The Wild Thornberrys: Season 2

S2·E1 Mytharc

Rebel Without a Trunk

Aug 16, 1999

Eliza succumbs to peer pressure from a ""teenage"" elephant, which gets in the way of her closeness with Marianne on an overnight trip.

S2·E2 Core

Pal Joey

Aug 17, 1999

Eliza convinces a mother kangaroo that she can handle the responsibilities of baby-sitting. She quickly learns that this mischievous joey is more than meets the eye. After a close

S2·E3 Core

Rain Dance

Aug 18, 1999

With the commvee broken down in the desert and no water left to survive, the Thornberrys go through desperate measures to maintain their sanity. However, on the verge of dehydratio

S2·E4 Core

Darwin Plays the Palace

Aug 19, 1999

When Eliza gets a hunch that foul play has led to Darwin's disappearance, she sets out to rescue her long lost companion. To her dismay, she finds Darwin has become one of the most

S2·E5 Core

Stick Your Neck Out

Aug 23, 1999

Eliza finds a hero in a giraffe who can see distances with his height and warn others of approaching danger. However, to Eliza's dismay, the giraffe leaves the animals for his own

S2·E6 Core

No Laughing Matter

Aug 24, 1999

Eliza frees a hyena from captivity, but having never lived in the wild, it doesn't know how to survive. Eliza attempts to teach it, but it seems hopeless--until a wild boar threate

S2·E7 Core

Chimp Off the Old Block

Aug 25, 1999

Darwin brings Eliza to his chimpanzee compound, and Eliza, who isn't used to the structure of the chimpanzee way of life, puts Darwin in an uncomfortable situation. After a fire st

S2·E8 Core

Koality and Kuantity

Aug 26, 1999

The Thornberrys discover that koalas are missing from their native groves. Eliza decides to unravel the mystery only to discover Kip and Biederman masterminding the evil plot. It i

S2·E9 Core

Chew if by Sea

Aug 30, 1999

When the Thornberrys leave Australia for India, Eliza can't bear to leave her wombat friend, Emily. Even though she is told not to, she brings her along. Now Eliza is constantly fo

S2·E10 Core

Clash of the Teutons

Aug 31, 1999

The Thornberrys meet the Fensterkopfs who make false documentaries. The Fensterkopfs' kid lies to Eliza and gets them all stuck on a cliff. After the families barely escape an aval

S2·E11 Core

You Ain't Seen Nothin', Yeti

Sep 1, 1999

To study and protect the snow leopards from extinction and a construction site that is threatening their survival, Nigel's mentor (thought to be lost for many years) has left civil

S2·E12 Core

On the Right Track

Sep 2, 1999

When the Thornberrys are in Finland for the annual reindeer races, Eliza feels left out. She single-handedly uncovers a plot to sabotage the races, and along with an equally exclud

S2·E13 Core

Polar Opposites

Sep 6, 1999

When a friendly polar bear is wrongly accused of vicious behavior, Eliza goes to great lengths to keep him from being harmed and learns the value of sticking by a friend in times o

S2·E14 Core

Two's Company

Sep 7, 1999

When Eliza is told that ""Jake"" the turtle is the last one of his kind, she can't just let his species become another name on the extinction list. Enlisting help from other animal

S2·E15 Core

Show Me the Bunny

Sep 13, 1999

After Eliza saves an arctic hare from a determined stoat, she learns that underdogs come in all shapes and sizes.

S2·E16 Core

Reef Grief

Sep 14, 1999

Eliza gets in over her head when she assumes responsibilities she can't handle. She is soon forced to don scuba gear and rescue a fumbling Nigel and a tumbling commvee under the da

S2·E17 Filler

Thornberry Island

Sep 15, 1999

The Thornberrys get stranded on an uncharted island, basking at first in all the beauty and the splendor, but discover soon enough that being marooned isn't all it's cracked up to

S2·E18 Core

Dances With Dingoes

Sep 16, 1999

Debbie discovers Eliza ""talking"" to dingoes and threatens to tell her parents. Eliza, concerned about the possibility of being shipped back to the United States as a science expe

S2·E19 Core

Tamper-Proof Seal

Oct 19, 1999

When the Commvee is surrounded by angry seals, Eliza tries her own methods to get them to move. But she learns from her Inuit friend Jim that traditional ways have their value.

S2·E20 Core

You Otter Know

Oct 20, 1999

When Kip and Biederman cause an oil spill, Eliza must save her sea otter friends.

S2·E21 Core

Have Yourself A Thornberry Little Christmas

Nov 29, 1999

Eliza goes to desperate measures to help animals survive during tough times along the Skeleton Coast. Her good-will intentions, however, will soon cost her family their entire supp

S2·E22 Core

Luck Be an Aye-Aye

Feb 15, 2000

When Donnie kidnaps an aye-aye for a pet, Eliza must return the ""bad luck"" omen to his home before the villagers hunt him down.

S2·E23 Core

The Kung and I

Feb 16, 2000

When the Thornberrys visit the !Kung people, everyone is shocked to discover that Debbie can click-talk. No one is more surprised than Eliza, however, who is only ""cured"" of her

S2·E24 Core

Dear Diary

Feb 17, 2000

When Eliza ""accidentally"" reads Debbie's diary she learns that Debbie thinks she's an embarrassment of a sister. Debbie and Eliza have it out and learn the real truth about their

S2·E25 Core

Black and White and Mom All Over

Feb 21, 2000

When a seemingly abandoned panda bear imprints on Debbie, Eliza doubts Debbie's ""parenting"" ability--until a monsoon convinces Eliza that Debbie can handle more than she lets on.

S2·E26 Core

A Tiger by the Tail

Feb 22, 2000

Eliza reunites with a Siberian Tiger, and is stunned when the tiger turns on her. Eliza's visiting Grandma Sophie helps her overcome her fears just as she is overcoming her own.

S2·E27 Core

Forget Me Not

Feb 24, 2000

When the Thornberrys visit Nigel's friend Jomo, they search for an elephant named Rebecca that Nigel saved 20 years earlier. As the family attends to an elephant stuck in a mudhole

S2·E28 Core

Song for Eliza

Feb 25, 2000

When Eliza tries to swim with the humpback whales, Darwin accidentally knocks Debbie's boombox into the ocean, which creates a distrubing noise and causes the whales to stop their

S2·E29 Core

Gift of Gab

Feb 26, 2000

Eliza tells Darwin the tale of how she became able to speak to animals, and how she retained her ability to speak to humans as well.

S2·E30 Core

Bogged Down

Mar 6, 2000

Challenging an ancient Maasai legend, Eliza marches into a ""haunted"" forest to prove her bravery. Now, with night falling, Eliza must place her trust in the mysterious legends of

S2·E31 Core

Monkey See, Monkey Don't

Mar 6, 2000

When Eliza meets a group of temple monkeys, they con her into bringing all of her family's food. While Darwin tries to convince her otherwise, Eliza realizes that she's been duped

S2·E32 Core

Where the Gauchos Roam

Mar 13, 2000

The Thornberrys are invited on a cattle drive by Marianne's old high school friend whose son, Miguel, is not as adept at riding and roping as he claimed. In the end, Eliza helps hi

S2·E33 Core

A Shaky Foundation

Mar 13, 2000

The Thornberrys are visited by the Foundation's head son, Tom, who splits up the Nigel and Marianne team. An over-zealous Tom treats Eliza like a child until he lands the Commvee i

S2·E34 Core

Cheetahs Never Prosper

Mar 20, 2000

During a drought, Eliza is forbidden to assist the thirsty animals, but she breaks her promise when she sees a cheetah cub alone on the Savannah. Eliza and Darwin are saved by a ti

S2·E35 Core

Gobi Yourself

Mar 20, 2000

Eliza and a Chinese girl, Arioka, secretly switch places so Eliza can ride across the desert on camels and Arioka can ride in the Commvee. But Arioka's parents change their plans a

S2·E36 Mytharc

Every Little Bit Alps

Mar 27, 2000

Eliza is afraid to admit to her friend Ben that she doesn't know how to snowboard, just as a rutting ibex is afraid to stand up to another ibex.

S2·E37 Mytharc

Pack of Thornberrys

Mar 27, 2000

Eliza and Debbie are fighting so much, Debbie decides to apply to boarding school and Eliza encourages her. But meeting up with a lone wolf teaches Eliza that families, like packs,