The movie actually came later , with Timon Pumbaa being present throughout the entire original film , and causing domino effects that contribute to the original events . What you remember was the cartoon , that took Timon Pumbaa and emphasized their oddness by putting them into various situations . There wasn ' t any rhyme or reason to the journeys , as I recall . A few episodes were set on the savannah , but many were notthey raised a baby alligator while staying in the Everglades , and clashed with a grizzly bear and a logger in a coniferous forest . Occasionally , they were in a human city , and nobody gave a second thought to them wandering about . <| sep |> Yep , can ' t connect . <| sep |> It works , it ' s a bit slow however .