Simon (Timon & Pumbaa)

Simon is a male monkey.
During a flight, Simon fell out of his aircraft and landed in the Serengeti. While there, he got chased by three hyenas named Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. Eventually, due to his cunning and acrobatic abilities, he launched himself out of a cannon and returned safely to his circus' aircraft.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Simon was born to an unnamed male monkey. Along with his father, he joined the Dingling Brothers Circus and became a circus monkey.
===Lost in the Serengeti===
Simon and his father were on a plane that was on its way to a circus. During the flight, Simon practiced his act. However, when the act failed, he lamented how he was a bad circus performer. His father intervened and assured him that the spotlight would be on him someday.
Meanwhile, the clown pilots practiced some stunt flying and unintentionally caused Simon and his crate of circus stuff to fall out of the aircraft. Simon and the crate of circus stuff landed in the Serengeti, where the young monkey encountered Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. The hyenas resolved to eat him, but when they got into an argument, he escaped their clutches.
The hyenas plotted to catch and eat Simon, but he ran away from them. As he fled, he got spooked by several animals, including an owl, a frog, and a snake. He soon heard circus music playing and followed it to where the hyenas had set up a trap circus. There, they made Simon perform different circus acts.
For the final act, the hyenas made Simon dive into a pot of stew. The hyenas celebrated their success, but Simon managed to get out of the pot by making the stew spill and surfing out on a carrot. The hyenas realized that Simon had escaped and began to chase him. However, he outsmarted the trio by telling ball jokes and hiding inside a cannon.
When the hyenas wondered how they could get Simon out of the cannon, Ed suggested that they press the launch button, which Banzai did. The cannon subsequently shot Simon back into the Dingling Brothers Circus plane, where he reunited with his father.
==Physical appearance==
Simon is a small and skinny monkey. He has gray fur, with a pink face, a pink chest, pink hands, and pink feet. His eyes are black. He wears a red bowtie and fez.
==Personality and traits==
Simon is somewhat cowardly and timid. Not only did he fear Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, but he was spooked by several unfamiliar jungle animals. Despite his cowardliness, Simon has a brave and clever side. He managed to outsmart the hyenas by doing stand-up comedy and got them to press a button that made a cannon launch him back into his circus' aircraft. At first, Simon thought that he was a terrible circus performer, but he improved his acts while in the Serengeti.
==Appearances==
* The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
** "Big Top Breakfast"
==Trivia==
* Simon was voiced by Rob Paulsen.
** Paulsen also voiced Banzai in The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa and Simba's Mighty Adventure as well as Cheetata, the jeweler, Mad Dog McGraw, Martin Partin, and Ralph in The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa.
* Another character named Simon appears in A Kinglike Hair-do and Laugh Again.
==References==
Category:Characters
Category:The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa characters
Category:Males
Category:Monkeys