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Matthew Broderick in The Lion King (1994)

Ernie Sabella: Pumbaa

The Lion King

Ernie Sabella credited as playing...

Pumbaa

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  • Pumbaa: Timon?
  • Timon: Yeah?
  • Pumbaa: Ever wonder what those sparkly dots are up there?
  • Timon: Pumbaa, I don't wonder, I know.
  • Pumbaa: Oh. What are they?
  • Timon: They're fireflies. Fireflies that got stuck up on that big bluish-black thing.
  • Pumbaa: Oh, gee. I always thought they were balls of gas burning billions of miles away.
  • Timon: Pumbaa, with you, everything's gas.
  • Young Simba: Hakuna Matata?
  • Pumbaa: Yeah. It's our motto.
  • Timon: What's a motto?
  • Timon: Nothing. What's a motto with you?
  • [laughs]
  • Timon: Gee, he looks blue.
  • Pumbaa: I'd say brownish-gold.
  • Timon: No, no, no. I mean he's depressed.
  • Pumbaa: Oh.
  • [Timon and Zazu are cornered by hyenas]
  • Timon: Please don't eat me.
  • Pumbaa: Drop 'em!
  • Banzai: Hey, who's the pig?
  • Pumbaa: Are you talkin' to me?
  • Timon: Uh-oh. He called him a pig.
  • Pumbaa: Are you talkin' to me?
  • Timon: Shouldn't have done that.
  • Pumbaa: Are you talkin' to me?
  • Timon: Now they're in for it.
  • Pumbaa: They call me Mr. Pig!
  • [screams as he charges towards the hyenas]
  • Adult Simba: Man, I'm stuffed.
  • Pumbaa: Me, too. I ate like a pig.
  • Adult Simba: Pumbaa, you *are* a pig.
  • Pumbaa: [to Young Simba] You know, kid, in times like this my buddy Timon here says: you got to put your behind in your past.
  • Timon: No, no, no. Amateur. Lie down before you hurt yourself. It's "You got to put your past behind you."
  • Pumbaa: [singing] And I got down-hearted.
  • Timon: How did you feel?
  • Pumbaa: Every time that I...
  • Timon: [clapping Pumbaa's mouth shut] Hey, Pumbaa, not in front of the kids.
  • Pumbaa: [Faces the camera] Oh. Sorry.
  • Pumbaa: Kid, what's eatin' ya?
  • Timon: Nothing, he's at the top of the food chain!
  • [laughs]
  • Timon: The food chain!
  • [chuckles nervously]
  • Timon: [singing and dancing the hula] Luau! / If you're hungry for a hunk of fat or juicy meat / Eat my buddy Pumbaa here, / 'Cause he is a treat / Come on down and dine / On this tasty swine/ All you hafta do is get in line. / Ahhhh ya achin'...?
  • Pumbaa: Yup, yup, yup!
  • Timon: Forrrr some bacon?
  • Pumbaa: Yup, yup, yup!
  • Timon: Heeee's a big pig!
  • Pumbaa: Yup, yup!
  • Timon: You can be a big pig, too. Oy!
  • Adult Simba: Well...
  • Timon: Yeah?
  • Adult Simba: Somebody once told me that the great kings of the past are up there watching over us.
  • Pumbaa: Really?
  • Timon: You mean a bunch of royal dead guys are watching us?
  • [he and Pumbaa started laughing]
  • Timon: Who told you something like that?
  • Adult Simba: Yeah, yeah.
  • Timon: What mook made that up?
  • Adult Simba: Yeah. Pretty dumb, huh?
  • Timon: You're killing me.
  • Pumbaa: [through a mouthful of grub and worms; to Simba] You'll learn to love 'em.
  • Pumbaa: King? Your Majesty. I gravel at your feet.
  • [starts kissing Simba's feet]
  • Adult Simba: Stop it.
  • Timon: It's not gravel, it's grovel.
  • Pumbaa: So we're keeping him?
  • Timon: Of course. Who's the brains in this outfit?
  • Pumbaa: Uh...
  • Timon: My point exactly. Jeez, I'm fried. Let's get out of here and find some shade.
  • Timon: Jeez, it's a lion! Run, Pumbaa, move it!
  • Pumbaa: Hey, Timon, it's just a little lion. Look at him. He's so cute and all alone. Can we keep him?
  • Timon: Pumbaa, are you nuts? We're talking about a lion. Lions eat guys like us.
  • Pumbaa: But he's so little.
  • Timon: He's going to get bigger.
  • Pumbaa: Maybe he'll be on our side.
  • Timon: That's the stupidest thing I ever heard. Maybe he'll... Hey, I got it. What if he's on our side? You know, having a lion around might not be such a bad idea.
  • Nala: Have you guys seen Simba?
  • Timon: I thought he was with you.
  • Nala: He was, but now I can't find him. Where is he?
  • [Rafiki laughs. He's sitting in a tree above them]
  • Rafiki: [Chuckles] You won't find him here! The king has returned.
  • Nala: I can't believe it. He's gone back!
  • Timon: Gone back? What do you mean?
  • [He looks to the tree. Rafiki has disappeared]
  • Timon: Hey, what's goin' on here? Who's the monkey?
  • Nala: Simba's gone back to challenge Scar.
  • Timon: Who?
  • Nala: Scar.
  • Pumbaa: Who's got a scar?
  • Nala: No, no, no, it's his uncle.
  • Timon: The monkey's his uncle?
  • Nala: No! Simba's gone back to challenge his uncle to take his place as king.
  • Timon, Pumbaa: Oh.
  • [singing]
  • Timon: And if he falls in love tonight / It can be assumed
  • Pumbaa: His carefree days / With us are history.
  • Timon, Pumbaa: In short, our pal / Is doomed
  • [Timon and Pumbaa both start crying]
  • [Watching Simba and Nala]
  • Timon: I tell ya, Pumbaa, this stinks!
  • Pumbaa: Oh, sorry.
  • Timon: Not you, THEM! Him... Her... alone.
  • Timon: [singing] I can see what's happening.
  • Pumbaa: What?
  • Timon: [singing] And they don't have a clue.
  • Pumbaa: Who?
  • Timon: [singing] They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line: / Our trio's down to two.
  • Pumbaa: Oh.
  • Timon: [singing]
  • [sarcastic, with French accent]
  • Timon: The sweet caress of twilight.
  • [normal voice, but still sarcastic]
  • Timon: There's magic everywhere. / And with all this romantic atmosphere, / Disaster's in the aiiiiiiir!
  • Adult Simba: Timon, this is Nala. She's my best friend.
  • Timon: Friend?
  • Adult Simba: Yeah. Hey, Pumbaa, come over here.
  • Pumbaa: Huh?
  • Adult Simba: Nala, this is Pumbaa. Pumbaa, Nala.
  • Pumbaa: Please to make your acquaintance.
  • Nala: The pleasure is all mine.
  • Timon: How do you do?
  • Timon: You okay, kid?
  • Young Simba: I guess so.
  • Pumbaa: You nearly died.
  • Timon: I saved you.
  • [Pumbaa snorts]
  • Timon: Well, Pumbaa helped. A little.

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