New Guinea Pig

"New Guinea Pig" is an episode from The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa.

Synopsis
Pumbaa gets tired of his tusks, so Timon decides to sell them to the Three Natives.

Plot
The episode starts with Pumbaa unable to do things in the jungle because of his tusks. Pumbaa is upset about that, but Timon cheers him up by saying that his tusks are the most important parts of what makes him. Pumbaa tells Timon that what the meerkat said was wiser than what the warthog was thinking, which was trading his tusks to the Three Natives, which gives Timon an idea. Timon opens a "Tusk Museum" and tells the Natives what they can do with Pumbaa's tusks, such as stacking hats on it, cutting the cheese, or open a can of bugs. The Natives show Timon a trophy of him and the meerkat wants them to label it "Timon Berkowitz: Brains of the Outfit."

Timon and Pumbaa go home. While doing so, Pumbaa tells Timon that it's the last time the warthog does things with his tusks, such as passing a rock shaped like Abraham Lincoln, or eating Cockroach Casserole Parmesan. When the two get in bed, Pumbaa dreams that he won a Tusks Contest and Timon, as the host, gives Pumbaa a king seat, a crown, a tag labeled Ms. Tusks, and a trophy. However, the dream turns into a nightmare when Timon finds out Pumbaa's tusks are fake and that he traded them to the Natives and everybody laughs. Pumbaa wakes up and Timon talks to the warthog about what they're planning to do the next day.

The next day, Timon and Pumbaa are back at the museum with the Three Natives, who labeled Timon's trophy. Timon tells Pumbaa to give the Natives his tusks, but Pumbaa is unable to do so since his tusk bones are "permanently attached to his head bones." The Natives pull out a net, a bow, and scissors to catch and kill Pumbaa to cut off his tusks. Timon and Pumbaa run for Pumbaa's life. As they do so, one of the Natives hits Timon's tail with the bow and Timon runs into a tree. Pumbaa uses one of his tusks to get Timon out and starts running again. Timon takes out his suitcase and takes out a big ice cube. Pumbaa uses his tusks to make the ice be shaped like him and Timon.

The Natives continue chasing Timon and Pumbaa. Timon and Pumbaa run into a restaurant with a sign that says "Tusks Required: Except for Meerkats," and the two get in. The Natives get in the restaurant, but get kicked out since they don't have tusks. The three take off their costumes and go back to University. Meanwhile, Timon and Pumbaa are eating bugs at the restaurant. Pumbaa tells Timon that he was right about his tusks, but then gas comes out of the warthog. Timon says "Now if we could just think of what to do about some of the other parts that make you you," and then Pumbaa replies "Sorry."

Trivia

 * There's a reference scene from The Lion King when Pumbaa pops his head out over a log stalking a giant beetle.