Beethoven's Whiff

"Beethoven's Whiff" is the first short from the first segment of the twenty-first and final episode of Season 2 of The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, and alongside "Bumble in the Jungle", the eighty-ninth episode of the series overall. It premiered on November 25, 1996 on the syndicated Disney Afternoon block, alongside "Bumble in the Jungle" and "Mind Over Matterhorn".
==Plot summary==
Timon is conducting an orchestra composed of several instrument-playing animals. At first, the concert is going beautifully, with a perfect introduction to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, until Pumbaa interjects with his own music, which falls flat in comparison to the orchestra's earlier music.
At first, Timon puts up with Pumbaa's disruptions, clearly annoyed but more focused on his job as a conductor. The interruptions, however, soon become so disruptive that Timon begins to use his baton to fight with Pumbaa. The fight escalates, nearly destroying the orchestra's instruments, until Rafiki and Simba interject, forcing the two to clean up the mess that they've made.
==Voice cast==
===Starring===
*Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa
==Appearances==
==Trivia==
* In 1997, the short's color director, Kexx Singleton, won the Daytime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Individual in Animation." Accessed 12 May 1997.
* "Beethoven's Whiff" is likely a nod to the 1940 film Fantasia due to visual similarities and a lack of dialogue with the music.
==Media==
Bumble in the Jungle + Beethoven's Whiff & Mind Over Matterhorn|The full episodes of "Bumble in the Jungle + Beethoven's Whiff" & "Mind Over Matterhorn"
== References ==
Category:Episodes
Category:The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa episodes
Category:The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa: Season 2
Category:Real world