"And IF he falls... in LOVE tonight...
It can be a-SSUMMED..."
"His carefree days... with US are history."
"In SHORT- our PAL... is DOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMED!!" *they break down crying*
TIMON
Played By: Nathan Lane
Role: The Carefree Guy, The Sidekick Critter
PL 1 (49)
STRENGTH -4
STAMINA -3
AGILITY -2
FIGHTING -2
DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 0
AWARENESS 0
PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Athletics 10 (+6)
Close Combat (Bite) 1 (+4)
Expertise (Survival) 4 (+4)
Expertise (Singing/Dancing) 7 (+7)
Perception 3 (+3)
Persuasion 3 (+6)
Advantages:
Close Attack 5, Improved Initiative
Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 3 (Acute & Extended Scent, Low-Light Vision) [3]
"Natural Weapons- Teeth" Strength-Damage +1 [1]
"Small Size" Shrinking 12 (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [25]
(-3 Strength, -1 Speed, +6 Defenses, +12 Stealth, -6 Intimidation)
Offense:
Unarmed +3 (-4 Damage, DC 11)
Bite +4 (-3 Damage, DC 12)
Initiative +2
Defenses:
Dodge +4 (DC 14), Parry +5 (DC 15), Toughness -3, Fortitude +0, Will +5
Complications:
Responsibility (Hakuna Matata)- Timon wants to live a life free or responsibiltiy, worries or problems.
Relationship (Simba & Pumbaa)- They're knuckleheads from old times.
Total: Abilities: -10 / Skills: 28--14 / Advantages: 7 / Powers: 29 / Defenses: 9 (49)
PUMBAA
Played By: Ernie Sabella
Role: The Carefree Guy, The Sidekick Critter, The Dumb Guy, The Farty Guy
PL 6 (57)
STRENGTH 2
STAMINA 3
AGILITY 1
FIGHTING 6
DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -1
AWARENESS 0
PRESENCE 0
Skills:
Athletics 4 (+6)
Expertise (Survival) 4 (+4)
Expertise (Singing/Dancing) 4 (+4)
Intimidation 5 (+5)
Perception 2 (+2)
Persuasion 3 (+3)
Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Improved Critical (Tusks), Last Stand, Power Attack
Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 3 (Acute & Extended Scent, Low-Light Vision) [3]
"Animal Physiology" Speed 2 [2]
"Natural Weapons- Tusks" Strength-Damage +1 [1]
"Swine Rage" (All Powers- Flaws: Fades)
Enhanced Strength 2 [2]
Enhanced Stamina 2 [2]
Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Tusks +6 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Raging Unarmed +6 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Raging Tusks +6 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +1
Defenses:
Dodge +4 (DC 14), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +3, Fortitude +5, Will +5
Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Warthogs cannot use their hooves to easily manipulate objects.
Responsibility (Hakuna Matata)- Timon wants to live a life free or responsibiltiy, worries or problems.
Relationship (Simba & Timon)- They're knuckleheads from old times.
Temper- Warthogs are heavily-prone to outbursts, and will charge the first thing that annoys them. If you call him a pig, you will die. Horribly.
Total: Abilities: 22 / Skills: 22--11 / Advantages: 4 / Powers: 10 / Defenses: 10 (57)
-Timon & Pumbaa were PERFECT for this movie- replacing the worry-wart sidekick types with a pair of sly, cynical dudes who just want to hang out and live like Baloo (
Hakuna Matata is basically
The Bear Necessities for the new generation, and both are oddly treated like idealized ways of life by Disney as a whole... while the movies point out how childish and irresponsible such lifestyles actually are). Nathan Lane's sarcastic acting style fits Timon perfectly, and Ernie Sabella plays a great "Dopey Sidekick" character. They preach their lackadaisical, "no worries" lifestyle to young cub Simba, and he grows up to be a fun-loving weisenheimer like the two of them. The funny thing is, they're not actually in the movie THAT MUCH, and they straight-up "Montage" past all of Simba's aging during the span, so you're kind of left to assume they're all best buds. To be fair, they have real chemistry, and you still pretty much buy it. And it's funny how after all their preaching, they just end up risking their lives in the Pridelands.
-These guys led to a LOT of "Those Two Guys" partnerships of buddies, though they hardly invented the formula (they share more than a little in common with Rosencrantz and Gildenstern from
Hamlet, for example)-
The Road to El Dorado more or less got made because the creators wanted to see "The two guys everyone always likes" as the stars.
-Timon ain't much good in a fight (he can catch bugs- that's about it), but if you cheese off Pumbaa enough, you're history, as a group of dumb Hyenas discovered.
About the Performers: As a kid, this was Nathan Lane's "Big Break" to me, but he'd been in stuff beforehand (largely musicals, like the revival of
Guys and Dolls). He's basically in all sorts of Broadway shows these days, doing that much more than film acting, largely because he's so fabulously gay that he can't really play anything other than gay men on the big screen... and also he's an old chubster. But he's been in EVERYTHING- the Drag Queen in
The Birdcage is one of those "Hey, he really CAN act" things, and he did a big star turn in
The Producers on Broadway, as well as countless other huge hits in the theatre world (including big-name revivals of just about everything). He's honestly one of the most well-known and recognized actors of this entire cast, which is REALLY saying something.
-Ernie Sabella is much less well-known, but has done a LOT of theatre work. Him being cast alongside Lane in
The Lion King was actually a bit of a casting gag, as they'd paired up in
Guys and Dolls- this made them so linked that they also performed together in
Mouse Hunt and
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Generally less busy than Lane, he was able to perform Pumbaa for all 85 episodes of their TV series (Lane only voiced Timon in the first handful).
Saved By The Bell fans might remember him as Leah Remini's father; an uptight resort manager who employed the main cast.