Season 2 of Between the Lions premiered on April 2, 2001, and ended on May 4, 2001.
Parodies
Parody sketches and segments include Moby Duck (parody of Moby-Dick), and The Lone Rearranger Rewrites Again (parody of The Lone Ranger).
If You Can Read premiered this season
Episodes
- Episode 31: The Sad Dad
- Episode 32: Humph! Humph! Humph!
- Episode 33: The Good Seed
- Episode 34: Icarus's Wings
- Episode 35: Zoop! Zoop!
- Episode 36: Clickety-clack, Clickety-clack!
- Episode 37: Poetry Day
- Episode 38: Bobby The Hopping Robot
- Episode 39: Teacher's Pet
The Season 2 cast of Between the Lions
- Episode 40: The Last Cliff Hanger
- Episode 41: Pebble Trouble
- Episode 42: Oh Yes, It Can!
- Episode 43: Five Six and Thistle Sticks
- Episode 44: Bug Beard
- Episode 45: Trains and Brains and Rainy Plains
- Episode 46: Quest! Quest! Quest!
- Episode 47: The Spider and the Lie
- Episode 48: Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-boom!
- Episode 49: But, Mama, But...
- Episode 50: Dreaming Shakespeare
- Episode 51: Rats!
- Episode 52: Tweet! Tweet!
- Episode 53: Good Night, Knight!
- Episode 54: The Chess Mess
- Episode 55: Stop That Chicken!
Cast
- Kathryn Mullen
- Anthony Asbury
- Heather Asch
- Jennifer Barnhart
- Jim Kroupa
- Tim Lagasse
- Peter Linz
- Jim Napolitano
- (Uncredited: Tyler Bunch)
Guest Muppeteers from Sesame Street
- Caroll Spinney - Big Bird
- Steve Whitmire - Ernie
- Kevin Clash - Elmo
- Eric Jacobson - Bert
- John Tartaglia
Notes
- This is the only season to be produced with a total number of 25 episodes and long I episodes.
- No episodes with the vowel "y" were produced in this season.
- This is the first season to feature a new cast member to the show, Gus Bunny.
- This season introduces nine new segments, the Albrect Roser puppet series, "Swami Marmy", "Vowel Boot Camp", "Teatro: Hugo and Ines", "Moby Duck", "The Lone Rearranger Rewrites Again", "14 Karat Soul", 2 "Announcer Bunny" sketches, and "Get Your Mouth Moving with Fred Newman (short music video).
- "If You Can Read" and "Dance in Smarty Pants!" music videos, and "Get Your Mouth Moving" with Fred Newman and his clones extended version music video debuted this season.
- Announcer Bunny returns in sketches and the "Coming Up Next on Between the Lions" bumpers.
- Dance in Smarty Pants features a montage of celebrities and the Sesame Street guest stars (Episodes 42-51) until Season 3 in 2002.