Ernie

Ernie was a male warthog. He was the uncle of Pumbaa.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Ernie had a nephew named Pumbaa.
===Post-mortem===
After failing to catch a cricket, Pumbaa told Timon that he could not catch bugs anymore, but Timon believed that the problem was Pumbaa's sight, hearing, and sense of smell. In an effort to help Pumbaa, Timon bought his friend a pair of glasses, two horns for his ears, and a vacuum cleaner for his snout.
As Pumbaa hunted for the cricket, he fell off a cliff and passed out. While unconscious, he dreamed that he got caught by crickets. Ernie showed up in the clouds and told his nephew that he could do anything that he put his mind to but that he must believe in himself. At the conclusion of Ernie's speech, Pumbaa woke up and followed his uncle's orders.
==Physical appearance==
Ernie is a portly warthog with two white tusks. He is bald.
==Personality and traits==
Ernie is an encouraging mentor to Pumbaa and believes he can do anything that he puts his mind to.
==Appearances==
* The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
** "Sense & Senegambia"
==Trivia==
* Ernie was voiced by Frank Welker.
** Welker also voiced the anteater, the baby panda, Bartholomew, Claudius, the ghost, Leopold, Ned, the panther, the panther cub, and the tarsier.
* Ernie's name may be a reference to Pumbaa's voice actor, Ernie Sabella.
==References==
Category:Characters
Category:Deceased characters
Category:The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa characters
Category:Males
Category:Warthogs