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The following is a list of episodes in the third season of The Wild Thornberrys, listed in production order.
Episode list[]
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41 | "Black and White and Mom All Over" | February 21, 2000 |
| When a seemingly abandoned panda bear imprints on Debbie, Eliza doubts Debbie's "parenting" ability—until a monsoon convinces Eliza that Debbie can handle more than she lets on. | |||
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42 | "A Tiger by the Tail" | February 22, 2000 |
| Eliza reunites with Kalla the Siberian tigress, and is stunned when she turns on her. Eliza's visiting Grandma Sophie helps her overcome her fears just as she is overcoming her own. | |||
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43 | "Luck Be an Aye-Aye" | February 15, 2000 |
| When Donnie kidnaps an aye-aye for a pet, Eliza must return the "bad luck" omen to his home before the villagers hunt him down. Meanwhile, Nigel and Marianne search for a chameleon to film. | |||
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44 | "Tamper-Proof Seal" | October 19, 1999 |
| When the Commvee is surrounded by angry seals, Eliza tries her own methods to get them to move. But she learns from her Inuit friend Jim that traditional ways have their value. | |||
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45 | "You Otter Know" | October 20, 1999 |
| The Thornberrys are on the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka to film the Steller sea eagle. Nigel and Marianne take off to film via helicopter while Eliza and Darwin explore. They meet up with a friendly group of sea otters and start playing together when an oil tanker comes into the area. To make matters worse Kip and Biedermann rupture the tanker and start an oil spill. Eliza takes it upon herself to save the otters. | |||
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46 | "The Kung and I" | February 16, 2000 |
| When the Thornberrys visit the !Kung people, everyone is shocked to discover that Debbie can click talk. No one is more surprised than Eliza, however, who is only cured of her jealousy by a !Kung healing ceremony. | |||
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47 | "Forget Me Not" | February 24, 2000 |
| When the Thornberrys visit Nigel's best friend Jomo, they search for an elephant named Rebecca that Nigel saved 20 years earlier. As the family attends to an elephant stuck in a mudhole, Sadly, Eliza bonds with Rebecca, only get heartbroken to learn that she is old and ready to die causing her to start crying. | |||
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48 | "Dear Diary" | February 17, 2000 |
| When Eliza accidentally reads Debbie's diary she learns that Debbie thinks her little sister is an embarrassment. Debbie and Eliza have it out and learn the real truth about their relationship. | |||
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49 | "Song for Eliza" | February 25, 2000 |
| When Eliza tries to swim with the humpback whales, Darwin accidentally knocks Debbie's boombox into the ocean, which creates a disturbing noise and causes the whales to stop their ritual singing. Eliza attempts to set things right. | |||
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50 | "Bogged Down" | March 6, 2000 |
| The Thornberrys are in the Philippines to find the angler fish. While Nigel and Eliza travel the river to find it Marianne stays behind to help Debbie study for her history final. While looking for the fish, Nigel is stung by a poisonous stonefish and Eliza must go into a dark, mysterious bog to get the antitoxin before Nigel dies. | |||
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51 | "Monkey See, Monkey Don't" | March 6, 2000 |
| When Eliza meets a group of temple monkeys, they con her into bringing all of her family's food. While Darwin tries to convince her otherwise, Eliza realizes that she's been duped and learns the value of Darwin's friendship. | |||
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52 | "Where the Gauchos Roam" | March 13, 2000 |
| The Thornberrys are invited on a cattle drive by Marianne's old high school friend whose son, Miguel, is not as adept at riding and roping as he claimed. In the end, Eliza helps him build confidence. | |||
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53 | "A Shaky Foundation" | March 13, 2000 |
| The Thornberrys are visited by the Foundation's head son, Tom, who splits up the Nigel and Marianne team. An over-zealous Tom treats Eliza like a child until he lands the Commvee in a raging river. Eliza's quick thinking prevails and she saves her family. | |||
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54 | "Cheetahs Never Prosper" | March 20, 2000 |
| The Thornberrys are on the African plains in the middle of a drought. Eliza wants to help the animals, but her parents tell her that the animals will become more aggressive due to lack of water and food. In an effort to keep her daughter safe Marianne threatens to send Eliza home to America if she disobeys her parents. Eliza tries to help a young cheetah named Tano but she quickly becomes the target for Tano's and his mother's next meal. | |||
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55 | "Gobi Yourself" | March 20, 2000 |
| Eliza and a Mongolian girl, Arioka, secretly switch places so Eliza can ride across the desert on camels and Arioka can ride in the Commvee. But Arioka's parents change their plans and Eliza must figure out a way to get them back to the Thornberrys. | |||
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56 | "Every Little Bit Alps" | March 27, 2000 |
| Eliza is afraid to admit to her friend Ben that she doesn't know how to snowboard, just as a rutting ibex is afraid to stand up to another ibex. | |||
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57 | "Pack of Thornberrys" | March 27, 2000 |
| Eliza and Debbie are fighting so much, Debbie decides to apply to boarding school and Eliza encourages her. But meeting up with a lone gray wolf teaches Eliza that families, like packs, belong together. | |||
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58 | "Time Flies" | September 19, 2000 |
| The Thornberrys are in the Florida Everglades to film the endangered snail kite. It is also Nigel's birthday and Marianne and the girls have a brand new watch/compass for him. While Marianne and Nigel go off to film the girls and Darwin and Donnie explore the Everglades in an air boat. Debbie wants to keep track of their time and brings the new watch. Soon they get lost and while using the compass drop it overboard. A Swamp Witch and a hungry alligator will make getting it back very difficult. | |||
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59 | "Happy Old Year" | December 27, 2000 |
| Debbie accidentally hurts her father's feelings, and joins a couple of eccentric, 1930s-era volcano chasers, Mitzi and Merrick Dash. Eliza goes after her to reclaim her friend, Santusa the llama. | |||
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60 | "Spirited Away" | October 28, 2000 |
| As the family prepares to film the Day of the Dead ceremony in a small town, Eliza meets a little girl who tells her about the spirits returning. Eliza is determined to find one, but when Donnie puts a valuable ring in a loaf of bread, Debbie and Eliza must search for the missing ring. Eliza gets some help from a mysterious woman, who she finds out, has been gone for many years. | |||
Notes[]
- For some reason, "The Legend of Ha Long Bay" and "Gem of a Mom" are not available on Paramount+. This is despite the fact that both episodes were released on the Season 3 DVD set.
| The Wild Thornberrys | |
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| Media | The Wild Thornberrys (Episodes • Seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 • Videography) • Chimp Chase • The Wild Thornberrys Movie (Video game) • Rugrats Go Wild (Video game • Soundtrack) |
| Characters | Eliza • Nigel • Marianne • Debbie Thornberry • Donnie • Darwin |