Introduction

For those who are interested, I got this from the Timon & Pumbaa show episode "Be More Pacific". If you've seen it, you'll remember the scene where Pumbaa tells Timon about the wishing whale he found, and Timon gets all excited. But Pumbaa says, "Wishes can be *dangerous*. Remember?" Then there is a *quick* flashback scene to a cavern with a magic lamp and Timon and Pumbaa--

But I'll stop there because if I say anymore I'll ruin the parody. Anyway, since Disney never elaborated on this flashback, I thought I would instead, hence the title, "The Lost Pacific".

The Lost Pacific

<Fade in on a normal, nothing out-of-place Savanna scene. The only thing that can be heard in the background is that of snoring. As the camera pans in the direction of the snoring, two things are seen. A warthog, and a meerkat. The meerkat lying on the warthog's belly, both asleep. It is, of course, our dynamic duo. Only.. they're not very dynamic right now. That is until a bug half Timon's size lands on top of Timon. Timon stops snoring and opens his eyes. He looks out the corner of them and sees the bug. He quickly jumps up and tries to grab it, but it quickly flies off of him, and lands on Pumbaa's nose. The bug is perfectly still, so it doesn't bother Pumbaa's sleeping.>

Timon: Pumbaa.. don't.. move..

<Timon quietly walks towards the bug, which isn't far, and dive-bombs the bug.. but the bug flies away, so Timon starts to fall towards Pumbaa's nose, instead.>

Timon: AHHHHHHHH! Pumbaaa! Moooov--

<But it was too little too soon. Timon lands square-on to Pumbaa's nose, waking Pumbaa up the instant Timon lands.>

Pumbaa: <eyes opening wide> AHHHHHHHH!

Timon: Oooof!

Pumbaa: TIMON! WHAT DID YOU DO *THAT* FOR?!

Timon: <plastered down to Pumbaa's nose> Oy.. <peels himself off Pumbaa> Sorry, Pumbaa I was trying -- <sees the bug> Shhh-- <whispers> I was trying to get that bug, over there.. <he nods his head in the direction of the bug>

Pumbaa: Ohhhh..

Timon: He's fast, though.

Pumbaa: Let me try..

<Pumbaa gets up slowly, Timon sliding off as he gets up, and slowly and cautiously makes his way over to the bug. At the last second, he pounces the bug, and once again, the bug gets the better of them, and starts to fly away. Pumbaa came close though, and even manages to start running after the bug as it flies away. The bug then travels into a log, Pumbaa pursuing after it. Unfortunately, Pumbaa is too big for the log, and so gets stuck halfway in-halfway out.>

Pumbaa: <kicking his hind legs> Timon! Heeeeelp! I'm stuck!

Timon: <running past the log, eyes on the bug just emerging from the other end of the log> Not now, Pumbaa, I'm hot on the bug's trail!!

<Timon runs past the log and all is quiet around where Pumbaa is>

Pumbaa: <stopping his kicking> Timon? Hello?

<The bug starts to fly up, and then perches itself on a branch of a tree fairly close to the ground, but way too high for Timon. But Timon stands under the branch, jumping up and down, arms extended, trying to reach the bug, anyway.>

Timon: You.. <jump> stupid.. <jump> bug.. <jump> get.. <jump> DOOOOWN! <stops jumping, and pants with a frown, exhausted>

Pumbaa: <yelling, now> TIIIIIIIIIIMOOOOOOOOOOOON!!

Timon: <glancing to Pumbaa, then keeps his eyes on the bug, even as he starts to walk over to his friend in the log> Yeah, I'm coming, Pumbaa, I'm coming..

Pumbaa: TIMON! Did ya' get the bug, did ya', did ya', huh, huh?!

Timon: <eyes still on the bug, behind Pumbaa now> No, Pumbaa, I didn't. And I don't think we ever will. He's one of those really smart bugs.

Pumbaa: Oh, gee, that's too bad, Timon. Do ya' think you could get me out of here now?

Timon: <suddenly turning back to Pumbaa> Hmm? Oh, right. <puts his paw to his chin, thinking> Hmm.. Pumbaa! Imagine that there's a big, yellow, ready-to-blow <Timon moves out the way> STINKBUG in there with you!

<All of a sudden, a 'whirring' sound can be heard as if an engine has been started. When looking at Pumbaa, his back legs are moving as fast as they can. After a few seconds of this quick "running in place" he breaks free of the log, turns around and starts running as fast as he can away from the log.>

Timon: <grinning> Gets 'im *every* time!

<Timon starts to chase after Pumbaa.>

Timon: Hey, Pumbaa, wait up!

<Fade out.>

<Fade in on Timon and Pumbaa watching the sunset drowsy-eyed after a bug feast they had later on to prove to themselves that they're still good bug-hunters regardless of the incident earlier. Pumbaa is lying down and Timon is lying on top of Pumbaa's head.>

Pumbaa: But we're still a good bug hunting team, right?

Timon: Of course! We just can't get all of 'em.

Pumbaa: <after a short pause> Why didn't we get it, Timon?

Timon: I dunno Pumbaa. Maybe he was too.. <stops suddenly>

Pumbaa: Too what, Timon?

Timon: Er.. er.. <trying to find something besides 'smart for us' which is what he was *going* to say> too.. too.. early. Yeah, that's it. Early. We were too tired to be hunting for bugs. We had just woken up.

Pumbaa: Oh. He seemed pretty smart if you ask me.

Timon: Pbbb! Please, Pumbaa, *I'm* the smartest, nothing could outsmart me!

Pumbaa: Yeah, I guess you're right, Timon. Still, I think we could have got him if I didn't get stuck in that log. If only I were smaller, like you.

Timon: Yeah. But I could have got that bug if I were bigger. Like you. It would have been no trouble getting that bug off the branch.

<The two pause, thinking about this.>

Pumbaa: I guess we just need to learn to work together better, huh Timon?

Timon: Yeah. <chuckles> Or try to become one another! <laughs>

Pumbaa: <starting to laugh> Yeah.

<They slowly stop laughing again and sigh, looking to the sun as it takes one last look at the world before sinking below the horizon to end yet another day.>

Pumbaa: Timon?

Timon: Yeah?

Pumbaa: Do stars move closer?

Timon: Whaat?

Pumbaa: Well, there's a star that looks like it's getting closer and closer. See?

<Timon squints his eyes. Indeed, what looks like a dot in the sky, but not necessarily a star, is coming closer to them by the second.>

Timon: Er.. stars don't *normally* move, Pumbaa. Not like that, anyway.

Pumbaa: So.. what is it?

Timon: I don't know, Pumbaa..

<They watch it as it gets closer and closer.>

Timon: Do you hear that?

Pumbaa: Hear what?

Timon: It.. it sounds like.. *music*!

<A *very* quiet rendition of "A Whole New World" from _Aladdin_ can be heard playing.>

Pumbaa: Yeah -- what is that?

Timon: I dunno.

Pumbaa: Erm .. maybe we should move, Timon.

Timon: Why?

Pumbaa: They could run right into us!

Timon: Doesn't look like it to me.

Pumbaa: Does to me! I think we should go, Timon!

Timon: No, lets wait.

Pumbaa: Gooo!

Timon: Er..

<The dot, now close enough to be seen as two humans riding on something, gets within a mile of the two>

Timon: ..perhaps we *should* go..

Pumbaa: Then lets--

<And the "dot" is a foot within the two..>

Aladdin: <singing> A Whole New --

>>>>>>>>> CRASH <<<<<<<<<<

<The music stops, and we see a quiet savanna with the sun gone down, and stars in the sky. Cut to exactly the opposite. We are now in sheer bedlam, with Timon in Princess Jasmine's mouth and Pumbaa on top of Aladdin's head instead of his princely turban.>

Aladdin: Who in the world are you?!

Timon: *We* are Timon and Pumbaa!

Aladdin: Well, Timon and Pumbaa, you certain ruined *that* flight for us.

Jasmine: <spitting out Timon> This certainly *is* a whole new world for us!

Aladdin: <taking Pumbaa off his head> You could of got out of our way, you know!

Pumbaa: We tried!

Timon: But you were coming in too fast!

Aladdin: Sorry..

Timon: Mooks.. <walks to the edge of the carpet> So when's this weird ride over, huh?

Aladdin: NOW!

Timon: <turning to Aladdin> What?!

Aladdin: I'm gonna drop you into a nearby cave we know of. We'll deal with you later.

Timon: Hey, wait, whatcha gonna do?!

<Aladdin picks Timon up and gives him to Jasmine, then picks Pumbaa up.>

Timon: Hey!! <wiggling> LET ME GO!!

Aladdin: Okay. <turns to Jasmine> On the count of three, let 'em go! One -- Two -- Three --

<They throw down their respective animals, and they continue to fall until they reach desert sands. The magic carpet flies away. Timon and Pumbaa then, instead of hitting the sand with a 'thud', sink through it, and come into the inside of a cavern, and continue to fall, until finally there *is* a thud -- 200 feet down inside the cavern.>

Timon: <after a pause, flat on the floor> Ohhhh.. where are we..?

Pumbaa: <also flat on the floor> We're on the ground, Timon.

Timon: I guessed that Pumbaa. BUT THERE'S A LOTTA GROUND YA' KNOW!

Pumbaa: Oh.

<Timon gets up slowly with a wobble, and dusts himself off, looking around.>

Timon: Looks like a pretty bleak place if ya' ask me.

Pumbaa: <slowly getting up, too> Yeah, I wonder if there are any bugs? Or even better, a way out!

Timon: <looking around, then to Pumbaa> I dunno. Lets go find out! <motions with his arm to come, and starts to walk in the direction he motioned>

<The two walk through the cavern which is really high and filled with stalactites and stalagmites, and is a wonder to see. They continue to walk until they walk through an entrance that leads to a chamber with a lower ceiling and a large pedestal in front of them, with a ladder-type staircase leading up to the top.>

Pumbaa: What's up *there* Timon?

Timon: Probably some leader of this underground world, or some sort of way out. Or something. Come on, lets find out!

<They walk over to the stairs and make their way up.

And up.

And up....>

Pumbaa: <panting> Tiiiimooooon...? I'm tiiiiirrrred..

Timon: <panting, also> Nonsense, Pumbaa.. <pants> just a little.. <pant and gulp> .. further..

<... And up.

And up.

And up. Until finally, they reach the top, half an hour later. The two pant for air while they look to the item at the top with confusion. Then finally..>

Timon: We came *AAAAAAAAAAAALL* this way up here for.. *THIS*?!

Pumbaa: What is it Timon?

Timon: I don't know Pumbaa! <picks it up and examines it> Looks like some sort of tea pot. One that got squashed a bit, perhaps.

Pumbaa: Oh. Is there any tea in it?

Timon: <looking inside> Nah. <puts the lid back on and tosses is it behind him. It lands just below his tail> Come on, lets go..

<As Timon starts to walk away, his tail rubs against the side of the lamp, and green smoke starts to come out of the mouth of it, until finally it forms a really large, really *green*, Genie.>

Genie: Um -- may I ask where you're going?

Timon&Pumbaa: <turning around quickly> Huh?!

Genie: Hi! I'm the Genie of that lamp, right down there.. <points to the lamp that he's attached to.

Timon: G--genie?! <eyes sparkle with a big smile>

Pumbaa: A *genie*?

Genie: That's me. And guess what?

Timon: <running over to the lamp, and looking up to the genie with big, sparkling eyes and a big, big smile> WE GET THREE WISHES, RIGHT?!

Genie: That's right.

Timon: <looks crazy as his smile grows and his eyes get more and more of a greedy look in them> This is grrrreat!

Pumbaa: <calm as ever> What are we gonna wish for, Timon?

Timon: Money! Lots and lotsa money!

Pumbaa: Er.. can't I wish for something?

Timon: <quickly looking to Pumbaa> One. *ONE* wish can be yours.

Pumbaa: Woooow, thanks Timon. <starts to think about his wish>

Timon: <quickly turning back to the Genie> Okie, my first --

Pumbaa: Hey, Timon!

Timon: <slowly turning his head to face Pumbaa, anger on his face> Yeeeees, Pumbaa?

Pumbaa: Shouldn't we think about our wishes first? I mean, maybe we should strategize.

Timon: <quickly turns back to the Genie> Nonsense, Pumbaa. Now, my first wish is that I have TEN MILLION DOLLARS in gold and gems!

Genie: <folding his arms and closing his eyes> Your first wish has been.. <*POOF*> Granted! <opens his eyes>

<Timon quickly turns around, facing the open cavern, which isn't quite so open anymore. All around them is gold and gems in different forms, shapes, sizes and sparkle-value.>

Timon: <looking at everything with wide eyes, slowly walking over to the edge of the pedestal to look down upon his new fortune> Oooooooohhh... I wish I were closer to the ground so I could see all this stuff better..

Genie: <folding his arms and closing his eyes again> Your second wish has been..

Timon: <quickly turning around, worried, realizing his mistake> NOOO!! That wasn't...!

Genie: <*POOF*> Granted!

<Suddenly the pedestal starts to shrink and it gets small and low enough that Timon and Pumbaa hop off, the ladder-type staircase disappearing in the process. The lamp and the Genie remain on the now very small pedestal. Timon starts to look around at his new found wealth with wide eyes, forgetting that he lost a wish in the process of getting to see it.>

Pumbaa: Hey, Timon, can I make my wish now?

Timon: <admiring his new-found wealth still, not quite paying attention> Sure, Pumbaa, whatever.

Pumbaa: Great! I wish that I were small, just like Timon, and Timon was big, just like me.

Timon: <turning around to Pumbaa> Pumbaa!! What are you doing?!?!

Pumbaa: Making my wish!

Timon: But-- but --

Genie: <folding his arms and closing his eyes> Your last wish has been --

Timon: Oh boy.

Genie: <*POOF*> Granted!

<The Genie goes back inside his magic lamp, and the smoke from the last wish slowly clears. In the main view of the "camera" we see a small Pumbaa, indeed, but also a body that looks "just like Timon", and next to him, a big Timon, but also a body that looks "just like Pumbaa"'s -- tusks and all.>

Timon: <"camera" cutting to show him close-up> Crud.

Pumbaa: Er.. I didn't mean for this to happen, Timon, really.

Timon: Right, Pumbaa, of course not. So we're here surrounded by tons and tons of money and looking like freaks of nature, so much that we'll never be able to use this!!

Pumbaa: Sooorrryyy..

Timon: Oy!

<At that moment, Aladdin and Jasmine walk into the cavern where Timon and Pumbaa are standing.>

Aladdin: Hey, you guys didn't look like that before!

Timon: Hey, Sherlock, you're *right*! My buddy here wished us to look like each other on a magic lamp and now we look like *this*!

<Aladdin and Jasmine start to laugh hysterically and Timon and Pumbaa just watch them, Timon with an annoyed frown on his face.>

Aladdin: Ohhh.. I think you've had enough punishment, now. Lets take you to *our* Genie so he can make you guys normal again. <laughs>

<Aladdin and Jasmine, and the changed dynamic duo all walk to the *other* side of the cavern to where an exit is, and walk out onto the desert floor.>

Pumbaa: Gee, Timon, we--

Timon: Quiet, Pumbaa, I know.

Pumbaa: Oh.

<They hop onto the magic carpet again, and fly in silence back to the palace. Once there, they walk inside and Aladdin rubs his magic lamp. Then, the Genie we all know and adore comes out to greet the interesting situation.>

Aladdin: Hey, Genie, we met these two animals on a little flight around the world, and -

Genie: My *god* where were they being tested?!

Aladdin: Tested?

Genie: <going over to the two> I heard about two mice who were being tested and now one is bent on taking over the world... But *this*..! This is horrible!

<Aladdin looks over to Jasmine, confused, and Jasmine just shrugs back, just as confused.>

Aladdin: <turning back to the Genie> We found them like this. It looks like they wanted to look like one another and somehow it happened.

Timon: It was another Genie, okay?!

Genie: Hmm. They're hallucinating, too.

Jasmine: Yes, we tried to tell them there was only one magic lamp in that cavern, and that was you.

Genie: <nodding> Oh well, lets get these freaks of nature back to looking who they *should* look like!

<The Genie waves his arms about. In a poof of blue smoke, Pumbaa returns to how he looks like. But Timon.. well.. he becomes a human. Think "Nathan Lane as a cartoon". With a meerkat's tail.>

Pumbaa: Timon!

Genie: Ooops.

Aladdin: Genie!!

Jasmine: <stares at the situation>

Timon: <running in circles, arms in the air> AHHH! TURN ME BACK, TURN ME BACK!!

Genie: Sorry, I'm not used to meerkats.. <waves his arms again>

<Another poof of blue smoke, and then, when it clears, Timon is back to being his normal meerkat self.>

Genie: <proud of himself> There!

Timon: Great, now get us home, please, we've had enough of this place.

Genie: Say bye everyone!

<Silence.>

Genie: Fine, so I'm the only one who found this fun. <waves his arms again and a poof of blue smoke fills and covers the screen.>

<The smoke slowly clears and we see Timon, asleep on Pumbaa like at the start of the day. A bug lands on Pumbaa's nose and Timon wakes up to see it. Timon frowns, recognizing this situation, and just fwaps the bug, intending it to fly away like before. But instead, Timon hits it straight on and it lands on its back, dead, on the floor. Timon quickly sits up and stares at the bug, then faints, falling off Pumbaa's belly and hitting the floor with a thud.>

<Fade out.>