Season 2

Episode Guide

Stick Your Neck Out

S2 E1
Aug 23, 1999
Eliza finds an animal hero in a giraffe who can see great distances with his height and warn others of approaching danger. However, to Eliza's dismay, the giraffe skips out on the animals for his own needs. O

No Laughing Matter

S2 E2
Aug 24, 1999
Eliza frees a Hyena, but since it 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.

Chimp Off The Old Block

S2 E3
Aug 25, 1999
Darwin brings Eliza to a chimpanzee compound. When Eliza is not being subservient to the hierarchy, Darwin gets in hot water with the leader. Only after a threatening fire starts does Eliza realize the necessary hierarchy for jungle survival.

Reef Grief

S2 E4
Sep 14, 1999
Eliza pulls the wrong lever and catapults the commvee to the bottom of the deeper waters of Australia! She is soon forced to don scuba gear and enlist the help of an army of dugongs in order to rescue her dad!

Dances With Dingoes

S2 E5
Sep 16, 1999
Debbie discovers Eliza "talking" to dingoes and threatens to tell her parents. Eliza is afraid of being shipped back to the United States as a science experiment, seeks help from nearby Aborigines.

Clash of the Teutons

S2 E6
Aug 31, 1999
The Thornberrys meet the Fensterkopfs, who make false documentaries. The Fensterkopf's kid lies to Eliza and gets them stuck on a cliff. After the families barely escape an avalanche, the value of truth is learned by all.

Kuality and Kuantity

S2 E7
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 master minding this evil plot.

Chew If By Sea

S2 E8
Aug 30, 1999
When the Thornberrys leave Australia, Eliza can't bear to leave her wambat friend, Emily. Even though Eliza is told not to, she brings Emily aboard their ship bound to India. To ensure her survival, Eliza must constantly re-create Emily's habitat.

Rain Dance

S2 E9
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.

You Ain't Seen Nothin, Yeti

S2 E10
Sep 1, 1999
The Thornberrys trek their way up into the snow-capped Himalayan mountains to capture some rare footage of the local snow-leopards. However, something eerie looms in the distance. Eliza sets out to discover the secret of the ancient "Yeti!"

On the Right Track

S2 E11
Sep 2, 1999
When the Thornberrys are in Finland for the annual reindeer races, Eliza single-handedly uncovers Kip and Biederman's plot to sabotage the races.

Show Me the Bunny

S2 E12
Sep 13, 1999
After Eliza saves an arctic hare from a determined stoat, she learns that underdogs come in all shapes and sizes.

Polar Opposites

S2 E13
Sep 7, 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.

Rebel Without A Trunk

S2 E14
Aug 16, 1999
Eliza succumbs to peer pressure from a "teenage" elephant disrupting her closeness with Marianne on an overnight trip.

Pal Joey

S2 E15
Aug 17, 1999
Eliza convinces a mother kangaroo that she can handle the responsibilities of babysitting. She quickly learns that this mischievous Joey is more than meets the eye.

Thornberry Island

S2 E16
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.

Two's Company

S2 E17
Sep 8, 1999
When Eliza is told that "Jake" is the last one of his kind, she can't just let his species become another member upon the extinction list.

Darwin Plays the Palace

S2 E18
Aug 19, 1999
When Eliza gets a hunch that foul play has led to DarwinÆs 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 resided by a young prince.

Thornberry Christmas

S2 E19
Nov 29, 1999
Eliza goes through desperate measures to help animals survive during these tough times along the Skeleton Coast. However, the price she pays for her good-will intentions will soon cost her family's entire holiday cheer.

Gift of Gab

S2 E20
Feb 26, 2000
Eliza tells Darwin the tale of how she acquired her ability to speak to animals, and how she retained her ability to speak to humans as well.