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Created by
  
Walt Disney Television

Composer(s)
  
Stephen James Taylor

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Genre
  
ComedyAdventure

Opening theme
  
"Hakuna Matata"

Theme song
  
Hakuna Matata

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Voices of
  
Quinton FlynnErnie SabellaCharlie AdlerCorey BurtonNancy CartwrightCam ClarkeS. Scott BullockTownsend ColemanBrian CummingsJim CummingsMichael GoughRobert GuillaumeJess HarnellFrank WelkerJeff BennettTress MacNeilleBrad GarrettRob PaulsenKevin SchonApril WinchellNathan Lane

Theme music composer
  
Elton John (music)Tim Rice (lyrics)

Program creators
  
Disney Television Animation, Walt Disney Television

Networks
  
Disney Channel, CBS, Toon Disney, Broadcast syndication

Cast
  
Ernie Sabella, Nathan Lane, Jim Cummings, Kevin Schon, Quinton Flynn

The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, often simply referred to as Timon & Pumbaa, is an American animated television series created by Walt Disney Television Animation. It centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog from Disney's 1994 film The Lion King. The show ran for three seasons on CBS, Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and in syndication as a part of The Disney Afternoon. It aired from September 8, 1995 to September 24, 1999. It is also the first Lion King related media to show humans, as humans were not present in the movie. It is the first of two television series to be based on the film, the second being The Lion Guard.

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In 2004, Timon and Pumbaa starred in their own released feature film The Lion King 1½, a direct-to-video adaptation of the television series to the first of two films. Robert Guillaume, Matthew Broderick, Cam Clarke, Julie Kavner and Estelle Harris, Nathan Lane, Quinton Flynn, Kevin Schon, Ernie Sabella, Scott Bullock and Jerry Stiller, provided the voices of Rafiki, Simba, Timon's Mother, Timon, Pumbaa, Fred and Uncle Max respectively in The Lion King 1½, and two seasons of television series episodes Mombasa-In-Law/The Laughing Hyenas: TV Dinner, Once Upon a Timon.

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Premise

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The show stars Timon, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog, both characters from the Disney animated film The Lion King and its sequels. Set after the events of the original film, the series involves the characters having misadventures in the jungle of Africa, as well as across the globe in various settings such as Canada, Britain, the United States and Spain. While the show focuses primarily on Timon and Pumbaa, it has four episodes centering on Rafiki and the hyena trio Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, which are under the names Rafiki Fables and The Laughing Hyenas, and two episodes centering on Zazu.

Production

The series premiered on September 8, 1995, airing on Fridays on the syndicated block The Disney Afternoon. Eight days later, on September 16, the series also began airing on Saturday mornings on CBS. The show was one of the last Disney productions to air on CBS, which had a cross-promotion agreement with Disney, as Disney bought ABC in 1996, the same year that this show (and all other Disney properties still airing on CBS at the time) left the network. Also, in 1995, Westinghouse acquired CBS outright for $5.4 billion. As one of the major broadcasting group owners of commercial radio and television stations (as Group W) since 1920, Westinghouse sought to transition from a station operator into a major media company with its purchase of CBS. Music underscore by Stephen James Taylor featuring frequent use of a microtonal xylophone and pan pipes based on an African tribal tuning.

After the second season, Roberts Gannaway and Tony Craig, the series' producers and directors, left the show to work on 101 Dalmatians. The series then returned in 1998 for a 39-episode third season, with a change in writers and new directors. Since February 8, 2009 (after its final airing on the now-defunct Toon Disney), this show went off the air for three years. However, it returned to broadcast reruns on March 23, 2012 on Disney Junior.

Main

  • Timon (voiced in early episodes by Nathan Lane, then by Kevin Schon or Quinton Flynn): One of the show's two main protagonists.
  • Pumbaa (voiced by Ernie Sabella): One of the show's two main protagonists.

    • The Lion King alumni

    The following characters from The Lion King movies appear in this series:

  • Simba (voiced by Cam Clarke): Best friend and formerly adopted son of Timon and Pumbaa, who is now King of the Pride Lands.
  • Rafiki (voiced by Robert Guillaume): A wise baboon who gives good advice and is occasionally the butt of jokes.
  • Zazu (voiced by Edward Hibbert): A pompous hornbill who works for Simba.
  • Shenzi, Banzai and Ed (voiced by Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulsen and Jim Cummings): Three hyenas who are usually spending their time looking for food, though their attempts to get it tend to backfire.
  • Gopher (voiced by Jim Cummings): A mole, and chief lieutenant of Zazu.

    • Other characters

  • Quint (voiced by Corey Burton): Timon and Pumbaa's human archenemy and the main antagonist of the series. He is a man of many disguises and his role varies from episode to episode, from mildly bothersome antagonist to full villain.
  • Speedy the Snail (voiced by Corey Burton, in a manner similar to Bing Crosby): An easygoing blue snail who can talk and sing. Timon and Pumbaa originally planned to eat him, but ended up becoming friends with him instead. They often find themselves rushing to have to save Speedy from dangerous situations.
  • Boss Beaver (voiced by Brad Garrett): A stereotypical beaver whose life philosophy is the exact opposite of Hakuna Matata. He values hard work and is sometimes too harsh on his employees. He also emphasizes the importance of safe work conditions.
  • Irwin (voiced by Charlie Adler): A dimwitted, accident-prone penguin whose bad luck seems to be terribly contagious. Timon and Pumbaa became his friends after they were stranded in Antarctica and Irwin had two extra tickets to a cruise ship. They will try to avoid him at all costs.
  • Toucan Dan (voiced by Jeff Bennett): A criminal toucan, wanted by the police. He is known for being a convincing liar and impersonator and always manages to trick Timon and Pumbaa (or just Timon) into helping him.
  • Smolder the Bear (voiced by Jim Cummings): A large bear with a very short temperament who Timon and Pumbaa often run into. He can be quite menacing, but at least one episode shows that deep inside he is a nice guy.
  • The Three Natives (voiced by Jeff Bennett): Three natives who are really university students. Their "chief" is also a university student, and usually precedes what he says with "Bungala bungala!"

    • US releases

    Six VHS cassettes containing 18 episodes of the series were released in the United States under the name Timon & Pumbaa's Wild Adventures.

    European & Australian releases

    Three VHS cassettes containing 21 episodes of the series were released in Europe and Australia, each containing six episodes and a music video. The first VHS, Around The World With Timon And Pumbaa, doubles as an OVA as it features an original story in which, after Pumbaa develops amnesia from a lightning strike, Timon tries to restore his friend's memory through the episodes featured on that video.

    DVD releases

    Three DVDs containing 21 episodes of the series were released in Europe and Japan.

    To date, none of the series has yet been released on DVD in the United States.

    Awards and nominations

    Daytime Emmy Awards

  • 1996 – Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – Nathan Lane For playing "Timon". (Won)
  • 1997 – Outstanding Sound Mixing – Special Class – Deb Adair, Jim Hodson, Melissa Ellis, Michael Beiriger, Dan Hiland, Joseph D. Citarella, Allen L. Stone, and Michael Jiron (Won)
  • 1997 – Outstanding Individual in Animation – Kexx Singleton for ("Beethoven's Whiff") (Won)

    • References

    Timon & Pumbaa (TV series) Wikipedia
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