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Lion King 1 1/2

Lion King 1 1/2 was Disney's way of providing some more backstory to the side characters in The Lion King straight from the horse's - or, warthog's - mouth. Timon and Pumbaa narrate this movie, showing us what happened to them before they met Simba, and how things really went down in their paradise before Nala showed up. 

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