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 - The Troublemaker
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 7/6/1966
Kimba meets a young ostrich named Benny, who only wants to hang out with Kimba. However, Benny's uncle, known as Big Ben, disapproves of this action, and always causes problems. Though Kimba tries and tries to shake the ostrich away from him, he just can't seem to get rid of him, causing trouble for Kimba. When Benny gets hurt, Big Ben grows furious and demands that Kimba returns to the jungle. When Benny follows Kimba even there, the animals must get him back to Big Ben before they get in even more trouble.
#2 - 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.
#3 - The Nightmare Narcissus
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/20/1966
Dr Spee's experiment with some flowers goes awry and anyone who smells the strange flower is beset with horrible nightmares. The animals are unsure what is a nightmare and what is reality.
#4 - Adventure in the City
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/27/1966
KItty's uncle Specklerex comes for a visit and challenges Kimba to a series of contests to prove he is worthy of his heritage.
#5 - City of Gold
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/4/1966
Kimba makes a journey to the legendary city made entirely of gold. After learning of his nemesis friends,Tom and Tab, have gotten themselves lost, Kimba undertakes the dangerous mission to the city which was buried by massive earthquakes to find them. Kimba faces incredible dangers to save the pair of hyenas from a certain death.
#6 - The Last Poacher
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/11/1966
Seymour Hart is a ranger on a wild life preserve that is believed to be a safe place for animals. His job in protecting the animals is in trouble when poachers invade and Seymour is gravely injured. Bucky and Pauley Cracker allow themselves to be captured by hunters in hopes of finding the location of the poachers leader and ridding the preserve of the hunters once and for all.
#7 - Jungle Justice
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/18/1966
When Harold Heron mysteriously disappears during a violent storm the animals accuse Clunker, the new Hippo, of being responsible. Kimba must visit Clunker's past and prove why he believes in Clunkers innocence.
#8 - Jungle Fun
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/25/1966
The jungle animals want to start their very own amusement park which proves to be a daunting task. While undertaking the construction of the amusement park Kimba has to contend with his father's arch enemy Claw. To help in his war with Kimba, Claw has help from Cassius, the black panther and the hyenas Tom and Tab. When Kimba defeats Claw in a battle he is given permission from Claw to destroy Cassius. Kimba must chose whether he wants to follow the traditional law of the jungle, or declare peace instead.
#9 - The Pretenders
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/1/1966
Claw sabotages Kimba's new amusement park in retaliation for building it on his hunting territory. Kimba is seriously injured when the roller coaster is tampered with and Claw has help with Cassius,Tom and Tab to turn Kimba's friends against him.
#10 - The Monster of Petrified Valley
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/8/1966
Kimba discovers Colosso, the last survivor of a race of giant birds, after rescuing Charlie and Harley Cheetah from Petrified Valley. Colosso is invited to Kimba's jungle but can't fit in.
#11 - Legend of Hippo Valley
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/15/1966
An ancient well has a message for everyone, from ancient human history to the current hippopotamuses who claim it... while the animals' farm is in desperate need of water during the current drought.
#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.
#13 - Running Wild
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/29/1966
When a heard of antelope start stampeding, Kimba discovers that they are doomed to head straight into a lake. As punishment for assuring the others the farm wouldn't get damaged when it did, Bucky goes off to get the antelope to come back and fix the mess. However, he soon gets caught in the middle, and all of the animals try to save him. Though they succeed in rescuing him, Bucky is outraged that they couldn't stop the antelope. As Kimba realizes that he can't possibly save them all, he breaks down, and loses all confidence in himself, proving he is still a kid. Can the other animals get Kimba to snap out of it and even try to rescue them, even knowing that that he can't save them all?
#14 - The Chameleon Who Cried Wolf
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/6/1966
Small and low on the food chain, it is Newton who has taken to making up big stories and spreading them around the jungle.To the dismay of the other animals,Kimba befriends Newton. Newton's many lies are catching up fast and no one wants to believe him when he needs help. Can Kimba convince his friends to help Newton now that he really needs help?
#15 - Destroyers from the Desert
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 7/13/1966
With the appearance of the Devil Wind at the sunset, the Destroyers from the Desert show up. They instantly beat up Kimba and force all of the animals to obey them. Daniel knows the truth though, he knows that once their is no moe food left, the destroyers will eat all of the animals. Against Daniel's orders, Pauley begins training Kimba in a new art of fighting to defeat them. The animals all flee the forest, and Daniel refuses to let Kimba fight. However, three children were left behind, and are now on the menu. Pauley tries to save them, but is easily beaten. With no other option, Kimba prepares to take them on again. Will his new technique allow him to defeat these three powerful foes?
#16 - The Balloon that Blows Up
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 7/20/1966
After stopping Tom and Tab from stealing some humans' balloon, Kimba discovers Dot, Dash, and Dinky playing in it. Despite knowing not to, Kimba joins in the fun, and the balloon is accidentally started up. The four are awestruck by the view, and enjoy themselves. Meanwhile, the humans have realized the balloon has been taken, and they want it shot down. The bad news is, Kimba and the others don't know how to land it. Even worse...there's a bomb attached to it!
#17 - Monster of the Mountain
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 7/27/1966
A "chimera" from the Atlas Mountains is terrifying a peaceful little village by appearing in the middle of the night and stealing cattle. Kimba is called for aid; the monster turns out to be a bear and her cub.
#18 - A Friend In Deed
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 8/3/1966
Roger Ranger is taken captive by the elephants when he asks them for passage through their graveyard to get to a place known as Rainbow Valley. If Kimba wants him back, he and a few other animals must swim in a swamp, where if you stop moving you'll drown, for 10 days without stopping for anything. While doing this, Kimba recaps the events of how he first met Roger Ranger long ago.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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?
#21 - 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?
#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 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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?