"The Origin of Donnie" is a special four-part episode of The Wild Thornberrys, originally aired as a two-hour movie on August 18, 2001.
Summary[]
Part 1[]
The Thornberrys are preparing for Donnie's "birthday" party in Borneo when one crisis after another happens. Grandma Sophie decides to visit the same day Nigel and Marianne must capture a wild orangutan on film for the foundation
Part 2[]
Donnie searches the jungles of Borneo for his ancestry, causing Eliza to worry that he will break ties with the Thornberry clan.
Part 3[]
A fire breaks out in the forest and Donnie is blamed; can Eliza convince it wasn't Donnie and get the animals to safety? Meanwhile, Marianne and Nigel find shelter in a cave nearby, only to get lost inside, and Debbie and Sophie help the village put out the fire, while learning about Donnie's real parents.
Part 4[]
The rest of the fire is put out by rain, the others are reunited and Donnie is found. The family believe he is going back to his parents, but they soon realize the truth.
Home video releases[]
- DVD
- The Wild Thornberrys: Season 4
- The Wild Thornberrys: The Final Seasons
- The Wild Thornberrys: The Complete Series
External links[]
| The Wild Thornberrys episodes | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | "Flood Warning" • "Dinner With Darwin" • "Bad Company" • "Gold Fever" • "Matadi or Bust" • "The Temple of Eliza" • "Vacant Lot" • "Only Child" • "Iron Curtain" • "Valley Girls" • "Naimina Enkiyio" • "Blood Sisters" • "Eliza-cology" • "Flight of the Donnie" • "Lost and Foundation" • "Nigel Knows Best" • "The Great Bangaboo" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "The Dragon and the Professor" • "Born to Be Wild" |
| Season 2 | "Rebel Without a Trunk" • "Pal Joey" • "Rain Dance" • "Darwin Plays the Palace" • "Stick Your Neck Out" • "No Laughing Matter" • "Chimp Off the Old Block" • "Koality & Kuantity" • "Chew if by Sea" • "Clash of the Teutons" • "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yeti" • "On the Right Track" • "Polar Opposites" • "Two's Company" • "Show Me the Bunny" • "Reef Grief" • "Thornberry Island" • "Dances With Dingoes" • "Tamper-Proof Seal" • "You Otter Know" • "Have Yourself a Thornberry Little Christmas" • "Luck Be an Aye-Aye" • "The Kung and I" • "Dear Diary" • "Black and White and Mom All Over" • "A Tiger by the Tail" • "Forget Me Not" • "Song for Eliza" • "Gift of Gab" • "Bogged Down" • "Monkey See, Monkey Don't" • "Where the Gauchos Roam" • "A Shaky Foundation" • "Cheetahs Never Prosper" • "Gobi Yourself" • "Every Little Bit Alps" • "Pack of Thornberrys" |
| Season 3 | "Dragon Me Along" • "Time Flies" • "Horse Sense" • "Tyler Tucker, I Presume?" • "Critical Masai" • "Queen of Denial" • "Island Trade" • "Birthday Quake" • "The Legend of Ha Long Bay" • "Spirited Away" • "A Family Tradition" • "Happy Old Year" • "Happy Campers" • "All Work and No Play" • "New Territory" • "Operation: Valentine" • "Hello, Dolphin!" • "April Fool's Day" • "Gem of a Mom" • "The Anniversary" |
| Season 4 | "The Origin of Donnie" • "The Trouble With Darwin" • "Hot Air" |
| Season 5 | "The Wild Snob-Berry" • "Ice Follies" • "Fool's Gold" • "Clash and Learn" • "Sir Nigel" • "Look Who's Squawking" • "Eliza Unplugged" |