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''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'' was a [[Nickelodeon|Nicktoon]] that ran from 1998 to 2004 created, animated, and produced by [[Klasky-Csupo]] of ''[[Rugrats]]'' fame. The show centres around Eliza Thornberry, an adventurous young girl [[Speaks Fluent Animal|who can talk to animals]], an especially handy power when your parents travel the world to make Nature Documentaries. Naturally, there's a catch--she can't tell anyone she has this power, or else she loses it, and presumably, the shaman who gave it to her to begin with would be hard-pressed to give it back again. The cast is filled out by the aforementioned parents Nigel and Marianne Thornberry, the Nature Documentary's presenter and camerawoman respectively and Eliza's older sister, the [[Deadpan Snarker|deadpan]] and deeply-[[Bratty Teenage Daughter|unenthusiastic]]-[[City Mouse|about-her-parents'-career]] Debbie. Also along for the ride was the deeply neurotic chimpanzee Darwin, and crazy wild jungle boy Donnie, Eliza's adopted younger brother.
The series has three films to its name, the [[Made for TV Movie]] ''The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie'' (2001), and two [[The Movie|theatrical films]] ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'' (2002) which an academy award nomination to its name (albeit for best song, not for best animated feature), and [[Crossover]] movie ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]''. This show has examples of some of the only non villainous roles in [[Tim Curry]]'s career - Nigel Thornberry and his father.
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* [[Animal Talk]]: Animals can all converse with each other but not with humans, except for Eliza. When people hear Eliza talking to animals it sounds like animal noises and gibberish.
* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Donnie, the random, [[The Unintelligible|unintelligible]], [[Keet|hyperactive]] [[Wild Child]].
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* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: Technically, Darwin is a chimpanzee (an ape). But, eh... close enough.
* [[Evil Poacher]]: A common enemy for the family, particularly [[Those Two Bad Guys]].
* [[Follow the Leader]]: This show was made as a result of the popularity of the [[Eddie Murphy]] Dr. Dolittle film.▼
* [[Foreign Queasine]]: Mom makes [[wikipedia:Capybara|capybara]] burgers in the first episode. [[Shown Their Work|They]] ''[[Shown Their Work|were]]'' [[Shown Their Work|in South America, though.]]▼
* [[Free-Range Children]]: Eliza and sometimes Donnie often go out in untamed jungle, savannah, deserts, scrub, and swamp areas without a adult.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: The entire Thornberry family to animals. Debbie included; she may not have the enthusiasm of her parents and sister, but is shown to have a soft spot for animals.
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: Debbie and Eliza fight constantly. Being polar opposites doesn't help much.▼
▲* [[Follow the Leader]]: This show was made as a result of the popularity of the [[Eddie Murphy]] Dr. Dolittle film.
▲* [[Foreign Queasine]]: Mom makes [[wikipedia:Capybara|capybara]] burgers in the first episode. [[Shown Their Work|They]] ''[[Shown Their Work|were]]'' [[Shown Their Work|in South America, though.]]
* [[Great White Hunter]]: Replace the gun with a camera and Nigel fits this.
▲* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: Debbie and Eliza fight constantly. Being polar opposites doesn't help much.
* [[Halloween Episode]]: A season three episode focused on Day of the Dead
* [[Happily Adopted]]: Donnie was taken in at some point before the show began, but he wasn't officially adopted until his TV Special.
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** Also in one episode Eliza meets a aboriginal man that can speak to dingos (but not other animals).
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Replacing a cartoon character's face with Nigel's.
** This isn't YMMV. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203054856/http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photos/14-smashing-nigel-thornberry-gifs And it's hilarious.]
** Also, replacing lyrics in popular songs with Nigel's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFNKccJc5eo 'Blaarrrgh'].
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Woah. [[Tim Curry]] playing someone that ''isn't'' evil or ridiculously snarky?
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: One episode has Eliza and her chinese penpal accidentally getting into trouble because they didn't know that the pandas were actually being transported to a safer place and thought they were instead being poached.
▲* [[Power Trio]]: Eliza = Ego, Darwin = Superego, Donnie = Id.
* [[Prince and Pauper]]: In one episode, Eliza secretly switches places with a Mongolian girl who bears a striking resemblance to her.
* [[Raised by Wolves]]: Donnie was raised by a mother orangutan alongside her own offspring for several years {{spoiler|after his parents were killed by poachers.}}
** While in South America Donnie and Debbie meet a girl Donnie's age being raised by jaguars.
* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Kip and Beiderman, the only two recurring antagonists.▼
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: The series had a two episode grand finale that ended the series, but the actual last episode wasn't aired until over a year after the first one. When they did air the actual last episode, it was without much proper advertisement and most people weren't aware of it.
* [[Secret Keeper]]: {{spoiler|Debbie}} after the first theatrical film.
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* [[Taught By Experience]]: Debbie may not share the same intense love of animals as her family but their knowledge and traveling has left her very knowledgeable about the animal kingdom. She also knows a lot about subjects that relate to them and the places where they live, too.
* [[This Is No Time for Knitting]]: Marianne gets irritated with Nigel when they are supposed to filming a documentary on the bird-eating spider and he keeps being distracted by a series of seemingly unrelated activities. He eventually explains that everything he was doing was to actually help him locate the spider so they could start filming.
▲* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Kip and Beiderman, the only two recurring antagonists.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Eliza and Debbie, respectively.
* [[The Unintelligible]]: Donnie
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