After the battle against Zira, where the Outsiders sans Zira, who dies after an attempt to kill Simba failed join the Pridelanders, Rafiki is present at the wedding of Kiara and Kovu, wedding them.
As Mufasa speaks with Simba, Rafiki feels it, smiling on. He is referred to by Timon simply as "The Monkey", his name only being shown in the credits of the film. He is first seen briefly after Timon leaves his meerkat colony in search of a better life away from predators and free of tunnel digging. After explaining this to Rafiki, the mandrill openly realizes Timon seeks "Hakuna Matata," meaning "No worries," and thus introduces him to the problem-free philosophy.
Rafiki then explains that, in order to find Hakuna Matata, one must look beyond what they see, setting Timon's journey in motion. Later on, Rafiki is seen speaking with Timon's Ma about his meeting with her son. Thinking Rafiki sent Timon out to find a life nonexistent, resulting in him finding danger instead, Ma scolds the mandrill and heads out to find Timon with Uncle Max.
Years later, Rafiki is seen visiting Timon at the latter's jungle oasis, where he somewhat enlightens Timon on what it is to be a true friend and the true power of Hakuna Matata. During the film's finale, Rafiki is lastly seen attending the theater viewing of the film, alongside the other characters from the film, as well as a large amount of Disney characters.
His shamanism is expanded throughout the show. In " Good Mousekeeping ", it is shown that Rafiki can grant wishes or as he calls them, "Rafiki Wishes", with his policy being only one wish per animal and can also take back wishes as well. In " Beauty and the Wildebeest ", Rafiki helps an ugly wildebeest named Herman impress a young gazelle. In " Rafiki's Apprentice ", Rafiki is shown to have a nephew named Nefu and his walking stick is shown to have magical powers. It is also revealed that Rafiki got his stick from his grandfather when he was young.
He explains to his nephew that the gourds on his stick are the key to his mystical abilities. In the Timon and Pumbaa-centric episodes, Rafiki acts as a therapist during times of stress within' their friendship. Rafiki is a recurring guest in House of Mouse. His most memorable scene was in " The Stolen Cartoons ", where Timon yelled that there was a fly in Pumbaa's soup and that he wanted one as well. Timon then asks what is in Simba's soup and he replies that it is Rafiki, who is bathing in his soup.
He was given his own advertisement at the end of " King Larry Swings In ", which promoted Rafiki's Royal Treatment—a service in which Rafiki could be hired to partake in special events like birthdays, tea parties, holidays, and puppet shows.
In " Jiminy Cricket ", the camera panned to Rafiki, sitting alongside King Triton , Merlin , and Grandmother Willow , when Jiminy advised the audience to always respect their elders. In " Everybody Loves Mickey ", Timon laughs at Mortimer Mouse 's jab at Rafiki's age, to which the latter responds by knocking Timon on the head with his stick.
Rafiki also made several cameo appearances in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse during crowd shots and the finale song.
Though Simba is against the idea, feeling Kion is not ready, Rafiki along with Nala is an avid supporter, believing it to be fate. The mandrill is able to quickly convince Simba to go along with informing his son of his destiny, and in order to do so, he and Rafiki take the young cub to a hidden area of Pride Rock, where paintings on the stone walls tell the story of the previous Lion Guard, which was led by Scar who destroyed his guard after they refused to help him overthrow Mufasa.
Rafiki is seen again during the climax, where Simba, Nala, and Rafiki are able to witness a Kion-led Lion Guard successfully defending the land from a hyena invasion. With this, Kion has proven himself to be worthy of the responsibility, though Rafiki is unsurprised. He then takes it upon himself to solve all problems within the Pride Lands, but to bizarre results.
In the end, Rafiki explains he did not finish his statement and clarifies that honey badgers are smart when they think things through. In " Paintings and Predictions ", Bunga feels Rafiki's murals can predict the future. However, Rafiki later explains that his mural tells stories are of the past. His stories spook the others, giving them anxiety throughout the rest of the episode.
In " Lions of the Outlands ", Bunga recalls that Kion and his friend Jasiri traveled to the Outlands to meet with a group of lions; Rafiki correctly believed these lions to be Zira and her clan, and thus warned the rest of the Guard of their dangerous loyalty to Scar and that Kion could be trouble if they learn his identity as Simba's son. When she was born, Makini was chosen by the Great Kings of the Past to act as Rafiki's successor once the latter passes away. Once she comes of age, Makini begins her training under Rafiki, who teaches his apprentice of the power that comes with being the mjuzi, such as hearing the Great Kings of the Past, who can also be summoned by Kion.
Rafiki also informs her that "bad" lions can be summoned as well and to do this, one must be near fire and use both Kion's roar and a magical bakora staff.
This information is overheard by Ushari , who delivers this news to Janja and his hyena clan. Together, they take Makini's staff and trick Kion into using his roar in the Outlands , allowing them to summon Scar.
In " Rafiki's New Neighbors ", Rafiki is helping Makini paint for the Royal Family until they get interrupted by noise from an elephant, a sable antelope, and a monkey. Chama, Furaha, and Mzhaha decide to move in, but Rafiki cannot handle the noise they make. Kwashi was, of course, replaced by Rafiki in the final cut.
Rafiki's original voice actor Robert Guillaume, based Rafiki's voice on what he referred to as "a Jamaican accent. I was just having fun with it, and I realized later on that it was a really poor attempt at a Jamaican accent.
In the same interview, Guillaume also touched upon how he had been playing around with Rafiki's voice at parties, even before his role was finalized. Even though the iconic opening track is in Zulu, many others are in the Swahili language. In one of his interactions with the adult Simba, Rafiki hangs by a branch and merrily sings a Swahili line, " Asante sana, squash banana, we we nugu, mi mi apana.
This roughly translates to, "Thank you very much, squash banana, you are a baboon and I am not. As mentioned before, Robert Guillaume voiced Rafiki in the first film. It's no secret that The Lion King 's premise of seeking vengeance is heavily similar to that of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Hamlet.
So, if Simba is to be seen as Hamlet , then Rafiki easily doubles as Horatio. In the play, Horatio is a friend and advisor to the protagonist, knowing him since his days at Wittenburg University.
Third, remembering to eat your five a day servings of fruit and veg is important for your well-being. Thanks, Rafiki. If you ignore a problem, that problem will never be resolved.
Knowing you who are is a journey worth going on. Remember to spend time with yourself, and make sure you know what matters to you. Not all baboons are actually baboons. Just FYI. Later, after picking up Simba's scent in the dust and pollen in the air, Rafiki determines that Simba is still alive and restores the drawing, adding the full mane of an adult lion as a sign to seek out this young deliverer from Scar's tyranny.
Journeying to the area where Simba lives with Timon and Pumbaa, Rafiki observes Simba and recognizes, at least in principle, that he is suffering from a ponderous emotional burden. To treat it, he approaches the young lion and teaches him a few playful and sometimes painful lessons about learning from the past, not living in it. He also points out that the spirit and values of Simba's dead father, Mufasa, continue to live in Simba himself. During this scene, Rafiki incessantly repeats the Swahili phrase "Asante sana, squash banana, we we nugu, mi mi apana," which roughly translates to "Thank you very much, squash banana, you are a baboon, and I am not.
At the end of the film, Rafiki raises Simba and Nala's new-born cub atop Pride Rock for everyone to see, echoing the beginning of the film. Later on in the film, despite protesting that Simba and Zira would forbid it, he is persuaded by Mufasa's spirit to attempt to get Zira's son Kovu whom Scar chose to succeed him as King and Kiara to fall in love.
He tries to make the adolescent Kiara and Kovu fall in love with each other by taking them to a fantasy paradise called Upendi. Later, when Simba exiles Kovu, he was seen sighing sadly of Kovu leaving. In the end, he acts as the host of Kiara and Kovu's wedding. It is revealed that it was Rafiki who taught Timon the philosophy of Hakuna Matata. Besides appearing in the scenes he appeared in the original film, Rafiki also appears in a scene where he chats with Timon's mother and in a scene where he makes Timon go back to join his friends against Scar , albeit saying nothing but "My work here is done" after Timon goes to find Pumbaa on his own.
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