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Timon and Pumbaa: Season 3

25 episodes Premiered Sep 2, 1996 Updated Oct 4, 2026
Previously on Timon and Pumbaa

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Timon and Pumbaa Season 2.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (22): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

Palm Beached

Sep 2, 1996 · 12 min

Timon and Pumbaa want to "nap" by the rooftop swimming pool of a posh hotel. But Concierge Quint keeps throwing them out.

S3·E2 Core

Jamaica Mistake?

Sep 2, 1996 · 12 min

Timon and Pumbaa chase a "moth" into the spooky mansion of Mr. Pirebat..

S3·E3 Core

Oregon Astray

Sep 9, 1996 · 12 min

Boss Beaver converts Pumbaa to his "Makuta Hamaka" (Work real hard) philosophy and convinces Pumbaa to take jobs in his dam-building operation for himself and Timon, with surprisin

S3·E4 Core

New Guinea Pig

Sep 9, 1996 · 12 min

Pumbaa considers getting rid of his tusks by trading them to the natives.

S3·E5 Core

Klondike Con

Sep 16, 1996 · 12 min

Courteous Quint teams up with Timon and Pumbaa to find gold in the Artic. But Timon obstinately refuses to trust him.

S3·E6 Core

Isle Find Out

Sep 16, 1996 · 12 min

Timon becomes obsessed with finding out what a group of flamingos standing around in a sandbar might be planning.

S3·E7 Core

Wide Awake in Wonderland

Sep 23, 1996 · 12 min

Pumbaa makes Timon read bedtime stories from his "Little Book of Warthog Fairy Tales", which all portray warthogs in a good light but meerkats in a bad light.

S3·E8 Core

Zazu's Off-by-One Day

Sep 23, 1996 · 12 min

When Zazu is told by the Jungle Inspector that he left one animal out in his counting, he ends up fired and Gopher takes his place. Can Zazu find the animal that he forgot to count

S3·E9 Core

Africa-Dabra!

Sep 30, 1996 · 12 min

The Rabbit teams up with Timon to form a magic act for a talent competition, but also tricks Timon and Pumbaa into breaking up.

S3·E10 Core

I Don't Bolivia

Sep 30, 1996 · 12 min

Master criminal/liar Toucan Dan keeps tricking Timon into freeing him from his prison.

S3·E11 Core

Catch Me If You Kenya

Oct 7, 1996 · 12 min

Timon and Pumbaa try to get past a guard tiger to get at the Peter-Lorre husband's butterfly collection.

S3·E12 Core

Scent of the South

Oct 7, 1996 · 12 min

Pumbaa turns to a skunk's expert help when he thinks he can't be bestest best friends with Timon anymore because of his smell. But Timon thinks Pumbaa's left him for the skunk beca

S3·E13 Core

Forbidden Pumbaa

Oct 14, 1996 · 12 min

Timon tries to save Pumbaa from an alien robot sent to abduct one warthog.

S3·E14 Core

Washington Applesauce

Oct 14, 1996 · 12 min

Timon and Pumbaa agree to save an apple-growing town from an ever-growing worm.

S3·E15 Core

I Think I Canada

Oct 21, 1996 · 12 min

A wolverine "persuades" Timon and Pumbaa to join in his "Survival of the Fittest" fitness program.

S3·E16 Core

Zazu's Off Day Off

Oct 21, 1996 · 12 min

Zazu has to work on his day off when an elephant blocks up the river, depriving the animals of their water supply.

S3·E17 Core

Timon on the Range

Oct 28, 1996 · 12 min

In the old west, an outlaw gang mistakes Pumbaa for their leader.

S3·E18 Core

The Man from J.U.N.G.L.E.

Oct 28, 1996 · 12 min

Timon's plan to masquerade as Super Duper Hero X in order to make money off of personal appearances goes awry when Hero X's arch-enemy, Chromosone Quint, kidnaps him.

S3·E19 Core

Maine-iacs

Nov 4, 1996 · 12 min

Timon and Pumbaa stumble upon Boss Beaver's lumber mill, where Boss Beaver emphasizes "Safety First" above all else.

S3·E20 Core

Fiji-Fi-Fo-Fum

Nov 4, 1996 · 12 min

Timon and Pumbaa have nothing for their Bestest Best Friend Day feast. So Pumbaa sells their cow for three Magic Bees.

S3·E21 Core

Once Upon a Timon

Nov 11, 1996 · 22 min

Timon and Pumbaa try to get past a guard tiger to get at the Peter-Lorre husband's butterfly collection.

S3·E22 Core

Home Is Where the Hog Is

Nov 18, 1996 · 22 min

Pumbaa turns to a skunk's expert help when he thinks he can't be bestest best friends with Timon anymore because of his smell. But Timon thinks Pumbaa's left him for the skunk beca

S3·E23 Core

Beethoven's Whiff

Nov 25, 1996 · 6 min

Timon tries to conduct Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, but Pumbaa keeps messing things up.

S3·E24 Mytharc

Bumble in the Jungle

Nov 25, 1996 · 6 min

Timon and Pumbaa try to catch a bumblebee in a short that's set to music and has no dialogue.

S3·E25 Mytharc

Mind Over Matterhorn

Nov 25, 1996 · 12 min

Timon and Pumbaa try to sneak past the billy goat guard of the border to France when they don't have the right papers to get through.

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