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Be More Pacific
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Be More Pacific
Be more Pacific
Attribution information
Director

   Tony Craig
   Roberts Gannaway

Writer

Roberts Gannaway

Production information
Series

The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa

Season

1

Episode

21a

Air date

December 1, 1995

Episode guide
Previous

"Paraguay Parable"

Next

"Going Uruguay"

I specifically told you, wishes can be dangerous, but you didn't listen!
Pumbaa to Timon[src]

"Be More Pacific" is the first segment of the twenty-first episode of Season 1 of The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, and the forty-first episode of the series overall. It premiered on December 1, 1995 on the syndicated Disney Afternoon block, alongside "Going Uruguay".

Official synopsis[]

"Pumbaa rescues a magical beached whale, who offers him three wishes."[1]

Plot summary[]

Pumbaa is walking down the beach when he runs into a beached whale named Lester. The whale admits his dilemma to the warthog, but when Pumbaa tries to fetch help, he stops him, proclaiming that there is not enough time to get help. Determined to save the whale, Pumbaa digs his way beneath Lester and heaves him back into the sea.

BMP Pumbaa & Lester14

In exchange to Pumbaa's kind act, Lester offers to grant him three wishes.

Upon resurfacing, Lester reveals himself to be an enchanted whale and tells Pumbaa that, in repayment for his kind act, Lester will grant him three wishes. The warthog is at first confused, for he doesn't wish anything in particular, but Lester assures him that he can reserve his wishes for later. In order to call forth the whale once more, Pumbaa must come to the same beach and call out Lester's name.

Shortly afterward, Pumbaa relays the story to Timon, who is incredulous that Pumbaa had turned down three wishes. In his defense, Pumbaa reminds Timon of the time they'd screwed up their wishes while using a magic lamp, but Timon remains firm and forces Pumbaa to return to the beach and wish for something "big and expensive."

Heeding his friend's orders, Pumbaa tells Lester his wish, and the whale grants it, landing Pumbaa with a giant replica of the Statue of Liberty. Angry at Pumbaa for getting his wish wrong, Timon tells his friend to be more specific when he talks to Lester. Still broiling, he orders Pumbaa back to the beach and instructs him to wish for Timon to be made into a king.

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Timon attempts to fight the fire-breathing chicken.

Pumbaa does as his friend asks, only to return to a giant-sized Timon standing atop a replica of the Empire State Building. Picking the warthog up in one giant hand, Timon demands his friend go back to Lester and wish for him to be a regular-sized king in a stone castle with a ferocious, fire-breathing monster that he can defeat. Pumbaa agrees and returns to Lester, delivering Timon's wish to the magic whale. However, he screws up the words "can" and "can't" while delivering the message.

Lester grants Pumbaa's wish and then announces that the curse over him has been lifted. There is a great flash of light, and Lester transforms into a human princess. After thanking Pumbaa and giving him a kiss, the princess walks away.

With Lester gone, Pumbaa seeks out Timon, who has been granted his castle and kingly position. After showing off his new security systems to Pumbaa, Timon is attacked by a giant, fire-breathing chicken, which he had intended to be a dragon. In an attempt to thwart the beast, Timon attacks it with a sword, only to be fried by the chicken's fiery breath. Other attempts at vanquishing the chicken prove futile, and Timon soon realizes that Pumbaa has screwed up this wish as well.

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The chicken tries to attack the duo.

With the two friends distracted, the chicken attacks, its fire breath hitting a security lever that activates all of Timon's systems. Timon and Pumbaa flee the beast, but it pursues them, burning each and every one of their hiding places to a crisp. After their last hideaway burns away, Timon gets an idea and tells Pumbaa to flee to the roof. Together, the friends escape the chicken and close the trapdoor behind them, piling large furniture against the door to keep the beast out.

Later that night, Timon uses a fishing pole to catch fish out of the sea. After snagging himself a small blue fish, Timon asks the fish whether it is a magic, wish-granting fish or not, only to receive a mouthful of water in the face. Pumbaa yells at his friend that the trapdoor won't hold much longer, and Timon heaves his hook back into the sea.

Voice cast[]

Starring[]

Guest Starring[]

Appearances[]

Characters

Species

Locations

  • Beach
  • Castle

Organizations and Titles

  • Enchanted Three-Wish Wishing Whale

Trivia[]

  • The episode's title is a play on the phrase, "be more specific."

Media[]

References[]

  1. Watch The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa Full Episodes. Disney+. Accessed 12 November 2019.


Season 1 of The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
Boara BoaraSaskatchewan CatchKenya Be My Friend?Good MousekeepingBrazil NutsSouth Sea SickNever EvergladesCooked GooseYukon ConDoubt of AfricaHow to Beat the High Costa RicaSwiss MissedRussia HourYou Ghana Join the ClubUganda Be an ElephantTo Kilimanjaro BirdRocky Mountain LieAmazon QuiverFrench FriedBig Top BreakfastMadagascar About YouTruth or ZaireMojave DessertedBeauty and the WildebeestDon't Break the ChinaCan't Take a YolkThe Pain in SpainFrantic AtlanticUnlucky in LesothoRafiki's ApprenticeTanzania ZanyGuatemala MalarkeyMombasa-In-LawTV DinnerBack Out in the OutbackGabon with the WindTimon's Time TogoThe Law of the JungleManhattan MishapParaguay ParableBe More PacificGoing UruguayLet's Serengeti Out of HereCongo on Like ThisOkay Bayou?Shake Your DjiboutiYosemite RemedyThe Sky is CallingMozam-BeakedOcean Commotion
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