[Buzzards - Intro to Hakuna Matata Scene]

{Buzzards are circling the child's body. One descends, then all. They circle around it. With a blast of music, Rodan riding Anguirus appears and dives into the midst of the buzzards. They slap, punch, and kick the buzzards all away.}

Rodan: Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaahh! Get out! Get out! Get outta here! Whoo!

Anguirus: I love it! Bowling for buzzards!

Rodan: {Laughing, dusting himself off} Gets 'em every time.

Anguirus: {Looking at Godzilla} Uh-oh. Hey Rodan. You better come look. I think it's still alive.

Rodan: Ewww...

{Rodan walks to the front of Godzilla, who is lying with his arm over his face.}

Rodan: All righty, what have we got here? {he smells Godzilla}

{He tries to lift Godzilla's arm. He can't. He gets under it and with a great push gets it above his head. He sees Godzilla's face.}

Rodan: Jeez, it's a Kajiu hunter! {Jumping up on Anguirus} Run, Anguirus! Move it!

Anguirus: Hey, Rodan. It's just a little Kajiu hunter. Look at him. He's so cute, and all alone! Can we keep him?

Rodan: {Yelling into Anguirus's ear, which creates a reverberating effect} Anguirus, are you nuts? We're talking about a Kajiu hunter. Kajiu hunters hunt guys like us.

Anguirus: But he's so little.

{He leans over to regard Godzilla, and accidentally dumps Rodan from his head.}

Rodan: He's gonna get bigger.

Anguirus: {Seen from Rodan's point of view on the ground, with a huge face) Maybe he'll be on our side.

Rodan: A--huh! That's the stupidest thing I ever heard. Maybe he'll b-- ...Hey, I got it! What if he's on our side? You know, having a Kajiu hunter around might not be such a bad idea.

Anguirus: So we keeping 'im?

Rodan: Of course. Who's the brains in this outfit?

{Anguirus scoops Godzilla up on his arms}

Anguirus: Uhhh...

Rodan: My point exactly. Jeez, I'm fried. Let's get out of here and find some shade.

Anguirus: Can we name him Fred?

Rodan: No.

{Anguirus trots off with Rodan on his back and carrying Godzilla.}

[Hakuna Matata Scene]

{Camera switch to Anguirus, Rodan, and Godzilla are near a pool of water and oasis. Godzilla has been laid near the water. Rodan splashes some water in Godzilla's face. Godzilla stirs.}

Rodan: You okay, kid?

Godzilla: I guess so.

Anguirus: You nearly died.

Rodan: I saved you.

Anguirus: {Snorts at Rodan}

Rodan: Well, uh, Anguirus helped. A little.

Godzilla: {Dully} Thanks for your help.

{Godzilla heads off quietly back out towards the desert.}

Rodan: Hey, where you going?

Godzilla: Nowhere.

Rodan: {Watching Godzilla, talking to Anguirus} Gee. He looks blue.

Anguirus: I'd say white-ish tan.

Rodan: No, no, no, no. I mean he's depressed.

Anguirus: Oh.

{Anguirus trots up to Godzilla}

Anguirus: Hey kid, what's eatin' ya?

Rodan: Nothing; he's at the top of the food chain! Ahhhhhhha ha haaa! The food cha-haain! {Anguirus and Godzilla stare at him silently} Ha ha hum... ahem. {Realizing his joke flopped} So, where you from...?

Godzilla: Who cares? I can't go back.

Rodan: Ahh. You're an outcast! That's great, so are we.

Anguirus: What'cha do, kid?

Godzilla: Something terrible. But I don't wanna talk about it.

Rodan: Good. We don't wanna hear about it.

Anguirus: {To Rodan} Come on, Rodan. {To Godzilla} Anything we can do?

Godzilla: Not unless you can change the past.

Anguirus: You know, kid, in times like this my buddy Rodan here says, "You got to put your behind in your past..."

Rodan: {Waving arms} No. No. No.

Anguirus: I mean...

Rodan: Amateur. Lie down before you hurt yourself. {to Godzilla} It's "You got to put your past behind you." Look, kid. Bad things happen, and you can't do anything about it, right?

Godzilla: Right.

Rodan: {Pokes Godzilla's nose} Wrong! When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world.

Godzilla: Well, that's not what I was taught.

Rodan: Then maybe you need a new lesson. Repeat after me. {Clears throat} Hakuna Matata.

Godzilla: {Still lethargic} What?

Anguirus: Ha-ku-na Ma-ta-ta. It means "No worries."

{Full Song, no fade in except in marimba chords}

Rodan: Hakuna Matata!

What a wonderful phrase

Anguirus: Hakuna Matata!

Ain't no passing craze

Rodan: It means no worries

For the rest of your days

{Rodan pulls Godzilla over to a green bush and leans him back on it.}

Both: It's our problem-free

Philosophy

Rodan: {Filing down one of Godzilla's claws}

Hakuna Matata!

{Spoken section over background}

Godzilla: Hakuna matata?

Anguirus: Yeah, it's our motto.

Godzilla: What's a motto?

Rodan: Nothing! What's a motto with you? Ahh ha ha ha...

Anguirus: {Laughing} You know, kid-- These two words will solve all your problems.

Rodan: That's right! Take Anguirus for example.

{Back into song}

Rodan: Why, when he was a young Kajiu-human...

Anguirus: {Italian counter-tenor range} When I was a young Kaiju-hu maaaaan!

Rodan: {Speaking, cleaning ear} Very nice.

Anguirus: Thanks!

Rodan: {Singing} He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal

He could clear the savannah after every meal

Anguirus: I'm a sensitive soul, though I seem thick-skinned

And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind

And oh, the shame

Rodan: He was ashamed!

Anguirus: Thoughta changin' my name

[Oh, what's in a name?]

And I got downhearted

[How did you feel?]

Ev'rytime that I...

Rodan: {Speaking} Anguirus! Not in front of the kids!

Anguirus: {Speaking} Oh... sorry.

{String pizzicato. Godzilla looks into the camera, surprised.}

{Godzilla watches with growing interest as Rodan hoists Anguirus into a vine loop above his head, where he begins swinging.}

Anguirus and Rodan: Hakuna Matata!

What a wonderful phrase

Hakuna Matata!

Ain't no passing craze

Godzilla: {After becoming more and more enthusiastic, he finally joins in singing, a spotlight falling on him.) It means no worries

For the rest of your days

Rodan: {Not singing, doing a vaudeville knee-slide up to Godzilla} Yeah, sing it, kid!

Godzilla and Rodan: It's our problem-free ..........

Anguirus: {Landing next to them, with a flatulent sound} ..................... philosophy...

All three: Hakuna Matata!

{Rodan pulls back a fern leaf, revealing a beautiful view of a rift-jungle. Waterfalls and rugged terrain make a beautiful view. Harp runs accentuate the scene.}

Rodan: Welcome... to our humble home.

Godzilla: You live here?

Rodan: We live wherever we want.

Anguirus: Yep. Home is where your rump rests. Heh!

Godzilla: It's beautiful.

Anguirus: {Loud raunchy belch} I'm starved.

Godzilla: I'm so hungry I could eat a whole zebra.

{Rodan is rather disturbed by Godzilla's want for meat-- a little bit taken aback and a little bit I-knew-this-would-happen.}

Rodan: Eeeahhah. We're fresh out of zebra.

Godzilla: Any antelope?

Rodan: Na ah.

Godzilla: {A bit desperate} Hippo?

Rodan: Nope. Listen, kid; if you live with us, you have to eat like us. Hey, this looks like a good spot to rustle up some grub.

{Rodan has stopped in front of a log. Anguirus forces it up with his strong arms, revealing many insects. Rodan picks one up.}

Godzilla: Eeew. What's that?

Rodan: A grub. What's it look like?

Godzilla: Eeew. Gross.

Rodan: {Eating, mouth full} Mmmm. Tastes like chicken.

{Anguirus slurps up a large worm from the ground. Both Rodan and Anguirus are feasting on bugs by now.}

Auguirus: {Slurping} Slimy, yet satisfying.

Rodan: {Grabbing a bug} These are rare delicacies. Mmmm. {Crunches} Piquant, with a very pleasant crunch.

Auguirus: You'll learn to love 'em.

Rodan: I'm telling you, kid, this is the great life. No rules. No responsibilities. {Pokes his hand into a knothole-- many bugs scramble out} Oooh! The little cream-filled kind. {munch} And best of all, no worries.

{Rodan has been collecting bugs on a leaf. He offers it to Godzilla. Godzilla picks out a grub.}

Rodan: Well, kid?

Godzilla: Oh well-- Hakuna Matata. {He eats}

{Sick music}

Godzilla: {Looking more cheerful} Slimy, yet satisfying.

Rodan: That's it!

{The bugs fly off the leaf in a colorful flutter.}

{The scene switches to all three crossing a log, walking and tossing their heads to the music. With a steady build in the music, a change occurs. We see the image of young Godzilla become an teenager Godzilla. And then again, Godzilla becomes a full grown adult. While the chanting of the title is happening, the camera is panning at the low level (6" off ground) where all the interaction between Anguirus, Rodan, and Godzilla as a child had been occurring. First we see Rodan, and then Anguirus. The camera continues panning at a low angle to where the child Godzilla would fit. Instead we see the adult Godzilla's foot come down. An immediate back up for a full view of a big Godzilla.}

Anguirus and Rodan: {Chanting to music} Hakuna matata, hakuna matata, hakuna matata.

Godzilla: {Adult voice now.} It means no worries

For the rest of your days.

All three: It's our problem-free

Philosophy

Godzilla: Hakuna Matata

{All three dive off of the log into a pond. First, Rodan jumps in doing a cannonball, and makes a small splash. Then Anguirus, doing a swan dive, makes a small splash too. Finally Godzilla swings out on a vine (gripped in his hands). Before he can dive, the vine breaks under his weight. The resulting splash is big enough to wash Anguirus and Rodan ashore.}

{Godzilla joins Rodan and Anguirus on shore. The song breaks into gentle jazz voice improvisations on the words "Hakuna Matata." We see a rear view of Rodan, Anguirus, and Godzilla boogeying off into the forest to the beat of "Hakuna Matata."}