This eventually leads to them fighting over the remote control, until Timon eventually gets the idea of telling the story of how both of them met and how they learned about Hakuna Matata. In a dark theater (a parody of Mystery Science Theater 3000) Timon and Pumbaa watch the original film until Timon decides to fast-forward to the scene where they first appear, but Pumbaa then tries to rewind it to the beginning. The plot of the movie seems to be inspired by Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a tragicomedy that tells the story of Hamlet from the point of view of two minor characters. A majority of the original voice cast from the first film returns to reprise their roles, including Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella as the voices of Timon and Pumbaa, respectively.

The third and final installment released in the original Lion King trilogy, it is based on The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa and serves as an origin story for the meerkat/warthog duo Timon and Pumbaa while the film is also set within the events of The Lion King.

The Lion King 1½ is a 2004 American animated direct-to-video musical comedy film produced by the Australian branch of Disneytoon Studios and released direct to video on February 10, 2004.

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