Baboons!

Baboons!

September 23, 2016 TV Episode The Lion Guard

Studio
Disney Television Animation
Animation studio
Disney Television Animation, Mercury Filmworks
Distributor
Disney–ABC Domestic Television

Synopsis

The Lion Guard rescues a baby baboon and Fuli is tasked with returning the baboon to its mother while avoiding Mzingo's flock. Meanwhile, Kiara, Tiifu, and Zuri get trapped on an island after a flood. The Lion Guard helps rescue them in time for Kiara to preside over the cape buffalo herd's Royal Buffalo Wallow.

Characters

Kion, Fuli, Beshte, Ono, Bunga, Kiara, Simba, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki, Zazu, Mufasa, Mzingo, Zuri, Tiifu, Janja, Cheezi, Chungu

Credits

Directing

Director
Howy Parkins

Producing

Producer
Ford Riley (Executive Producer)

Writing

Writer
Kevin Hopps, Jack Monaco

Voices

Voice
Max Charles (Kion), Diamond White (Fuli), Dusan Brown (Beshte), Atticus Shaffer (Ono), Joshua Rush (Bunga), Eden Riegel (Kiara), Rob Lowe (Simba), Gabrielle Union (Nala), Kevin Schon (Timon, Chungu), Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa), Khary Payton (Rafiki), Jeff Bennett (Zazu), James Earl Jones (Mufasa), Johnny Rees (Mzingo), Madison Pettis (Zuri), Sarah Hyland (Tiifu), Andrew Kishino (Janja), Vargus Mason (Cheezi)

Crew

Created By
Ford Riley

Production notes

Song: "Baboons" sung by Fuli.

The series hit air in 2016, but will be preceded by a direct-to-TV movie , The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar in late 2015. Kion, the second child of Simba and Nala, assembles his own assortment of jungle animals to protect the Pride Lands.