#Nick wild thornberrys wildlife rescue tv
Donald "Donnie" Michael Thornberry is a feral boy who (as revealed in the 2001 four-part TV movie, "The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie") was raised by orangutans in Borneo. Donnie (voiced by Flea) is a feral boy who is adopted by the Thornberrys.Later in a bathysphere, Nigel whacks his head, which causes his memory to come back. Nigel gets amnesia and thinks he's a three-year-old after a coconut hit his head, confusing the children. In the series, Nigel is a supporting character, but in the film Rugrats Go Wild, Nigel plays a much larger role as he is idolized by Tommy Pickles (who usually refers to him as "Mr. He is an expert zoologist, as well as naturalist, traveler and survivalist and is quite caring and logical though Nigel often otherwise appears absent minded or naive. He was offered a professorship at Oxford University but, much to his mother's disapproval, Nigel turned it down. He is eccentric, enthusiastic and cheerful, even in the face of danger, and is also known for his exaggerated facial features specifically, his enormous nose, large bushy moustache, sticking-out ears and prominent front teeth. He may be inspired by Sir David Attenborough and speaks with a nasally RP English accent. Born in Britain and attended Harrow School in London, he travels around the world with his own family making wildlife documentaries. Sir Nigel Archibald Thornberry KBE is the son of Radcliffe and Cordelia Thornberry (Lynn Redgrave), an aristocratic British couple. Nigel (voiced by Tim Curry) is Eliza's father.She wears a wetsuit, mask, fins, and scuba tank with a regulator in Season 3, Episode 17. Marianne is also a scuba diver like Eliza. In Season 1, Episode 12, she mentions that she attended the University of California, Berkeley. Marianne (voiced by Jodi Carlisle) is Eliza's mother and Nigel's wife, daughter of Frank (Ed Asner) and Sophie Hunter (Betty White).She must keep this gift secret or she will lose her powers. She is able to communicate with animals, especially her pet chimpanzee Darwin. She has four visible teeth connected by two braces. She has red hair in braids, eyeglasses, braces, and freckles. Eliza (voiced by Lacey Chabert) is the 12-year-old younger daughter of the Thornberrys.The Wild Thornberrys, left to right, Nigel (bottom left), Marianne (with camera), Eliza (with glasses), Darwin (the chimpanzee), Donnie (with brown hair), and Debbie (sitting down, bored)
#Nick wild thornberrys wildlife rescue series
The series was designed to have a focus on parents after focus groups run by Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo uncovered that children were talking about the real struggles of the parent-child relationship this was opposed to Nickelodeon's view of only featuring kids in children's programming. 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 Wild Thornberrys was produced by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon. 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. The gift enabled her to talk to the Thornberrys' pet chimpanzee Darwin. 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 series focuses around a nomadic family of documentary filmmakers known as the Thornberrys, famous for their televised wildlife studies.