(CHANTING IN A WHISPER)
(AFRICAN SINGING)
KHUMBA: This is my home,
the great Karoo desert.
Nope, that's not me.
I'm not even born yet.
See that way over there?
That's a fence
in the middle of nowhere.
Surviving in these parts
isn't easy.
You need to be tough
and flexible.
Adapt or die.
That's why we built
this enclosure.
It keeps us in and them out.
Them being everyone
who isn't us.
This is the only waterhole
for miles and miles,
and it's all ours.
Yep, zebras only.
Until I came along
and changed everything.
(ZEBRAS YELLING)
I got it.
I got it!
I got it!
(GRUNTS)
I don't got it.
All that and you still miss?
(ZEBRAS SHOUTING ENCOURAGEMENT)
Nice footwork out there!
It's time.
(PANTING)
It's happening-
it's happening!
Where's Seko?
Watch out.
Here he comes!
(SHOUTING)
Score!
Keeps my stripes.
That Themba is a stallion.
My brother is just
a big dumb jock.
I know.
Are there no stallions
in my future?
Oh, wait.
Here comes Mr. Right.
Right now.
Hey, Nigel.
Suki thinks you're hot.
Well, I've been running.
Mmmmm...
Um...
NIGEL: It's happening.
Come on.
Seko.
It's Lungisa.
She's ready She's ready to...
(GRUNTING)
Seko, come quick.
It's time.
Aw.
SEKO: That's my boy.
(KHUMBA SNEEZES)
That's my boy.
He's a cute little fellow.
(BABY GURGLING)
(HERD ALL GASP)
That's not right.
- What?
- No stripes?
He has no stripes?
- What is he?
- Something's wrong with him?
How is that possible?
- So different.
- I don't like different.
Don't listen to them.
Lungisa.
(COUGHING) Are you all right?
Dad, what's going on?
Huh?
He's funny looking.
I like him.
What do you
even call half a zebra?
Zeb? I get it.
Zeb?
His name is Zeb?
Seriously?
You are not half a zebra.
Your name is Khumba.
Our son, Khumba.
That's nice.
He has no stripes.
Yeah, he doesn't have them.
What could it mean?
It's a bad sign.
MALE ZEBRA: No
stripes, no rain.
(GALLOPING, LAUGHING)
You're looking
a little out of breath.
Barely breaking a sweat.
Hey, Tombi!
I thought you were faster
than all the boys!
No, just smarter.
Yeah, beaten
by a girl. Woo!
Okay, water break.
Oh, yeah.
Stop, Tombi. Don't.
Oh, yeah.
Stop. Enough already.
What's the matter, hotshot?
Sore loser?
(MALE ZEBRAS LAUGHING)
(SCOFFS) Why do you
care what they think?
I don't.
Well, I'm never going
to hang with them. No?
I'd much rather be out there!
Come on, Khumba!
You going to let me
get away that easy?
I was just giving you a head start.
(TEMBO LAUGHS)
(SIGHS) Whether or not
it's Khumba's fault,
if it doesn't rain soon,
we'll have to leave,
take our chances out there.
(GROWLS)
(SNIFFS, GROWLS)
All right, boys.
Do some squats, okay?
I'm not going to do them.
You guys can keep doing them.
Things are different now.
I'm just going to be watching.
Yep, don't want
any stretch marks.
Some things
are way too different.
Mkhulu, while
we wait for the rains,
maybe we should
ration the water.
Yeah, right.
Funny. Right.
MALE ZEBRA: Good idea, Seko.
Huh?
Until the rains come, we'll
only drink once a day.
FEMALE ZEBRA: Okay, everyone. Ready?
Timba, temba, burning nimba,
You're so hot.
Show what you got!
Yo! Yo!
(GRUNTS) Nice nose block, champ.
Hey, Khumba!
Hey, guys. Who am I?
Check this out.
What happened to my stripes?
Muscle-headed
lame brains.
I can't believe we're related.
When are you going to
grow some stripes?
Very funny. I'll have
to remember that one.
Whoa!
That will take
the shine off, all right.
You just had to, didn't you?
Stay out of it, sis.
Go cheerlead
with the other girls.
(SCOFFS)
(COUGHS) One day, he'll
grow into his own skin.
(COUGHING)
We won't always
be here to protect him.
Themba, Themba, you're so hot.
Or not.
I may be half a zebra,
but at least I'm not an ass.
(CHIRPING)
Hey.
Hey, buzz off.
(CHIRPING)
Is it some kind of map?
What's that?
(CHIRPING, GASPS) Khumba?
You okay, Khumba?
Hey, I'm sorry
about what happened.
I don't know.
Maybe they let me off easy?
I did cause a drought.
That's just dumb.
How could one zebra make
all the water go away.
Half a zebra.
Don't think like that.
I thought you weren't
like the rest of them.
You trying
to make me feel better?
No, Khumba, I was trying to...
Well, don't.
Just leave me alone.
Don't you have
anything better to do?
You think you're the only one
who has a hard time fitting in?
(CHIRPING)
Oh.
MALE GEMSBUCK: They
will never let us in.
Ah!
GEMSBUCK : Well, we can only ask.
Hello?
Can you help us?
Just don't ask me
to make it rain.
Our healer needs water.
Please, she is weak.
I don't even know if I'm
allowed to talk to outsiders.
Outsiders?
We used to live
alongside you zebras.
No way.
We used to live together?
Mm-hmm. Out here.
Maybe you could have
some of my rations.
(GRUNTS)
When I said you, I kind
of meant just you.
Okay, and you and you. (LAUGHS)
You are very kind. Whoa.
It's, it's a...
A big world outside this fence.
Oh.
(BURPS) Excuse me.
(ALARM NOISE)
Intruders.
Intruders. Intruders.
Where's Mkhulu?
Where's Mkhulu?
Where's Mkhulu?
How did you get in here?
This is only for...
She needs help.
I thought it would be okay.
Huh?
You let them in.
Of course.
You may discipline
your own son, Tabo.
Da-da-da-da-da.
Why are you in here?
She needs to drink.
This is the zebra water hole.
The land belongs to all of us.
Come. They have been
in here so long,
they have forgotten that.
I... I don't even
remember breakfast.
(NEIGHS IN ANNOYANCE)
(GROWLS)
It's Phango.
He's at the fence.
He's at the fence.
Phango's at the fence.
Move the fence.
He wants to get in!
We need more branches.
Over here!
Come on. We've got
to close the gap!
I think I can hear
him breathing.
No, that's you.
(PANTING)
You can't keep them hidden
from me forever, Mkhulu.
Oh, no.
Shh.
I can smell your fear.
I can almost taste it.
What did he say?
I didn't hear him.
If it doesn't rain soon,
you will have to let them out.
(GROWLS)
If someone
doesn't let him in first.
GIRL: I'm scared.
We're safe in here.
Stay calm.
Are we safe?
Just saying, we're safe.
I just want to be sure.
Yeah, yeah?
Khumba, you put
the herd at risk.
For the next week, you'll
drink only half your rations.
Half rations...
for half zebras.
(LAUGHS)
Dad, she needed help.
She was sick.
Khumba.
Like Mama.
Enough.
(GASPING)
Khumba, oh.
For you, Mama.
You're growing.
You need your strength.
You have it.
(LAUGHS) You're just
like your father.
I'm nothing like Dad.
I'm not like any of you.
(COUGHING)
Do you know why
I named you Khumba?
You see, Khumba means skin.
Skin?
They say that the first
zebras to walk the Earth
all had exactly the same skin
with no stripes at all.
No stripes?
Mm-hmm.
One day, a brave young zebra
took a journey
across the vast Karoo.
And deep inside a huge mountain,
he found a water hole,
a magic water hole.
He swam in it,
and when he came out,
his skin was striped.
All the other zebras
admired his beautiful skin,
and he was proud
to be so different.
But now, they all wanted
to be like him,
so one by one, they swam
in the magic water hole,
and when they came out,
they were all striped, too.
(COUGHS)
So I can get my stripes
and then it will rain.
No, Khumba.
Where is this water hole?
Don't you see?
I think I know.
They all looked the same.
That looks like me, sort of,
and those can be three peaks
leading to a waterhole.
It is a map,
to the magic waterhole.
Mom.
Dad?
Lungisa.
Mama. I'm sorry.
(HOWLS)
Hmm? Water.
KHUMBA: Whoa.
Well, hello there.
Excuse me.
How are you today?
Uh...
Feeling different,
peculiar, left out, having
trouble fitting in?
Am I right?
Well, I...
That's why I'm here.
I'm here to help.
My name is Skalk.
Thanks anyway, Skalk, but you
couldn't possibly know...
You want more stripes,
but you think there's no way
in the world you could
get more stripes.
Am I right? Am I wrong? Am I?
Of course I'm right.
Wrong. I'm going to get my
stripes at the magic waterhole.
Magic waterhole?
(CLEARS THROAT)
Of course, the magic waterhole.
Yep. Just got to figure
out where to head.
Stop, stop, stop.
I've got the answers to all
your problems right here.
Skalk's % natural,
herb, miracle formula.
Guaranteed to bring out
the natural stripe in you.
Really? No, no, no, wait. I
know what you're thinking.
How could that be?
But I tell you it works...
on anything.
Even a rock.
Samples of my work right here.
But if you want to trek all the
way across the Karoo and back,
that's all right by me.
Well, maybe if you show me
how it works.
Follow me.
Khumba, I'm so sorry
about your... huh?
Khumba?
So I can have some of your
miracle, natural stuff.
Normally, it's very,
very, very hard to get,
but act now, the miracle
natural stuff is yours
for the shockingly
low price of, say...
a little water
for me and my buddies?
But I don't have any water.
I personally know there's
enough water back at your herd
to give it away.
Saw the wet muzzles
with my own eyes.
Wouldn't hurt for you to ask.
Believe me, it could.
Right now, I'm the last zebra
in the world they want to see.
Skalk? Skalk? Right this way.
(SNARKY LAUGH)
You got to earn those stripes.
Good evening, madam.
What a treat running
into such a lovely lady
on such a lovely evening.
With a fine feather duster,
I might add.
Oh, I'm not
a cleaning implement.
I am an artiste.
I can't think when I last saw
a zebra outside the fence.
Did you hear what he
said about my feathers?
Take him down, Mama V.
But I ain't done
nothing wrong yet.
Does your mother know
you're out here all alone?
My mother died.
Oh.
This is awkward.
I was providing
adult supervision.
Skalk's going to help me get my stripes
with his % natural formula.
Hmm.
Really, I know
what you're thinking.
How can I... Need help
closing the deal, Skalk?
Let's do it over dinner.
He's not food. He's
worth a lot of water.
Let's eat him.
Come on, guys. He's our
ticket to all that water
the zebras are hogging. Get behind me.
You, too, you little one.
Looks like we got ourselves
a dog fight, Bradley.
He's going to eat you.
Sorry, kid.
I did my best.
Keep your backs covered.
Well, it's too late
for some of us.
Bradley.
I'm getting my stripes.
I just got to swim
in the magic waterhole.
Ha! Magic.
I'm so thirsty, I'd settle
for any old waterhole.
Right, Mama V?
MAMA V: Where is this waterhole?
Where the mantis said, I guess.
The mantis.
He spoke to you?
KHUMBA: He drew me a map.
(GASPS)
Well, I personally saw
the mantis once.
(YIPES) He was very complimentary
about my feathers.
Maybe not the mantis,
but a mantis.
Okay, yes, a stick insect.
Point is, he liked the feathers.
Go for the hoof.
That's her Achilles' heel.
She's got four of them.
(MAMA V GASPS)
Enough. Mama V
has seen enough.
(DOGS WHIMPERING)
(YELLING, HITTING)
BRADLEY: Get back in there, Mama V.
And keep your left hoof up.
Wait, wait,
I know what you're thinking,
that I messed with the herd.
BRADLEY: The stupendous,
the larger than life
Mama V, one,
skanky wild dogs, zero.
Thanks. If it wasn't for you,
I would have been dead meat.
Mama V is always
picking up lost causes.
Hopeless cases, losers.
Ostriches.
Oh!
Now, Khumba...
you're saying you can
get us to a waterhole?
Yeah, and it would be good
to have some company.
How about you just tell us
where it is,
because in my book,
two is company,
three is...
No, wait.
Two-and-a-half
is a crowd.
I thought...
Bradley.
(MUTTERS) Tweak the beak.
So will there be water
at this water hole?
I believe that's the concept.
And is there such a thing
as a magic waterhole?
The mantis is an ancient creature.
And?
He knows the secrets
of the Karoo.
And?
And he must have chosen this little guy
for a reason.
I guess that's not
a good-bye hug.
You in or out, Bradley?
(SIGHS) Where you
go, Mama V, I go.
Great. Go clear
our tracks.
Make it like we were never here.
SEKO: Khumba!
Zuki. Zuki!
Get off me!
Khumba!
Khumba!
(BRANCH CREAKING)
Tombi?
He left.
Through here.
I'm going to go find him.
He couldn't have gone that far.
If we just follow his...
Whoa, stop.
We need brave zebras
like you, Tombi.
That's why you need
to stay here.
All right?
Deal?
Deal.
SKALK: You know, guys...
I don't know.
Sometimes I don't think
you see the bigger picture.
Nice do.
Do it yourself?
Been in the bush lately?
Very funny. Can I
please slurp in peace?
When exactly did you decide that you
were going to hold the zebra ransom?
It was off the cuff.
A little bit of this,
a whole lot of us.
You know, team work.
Yeah, we're the team.
You do the work.
(WHINING)
Whatever happened
to the pack mentality?
Hey, guys?
What's wrong, Skalk?
Abandoned by your pack?
Hey Phango. I was just having
a little drink of water.
It's not even water.
Just mud, really.
And it's all yours
for the taking.
Don't eat me please.
Give me one good reason.
Go on.
Give it your best shot.
Now you're a sophisticated,
discerning gourmet type.
You are what you eat, right?
Mm-hmm.
How about some
organic, free-range,
fresh meat?
As in heart still beating fresh?
As in young
and tender zebra fresh.
Actually, he didn't look
like much of a zebra.
He's half striped.
(GROWLS)
But he sure smelled like one.
Half striped?
Finally.
As it was foretold.
I was just passing by.
I knew there was something
different about him.
Then again, half a zebra is
better than nothing, right?
(ROARS) Better than nothing?
You scavenge so low
on the food chain,
you couldn't possibly
see his power.
I've always been a half-full,
half-empty kind of guy.
So sue me.
Where is he?
He was att*cked.
A herd of giant wildebeest.
A pack of crazed ostriches.
Show me.
Woo, dragging across the
Karoo is hard work.
You noticed.
And it doesn't help that you can't
find a drop of water to drink.
Without Phango
panting on our way.
You shouldn't scare him
like that, Bradley.
I'm good.
Did you know he eats his pray
while there's still a heart beat?
(IMITATES HEART BEATING)
He feeds off their fear.
That's how he gets his powers.
His supernatural powers.
Enough, Bradley.
Woo, well, it's been a long day.
Let's stop here.
Oh, the life
of a wandering artiste.
Don't you have a home?
Oh, now you've done it.
The farm was my home,
but life can be cruel
when you're a breed apart,
and no one understands
your fab works of art.
I've been persecuted,
stigmatized.
(SINGS) You might think
I've been demoralized.
Oh, yeah.
But I will survive
♫ Although all my life,
I've been ostracized ♫
Oh, shame.
Poor Bradley.
Patronized, decaberized.
That's not even a real word.
Traumatized.
On several occasions,
I've been hospitalized.
♫ What I've been through,
the doctor visualized ♫
♫ Visualized. ♫
I think I get the picture.
I know they all make fun,
but when all is said and done,
I was ostracized.
Oh, really now, Bradley.
Oh, yeah, laugh at me.
Laugh away, make fun.
But when all is said and done,
♫ I was ostracized ♫
Some birds are just
not meant to be caged,
hey, Bradley?
Maybe some birds aren't
meant to be let out.
I...
And you, Mama V? What are
you on the run from?
Well, it's just not that
important where Mama V is from.
Mama V, don't look back.
Our eyes are only
on where we're going.
Right, Mama V?
Sometimes the past
is best left buried.
Now, I think it's time
for some shut-eye.
Night, Bradley.
Night, Mama V.
Night, Khumba.
Night.
Maybe tomorrow we'll find
ourselves a water hole.
A safe one.
(SNIFFS)
Dog, dog, dog.
All I smell is dog.
I can fix that. I've got a natural
blend of herbs and flowers.
I'll go get you some.
It kills nasty odors dead.
It works on dog, cat, dog...
Dead dog?
I'm trying to avoid that.
The Karoo may be
going to the dogs,
but it doesn't mean
I have to eat one.
The heartburn is a k*ller.
No!
Khumba.
BRADLEY: The Karoo all
looks the same to me.
Did we pass that bush already?
MAMA V: This was
on the map, right?
Yeah, I'm sure we're
going the right way.
You better be sure.
'Cause me feathers
go limp in this kind of heat.
(LICKS) Leave off with
the mothering already.
So you don't want
any of this, huh?
I'm still bloated
from breakfast.
Mmm.
Wow, Tombi
would love it out here.
Oh, hello, hello.
Bradley, I wouldn't.
MAMA V: I told you!
Hey, those three peaks
were definitely on the map.
Come on, Bradley.
Let's go!
Let's go, Bradley.
TOMBI: I saw it
around here somewhere.
With three peaks, I think...
What's this all about?
And it was right there.
Where? There?
Nigel!
Here, there? I'm confused.
(ZEBRAS GROAN)
- Oops.
- Nigel!
You found the map.
Yeah, sorry.
Are you sure
it was a map, Tombi?
Yes, and it had to be
where Khumba was going.
What's that?
There's a rustle.
Phango, he's at the fence again.
Who's at the fence?
Thembe, help me.
It's Seto, quick.
He left the fence?
What was he thinking?
I... I followed
Khumba's tracks
into a dry riverbed.
Only Phango's tracks came out.
So there was... there was
nothing left of him?
With Phango, there never is.
So Khumba is dead then.
But maybe he's still alive.
And he's following the map?
All that we can hope for
is that your friend,
your son, did not die in vain.
Mkhulu.
Seko, wait. Are you
just going to give up?
This is a sad day.
Very sad.
But Mkhulu is right.
Now it will rain. Dad,
how can you say that?
Everyone's thinking it.
I'm just saying it.
Right?
Uh, right, Dad.
Run, run!
MAMA V: Go around.
We got to go through.
And ruin our feathers?
Ostriches first!
You can do it, Bradley!
What's going on?
What is it, Captain?
Zebra crossing.
I don't like it when we stop.
Why the rush, fellows?
Migration season already?
This is an emigration.
What Kress means, madam,
is that we are leaving.
I thought he was Kress.
No, man.
That's Kress.
I'm not Kress.
I'm Freckie.
I'm Kress.
But I'm stuck.
Could you help us
get through the fence?
That's more than a ton
of lifting, Captain.
Help!
Hush, Bradley.
At least.
Right, team.
There's only one way.
Oaks, scrum!
What's that mean, eh?
We breaking for rugby?
Aye, you, too.
Me?
Yeah, get behind uh...
Freckie.
Uh...
Hey, I'm not Freckie.
I'm Freckie.
Let's get on with the emigration.
I thought we were leaving.
Let's get to it.
Why are you leaving?
No water. Yeah, we're in
search of greener pastures.
Freckie!
I'm Freckie.
You, take the left.
(PLUCKING LIKE GUITAR)
Ah, poor Saki.
He lost his brother to Phango
just yesterday.
Not me.
He got Percy.
I'm Percy.
I'm right here!
But that's Percy.
Percy's dead, man.
Hello, I'm alive!
Ah, just scrum!
Dodge.
A little tighter, Saki!
(GRUNTING)
Ah! Can you feel
our power?
Hey, Percy!
You're alive!
Yeah, yeah.
Ah, I love a good scrum.
Hey, Freckie!
I'm Freckie!
That's me.
I'm Freckie.
Bye.
Goodbye.
Stay well, eh?
Look after yourself.
Hey, Percy.
You're alive, Percy.
Yeah, yeah, me, too.
(SHOUTS)
Leave some water
for the rest of us.
Oh, you got mud in my mane.
You got mud in my girl's mane?
(SIGHS) You want some, too, huh?
I can fix that.
Fight, fight, fight!
Hey, watch it.
With some fervor.
Hey, knock it off.
Where's Mkhulu?
What is going on?
Not enough water to go around.
Who almost finished the water?
Well...
I'll handle this, Mkhulu.
I'm in charge now.
Someone has to be in control.
What's happening?
Not so tough, now,
are you, big fella?
Zuki, you're spooking Nigel.
Dad, the waterhole is empty.
Khumba's stripes had nothing
to do with the rains.
We need to leave.
We're leaving?
Khiriki?
And get us all k*lled?
Now Phango has had
a taste of zebra,
do you think he'll stop
at just one?
Oh, but we're staying.
Staying.
Ow!
No, no biting. Only throwing!
I have seen the magic waterhole.
(SINGS) Hallelujah!
Woo-hoo!
I've got to hand it
to you, Khumba.
You sure are one of a kind.
(SINGS) This is incredible.
I'm feeing the magic.
I'm feeling the magic.
Well, what are you waiting for?
Oh, lovely.
My wandering days are over.
What's everybody looking at?
Who are they?
Hey, hey!
Welcome to
Ying's Animal Sanctuary.
We're the most diverse
species in southern Africa!
I'll take refuge
in this man made...
natural waterhole,
where all worries of Phango
are far from the mind.
Escape with the sublime fusion
of authentic African experience.
Come celebrate the
magnificence that is you!
Don't mind if I do.
Yeah, you that is
our drinking water.
So neat.
Check the coat!
What is that, Dad?
Wow!
I never...
So Afrozan!
He washed his stripes off.
Fascinating.
A natural variation.
Something wrong
with being different?
Nothing wrong at all, Miss.
I'm the only endangered
species in here, you know.
Can't be too many
of you around, are there?
They're going to love you!
That's enough now.
Being unique
comes at a price, though.
Everyone wants a piece
of you, right, mate?
Now, the show
is at five o'clock sharp.
So if you want food,
play to the camera,
be on time, and on your game.
Oh, thanks, but...
we ought to move on.
Oh, man.
We're just passing through.
Really?
Yes, right there.
Ooh, child!
Yeah.
(CHUCKLES)
(SINGS) If them farm
birds could see me now,
left behind on the ostrich farm
year after year,
while they got to go
to La Abattoir.
Bradley, an abattoir
is a slaughterhouse.
It sounds French.
It must be fancy.
Come on, Bradley.
We have to keep going.
(GRUNTS)
Hey, I'm grooming
for stardom here.
Mama V. This waterhole is
safe from Phango, little one.
But it's not the magic waterhole.
[font color="# "]BRADLEY: Magic?
How much more magic
could one zebra need?
KHUMBA: We need to keep heading
for those three peaks.
There?
Or there?
Or there?
There?
Or there, there, there?
Oh, look. There!
I'm not giving up.
I knew it.
A fellow survivor!
I know it's out there.
Ay, that's the way to...
Yeah?
(GASPS, PANTS)
No, wait!
Places everyone, places!
Wait up.
Time to shine.
MEERKAT FATHER: Stand up son!
[font color="# "]MEERKAT BOY: My neck hurts.
I got to pee!
You got to go?
Ah, nope.
Not anymore.
Wait! Stuff's about to get real!
What were you going to tell me?
Hey, if you recognize the map,
just tell me where to go.
[font color="# "]BRADLEY: Yoo-hoo.
Yoo-hoo,
over here.
Pick me, pick me!
Ow!
MAMA V: Bradley!
(SCREAMS) No!
Whoa...
(MUSIC FROM SWAN LAKE BALLET)
(APPLAUSE)
KHUMBA: Bradley, are you all right?
Prettier than a peacock.
Get out!
Get out while you can!
MAMA V: Run Khumba, run!
Whoa!
Mama V.
Run!
They're after you!
Mama got you!
Come on, Khumba!
Go Khumba!
Khumba!
BRADLEY: Are we going to La Abattoir?
KHUMBA: Mama V!
Khumba!
Khumba!
Please, oh, please,
don't take him.
These boys are all I have left.
Well, you've crossed the line.
This bunny is going to
hippity-hop on your butt!
Eat my carrots!
(COUGHS)
There is only one
who knows the way.
The Crags.
Seek the black eagle...
if you dare!
Wow, things aren't usually
so wild around here.
You stay long time?
Oh, yeah, stay.
Not a minute longer.
Let's get out of this zoo!
We'll make a rule.
Take pictures...
not zebras!
I don't get my dad.
Even with Phango, we have a
better chance out there.
I don't know why I stay, either.
There's nothing left
for me here.
I miss him, too.
If I was half as brave
as Khumba,
I'd just go.
You're right, Tombi.
I've been hiding inside
this fence for too long.
All of us have.
(SNIFFING)
Yes...
BRADLEY: Last night, I had
the most incredible dream.
Cameras everywhere, and I
was the star of the show.
At a glorious waterhole.
Then you two grabbed me
and dragged me
all the way to here.
Mama V, did we just run away
from the very thing
we've been looking for
as long as, let me see, forever?
You know, he's a lot
nicer unconscious.
I heard that.
Or did I dream it?
What is a dream?
What's real?
Is life just a big stage,
and are we all just...
Bradley, snap out of it!
Boys, enough!
Don't look back,
only forward, all right?
We don't even know
which way is forward.
What is forward?
Who even knows
where we're going?
I don't!
The black eagle knows.
And we know that because...
Because he has
a bird's eye view.
You're mocking me
because I'm flightless.
Let's put this to a vote.
All in favor of abandoning
this wild goose chase...
Bradley, watch your step!
(SCREAMS)
You two stay put.
I'll go on ahead.
Oh, grand, grand.
You'll get a magnificent view of
our death plunges from up there.
Does everything have to
be a huge drama for you?
Well, why not? I've been waiting
in the wings me whole life.
Bradley, be careful!
Don't worry.
We'll meet you back here.
I swear, if you two
k*ll yourselves,
I'll k*ll you both.
Be careful, Khumba!
And you, Bradley, you just
try to keep your mouth shut!
Sorry, Mama V.
We can't hear you!
(SQUEAKS)
(SQUEAKS)
(SQUEAKS)
Who dares pass through
th... th... the Crags of Death?
Crags of Death. Crags of Death.
Crags of Death.
Oh, dear.
Take care.
Y-y-your laughter
will incur the wrath
of the wings of doom.
Wings of doom. Wings of doom.
Wings of doom.
We're just here
to see the black eagle.
Wings of doom. Wings of doom.
Wings of doom.
No creature gazes up
on the wings of doom.
Wings of doom. Wings of doom.
Wings of doom.
No one can even look
at the black eagle?
Don't say his name!
(CHANTING) Wings of doom.
Okay, so the bunny
didn't mention this part.
Okay, okay. We got it.
We got it.
We won't say his name again.
No, Khumba.
The beat's all right.
(BEAT BOXING)
Only the initiated may sound
the sacred gong. Ra!
Hey, what do you think
you're doing?
Wait, don't do anything rash.
He's got a rash.
He's got a rash!
I'm coming, Bradley!
Wings of doom!
Wings of doom!
I'm an ostrich.
I can't be spread eagle.
He only said
spread eagle, not...
Black eagle.
Wings of doom. Wings of doom.
Bradley!
Wings of doom.
How was your flight?
(EAGLE SCREECHES)
Uh-oh.
Oh, no.
Wings of doom. Wings of doom.
Wings of doom.
(DEEP VOICE) Who dares disturb
the mighty black eagle?
Ascend.
(SQUEAKS)
To the doom.
(ALL SQUEAKING) To the doom.
(SQUEAKING AND SINGING
KHUMBA'S NAME)
Tabo, it's time we put
our differences behind us.
Please, Dad.
We all need to.
We're leaving, and I
hope you're coming, too.
The herd needs both of us.
(FLUTTERING)
No one has ever gazed upon the
mighty black eagle and lived.
But I...
Why did you come here?
To see the freak
of nature for yourself.
The only white black eagle?
Well? I'm lost. I
need your help.
And why should I help you?
Answer me!
Well, because until I find
the magic waterhole
and get my stripes,
the zebras won't have any rain.
Is that what you tell yourself?
Go.
Look, I came here because...
because I don't want
to be different anymore.
And I think
you know how that feels.
The place you seek
is Ngow Mountain.
I don't get many visitors.
To get to Ngow Mountain
from here,
you'll have to pass through
the Valley of Desolation.
Then the Abandoned Farm.
Go around the Salt Pan,
and you will find...
The magic waterhole.
Phango's cave.
Phango?
There was a time when he was
the outcast of the litter.
Born blind in one eye.
Abandoned by his own kind.
Little did they know
that his blindness
would give him a sense of smell
like no other leopard
before him.
And he would grow up
to be a great hunter.
(ROAR)
He got his revenge, but it seems
that isn't enough for him.
So he keeps on k*lling.
Having everyone
live in fear of you
doesn't change who you are.
Now leave me alone.
Hmm, well, looks like
dinner is going to be late.
Why did Khumba have to leave?
You want to know the real
reason why Khumba left?
Because he's in a class
all his own, mate.
And so am I!
I don't need this to prove it.
We belong out there with Khumba!
Who's with me?
Freedom!
Woo!
That was wild.
That is what I am talking about.
Come on, kids.
This isn't part of the show.
Road trip, everybody!
If we follow Khumba, we might just
find ourselves a clean waterhole.
All right, keep together.
Let's go.
We're leaving?
Come on.
For-for real now.
We're leaving.
That's it, boys.
Come on. One hoof in front of the other.
We're leaving!
Let's go.
We're leaving!
Close your mouth
and keep moving, Nigel.
It's beautiful!
I've been such a fool.
There's no fool like my fool.
Come on, pick up the pace.
Head for the peaks.
You know, it's a good thing
Tombi doesn't take after me.
My grandmother
moves faster than you.
Let's go. Come on.
That's my girl.
BRADLEY: So what you're saying is...
the black eagle
is actually white?
You thought you had problems.
(MAMA V HUFFING) There's something
I need to tell both of you.
This looks dangerous.
Let's keep moving.
Are you sure the eagle
said to go this way?
He said we go through
the Valley of Desolation.
Valley of what?
Desolation.
Oh, that's nice.
Yeah, that's lovely.
Because after trekking
across the Karoo
and leaving the world's
finest watering hole,
and barely escaping execution
by deranged rodents
on the Crags of Death
on the way to a so-called
"magic waterhole"
there's nothing that hits the spot
quite like a Valley of Desolation!
Anything else
you're not telling us?
Well, I...
Can I just say one little thing?
Sure.
(SCREAMS)
Oh, look. A farm.
And if that's the farm, boys,
that must be Ngow Mountain.
Let's rest at the farm.
We can talk there.
Do you think there
will be any ostriches?
(SLAMS SHUT)
BRADLEY: It's a bit of a
fixer upper, isn't it?
(GLASS SHATTERS)
Hello?
(THINGS FALLING)
Anyone home?
BRADLEY: Creepy.
And you're not helping.
(MUSICAL SAW PLAYING)
Any requests?
Drink, Mama V.
You have to drink.
Intruders!
(BANGING, GRUNTING)
Get off my farm,
you freaks of nature! Freak!
Freak, freak!
We need water, ma'am.
My water!
All mine!
Freak, freak!
Good enough to eat.
Speak for yourself!
BRADLEY: This Karoo lamb is
way past her sell-by date.
MAMA V: She's gone around, Bradley.
Little one!
Just go.
Head for the mountain!
Who in their right mind
would go there?
(BLEATS)
Mama V, Bradley,
shut the gate behind me!
He's going to get you.
He's going to get you.
Who, Khumba?
I was going to tell you.
SHEEP: He'd love to sink his
teeth into a young zebra.
Yes, he'll like that. I'm sure.
Who, Khumba? Who?
(SCREAMS)
SHEEP: He ate my dear
husband, didn't he, Nora?
What is she talking about?
Phango.
Phango!
Phango!
The waterhole is at his cave.
(GASPS)
What were we thinking?
Following you
to a magic waterhole,
so you can get your stripes?
And they call me loony.
I let him take her.
My child, my baby.
It's not your fault.
I couldn't protect her.
I'm sorry. I should never have
dragged the two of you into this.
If it wasn't for me,
she'd still be alive.
BRADLEY: You couldn't
have stopped Phango.
No one can.
Certainly not a freak
like him, right, Nora?
What is it anyway?
I don't think he knows
what he is, Nora, do you?
No, I don't.
What are you?
Well, what are you?
ZEBRA: When are you going
to grow some stripes?
Oh, wait. He can't!
SHEEP: Certainly not a freak
like him, right, Nora?
TOMBI: I thought you weren't
like the rest of them.
I hope Khumba's all right.
He's all that crazy
to face Phango alone,
is he?
Maybe we should go back
and look for him.
I'm sure any minute now,
Khumba will pop out of nowhere
and surprise us.
(ROAR)
Mama V.
Where is he?
Mama V!
Come on, Mama V.
It's no use running.
This isn't happening.
This isn't happening.
Tell me where he is.
(STUTTERING, PANTING)
Why don't you go right?
This way!
No, the other right.
(ROARS)
Come on, Mama V.
Oh, bad choice.
Where is he?
He was with you.
You mean Khumba?
Oh, that's weird.
He's heading to you.
I mean was heading to you.
Oh, he's long gone.
Of course.
To where it all began.
We have to warn Khumba.
Even if it means facing Phango?
Maybe going back is the
only way to move on.
Are we going forwards
or backwards now?
I'm confused.
Whatever. From now on,
we're sticking together.
Mama?
Many, we lost souls
haunt this salt pan.
Come child.
This is no place for a zebra.
Zebra? I don't see
any zebras.
How many more stripes
will make you a zebra?
I'd settle for five.
(SINGING IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE)
I love out here.
I can breathe.
There's no allergies.
Completely stuff free.
My nose is clear.
(SNUFFLES) At least % clear.
Wow, no stuffy nose.
Dad, are those storm clouds?
Would you look at that?
Okay, keep together, kids.
Migrating? I don't know what that
is, but we're following Khumba.
Huh?
My son!
You've seen him?
He's alive!
Why do you think we're
going to Ngow Mountain?
No! Phango.
(GASPS)
I'm going ahead.
Everybody, follow the bunny.
A bunny. You think I'm just
another bunny hopping around
munching carrots, dropping
bunny raisins everywhere?
This is it.
I'm here to get my stripes.
I hope it's more than five.
Maybe there's something else
waiting there for you.
(CHIRPS)
(MUTTERING TO SELF)
Intruders!
Get off my farm!
Get off my farm!
Hey, Freckie.
How do you think they
tell each other apart?
I don't know, Captain,
but if they're heading
for greener pastures,
let's roll!
Are you feeling old, cranky,
all alone with no herd
to call your own?
Freak!
Hey, now, wait.
I know what you're thinking.
But I'm no wolf
in sheep's clothing.
But you and me, we can
make a great partnersheep.
Sheep joke.
Where's the rest of your pack?
Well, we grew apart.
Creative differences.
I didn't have much
of a sheep mentality myself.
Who's he?
Just like she said.
Khumba.
(GASPS)
Khumba!
Stand back!
Mother V is cleaning house!
(MARTIAL ART KICKING)
What? Too much?
So, where's the hell cat?
Uh... in there?
They're about to have company.
Um, need a little help, madam?
We're in a herd going somewhere.
It's like we're all
a big family.
(SHOUTS) But I don't
know those guys.
Oh, stripes are making me dizzy.
Keep together kids!
Endangered species
coming through.
Tombi.
Any sign of Khumba?
He's up there.
I have to find a way through.
It's just a few flames.
We're not going
to let a barbie stop us. Ow!
That's hot!
Oh, wow.
Okay, okay, keep together, kids.
Hey, Percy, you smell that?
Smells like chops burning.
He'll be okay, Tombi.
Yeah, he's tougher
than he looks.
Is he really up there?
Come on, Khumba.
I know you can do it!
There you are.
(GROWLS)
In the flesh at last.
(BANG)
And when they came out,
they were all striped.
But then...
they all looked the same.
But you're not the same,
are you?
They hardly get
my pulse rate up.
You are the one I've been waiting for.
(GROWLS)
It was foretold that a
half-striped zebra would be born,
and make one of us the most
powerful leopard that ever lived.
But I k*lled my own clan
so that I could have you.
(ROARS)
You I'd savor slowly.
One stripe at a time.
Whoa!
(GROWLS)
You are the half, the half
that will complete me.
You can't change
what you are, Phango.
There's only one way
to find out.
Dad, look.
What's happening?
(CRACKING, SHAKING)
Oh, I think that's my cue.
No, Khumba!
It's too late.
Run!
Look, look!
It's the water!
What is that?
Look at all that water!
Where is it all coming from?
Look, it's Phango!
Khumba!
Oh.
He's going to eat Khumba!
You're getting
under my skin, Khumba.
MAMA V: Hold on, Khumba!
Oh, hey.
Oh, no, Khumba!
Surrender to your destiny.
k*lling me won't make
a difference, Phango.
Well, eating you will!
Watch out!
Khumba!
Don't look, kids.
(CRASH)
Nice knowing you.
He's... he's dead?
He could have survived.
No, he's dead.
Khumba, no!
(WHIMPERING) Khumba.
Khumba?
Khumba?
(GASPS, COUGHS)
Khumba.
He's alive!
My son.
Boy, you scared me to... (LAUGHS)
He's alive.
Khumba's alive.
He's alright.
That's my mate.
Fellow survivor.
Way to go, little buddy,
pull through.
I thought I'd lost you, too.
He's alive! Yay!
Khumba, yeah!
I'm spitting on myself.
It's wet.
Oh, it's rain!
He did it.
He sure did, my girl.
Four is definitely a crowd.
Does this mean
we're friends again?
You think I'd let you
get away that easy?
You okay?
More than okay.
I wouldn't change a thing.
(CHEERING, CHATTERING)
Just like the old days, hey?
Heads up, Tombi.
Game on!
Nice play, sis. Not
bad for a girl, huh?
You got to keep
your eye on the ball.
Nice one, Khumba!
Stay clear of that horn.
Pass it!
All right!
(MUTTERING)
Come on.
Pom-poms higher!
Nora incoming!
Oy, tackle Nora. Or, we
all get another timeout
Come along, little ones.
Let 'em stay.
I'll sing you one, if you
sing me one of your songs.
Hit it, boys!
Your ball, Nigel!
It's your ball.
It's coming to me.
It's coming straight for me.
Got it.
Come on, mate.
Go for it, Nigel.
Score!
Beautiful!
Out!
It was in.
Are you kidding me? It
was totally in. Out!
Or in. Or out.
I don't know.
KHUMBA: You know,
some things do change.
But not always in the way
you expect it.
And it helps having a little
push in the right direction.
Khumba (2013)
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