[quote="Panda-chan"][quote="DGFone"]Plus, even if Zazu did have doubts - who would believe him?[/quote]
This is true lol.
But yeah, I can see Zazu getting a concussion and forgetting everything. I just found it interesting that Scar was so sloppy about this
one aspect of his plan. Because if you think about it, the only witnesses to the stampede are Scar himself, Mufasa (who's dead), Simba (who ran away), the hyenas (who would of course corroborate Scar's story), and... Zazu. If Zazu *had* remembered what he saw, the movie would have played out
very differently.
Thanks for the replies though!
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Actually, Zazu wasn't the only poor point of Scar's plan. There were actually some more
1.) In the gorge, right as Scar leaves, he goes down some side path, presumably to get to the hyenas. What if Simba had found that path and simply stepped out of the way? Then Simba would have survived and Mufasa wouldn't have gone there and would have lived too. After probing into why Simba had gotten himself into his second near death situation within a day (Was it a day?), Mufasa might have learned that Simba had been there on the advice of Scar, and, perhaps with more probing, found out that Scar let Simba know about the elephant graveyard too. I think then Mufasa would be able to put two and two together and would have had Scar executed for trying to do in Prince Simba.
2.) The Wildebeests - Considering that everyone thought that they had trampled Mufasa to death (as everyone believe that's what happened rather than that Mufasa was thrown by Scar), I think Sarabi and others would have wanted to know WHY they were stampeding. (I mean, to make sure it wasn't a Wildebeest plot to kill Mufasa and Simba or something.) And I'm sure at least one of them could have mentioned the cause: hyenas. Guess who Scar brings into the Pridelands once he takes over: hyenas! Some Pridelanders might have seen that as a red flag.
3.) Nala - I think Nala would most definitely recognize Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, who had just tried to kill her and Simba the day before. Scar bringing them in would certainly have irked her and led to her raising some questions, to her mother Sarafina at the very least.
4.) Simba himself - Scar was really banking on Simba actually falling for it. What if Simba instead ran home to cry to his mother? Like my mentioning about Mufasa probing and finding out the truth, I think Sarabi would have reassured him that it was not his fault and have eventually figured out that it was Scar's idea to in the Gorge, may have also found out about Scar and the Elephant Graveyard, and would be VERY angry about Scar telling Simba to run far away and never return.
Further on the point of Simba himself, it's also possible that Simba himself could have perished in the gorge BEFORE Mufasa could have gone into it. (Simba was on a branch. It easily could have snapped before Mufasa got there.) Perhaps he would have seen Simba be trampled, figured he wouldn't have survived, and thus waited till the stampede was over to get the body. Then Scar would have some hyenas he'd have to please (for his promise that they'd never go hungry again) but he'd have to wait YEARS (or form a new plan again) to become king when Mufasa died of old age, assuming that Mufasa and Sarabi didn't produce another heir in the meantime.
