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* HumanTrafficJam: As the Lion Guard tries to save various animals from the flood caused by the burst dam, Ono accidentally leads them into a dead-end canyon. Realising this, the buffalo come to a sudden stop, and all the other animals behind them (Beshte, Thurston and his mate, Fuli, Bunga and Mtoto) crash into the back of them one after another.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Bunga's plans in a nutshell - while he means well, he only seeks the "quick and easy" solutions to problems without truly thinking things through. When a real crisis develops because one of his quick fixes fails spectacularly he is dumbstruck, and it falls to the rest of the Guard to save the day.
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* BigWhat: The rest of the Lion Guard's reaction to Pumbaa declaring Bunga to be "the Sage of Hakuna Matata Falls".
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Bunga's plans in anutshell - while nutshell. While he means well, he only seeks chooses the "quick quick and easy" easy solutions to problems without truly thinking things through.through, and all his advice is short-sighted and causes more problems than it solves. When a real crisis develops because one of his quick fixes fails spectacularly he is dumbstruck, and it falls to the rest of the Guard to save the day.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Rafiki states that honey badgers are some of the smartest animals in the Pride Lands, but gets distracted before he can finish his sentence. This causes Bunga's AcquiredSituationalNarcissism as the other animals praise him as the "wisest of all", leading to all sorts of problems. Rafiki manages to clarify what he means by the end - honey badgers are smartest when they ''think things through''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan to damn the floodwater actually works.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan to damn the floodwater actually works.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Rafiki states that honey badgers are some of the smartest animals in the Pride Lands, but gets distracted before he can finish his sentence. This causes Bunga's AcquiredSituationalNarcissism as the other animals praise him as the "wisest of all", leading to all sorts of problems. Rafiki manages to clarify what he means by the end - honey badgers are smartest when they ''think things through''.
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* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan to damn the floodwater actually works. Rafiki even clarifies that honey badgers are some of the smartest animals in the Pride Lands... but only when they think things through. Naturally, because Bunga ''doesn't'' think things through, his advice causes more problems than he means to solve.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan to damn the floodwater actually works. Rafiki even clarifies that honey badgers are some of the smartest animals in the Pride Lands... but only when they think things through. Naturally, because Bunga ''doesn't'' think things through, his advice causes more problems than he means to solve.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Fuli's reaction to Timon and Pumbaa declaring Bunga as "Bunga the Wise" is an exasperated remark of "Seriously?!"
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Fuli's reaction to Timon Bunga's newfound career as advice-giver and Pumbaa declaring Bunga as "Bunga the Wise" sage is an exasperated remark of "Seriously?!"
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Bunga gets a heaping helping of this when the other animals start to believe that Bunga is the wisest animal in the Pride Lands, and he starts to dispense terrible advice and act high handed with the other members of the Guard. By the end of the episode, after his quick fix solutions fall apart, he accepts that he's not as wise as he thought he was and is back to his usual self.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Bunga's plans in a nutshell - whie he means well, he only seeks the "quick and easy" solutions to problems without truly thinking things through. And that's even aside from the frankly terrible advice he gives to the animals. When a real crisis develops because one of his quick fixes fails spectacularly he is dumbstruck, and it falls to the rest of the Guard to save the day.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Bunga's plans in a nutshell - whie he means well, he only seeks the "quick and easy" solutions to problems without truly thinking things through. And that's even aside from the frankly terrible advice he gives to the animals. When a real crisis develops because one of his quick fixes fails spectacularly he is dumbstruck, and it falls to the rest of the Guard to save the day.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Bunga gets a heaping helping of this when the other animals start to believe that Bunga he is the wisest animal in the Pride Lands, and he starts to dispense terrible advice and act high handed with the other members of the Guard. By the end of the episode, after his quick fix solutions fall apart, he accepts that he's not as wise as he thought he was and is back to his usual self.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Bunga's plans in a nutshell -whie while he means well, he only seeks the "quick and easy" solutions to problems without truly thinking things through. And that's even aside from the frankly terrible advice he gives to the animals.through. When a real crisis develops because one of his quick fixes fails spectacularly he is dumbstruck, and it falls to the rest of the Guard to save the day.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Bunga's plans in a nutshell -
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Due to a couple of situations that Bunga is able to save mostly through improvisation, and due to a incompletely heard remark by Rafiki, the other animals start to believe that Bunga is the wisest animal in the Pride Lands. This of course goes completely to his head, and he starts to dispense terrible advice and act high handed with the other members of the Guard. Not helping matters is Timon and Pumbaa, his uncles, acting as his hype men and leading the other animals in singing his praises. When a real crisis develops because one of his quick fixes fails spectacularly he is dumbstruck, and it falls to the rest of the Guard to save the day. By the end of the episode, he accepts that he's not as wise as he thought he was and is back to his usual self.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Bunga's plans in a nutshell - whie he means well, he only seeks the "quick and easy" solutions to problems without truly thinking things through. And that's even aside from the frankly terrible advice
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Due to a couple of situations that Bunga is able to save mostly through improvisation, and due to gets a incompletely heard remark by Rafiki, heaping helping of this when the other animals start to believe that Bunga is the wisest animal in the Pride Lands. This of course goes completely to his head, Lands, and he starts to dispense terrible advice and act high handed with the other members of the Guard. Not helping matters is Timon and Pumbaa, his uncles, acting as his hype men and leading the other animals in singing his praises. When a real crisis develops because one of his quick fixes fails spectacularly he is dumbstruck, and it falls to the rest of the Guard to save the day. By the end of the episode, after his quick fix solutions fall apart, he accepts that he's not as wise as he thought he was and is back to his usual self.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Bunga's plans in a nutshell - whie he means well, he only seeks the "quick and easy" solutions to problems without truly thinking things through. And that's even aside from the frankly terribleadviceadvice he gives to the animals. When a real crisis develops because one of his quick fixes fails spectacularly he is dumbstruck, and it falls to the rest of the Guard to save the day.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Bunga's plans in a nutshell - whie he means well, he only seeks the "quick and easy" solutions to problems without truly thinking things through. And that's even aside from the frankly terrible
* IAmGreatSong: "Bunga the Wise", sung by Bunga along with Timon and Pumbaa as they boast about his supposed wisdom.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Rafiki states that honey badgers are some of the smartest animals in the Pride Lands, but gets distracted before he can finish his sentence. This causes Bunga's AcquiredSituationalNarcissism as well as the rest of the Pride Lands worshipping him, leading to all ''sorts'' of problems. Rafiki manages to clarify what he means by the end - honey badgers are only smartest ''when they think things through''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan actually works.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan actually works.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Rafiki states that honey badgers are some of the smartest animals in the Pride Lands, but gets distracted before he can finish his sentence. This causes Bunga's AcquiredSituationalNarcissism as well the other animals praise him as the rest "wisest of the Pride Lands worshipping him, all", leading to all ''sorts'' sorts of problems. Rafiki manages to clarify what he means by the end - honey badgers are only smartest ''when when they think ''think things through''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan to damn the floodwater actually works.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan to damn the floodwater actually works.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Bunga's plans in a nutshell - whie he means well, he only seeks the "quick and easy" solutions to problems without truly thinking things through. And that's even aside from the frankly terrible advice
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Once all of the Pridelands believes that Bunga is the smartest animal around, he gets a touch of this. By the end of the episode, he's back to his usual self.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Once all Due to a couple of situations that Bunga is able to save mostly through improvisation, and due to a incompletely heard remark by Rafiki, the Pridelands believes other animals start to believe that Bunga is the smartest wisest animal around, in the Pride Lands. This of course goes completely to his head, and he gets a touch starts to dispense terrible advice and act high handed with the other members of this. the Guard. Not helping matters is Timon and Pumbaa, his uncles, acting as his hype men and leading the other animals in singing his praises. When a real crisis develops because one of his quick fixes fails spectacularly he is dumbstruck, and it falls to the rest of the Guard to save the day. By the end of the episode, he accepts that he's not as wise as he thought he was and is back to his usual self.
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* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan actually works.
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* OstrichHeadHiding: Deconstructed. Bunga tells an ostrich who's scared of hyenas to hide her head in the ground to avoid seeing them. When the rest of the Lion Guard see her doing this, they point out that ostriches don't actually do such a thing. After they help the ostrich to pull her stuck head out, she complains about how hard it is to breathe down there.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Rafiki states that honey badgers are some of the smartest animals in the Pride Lands, but gets distracted before he can finish his sentence. This causes Bunga's AcquiredSituationalNarcissism as well as the rest of the Pride Lands worshipping him, leading to all ''sorts'' of problems. Rafiki manages to clarify what he means by the end - honey badgers are only smartest ''when they think things through''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan actually works.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Rafiki states that honey badgers are some of the smartest animals in the Pride Lands, but gets distracted before he can finish his sentence. This causes Bunga's AcquiredSituationalNarcissism as well as the rest of the Pride Lands worshipping him, leading to all ''sorts'' of problems. Rafiki manages to clarify what he means by the end - honey badgers are only smartest ''when they think things through''.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan actually works.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Fuli's reaction to Timon and Pumbaa declaring Bunga as "Bunga the Wise" is an exasperated remark of "Seriously?!"
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** The more gullible animals who went for Bunga's advice blindly are this, as they should have some common sense. Bunga means well, but his ideas don't always work.
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** The more gullible animals who went for Bunga's advice blindly are this, as they should have some common sense. Bunga means well, but his ideas don't always work.work.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: After the Lion Guard race off to find Bunga, the camera pans to the stick in the rock that was supposed to stop the flooding water from pouring out, and shows that it is starting to leak. Later, the rocks give way and the Guard has to race to get the animals still in the valley out.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** After the Lion Guard race off to find Bunga, the camera pans to the stick in the rock that was supposed to stop the flooding water from pouring out, and shows that it is starting to leak. Later, the rocks give way and the Guard has to race to get the animals still in the valleyout.out.
** Kion expresses reservations about checking on Ushari. Ushari later bites Kion in the Season 3 opener, and the ensuing fact he has to leave guarantees Kion and the Guard do not come back for Simba's Pride.
** After the Lion Guard race off to find Bunga, the camera pans to the stick in the rock that was supposed to stop the flooding water from pouring out, and shows that it is starting to leak. Later, the rocks give way and the Guard has to race to get the animals still in the valley
** Kion expresses reservations about checking on Ushari. Ushari later bites Kion in the Season 3 opener, and the ensuing fact he has to leave guarantees Kion and the Guard do not come back for Simba's Pride.
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* OneWomanWail: Heard as the Guard gets behind Kion before he roars the water away.
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* AnAesop: The easiest solution isn’t always the best solution for a big problem.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Once all of the pridelands believes that Bunga is the smartest animal around, he gets a touch of this. By the end of the episode, he's back to his usual self.
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* TitleDrop: By Timon and Pumbaa when the members of the Lion Guard happen upon Bunga's tent, where he gives the animals of the pridelands advice.
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* TitleDrop: By Timon and Pumbaa when the members of the Lion Guard happen upon Bunga's tent, where he gives the animals of the pridelands Pridelands advice.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had the Lion Guard just found another way to stop the storm water river instead of relying on the rocks, they wouldn't have had to race to save the animals later.
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* TooDumbToLive: The baboons refuse to leave a tree that's about to fall over a cliff simply because they don't want to get wet.
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* TooDumbToLive: The baboons refuse to leave a tree that's about to fall over a cliff simply because they don't want to get wet.wet.
** The more gullible animals who went for Bunga's advice blindly are this, as they should have some common sense. Bunga means well, but his ideas don't always work.
** The more gullible animals who went for Bunga's advice blindly are this, as they should have some common sense. Bunga means well, but his ideas don't always work.
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* TitleDrop: By Timon and Pumbaa when the members of the Lion Guard happen upon Bunga's tent, where he gives the animals of the pridelands advice.
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* TitleDrop: By Timon and Pumbaa when the members of the Lion Guard happen upon Bunga's tent, where he gives the animals of the pridelands advice.advice.
* TooDumbToLive: The baboons refuse to leave a tree that's about to fall over a cliff simply because they don't want to get wet.
* TooDumbToLive: The baboons refuse to leave a tree that's about to fall over a cliff simply because they don't want to get wet.
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* TemptingFate: Timon boasting about how great Bunga's idea for stopping the flood of water was...before the dam of rocks bursts and releases all the water.
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* TemptingFate: Timon boasting about how great Bunga's idea for stopping the flood of water was... before the dam of rocks bursts and releases all the water.
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'''Summary:''' After floodwaters threaten the Pride Lands and Bunga comes up with a quick fix, Kion and the other members of the Lion Guard learn that the quick and easy solution to a problem is not always the best.
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'''Summary:''' After floodwaters threaten the Pride Lands and Bunga comes up with a quick fix, Kion and the other members of the Lion Guard learn that the quick and easy solution to a problem is not always the best.best.
!!This episode provides examples of:
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Bunga.
* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Once all of the pridelands believes that Bunga is the smartest animal around, he gets a touch of this. By the end of the episode, he's back to his usual self.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had the Lion Guard just found another way to stop the storm water river instead of relying on the rocks, they wouldn't have had to race to save the animals later.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: After the Lion Guard race off to find Bunga, the camera pans to the stick in the rock that was supposed to stop the flooding water from pouring out, and shows that it is starting to leak. Later, the rocks give way and the Guard has to race to get the animals still in the valley out.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan actually works.
* TemptingFate: Timon boasting about how great Bunga's idea for stopping the flood of water was...before the dam of rocks bursts and releases all the water.
* TitleDrop: By Timon and Pumbaa when the members of the Lion Guard happen upon Bunga's tent, where he gives the animals of the pridelands advice.
!!This episode provides examples of:
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Bunga.
* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Once all of the pridelands believes that Bunga is the smartest animal around, he gets a touch of this. By the end of the episode, he's back to his usual self.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had the Lion Guard just found another way to stop the storm water river instead of relying on the rocks, they wouldn't have had to race to save the animals later.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: After the Lion Guard race off to find Bunga, the camera pans to the stick in the rock that was supposed to stop the flooding water from pouring out, and shows that it is starting to leak. Later, the rocks give way and the Guard has to race to get the animals still in the valley out.
* SmarterThanYouLook: How everybody reacts when Bunga's plan actually works.
* TemptingFate: Timon boasting about how great Bunga's idea for stopping the flood of water was...before the dam of rocks bursts and releases all the water.
* TitleDrop: By Timon and Pumbaa when the members of the Lion Guard happen upon Bunga's tent, where he gives the animals of the pridelands advice.
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'''Summary:''' After floodwaters threaten the Pride Lands and Bunga comes up with a quick fix, Kion and the other members of the Lion Guard learn that the quick and easy solution to a problem is not always the best.
