The Call of the Drongo

"**Call of the Drongo**" is the tenth episode of the Disney Junior animated series, *The Lion Guard*. It premiered on March 25, 2016.

## Synopsis

The Lion Guard steps in as they encounter a deceptive drongo bird named Tamaa who mimics predators to scare off smaller animals.

## Plot

On the Savannah, a mouse is eating roots when what sounds like Makuu the crocodile tells the mouse "Mm-hmm you look tasty! I'm gonna eat you!" and the mouse runs away in fear. Elsewhere, a rabbit is eating a bush when a voice that sounds like Goigoi says the same thing. The Rabbit runs off in fear. At the same time, an aardvark is eating some bugs when he hears a voice that sounds like Janja says the same thing. The aardvark runs away in fear. The three animals run into the Lion Guard and tell them everything. The Lion Guard investigate and find the three predators were never there. Upon further investigation, they discover the perp is a drongo named Tamaa. He gets food by scaring animals away by imitating the voices of predators. They make him promise to never do this again.

Unfortunately, Tamaa was overheard by the real Janja who takes him prisoner. He uses the drongo's gift to trick a herd of impalas into heading into the Outlands. Fortunately, this is heard by a zebra who tells the Lion Guard. Meanwhile, Tamaa tricks Cheezi into letting him go and uses his gift to temporarily fool Janja into thinking he's surrounded by the Lion Guard. When the ruse is discovered, the real Lion Guard appears and defeats Janja.

## Cast

* **Max Charles** as **Kion**
* **Diamond White** as **Fuli**
* **Joshua Rush** as Bunga
* **Atticus Shaffer** as **Ono**
* **Dusan Brown** as **Beshte**
* **C.J. Byrnes** as **Tamaa**
* **Andrew Kishino** as **Janja**
* **Vargus Mason** as **Cheezi**
* **Kevin Schon** as **Chungu** and **Thurston**
* **Blair Underwood** as **Makuu**
* **Phil LaMarr** as **Goigoi**
* **Khary Payton** as **Muhangus**
* **Kari Wahlgren** as **Female Hare**
* **Jessica DiCicco** as **Female Mouse** and **Jerboa**

## Character Appearances

* **Kion**
* **Bunga**
* **Fuli**
* **Beshte**
* **Ono**
* **Tamaa** (debut)
* **Janja**
* **Cheezi**
* **Chungu**
* **Makuu** (voices / mentioned)
* **Goigoi** (voices / mentioned)
* **Jerboa** (debut)
* **♀Hare**
* **Muhangus**
* **Hyrax** (silent cameo)
* **♂Serval** (silent cameo)
* **♀Mouse** (debut)
* **Thurston**
* **Shingo** (silent cameo)
* **Zito** (silent cameo)
* **Mtoto's Mom** (silent cameo)

## Locations

* **Pride Lands**
* **Outlands**

## Groups

* **The Lion Guard**
* **Janja's Clan**

## Animals

* **Lions**
* **Honey Badgers**
* **Cheetahs**
* **Hippos**
* **Egrets**
* **Hyenas**
* **Jackals** (mention)
* **Crocodiles** (mention)
* **Drongos** (debut)
* **Hares**
* **Aardvarks**
* **Jerboas**
* **Elephants**
* **Monkeys**
* **Ducks**
* **Baboons**
* **Hyraxes**
* **Porcupines**
* **Turacos**
* **Galagos**
* **Servals**
* **Forest Hogs** (debut)
* **Mice** (debut)
* **Impalas** (debut)
* **Zebras**
* **Giraffes**
* **Gazelles**

## Trivia

* Tamaa is modeled after the greater racket-tailed drongo (*Dicrurus paradiseus*), an Asian species of drongo.
* Moral: Use your talents for the right reasons.
* This episode's song Bird of a Thousand Voices is a reference both to the late voice actor Mel Blanc who was nicknamed "Man of a thousand voices" and was the original voice actor for all of the Looney Tunes characters and the late Lon Chaney Sr. who was known as the "Man with a thousand faces" and for his numerous horror roles.