![]() Donnie is 4, turning 5 in "The Origin of Donnie", and it is presumed he does not know what happened to his parents. He babbles wildly and makes animal-sounds (but nothing Eliza can understand), occasionally spouting bits of English or exhibiting intermittent signs of sophistication. He usually wears a pair of leopard-spotted shorts (similar to Tarzan's leopardskin loincloth) and he loves to eat all types of bugs. Before the Thornberrys officially adopt him, it is revealed that Nigel and Marianne knew his parents as they had met them while Donnie's parents were on their honeymoon. She watches tearfully along with her son as he is welcomed into their family as their own. One day, however, she comes across the Thornberrys and decides to give Donnie to them so he can have a human family. Out of gratitude and love, the mother orangutan took Donnie and raised him as a son. One night, it is revealed, two poachers attacked a pair of orangutans, intending to harm or kill the mother and sell the baby on the black market.ĭonnie's parents managed to save them but are killed for interfering, much to the horror of the orangutan mother and the local villagers who came to know about their deaths. ![]() His real parents, Michael and Lisa, were naturalists who loved and protected animals with their hearts. His name is most likely a reference to Charles Darwin, though within the series Eliza gives him the name Darwin after Lenny Darwin, her cousin who looks like a monkey (is never shown in the series).ĭonnie is a feral boy who (as revealed in the 2001 4-part TV movie, "The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie") was raised by orangutans in Borneo. In The Wild Thornberrys Movie: The Origin of Donnie, Darwin was seen in a flashback, stealing the sleeveless tank top that was once owned by Debbie. He was found by Eliza, and was the first animal she ever talked to. Cautious by nature, he is almost always hesitant to follow her plans in response, she accuses him of cowardice, once calling him a "crybaby in a tank-top" for his hesitancy. He tries to be the voice of reason to Eliza, however she rarely takes his advice. He speaks with a distinct upper-class British accent. ![]() He usually wears a tank top with horizontal blue and white stripes (used to be Debbie's lucky tank top) and blue shorts. She is also a scuba diver.ĭarwin is a chimpanzee who travels with the family and is a loyal companion to Eliza. Eliza is depicted in a stereotypically-nerdy fashion, with red hair plaited in braids, eyeglasses, braces, and freckles. Aided by her intelligent pet chimp, Darwin, she often sets out to assist or meet countless differing animals. ![]() ![]() She is forced to keep her gift secret from her family, having been warned that she will lose her powers if she tells anyone about them. Eliza has the power to communicate with wildlife and she often employs this skill when embarking on explorations through the wilderness, traveling around the world with her parents, or encountering different wild creatures. She is intelligent, true-hearted, fearless, and good-natured, but she can also be very stubborn. It premiered in September 1998, and was the first Nicktoon to exclusively use 22-minute stories (episodes of other Nicktoons usually featured two 10 - 11-minute stories, using 22-minute stories only on occasion).Įliza is the younger daughter of the Thornberry family. The Wild Thornberrys was produced by Klasky-Csupo for Nickelodeon. Together, the pair frequently venture through the wilderness, befriending many species of wild animals along the way or realizing moral truths and lessons through either their experiences or a particular animal species's lifestyle, or simply assisting the creatures, by which they become acquainted, in their difficulties. The gift enabled her to talk to the Thornberrys' pet chimpanzee Darwin. It primarily centers on the family's younger daughter Eliza, and her secret gift of being able to communicate with animals, which was bestowed upon her after having rescued a shaman masquerading as a trapped warthog. The series focuses around a nomadic family of documentary filmmakers known as the Thornberrys, famous for their televised wildlife studies.
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