The Wild Thornberrys

The Wild Thornberrys is a cartoon about a family that travels all over the world. The main character of the show is Eliza Thornberry, who can talk to animals. Her Dad hosts a nature show, and would cross any river, and climb any tree to get a good episode, and to see wild creatures. Eliza's Mom is the person who shoots the show, and has to follow her husband around everywhere. Eliza has an older sister, Debbie, who would do anything to get a copy of a teen magazine. Eliza's best friend is a chimp named Darwin, who lives with them. You might say she has a little brother, Donnie, but her family just found him in the wild, and took him along. There are two bad guys, named Kyp and Beterman, who are Smugglers, poachers, con artist, cheaters, and just about anything else illegal. Luckily, they are almost always stopped by Eliza, Darwin, Donnie, and sometimes native animals.

It seems that whenever the family moves to a new location, somebody gets into trouble. Like if Debbie and Eliza go off and get lost, or if Eliza, Darwin and Donnie go off to look for some sort of animal, then nearly get eaten. Wherever they go, Debbie trys to make a friend, and then keep Eliza out of her way. Darwin seem's to be the most sensible out of the group, but sometimes he's so sensible he's just plain scared. Donnie was once a wild boy, and still is, so he usually winds up cuddling the cheetahs, yanking the elephants tails, eating insects, jumping on Darwin's back, and his most favorite thing to do, say "Oh be quiet!" to Debbie, because she usually tries to teach him English, and those are the only words he knows.

The TV rating is Y, and that's around the right track. Sometimes, though, it gets pretty scarey because the Komodo dragons, and Lions, and Dingo's usually try to eat Eliza and Darwin. I probably wouldn't let anyone under six or seven watch it. Parents should watch at least five episodes before deciding if their kids can watch it alone.

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