French Fried

"French Fried" is an episode from The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa. It is also one of the episodes in Dining Out with Timon & Pumbaa.

Synopsis
Timon and Pumbaa befriend a talking snail, Speedy, before the three of them are transported to France, where they are forced to save Speedy from a crazed chef, Culinary Quint.

Plot
"French Fried" begins by introducing Timon, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog. The episode starts with Timon and Pumbaa stalking a snail. The two finally trap it, but then they get trapped in a crate. Timon is then about to eat the snail until the snail starts talking, which surprises them. But Timon still wants to eat him, but then the snail tells them that he can also sing. Pumbaa tells Timon that they cannot eat him since he can talk and sing and Timon agrees.

Timon introduces himself and Pumbaa to the snail and decides to give him a name. The meerkat names the snail "Speedy" because he thinks it would be a brilliant incongruity. Pumbaa then asks Timon what if someone else tries to eat Speedy, then Timon tells him that they are all in a box and it's not they are in Paris, France where people eat snails. Then the crate opens and we meet Culinary Quint, a French chef. He takes Speedy to the Eiffel Tower.

Culinary Quint puts Speedy in a cage and starts cooking. Pumbaa then interrupts to trick Culinary Quint that Jerry Lewis is here, But the chef is not buying it, but then he sees that Timon took Speedy out of the cage and the three start running off. Culinary Quint catches Timon and Pumbaa and kicks them out of the Eiffel Tower. The two then land in a museum and a Mona Lisa falls on Timon and Pumbaa makes a joke telling Timon that he's "Timonalisa." Timon says that it's not the time to joke around and then comes up with an idea.

Timon and Pumbaa disguise themselves as one costumer. Timon asks for a table for one and Culinary Quint brings him to a table and gives a menu. Timon asks for a raw snail that is still alive with cute little gumdrop eyes and a swirly curly cue shell, but then Pumbaa interrupts saying that his name is Speedy, Timon then kicks him, Pumbaa says his name isn't Speedy, Timon kicks him again, and then Pumbaa says he didn't say anything. Culinary Quint kicks the two out of the Eiffel Tower again.

Culinary Quint continues cooking Speedy. Then, Timon and Pumbaa come and stops Quint from cooking the snail. After Timon gets Speedy out of the pot and Speedy lands on Pumbaa's head, Timon then falls into the pot and starts burning. He runs to a freezing room and sits on an ice. Quint closes the door of the room and starts going after Pumbaa and Speedy. Pumbaa then gets out and goes to the elevator, but Quint takes out two weapons and starts going after them. The elevator opens and Pumbaa gets in and quickly close it and tells Speedy "that was close." But then, Quint opens the elevator, but then, Timon hits him with a big ice cube and Quint falls to a museum and a statue breaks and a sword falls between Quint's legs and Quint passes out.

Timon and Pumbaa bring Speedy back home and say goodbye to him. But then a seagull captures Speedy and Timon and Pumbaa have to save him once again.

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