Isle Find Out

"Isle Find Out" is an episode from The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa.

Synopsis
After observing a colony of flamingos standing still for hours, Timon becomes obsessed with finding out what they are up to.

Plot
The episode starts with Timon looking at flamingos standing around in a sandbar. Pumbaa shows up with a log and eats the worm inside it. Timon says he's not interested in eating bugs right now and he's curious in finding out what the flamingos are up to. The meerkat tells his friend that the flamingos could be planning a big party with spotlights, disco music, fireworks, and conga line. Pumbaa tells Timon that the flamingos are probably just standing around, but Timon tells the warthog "What if there's something out there" and he says that he can't stand not knowing what it is they're missing out on.

Timon attaches two wild ducks to his feet, but Pumbaa suggests that Timon uses a boat instead, but the meerkat refuses. When Timon gets on the water, the ducks fly off, but then pass the flamingos. Timon then wears some wings he made to fly to the sandbar. But then, the wings go out of control and Timon flies around the sky, then goes under the sandbar the flamingos are standing on, then gets out of the island, and then runs into an airplane. Timon tries to find another way of getting to the sandbar, Pumbaa suggests that he uses a boat, then Timon agrees.

Timon and Pumbaa are now on a boat. After Pumbaa starts the motor, a storm comes and there are big waves coming to the boat, causing the boat to go up and down, and then water gets inside the boat. Timon and Pumbaa believe that they're gonna drown. Timon drills a hole on the boat to let the water out, but instead, more water gets in. The two give up and believe that they're about to die, but they survive. The storm goes away and it gets dark. Pumbaa gets out of the boat and sees that all the water is shallow. The warthog tells Timon that the meerkat could have just walked across the water instead of going through all the trouble getting to the sandbar.

Timon and Pumbaa arrive to the sandbar and Timon talks to the flamingo telling the birds that they are up to something. After a few minutes, Pumbaa takes Timon back to the island. Timon tells Pumbaa that he was right when he said that the flamingos were just standing around the sandbar and Pumbaa is proud of himself. However, when the two leave, the flamingos see that they left and turn the sandbar into a stage and the birds start a party with spotlights, disco music, fireworks, and conga line, showing that Timon was right about the flamingos all along.

Quotes
Timon: Let's see, there's gotta be some way of getting out there.

Pumbaa: Why don't you use a small open vessel that moves across bodies of water my means of oars, sails, or engines?

Timon: Why mess with all that, Pumbaa, when I could use a boat instead?

(Pumbaa gets an annoyed look on his face)

Pumbaa: Uh, Timon, how exactly specifically are you going to get over all the water and all the way out there?

Timon: Simple, Pumbaa. Name something that floats.

Pumbaa: Uh... oh... a boat?

Timon: No, Pumbaa. Something else.

Pumbaa: A bigger boat?

Timon: Something else.

Pumbaa: An even bigger boat?

Timon: No, Pumbaa, not a boat.

(The camera zooms out and shows that Timon has two wild ducks attached to his feet)

Timon: Ducks. Ducks, ducks, ducks.

Pumbaa: I still think the boat was a good answer.

Timon: Stop that mindless mumbling and observe as I gently float out to the sandbar and find out what those scheming flamingos are hiding.

(Timon walks while the ducks quack. He then stops)

Timon: Uh, perhaps I should get a running start.

Pumbaa: Or use a boat.

Timon: Quiet!

(After the storm. Pumbaa gets out of the boat)

Pumbaa: Gee, Timon, all this water out here is shallow.

(Timon hops out of the boat and goes on Pumbaa's head)

Timon: I can see that, Pumbaa.

Pumbaa: And you were going through all that trouble to get across the water?

Timon: Yes, I know.

Pumbaa: When you could've just walked across all this water easy as pie?

Timon: Yes, I know.

Pumbaa: Easy as falling off a log? Easy as spitting? Easy as saying "Jack Robinson"? Easy as 1, 2, 3? Easy as...

Timon: YES, I KNOW, PUMBAA!

Timon: Clearly there must be a better way of getting out there rather than strapping ducks to my feet.

Pumbaa: Like say a boat?

Timon: Don't interrupt, Pumbaa. I'm making a point. Now our little duck friends gave me an idea and I'll give you a hint as to what it is.

(Jeopardy music plays)

Timon: What do birds have that you and I do not have?

Pumbaa: Feathers?

Timon: Guess again.

Pumbaa: Beaks?

Timon: Guess again.

Pumbaa: Claws?

Timon: No, Pumbaa. Guess once more.

Pumbaa: Nests?

Timon: (annoyed) One more guess.

Pumbaa: Eggs?

Timon: No.

Pumbaa: Intelligence?

Timon: No.

Pumbaa: Girlfriends?

Timon: NO!

(Makes wings on his back)

Timon: Wings. (Slaps Pumbaa with the wings) Wings, wings, wings.