Heart of a Maneater

Heart of a Maneater is the twentieth episode of the second season of The New Adventures of The Wild Thornberrys.

Summary
The Thornberrys are on a dangerous task to film a man-eating lion named Black Mane, a lion with many mates, and perhaps even more children. However, he is merely a kitten when compared to the threat of the

Main Cast

 * Lacey Chabert as Eliza Thornberry
 * Tom Kane as Darwin
 * Jason David Frank as Irwin
 * Bill Farmer as Marvin
 * Flea as Donnie
 * Danielle Harris as Debbie Thornberry
 * Tim Curry as Nigel Thornberry
 * Jodi Carlisle as Marianne Thornberry

Guest Stars

 * Danny Glover as Black Mane: The legendary man-eating lion. Similar to Nessie, before he was fought as a dangerous man-eating creature but he turns out to be gentle, kind, and loving. He has a mate and four children (two daughters and two sons).
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Malkia: Black Mane's mate.
 * Davis Cleveland as Flop: Black Mane's oldest son, and heir to the pride.
 * Brian Blessed as King Ku: The iron-fisted district officer of Tsavo National Park.

Animals Featured in this Episode

 * African Elephant
 * Goat
 * Hippopotamus
 * Owl
 * Spotted Hyena
 * Tsavo Lion

Trivia

 * The plot and most of the guest stars are based on Willard Price's book Lion Adventure.