While most Disney movies have an element of humor to them, The Lion King allows the good guys to be funny without making fun of them. Poor flatulent Pumbaa is never the butt of his friends jokes. His relationship with Timon an anthropomorphic cross-species bromance for the ages is one of the most amusing, and their goofy antics help to distract from the darker elements. If the borderline slapstick of Timon and Pumbaas shenanigans is not your cup of tea, theres always Scar. Arguably the funniest character, he spends a hefty percentage of his time in the first half making thinly veiled remarks about everybody elses intelligence and lamenting the injustice of foolhardy young Simba stealing his place in the line of succession. Snarking and scheming: all in a days work for Scar. Besides, Scars immediate revulsion to Zazus rendition of Its A Small World is always funny. Who would have guessed that an evil fratricidal usurper could find a way to be so relatable?
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