We all heard it: on LK2, during the war scene, Nala messes up Vitani’s name. None of us could figure out exactly what she said, could we? Well, I did some research and came up with this:

Disney originally named her Shetani, but in Kiswahili, the word means ‘demon’. I suppose they thought that was a little much for a children’s movie, so they changed the beginning to ‘Vita’, which means ‘War’.
They had already begin making the film when they renamed her, and already had covered the audio clips for the battle scene, so naturally the script had said ‘Shetani’ when the person who played Nala read it.

Some people hear it differently, but, there’s my explanation. Thank you for reading it!

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gold kitty, May 06, 2008 at 10: 39 Member

I actually heard Moria Kelly saying "Vitani".

-Tani Fur-, May 10, 2008 at 14: 51 Member

She did NOT say Shetani AT ALLL!! She said Vitalani i am SURE.

Dragon Tamer, May 12, 2008 at 15: 12 Webranker

I never noticed that, really.

Akhrehn, May 16, 2008 at 11: 24 Member

Hm... what do the subtitles say?

pawprint_gemz, June 03, 2008 at 16: 24 Member

When I heard it it did sound a bit dodgy- but I definetly managed to get the word as "Vitani" and besides, Vitani is a nicer sounding name

Dakota The Black Wolf, June 15, 2008 at 16: 23 Member

I heard it! I watched the movie last night and it was funny!

xcelestial.beex, June 26, 2008 at 18: 20 Member

Ya know, I read a few others about all this 'Shetani' business. I tried to hear the word 'Shetani' instead of 'Vitani' but it came out the latter every time. Besides, does it really matter? At least we know what was meant by it.

Jesmae, July 11, 2008 at 16: 22 Member

she did not say it wrong she said Vitani i have watched the movie 3 times this week and one of them was last night yous probably just heard it that way because of the way she said it all angry like

silent-wind(shaggystar), August 01, 2008 at 23: 36 Member

I always thought that she just made the "A" longer

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