8.0/1056 votesLoading...#1 - Forget Me Not
Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 2/24/2000
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.
Director: Mark Risley
Writer: Kate Boutilier, Eleah Horwitz
7.7/1084 votesLoading...#2 - Flood Warning
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1998
When the Thornberrys are forced to spend the night in the middle of the savanna, Eliza seizes the opportunity to go hunting with a pride of lions--only to discover that Debbie is about to become a midnight snack!
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: Tom Stern
7.7/1060 votesLoading...#3 - Only Child
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/1/1998
Eliza's imagination gets the best of her when she thinks a local teenage girl is actually a dolphin who's trying to abduct her sister, Debbie, into a watery world.
Director: Anthony Bell
Writer: Kate Boutilier
7.7/1034 votesLoading...#4 - Eliza Unplugged
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 6/11/2004
Shane is ready to leave the Thornberrys to go back to his life as a popstar and Eliza has to be fast to tell Shane her true feelings for him before its too late. But when Shane and Eliza have a little fight and Shane runs away,can Eliza find him in time to make up and tell her feelings? (This was possibly the series finale.The show has been put to hiatus after this episode but never returned.)
Director: Joseph Scott
Writer: David Rosenberg, Sheila M. Anthony
7.6/1054 votesLoading...#5 - Gold Fever
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/10/1998
When Eliza and Debbie discover an old treasure map on the Galapagos Islands, they set out to claim their ""riches."" Once the gold is discovered, however, greed sets in and the girls begin an all-out battle of trickery to get the gold away from each other. They battle continues all the way down to the last coin, until they accidentally lose all the gold in a fiery lava pit.
Director: Anthony Bell
Writer: Adam Beechen
7.6/1050 votesLoading...#6 - Gift of Gab
Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 2/26/2000
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.
Director: Cathy Malkasian
Writer: Eva Almos, Ed Scharlach
7.6/1045 votesLoading...#7 - Time Flies
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/2000
Location: The Florida Everglades, United StatesDebbie and Eliza explore the Everglades but drop Nigel's birthday present, a new watch, into the swamp. As an old woman chases them away, they return at night, only to have the watch eaten by an alligator.
Director: Carol Millican
Writer: Barbara Herndon, Jill Gorey
- 7.6/1043 votesLoading...
#8 - All Work and No Play
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/2001
Location: Lake Baikal, SiberiaWhen Eliza and Debbie slack off on their chores, they all suffer for it when they fail to prepare of an oncoming storm. Will the Thornberrys survive a flash flood, help some beavers build their dam and keep the Comvee from sinking?
Director: Carol Millican
Writer: Peter Hunziker
- 7.6/1037 votesLoading...
#9 - Operation Valentine
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/2001
Location: Alice Springs, AustraliaDebbie is finally going to meet her e-mail friend in person and she is determined to make a good impression. Meanwhile, Eliza is having strange pains in her stomach and ends up stranded on top of a small mountain as Donnie gets attacked by a giant eagle. Just a typical Valentine's Day for the Thornberrys in Australia.
Director: Mark Risley
Writer: Alice Miller
- 7.6/1035 votesLoading...
#10 - Hello, Dolphin!
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/2001
Location: Shark Bay, AustraliaNigel and Marianne are on a dangerous assignment to film some tiger sharks while Eliza goes swimming with some dolphins. Meanwhile, Debbie gets dumped by her e-mail boyfriend Sven. When the kids take a boat out with the dolphins to swim in the deep sea, they may get some unexpected visitors.
Director: Frank Marino
Writer: Peter Egan
7.6/1039 votesLoading...#11 - Hot Air
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 6/1/2002
Location: Rotura, New ZealandThe Thornberrys visit a tribe of native New Zealanders called the Mahris who are throwing a celebration called a ""Hooey"". As Debbie flirts with a young Mahri, Eliza and Darwin have a fight. When Darwin leaves and Eliza befriends a possum named Penelope who ends up getting her into a hot air balloon that she doesn't know how to steer, will Darwin come to the rescue?
Director: Ron Noble
Writer: Sarah Jane Cunningham, Suzie Villandry
7.5/1052 votesLoading...#12 - Vacant Lot
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/1998
As animals flee their homes and run for their lives, Eliza discovers that Kip and Biederman are destroying part of the rainforest. In an all-out war against the evil duo, Eliza must convince the animals that with everybody's help, they can stop the destruction and save the forest.
Director: Cathy Malkasian
Writer: Monica Piper
7.5/1047 votesLoading...#13 - Naimina Enkiyio
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/22/1998
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.
Director: Peter Avanzino
Writer: Mark Steen
7.5/1050 votesLoading...#14 - Eliza-cology
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/5/1998
Eliza's good-natured intentions of assisting a struggling bird in getting food set off a chain reaction of destruction within the ecological system. It's up to her to retrace her steps and undo all of her actions while some animals face near extinction.
Director: Cathy Malkasian
Writer: David Regal
7.5/1052 votesLoading...#15 - Reef Grief
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 9/14/1999
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.
Director: Sylvia Keulen
Writer: Allen J. Zipper
7.5/1041 votesLoading...#16 - Dances With Dingoes
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 9/16/1999
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.
Director: Peter Avanzino, Carol Millican
Writer: David Regal
- 7.5/1038 votesLoading...
#17 - The Legend of Ha Long Bay
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/2000
Location: Ha Long Bay, VietnamEliza encounters a mysterious creature while shooting a film with Nigel about manta rays.
Director: Mark Risley
Writer: Marsha Griffin
- 7.5/1049 votesLoading...
#18 - Spirited Away
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 10/28/2000
Location: The border of Oaxala and Zaachula, MexicoAs 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 vaulable 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.
Director: Sylvia Keulen
Writer: Sarah Jane Cunningham, Suzie Villandry
7.5/1023 votesLoading...#19 - The Origin of Donnie (4)
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 8/18/2001
Location: Borneo, IndonesiaThe Thornberrys reunite and find Donnie in a remote village and learn from the medicine woman there the terrible fate that befell his parents.
Director: Ron Noble
Writer: Joan Considine Johnson
7.4/1055 votesLoading...#20 - Dinner With Darwin
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/1998
Annoyed with Eliza, Darwin sets off into the jungle to prove he still has his natural instincts. After a scary night in the jungle, he stumbles upon an empty shack and hides out. When the family who lives in the shack returns to find Darwin in their home, they couldn't be more pleased with their new guest. It's up to Eliza to save the oblivious Darwin from becoming the next family dinner!
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: Steve Skrovan
7.4/1055 votesLoading...#21 - Bad Company
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/1998
A swarm of mysterious prankster marmosets overrun the Thornberrry camp, and it's up to Eliza to beat them at their own game.
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: Leslie Rasmussen
7.4/1057 votesLoading...#22 - Matadi or Bust
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/1998
When Eliza, Darwin and Donnie are flung from a Matadi-bound barge and stranded on the banks of the Congo river, they must traverse the cliffs and crags of mountainous Zaire in order to catch up with her family.
Director: Sylvia Keulen
Writer: Carolyn Omine
7.4/1064 votesLoading...#23 - Blood Sisters
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/27/1998
With Nigel and Marianne off exploring bat caves, Eliza and Debbie are left at the ""eerie"" residence of colleague Dr. Renfield. Eliza becomes bent on spooking Debbie, but when her imagination gets the best of her the tables are slowly turned. By the time their parents return, the girls are convinced that the absent-minded Renfield is a vampire out to get them!
Director: Peter Avanzino, Carol Millican
Writer: Tom Stern
7.4/1043 votesLoading...#24 - Flight of the Donnie
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/17/1998
Eliza and Debbie must take over Marianne's duties when she is sick. Debbie goes with Nigel to shoot footage of a condor and Eliza must care for Donnie. Covered with feathers from a pillow, Donnie is snatched up by the condor and Eliza and Darwin must rescue him and help the condor find her real baby. In return for the favor, the condors stay on a tree branch so Debbie can get footage of them.
Director: Steve Ressel
Writer: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
7.4/1089 votesLoading...#25 - Lost and Foundation
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/16/1999
When the girls discover that their parents have mistakenly taken embarrassing home movies to an awards banquet, they join forces in order to save face. Their cross-island trip turns into a race against time in order to beat their parents to the podium and stop the world from seeing them at bath time.
Director: Sylvia Keulen
Writer: Kate Boutilier
The Best Episodes of The Wild Thornberrys
Every episode of The Wild Thornberrys ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Wild Thornberrys!
Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in Australia, marmots in Pakistan, flash floods in Siberia, Egyptian...
Genres:AnimationComedyAction & AdventureKidsFamily
Network:Nickelodeon
Best Episodes Summary
"Forget Me Not" is the best rated episode of "The Wild Thornberrys". It scored 8/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by Mark Risley and written by Kate Boutilier, Eleah Horwitz, it aired on 2/24/2000. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Flood Warning".