Season 2

E1. Rebel Without a Trunk

Aug 16, 1999 · 25m

Eliza succumbs to peer pressure from a ""teenage"" elephant, which gets in the way of her closeness with Marianne on an overnight trip.

E2. Pal Joey

Aug 17, 1999

Eliza convinces a mother kangaroo that she can handle the responsibilities of baby-sitting. She quickly learns that this mischievous joey is more than meets the eye. After a close encounter with Tasmanian devils, Eliza is all too happy to relieve her duties and go back to being a kid herself.

E3. Rain Dance

Aug 18, 1999

With the commvee broken down in the desert and no water left to survive, the Thornberrys go through desperate measures to maintain their sanity. However, on the verge of dehydration, Eliza convinces her family to perform the rain ritual pictured in a nearby monolith. Everyone cheers as the rains pour down among them.

E4. Darwin Plays the Palace

Aug 19, 1999

When Eliza gets a hunch that foul play has led to Darwin's disappearance, she sets out to rescue her long lost companion. To her dismay, she finds Darwin has become one of the most popular acts at an Indian palace where a young prince lives. It's up to her to prove to Darwin that friendship runs deeper than the glamour and glitz of showbiz.

E5. Stick Your Neck Out

Aug 23, 1999

Eliza finds a hero in a giraffe who can see distances with his height and warn others of approaching danger. However, to Eliza's dismay, the giraffe leaves the animals for his own needs. Only when Eliza herself is in danger does the giraffe return and realize his selfishness.

E6. No Laughing Matter

Aug 24, 1999

Eliza frees a hyena from captivity, but having never lived in the wild, it doesn't know how to survive. Eliza attempts to teach it, but it seems hopeless--until a wild boar threatens them and the hyena's natural instincts take over.

E7. Chimp Off the Old Block

Aug 25, 1999

Darwin brings Eliza to his chimpanzee compound, and Eliza, who isn't used to the structure of the chimpanzee way of life, puts Darwin in an uncomfortable situation. After a fire starts, Eliza realizes the hierarchy is necessary for jungle survival. In the end, she apologizes for her lack of understanding and the chimp leader lets Darwin off the hook.

E8. Koality and Kuantity

Aug 26, 1999

The Thornberrys discover that koalas are missing from their native groves. Eliza decides to unravel the mystery only to discover Kip and Biederman masterminding the evil plot. It is now up to her to stop the culprits from wiping out an entire species!

E9. Chew if by Sea

Aug 30, 1999

When the Thornberrys leave Australia for India, Eliza can't bear to leave her wombat friend, Emily. Even though she is told not to, she brings her along. Now Eliza is constantly forced to re-create Emily's habitat in order to ensure her survival.

E10. Clash of the Teutons

Aug 31, 1999

The Thornberrys meet the Fensterkopfs who make false documentaries. The Fensterkopfs' kid lies to Eliza and gets them all stuck on a cliff. After the families barely escape an avalanche, the value of truth is learned by all.

E11. You Ain't Seen Nothin', Yeti

Sep 1, 1999

To study and protect the snow leopards from extinction and a construction site that is threatening their survival, Nigel's mentor (thought to be lost for many years) has left civilization to be a yeti. Eliza discovers his identity, helps him fend off the construction workers, and reunites him with her father.

E12. On the Right Track

Sep 2, 1999

When the Thornberrys are in Finland for the annual reindeer races, Eliza feels left out. She single-handedly uncovers a plot to sabotage the races, and along with an equally excluded reindeer who didn't make the final cut, helps save the day by playing fair.

E13. Polar Opposites

Sep 6, 1999

When a friendly polar bear is wrongly accused of vicious behavior, Eliza goes to great lengths to keep him from being harmed and learns the value of sticking by a friend in times of trouble.

E14. Two's Company

Sep 7, 1999

When Eliza is told that ""Jake"" the turtle is the last one of his kind, she can't just let his species become another name on the extinction list. Enlisting help from other animals, she soon discovers ""Samantha"" and brings the two turtles together--blind date style. Eliza soon realizes that playing the role of cupid is not as easy as it seems.

E15. Show Me the Bunny

Sep 13, 1999 · 25m

After Eliza saves an arctic hare from a determined stoat, she learns that underdogs come in all shapes and sizes.

E16. Reef Grief

Sep 14, 1999

Eliza gets in over her head when she assumes responsibilities she can't handle. She is soon forced to don scuba gear and rescue a fumbling Nigel and a tumbling commvee under the dangerous waters of Australia.

E17. Thornberry Island

Sep 15, 1999

The Thornberrys get stranded on an uncharted island, basking at first in all the beauty and the splendor, but discover soon enough that being marooned isn't all it's cracked up to be.

E18. Dances With Dingoes

Sep 16, 1999

Debbie discovers Eliza ""talking"" to dingoes and threatens to tell her parents. Eliza, concerned about the possibility of being shipped back to the United States as a science experiment, seeks help from nearby Aborigines. Together they confuse Debbie into thinking it was just a bad dream.

E19. Tamper-Proof Seal

Oct 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.

E20. You Otter Know

Oct 20, 1999 · 25m

When Kip and Biederman cause an oil spill, Eliza must save her sea otter friends.

E21. Have Yourself A Thornberry Little Christmas

Nov 29, 1999

Eliza goes to desperate measures to help animals survive during tough times along the Skeleton Coast. Her good-will intentions, however, will soon cost her family their entire supply of holiday cheer--and their Christmas dinner!

E22. Luck Be an Aye-Aye

Feb 15, 2000 · 25m

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.

E23. The Kung and I

Feb 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.

E24. Dear Diary

Feb 17, 2000

When Eliza ""accidentally"" reads Debbie's diary she learns that Debbie thinks she's an embarrassment of a sister. Debbie and Eliza have it out and learn the real truth about their relationship.

E25. Black and White and Mom All Over

Feb 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.

E26. A Tiger by the Tail

Feb 22, 2000

Eliza reunites with a Siberian Tiger, and is stunned when the tiger turns on her. Eliza's visiting Grandma Sophie helps her overcome her fears just as she is overcoming her own.

E27. Forget Me Not

Feb 24, 2000

When the Thornberrys visit Nigel's 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, Eliza bonds with Rebecca, only to learn that she is old and ready to die.

E28. Song for Eliza

Feb 25, 2000

When Eliza tries to swim with the humpback whales, Darwin accidentally knocks Debbie's boombox into the ocean, which creates a distrubing noise and causes the whales to stop their ritual singing. Eliza attempts to set things right, but ends up getting arrested for violating the Marine Mammel Protection Act.

E29. Gift of Gab

Feb 26, 2000 · 25m

Eliza tells Darwin the tale of how she became able to speak to animals, and how she retained her ability to speak to humans as well.

E30. Bogged Down

Mar 6, 2000

Challenging an ancient Maasai legend, Eliza marches into a ""haunted"" forest to prove her bravery. Now, with night falling, Eliza must place her trust in the mysterious legends of the Maasai in order to find her way safely through the dark forest.