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"Do you ever look at someone and wonder, "What is going on inside their head?" Well, I know. Yeah...I know Riley's head."

"Let's...play...some...HOCKEY!!!"

"Who invited him back here?!"

"Target: Nakasumi-san."

"It's for you, Darling. Merry Christmas."

"Aunt Sarah! Will we see you at the picnic the day after tomorrow?"

"Of course! My precious kitties love the Fourth of July."

"Read the charges."

"Dr. Jumba Jookiba, lead scientist of Galaxy Defense Industries, you stand before this council, accused of illegal genetic experimentation."

"Please, come closer. Have a seat."

"ALOHA!!!! BYE BYE!!!!!!"

"Life's not fair, is it? You see, I...well, I shall never be king. And you...shall never see the light of another day. [chuckles] Adieu."

"Ah, Pumbaa. Look at that little guy. A chip off the old block! And you gotta know who's gonna raise him!"

"Whaaaat's on the menu? It could be ceviche, it's stinky, ooh, it's Pumbaa-aah..."

"I gotta tell ya, Timon, that song always gets me right here."

"Yeah, Pumbaa...Well, enough of that! [fast forwards the first movie]"

"Uh Timon, what are you doing?"

"I'm fast forwarding to the part where we come in."

"But you can't go out of order! [stops to the part before the final verse of Hiccup polka dance where Simba grows into an adult]"

"Au contraire my porcine pal, I've got the remote."

"But everyone's going to get confused! We've got to go back to the beginning of the story! [rewinds the movie]"

"We're not in the beginning of the story. [stops at the presentation of Simba then fast forwards again]"

"Yes we were, the whole time. [stops at Timon shocked face then rewinds again]"

"Yeah, but they don't know that. [stops at the reunion with Simba and Nala then fast forwards again]"

"So then why don't we tell them our story?! [stops at the hyenas and scream]"

"Hey I've got an idea, why don't we tell them our story?"

"Oh! I like the sound of that."

"A little backstage tour, take them behind the scenes while revealing the intimate look in the story within the story."

"Because what they don't know is how we really were there even though they didn't know we were there, you know?"

"Couldn't have said it better myself. [rewinds the movie to the very beginning]"

"So does this mean we're going back to the beginning?!"

"No, Pumbaa, no. We're going way back to before the beginning..."

"Isn't this great? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face... [Max barks in approval] Ah, a perfect day to be at sea!"

"My precious Melody, I'm giving you this locket so that you will never forget that part of your heart...will always belong to the sea."

"The world above is a wonderful place. But everyone knows the true magic lies...under the sea, where the water is clear, the fish swim free, and the mer-people live in the beautiful kingdom of Atlantica."

"In the beginning there was only ocean until the Mother Island emerged, Te Fiti. Her heart held the greatest power ever known. It could create life itself, and Te Fiti shared it with the world. But in time, some began to seek Te Fiti's heart. They believed if they could possess it, the great power of creation would be theirs, and one day, the most daring of them all voyaged across the vast ocean to take it. He was a demi-god of the wind and sea. He was a warrior, a trickster, a shapeshifter who could change form with the power of his magical fishhook, and his name was Maui. Without her heart, Te Fiti began to crumble, giving birth to a terrible darkness. Maui tried to escape, but was confronted by another who sought the Heart, Te Ka, a demon of earth and fire. Maui was struck from the sky, never to be seen again, and his magical fishhook and the Heart of Te Fiti were lost to the sea, where even now, a thousand years later, Te Ka and the demons of the deep still hunt for the Heart, hiding in a darkness that will continue to spread, chasing away our fish, draining the life from island after island until every one of us is devoured by the bloodthirsty jaws of inescapable death! But one day, the Heart will be found by someone who will journey beyond our reef, find Maui, deliver him across the great ocean to restore Te Fiti's Heart and save us all."

"Goodnight, sweetheart."

"Goodnight, Mom."

"Sleep tight, kiddo."

"I scared you!"

"All this has happened before, and it will all happen again. But this time, it happened in London. It happened in a quiet street in Bloomsbury. That corner house over there is the home of the Darling family and Peter Pan chose this particular house because there were people here who believed in him. There was Mrs. Darling."

"George, dear, do hurry. We mustn’t be late for the party, you know."

"Mrs. Darling believed that Peter Pan was the spirit of youth but Mr. Darling..."

"Mary, unless I find my cuff links we don’t go to the party. And if we don’t go to the party I can never show my face in the office again... And if I can never show–"

"Well, Mr. Darling was a practical man. The boys, however, John and Michael, believed Peter Pan was a real person and made him the hero of all their nursery games."

"The story always ends the same. Peter Pan shouts..."

"Good-bye, Wendy!"

"...and then Wendy shouts back to him..."

"I'll always believe in you, Peter Pan!"

"...and Wendy did believe always... even as she left childhood behind... and came to have children of her own."