The BEST episodes of Kimba the White Lion season 1
Every episode of Kimba the White Lion season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Kimba the White Lion season 1!
This is the classic tale of Kimba, the white lion, destined to be the King of the African jungle. Orphaned shortly after his birth, Kimba quickly shows his potential to be one of the greatest leaders the jungle has ever seen. Striving to accomplish the goals of his great father, Caesar, he dreams of convincing the animal kingdom to become just as civilized as the human world. Ultimately, he desires to bring the two cultures together in peace.
#1 - Go, White Lion!
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1965
Kimba's father,Caesar, wants Kimba to live in a world where animals and humans live in harmony. He hopes Kimba will rule justly when the time comes to succeed him.Sadly,Kimba grows up too soon when hunters descend on the village and destroyed the family.Only young Kimba survives and now he must assume the throne and it's tremendous responsibilities.
#2 - Great Caesar's Ghost
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1965
Kimba's belief that all animals should live in harmony is tested when Samson, an old friend of Kimba's father turns up to visit. When Samson ridicules Kimba, it is his old friends Dan'l Baboon and Pauley Cracker to the rescue. Knowing Kimba's desire to speak with his deceased father Dan'l and Pauley scheme together and dress as Caesar's ghost who has come to guide Kimba back to his friends with some beyond-the-grave advice. When hunters invade the jungle it is Kimba who unites the animals to work together to keep their home safe. When they work together to bring peace to the jungle, Samson is forced to admit that maybe Kimba's ways are the right way after all.
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#3 - The Wind in the Desert
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/1965
The second installment finds Kimba in the hands of his captors who are secretly arms runners. A double agent named James Brawn helps Kimba escape his captors and return to his jungle home. While Kimba is gone his father's enemy Claw has ruled the jungle with terror and it's up to Kimba to regain his father's throne and find peace in the jungle once more.
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#4 - A Human Friend
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1965
Kimba and his friends encounter two more humans. This leads to an unpleasant situation for Kimba's friend Geraldine Giraffe who gets injured while running away. Kimba seeks out his new human friend Roger to help Geraldine and learns to speak the human language. With Roger's help Kimba starts a school to teach fellow animals to speak human. Not all the animals are willing to change the laws of the jungle and plot to rid the jungle of this new threat of their old ways.
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#5 - Battle at Dead River
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1965
KImba has to try and save his reputation from his enemy Claw, who is trying to make Kimba's friends doubt Kimba and his ruling of the jungle.
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#6 - The Insect Invasion
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1965
Kimba has lofty ideas of changing the animals from eating smaller species to becoming vegetarians. Not all the animals are willing to wait for the crops to grow and Kimba has to stand his ground and find an alternative that is just as tasty.
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#7 - Catch 'Em if You Can
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1965
Tonga decreed that a hunting party would take place and the target is Kimba. With three contestants who each have something unique to bring to the hunt,Kimba proves that to catch this lion, they would have to fight with a battle of brains first.
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#8 - The Hunting Ground
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1965
The animals know to fear the Hunting Ground, the one place that is the least safe on the Savanna. It is here that hunters gather to prey on hapless animals and the hunters are running low on game. Kimba fears it will be he and his friends who will be next on the hunters list.
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#9 - The Trappers
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/1965
Kimba's instincts are to seek revenge on those who destroyed his family. He knows that in doing so, it will not bring them back and he fights the fear and the need to do to them what they did to his parents. Will his fathers wisdom and goodness prevail?
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#10 - The Magic Serpent
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/1966
A mysterious ailment falls upon the animals causing them all to fall asleep. When Kimba realizes what is happening he turns to the one animal that they all have shunned in the past. Kimba must learn to work with an enemy to preserve all their lives and make the jungle safe once more.
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#11 - The Wild Wildcat
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/13/1966
Kimba has to figure out why Wiley Wildcat is making trouble, especially for his friend Dan'l Baboon and his diner. Kimba resolves to stop him but discovers Wiley just may have had a good reason for acting the way he has.
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#12 - Volcano Island
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/22/1966
While Kimba takes the children at school on a field trip to Volcano Island, Boss Rhino is busy there trying to make way for a female rhino that's about to give birth. Boss Rhino demands that Kimba leaves, but when Kimba refuses, he is forced to accept Boss Rhino's challenge to a match. The two fight, and both end up equally injured. Neither of them wanting to give up, they both agree to "postpone" the match the other has recovered enough to fight. Though they refuse to admit it, it was a draw. Soon the baby rhino is born, but when the volcano erupts, Kimba and Boss Rhino must set aside their differences and work together to save everyone.
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#13 - Jungle Thief
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1965
The animals food reserve has been compromised by a thief. It is up to Kimba to find out who is threatening their crops and is compromising his friendships.
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#14 - Journey Into Time
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1966
King Specklerex is envious of Kimba and he is taking his hatred out on the young lion by casting doubt on Kimba's own lineage. This is a problem that Kimba must turn to a human friend to resolve.
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#15 - Scrambled Eggs
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/12/1966
When the eggs gathered by the animals are in the way while cleaning,a well meaning friend places them in a safe place. It seems it may not be safe after all and a whole generation of birds may be in peril.
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#16 - Diamonds in The Gruff
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1966
When Gruff,the jungle's alligator happens across an unusual suitcase full of diamonds,the animals embrace the prospect that someone may come looking for them and they may bring danger to all the animals safety.
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#17 - The Flying Tiger
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1965
Kimba asks Professor Madcap for help with an unusual request. He wants to become a flying lion to fight a flying tiger on equal terms. But fooling with natures natural order of things may cause Kimba to lose his throne.
#18 - Silvertail the Renegade
Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 9/28/1966
Silvertail is an old renegade lion who stumbles out of the jungle needing Kimba's help in hiding out from his enemies. But Silvertail needs to learn to be less aggressive with the jungle residents before they will agree to help him.He must also ask to be forgiven in order to stay and live out the rest of his life with Kimba and his friends.
#19 - The Day the Sun went out
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 9/21/1966
After a brutal storm damages the shrine, Kimba's sister, Leona, realizes that the hides of her ancestors are no longer safe. She enlists the help of Kimba to help her move them to a safe location. However, many hides are lost after Kimba's selfless actions save some of the animals helping out. Furious, Leona scolds him and goes off alone. Kimba too wants nothing to do with her anymore. One animal informs Kimba that Leona was captured by the four black leopards, but Kimba refuses to save her because she doesn't want his help. When a solar eclipse happens, all of the animals flee and refuse to talk to Kimba. Boss Rhino informs Kimba of an old superstition, and it's coming true because Kimba's already betrayed someone he loves. Realizing he can't just forget about his sister, he goes off to search for her. Can Kimba save Leona before the prophecy comes true? Can he and his sister make up and work together again?
#20 - Soldier of Fortune
Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 9/14/1966
Kimba and a few other animals meet an otter named Flappo. Flappo is an otter who loves to explore the world. Curious, Kimba and the few animals join him on an adventure. However, before the journey's over, Kimba may the one who wants to quit.
#21 - The Sun Tree
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 9/7/1966
Dan'l receives a message from his old great great grand-uncle Scratch who wants help to save the oldest and tallest tree in the world, the "sun tree". Muffy, a young cousin of Dan'l's, resents their intrusion, because he's convinced the tree will die and wants all the animals living in it to save themselves by moving to a new home. Despite Kimba's and the animals' efforts, a storm blows over the old sun tree. But Kimba learns that life will renew itself.
#22 - The Red Menace
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 8/31/1966
Wildfires in the surrounding area leave a herd of elephants without food. Kimba brings them to his jungle, where the resident elephants resent sharing their food. Kelly Funt imprisons Kimba in an old tower, which becomes the inspiration for protecting their own jungle from the encroaching fire.
#23 - The Cobweb Caper
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 8/24/1966
A giant spider threatens the jungle, and not even Kimba can defeat it. Regardless, Kimba seems to be the only one who can stop the menace. However, when Kimba gets bit by a tsetse fly, he becomes very ill and has a hard time distinguishing friend from foe. With Kimba unable to help, Daniel Baboon devises a plan to defeat the spider once and for all. But, can they really do it without Kimba's help?
#24 - The Return of Fancy Prancy
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 8/17/1966
While Kimba and some of the other animals are playing a game, a car drives up and Kimba and the others hide. To their surprise, the human woman in the car calls for a cheetah named Prancy to hop out of the car. The lady tells Prancy that she's too big to keep now, so she brought her back to where she was found. The car drives off and Prancy finds Speedy stuck in the ground. Prancy recognizes him to be her little brother. Speedy is glad to see her sister again, but when all of the animals start swooning over her, he becomes a little bitter. Kimba even starts to like her a bit. Hoever, when ants soon attack the jungle, everyone is forced to flee. But, when Speedy ends up being left behind, Kimba refuses to go since Speedy "deserved" it. After all of the animals become furious with him, and after realizing how much his friend means to him, Kimba sets off to save Speedy. But, can he do it alone?
#25 - Such Sweet Sorrow
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 8/10/1966
Tonga once again tries capturing Kimba, this time through the use of tanks disguised as Hippos. Her plan soon fails, thanks to Roger, and she flees. When Pompus is taken captive by Tonga, Roger sets out alone to save him, but he is also captured. Tonga prepares for another invasion, while Kimba prepares the animals for war. Meanwhile, Roger becomes convinced that Tonga is Mary, and tries to think of a way to make her remember him.