<P> Speedy (voiced by Corey Burton) is a talking grayish / bluish snail with a shiny red shell and a yellow fedora . Timon and Pumbaa plan to eat him at first, but his ability to speak and sing and his bon viveur, good - humored attitude gets him to become friends with them . Timon gives him the name "Speedy", because he thinks that it would be a brilliant incongruity . Speedy always finds himself in danger, such as becoming a French gourmet snail and an earring out of his shell, and it's always up for Timon and Pumbaa to save him . </P> <P> In the episode "The Man from J.U.N.G.L.E.", Speedy is revealed to be a superhero called Super Duper Hero X after Timon and Pumbaa were captured by his nemesis Chromosome Quint . Every episode featuring Speedy end with Timon and Pumbaa saying bye to Speedy when they return him home, a seagull capturing Speedy, and then Timon and Pumbaa trying to save him once again . Speedy's voice was based on that of Bing Crosby . Speedy also makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the episode "Washington Applesauce". </P> <P> Fred (voiced by S. Scott Bullock) is a meerkat who is Timon's other best friend back at the meerkat colony . He is a practical joker, employing such gags as the hand buzzer, the squirting flower, and the whoopee cushion . He also loved Timon's hyena jokes . When Fred visits Timon and Pumbaa, he pulls more practical jokes on the duo, such as impersonating Timon's mother or impersonating a Billy Goat guard . Timon and Pumbaa, however, don't find Fred's jokes very funny and they often overpower him . Aside from pulling practical jokes, Fred enjoys doing all sorts of activities, such as playing Turtle Tennis and Fishing for Flamingos . He also mentions that he and Timon have always gone Bowling for Buzzards . </P> <P> At the meerkat colony, Fred's duty was to guard the Duke Meerkat's castle, although on the day the Duke left the colony, he snuck away to get a snack and convinced Timon that it was now his chance to go on a date with Princess Tatiana . When the Duke banished Timon from the colony after a cobra kidnapped the princess, Fred's new duty was to guard the back gate, which indicates that he has been demoted for failing to protect the castle . </P>

The lion king evil brother of king mufasa