Timon/Relationships

These are the relationships of Timon from The Lion King franchise.
== Family ==
=== Timon's Ma ===
Timon is shown to have a good relationship with his mother. When he lived with the Meerkat Colony, he wasn't liked by anyone, though his mother was always supportive with him, though she knew she had to control him. When Timon told her that he was leaving the Colony, Ma knew and supported him, watching him leave.
When she heard Timon was following a metaphor, she went out to find him knowing he took things literary, taking the reluctant Uncle Max with her and once the two reunited and Timon said he needed help with his plan, Ma joined him. When she thinks Timon was killed or hurt after saving them from being eaten by Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, she is joyed to find out that he was alive. After Simba took his place as king, Timon welcomed her and Uncle Max into his home and she became a friend with his close friends of Pumbaa and Simba.
=== Uncle Max ===
Timon and Uncle Max at first had a rocky relationship. In the Meerkat Colony, he is shown to be pleased when Timon didn't work on the tunnels, as he often destroyed the tunnels, though he reluctantly accepts him as a centaury, teaching him about "Scurry! Sniff! Flinch!", and after a hyena attack, he is shown to be mad at Timon, no longer trusting him.
After Timon is found out to be following a metaphor, Uncle Max reluctantly agrees to accompany Timon's Ma to find him, and is shown to be shocked seeing him in a dress, though he agrees to help Timon by digging tunnels. When Uncle Max, Ma and Pumbaa are nearly eaten, Timon nearly sacrifices himself, saving them with Uncle Max happily joining Timon, Ma and Pumbaa in living at the jungle after watching his close friend Simba ascend his throne as king of Pride Rock and the Pride Lands, seen accepting the ways of Hakuna Matata.
== Friend and Allies ==
=== Pumbaa ===
Pumbaa is Timon's best friend. They first met while Timon was finding his dream home, though they were just acquaintances and only because of Pumbaa's power (with is his farting habits). However, upon arriving at a find haven beyond Pride Rock, they become friends and begin living together, continuing to try to find a dream home. As they continue, escaping a Wildebeest stampede, Timon gives up hope, though Pumbaa assures him, them finding a dream home.
After a while with living together, they find a young Simba, with them both agreeing to take him in, raising him in the ways of Hakuna Matata. After Nala finds Simba, Timon is worried, knowing that if they fall in love their trio would become two, with the two failing to stop Nala and Simba to fall in. When they found out that Simba left, Timon is reluctant to join him, leading to a quarrel between the two, though they make amends and go together and fight together, helping Simba ascend to Pride Rock, where he is seen alongside Pumbaa, happily watching their boy ascend the throne of Pride Rock.
In the television series, Timon and Pumbaa's friendship is shown to be incredibly strong, showing how respectful, loyal, helpful, and protective they are of each other, with Pumbaa even having established a holiday called "Bestest Best Friend Day" to show how much he values his friendship with Timon. Timon and Pumbaa are also not without their occasional issues. In the episode "Truth Be Told", when Rafiki casts a Truth Spell on Timon and Pumbaa so that they can reveal how they really feel about each other, Timon criticizes Pumbaa's "unattractive" appearance while Pumbaa is annoyed by Timon being a know-nothing-know-it-all, but they accept these faults and consider each other to be the best friends they ever had. 
In The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Timon and Pumbaa at first were going to teach Simba and Nala's newborn the ways of belching and the "important stuff", though they find out that it is a girl. Throughout the film, they are both often told by Simba to watch and babysit his daughter Kiara, though they are often caught spying on her and often lose her. It is revealed in The Lion Guard that the two adopted a honey badger named Bunga and are shown as kind and affectionate together to Bunga.
=== Simba ===
Simba is the adopted son and a very close friend of Timon. When him and Pumbaa found him, Timon was at first reluctant to take him in though he accepts and raises him, though throughout his younger ears, Timon is often shown to deal with the harder and more painful experiences with Simba. As he grew older, Simba began to win competitions with him and Timon, Simba winning the final one, Snail Slurping, though the two are still close.
When Simba begins to fall in love with Nala, Timon wants to stop them falling in love, but only for him to stay with them, though Simba still falls in love, and subsequently leaves to return to Pride Rock. However, upon learning that Simba left he decides to let it be, though he does eventually go with Pumbaa to Simba and help him defeat Scar, as they also watch Simba ascend the throne and are present at the presenation of Simba's newborn cub.
Throughout The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Simba asks Timon and Pumbaa to spy and watch and babysit Kiara, though are often caught and also lose her, as she escapes. Despite this, Simba is never upset with or disappointed in them for failing to keep Kiara safe. In The Lion Guard episode, Bunga and the King, Timon and Pumbaa are shown to be horrified when Simba had fallen into a sinkhole and could be lost in the Nandembo Caverns.
=== Nala ===
Nala and Timon have a positive relationship. When she finds Simba, Timon fist wants them not to fall in love as it would drive Simba away from him and is still reluctant on her when she informs them that Simba has gone back to Pride Rock, he still thinks that she will eat them, though Timon does return to Pride Rock. Afterwards, they are shown to have a positive relationship, Timon learning the importance of the Pride Lands.
=== Zazu ===
Zazu and Timon have a positive relationship. During the battle of Pride Rock, Timon enters Zazu's cage to escape Shenzi and Banzai, though Zazu asks him to let him out, though they are both saved by Pumbaa when Banzai unknowingly insults the warthog, with them all doing a victory yell. Zazu also attends Timon and Pumbaa's night at the Friendship of the Year Banquet in the Timon & Pumbaa episode "Truth Be Told". In the end of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, he is shown alongside them at Kiara and Kovu's wedding, with Timon and Pumbaa bursting into tears due to their love of these moments, much to Zazu's annoyance. In the 2019 film, Zazu is shown meeting Timon after seeing Simba again, where Timon mistakes him as a puffin, with Zazu being charmed, as they go to battle.
=== Rafiki ===
Rafiki and Timon have a positive relationship with the mandrill. While trying to find his dream home, he comes across Rafiki were Rafiki tells him to "look beyond what you see" and to find "Hakuna Matata", when Timon questions him, the monkey disappeared.
Years later, when Timon and Pumbaa wonder where Simba is, Rafiki tells them and Nala that he has returned to his birthright at Pride Rock. That night, Rafiki encounters Timon, though he says nothing as Timon realizes that when Simba and Pumbaa left. Hakuna Matata when with them, asking Rafiki for a smack with his bakora staff.
At Kiara's presentation, Timon and Pumbaa are shown to be fantasizing on raising Simba and Nala's "little guy" and teach him stuff, though Rafiki then reveals to them, that it is a girl, much to their shock, fainting. Timon is shown often to call him simply "the monkey" and not his actual name, such as in The Lion King 1½, he declares that Pumbaa is spending too much time with "the monkey", or also calling Rafiki strange and omniscient.
In Timon & Pumbaa, Rafiki often helps Timon and Pumbaa whenever they have issues with their friendship, using his wisdom to help solve their problems.
=== Kiara ===
Kiara and Timon have a good relationship. While she was a cub, Timon and Pumbaa were often ordered by Simba to watch her and make sure she doesn't get into any trouble. Once, Timon and Pumbaa began arguing on grubs, leading to Kiara escaping from their grasp.
When Kiara went on her first hunt, Simba secretly sends Timon and Pumbaa to spy on her, though they were caught, leading to Kiara to go hunt away from the Pride Lands. However, they still have a close relationship with Kiara as they are shown attending her wedding with Kovu, leading to them crying (which also happened at her first hunt).
=== Kovu ===
Kovu and Timon have a rocky relationship. When Zira mentions that Kovu was chosen by Scar to be his heir, Timon calls him a "fuzzy maraca". Later on, after Kovu was accepted by Simba, reluctantly to the Pride Lands, Timon and Kovu's relationship grows, for he helped Timon and Pumbaa to get grubs, alongside having fun. When Kovu is exiled, Timon is shown as maddened, watching. However, they make amends after the Prides are united, he attends Kovu and Kiara's wedding, Timon and Pumbaa are shown crying of joy.
=== Speedy the Snail ===
Speedy is a close friend of Timon. When Timon and Pumbaa first meet him, they plan to eat him until they find out that he can talk. Timon, however, still intends to eat the snail, but relents when he reveals his singing ability. Because of his ability to speak and sing as well as his bon vivieur good-humored attitude, Timon and Pumbaa decide to become friends with the snail, giving him the name "Speedy", and they find themselves always risking their lives saving him whenever he's in danger. This gets to the point where Timon, even though he loves Speedy, tries to avoid him so they won't have to go through all the hard work rescuing him. 
When Speedy reveals that he's a superhero (Super Duper Hero X) to Timon and Pumbaa, with the former impersonating Hero X as a get-rich-quick scheme, he helps prevents Chromosome Quint, who believes that Timon is the superhero, from revealing Hero X's secret identity to the Pride Landers, as it would greatly affect Timon in a negative way. Speedy also returns the favor by saving Timon and Pumbaa's lives alongside Pride Rock and the Pride Landers.
=== Fred ===
Fred was Timon's best friend back at the meerkat colony. He often pulled practical jokes on Timon, such as the handshake buzzer, squirting flower, and whoopee cushion, and also laughed at Timon's hyena jokes. The two also did various activities together, such as bowling for buzzards. One day, when the Duke Meerkat left the colony, Fred convinced Timon that it was his chance to go speak with Princess Tatiana, knowing that he had a massive crush on her.
It is implied that Fred is not too good of a friend to Timon and may have a toxic influence on him. This is best shown in his debut "Tanzania Zany", where he attempts to pull a humiliating practical joke on Timon by making him relax under a tree filled with sleeping howler monkeys so that said howler monkeys will fall on Timon and disturb him, and also convinces Timon to pull a humiliating prank on Pumbaa. Although Timon and Pumbaa overpower him, Timon and Fred still remain friends. 
=== Kion ===
Kion and Timon are good friends, with Timon helping Kion and the Lion Guard out with the Ukumbusho ceremony and The Lion Guard performing the song "The Twelve Ways of Christmas" for them on Christmas.
=== Bunga ===
Bunga is a close friend of Timon and is the honey badger's adoptive uncle. Much like with Simba, Timon was reluctant to take him (unlike Pumbaa, who is more accepting). However, when Bunga manage to get the Utamu grub the duo wanted, Timon adopts him and gives him his name).
When Bunga is chosen to be the bravest in the Lion Guard, Timon is shown to be reluctant, though he allows. When Bunga is thought to have been the wisest in the Pride Lands (because Rafiki's words weren't understood), Timon and Pumbaa are shown by his side, though like him, they are blinded by Bunga's "wisdom". They are also shown to be horrified when they find out that Simba and Bunga were lost in the Nandembo Caverns, though is joyed to see them and are also shown pleased that Simba and Bunga are getting along as brothers. They also shown to be happily reuniting after a few months apart, them remaining the same.
===Beshte, Fuli and Ono===
Timon is good allies with Beshte, Fuli and Ono. Timon helps them with the Ukumbusho Ceremony. The Lion Guard performs "The Twelve Ways of Christmas" song for him on Christmas.
== Enemies ==
===Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed===
Timon throughout his life has been enemies with Shenzi, Banzai and Ed as they are his predators and they are prey. While on sentry duty, he breaks into song which leads to the hyenas finding him and his colonies and nearly kills Uncle Max, greatly reducing Timon's popularity more.
Later on, he has to defend Simba against them as they are on his tail as he goes to chase his uncle Scar, making a offensive joke about them, which leads them to follow them (though he had briefly seen their home and possibly them before, as Timon and Pumbaa enter the Elephant Graveyard and they see Mufasa fighting three hyenas). But when Timon's Ma and Uncle Max haven't finished digging a tunnel to trap them, Timon and Pumbaa begin to stall, with Timon proposing to Shenzi, though she refuses. When the plan fails, Timon bravely finishes it, with the hyenas all falling down, which unknowingly leads to the death of Scar.
=== Scar ===
Timon greatly hates Scar for what he did to the Pride Lands and for trying to kill Simba and also for killing his own brother Mufasa and framing it on Simba, calling him the worst lion ever. He's also afraid of him when he revealed himself to the other animals in Mizimu Grove taking cover with Pumbaa.
=== Zira ===
Zira is an enemy of Timon. During Simba and Zira's confrontation after their children, Kiara and Kovu, first meet, Timon attempts to banish Zira out of the Pride Lands, only for Zira to angrily roar at him, causing the meerkat to hide behind Pumbaa in fear. Timon and Pumbaa later participate in the battle between the Pride Landers and the Outsiders, where they taunt Zira and Timon makes a snarky comment that Zira needs a hobby as she states that she has been dreaming of nothing but vengeance for years.
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