The WORST episodes of The Wild Thornberrys
Every episode of The Wild Thornberrys ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Cheetahs Never Prosper
Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/20/2000
During a drought, Eliza is forbidden to assist the thirsty animals, but she breaks her promise when she sees a cheetah cub alone on the Savannah. Eliza and Darwin are saved by a timely thunderstorm when the cheetah mother tries to eat them.
#2 - Birthday Quake
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/6/2000
To celebrate his 13th birthday, Tyler and Eliza visit a pair of elephants in the African savanna.
#3 - Island Trade
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/5/2000
Debbie and Tyler mistakenly trade the commvee for a dress at an island marketplace; Marianne and Nigel explore the Ngorongoro Crater.
#4 - Queen of Denial
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/4/2000
Eliza challenges Tyler to lead the group to safety after they land in an underground burial chamber.
#5 - Critical Masai
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/2000
Eliza and Tyler work together to help an aspiring Masai warrior earn the respect of his elders.
#6 - Tyler Tucker, I Presume
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/2000
Eliza's cousin Tyler Tucker joins the Thornberrys for a four-week tour from Africa to the Amazon in search of exotic, endangered and mysterious animals.
#7 - Horse Sense
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/2000
In the hope of winning the annual horse race, Eliza trades in her bungling trotter for a swift Thoroughbred.
#8 - Time Flies
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/2000
Debbie and Eliza explore the Everglades but drop Nigel's birthday present, a new watch, into the swamp. As an old woman chases them away, they return at night, only to have the watch eaten by an alligator.
#9 - Dragon Me Along
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/2000
A trip to the Great Wall of China finds Eliza in hot pursuit of a panda and his mother.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Every Little Bit Alps
Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 3/27/2000
Eliza is afraid to admit to her friend Ben that she doesn't know how to snowboard, just as a rutting ibex is afraid to stand up to another ibex.
#12 - 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.
#13 - The Legend of Ha Long Bay
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/2000
Eliza encounters a mysterious creature while shooting a film with Nigel about manta rays.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - Monkey See, Monkey Don't
Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 3/6/2000
When Eliza meets a group of temple monkeys, they con her into bringing all of her family's food. While Darwin tries to convince her otherwise, Eliza realizes that she's been duped and learns the value of Darwin's friendship.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Song for Eliza
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/25/2000
When Eliza tries to swim with the humpback whales, Darwin accidentally knocks Debbie's boombox into the ocean, which creates a distrubing noise and causes the whales to stop their ritual singing. Eliza attempts to set things right, but ends up getting arrested for violating the Marine Mammel Protection Act.
#20 - 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.
#21 - A Tiger by the Tail
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 2/22/2000
Eliza reunites with a Siberian Tiger, and is stunned when the tiger turns on her. Eliza's visiting Grandma Sophie helps her overcome her fears just as she is overcoming her own.
#22 - Black and White and Mom All Over
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/21/2000
When a seemingly abandoned panda bear imprints on Debbie, Eliza doubts Debbie's ""parenting"" ability--until a monsoon convinces Eliza that Debbie can handle more than she lets on.
#23 - Dear Diary
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/17/2000
When Eliza ""accidentally"" reads Debbie's diary she learns that Debbie thinks she's an embarrassment of a sister. Debbie and Eliza have it out and learn the real truth about their relationship.
#24 - The Anniversary
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/14/2001
Grandpa Frank marks the occasion of his 50th wedding anniversary by throwing caution to the wind and joining Eliza on a rigorous mountain climb.
#25 - Eliza Unplugged
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/11/2004
Shane is ready to leave the Thornberrys to go back to his life as a popstar and Eliza has to be fast to tell Shane her true feelings for him before its too late. But when Shane and Eliza have a little fight and Shane runs away,can Eliza find him in time to make up and tell her feelings?