The Musical Instrument King (Taratabong Parody of The Lion King)

The Musical Instrument King is an animated movie-style Taratabong parody of the 1997 Broadway musical adaption of The Lion King. It takes place in Taratabong (location), and follows the adventures of the Taratabong musical instruments as the Lion King characters.

CAST  

Baby Simba – Snaree (as a blue pellet drum)

Young Simba – Snaree (as a blue mini-tymp snare drum)

Adult Simba – Snaree (as a blue snare drum)

Young Nala – Trumpee (as a toy trumpet)

Adult Nala – Trumpee (as a trumpet)

Mufasa – Bone (as a trombone with a mustache)

Mufasa Ghost – Grandpa Tuba

Sarabi – Drumba (a pink bass drum with a suspended cymbal on top)

Timon – Pino (a light-blue upbright toy piano)

Pumbaa – Grando (a red grand piano)

Zazu – Maestro Nomo (a green metronome)

Rafiki – Robo (a grey robot with synthesizer skills)

Scar – Trebass (a purple double bass)

Shenzi – Cello (a magenta cello)

Banzai – Viola (a copper viola)

Ed – Iolin (an orange violin), but noted with an “Ed” look

Sarafina – A purple field drum

Gopher – Fluto (a neon-yellow flute)

Mouse – Triangle

Chameleon – Tiny bandoneon

Beetle – Jaws harp

Chaka/Kiara – An orange pellet drum

Wild Animals and Plants – Various Musical Instruments

Hyenas – Guitars (Including Tarrita, a blue guitar) and Ukeleles

Birds – The Xylo Brothers and various xylophone/vibraphone bars (the Xylos appear during most songs)

Lionesses – Various Brass Instruments

Wildebeest Stampede – Marimbas (including Mary and Bimba, two of them)

Vultures – Cymbals (including Plate and Saucer, two of them) and Zills

Antelopes – The Timpani Twins

QUOTES

Bone: Snaree! ...Snaree, I'm very disappointed in you.

Snaree: I know.

Bone: You could have been broken. You deliberately disobeyed me. And what's worse, you

put Trumpee in danger!

Snaree: I was just trying to be brave like you.

Bone: I'm only brave when I have to be. Simba... being brave doesn't mean you go looking for trouble.

Snaree: But you're not scared of anything.

Bone: I was today.

Snaree: You were?

Bone: Yes… I thought I might lose you.

Pino: Hey! what's goin' on here?!

Snaree: What are you doing here?

Trumpee: What do you mean, "What am I doing here?" What are you doing here?!

Pino: HEY! WHAT’S GOIN’ ON HERE???!!!

Snaree: Pino, this is Trumpee. She's my best friend.

Pino: FRIEND?!

Snaree: Yeah. Hey, Grando, come over here. Trumpee, this is Grando. Grando, Trumpee.

Grando: Pleased to make your acquaintance.

Trumpee: The pleasure's all mine.

Trebass: Snaree...? Snaree! I'm a little surprised to see you, alive…

Snaree: Give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip you apart.

Trebass: Oh, Snaree, you must understand. The pressures of ruling a meloditty kingdom…

Snaree: ...Are no longer yours. Step down, Trebass.

Trebass: Oh, oh, ye... Well, I would, heh, naturally, heh... however, there is one little problem. You see

them? They think I'm King.

Trumpee: Well, we don't. Snaree is the rightful King.

Snaree: The choice is yours, Trebass. Either step down or fight.

SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS

1. Circle Of Life (featuring the Xylo Brothers) – Robo, Ensemble

2. Maestro Nomo, Bone, and Trebass Conversation

3. “Snaree”

4. Grasslands Chant – Ensemble

5. Everything the Light Touches

6. The Morning Report – Maestro Nomo, Bone, Snaree

7. Elephant Graveyard Conversation

8. The Brass Instrument Hunt – Ensemble

9. Snaree and Trumpee Meet

10. I Just Can’t Wait to Be King (featuring the Xylo Brothers) – Snaree, Maestro Nomo, Trumpee, Ensemble

11. The Bowed String Trio

12. Chow Down – Cello, Viola, Iolin

13. Bone VS Bowed Strings

14. I Was Just Trying To Be Brave

15. They Live In You – Bone, Ensemble

16. Bowed String Chat

17. Be Prepared – Trebass, Cello, Viola, Iolin, Guitars/Ukeleles

18. “It’s To Break For” Conversation

19. The Stampede – Ensemble

20. Bone’s Death

21. If You Ever Come Back We’ll Break You

22. Robo Mourns Pt. 1 (Eulogy) – Robo, Ensemble

23. Be Prepared (Reprise) – Trebass, Guitars/Ukeleles

24. Robo Mourns Pt. 2 (featuring the Xylo Brothers) – Robo, Trumpee, Drumba

25. Bowling for Cymbals

26. Snaree, Pino, and Grando Conversation

27. Hakuna Matata – Pino, Grando, Young Snaree, Big Snaree, Ensemble

28. One By One (The Entr’acte) (featuring the Xylo Brothers) – Ensemble

29. The Madness of King Trebass – Trebass, Cello, Viola, Iolin, Maestro Nomo, Trumpee

30. Shadowland – Trumpee, Robo, Ensemble

31. Pino and Grando’s Weem-a-Wep

32. Under the Stars

33. He’s Alive

34. Endless Night – Snaree, Ensemble

35. Go for the Jugular

36. Reunion

37. Can You Feel The Love Tonight? (featuring the Xylo Brothers) – Pino, Grando, Snaree, Trumpee, Ensemble

38. Snaree and Trumpee Conversation

39. Robo’s Chant

40. We Are One

41. Bone Ghost

42. He Lives In You (featuring the Xylo Brothers) – Robo, Snaree, Ensemble

43. Snaree, Trumpee, Pino, and Grando Conversation

44. This is My Home

45. Pino and Grando’s Charleston Song

46. Trebass, Drumba, and Snaree’s Confrontation

47. Trebass and Snaree’s Confrontation

48. The Big Battle

49. Snaree VS Trebass

50. Trebass’ Death

51. King Of Pride Rock – Ensemble

52. Circle Of Life (Reprise) (featuring the Xylo Brothers) – Snaree, Trumpee, Pino, Grando, Maestro Nomo, Drumba, Ensemble

53. End Credits

TRIVIA

• The title card, which is the “The Musical Instrument King” text with a drawing of Snaree as an adult on top of it, pops up on the boom at the end of the song “Circle of Life.” It also pops up on the boom at the end of “Circle of Life (Reprise),” but the “The Musical Instrument King” text is replaced with the “The End” text.

• Instead of “Mr. Pig”, Grando says they call him “Mr. Piano.”

• There are credits at the end of the movie; the songs that play during the credits are The Lion Sleeps Tonight (full), as well as Grasslands Chant.

• Deleted songs from this movie were suggested for a “real Broadway” adaption of this spoof: one sung by Trebass, Maestro Nomo, and Bone during their conversation, African vocals clearly heard during the “Under the Stars” scene, the song We Are One from “The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride” as sung by Rafiki and the ensemble minutes before the sky reveals Bone Ghost, and one that is all African words sung by the ensemble during Trebass, Drumba, and Snaree’s confrontation.

• In the extended edition, the songs Be Prepared (Reprise), Robo Mourns Pt. 2, and Busa are cut, and a post credits scene includes Snaree and Trumpee sitting with the brass instruments and holding their new baby; Pino and Grando walk by and Pino says, “Congratulations, hero Snaree, it looks like Robo raised your newest baby drum. Isn’t he adorable?” and the cameras zoom into the Pride Lands with everyone (but Trebass and the bowed strings, guitars, and ukeleles) singing a line from the lullaby “Hush-a-Bye.”

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Pino as Timon, Grando as Pumbaa, Snaree as Simba, and Trumpee as Nala

Maestro Nomo as Zazu

Robo as Rafiki

An accordion and an occarina during the beginning of "circle of life"

Drumba as Sarabi, Bone as Mufasa, Pino as Timon, Grando as Pumbaa, Trumpee as Nala, Snaree as Simba, Maestro Nomo as Zazu as well as the Xylo Brothers

Snaree as Simba and a trio of saxophones during "i just cant wait to be king"

Snaree as Simba, Trumpee as Nala, Pino as Timon, and the Xylo Brothers

Horns during "lioness hunt" before the kids meet

Trebass as Scar

Fluto as the gopher

A pipe organ and a calliope during "circle of life"

Bongos at the beginning of the entr'acte

TRumpee as Nala, a mandolin, a banjo, and a guitar during "shadowland"

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