History YMMV / TimonAndPumbaa

** "Catch Me If You Kenya" contains a pretty offensive Chinese caricature towards the end, that actually was removed in reruns. The scene was reinstated on Disney Plus, however.

* ValuesDissonance: The episodes with the three natives have a warning about this on Disney Plus, although they are actually a subversion of the HollywoodNatives trope, being (black) university students on weekend breaks.

* BizarroEpisode: "Amazon Quiver" becomes this. It involves Timon and Pumbaa getting trapped inside a hollow tree by a ravenous panther and after their previous plans to escape fail, [[spoiler: the episode ends with them deciding to wait out the predator until the year 2090, where the three become elderly and the amazon becomes futuristic]].

* EvilIsSexy: Cheetata and Cheetato.

* ValuesDissonance: the episodes with the three natives have a warning about this on Disney Plus, although they are actually a subversion of the HollywoodNatives trope.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: "Beetle Romania", judging from its title card, could have mined endless humor from the idea of Timon and Pumbaa being fortune tellers, but instead it's just another FantasticVoyagePlot.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In "Guatemala Malarkey", Timon wonders if they put any traps in the temple if people steal a treasure chest containing the "golden fruitfly". The ground starts to shake, and then some pretty random things happen, including knifes and axes being thrown at Timon and Pumbaa, ghosts, a dragon surrounded by fire, a clown throwing confetti, a girl water skiing on the water surrounding Timon and Pumbaa, and fireworks. Then, an announcer says "We hope you've enjoyed tonight's performance of '[[LongTitle The Destruction of the Lost, Forgotten, Abandoned Temple Shrine of the Sacred, Glorious Fruit Fly]]!' Please, exit through the doors to your left. Thank you!" After this, Timon and Pumbaa talk about the value of what's in the treasure chest.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** This could be the case with Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, considering [[AnimalStereotypes the controversy of how the film portrays hyenas]]. While they are still as vicious and threatening as they are in the movie, they seem to be evolving into neutrality as the show progresses, with "TV Dinner", which is the last of their segments, [[EarnYourHappyEnding giving them a happy ending]]. Other hyenas in the series, like the one in "Guru-Some", are also portrayed as good guys instead of threats.
** The original film didn't give Simba a good reason on why he should be king, as he didn't seem to have any of the necessary skills to rule the Pride Lands. However, the episodes "Congo on Like This" and "Shake Your Djibouti", [[WholeEpisodeFlashback both of which presumably take place some time during Scar's reign]], show that while Simba is living a Hakuna Matata life with Timon and Pumbaa, he is beginning to show the qualities needed to be King of Pride Rock, such as loyalty, bravery, and strength.
** Zazu is constantly abused and disrespected throughout the original film. The episode "Zazu's Off-by-One Day", however, implies that he ''does'' genuinely get taken seriously.

* BrokenBase: Fans of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original movie]] are divided when it comes to this series. There are some who consider it to be a good and worthy SpinOff of the film, some who think it's a good show but [[FanonDiscontinuity prefer to think of it as]] [[AlternateContinuity its own canon]], and then there are some who [[FanonDiscontinuity ignore it entirely]]. One of the reasons is for it being mainly just about Timon and Pumbaa, on top of the DenserAndWackier tone compared to the films.

* HilariousInHindsight: One episode ("Werehogs of London") featured Pumbaa apparently succumbing to "the curse of the [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Werehog."]]

* SeasonalRot: Fans of the show hate the final season due to numerous changes being made. These involve [[AnimationBump very different animation]], the constant appearance of humans, the other characters of the movie rarely (if ever) appearing, and some downright bad writing. There is a strong rumor that the series, likely as a result of ExecutiveMeddling, gained a different production team that gave it a more child-friendly tone, killing the show's ratings. This has never been confirmed, however, as the series never had ''any'' behind-the-scenes information released.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: "Beetle Romania", judging from its title card, could have mined endless humor from the idea of Timon and Pumbaa being fortune tellers, but instead it's just another {{Fantastic Voyage Plot}}.

* {{SugarWiki/Awesome Art}}: While any episode sent to [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Walt Disney Animation Australia]] is sure to be visually stellar, "Stand By Me" (which was actually colored digitally and released in theaters), "Forbidden Pumbaa", "Beethoven's Whiff/Bumble in the Jungle" and "Jamaica Mistake" are nearly film quality.

* BizarroEpisode: "Amazon Quiver" falls into this, as its theme is about [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo]], in which Timon points out that no matter how many times they get chased and nearly eaten by a predator, they always end up fine, only for Pumbaa to point out in return that their luck could eventually run out. In this episode, Timon and Pumbaa get trapped inside a hollow tree by a ravenous panther and wait out the predator until the year 2090, where the three become elderly and the amazon becomes futuristic.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:

* FridgeHorror: Quint [[spoiler: gets eaten by Smolder]] at the end of "Ready, Aim, Fire". [[KilledOffForReal This was his last appearance in the franchise...]]

** "Ready, Aim, Fire" has Smolder the Bear opening up a hatch on his stomach with two live children inside, who he ate for playing with fire - something that Timon [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] frequently. [[VideoGame/FivenightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach Flash-forward to 22 years later...]]

* JerkassWoobie: Timon has this going for him. He's manipulative, greedy and short-tempered but he has his fair share of sympathetic moments and generally gets tortured worse than Pumbaa. Just look at his tearful reaction to being banished in "Once Upon A Timon".

* SweetnessAversion: [[{{LighterAndSofter}} Season three]] will ''never'' let us forget that Timon and Pumbaa are "bestest best friends". The season blatantly spells it out in nearly every episode and basically thrives on [[{{FriendshipMoment}} friendship moments]] between the two. While the first two seasons also possessed these qualities, it was balanced out with visual gags, slapstick, NightmareFuel and Timon's witty snark and sarcasm, not to mention it being made less obvious at that point.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: [[{{LighterAndSofter}} Season three]] will ''never'' let us forget that Timon and Pumbaa are "bestest best friends". The season blatantly spells it out in nearly every episode and basically thrives on [[{{FriendshipMoment}} friendship moments]] between the two. While the first two seasons also possessed these qualities, it was balanced out with visual gags, slapstick, NightmareFuel and [[{{ArsonMurderAndJaywalking}} Timon's witty snark and sarcasm]], not to mention it being made less obvious at that point.

* {{They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot}}: "Beetle Romania", judging from its title card, could have mined endless humor from the idea of Timon and Pumbaa being fortune tellers, but instead it's just another {{Fantastic Voyage Plot}}.
** To be fair, however, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the bit where Timon enters Pumbaa's brain]] almost makes up for that.

* BrokenBase: Fans of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original movie]] are divided when it comes to this series. There are some who consider it to be a good and worthy SpinOff of the film, some who think it's a good show but [[FanonDiscontinuity prefer to think of it as]] [[AlternateContinuity its own canon]], and then there are some who [[FanonDiscontinuity ignore it entirely]]. One of the reasons is for it being mainly just about Timon and Pumbaa, on top of the WackierAndDenser tone compared to the films.

* BrokenBase: Fans of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original movie]] are divided when it comes to this series. There are some who consider it to be a good and worthy SpinOff of the film, some who think it's a good show but [[FanonDiscontinuity prefer to think of it as]] [[AlternateContinuity its own canon]], and then there are some who [[FanonDiscontinuity ignore it entirely]]. One of the reasons is for it being mainly just about Timon and Pumbaa.

** To be fair, however, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments its "Timon entering Pumbaa's brain" scene]] almost makes up for that.

* CultClassic: To some who grew up with it.

** To be fair, however, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments its "Timon entering Pumbaa's brain" scene]] almost makes up for that.
* WhatAnIdiot: Timon, despite how insistently he claims to be "[[TheSmartGuy the brains of the outfit]]" between himself and Pumbaa, has ''quite'' a few moments of this, most notably taking the phrase "in a pickle" [[LiteralMinded literally]] in "[[FantasticVoyagePlot Beetle Romania]]" (while Pumbaa is using it to describe the fact that Timon has gotten himself trapped inside his body, no less).
** There is also "I Don't Bolivia", where he repeatedly falls for Toucan Dan's painfully obvious disguises, [[{{Up To Eleven}} even thinking he's 'Santa Claus' at one point]], and the many, many times where Pumbaa points out an obvious fault in one of his [[{{Zany Scheme}} schemes]], only for Timon to dismiss him.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The episode "Oahu Wahoo" has a talking statue named Bahuka order Timon to bring him the airplane warning light from the Empire State Building, which he does. This is followed by a shot of the Empire State Building with several planes crashed into it. This scene was omitted in Disney Channel and Toon Disney airings, for obvious reasons.

** The episode "Kahuna Potato" featured [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]] of the main duo named [[VideoGame/Borderlands2 Pimon and Tumbaa.]]

** The episode "Kahuna Potato" featured [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]] of the titular duo named [[VideoGame/Borderlands2 Pimon and Tumbaa.]]

** One episode featured [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]] of the titular duo named [[VideoGame/Borderlands2 Pimon and Tumbaa.]]

** One episode featured [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]] of the titular duo named Pimon and Tumbaa. They share the same names of two unique enemies that appear in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2''.