Ep 6. How to Beat the High Costa Rica / Swiss Missed

Timon & Pumbaa is an animated comedy series that follows the adventures of a meerkat named Timon and a warthog named Pumbaa. In season 1 episode 6, titled "How to Beat the High Costa Rica / Swiss Missed," the duo faces two different challenges that put their friendship to the test.

In the first segment, "How to Beat the High Costa Rica," Timon and Pumbaa are enjoying their vacation in Costa Rica when they realize they've spent all their money. Desperate for cash, they enter a cooking contest with a cash prize. The catch? They have to cook a meal using only the ingredients that grow on a nearby tree, which happens to be full of toxic and dangerous fruits.

Timon and Pumbaa struggle to come up with a recipe that won't poison the judges, but their competition, a cheating duo named Fred and Jacques, seem to have it all figured out. Determined to win the contest, Timon and Pumbaa resort to using some unconventional tactics, such as playing music to distract the other contestants and using a makeshift oven made out of a volcano.

In the second segment, "Swiss Missed," Timon and Pumbaa are on a skiing trip in Switzerland. While Pumbaa is a natural on the slopes, Timon struggles to keep up and ends up injuring himself. That's when they meet Heidi, a skilled and beautiful skier who offers to teach Timon how to ski properly.

Timon is smitten with Heidi and becomes determined to impress her by becoming a better skier. But as he improves, he also becomes more reckless and competitive, causing chaos on the slopes and endangering himself and others. Pumbaa tries to intervene, but Timon becomes blinded by his infatuation with Heidi and refuses to listen to reason.

The two segments play out in classic Timon & Pumbaa style, with lots of humor, slapstick comedy, and catchy musical numbers. Viewers will enjoy seeing how Timon and Pumbaa attempt to overcome their challenges, and how their different personalities and approaches to life clash and complement each other.