The following is an episode list for The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, an American animated television series made by Walt Disney Television Animation, based on Disney's 1994 feature film The Lion King. It follows the adventures of Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog, as they continue to live by their problem-free philosophy hakuna matata. Rafiki, Zazu, and hyena trio Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed are also each given their own segments occasionally.
Much like Aladdin, almost every episode title is a parody of a famous movie, song, phrase, or TV show. Geographic place names, usually those where an episode is set, 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; "Kenya Be My Friend" & "Catch Me if you Kenya" feature the name of Kenya, Africa.
In the fall of 1995, 13 episodes premiered on Friday afternoons on the syndicated Disney Afternoon block, and 12 more episodes aired on Saturday mornings on CBS at the same time. In the fall of 1996, 13 new episodes aired on The Disney Afternoon, with 8 more premiering on CBS. The syndicated and CBS episodes from both 1995 and 1996 each constituted a single production season, but because they are divided here, the episodes from the two seasons are not listed according to their broadcast chronology. In 1998, 39 new episodes were produced due to overseas demand. These episodes began airing on Toon Disney on January 1, 1999. In total, the series ran for 85 half-hour episodes, with 171 segments.
In the third season, characters like Simba, Speedy, Fred, Irwin, Boss Beaver, the Vulture Police, Rabbit, Toucan Dan, and the Natives are absent.
Series overview
Episode segments Each segment of the episodes in the first season starring The Lion King Characters: "Timon & Pumbaa": starring Timon and Pumbaa. "Rafiki Fables": starring Rafiki. "The Laughing Hyenas": starring Shenzi, Banzai and Ed. Songs: starring Timon and Pumbaa singing a song.
Episodes Season 1 (1995) Timon is voiced by Nathan Lane & Quinton Flynn in this season. Lane, Timon's original voice actor, reprises his role as the character in 10 episodes while Flynn fills in for him in 31 episodes.
Season 2 (1996) Kevin Schon, who sung the show's theme song "Hakuna Matata", voices Timon in this season and onwards, replacing both Nathan Lane and Quinton Flynn.
Season 3 (1999) As of this season, the show was produced in Canada by the Vancouver-based Studio B Productions for Walt Disney Television Animation, with a new staff of producers, directors, writers, and storyboard artists. The episodes now open with the same title card artwork that is used in the Season 2 episode "Catch Me If You Kenya". These episodes premiered on the now-defunct Toon Disney.
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