(MOST WATCHED VIDEO) The Complete Backstory of Donnie Thornberry and his Biological Parents 

Oh yeah

I remember that part, it was touching, and shows that somethings are just meant to happen

Nigel Thornberry is a very good man at heart, and took and going to raise Donnie as his own with the rest of his family.

There's a small connection

I can understand your sympathy, but I find that conclusion mildly disturbing. I'm sure Nigel meant it in a heartfelt way, but if you go down that route, it's like saying it was necessary for Donnie's parents to die. But anyway, I'm just rambling.

Yeah. He comes up to him like he's finding a child on the street.

Don't tell me u mean 4:48 ? Ok the lighting is great touch was like he was a god send huh

I was so close to make a british joke about that 😅

But they have lost to the poachers

@@gettyfanatic8860 Yes, but it just goes to show how much Donnie's parents care so deeply about animals like the orangutans.

@@davidfiore4677 Yeah

It's okay. I know how to cheer you up

@heroineprincessswiftie7824 Enough of the worries. I think TWT will make a crossover with TLK

Yeah. Wild Thornberrys was one of my favorite shows growing up and I feel like us 90s kids got incredibly lucky to grow up with such an impactful. It played in a role in shaping me into the animal lover I am today and also got me curious about other cultures.

.....this is neither dark nor tragic. This is as lighthearted as original disney movies. Hell, snow white legit almost gets stabbed to death on camera.

Doug, hey arnold...even f*ckin rugrats went hard with the storytelling until you shed a tear.

And poor kids today are subject to something atrocious like breadwinners

Awww

Rugrats in paris the scene with chuckie on the airplane with the song i wanna a mom that lasts forever (sung by cyndi Lauper) always sets me off crying

@@clintbrew The church scene is my favourite.

My mom is still alive but I honestly can't watch that special. It's too much in terms of what a mother truly means to her child be it living or dead

I can’t explain

Its bot dark. Jesus fkn christ. Go watch snow white, you'll be traumatized if you think this shit here is dark. We literally watched mufasa get trampled to death in front of his son, child trafficking and people being fed to a crocodile in Peter pan, undead hoardes trying to kill.a group of kids in the black cauldron, we see a dragons heart get pierced on camera in sleeping beauty, a man literally gets ripped apart by crows in "we're back a dinosaurs tale" the rescuers details and shows severe child abuse, brave little toaster is an existential nightmare. Thornberrys aint shit.

Cartoons back in the day weren't afraid to go there.

The parents dying doing something noble is less dark than just about any other way Donnie could have ended up being raised by animals. It'd be way worse if his parents just abandoned him, or lost him and the Thornberries found and kept him. It's kind of crummy that the parents put themselves in harm's way like they did and left their son orphaned, but at least it was a spur of the moment 'hey, you guys stop trying to poach animals!' where they likely didn't realize how dangerous getting involved would be.

No comment.

Like a reverse Tarzan ccept he grew up to become a man Disney gave me the proper details

The Orangutan mother loved Donnie as much as she loved her own child, but she also knew that she needed to what was best for him as well, and that was being with other humans like himself, good humans like his biological parents, like she knew the Thornberries would be.

Reminds me of the sad ending of the original Jungle Book 😢❤

that's good to know

@@gettyfanatic8860 It's a moving story. And surprisingly dark for a Nickelodeon show.

@@nathanseper8738 oh

The feels are strong xD

this made me grow 3 inches !!

Glad to hear that why he was my all time favorite character

@@gettyfanatic8860 Huh.

@@brianhalljr.2637 Donnie is. I like the way he jabbers a lot

@@gettyfanatic8860 Especially when he throws that plate like a Frisbee/boomerang.

@@brianhalljr.2637 That became a popular meme in comparison to any fast speaking guy.

How sad

I bought a DVD of this, so worth it

@@SkipRoche31 Was it a region 1 DVD?

Stop with the feels !!

@@gettyfanatic8860 My copy was a PAL ( plays all regions )

*mother orangutan

Yes that was Arnold’s Christmas

Oh yeah thank you for the reminder that was a great one ❤

Oh

What was the origin of Darwin? How did he and the Thornberrys meet?

Didn't know that

That also explains why Donnie is so tight with Eliza and Darwin.

Okay

I definitely don’t think The Wild Thornberrys & Hey Arnold get enough recognition! ‘The Origin of Donnie’ & ‘The Journal’ were some heavy tv specials! It really showed how much Nickelodeon respected their audience at the time. My mom couldn’t stand SpongeBob & The Fairly Oddparents (lol), but she greatly admired The Wild Thornberrys, As Told By Ginger, and Hey Arnold. In a time of nostalgia, it’s a shame these shows don’t get discussed.

@@MRS.TRIPLE-A321 yeah. I’m a young man who reminisces about the Wild Thornberrys

@@MRS.TRIPLE-A321 thank you. They just don't do slice of life cartoons anymore the animation, characters, and plots always seemed relatable. Hey Arnold is at least getting more love but wild thornberrys barely has any retrospective vids. And it's sad because it was CRAZY popular. Many ppl just think nickelodeon only had Rugrats until SpongeBob came along but really, we liked them all. They were all nicktoons. Also another good tv movie was the catdog movie. And again, all of their movies were based on traffic back stories about their parents

Spongebob is from the 90's. Fkn 90's nostalgia is at an all time high, wtf are you talking about? Nigel is literally a popular meme and has been for years. Youre just living under a rock.

Awww

glad to hear that. I think “Juanice” is a Spanish name, but you are finding an Indonesian name for her.

@@gettyfanatic8860 Gotcha! I remembered it was a name that sounded like it though!

@@abbieprice3430 Yeah. Was Donnie in the nude and why?

@@gettyfanatic8860 Maybe Donnie kept taking off his clothes when his parents tried to put them on him! Either way, he almost reminds me of Mowgli or Tarzan!

@@abbieprice3430 only kidding, but he stayed in the nude as a baby until the family shows up and started putting on his trademark leopard shorts.

Thank you

Wow, that’s weird

Plus its hilarious when he goes nuts

Yeah tell me more

That…would’ve made for a great additional season. In the movie, the shaman did say Eliza was destined for something great. Perhaps it takes two.

@@Savagewolver What if Donnie jabbered to the animals, and the animals made animal noises?

That's good to know

Darn I’m 31 to and I never got the privilege to see this one but the wild thornberries was my first favorite cartoon growing up. The only reason I missed it was because we couldn’t afford cable anymore thank god for RU-vid

@@thomassizemore5814 okay

i am turning 34 in a month sometimes i try not to cry i used to live behind wood's when i lived up north

Tell me bout think the Sumatran orangutan will had been more defensive ? I mean they're faces are slightly different oh n glad I seen this was the first time seen wut an orangutan looked like long story is like a gorilla but not as savage. Hmm funny didn't knew her baby was a boy sorry going on the other orangutan eliza was minding it was a girl infact i thought it was the same one more the reason the mom be angry at humans cuz of the scar but no different that 1 didn't had lips like the donnies' known yeah glad I seen it again n great too know she had dialogue ah

That's too dark. I'm not too fond of it. I think it's too dark for a kids' show.

@gettyfanatic8860 I at least give them credit for originality! I mean very few nicktoons had the balls Wild Thornberries did. Eliza, sitting with that old elephant who passed away, Nigel being poisoned and almost dying in the dessert, ecoterrorists threatening to kill Debbie in the movie! I give the show at least enough props to day it definitely committed to its dark realism...again in a show about a girl talking to animals!

@@WickedFireBird69 Yeah. That too.

awww

I know. It was hurtful. Never trust poachers, ever.

Those maybe that's the reason zoologist n other enthusiast travels lots 🌏 n then comes back I mean stay n well... 2:41 oh man they're next studie never happened 🦍❌

He…he…he was raised by orangutans

@@gettyfanatic8860After the tragic death of his parents. They were killed by poachers. It wasn’t fair!

Yeah I get confused did this come first or the movie ?

@@zoidlloyd7736this came first

This was part of the Nick Flicks series in 2001

Glad to hear that

Man I wish it would happen

Yeah sadly cartoons stay away from serious topics, the 90s and early 2000s truly was a golden age for cartoons

There are but when it is on, you or the same type that goes “it’s a cartoon stop being so serious!”

@@gettyfanatic8860there are you just don’t watch them. There are so many serious and heartwarming cartoons y’all just don’t watch and bitch

@bigpulgalokes Wrong! I like cartoons that are deep and entertaining. That's why I watch a lot of Japanese cartoons too. Steven Universe did a great job.

its alright

Oh my

Think they're the ones too teach apes too sign ? I mean is in their study 🗒️🦍🐒🦧

Wow! Thats cool

Bruh, I don't know what to say.

Just like it said in my comment

Dark

*nowadays

@@gettyfanatic8860 Grammer police 🚨 Jk but I know you understand what I was saying lol

@@TomAndersonn oh

My childhood is stuck in my brain

I know

yeah i know

more like PURE EPIC!

Yeah, but me, man I'm good

It opened my eyes. It taught me a lesson not traumatized me lol

@@TomAndersonn oh

@@gettyfanatic8860 some people learn from what they see others cower from it. I knew instantly that this was bad. I was too young to be traumatized by something that was handled so respectfully. OP is a snowflake ❄️

more like his latest single

That’s why Donnie’s parents study orangutans in their natural habitats

Good to know

How sad

To me, man I’m good.

Sad but true

Technically, Rebecca's death was very sad and emotional, but I wouldn't necessarily say it was gruesome as she died of old age/ natural causes. Donnie's parents' death was extremely dark though and I'm surprised they were allowed to get with even showing as much as they did, despite there being no blood or gore. And as for Kip and Biederman, even though they're bumbling thugs who always get thwarted by Eliza, and they're fairly goofy villains most of the time, there have occasions where they were more of a threat as they kidnapped Eliza and Darwin and were planning on using a machine to crush them to death. Plus they've caused an oil spill, sabotaged reindeer race, causing multiple injuries, have kidnapped Donnie to use as entertainment/ child labor and possibly attempted to kidnap Eliza for her rescue attempt.

@@tierefuerimmer9635 That's terrible.

⁠​⁠@@tierefuerimmer9635I can’t believe I didn’t reread it. I meant to say unlike not like thanks for pointing that out. I will say this. Yes, you make a good point about Kip and Bederman there have been a few times they have frost line where it came from attempted murder but then again, we can’t be sure if they actually really were willing to go as far. Considering the fact there are comedic villains similar to the joker or just any villain out there whatever TV show there is. Where they show they actually like doing harm to others but yet at the same time they like it when the hero shows up so they don’t feel like they’re not important. I can’t be sure that again I don’t know. But I will say this, despite not having Jose do poachers in all the other future seasons along with the movie yeah, I kind of miss them. But enough about that. The only thing I will say, I was pretty damn surprised by was the fact that Donnie’s parents were in Borneo but I’m wondering did they ever have any other family members? I mean certainly there had to be people probably on both sides of Donny’s mother and father know probably wondering where are they? What’s happened to them? I mean I’m sure in the end it may be Nigel and Marianne will reach out but it’s very unlikely they’re going to want Donnie but that’s off screen so we know they’ll adopt him.

Heartwarming ending

Me, I like the Wild Thornberrys

Wow

ReallY?

@@gettyfanatic8860 what?

@@christianparrish3292 They got killed instantly.

@@gettyfanatic8860 I know, I'm saying they didn't deserve it. The poachers are dicks.

Really?

What?

Yeah, I remembered that show, along with Really Wild Animals

Now that you mention it, I personally believe that Steve Irwin should've had a special cameo on this show as a cartoon version of himself meeting the Thornberrys and working with Nigel when they traveled to Australia.

@@kryptonianpowers in which episode?

I never saw Steve Irwin that much on TV but I loved the episode where Jane Goodall guest stars.

@@tierefuerimmer9635 ikr

Don’t worry, it’s just a song by Camila Cabello

That’s sad

Yeah

Like Avatar the last airbender.

Yeah I know right

Awww

KING Jesus Christ

@@SuperGreatSphinx Stop saying the lords name in vain. You’re a Christian, you know right?

​@@gettyfanatic8860oh yeah,remember the ten commandments?

@@Nintendoguy13 You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make idols. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Honor your father and your mother. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. You shall not covet.

*Donnie What nightmares do you have and explain your nightmares about Donnie?

@@gettyfanatic8860 essentially finding Donnie alone in the wilderness, and him going feral and chewing my face off like a deranged ape

Was Donnie naked in your nightmare? And where was the nightmare located?

@@gettyfanatic8860 he wasn't naked. He had on a leopard skin toga. And it was him in a hole in a desert with a ramp leading into the hole, like an archeological dig site

@@typoriver3651 I mean he wears a caveman outfit. Are there any other nightmares relating to Donnie?

Good to know

Damn!

I know

I know

Yeah

Good to know

Not only that, but they helped Matt Groening lift The Simpsons off the gound in 1987, for The Tracy Ullman Show, and worked on at least the first six seasons of the series

Yes you are

Thanks for telling the world that

What a horrible thing

You’re welcome

Man, they should’ve used firearms bro

thanks

They died

Yeah

Spongebob would be crying for 24 hours

@@silverstrike5904 yeah

Oh the misery

Awww man

Damn!

Cool

I know

Oh right

Bad times

He was born naked that way

Same energy?

Who?

ya there were tons of them, like kim possible, totally spies, winx club, angela anaconda, daria, puffy ami yumi, sabrina the animated series, there were so many at the time i wonder why they stopped making them.

@@Nny_V Omg Totally Spies, forgot about that. Another one of my favorites. And yeah, Daria rules too.

You mean twitter comments. Smart people know the truth

Dang, he is a Caucasian kid living in Borneo

Yeah, he is based off of him

Great inspirational quote