(When we last left off, Mistimba and Demala had become full grown and had reunited after many years apart...but Demala has some bad news about Mistimba's home. Under Mascarvity's reign, any food from the hunt goes to the hyenas, and the place has generally gone to pot, but Mistimba can't go home because of how Mascarvity drove him out...)

CATS: GET ON WITH IT!

MATT: OK, I was through...for now.

DEM: What's happened to you? You're not the Mistimba I remember.

TUGGER: You're right, I'm not. Now are you satisfied?

DEM: No, just disappointed.

TUGGER: You know, you're starting to sound like my father.

DEM: GOOD! At least one of us DOES!

(So Jemala leaves...leaving Mistimba alone with his thoughts...until he hears a voice singing...)

GUS: (spinning around while he sings) Assantesana, squash banana...

(The other cats are rolling around laughing at the sight of this...so Gusfiki, the wise baboon, cuts to the chase...that he was sent by Deutfasa. Mistimba says Deutfasa is dead, but Gusfiki tells him to look into a pool of water...)

TUGGER: (looking in) That's not my father, that's just my reflection.

GUS: No, look harder.

(Mistimba's reflection changes to that of Deutfasa, thanks to some of Misto's parlor tricks.)

MISTO: See? There was no way you could have me as Simba for the whole production.

GUS: You see? He lives in you.

(There is a loud rumble of thunder, and Deutfasa appears in the sky...well, really it's Old D on some suspension wires, being pulled by about ten cats...grumbling while doing this chore. Old D's pretty big!)

OLD D: MISTIMBA.

TUGGER: Father?!

OLD D: Mistimba, you have forgotten me.

CORI: (leading the cats lifting Old D) But we won't forget the bad backs we'll get from this scene!

PLATO: (who's right behind him) AARRRRGGGGHHHHH!

TUGGER: No! How could I?

OLD D: You have forgotten who you are and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Mistimba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the circle of life.

TUGGER: How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be!

OLD D: Remember who you are. You are my son and the one true king. REMEMBER...

(he disappears...actually the cats handling the wiring can't take anymore and let go. Old D gets quite a jolt and literally flies backstage. However, since he's a cat, he lands on his feet.)

GUS: Ooohoohoo, some weather we're havin' isn't it!

(So there's more discussion about Mistimba's past, this guy isn't getting it through his skull...so Gusfiki hits Mistimba on the head with his walking stick.)

TUGGER: OW! What was that for?

GUS: It doesn't matter, it's in the past.

TUGGER: Yeah, but it still huts!

GUS: Yes, the past can hurt, but the way I see it, you either run from it or learn from it. (swings his walking stick at Mistimba again, who gets out of the way this time) Ah! You see? So what are you going to do?

POUNCE: Whatever you do, make it quick. I have to go to the cat box and can't until this thing ends.

(Well, to make a long story short, Mistimba takes his pals and returns home to face Mascarvity and reclaim his kingdom.....there's a big catfight here and Mascarvity claims the hyenas put him up to killing Deutfasa. Mistimba doesn't buy it and pushes Mascarvity off the rock...and he lands right near some irate hyenas...)

MUNGO: The 'yenas are the enemies?

MAC: I didn't mean it...hehehehehe...

RUMPLE: Do you think 'e meant it, Mungzai?

MUNGO: Oi think 'e did, Rumpzi!

MUNGO & RUMPLE: POUNCEDVAL?

POUNCE: *giggles diabolically*

(The hyenas do a number on Mascarvity...)

MAC: HEY! You guys are supposed to be ACTING! Ah well, I've been hurt enough in these parodies, what's one more time...

JELLY: Wow, his masochism factor has increased since Matt came into the junkyard.

(...and Mistimba regains his kingdom.)

GUS: Mistimba, it's time.

(Mistimba goes to the edge of the rock and lets out a roar.)

TUGGER: (says it like he says "Meow" in the video) Roar.

MATT: Put some feeling into it!

TUGGER: (now sounding very much like the real thing, giving the backstage cats a bit of a shock) RRRROOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRRRR!!!!

(The queens playing lionesses all roar back at him, and soon peace and harmony is back in the new king's land. We return to Pride Rock to celebrate the birth of King Mistimba and Queen Jemala's new lion cub...)

ALL: (sing) IN THE CIRCLE, THE CIRCLE OF LIIIIIIIIFE!

MATT: Wow. That was awesome, all things considered.

JEMI: Translation: For a production of "The Lion King" that Julie Taymor wasn't remotely involved in, it was fairly decent.

POUNCE: FAIRLY DECENT?! Half our backstage cats have bad backs due to Old D's scene on those suspension wires!

MATT: Oh boy. Anybody know a good chiropractor?

THE END