The special also reveals that Nigel and Marianne knew his parents, prior to Donnie's birth.
#Wild thornberrys tv#
In 'The Gift of Gab' Darwin was seen in a flashback, stealing the sleeveless tank top that was once owned by Debbie,ĭonnie is a feral boy who (as revealed in the 2001 4-part TV movie, " The Origin of Donnie") was raised by orangutans (similar to Tarzan) after his real parents, a pair of naturalists, were killed by poachers. He was found by Eliza, and was the first animal she ever talked to. He tries to be the voice of reason to Eliza, however she rarely takes his advice, since he is almost always hesitant to follow her plans in response, she accuses him of cowardice, once calling him a "crybaby in a tank-top" for his hesitancy. He speaks with a distinct upper-class British accent. He usually wears a regular sleeveless shirt with blue stripes and blue shorts. Marianne was revealed to be kicked off her High School's Field Hockey Team by a frustrated Debbie.ĭarwin is a chimpanzee who travels with the family and is a loyal companion to Eliza. She is usually the one to take on disciplinary duties, forcing Eliza to stay in the confines of the comvee, or forcing Debbie to complete her schoolwork. Marianne is a strong woman, often the voice of reason, and sometimes loses patience with Nigel. Marianne is Nigel's wife and operates the film camera in addition to driving the ComVee. Although he is an expert at the natural world, Nigel is pretty slow when faced with other things but he is always fascinated by nature, even in the face of his own demise as a result of it. Much to his mother's disapproval, Nigel turned down the professorship. He is easily excited and is usually calm, even in the face of danger, and his catchphrase is "Smashing!", and offered a professorship at Oxford University. Algernon Hawthorne in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, played by Terry-Thomas. He resembles Steve Irwin and David Attenborough, and speaks with an English accent. Nigel, the only child of Colonel Radcliffe Thornberry and Cordelia Thornberry, travels around the world with his family making wildlife documentaries for his own show. It is shown in the episode " Chew if by Sea" that Debbie suffers from chronic seasickness. Debbie is amazed that Eliza gave up her gift to save her life and promises to keep her secret - but only under the belief that if she doesn't, she'll be turned into a baboon. In The Wild Thornberrys Movie, she learns Eliza's secret after Eliza reveals it to the poachers that were threatening to hirt her if she didn't tell them how she knew about their plan to kill a herd of elephants. She commonly wears an orange camisole, a green flannel shirt, blue jeans (with holes deliberately torn in the knees as a 'grungy' fashion statement) and brown Birkenstock clogs. Even though she ridicules Eliza, she truly does care for her. Eliza is 12 in the series, being four years younger than Debbie as stated in " Gold Fever".ĭebbie is a typical 16-year-old girl who is the most popular girl in the franchise and Eliza's older sister, interested in music and fashion, and who longs for the normal suburban life her parents' job deprives her of. Eliza suffered a serious attack of appendicitis while rock climbing in the Australian outback.
#Wild thornberrys series#
She almost always wears a yellow dress, though later in the series she sports other clothes. She also has a companion-monkey (chimpanzee) like Pippi Longstocking but instead of superhuman strength, Eliza has the "super-power" of being able to talk to animals meanwhile the name "Eliza" invariably derives from the name "Eliza Dolittle," from the film "My Fair Lady" and Doctor Dolittle, due her ability to talk to animals. She has freckles and long red-orange hair that is usually worn in pigtails like Pippi Longstocking, and occasionally a ponytail. Eliza is portrayed as a geek by her extensive zoological knowledge and her glasses and braces. Eliza is the main character, who (unknown to most) gained the ability to speak with animals after an encounter with an African shaman (as shown in the episode "Gift of Gab").
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