Season 2: 1999-2000
| Episode # | # in Season | Episode Name | Airdate | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 01 | Rebel Without a Trunk | August 16, 1999 | Eliza and Marianne ride elephants to a festival, but Eliza's ends up burning down their camp. While the rest of the family throws a party. | India |
| 22 | 02 | Pal Joey | August 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 be relieved of her duty | Tasmania, Australia |
| 23 | 03 | Rain Dance | August 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. | Namib Desert, Namibia |
| 24 | 04 | Darwin Plays the Palace | August 19, 1999 | The Thornberrys are in India when Eliza and Darwing are seen playing together by Kip and Biederman. They capture Darwin and sell him to a Rajah who is looking for a new chimp act to entertain his court. Eliza frantically searches for the missing Darwin and follows a trail of kumquats Darwin left to the Rajah's palace. Entry to the palace is forbidden and she will have to rely on her wits to sneak inside and rescue Darwin. | Sholapur, India |
| 25 | 05 | Stick Your Neck Out | August 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. | Serengeti Plain, Tanzania |
| 26 | 06 | No Laughing Matter | August 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. | Serengeti Plain, Tanzania |
| 27 | 07 | Chimp Off the Old Block | August 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. | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 28 | 08 | Koality and Kuantity | August 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! | Melbourne, Australia |
| 29 | 09 | Chew if by Sea | August 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. | Sydney, Australia and India |
| 30 | 10 | Clash of the Teutons | August 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. | Great Dividing Range, Australia |
| 31 | 11 | You Ain't Seen Nothin', Yeti | September 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 pending construction. | Nepal |
| 32 | 12 | On the Right Track | September 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. | Lappland, Finland |
| 33 | 13 | Polar Opposites | September 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. | Greenland, Denmark |
| 34 | 14 | Two's Company | September 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. | Yasuni National Park, Ecuador |
| 35 | 15 | Show Me the Bunny | September 13, 1999 | After Eliza saves an arctic hare from a determined stoat, she learns that underdogs come in all shapes and sizes. | Lapland, Finland |
| 36 | 16 | Reef Grief | September 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'sGreat Barrier Reef. | Great Barrier Reef, Australia |
| 37 | 17 | Thornberry Island | September 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. | Uncharted Island in the Pacific Ocean |
| 38 | 18 | Dances With Dingoes | September 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 all a dream. | Uluru, Australia |
| 39 | 19 | 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. | Skagway, Alaska, USA |
| 40 | 20 | You Otter Know | October 20, 1999 | The Thornberrys are on the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka to film the Stellar 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. | Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia |
| 41 | 21 | Have Yourself A Thornberry Little Christmas | November 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! | Namib Desert, Namibia |
| 42 | 22 | 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. | Madagascar |
| 43 | 23 | 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. | Kalahari Desert, Botswana |
| 44 | 24 | Dear Diary | February 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. | Cuzco, Peru |
| 45 | 25 | 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. | Chongqing, China |
| 46 | 26 | 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. | Ussuri River, Russia |
| 47 | 27 | Forget Me Not | February 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. | Mt Kilimanjaro, Kenya |
| 48 | 28 | 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. | Kahoolawe, Hawaii |
| 49 | 29 | Gift of Gab | February 26, 2000 | This is a flashback episode. It explains how Eliza and Darwin met. It also explains how Eliza got her power to talk to animals. This episode has events that has happened two years prior to the start of the series. | Nigeria |
| 50 | 30 | Bogged Down | March 6, 2000 | The Thornberrys are in the Philipines to find the Angler Fish. While Nigel and Eliza travel the river to find it Debbie and Marianne stay behind to study for Debbie's final. While looking for the fish Nigel is stung by a poisonous fish and Eliza must go into a dark, mysterious bog to get the antitoxin. | Philippines |
| 51 | 31 | Monkey See, Monkey Don't | 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. | Karnataka, India | |
| 52 | 32 | 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. | Argentina |
| 53 | 33 | A Shaky Foundation | 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. | Victoria Falls | |
| 54 | 34 | Cheetahs Never Prosper | March 20, 2000 | In this episode Eliza tries to help a Cheetah cub and finds the tables turned on her when the cub finds its mother.
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. Eliza tries to help a young cheetah named Tono but she quickly becomes the target for Tono's and his mothers next meal. |
Uganda |
| 55 | 35 | Gobi Yourself | Eliza and a Chinese 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. | Mongolia | |
| 56 | 36 | 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. | Switzerland |
| 57 | 37 | Pack Of Thornberrys | Eliza and Debbie are fighting so much, Debbie decides to apply to boarding school and Eliza encourages her. But meeting up with a lone wolf teaches Eliza that families, like packs, belong together. | Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming |
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