Timon & Pumbaa (TV series)

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The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
Timon and Pumbaa
Genre	Animated series
Starring	Quinton Flynn Ernie Sabella Corey Burton Nancy Cartwright Cam Clarke Jim Cummings Michael Gough Robert Guillaume Jess Harnell Tress MacNeille Richard Naran Rob Paulsen Kevin Schon April Winchell
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	86
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Syndication/CBS
Original run	September 1, 1995 – 1999
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The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa is a Disney animated television series that aired from 1995 to 1999.

It stars Timon, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog, both characters from the Disney animated films The Lion King and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. On February 10, 2004, they starred in their own feature film, The Lion King 1½ which takes place behind the events of The Lion King.

Ernie Sabella and Nathan Lane reprised thieir roles as Pumbaa and Timon, respectively, in The Lion King, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, and The Lion King 1½. Both actors were featured early in the television show, but Lane was soon replaced by Quinton Flynn and finally Kevin Schon.

There are at least 86 22-minute episodes in all, most consisting of two or three shorter segments.

However, the final 1998-1999 series saw the gags becoming more miss than hit. Timon was more on the receiving end of the gags than usual. There was also a change in writers, and a new director meant that the show was aimed more towards kids than the whole family. As a result of this, ratings declined and the show was axed by Disney in 1999.

Reruns of Timon and Pumbaa used to air every weekend at 11:00 AM and 11:30 AM and every weekday morning at 6:00 AM on Toon Disney in the United States. The show was also aired on The Disney Channel in the late-1990s, until the preteen lineup took over. It came back very late this year to the Disney Channel afternoon lineup, along with Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. It is one of the few Disney animated series from the 90s that is still on Toon Disney after November 2004.

In the UK, the show currently airs on Disney Cinemagic.

Contents 1 Supporting characters 2 Other characters 3 Episode guide 3.1 Season 1 3.1.1 Season 1 Saturday Episodes 3.2 Season 2 3.2.1 Season 2 Saturday Episodes 3.3 New Director Episodes 3.3.1 Season 1 3.3.1.1 Season 1 Saturday Episodes 3.3.2 Season 2 4 External links

[edit] Supporting characters

There are also many supporting characters in the series:

• The Vulture Police are the policemen of the jungle who speak in the style of Joe Friday; they appeared in The Law Of The Jungle, Yosemite Remmedy, I Don't Bolivia, Shopping Mauled and Alcatraz-mataz.
• Quint is a human that stars with names like Claim Jumper Quint and Criminal Quint. He is always the "fastest, strongest, and bravest" something-or-other. There may actually be more than one Quint, or perhaps a whole family of Quints, as in one episode set in Spain, two Quints were seen together.
• Fred is an old friend of Timon's; he appeared in Tanzania Zany, Mind Over Matterhorn, Mombasa-In-Law and Once Upon A Timon. He is something of a practical joker.
• Shenzi, Banzai and Ed are the hyenas from The Lion King starring in their separate skits called "The Laughing Hyenas".
• Boss Beaver uses the opposite of "Hakuna Matata", meaning no worries, he uses "Makuta Hamaka" meaning work real hard. He appears in Amusement Bark, Oregon Astray and Maine-Iacs. His name, Boss Beaver comes from the fact that he is their boss and he is also a beaver.
• Speedy The Snail is the only snail that Timon and Pumbaa will never eat; he appears in French Fried, Ocean Commotion and The Man From J.U.N.G.L.E. He is modelled after Bing Crosby.
• Rafiki is the mandrill from The Lion King. He stars in his order of separate skits called Rafiki Fables, He also starred in the new director episodes Timoncchio, Kahuna Potato, Truth Be Told and Special Deffects.
• The Cheetahs are the smartest animals in this entire series. They starred in The Laughing Hyenas: Cooked Goose, Gabon with the wind and Boary Gloary Days.
• Bear tries to hurt Timon and Pumbaa sometimes. He appears in Jailhouse Shock, Ready, Aim, Fire, Stay Away From My Honey, Dapper Duck Burgers, Don't Wake The Neighbear, It Runs Good, Slalom Problem, Kahuna Potato, and Ice Escapades.
• Irwin the Penguin is the most trouble making penguin anywhere in the world. He Starred In Frantic Atlantic and Shopping Mauled.
• The Mad Scientist (Dr. Caliostro) is the most experimental scientist in this entire universe. He starred in Monster Massachusetts.
• Princess Tatiana is the princess of Timon's old meerkat colony who stole his heart and almost married him. The only episode she starred in is Once Upon A Timon, a 30 minute episode.
• Simba makes a few appearances in the series. He appears in Once Upon A Timon, Congo On Like This, Shake Your Djibouti and Rome Alone. He has a cameo appearance in Zazu's Off-by-One Day.
• Zazu is an uptight Hornbill who is Simba's majordomo in the show. He stars in Zazu's Off Day Off and Zazu's Off-by-One Day, an episode when he has count all the animals and forgets himself.
• Toucan Dan is a thieving toucan who never tells the truth, despite being caught red handed. He often commits crimes and has Timon and Pumbaa take the blame for it.

[edit] Other characters

• The Beetle in Saskatchewan Catch
• Montee And Bampuu in Kenya Be My Friend?
• Gopher Zazu's assistant in Zazu's Off-By-One Day and Zazu's Off Day Off.
• The Mouse in Good Mousekeeping
• Jumbo Jumbo The Elephant in Good Mousekeeping and Zazu's Off Day Off and Doubt Of Africa.
• Ned The Elephant in Uganda Be An Elephant and Unlucky In Lesotho
• Pumbaa Junior (The Alligator) in Never Everglades
• The Baby Eagle And His/Her Mother in To Kilimanjaro Bird (An allusion to "To Kill a Mockingbird")
• Simon The Circus Monkey in The Laughing Hyenas: Big Top Breakfast
• El Toro The Bullfighting Bull in The Pain In Spain and The Running Of The Bullies
• The Mummy Beetle in Guatemala Malarkey
• Bruce The Land Crab in Back Out In The Outback
• The Meerkat Angel in Timon's Time Togo
• The Unable To Cross A River Ostrich also in Timon's Time Togo
• The Tied Up Zebra again in Timon's Time Togo
• Lester the Whale in Be More Pacific
• The Undefeatable chicken also in Be More Pacific
• The wonderful Rhino of Laws in The Law Of The Jungle
• Woody Woodeater The 3rd, a termite in Going Uruguay
• Criminal/Liar Toucan Dan in I Don't Bolivia and Alcatraz-mataz
• Thief the Raccoon in Yosemite Remedy
• The Woodpecker (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried) in Mozam-Beaked
• The Sassy Jewel Collector in Ocean Commotion and Catch Me If You Kenya
• The serving Snake and the manager Snake in Brazil Nuts
• Little Jimmy the Jailbird in Jailhouse Shock and Nest Best Thing
• The Baby Panther in Unlucky in Lesotho
• Nefu in Rafiki's Apprentice
• The Tigress from "Doubts of Africa"
• The Skunk from" A scent of the south"
• The Wolverine in I Think I Canada
• The Cockroach Hotel Manager in Roach Hotel
• The Rabbit in Africa-Dabra
• King Leopold and Princess Claudia (Leopards) in No Good Samaritan
• Leslie Lambo a sassy blonde whom Timon, Pumbaa, and a bear have a crush on.
• The Natives university students that work as natives. They appear in Boara Boara,, Beast of Eden, and New Guinea Pig. They also have a brief appearance in Mozam Beaked.
• The Baby Panda in Don't Break the China

[edit] Episode guide

As is common in cartoons, almost every episode title is a parody of a famous movie, song, or TV show. Geographic place names form the basis of the puns, for example To Kilimanjaro Bird is a combination of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird and the name of the mountain Kilimanjaro.

[edit] Season 1

• Episode #1 Boara Boara And Saskatchewan Catch
• Episode #2 Kenya Be My Friend? And Rafiki Fables: Good Mousekeeping
• Episode #3 Never Everglades And The Laughing Hyenas: Cooked Goose
• Episode #4 How To Beat The High Costa Rica And Swiss Missed
• Episode #5 Uganda Be An Elephant And To Kilimanjaro Bird
• Episode #6 French Fried And The Laughing Hyenas: Big Top Breakfast
• Episode #7 The Pain In Spain And Frantic Atlantic
• Episode #8 Tanzania Zany And Guatemala Malarkey
• Episode #9 Back Out In The Outback And Gabon With The Wind
• Episode #10 Timon's Time Togo And The Law Of The Jungle
• Episode #11 Be More Pacific And Going Uruguay
• Episode #12 Yosemite Remedy And Rafiki Fables: The Sky Is Calling
• Episode #13 Mozam-Beaked And Ocean Commotion

[edit] Season 1 Saturday Episodes

• Episode #14 Brazil Nuts, South Seas Sick And The Lion Sleeps Tonight
• Episode #15 Yukon Con And Doubt of Africa
• Episode #16 Russia Hour And You Ghana Join the Club
• Episode #17 Rocky Mountain Lie And Amazon Quiver
• Episode #18 Madagascar About You, Truth or Zaire And Yummy Yummy Yummy
• Episode #19 Mojave Desserted And Rafiki Fables: Beauty and the Wildebeest
• Episode #20 Don't Break the China, The Laughing Hyenas: Can't Take a Yolk And Stand By Me
• Episode #21 Unlucky In Lesotho And Rafiki Fables: Rafiki's Apprentice
• Episode #22 Mombasa-In-Law And The Laughing Hyenas: TV Dinner
• Episode #23 Manhattan Mishap And Paraguay Parable
• Episode #24 Let's Serengeti out of Here And Congo On Like This
• Episode #25 Okay Bayou? And Shake Your Djibouti

[edit] Season 2

• Episode #26 Palm Beached And Jamaica Mistake?
• Episode #27 Oregon Astray And New Guinea Pig
• Episode #28 Klondike Con And Isle Find Out
• Episode #29 Wide Awake In Wonderland And Zazu's Off-By-One Day
• Episode #30 Africa-Dabra And I Don't Bolivia
• Episode #31 Catch Me If You Kenya And Scent Of The South
• Episode #32 Forbidden Pumbaa And Washington Applesauce
• Episode #33 I Think I Canada And Zazu's Day Off

  Plot summary: A wolverine attacks the relaxing duo, but he's really an advertiser and manager for a training camp called "Survival of the Fittest." Canada was completely irrelevant to this episode, being a play on the phrase, "I think I can."

• Episode #34 Timon On The Range And The Man From J.U.N.G.L.E.
• Episode #35 Maine-Iacs And Fiji-Fi-Fo-Fum
• Episode #36 Once Upon A Timon (Half-hour episode)
• Episode #37 Home Is Where The Hog Is (Half-hour episode)
• Episode #38 Bumble In The Jungle + Beethoven's Whiff (musical orchestrations) And Mind Over Matterhorn

NOTE:' Episodes 36 and 37 explain Timon and Pumbaa's origins, and how they came to be wandering loners, although The Lion King 1½ contradicted these episodes.

[edit] Season 2 Saturday Episodes

• Episode #39 Isle of Manhood And Puttin' on the Brits
• Episode #40 Beetle Romania And Rumble in the Jungle
• Episode #41 Animal Barn And Roach Hotel
• Episode #42 Shopping Mauled And Library Brouhaha
• Episode #43 Monster Massachusetts And Handle With Caribbean
• Episode #44 Alcatraz-Mataz (incomplete) And Oahu Wahoo!
• Episode #45 Beast of Eden And Sense and Senegambia
• Episode #46 Rome Alone And Amusement Bark

[edit] New Director Episodes

Episode 47 onwards, the show was produced by a feeder animation company, instead of Walt Disney Television Animation. The title card artwork is gone, the show only opens with a plain title card.

[edit] Season 1

• Episode #47 Super Hog-o And Don't Have the Vegas Idea
• Episode #48 Ivy Beleaguered And Broadway Bound and Gagged
• Episode #49 No Good Samaritan And Living in De Nile
• Episode #50 Miss Perfect And Hakuna Matata U.
• Episode #51 Pirates Of Pumbzance And One Tough Bug
• Episode #52 Why No Rhino And Pig-malion
• Episode #53 War Hogs And The Big No Sleep
• Episode #54 Mister Twister And Common Scents

[edit] Season 1 Saturday Episodes

• Episode #55 Lemonade Stand Off And Big Jungle Game
• Episode #56 Bug Salesman And Hot Air Buffoons
• Episode #57 So Sumo Me And Now Museum, Now You Don't
• Episode #58 Ice Escapades And Wishy Washy
• Episode #59 Steel Hog And Dealer's Choice Cut
• Episode #60 Timon in Love And Kahuna Potato
• Episode #61 Recipe for Disaster And Going Over-Boar'd
• Episode #62 Luck Be A Meerkat And Just When You'd Thought You'd Cuisine It All
• Episode #63 Boo Hoo Bouquet And Timon Alone
• Episode #64 Visiting Pig-nitaries And The Truth About Kats And Hogs
• Episode #65 Guru Some And Jailhouse Shock
• Episode #66 Nearly Departed And Early Bird Watchers
• Episode #67 The Spy's the Limit And Ready, Aim, Fire
• Episode #68 Timoncchio And Ghost Boosters
• Episode #69 Stay Away From My Honey And Sitting Pretty Awful

[edit] Season 2

• Episode #70 Mook Island and Clip Hangers
• Episode #71 The Running Of The Bullies and Special Deffects
• Episode #72 He's A Bad, Bad Sport and Dapper Duck Burgers
• Episode #73 Space Ham and You Bet Your Tuhkus
• Episode #74 It Runs Good and Hot Air Buffoons
• Episode #75 Whiff and To Be Bee Or Not To Be Bee
• Episode #76 Don't Be Elfish and Lights, Camera, Traction
• Episode #77 Jungle Slickers and Don't Wake The Neighbear
• Episode #78 Escape From Newark And Truth Be Told
• Episode #79 Throw Your Hog in the Ring And Slalom Problem
• Episode #80 Circus Jerks And Nest Best Thing
• Episode #81 Hot Enough For Ya? And Werhog of London
• Episode #82 Bigfoot Littlebrain And Astro-Nots
• Episode #83 Robin Hood Winked And Serengeti Western
• Episode #84 All Pets Are Off And Boary Glory Days
• Episode #85 Two for the Zoo And The Swine in the Stone
• Episode #86 You May Have Already Won Six Million Barka And My Meteor, My Friend

[edit] External links

• Toon Disney Timon and Pumbaa website
• Timon and Pumbaa at the Internet Movie Database
• Timon and Pumbaa at TV.com
• Detailed Episode Guide