How does rafiki know simba is alive

Question : Was it the fall alone that killed Mufasa? Or was he trampled to death? Answer: It's not explained what exactly killed him, but probably a combination of both of those. Question : What kind of fruit was it with the juice inside which Rafiki cracks open at the beginning, and near the middle of the movie when he discovers that Simba is alive? Answer: It's suppose to be the fruit of the Baobab tree. Although there's no seeds in it when he cracks it open. Question : After Simba ran away and Scar took over the pride, why didn't the lionesses just leave?

At one point, Scar says that they are supposed to "do the hunting", so they have opportunities to go out and not return. Answer: Lions live in packs and are not loners except for males in the real wild , a single lioness would definitely starve. Scar was the next in line to lead the pack, so they stayed. Question : Why didn't Scar just kill Simba himself right after Mufasa died? Answer: That would have been a little too suspicious, if both Simba and Mufasa died in the same stampede and Scar, who's made no secret of his desire to rule, declared himself king.

It helped him solidify his claim to have Simba go into exile, seemingly renouncing his own right to Mufasa's throne, clearing the way for Scar, as Mufasa's brother, to take it for himself.

Making Simba the scapegoat for Mufasa's death didn't hurt, either. Answer: It would look too suspicious. Answer: Scar didn't tell them Simba killed his father and went into exile. He blamed the stampede for both deaths. Hence, when Simba returns Scar brings up Simba's role in Mufasa 's death. Question : I've heard that Hans Zimmer's score for this film is heavily inspired by Mozart, to the point where some call it a "rewrite".

Which one of Mozart's pieces is he alleged to have drawn inspiration from? Answer: Some bits of his score bear a small resemblance to a choral piece called "Ave Verum Corpus", but to suggest that it's a full-scale rip-off is a serious exaggeration. Question : I recently picked this film up on Blu-Ray, and I noticed a few small changes in the animation compared to the old VHS tape I had from the 90's. Most noticeable being that a few bits in "I Just Can't Wait to be King" seemed entirely re-animated When were these changes made?

And has Disney made other similar changes in the Blu-Ray releases for their other films? Answer: Where as he doesn't give exacts on when, but Nostalgia Critic actually pointed out some of these things in his recent review of the film. But he really only mentions that there are differences between the VHS and Blu-Ray editions of the film. My best guess is these changes were made for remastering it to look better on Blu-Ray. Question : Why did Matthew Broderick not sing as Simba?

Answer: It's possible that the songs written for the character simply didn't suit his singing voice. There was an additional song written for the film, to be sung by Mufasa called "To Be King" - this was eventually cut completely for a similar reason, namely that it didn't suit James Earl Jones ' very good singing voice. Continuity mistake : The whites of Simba's eyes change frequently through the movie, from yellow to white. They're yellow up until the scene where Pumbaa, Timon, and Simba are stargazing; after that they change back and forth frequently.

During the Mufasa -in-the-sky scene, when Simba asks, "How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be," they change from yellow to white and back within three frames. During this scene, Rafiki incessantly repeats the Swahili phrase " Asante Sana, squash banana, we we nugu, mi mi apana ," which roughly translates to "Thank you very much, squash banana, you are a baboon, and I am not.

Despite his age, he displayed his masterful combat abilities as a warrior in battle, by bashing one hyena in the head hard with his staff to save Simba, before effortlessly dispatching more in kung-fu like fashion. At the end of the film, he is then seen, where the Pride Lands, now reformed to its former glory has regrown and the Pride Lands having returned, he is seen presenting Simba and Nala 's newborn cub , reminiscing of the opening of the film. Rafiki returns for the sequel, with Robert Guillaume reprising his role.

In this film, Rafiki is shown to be more intertwined in the politics of the Pride Lands, while remaining a shaman and wise figure, having the ability to speak with the spirit of Mufasa. Much like the original film, he presents the cub, leading to cheers from the Animals. When Timon and Pumbaa talked about the "little guy", an amused Rafiki reveals that it is a girl. Years later, while making a painting of Kiara, now as a young adult, the spirit of Mufasa tells Rafiki that Kiara and Kovu , a lion raised by a loyal follower of Scar , Zira who believes Kovu should be king as he was chosen by Scar should fall in love to break the feud, with Rafiki reluctantly agreeing, confused on the king's decision.

He is also seen attending Kiara's first hunt's ceremony, seeming happily pleased, with Kiara hoping that Simba would trust her on going alone, which he does not, sending Timon and Pumbaa.

After Kiara is saved by Kovu in a wildfire, and when Simba is reluctant to have Kovu join his pride, Rafiki tells Simba that Kovu saved Kiara's life, with Simba accepting Kovu, though with hostility. As Kiara and Kovu grow closer, Rafiki them leads them and teaches about "Upendi" which is love in Swahili , leading them to love.

Later on, when Kovu is exiled by Simba for being supposedly involved in an ambush on him by Zira and her pride the Outsiders , Rafiki is shown to be deeply saddened by the King's arrogant decision. After the battle against Zira, where the Outsiders sans Zira, who dies after an attempt to kill Simba failed join the Pridelanders, Rafiki is present at the wedding of Kiara and Kovu, wedding them.

As Mufasa speaks with Simba, Rafiki feels it, smiling on. He is referred to by Timon simply as "The Monkey", his name only being shown in the credits of the film. He is first seen briefly after Timon leaves his meerkat colony in search of a better life away from predators and free of tunnel digging. After explaining this to Rafiki, the mandrill openly realizes Timon seeks "Hakuna Matata," meaning "No worries," and thus introduces him to the problem-free philosophy.

Rafiki then explains that, in order to find Hakuna Matata, one must look beyond what they see, setting Timon's journey in motion. Later on, Rafiki is seen speaking with Timon's Ma about his meeting with her son. Thinking Rafiki sent Timon out to find a life nonexistent, resulting in him finding danger instead, Ma scolds the mandrill and heads out to find Timon with Uncle Max.

Years later, Rafiki is seen visiting Timon at the latter's jungle oasis, where he somewhat enlightens Timon on what it is to be a true friend and the true power of Hakuna Matata. During the film's finale, Rafiki is lastly seen attending the theater viewing of the film, alongside the other characters from the film, as well as a large amount of Disney characters. His shamanism is expanded throughout the show. In " Good Mousekeeping ", it is shown that Rafiki can grant wishes or as he calls them, "Rafiki Wishes", with his policy being only one wish per animal and can also take back wishes as well.

In " Beauty and the Wildebeest ", Rafiki helps an ugly wildebeest named Herman impress a young gazelle. In " Rafiki's Apprentice ", Rafiki is shown to have a nephew named Nefu and his walking stick is shown to have magical powers.

It is also revealed that Rafiki got his stick from his grandfather when he was young. He explains to his nephew that the gourds on his stick are the key to his mystical abilities. In the Timon and Pumbaa-centric episodes, Rafiki acts as a therapist during times of stress within' their friendship.

Rafiki is a recurring guest in House of Mouse. His most memorable scene was in " The Stolen Cartoons ", where Timon yelled that there was a fly in Pumbaa's soup and that he wanted one as well. Timon then asks what is in Simba's soup and he replies that it is Rafiki, who is bathing in his soup. He was given his own advertisement at the end of " King Larry Swings In ", which promoted Rafiki's Royal Treatment—a service in which Rafiki could be hired to partake in special events like birthdays, tea parties, holidays, and puppet shows.

In " Jiminy Cricket ", the camera panned to Rafiki, sitting alongside King Triton , Merlin , and Grandmother Willow , when Jiminy advised the audience to always respect their elders.

In " Everybody Loves Mickey ", Timon laughs at Mortimer Mouse 's jab at Rafiki's age, to which the latter responds by knocking Timon on the head with his stick.

Rafiki also made several cameo appearances in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse during crowd shots and the finale song. Though Simba is against the idea, feeling Kion is not ready, Rafiki along with Nala is an avid supporter, believing it to be fate.

The mandrill is able to quickly convince Simba to go along with informing his son of his destiny, and in order to do so, he and Rafiki take the young cub to a hidden area of Pride Rock, where paintings on the stone walls tell the story of the previous Lion Guard, which was led by Scar who destroyed his guard after they refused to help him overthrow Mufasa.

Rafiki is seen again during the climax, where Simba, Nala, and Rafiki are able to witness a Kion-led Lion Guard successfully defending the land from a hyena invasion.

With this, Kion has proven himself to be worthy of the responsibility, though Rafiki is unsurprised. He then takes it upon himself to solve all problems within the Pride Lands, but to bizarre results. And about the Aladdin thing, all we are shown that Jafar sees Aladdin and a disguised Jasmine walk up into his room through his crystall ball.

I just conclude Jafar's crystal ball just did have a direct location on Aladdin and Jasmine's whereabouts. But I'm still skeptical about how Rafiki actually knew where Simba was.

The only logical explanation I can think of right now to something like this, would have to be that Rafiki would've already known about the jungle. However, based on what TLK 3 shows, he may very well have already known about it, since he came back to help Timon there.

Then again in TLK 1, on this scene of Rafiki finding out about Simba, we may have also been lead to assume that he already knew about Simba's whereabouts, just from when he says, " It is time!

Last edited by Timon the great on Sun Feb 10, am, edited 2 times in total. After all, as the shaman, Rafiki is the closes thing to a scientist that the Pride Lands have, and I don't really think that he won't know a lot despite not having equipment or technology.

After all, it wasn't just Simba's scent that Rafiki got, but also bits of the ground that Simba tore up as he slid himself down on that rock as he breathed out. So what Rafiki found was Simba's scent on some plant matter that can only come from the jungle jungle flora is very noticeably different to savanna flora. Eudardo Aguade Pundit. What language does Rafiki speak?

Not only does Rafiki speak Xhosa a Nguni Bantu language and one of the official languages of South Africa in the film, adding to the cultural authenticity, but there is an inherent relatability to the character that took Kani back to his time growing up in South Africa. Hammed Adsuara Pundit. How did scar get scar? Before they can do so, King Ahadi, father of Taka and Mufasa, appears with a large herd of animals that surrounds the Buffaloes.

It was during this attack that Taka got a scar on his eye, and renamed himself " Scar ", as a reminder of his mistake, explaining his cruel name. Ila Ingenhutt Teacher. What animal is Timon? Portal Littman Supporter. Rafiki - It Is Time! Mubarak Schellhase Supporter. What role does Rafiki play in The Lion King? Rafiki is a baboon in The Lion King who serves as a sort of shaman to the royals of pride rock.

He performs shamanistic ceremonies for and on the Lions.