Timon and Pumbaa

Timon and Pumbaa
Premiere	September 8, 1995
Finale	1999
Network/Provider	syndication (season 1 & 3) (The Disney Afternoon), CBS (season 2 & 4) Toon Disney (season 5)
Style	30-minute animated comedy
Company	Walt Disney Television Animation
Seasons	5
Episodes	85
Origin	USA

Timon and Pumbaa is an animated comedy that aired simultanously on CBS and in syndication (as a part of The Disney Afternoon) for two years (season 1-4), and then - after a hiatus of more than two years - on Toon Disney for one more season. It is a television spinoff of the Disney animated motion picture The Lion King.

Premise

Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog experience life and adventure in different parts of the globe as well as their jungle home while practising their "hakuna matata" ("no worries") philosophy. Each episode typically consist of two 11-minute segments.

During the first three seasons of the show, it occasionally includes segments starring Rafiki the mandrill ("Rafiki Fables"), Shenzi, Banzai & Ed the hyenas ("The Laughing Hyenas"), and Zazu the hornbill. Simba, the Lion King himself, makes a handful of appearances.

While the show introduces some new, recurring characters, only a few appear in more than four episodes: Quint, the archenemy of the heroes appears all through the show, while another antagonist, Smolder the Bear, is added for the final season. Additionally, during the original four-season run, the Vulture Police, makes several appearances.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast
Ernie Sabella	Pumbaa	1	2	3	4	5
Nathan Lane	Timon	1	2
Quinton Flynn		1	2
Kevin Schon			2	3	4	5
Season numbers in red indicate a recurring or guest role in that season.
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Jeff Bennett	Additional voices	1	2	3	4	5
	The Natives	1		3	4
	Toucan Dan			3	4
Corey Burton	Quint	1	2	3	4	5
	Speedy the Snail	1			4
	Additional voices					5
Jim Cummings	Additional voices	1	2	3	4	5
	Ed	1	2	3
	Cheetato	1				5
	Gopher			3
	Smolder the Bear					5
Robert Guillaume	Rafiki	1	2	3	4	5
Tress MacNeille	Additional voices	1	2	3	4	5
	Shenzi	1	2	3
Frank Welker	Additional voices	1	2	3	4	5
	Ned the Elephant	1	2
Charles Adler	Additional voices	1	2	3	4
	Irwin	1			4
	The Pink Rabbit		2	3
Rob Paulsen	Additional voices	1	2	3		5
	Banzai	1	2	3
	Cheetata	1				5
S. Scott Bullock	Fred	1	2	3
	Additional voices					5
April Winchell	Additional voices	1	2		4
Steve Mackall	Additional voices	1				5
	Dr. Happy		2
Townsend Coleman	Vulture Policeman #1	1		3	4
Brian Cummings	Vulture Policeman #2	1		3	4
Debi Derryberry	Additional voices	1				5
Brad Garrett	Additional voices	1			4
	Boss Beaver			3	4
Cam Clarke	Simba		2	3	4
Jess Harnell	Additional voices		2			5
Kath Soucie	Additional voices		2			5
Billy West	Additional voices			3	4	5
Michael Gough	Zazu			3
Maurice LaMarche	Additional voices				4	5
Joe Alaskey	Little Jimmy					5
Grey DeLisle	Leslie Lambeau					5

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale				#
Syndication
Season One	September 8, 1995	December 29, 1995				13
Season Three	September 2, 1996	November 25, 1996				13
CBS
Season Two	September 16, 1995	December 16, 1995				12
Season Four	September 14, 1996	November 9, 1996				8
Toon Disney
Season Five	January 1, 1999	1999				39

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

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