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Big Top Breakfast
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Big Top Breakfast
BigTopBreakfast
Attribution information
Director

Jeff DeGrandis

Writer

   Trey Callaway
   Nancy Neufeld

Production information
Series

The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa

Season

1

Episode

10b

Air date

October 13, 1995

Episode guide
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"French Fried"

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"Madagascar About You"

All right, all right. Save your energy. What can I tell you? I get cranky when I don't eat...for months.
Shenzi to Banzai[src]

"Big Top Breakfast" is the second segment of the tenth episode of Season 1 of The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, and the twentieth episode of the series overall. It premiered on October 13, 1995 on the syndicated Disney Afternoon block, alongside "French Fried".

Official synopsis[]

"When a circus monkey grows tired of circus life, he leaps from a plane and lands in the laps of the hungry hyenas."[1]

Plot summary[]

A circus monkey named Simon and his father are in a plane that is on its way to a circus, with Simon practicing his act. The act, sadly, ends in failure, making Simon believe that he is not good at being a circus monkey, but his father tells him "spotlights will go on him one of these days."

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Simon with his father, who tells his son that the centering spotlight will be on him one of these days.

Meanwhile, the clown pilots practice some stunt flying erratically to make it their circus' attraction, but they cause Simon and his crate of circus stuff to fall out of the aircraft by accident. Meanwhile, Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed are searching for breakfast. While the hyenas talk about their hunger, Simon's crate lands on the trio, with Simon hearing them talking. When he tries to follow the voices to see who it is, he meets the hyenas, who are about to devour him.

Banzai almost eats Simon until he is stopped by Shenzi, who is then stopped by Ed, as they argue over who gets to eat the monkey. The trio then get so distracted by each other that they realize that Simon escaped them. The monkey finds himself in a jungle where he runs into other animals, which he runs away from in fear. Meanwhile, the hyenas try to come up with a plan to get Simon back to them. Shenzi and Banzai criticize each other's ideas, they see Ed playing with the circus stuff, making Shenzi plan on making Simon believe that he is in a circus performance, knowing that it is a perfect way for them to catch and eat the monkey.

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Simon watches the hyenas argue.

Simon hears circus music playing and runs to where the hyenas are. The hyenas make Simon do different kinds of circus tricks. For the final act, Simon has to dive into a pot. When he does so, the hyenas cheer for their plan to have worked. But then, Simon manages to come out from the bottom of the pot. The hyenas see that Simon escape and they go after the monkey.

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The hyenas laugh at Simon's circus puns.

Simon outsmarts the trio by telling circus jokes while sitting on a ball. When the hyenas stop laughing, they continue to chase Simon, who falls and lands into a cannon. When Banzai pushes a button labeled launch, Simon gets launched out and gets back in the plane, where he reunites with his father.

The hyenas are dismayed by Simon's escape. While they talk about their hunger once again, Banzai mentions that he could eat a blue whale, making the said whale fall on the trio.

Voice cast[]

Starring[]

Guest Starring[]

Appearances[]

Characters

Species

Locations

  • Circus plane
  • Serengeti

Organizations and Titles

  • Circus Pilot
  • Circus Monkey
  • The Dingling Brothers Circus

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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