Rafiki's New Neighbors

"Rafiki's New Neighbors" is the thirty-fourth episode of the Disney Jr. animated series The Lion Guard. It premiered on September 22, 2017 and is the eighth episode in the second season.
==Plot==
The Lion Guard are dealing with a fire on the Savannah. After they finally put it out, they learn from Thurston that it was caused by Dry Lightning. Meanwhile, Rafiki is training Makini for the Painting Ceremony at Pride Rock. Suddenly, an elephant named Chama, an antelope named Mzaha, and a monkey named Furaha move next to Rafiki's tree. At Makini's pleading, Rafiki agrees to let them stay. However, the trio prove to be loud and obnoxious to the point where Rafiki leaves and tells the Lion Guard about this development. The shocked Lion Guard goes to check this out due to wondering why they aren't with their herds.
When they arrive, the Lion Guard learns that Chama, Mzaha, and Furaha were kicked out of their herds for being silly and disruptive. The Lion Guard takes the trio back to their herds who reluctantly take them back. However, they quickly get bored with their herds and leave once again. Upon reuniting, they go back to Rafiki's tree. Rafiki tells them to find their own place which they sadly leave to go do so.
Suddenly, a Dry Lightning Storm strikes and starts a fire at Rafiki's tree. Chama, Mzaha, and Furaha arrive to help put it out. When the Lion Guard arrives to help the trio. After they put it out, Rafiki offers to let them stay at his tree but the trio tell him they found their own place. The group then goes to Pride Rock for Makini's Painting Ceremony.
==Cast==
*Khary Payton as Rafiki
*Landry Bender as Makini
*Jacob Bertrand as Chama
*Mekai Curtis as Furaha
*Cade Sutton as Mzaha
*Max Charles as Kion
*Joshua Rush as Bunga
*Diamond White as Fuli
*Atticus Shaffer as Ono
*Dusan Brown as Beshte
*Rob Lowe as Simba
*Michael Dorn as Bupu
*Ace Gibson as Tumbili, Monkey and Sable Antelope # 1
*Lynette DuPree as Ma Tembo
*Kevin Schon as Thurston
*Nick Watt as Zito
*Gary Anthony Williams as Monkey
*McKenna Grace as Young Hippo
*Lyons Luke Mathias as Young Hippo
==Song==
*"Three of a Kind"
==Trivia==
*Makini makes her second appearance in this episode. Her first was in The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar.
*This is the first time Timon and Pumbaa appear in Season 2 of The Lion Guard.
*Chama, Furaha, and Mzaha are voiced by Jacob Bertrand, Mekai Curtis, and Cade Sutton respectively, who played the main trio of Kirby Buckets.
*Moral: Everyone belongs somewhere.
nl:Rafiki's Nieuwe Buren
Category:The Lion Guard episodes