Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

Bernie Mac: Zuba

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Quotes 

• Makunga : Look at it this way. After I defeat you and take your place as alpha lion, you'll have that much more time to spend with your pathetic excuse of a son.

  Zuba : Before I kick your butt again, tell me why you want to be alpha lion?

  Makunga : I'm better looking, I have better hair, I'm deceitfully smart, and I want everyone to do what I say.

• Zuba : Good luck, Alakay.

  Alex : Were we come from, we say "break a leg".

  Zuba : That's my boy!

• Zuba : Love transcends all boundaries. We are here to celebrate such a love. Do you two take each other for better or worse?

  Skipper : For better, please.

• Zuba : Alakay, look out!

  Alex : [Fighting Teetsi]  No, dad! It's 'Hop, Shuffle,Ball Change, Hip Swish, Turn Around!'!

  [Gets sucker punched in the face by Teetsi] 

• Mom : You going to mope like this all day?

  Zuba : Hmph.

  Mom : Don't hmph me. Listen, Zuba. A miracle happened. Our son came back to us. How is that not good enough for you?

  Zuba : What are you saying, woman?

  Mom : We lost him once, Zuba. Let's not lose him again.

• Alex : Did I... did I win?

  Zuba : Oh. No, son. I mean how could this happen? You told us you were a king. And a king does not get beat.

  Alex : Well, I am a king. I'm the... I'm the King of New York. It's-it's my stage name. I'm like, you know, it's- for when I perform.

  Zuba : Perform?

• Zuba : What's going on here? What's all this hubbub?

  Elephant : They say their from off the reserve.

  Zuba : That's impossible. Only people come from off the reserve.

  Alex : You look familiar. Do I know you from...?

  Zuba : How could you possibly survive the hunters?

  Gloria : Hunters? We didn't... I mean we didn't see any hunters.

• Zuba : What are you looking at?

  Alex : Me? Nothing.

  Zuba : This watering hole doesn't need any more mouths to feed. So just skedaddle back to wherever you came from.

  Alex : Ok. Well, is there maybe a manager that I can talk to?

  Zuba : Oh. I see. You're here to challenge me!

  Alex : What? No! No. No.

  Zuba : Well, that's what it started to look like to me!

  Mom : Zuba! Wait.

  Zuba : Doggone, woman. I'm trying to take care of my business...

  Mom : Yeah, yeah, Zuba. Hold on. Alakay? Is that you?

  [grabs Alex's paw] 

  Alex : No it's Alex. Ix like New York Knicks.

  Mom : [stunned by the birthmark]  Zuba, look!

  Alex : [Zuba looks at the birthmark]  Oh. I've always had that. The vet checked it out. It's really... it's kind of a beauty spot, really.

• Zuba : [Looking at Alex's birthmark]  A mark.

  Alex : All right, this is a little weird.

  Zuba : Honey, he's come home.

  Alex : What?

  Zuba : [shows his birthmark]  You've come home.

  Alex : [as he looks at both birthmarks]  Whoa.

  Zuba : Son.

  [pause] 

  Alex : Dad.

  [Zuba nods] 

  Alex : Mom and Dad? Mom and Dad! Mom and Dad! It's my Mom and Dad! I got a mom and dad!

  [they form a group hug] 

  Mom : Our baby's alive!

  Marty : Dad!

• Mom : [pulls out small fabric blanket]  You used to call this foofie.

  Alex : Foofie?

  [takes a whiff] 

  Alex : Foofie.

  Zuba : Oh. He doesn't want that thing.

  Alex : [Zuba tempts to take it from Alex but he pulls back like tug a war]  This is my foofie!

  [pause] 

  Mom : Zuba, you better give him his foofie.

• Zuba : [after Zuba put Makunga in charge] 

  Zuba : You should have told us, son! You should have told us that you weren't a real king!

  Alex : You never told me I'd have to fight anybody!

  Zuba : What did you expect, son?

  Alex : I don't know! Maybe a little fatherly advice like, "Hey, son, it's a fight!"

  Zuba : You're a lion aren't you?

  Alex : But I never fought another lion!

  Zuba : No, I guess not. You dance!

  Alex : And other stuff! The point is your pal, Makunga, set me up back there! I mean, none of this would have happened...

  Zuba : If you were a real lion.

  Mom : Zuba!

  Zuba : Yeah, I said it!

  Alex : A real lion. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

  [leaves]