The BEST episodes of The Wild Thornberrys season 2
Every episode of The Wild Thornberrys season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Wild Thornberrys season 2!
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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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!
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Two's Company
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/7/1999
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 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Forget Me Not
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 2/24/2000
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, Eliza bonds with Rebecca, only to learn that she is old and ready to die.
#19 - Tamper-Proof Seal
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/19/1999
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.
#20 - Pack of Thornberrys
Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 3/27/2000
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, belong together.
#21 - Gobi Yourself
Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 3/20/2000
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 and Eliza must figure out a way to get them back to the Thornberrys.
#22 - A Shaky Foundation
Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/13/2000
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 in a raging river. Eliza's quick thinking prevails and she saves her family and wins Tom's respect.
#23 - Where the Gauchos Roam
Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/13/2000
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 him build confidence.
#24 - Bogged Down
Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/6/2000
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 the Maasai in order to find her way safely through the dark forest.
#25 - Gift of Gab
Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 2/26/2000
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.