- “"Oh, I hope I brought my loofah mitt."”
- ―Marianne Thornberry
Marianne Thornberry is one of the main characters in Nickelodeon's The Wild Thornberrys franchise and She is Eliza, Debbie, and Donnie's mother and Nigel's wife. She is the daughter of Frank Hunter and Sophie Hunter. She mentions that she attended the University of California, Berkeley and once competed in a rodeo as revealed in "Rebel Without a Trunk". Most of her spare time, she operates the film camera and edits their nature show alongside Nigel.
Description[]
It takes quite a woman to travel around the world filming a television show about wild animals, and Marianne Thornberry is definitely quite a woman. Marianne hikes, climbs, dives and drives anywhere she needs to in order to get the perfect shot of the animals that she and Nigel need to capture on film for their show. Besides all this, she’s a loving mother and loves her two lovely daughters Eliza and Debbie, as well as her adopted sons Donnie and Darwin. Marianne is always ready for a new adventure, and despite her beauty is able to keep a cool head in the midst of stampedes, earthquakes, floods, and other would-be catastrophes. She’s often voice of reason, an example of this is in one episode she convinces Nigel to just shoot (film) from the bushes they were in that morning. She has shown her fearful side when Eliza got sick and nearly died in "Operation: Valentine". In the episode "The Anniversary", Marianne, despite her disagreements with her mother, Sophie, sided with her on her father's, Frank's and Eliza's attempted escape to collect wood for the bonfire festival in Japan.
Looks[]
Marianne has peach skin and a pair of white eyes with black pupils. She wears transparent glasses, an orange vest, and blue pants. In colder climates like the Andes, she wears a long sleeve black sweater under her orange vest. Her oldest daughter Debbie inherited her blonde hair, whereas her youngest daughter Eliza inherited her father's red hair, albeit a lighter shade. Eliza gained her impaired vision from Marianne, although it is not known how bad Marianne's vision is.
Personality[]
Marianne is a strong woman, often the voice of reason and sometimes loses patience with Nigel. She is usually the one to take on disciplinary duties, trying to keep the girls out of trouble and finish their homework.
Appearances[]
Marianne appears in every episode of The Wild Thornberrys. Her first appearance was in Pilot. Her last appearance was in Eliza Unplugged. Marianne appears in The Wild Thornberrys Movie and Rugrats Go Wild!.
She also appeared on a few video games.
Relationships[]
Nigel Thornberry: Marianne's husband and the father of her two daughters Eliza and Debbie. Debbie Thornberry: Marianne's older daughter. Eliza Thornberry: Marianne's younger daughter. Marianne often fears for Eliza's safety as the young girl often disregaurd her own safety in her excitment to see a new wild animal. Marianne is afraid of losing Eliza as seen in "Operation Valentine" and "Cheetahs Never Prosper". Marianne once threatened to send Eliza back to the US if she disobeyed her ("Cheetahs Never Prosper"). Donnie Thornberry: Marianne's adopted son. Darwin Thornberry: Darwin is Eliza's "pet chimpanzee".
Trivia[]
- In "Blood Sisters", she mentions that she attended the University of California, Berkeley.
External Links[]
- Nickipedia
- the Wild Thornberrys wiki
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Thornberrys#Main
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