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Timon and Pumbaa are a fictional meerkat and warthog duo first introduced in Disney's popular 1994 animated film The Lion King. Timon was portrayed through his many appearances by Nathan Lane (in all three films and early episodes of the show), Max Casella (the original actor of the Broadway Musical), Quinton Flynn (in certain episodes of the show), Kevin Schon (in certain episodes of the show), James Arnold Taylor (in Kingdom Hearts II) while Pumbaa is voiced by Ernie Sabella (in all of his animated speaking appearances) and was portrayed by Tom Alan Robbins in the original production of The Lion King Broadway musical (who still plays that same role to this day). Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella first came to audition for the roles of the hyenas, but when the producers saw how well they worked together they decided to cast them as Timon and Pumbaa. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... The Lion Kings Timon & Pumbaa is a Disney animated television series that originally aired from 1995 to 2002. ... Image File history File links TimonAndPumbaa. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... This article is about Disneys 1994 film. ... Jonathan Roberts (fl. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actor of the stage and screen. ... The Lion Kings Timon & Pumbaa is a Disney animated television series that originally aired from 1995 to 2002. ... Quinton Joseph Flynn (known to friends and colleagues as Q) (born October 10, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio), is an American voice actor, actor, and writer. ... Timon (right) and Pumbaa (image from Timon & Pumbaas Jungle Games CD Program) The Lion Kings Timon and Pumbaa is a Disney animated television series that premiered from 1995 to 1999. ... James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American voice actor. ... Kingdom Hearts II ) is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios) in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. ... Ernie Sabella (born September 19, 1949) has been an actor on Broadway, television and film since the late 1970s. ... Binomial name (Schreber, 1776) Meerkat range The meerkat or suricate Suricata suricatta is a small mammal and a member of the mongoose family. ... Binomial name (Pallas, 1766) This article is about the animal. ... Disney redirects here. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... This article is about Disneys 1994 film. ... Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actor of the stage and screen. ... Max Casella as Benny Fazio Max Casella (born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. ... Quinton Joseph Flynn (known to friends and colleagues as Q) (born October 10, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio), is an American voice actor, actor, and writer. ... Kevin Schon is an American voice actor known to be voicing Timon in a several Timon and Pumbaa episodes and Snowbell in several Stuart Little: The Animated Series episodes. ... James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American voice actor. ... Kingdom Hearts II ) is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios) in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. ... Ernie Sabella (born September 19, 1949) has been an actor on Broadway, television and film since the late 1970s. ... Tom Alan Robbins is an American actor. ... The Lion King is a Tony Award-winning Broadway and West End stage musical based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name and is directed by Julie Taymor, portraying actors in animal costumes as well as giant, hollow puppets. ...

As with many characters in Lion King, Pumbaa derives his name from Kiswahili. His name means "simpleton". Timon's name is one of the few characters that has no meaning in Kiswahili, although it means "he who respects" in Greek. His name may also derive from Shakespeare's tragedy Timon of Athens, a reference to the Shakespearean origin of the film's plot. His last name, Berkowitz, was revealed in the TV series. This is contrary to the demeanors of both characters, as Pumbaa has always been depicted as a caring friend and Timon as self-centered. Mufasa, Simbas father The Lion King is the Walt Disney Companys 32nd animated film, and one of its most successful. ... Swahili (also called Kiswahili; see Kiswahili for a discussion of the nomenclature) is an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline for Music. ... In linguistics, meaning is the content carried by the words or signs exchanged by people when communicating through language. ... Timon (right) and Pumbaa (image from Timon & Pumbaas Jungle Games CD Program) The Lion Kings Timon and Pumbaa is a Disney animated television series that premiered from 1995 to 1999. ...

They are among Disney's most beloved characters for their comical antics and musical skills. Timon is a wise-cracking and self absorbed meerkat who is known for claiming Pumbaa's ideas as his own, while Pumbaa has an unpleasant farting problem, letting out large amounts of very smelly gas. However, Pumbaa is also a fierce warrior, charging into battle like a battering ram, and taking great offense if anyone who's not his friend calls him a pig (at which point he says, "THEY CALL ME MISTER PIG!" - a reference to the line "They call me Mister Tibbs!" from the movie In the Heat of the Night). Pumbaa's last name, Smith, was also revealed in the TV series. For other uses, see Warrior (disambiguation). ... In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965 of the same name, which tells the story of a Northern Black police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. ... Timon (right) and Pumbaa (image from Timon & Pumbaas Jungle Games CD Program) The Lion Kings Timon and Pumbaa is a Disney animated television series that premiered from 1995 to 1999. ...

The Lion King

Main article: The Lion King

Timon and Pumbaa are played by Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella, respectively, in the 1994 film. They are the best friends and protectors of Simba, the Lion King of the Pride Lands. They found Simba as a young cub in the desert, and saved him from dying of thirst. They then raised Simba with their philosophy of "Hakuna Matata", meaning "no worries". They lived with Simba in their oasis home until Nala, Simba's childhood friend, came and found him. After learning Simba's true identity as king, the two accompanied him to Pride Rock to help him fight Scar and the hyenas. This article is about Disneys 1994 film. ... The English word Protector, identical to its Latin root, means he who or that which protects, and specifically refers to : Protector was the second submarine built by pioneering American naval engineer Simon Lake In science fiction, Protector is the title of a novel by American writer Larry Niven, featuring Pak... For other uses, see Simba (disambiguation). ... Dehydration (hypohydration) is the removal of water (hydro in ancient Greek) from an object. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nala is a fictional lioness character who first appeared in Disneys popular 1994 animated feature film The Lion King. ... Scar is a fictional character in Walt Disney Pictures popular 1994 animated movie The Lion King. ...

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Main article: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Timon and Pumbaa have taken up residence at Pride Rock. They serve as aides to Simba, and are often called upon to keep an eye on his adventurous daughter Kiara. Timon and Pumbaa also teach Kovu, Kiara's new boyfriend, how to have fun after he forgets due to years of indoctrination in hatred. They later assist in the battle against Kovu's vengeful mother, Zira, and her pride of exiled lions, although Timon attempts to sneak away. This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ... Cub Kovu Kovu is a fictional lion character who first appeared in Disneys direct-to-video animated feature The Lion King II: Simbas Pride, the sequel to The Lion King. ... Zira is a fictional lioness character in the 1998 Disney direct-to-video movie The Lion King II: Simbas Pride, the sequel to 1994s The Lion King. ...

The Lion King 1½

Main article: The Lion King 1½

In this prequel/midquel/"inbetweenquel", Timon and Pumbaa are revealed to have passed by and caused some key events in the first film before their first appearance. In this film, they are meant to be known as the main characters. Timon and his mother and Uncle Max were part of a group of meerkats who lived on the savannah, but he was unable to do any job properly, and almost led to the meerkats being eaten by the hyenas Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. Feeling depressed, he received counsel from Rafiki, who taught him the "Hakuna Matata" philosophy and told him to "look beyond what you see". Timon took this literally, and set off to find the ultimate paradise. Along the way, he first encountered Pumbaa, and the two became friends. On the way to find paradise, they passed by the presentation of Simba (it turns out that Pumbaa accidentally passed some flatulence and the smell made a few animals collapse, causing the other animals to think they were bowing and later they all bowed); Simba, Nala, and animals singing "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" (it was Timon who hit an elephant's leg with a stick, causing the tower of animals to collapse); the elephant graveyard by running from Mufasa who was on the way to save Simba and Nala from the hyenas ("I see carnivores"); the hyenas marching to "Be Prepared" ("something tells me this isn't the traveling company of Riverdance"); and the wildebeest stampede ("Shall we run for our lives?" "Oh yes, let's"). Finally, they reach a beautiful oasis and are enjoying life when they find a collapsed Simba. In a series of humorous vignettes, Timon and Pumbaa take on almost parental roles in caring for the young Simba, with Pumbaa generally filling in as the fatherly figure as Timon subsequently acts in the role of the mother - no less, derived from his experiences with his own. The Lion King 1½ is an animated film, a part prequel/part midquel (or in-between-quel according to the films teaser trailer) to 1994s The Lion King, made by The Walt Disney Company. ... A prequel is a work that portrays events which include the structure, conventions, and/or characters of a previously completed narrative, but occur at an earlier time. ... Shenzi, Banzai and Ed are a fictional trio of villainous spotted hyenas who first appeared in the 1994 Disney animated film The Lion King. ... Rafiki is an anthropomorphized monkey who first appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures animated film The Lion King. ... Hakuna matata is a Swahili phrase that is literally translated as There are no worries here. It is sometimes translated as no worries, although is more commonly used similarly to the English phrase no problem. Jalsa: Most recently the phrase was is in the audio of Pawan Kalyan-Trivikram starrer... Flatulence is the presence of a mixture of gases in the digestive tract of mammals. ...

The film also shows more of Simba's life with Timon and Pumbaa before Nala came along. Timon and Pumbaa, afraid that Nala would take away their friend, attempted to spoil Simba and Nala's date by letting out bees, a spider, and tripping the two (explaining why they fell down the hill in the first film), but all failed. Later on, they see Simba and Nala quarrelling. They also mistake the appearance of Mufasa's ghost as bad weather. After they realize Simba has gone back to take his rightful place as king, it is revealed that Pumbaa had set off to help Simba before Timon, who was indifferent and reluctant. Timon eventually came to his senses thanks to Rafiki's continued advice, and quickly followed, after which Rafiki says, "My work here is done." After providing their hula distraction (shown in the first film), the two run into Timon's mother and Uncle Max, who had been searching for Timon ever since he left the meerkat colony. Later on during the fight, they defeated the hyenas by digging a massive tunnel network, sending the hyenas down Pride Rock where they get to take revenge on Scar who had betrayed them. At the end, Timon takes his entire meerkat colony to live in the oasis, free from threats.

Despite the appearance of Timon's mother, Ma (who was also given reference in at least one episode of Timon and Pumbaa) and his Uncle Max (believed to be his great uncle due to his age-which may be premature-and the fact that Ma also calls him 'Uncle' Max), Timon's father is never mentioned. However, in deleted scenes, Timon's father is an active character, though he was apparently replaced by Uncle Max.

It is notable that a prexisting storyline of how Timon met Pumbaa appeared in the cartoon series. This episode's relation to the Lion King canon is questionable with the introduction of this movie. Also it should be noted that the stories for the 'cartoony' series differed greatly from the more serious plots of the three films.

Other appearances

• In the book series The Lion King: Six New Adventures, Timon and Pumbaa appear in one of the books titled A Snake in the Grass and for some short moments in other book of the series titled Follow the Leader.

• The two appear on the packaging of the Kellogg's cereal "Chocolate Mud & Bugs".

• The two had regular appearances in the animated television series Disney's House of Mouse (2001–2003), and they appeared in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.

• Timon appeared briefly in the Virtual Magic Carpet Ride game included on disc 2 of the 2004 Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD.

• They reprise their roles from The Lion King in the 2006 video game Kingdom Hearts II. They charge in to battle the hyenas, and are saved by the game's main protagonists Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy. Pumbaa later shows his bravery by standing between a pregnant Nala and Scar's "ghost".

• Timon and Pumbaa are also the mascots used at Disney World to help kids and parents understand safety issues in the Disney parks and resorts. They are also featured on the Disney Safety website which was created in conjunction with Animax Entertainment.

• They have also appeared in their own TV program Timon & Pumbaa (TV series).

• In The Hunchback of Notre Dame, two men carry a dead warthog that resembles Pumbaa.

• In Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the Genie turns into Pumbaa in a scene saying, "Hakuna Matata"[1].

• In Enchanted, a pig resembling Pumbaa is seen waiting in line for Pip the Chipmunk to autograph (paw stamp) a copy of his book, "Silence Isn't Golden".

• Timon also appears at the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character. Pumbaa also appears on certain floats in certain parades or shows.