The BEST episodes of The Wild Thornberrys
Every episode of The Wild Thornberrys ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Wild Thornberrys!
Eliza Thornberry is not your ordinary kid. It's not just because she travels the world in an RV with her parents, Nigel and Marrianne: famous nature show hosts. Eliza also happened to be granted the magical ability to talk with and understand animals. She's now able to talk with animals and help save them from various threats along with her friend Darwin, a chimpanzee who travels with Eliza and her family.
#1 - Clash of the Teutons
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/31/1999
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 avalanche, the value of truth is learned by all.
#2 - Pal Joey
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/17/1999
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 encounter with Tasmanian devils, Eliza is all too happy to relieve her duties and go back to being a kid herself.
#3 - Rain Dance
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/18/1999
With the commvee broken down in the desert and no water left to survive, the Thornberrys go through desperate measures to maintain their sanity.
#4 - Darwin Plays the Palace
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/19/1999
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 popular acts at an Indian palace where a young prince lives. It's up to her to prove to Darwin that friendship runs deeper than the glamour and glitz of showbiz.
#5 - Stick Your Neck Out
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/23/1999
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 needs. Only when Eliza herself is in danger does the giraffe return and realize his selfishness.
#6 - No Laughing Matter
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/24/1999
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 threatens them and the hyena's natural instincts take over.
#7 - Chimp Off the Old Block
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/1999
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 starts, Eliza realizes the hierarchy is necessary for jungle survival. In the end, she apologizes for her lack of understanding and the chimp leader lets Darwin off the hook.
#8 - Koality and Kuantity
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/26/1999
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 is now up to her to stop the culprits from wiping out an entire species!
#9 - Chew If by Sea
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/30/1999
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 forced to re-create Emily's habitat in order to ensure her survival.
#10 - Dinner With Darwin
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/1998
Annoyed with Eliza, Darwin sets off into the jungle to prove he still has his natural instincts. After a scary night in the jungle, he stumbles upon an empty shack and hides out. When the family who lives in the shack returns to find Darwin in their home, they couldn't be more pleased with their new guest. It's up to Eliza to save the oblivious Darwin from becoming the next family dinner!
#11 - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yeti
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/1/1999
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 civilization to be a yeti. Eliza discovers his identity, helps him fend off the construction workers, and reunites him with her father.
#12 - On the Right Track
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/2/1999
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 excluded reindeer who didn't make the final cut, helps save the day by playing fair.
#13 - Polar Opposites
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/6/1999
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 of trouble.
#14 - Two's Company
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/7/1999
When Eliza is told that Jake, a 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 animals, she soon discovers Samantha and brings the two turtles together--blind date style. Eliza soon realizes that playing the role of cupid is not as easy as it seems.
#15 - Show Me the Bunny
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/13/1999
After Eliza saves an arctic hare from a determined stoat, she learns that underdogs come in all shapes and sizes.
#16 - Reef Grief
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/14/1999
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 dangerous waters of Australia.
#17 - Thornberry Island
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/15/1999
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 be.
#18 - Flood Warning
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1998
When the Thornberrys are forced to spend the night in the middle of the savanna, Eliza seizes the opportunity to go hunting with a pride of lions--only to discover that Debbie is about to become a midnight snack!
#19 - Born to Be Wild
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/1999
When Eliza sneaks out ahead of her parents in order to find a rare Sumatran rhino, she discovers that to expose his life would only lead extinction of the species. Now instead of taking the prized rhino to her parents, she must try to keep them from filming it. And the bad news is, Nigel's already on its trail!
#20 - Rebel Without a Trunk
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/16/1999
Eliza succumbs to peer pressure from a ""teenage"" elephant, which gets in the way of her closeness with Marianne on an overnight trip.
#21 - Bad Company
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/1998
A swarm of mysterious prankster marmosets overrun the Thornberrry camp, and it's up to Eliza to beat them at their own game.
#22 - Gold Fever
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/10/1998
When Eliza and Debbie discover an old treasure map on the Galapagos Islands, they set out to claim their ""riches."" Once the gold is discovered, however, greed sets in and the girls begin an all-out battle of trickery to get the gold away from each other. They battle continues all the way down to the last coin, until they accidentally lose all the gold in a fiery lava pit.
#23 - Matadi or Bust
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/1998
When Eliza, Darwin and Donnie are flung from a Matadi-bound barge and stranded on the banks of the Congo river, they must traverse the cliffs and crags of mountainous Zaire in order to catch up with her family.
#24 - The Temple of Eliza
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/17/1998
When Eliza discovers a secret temple, a group of jaguars believe that she is their long lost queen. Thrilled with her new royal position, Eliza gets in over her head and must escape the avenging jaguars.
#25 - Vacant Lot
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/1998
As animals flee their homes and run for their lives, Eliza discovers that Kip and Biederman are destroying part of the rainforest. In an all-out war against the evil duo, Eliza must convince the animals that with everybody's help, they can stop the destruction and save the forest.