Timon is a major character in Disney's 1994 animated feature film, The Lion King and the protagonist of the 2004 film, The Lion King 1½. He is a wisecracking meerkat and the best friend of Pumbaa, a warthog. Though he originates from an industrious family, Timon lives an easygoing lifestyle of grub-eating and sleeping, under a "problem-free philosophy" called “Hakuna Matata”.