"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"". In 2004, Timon and Pumbaa starred in their own feature film ""The Lion King 1½"", a direct-to-video adaptation of the television series to the first of two films. Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Matthew Broderick, Robert Guillaume, Julie Kavner and Jerry Stiller provided the voices of Timon, Pumbaa, Simba, Rafiki, Timon's Mother and Uncle Max respectively. The show stars Timon, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog, both characters from the"
"Ernie Sabella Ernest ""Ernie"" Sabella (born September 19, 1949) is an American actor and voice actor, who is best known for his role as the voice of Pumbaa from ""The Lion King"" franchise. He is also known for his work in Broadway theatre, including starring roles in ""Guys and Dolls"" and ""Man of La Mancha"". Born in Westchester, New York, Sabella graduated from Westlake High School in Thornwood, New York and from the University of Miami, where he studied at the Department of Theatre Arts and performed at the university's Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. His stage credits include ""The Robber"
"programmer in their home town. Ernie Sabella Ernest ""Ernie"" Sabella (born September 19, 1949) is an American actor and voice actor, who is best known for his role as the voice of Pumbaa from ""The Lion King"" franchise. He is also known for his work in Broadway theatre, including starring roles in ""Guys and Dolls"" and ""Man of La Mancha"". Born in Westchester, New York, Sabella graduated from Westlake High School in Thornwood, New York and from the University of Miami, where he studied at the Department of Theatre Arts and performed at the university's Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. His"
"John Xintavelonis John Xintavelonis (also known as John X) is a Tasmanian actor and comedian, known in Australia for his performance as Pumbaa the warthog in the Australian production of the stage musical, ""The Lion King"". Xintavelonis has worked for many Tasmanian production companies including the ""10 Days On The Island Festival"", ""Big Monkey"", ""ExitLeft"", ""Fifth Wall"", ""Zootango"", ""Theatre Alfresco"", ""Theatre Royal/XWWX"", ""Hills Centre"" and ""Old Nick"". His screen work includes television shows ""Something Hot Before Bed"" (Australian Broadcasting Corporation); ""TODAY"" (Nine) Sunrise (Seven); ""Football Life"" (WIN TV) and film appearances in ""Sound Of One Hand Clapping"" (Artist Services) and"
"""Bottom"". As with many characters in ""Lion King"", Pumbaa's name derives from the East African language Swahili. In Swahili, ""pumbaa (v.)"" means ""to be foolish, silly, weakminded, careless, negligent"". Timon is one of the few characters whose name has no meaning in Swahili; ""Timon"" is a historical Greek name, taken to mean ""he who respects"". Timon's name may also possibly derive from Shakespeare's tragedy ""Timon of Athens"", another Shakespeare reference in a film which derives its plot from ""Hamlet"". Timon is a wise-cracking and self-absorbed meerkat who is known for claiming Pumbaa's ideas as his own, while Pumbaa has flatulence"
"Pavilion. Timon and Pumbaa both feature in Festival of the Lion King at Animal Kingdom. In 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013, Disney Educational Productions and Underwriters Laboratories coproduced an educational film series called ""Wild About Safety: Safety Smart with Timon and Pumbaa"", where Pumbaa educated Timon on how to stay safe. Ernie Sabella reprised his role as Pumbaa, while Timon was voiced by Bruce Lanoil. Each installment was approximately 11 minutes long. They are all animated in the style of the 1994 TV show. The following titles were produced: Timon and Pumbaa Timon and Pumbaa are an animated meerkat and"
"focuses more on Timon and Pumbaa. The meerkat and warthog unknowingly coexist alongside Simba, and the story fills in the two characters' backstories and events that led up to their long-lasting friendship, coinciding with and often initiating the events that affect Simba's life during the first film. These events include the commemorative bow that occurs during the opening ""Circle of Life"" musical number and the collapsing of the animal tower that takes place during ""I Just Can't Wait to Be King."" The film also explores, in further detail, the relationship among the three characters as Timon and Pumbaa struggle to"
"is explained to him in the song ""Hakuna Matata"". Many years later, while out on a musical walk with Timon, Pumbaa is distracted by a bug, which he follows into the jungle. The bug leads him right to a hungry lioness prowling around, who then tries to hunt down Pumbaa. She chases the warthog until Simba springs into action, and the two lions engage in conflict. When the lioness pins Simba, he recognizes her as Nala, his childhood playmate. They are happy to be together, but Timon is jealous after they leave for a night of romance. He and Pumbaa"
"order to defeat the Lion Guard and take over the Pride Lands. In 2016, it was announced that Disney is developing a ""Lion King"" remake with Jon Favreau directing. Reports stated that animation styles will be similar to Favreau's 2016 film ""The Jungle Book"" and will shoot it back to back with ""The Jungle Book"" sequel. The film's voice cast will feature Donald Glover as Simba, James Earl Jones reprising his role as Mufasa, and Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen as Timon and Pumbaa respectively. The movie will be produced by Fairview Entertainment. In April 2017, Disney announced that the"
"raise Simba as adoptive ""parents"" and disapprove of his relationship with Nala, portraying Simba as he grows from an energetic young lion cub, into an incorrigible teenager and, finally, an independent young lion. In mid-February 2017, Donald Glover was cast as adult Simba. On November 1, 2017, JD McCrary was cast as young Simba. The success of ""The Lion King ""and popularity of its characters led to the production of ""Timon & Pumbaa"", an animated television series starring Timon and Pumbaa. Simba makes several appearances, including one episode in which Timon drags him out to try to revive Pumbaa's lost"
"""The Lion King"". Much of the original cast from the first film returns in this film to reprise their roles, including Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella as Timon and Pumbaa, respectively. Timon and Pumbaa watch the original film in a theater, Timon decides to fast-forward to his scenes. Pumbaa's protest over this eventually prompts Timon to share his backstory (""going way back, to before the beginning of the first movie""). Timon is a social outcast in his meerkat colony on the outskirts of the Pride Lands due to frequently messing things up by accident. Though he is unconditionally supported by"
"Tom Alan Robbins Tom Alan Robbins is an American actor. He recently returned to the role of Pumbaa in ""The Lion King"", a role he originated at its Broadway opening. Before returning to ""The Lion King"", he appeared in the Broadway production of ""Is He Dead?"", a comedy written by Mark Twain, as Hans von Bismarck, a role which he originated in 2007. He has been on television shows including ""Seinfeld"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""Law & Order"", ""The Good Wife"", and ""Baby Talk"". Robbins, a native of Ohio, has appeared in the original Broadway casts of ""The Lion King"", ""The Threepenny"
"sometimes pulled out of the audience to dance. The show is hosted by four performers dressed in costumes inspired by traditional African dress. Each has a Swahili name: Kiume (meaning ""masculine and strong""), Nakawa (""good-looking""), Kibibi (""princess""), and Zawadi (""the gift""). After the hosts welcome the audience to the show, the curtains open and a procession of dancers, puppeteers, and stilt walkers enter the theater (""I Just Can't Wait to Be King""). Among them are ""Lion King"" characters Simba, Pumbaa (both puppets on floats), and Timon (played by a live performer). Acts include gymnastic ""Tumble Monkeys"" (""Hakuna Matata""), a fire"
"issues. 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 exclaims ""They call me ""Mister"" pig!""—a reference to Sidney Poitier's line ""They call me Mister Tibbs!"" from the 1967 film ""In the Heat of the Night"". Unlike real meerkats, Timon can walk on his hind legs, while in real life, meerkats walk on all four legs and can only ""stand"" on their hind ones. Based on the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern from ""Hamlet"", Timon and Pumbaa are"
"and let the other lions eat them, though Sora assures them that Simba will never forget them. Pumbaa later shows his bravery by standing between a pregnant Nala and Scar's ""ghost"". Ernie Sabella reprises his role as Pumbaa, while Timon is voiced by Bruce Lanoil. Coincidentally, Quinton Flynn also had a role in the game, providing the voice for Axel of Organization XIII. 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. Timon and Pumbaa are also the mascots used at Disney World to"
"people such as Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Masai, clips of New York City and other locations such as the Amazon Rainforest, Serengeti, Andes, Las Vegas, Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia, and images of animals such as monkeys, bald eagles, snakes, elephants and wildebeest). The film opens with Mufasa's voice explaining that everyone is connected in the great circle of life. A montage of animals and a few clips from ""Symbiosis"" open to the song, Circle of Life. The focus of the main story is on Simba. He decided to show Timon and Pumbaa how another creature (man) is similarly forgetting"
"finds and rescues a magical whale named Lester, who grants him three wishes. Pumbaa asks for nothing for himself, but he does relay Timon's wishes to Lester. First Timon wishes for ""something big and expensive"" and is given the Statue of Liberty. Then he wishes to be a king and is transformed into a giant. Lastly he wishes to be ""a regular-sized king in a stone castle with a ferocious fire-breathing monster that he can defeat,"" but Pumbaa gets the message wrong and says ""can't"" instead of ""can."" The ferocious monster turns out to be a fire-breathing chicken (instead of"
"Jason Raize Jason Raize Rothenberg (July 20, 1975 – February 3, 2004), known professionally as Jason Raize, was an American actor, singer and former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. He was best known for his roles as the adult Simba in the Broadway stage musical version of ""The Lion King"" and the voice of Denahi in the animated Disney film ""Brother Bear"". Born Jason Raize Rothenberg, in Oneonta, New York, he grew up in the Catskills in upstate New York and started acting as a teenager, when his stepmother enrolled him in a summer Shakespeare workshop. In"
"of the Kellogg's cereal ""Chocolate Mud & Bugs"". A toy Pumbaa briefly appears in the music video to Steps's version of ""Tragedy"" in the bedroom of band member H. In ""The Jungle Book 2"", Timon and Pumbaa can briefly be seen dancing during the song ""W-I-L-D"" until Baloo bounces them off with his backside. 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. After Simba's coronation, they fear that Simba will forget them"
"the characters of Timon and Pumbaa. First, the duo starred in the animated short ""Stand by Me"", featuring Timon singing the eponymous song, which was released in 1995 accompanying the theatrical release of ""Tom and Huck"". The duo then received their own animated series, ""The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa"", which ran for three seasons and 85 episodes between 1995 and 1999. Ernie Sabella continued to voice Pumbaa, while Timon was voiced by Quinton Flynn and Kevin Schon in addition to Nathan Lane. Disney released two direct-to-video films related to ""The Lion King"". The first was sequel """", released in"
"cub) and Joseph Williams (as an adult). Taking place after the death of Mufasa, it features (Timon and Pumbaa), the two main comedy characters in the film, talking to Simba about moving forward from their troubled pasts and forgetting their worries, and Simba grows from cub to adult as the song progresses. The song also provides a backstory for Pumbaa, explaining that he was ostracized from animal society for his excessive flatulence. It makes use of a large proportion of the orchestra as well as many other more unusual instruments including an elaborate drum kit. Rice is said to have"
"played by Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella. Timon was animated and created by Michael Surrey. They made their first appearances in the 1994 film when they shooed away the vultures that swarmed around young Simba, who had collapsed from heat exhaustion. Timon and Pumbaa then took the collapsed lion cub back to a small pool, where they splashed water on him to wake him up. After Simba is awakened by the two, they introduce themselves and welcome Simba to stay with them and follow their ""hakuna matata"" philosophy. At first, Simba is confused about Timon and Pumbaa's lifestyle, but it"
"from casting a black person to voice an ape, they instead chose Prima, a white singer. Christopher Walken voiced King Louie in the 2016 live-action/CGI ""The Jungle Book"" film. Although the Disney adaptation is based on the Kipling stories, the character King Louie does not appear in Rudyard Kipling's original book, as orangutans, the species as which he is portrayed, are not native to India in real life. It is also stated by Kipling in the original that the Bandar-log, or monkeys over which King Louie rules, have no effective leadership, let alone a king. In the book, Mowgli is"
"in the animated series ""House of Mouse"", in which he alternates between cub and adult. In January 2016, a new series called ""The Lion Guard"" premiered, following a television pilot film ""The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar"" in November 2015. Set within the time gap in ""The Lion King II: Simba's Pride"", it features Kion who is the son and youngest child of Simba and Nala, who as the second-born cub, is tasked with assembling a team to protect the Pride Lands. The success of ""The Lion King"" led to the production of a Broadway musical based on the"
"over again, irritating Timon. Since many characters, including Simba, Nala, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, Dumbo, Bambi, Thumper, Flower, Peter Pan, etc., join in the bandwagon, Timon passes the remote to Pumbaa to allow him to play the movie over again. ""Thumper"" is used as a metaphor for a cuddly pet when referring to women. ""'Bambi"" and ""Thumper"" are the names of two female bodyguards in the James Bond movie ""Diamonds Are Forever"". The name ""Thumper"" is given to a snake that Andy Pipkin gets Lou to buy instead of a rabbit in Little Britain, Season 1, Episode 5, Clip"
"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 respectively 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. The following characters from ""The Lion King"" appear in this series:"
"was similar to that of the previously mentioned rhinoceroses, only larger. Two pole dancers dressed in tribal bird costumes walk at the sides. Leopard dancers dance around the Rain Forest float, which features monkey dancers on swings and Pumbaa on the back. Pumbaa talks to Timon, who follows behind while chasing three remote-controlled bugs including a scorpion and a rhinoceros beetle. Two tribal-bird pole dancers lead the Drum Dancer float, which features drummers, dancers and percussionists in colourful, vibrant tribal costumes. The last float - Pride Rock - is led by a group of zebra and cheetah dancers, two tribal"
"Festival of the Lion King Festival of the Lion King is a live stage musical performed at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World and in Adventureland at Hong Kong Disneyland. The show, an original interpretation of the Disney animated film ""The Lion King"", uses songs, dance, puppetry and visual effects to portray a tribal celebration in an African savanna setting filled with lions, elephants, giraffes, birds, zebras and gazelles. In this theater environment, ""Festival of the Lion King"" is a traveling celebration presented by Simba and his friends (including a band of four human singers). The show is in"
"of bamboo. On the side of the exhibit is an slope featuring Amur Leopards & Snow Leopards. The Urban Jungle houses different animals including a small herd of masai giraffes, Soemmerring's gazelles, red kangaroos, Indian rhinos, flamingos, red river hogs,and cheetahs. Many of the Zoo's animal ambassadors live there including a binturong, clouded leopards, crested porcupines, southern ground hornbills, and a tamandua. The giraffes living here are on what was Elephant Mesa. There is also a theater where the zoo has its ""Animals in Action"" show. Polar bear Plunge, which opened in 1996, and was renovated in March 2010, houses"
"and his role as Simba in the West End musical ""The Lion King"". Brian Temba Brian Temba (born Brian Themba Makiwane) is a South African performer, singer, songwriter and producer,he was born in the Eastern Cape province.He speaks four languages.Known for his recent role as Ranthumeng Mokoena in the South African soap opera Muvhango and his role as Simba in the West End musical ""The Lion King"". Brian's father and brother both died then he left with his sister and his mother. Brian Temba (born Brian Themba Makiwane) is a South African born performer, singer, songwriter and producer, known for"
"orangutan and Baloo's best friend. He is very physically active, spending a great deal of his time in trees and eating bananas. Prince Louie (as he is referred to in the show) wants to become king of the jungle one day, and when any man-made objects turn up he immediately shows great interest. A slightly different version of the character appeared in Disney's 1994 live-action film. Once again, he is an orangutan (portrayed by a trained Bornean orangutan named Lowell), and is the 'leader' of a group of monkeys that make their home in an abandoned human city. His name"
"number. Timon is angry and hits the leg of an elephant supporting the tower of animals. The elephant jumps in surprise and causes the tower to collapse, explaining why it collapses in the original film. Timon and Pumbaa's home is ruined by this event. I Just Can't Wait to Be King ""I Just Can't Wait to Be King"" is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film, ""The Lion King"". With music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice, the song is performed by the characters of Simba (Jason Weaver), Nala (Laura Williams) and Zazu (Rowan Atkinson) in the film."
"Hakuna Matata (song) ""Hakuna Matata"" is a song from Disney's 32nd animated feature ""The Lion King"". The song is based on Timon and Pumbaa's catchphrase in the movie, ""Hakuna matata"", which is a Swahili phrase; it means 'no worries'. It is characterized by its simple 4/4 time, upbeat message and catchy lyrics. The musical score was composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. In the film the song is sung by Timon (a meerkat voiced by Nathan Lane), Pumbaa (a warthog voiced by Ernie Sabella), and Simba, a young lion voiced by Jason Weaver (singing voice as a"