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Barker, Martin; Austin, Thomas (2000). "In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle". From Antz To Titanic: Reinventing Film Analysis. Pluto Press. pp. 105–119. ISBN 0745315844.

Edit Request from 28 of April, 2012

Um, in the "plot" section of this article, someone (I don't know who, but that's ok) misspelled "Pumbaa" at least once. I should know that there's two of the letter "a" in his name, as I am a very big Disney fan (I have even been known to get very nerdy about Disney and start arguements w/ close friends if they don't know a Disney factoid). Obviously, the person typing there may have had a slip on the keyboard or a sticking "a" key that caused the article to say "Pumba" instead of "Pumbaa", or something similar. I can't edit the problem myself, because I am not currently a Wikipedia registered member (although I might join if I had a little more freetime on my hands, which should be coming soon :D), so someone else might be so polite as to please fix the problem.

Potential grammar/wording issue, plot

The sentence "The hyenas are friends of Scar, who then plot with them to take over the Pride Lands" seems weird. Who is them? It should either say "who then plots with them" or "who then plot with him" depending on whether Scar or the hyenas are doing the plotting.

Hyperlink

Can we added this hyperlink highest grossing animated Traditional film

Thomas Disch

There is a statement that "Thomas Disch wrote a film treatment", and Thomas Disch links to the science fiction author Thomas M. Disch. I would presume these are two different people. Can anyone confirm? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melnicki (talk • contribs) 04:11, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is the same man. Disch is no stranger to the animation industry as his children's novel The Brave Little Toaster was adapted into an animated film. The link in the "Development" subsection that has information about his unused treatment includes:

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The works of Thomas M. Disch (1940-2008) include science-fiction classics such as The Genocides, Camp Concentration, and 334, a controversial study of science fiction, The Dreams Our Stuff is Made of, numerous volumes of poetry and criticism, and a genuine children’s classic, The Brave Little Toaster.

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Christianster94 (talk) 02:49, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hercules (Disney character) from The Lion King (1994)

Hercules is NOT in The Lion King (1994), he is in Greek Mythology.