"Be More Pacific" is the first segment from the 21st episode of Timon and Pumbaa.
Synopsis
Pumbaa is walking down the beach when he runs into a beached whale named Lester. The whale admits his dilemma to the warthog, who tries to fetch Timon before he is stopped by the dying creature, who pronounces that there is not enough time to get help. Determined to save the whale, Pumbaa digs his way beneath Lester and heaves the giant into the sea.
Upon resurfacing, Lester reveals himself to be an "enchanted three wish wishing whale" and tells Pumbaa that, in repayment for his kind act, Lester will grant him three wishes. The warthog is at first confused, for he doesn't wish anything in particular, but then Lester tells him that he can reserve his wishes for later. In order to call forth the whale once more, Pumbaa must come to the same beach and call out Lester's name.
Shortly afterward, Pumbaa relays the story to Timon, who is incredulous that Pumbaa turned down his three wishes. In his own defense, Pumbaa reminds Timon of the time they screwed up their wishes while using a magic lamp, but Timon remains firm and forces Pumbaa to return to the beach and wish for something "big and expensive."
Heeding his friend's orders, Pumbaa tells Lester his wish, and the whale grants it, landing Pumbaa with a giant replica of the Statue of Liberty. Angry at Pumbaa for getting his wish wrong, Timon tells his friend to be more specific when he talks to Lester. He then orders Pumbaa back to the beach, instructing him to wish for Timon to be made into a king.
After Pumbaa goes back to Lester, he finds Timon big like King Kong, standing on an Empire State Building with a jet flying around him. Timon wishes that he were a king living in a large stony castle, with security systems and a ferocious fire-breathing monster with claws and wings that he can defeat. After Pumbaa tells Lester their final wish, Lester turns into a human princess and walks away. Pumbaa then finds Timon as a king and sees everything just like Timon wished for.
Timon and Pumbaa see a big fire-breathing chicken (which was supposed to be a dragon) entering the castle. Timon doesn't accept the chicken at first, but says it'll have to do. The meerkat tries several ways to defeat the chicken, but he is unable to do so because Pumbaa accidentally told Lester that Timon wished for a fire-breathing monster that he can't defeat. Timon gets angry at Pumbaa for saying so and now the two have to try to avoid the chicken. The chicken blows fire on an alarm and now the windows and the gate close and the security system is everywhere in the castle.
Later, Timon gets an idea about wishes and he and Pumbaa sneak pass the chicken to get to the stairs. The chicken sees them and the two quickly go up the stairs, go outside, and close ground door and put stuff on it, such as a piano and a safe. Timon's idea is to find another magic fish to wish for the chicken to disappear, but it seems that it will take forever to do so.
Trivia
- This episode is parallel to the tale The Fisherman and His Wife.
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