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Ma

Background information
Feature films	The Lion King 1½
Television programs	Timon and Pumbaa
Video games
Park attractions
Portrayed by
Portrayed by
Animators
Voice	Estelle Harris Julie Kavner
Performance model
Designer
Inspiration
Honors and awards
Character information
Full name
Other names	Timon's Mother
Personality	Kind, encouraging, sympathetic
Appearance	Short, slightly obese meerkat, long gray hair (Timon and Pumbaa) Short, plump meerkat, but much lighter, red hair (The Lion King 1½)
Birthday
Occupation	Timon's mother
Affiliations	Good
Goal
Home	Meerkat tunnels
Relatives	Timon (son) Uncle Max (uncle)
Pets
Allies	Her son Timon, Uncle Max, Pumbaa, Meerkats
Minions	Meerkats
Enemies	Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, Hyena Clan
Likes	Her son Timon, Uncle Max
Dislikes
Powers and abilities
Weapons
Fate	Lives peacefully in the jungle paradise with the meerkat colony.
Quote	"Everything the light touches... belongs to someone else."

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Timon's Mother, also known as Ma in many cases, is a character from Timon and Pumbaa. She is Timon's caring mother.

Ma reappeared in The Lion King 1½, now as a much younger and kinder adult meerkat.

Background

Ma lives in a meerkat colony with Timon and Uncle Max. Her husband is never mentioned, only appearing in deleted scenes. Ma understands Timon's struggles to find his place in the colony, and tries to help him in whatever manner she can. Although the rest of the burrow hates Timon, she stands by his side in most of his decisions. Not much more is known about her since her final appearance.

Timon and Pumbaa

In the episode "Mombasa-In-Law," Ma made her debut. She was morbidly obese and extremely old, and had long gray hair, and was wearing a blue dress and some makeup and red lipstick.

She went to see her son Timon and his "wife" Patty (in reality, Pumbaa in disguise), and decided to move in. Pumbaa was then forced to disguise himself as other people, and in the end, he finally revealed to her that he's really Timon's friend from a long time ago (even saying his infamous phrase, "They call me... MR. PIG!!!"). But then, Ma said she isn't really Timon's mother, and then reveals herself to be Fred.

The Lion King 1½

In the colony, Ma tries to encourage Timon in his jobs first as a digger and as a sentry. But when Timon fails as a sentry, he leaves the colony. Ma goes on a journey to find him, but is initially unsuccessful. She and Timon's Uncle Max meet Timon at Pride Rock after many years. At Timon's request, she and the other meerkats dig a tunnel to trap the hyenas, in order to help Simba. At the end of the film, Ma accompanies the rest of the colony to the jungle paradise that Timon and Pumbaa had discovered. She is also nicer and much lighter, though still slightly plump, than the one in the TV series. She also has red hair and is younger.