconic Julie Taymor designs, but still retained some of the scale and magic of the original production, but on a much more modest school budget. I did not want it to look like a cheesy replica of the original, which it would have if we had tried to replicate the designs. Most schools do not have the time or budgets to create the level of detail and craftsmanship you would see in a Disney production. We scaled the sets and costumes way back and focused on the essence of the story and characters which proved to be a really smart decision and resulted in a production everyone was really proud of.
The Lionesses
The Lionesses in our production were played by the gymnastics team and we needed costumes they could easily move in. In Circle of Life they entered running through the audience and we used spring boards on the floor so they could vault onto the stage with cartwheels, dives and more. I found these amazing gold lame jumpsuits on Amazon and at around $20 each they were a budget friendly, striking costuming solution. The students thought they were super comfortable and easy to move in. They have adjustable straps and elastic at the waist and ankles which made them easier to work with when doing back handsprings. We went with a warrior style single dutch braid in the back and put gold cord through their hair to add some drama. As flash tattoos were the big thing last spring/summer we used them to add some sparkle, toughness, and individuality to our lionesses. As for makeup, it was an exaggerated cat eye in black, gold and white, gold highlight and gold lipstick to finish off this classy but fierce look.