Timon & Pumbaa
The show stars Timon, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog, both characters from the Disney animated film The Lion King. Set after the events of the original film, the series involves the characters having misadventures in the jungle, as well as across the globe in various settings such as Canada, Britain, the United States and Spain.
- 1995-1999
- 3 seasons
- Syndication
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
- TV-Y
The show stars Timon, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog, both characters from the Disney animated film The Lion King. Set after the events of the original film, the series involves the characters having misadventures in the jungle, as well as across the globe in various settings such as Canada, Britain, the United States and Spain.
Season 3 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1999
Episode 1
Whiff/To Be Bee or Not to Be Bee
Fri, Jan 1, 1999 22 mins
Whiff: When Timon reads a newspaper article about a golfer who got rich by making a whole in one, he and Pumbaa decide to play golf in order to get rich as well. However, the two have trouble hitting the golf ball to the point of putting the whole world in danger just to hit it once. / To Be Bee or Not To Be Bee: Timon and Pumbaa get caught by giant bees. They quickly win over the bee colony with their Hakuna Matata philosophy, which inspires the bees to overthrow their Queen without thinking through how to run the colony without her.
Episode 2
Luck Be a Meerkat/Just When You Thought You'd Cuisine it All
Fri, Jan 8, 1999 22 mins
Timon slips on a marble. Pumbaa is on a hunt to look for it. Whoever holds onto the lucky marble gets lucky./Timon & Pumbaa take a culinary class. They're unsuccessful at doing it by making concoctions.
Episode 3
Lemonade Stand Off/Big Jungle Game
Fri, Jan 15, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa set up a lemonade stand. When things go wrong, they set up to compete against each other./Pumbaa dreams to compete in the big jungle games. Things don't go well than he thought.
Episode 4
Boo Hoo Bouquet/Timon... Alone
Fri, Jan 22, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa struggle to deliver a bouquet of flowers to a man who hates them./Timon gets distracted with his train of thought. Due to his distraction, he goes off trying to be alone in order to concentrate.
Episode 5
So Sumo Me/Now Museum, Now You Don't
Fri, Jan 29, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa visit Japan to learn how to be sumos./Timon and Pumbaa visit a museum. They tried going into a bug exhibit to eat juicy bugs.
Episode 6
Visiting Pig-nitaries/The Truth About Kats and Hogs
Fri, Feb 5, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa pretend to be visiting dignitaries in order to meet an Empress./Jean Farrel goes out to study Pumbaa who she calls him Melvin and Timon who she calls him Billy-Bob. She can't decide which of the two to study.
Episode 7
Escape from Newark/Truth Be Told
Fri, Feb 12, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa gets snatched by Quint and became his pet owners. They both have plans to escape./Timon and Pumbaa get ready for Friendship of the year banquet. Rafiki casts a truth spell on them about how they really feel.
Episode 8
Throw Your Hog in the Ring/Slalom Problem
Fri, Feb 19, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa visit New York City. Pumbaa trains to be a wrestler/Timon and Pumbaa pretend to be ski instructors and ran into a grizzly bear who wants to learn how to ski.
Episode 9
Circus Jerks/Nest Best Thing
Fri, Feb 26, 1999 22 mins
Pumbaa wants to join a circus in order to make people laugh. Timon refuses at first, but decided to join him./Timon and Pumbaa meet a bluebird who lost his home.
Episode 10
Super Hog-O/Don't Have the Vegas Idea
Fri, Mar 5, 1999 22 mins
Pumbaa becomes super hog-o after he got struck by lightning/Timon & Pumbaa become lion trainers.
Episode 11
Hot Enough for Ya?/Werehog of London
Fri, Mar 12, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa come up with other ways to spice up bugs. They do that by doing a chili contest./Timon and Pumbaa are in London for vacation. Suddenly, a strange man tells them about the Werehog.
Episode 12
Bigfoot, Littlebrain/Astro-Nots
Fri, Mar 19, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa haven't been doing anything for days. Pumbaa suggests to go on an adventure to find Bigfoot./When Timon hears about NASA, he suggests to Pumbaa that they go the Mars to find bugs
Episode 13
Robin Hoodwinked/Serengeti Western
Fri, Mar 26, 1999 22 mins
Quint plans to steal the gold rocks. Timon and Pumbaa have to do what they can to get them back./Timon and Pumbaa visit the old west. Mad Dog has planned on taking over the town.
Episode 14
All Pets Are Off/Boary Glory Days
Fri, Apr 2, 1999 22 mins
All Pets Are Off: While in New York, Timon and Pumbaa pretend to be a rich boy's pets. Boary Glory Days: When Timon lies to Pumbaa about being an old warthog, he feels guilty and attempts to make his friend feel young again.
Episode 15
Two for the Zoo/The Swine in the Stone
Fri, Apr 9, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa accidentally help Quint capture some other animals to get them to a zoo. The Swine in the Stone: Timon and Pumbaa must pull a sword out of a stone while Quint is at lunch.
Episode 16
You May Have Already Won Six Million Bakra/My Meteor, My Friend
Fri, Apr 16, 1999 22 mins
Pumbaa wins the lottery but Timon refuses to ask for his help despite living in poverty. / Pumbaa befriends an odd meteor after Timon tries to abuse their friendship one too many times.
Episode 17
Jungle Slickers/Don't Wake the Neighbear
Fri, Apr 23, 1999 22 mins
Pumbaa uses his and Timon's savings to buy a farm in Kansas, but farm life proves to be challenging. / Timon is having a party at Pumbaa's aunt's house, but the neighbor, Smolder the Bear, warns them not to make noise since he's sleeping.
Episode 18
Recipe for Disaster/Going Over-Boar'd
Fri, Apr 30, 1999 22 mins
Recipe for Disaster: Timon and Pumbaa create a salsa recipe out of bugs and become famous because of it. But Pumbaa finds it difficult when Timon entrusts him to avoid exposing their secret recipe; Going Over-Boar'd: While on a cruise ship, Timon and Pumbaa fight over who should be captain, and accidentally set the ship in motion.
Episode 19
Ivy Beleaguered/Broadway Bound & Gagged
Fri, May 7, 1999 22 mins
Ivy Beleaguered: Pumbaa becomes popular at a college. Broadway Bound and Gagged: Timon and Pumbaa compete against each other to see who can make the best broadway play.
Episode 20
Steel Hog/Dealer's Choice Cut
Fri, May 14, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa join a biker gang called Smell's Angels and Pumbaa loves it, but Timon hates it. / Timon becomes a poker dealer but gets in over his head when a butcher, Farmer Joe, asks to take Pumbaa if he beats Timon at poker.
Episode 21
Space Ham/You Bet Your Tuhkus
Fri, May 21, 1999 22 mins
Aliens abduct Timon and Pumbaa to force them to fight in their gladiatorial tournament. / Timon and Pumbaa become contestants on Pumbaa's favorite quiz show, which turns out to be both rigged and dangerous when Pumbaa refuses to cheat.
Episode 22
No-Good Samaritan/Living in De Nile
Fri, May 28, 1999 22 mins
Leopold, the king of leopards, tasks Timon and Pumbaa to protect his adventurous little daughter. As punishment for eating a sacred scarab bug, Tutan Pharaoh locks Timon along with Pumbaa in a seemingly inescapable cursed pyramid.
Episode 23
One Tough Bug/Pirates of Pumbzance
Fri, Jun 4, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa face the legendary indestructible superstrong bug. / Timon and Pumbaa join the pirates but when the captain orders them to attack another ship, they turn on him.
Episode 24
Miss Perfect/Hakuna Matata U.
Fri, Jun 11, 1999 22 mins
Pumbaa becomes a beauty icon but fashionistas conspire against him. / Timon and Pumbaa start their own Hakuna Matata University to promote their eponymous life philosophy but then either pamper or torment their first two students too much.
Episode 25
Pig-Malion/Why No Rhino
Fri, Jun 18, 1999 22 mins
After Timon's new bug-catching invention fails, a seemingly well-meaning hedgehog, Dr. Exceter, offers to give him and Pumbaa general education. / Timon tries to swindle a rich tourist couple who wish to photograph the elusive blue rhino.
Episode 26
War Hogs/The Big No Sleep
Fri, Jun 25, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa join the hog army to live off their back but end up in a real war against a mysterious enemy. / Timon promises to stay awake and see the migration of a rare bird with Pumbaa but the Sandman intervenes.
Episode 27
Common Scents/Mister Twister
Fri, Jul 2, 1999 22 mins
In Common Scents, a famous perfume designer offers Pumbaa a deal to turn his infamously bad smell into the latest pricey hit flagrant. In Mister Twister, Timon and Pumbaa become tornado chasers, but one tornado starts chasing them.
Episode 28
Don't Be Elfish/Lights, Camera, Traction
Fri, Jul 9, 1999 22 mins
Pumbaa and Timon work as mall Santa and his elf but elf Timon's behavior gets him on Santa's naughty list. / Timon falls for a meerkat girl so he asks Pumbaa to direct an action movie starring him and the girl in order to impress her.
Episode 29
The Running of the Bullies/Special Defects
Fri, Jul 16, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa visit Spain but Timon's beef with a bull ruins Pumbaa's vacation. / Timon and Pumbaa ask Rafiki to use one of his magic spells to remove their faults, but when they fail to listen to his instructions the spell backfires.
Episode 30
Wishy Washy/Ice Escapades
Fri, Jul 23, 1999 22 mins
Timon and Pumbaa find Aladdin's magic lamp and wish for a million wishes, which turns out to be more of a curse than a blessing. / Timon embraces his love for figure skating and tries to train Pumbaa to beat the current champion.
Episode 31
Guru-Some/Jailhouse Shock
Fri, Jul 30, 1999 22 mins
The animals mistake Pumbaa for a sage and split into warring factions conflicted over the interpretation of his musings. / A vengeful jailbird from a previous episode gets Timon and Pumbaa sent to prison with inmate Smolder the Bear.
Episode 32
Nearly Departed/Early Bird Watchers
Fri, Aug 6, 1999 22 mins
A poisonous scorpion stings Timon and Pumbaa so they decide to complete their bucket lists before the poison gets them. / Just like in the proverb, Timon tries to get up before the early bird and catch the worm himself.
Episode 33
The Spy's the Limit/Ready, Aim, Fire
Fri, Aug 13, 1999 22 mins
Timon decides to help a James Bond-type superspy by catching the supervillain who threatens the world. / Smolder the Bear demands that Timon and Pumbaa put out their camp fire but a French Canadian lumberjack insists that they don't.
Episode 34
Timoncchio/Ghost Boosters
Fri, Aug 20, 1999 22 mins
Like in Pinocchio, Rafiki makes Timon's tail grow longer every time he brags about something that's not true to teach him a lesson. He also turns himself into his Jiminy Cricket. / Timon and Pumbaa agree to exorcise a ghost from a mansion.
Episode 35
Stay Away from my Honey!/Sitting Pretty Awful
Fri, Aug 27, 1999 22 mins
Pumbaa falls for a supermodel but Smolder the Bear, who is also in love with her, threatens him to stay away from her. / Timon and Pumbaa get hired to babysit three toddlers and quickly learn to appreciate how tough parenting can be.
Episode 36
He's a Bad, Bad, Bad Sport/Dapper Duck Burgers
Fri, Sep 3, 1999 22 mins
After Pumbaa beats Timon at every game, he becomes obsessed with beating Pumbaa at least once. / Timon and Pumbaa work the night shift at a fast food restaurant. Smolder the Bear arrives to buy a burger but they keep messing up his order.
Episode 37
It Runs Good/Hot Air Buffoons
Fri, Sep 10, 1999 22 mins
Timon scams people by selling them broken cars, but when oblivious Pumbaa sells one to Smolder the Bear they must run the car themselves to make the bear think it works. / Timon and Pumbaa accidentally join round-the-world balloon race.
Episode 38
Timon in Love/Kahuna Potato
Fri, Sep 17, 1999 22 mins
Cupid accidentally makes Timon fall in love with himself just like Narcissus in the Greek myth. / Timon and Pumbaa ask Rafiki to teach them Kung Fu so they can face off against their evil doubles, Pimon and Tumbaa, who always bully them.
Episode 39
Mook Island/Cliphangers
Fri, Sep 24, 1999 22 mins
Giant monstrous clones of Timon created by a mad scientist living on a desert island capture Timon and Pumbaa. / Timon and Pumbaa accidentally fall off a cliff while chasing a worm and their past adventures flash before their eyes.
