02x14 - The Golden Zebra

[bunniefuu]

The Lion Guard.

The morning report.

Did you try pulling?

Of course I tried pulling!

Everyone?

We've got an impatient
antelope herd back here.

Seems they won't go
anywhere without Bupu.

Of course not. I
am their leader.

Good thing he didn't lead
the whole herd into that tree.

Wait. Instead of pulling
Bupu out of the tree,

why don't we just break
off the branch that's stuck?

So I'll be walking around with
a branch stuck to my horns?

At least you'll be
walking around.

Yeah. So you can lead your
herd, like you're supposed to.

Not to mention, it'll look great.
Maybe I'll start wearing a branch.

Why don't you just see if you
can break off a piece, Bunga?

You got it, Kion.

Zuka zama!

Careful! Quit shaking my branch!

A talking tree?

Can't a bird feather
his nest in peace?

Oh. Just a bird.

Hey, nyuni! You live here now?

Yes. I like to try staying in
different parts of the Savannah.

And this was a
great place to live.

Until someone waving
around his giant horns.

Bupu, I think he means you.

Nyuni, would you mind if
you had to find a new nest?

Why should I have to move just
because this big ox came along and...?

I am not an ox!

Or maybe he's not
talking about you!

Oh, I'm talking
about him all right.

What is all this
commotion about?

- Oh, hey, Zazu.
- Kion.

Hmm. An antelope
stuck in a tree.

Oh, this will most definitely be
included in my morning report.

To the king? Does he
need to find out about this?

Does everyone?

It is my sworn duty to
keep the king informed

of all the goings-on
in the pride lands.

No matter how
bizarre they may be.

Wait.

I think I know how
you can both be happy.

Oh, I don't know about this.

At least now you can
lead your herd again.

And you get to see even
more of the pride lands this way.

Yeah! Let's go, Bupu!

Let's go, antelopes.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Easy!

- Hmm. Very original solution, Kion.
- Thanks, Zazu.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I must see what else is
transpiring in the pride lands.

Not that I imagine
anything will top this.

Bupu, in the future, do try
to avoid running into trees.

Thank you, Zazu.

Heh, Zazu sure likes getting
into everybody's business.

It's his job, Fuli.

He looks out for all the animals
in the pride lands, even us.

Remember that time he was after
you to slow down when we were little?

Huh, which time?

The time Bunga and I
ran into the crocodiles...

Zuka zama!

There you are!

Kion, didn't your father
tell you to stay put?

Aw, Zazu!

Me and Bunga are
on an adventure!

Coming through! Huwezi!

Now, see here, young
cheetah. You need to slow down!

Slow down. Got it. Huwezi!

That's not slowing down.

Fuli! Fuli!

And as for you two...

Kion? Bunga!

Oh, dear! Where
have you gotten to?

- Adventure, here we come!
- Yeah!

Crocodiles!

Crocodiles? Big deal.
They can't stop us.

Zuka zama!

Bunga? Wait for me.

All right, croc-iddy
crocs! Out of the way!

What's this?

Looks like a snack.

Careful, crocodiles.

You don't want to mess with us.

Who do these little
ones think they are?

I'm Bunga! He's Kion!

And you crocs are in our way!

Little cubs. This is
crocodile territory.

You should leave. Now!

Unless you mean to challenge me.

Oh, yeah! That's right!

You bet your bumps
I'm gonna challenge you!

What does "challenge" mean?

Hey! If you're messing with
Bunga, you're messing with me!

Oh, good.

Two tasty snacks
at the same time.

- Yeah. Yummy!
- Enough!

- Zazu?
- I expect it's merely an oversight

on your part, pua.

But surely you did not
intend for Makuu to eat...

The son of the king?

This is the son of the king?

Him. Not me.

I hardly think the
king would be pleased

if your crocs gobbled
him up for no reason.

"No reason"?

These two came to our
watering hole and challenged us.

We have every right to eat them.

Makuu is right, Zazu.

King Simba knows
and respects our ways.

Zazu?

Very well, pua.

I, too, respect the
crocodile ways.

But, as Kion's well-being
is my responsibility...

- I offer myself in his place.
- Huh?

Un-Bunga-lievable!

Though I am but a humble
adviser to king Simba,

I expect I will satisfy even the
most discriminating of palates.

Simba is a good and fair king.

I would not want to anger
him by eating his son.

Or his royal adviser.

Especially one who displays
the bravery of a crocodile.

You three are all free to go.

Fine. I wasn't that
hungry anyway.

Kion, you and your friends should
not come here uninvited again.

Uh... yes, sir!

Come you two. Quickly.

Back to pride rock before
pua changes his mind.

Huh. I forgot all about that.

Zazu jumped into Makuu's
mouth to save you?

That's brave.

He had to rescue you.
You're the king's son.

Fuli, he was in Makuu's mouth.

Not everyone can be that brave.

I'll say. And I know
all about being brave.

Sure sounds like bravery to me.

Maybe.

Keep an eye out for Zazu.

- Who-zu?
- The bird. Right there.

All appears to be in order here.

Pathway clear,
shrubs not too pointy.

- That's the bird scar wants us to grab?
- Yeah.

- But why did he want us to grab him?
- Who cares?

When scar tells me
to do something, I do it.

Just like when I tell you
to do something, you do it.

Just grab the bird!

What is the meaning of this?

Hyenas. I should have known.

What do you think you're
doing in the pride lands?

Actually, we're
leaving the pride lands.

And you're coming with us.

What? I most certainly am not!

Grab him and let's get moving.

Unmouth me, you brute!

Do you have any idea who I am?

Ooh, ooh! I know! I
know! You're Zazu.

Yeah, and now that we've all
been properly intro-ducted, let's go.

Ugh, you'll pay for this.

I am adviser to the king.

This is definitely making
my morning report.

Zazu missed the
morning report? Zazu?

Hmm, that doesn't
sound like him.

It's never happened before.

- We just saw him a little while ago.
- Maybe he's just late?

No. It's not like him to
be late. For anything.

Especially the morning report.

If he's not here, then I'm afraid
something could be wrong.

Don't worry, dad.

We'll find him and
make sure he's okay.

And I know just where to start.

No. I haven't seen that
busybody bird since this morning.

Perhaps, he's out
embarrassing some other animal

who found himself in
an unfortunate situation.

How about you, nyuni?
Seen anything from up there?

Nope, but I'll keep an eye out.

Hey, Bupu.

Looks like one of the
little ones is wandering off.

Again? Good catch,
nyuni. I'll take care of it.

The two of them are
getting along now?

Of course we're getting along.
I'm very easy to get along with.

Ah, right. Of course.

Ono, scan the skies.

Fuli, see if you can
track him by scent.

- Affirmative.
- On it, Kion.

And I'll make sure he
knows we're looking for him.

Zazu! We're looking for you!

If Zazu doesn't hear that,
we'll know he's in trouble.

I fail to see what's so funny?

Really?

It's funny because you can't
fly while you're trapped in there.

Get it?

- Maybe he had to be there.
- But he is here, heh-heh.

Yeah, and he ain't
going nowhere.

Yes. So now that you've
trapped me so cleverly,

what, pray tell, is the rest
of your ingenious plan?

You ain't gonna believe
this, but we don't know.

Yeah, we sure don't.

We're waiting for Janja
to come back and tell us.

Of course you are.

Ugh.

This wrongful imprisonment
will not go unanswered.

- Maybe we should just eat him.
- You think?

Oh, you're thinking now?

So what would Janja think

if he returned to find
that you've eaten me?

- Oh, yeah.
- He's right. We gotta wait for Janja.

Thanks, Zazu.

Honestly, your plan would
utterly fall apart if it weren't for me.

We got the bird,
scar. So now what?

Now, you get Zazu to tell
you everything he knows.

And you listen.

We went to all that trouble

just to listen to that
annoying, little bird?

That annoying, little bird
is the king's royal adviser.

He knows Simba's strengths,
his weaknesses, who his allies are.

In short, Zazu is keeper of all
the secrets of the pride lands.

Oh, and if he tells us,

then we know all the
secrets of the pride lands.

And armed with that knowledge,

taking over the pride lands
will be a simple matter.

Even for you.

Yeah, even for me.

Hyenas would
rule the pride lands.

Yes.

But there's no time to waste.

Zazu is very important
to the royal family.

No doubt, Kion and his lion
guard are already looking for him.

Oh, I'll get him
to talk, all right.

It'll be easy.

He hasn't shut that hornbill
of his since we found him.

What have we here?

Those look like Zazu's feathers.

Everyone! Everyone! Over here.

- That's Zazu, all right.
- There's more over here.

- What do you think happened?
- Nothing good, that's for sure.

I don't know. Zazu's pretty old.

Maybe his
feathers just fell out.

- I don't think so, Bunga.
- Definitely not.

And I bet it has something
to do with these hyena tracks.

The hyenas must have taken Zazu.

The hyenas?

What do they want
with that poor, old bird?

I'm not waiting to find out.

Follow me.

So why should I let you go?

Because it's the
smart thing to do.

- And you're the smart one.
- Huh?

Chungu, I'll address this to you
since obviously you are the smart one.

That's what I always thought.

I just didn't think of it till
now. When you said it.

Hear that, Cheezi?

The smart bird says
I'm the smart one.

Yeah! That makes sense.

But isn't Janja the smart one?

Actually, I believe that
you both are the smart ones.

Yeah, right!

We is the smart ones!

Indeed!

And the smart thing to do is to
let me go and tell Janja I escaped.

Ooh, that is smart!

Yeah!

If we're smart, we gotta
do what the smart bird says!

- Oh, no, you don't!
- Oh, dear.

Yeah, nice try, bird-brain.

Hah! "Bird brain."

Is that like a fur-brain?

- See what I have to deal with?
- I'm beginning to.

Now, you're gonna tell us
everything you know, bird.

So start spilling some
royal secrets and fast.

Please. The three
of you don't scare me.

Oh. That is a lot of hyenas.

Fine. Here is
what I have to say.

If anyone can hear me,
I'm trapped in the outlands!

We already know that.

Yeah. We're right here.
You don't have to shout.

Ugh! We ain't got time for this!

Oh, I'm sorry, were you in
a hurry? I'll make this quick.

I'm near the hyena's volcano!

Enough screaming!

Unless you'd like me to give
you something to scream about.

Especially seeing as how you're
starting to get me a little steamed.

Hmm? Oh, what now?

No! No, no! No!

All right! I'll talk! I'll talk!

See boys? Sometimes all
it takes is a little motivation.

I'm listening.

♪ Don't tell anyone
that I told you ♪

♪ but the king once
wore leaves for a mane ♪

♪ and yes, there are
times I have seen him ♪

♪ standing out on
pride rock in the rain ♪

Tell us more, bird-brain.

♪ Okay, the king likes
his bath to be peaceful ♪

♪ surrounded by
flowers and trees ♪

♪ the king likes to sleep
through the morning ♪

♪ at nighttime, he'll
do as he please ♪

- Is that all you got?
- Oh!

♪ No need for steam
I'll tell you much more ♪

♪ in fact, we might
be here all day ♪

♪ take it from me when
it comes to the king ♪

♪ I do have a
great deal to say ♪

Well, say it already.

♪ When Simba
greets a procession ♪

♪ he'll greet from
his left to his right ♪

♪ and when he is
out all day hunting ♪

♪ uh, it means he
won't hunt in the night ♪

That makes sense.

- Give us the good stuff, bird.
- Oh!

♪ No need for steam
I'll tell you much more ♪

♪ in fact, we might
be here all day ♪

♪ take it from me when
it comes to the king ♪

♪ I do have a
great deal to say ♪

♪ there's much
more that I know ♪

♪ from now and long ago ♪

Zazu!

Sounds like it's coming
from the volcano.

Sounds like he's flat.

♪ In fact, we might
be here all day ♪

♪ take it from me when
it comes to the king ♪

♪ I do have a
great deal to say ♪

♪ take it from me when
it comes to the king ♪

♪ I do have a
great deal to say ♪

Wait a second. You didn't
tell us anything important!

I most certainly did.
You just weren't listening.

Hmm, what is that
delectable smell?

It's me!

Steamed birdy sure
smells delicious.

Let him steam!

I'll talk! I'll talk!

Too late, birdy!

Since nothing good's
coming out of your mouth,

something tasty's
going into ours.

- Yeah.
- Janja! Let Zazu go!

Oh!

- Think he wants to eat the bird too?
- Maybe.

Till the pride land's end...

Lion Guard defend!

Hey, hyenas.

Zuka zama!

So you came to rescue
the royal advisor to the king.

No, I came to rescue my friend!

Ouch.

A-ha!

That's definitely going
into my morning report.

Missed me. Try again.

Um, okay.

Ooh! Ooh! Hot! Hot!

Nice going, Ono.

Oh, no!

They have Fuli
backed up to the ledge.

Fuli! Fuli!

Ugh. A little busy here, Zazu.

Very well. Up to me.

You sure you want to take me on?

- I'm coming, Fuli!
- Zazu?

Whoa! Thanks, Zazu!

Just doing what has to be done.

Zazu?

- Oh, no!
- Zazu!

This better work.

Gracious.

Zazu? You okay?

Indeed. Thanks to you!

Bird's free. Let's
get out of here!

That bird sure
told us a lot, Janja!

Yeah, he sure did!

But he didn't tell us
anything useful, fur-brains.

He didn't? Phew.

Good, because I
already forgot it all.

Ooh, wait! I remember
where Simba takes his bath!

Oh.

Come on, Zazu. Let's
get you back to pride rock.

Yes. You took the words
right out of my beak.

And so, for today's
morning report...

The "morning"
report? Really, Zazu?

Yes.

I've never given a
late morning report.

Not your fault, Zazu.

It was the hyenas.

Yeah! But you should've
seen Zazu in action!

Yeah. You took out
two hyenas to save me.

Not everyone can be
that brave. I owe you one.

Oh, thank you, Fuli.

Though I wouldn't be here
if you all hadn't rescued me.

In fact, I owe all of you one.

Not me. We're even.

Maybe you forgot that you saved me
from the crocs when I was a little cub.

But I never did.

Ah, yes. That was
a close one indeed.

But enough reminiscing and
on with the morning report!

Oh, by all means,
before it's morning again.

Well, it all began this morning,

after observing Kion's
clever solution for Bupu.

Oh, the sight of an antelope
stuck in a tree is quite amusing, sire.

Uh, I then continued my inspection
of the path through the grasslands,

where I encountered the hyenas.

Of course we know how
that turned out, don't we?

♪ Look out here
comes the Lion Guard ♪