Timon an Pumbaa are a fictional meerkat and warthog duo first introduced in Disney's popular 1994 animated film The Lion King. Timon was portrayed through his many appearances by Nathan Lane (in all three films and early episodes of the show), Max Casella (the original actor of the Broadway Musical), Quinton Flynn (in certain episodes of the show), Kevin Schon (in certain episodes of the show), James Arnold Taylor (in Kingdom Hearts II) while Pumbaa is voiced by Ernie Sabella (in all of his animated speaking appearances) and was portrayed by Tom Alan Robbins in the original production of The Lion King Broadway musical (who still plays that same role to this day). Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella first came to audition for the roles of the hyenas, but when the producers saw how well they worked together they decided to cast them as Timon and Pumbaa.