The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon. It was rerun in the United States on Nickelodeon and occasionally Nicktoons until November 1, 2007. The show returned to The '90s Are All That for one night, and aired on March 21, 2013. The show aired on Nicktoonsters in the United Kingdom. Following Shout! Factory's acquisition of the title in February 2011, all 5 seasons have been released on DVD.
The Wild Thornberrys was produced by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon. It premiered in September 1998, and was the first Nicktoon to exclusively use 22-minute stories (episodes of other Nicktoons usually featured two 10 – 11-minute stories, using 22-minute stories only on occasion).
The series focuses around a nomadic family of documentary filmmakers known as the Thornberrys, famous for their televised wildlife studies. It primarily centers on the family's younger daughter Eliza, and her secret gift of being able to communicate with animals, which was bestowed upon her after having rescued a shaman masquerading as a trapped warthog.
The gift enabled her to talk to the Thornberrys' pet chimpanzee Darwin. Together, the pair frequently venture through the wilderness, befriending many species of wild animals along the way or realizing moral truths and lessons through either their experiences or a particular animal species's lifestyle, or simply assisting the creatures, by which they become acquainted, in their difficulties.
Cast
| Image | Character | USA | Mex | Jap | Bra | Fra | Ita | Pol | Hun | Spa |
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Eliza Thornberry | Lacey Chabert | Irina Índigo | Nair Amorim | ||||||
| Yensi Rivero | ||||||||||
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Darwin | Tom Kane | Rubén León | Luca Bottale | ||||||
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Debbie Thornberry | Danielle Harris | Edylu Martínez | Mari Maruta | Joanna Węgrzynowska | |||||
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Nigel ThornBerry | Tim Curry | Esteban García | Keiichi Sonobe | Pietro Mário | Patrick Préjean | Jarosław Boberek | |||
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Marianne Thornberry | Jodi Carlisle | ||||||||
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Donnie Thornberry | Flea | ||||||||
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Biederman | Michael Jeter | ||||||||
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Kip O'Donnell | Keith Szarabajka | ||||||||
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Santusa | Tia Texada |
