

Babar
Inspired by Jean de Brunhoff and Laurent de Brunhoff's beloved children's books, this animated series tells Babar's life story from the elephant king's point of view, reliving his early days as a young pachyderm with important lessons to learn.
Cast

Dan Lett
King Babar (voice)

Janet-Laine Green
Queen Celeste (voice)
Kyle Fairlie
Alexander (voice)

Kristen Bone
Flora (voice)

Noah Reid
Pom (voice)

Philip Williams
Zephir (voice)
Seasons

E1Babar's First Step
Jan 3, 1989
This story begins to tell the classic tale of Babar's early life with his mother and all the other elephants in the jungle, and how his life is shattered when a hunter kills his Mother and he must cope on his own.

E2City Ways
Jan 10, 1989
Forced to run away from the jungle by the Hunter, Babar makes his way to the City only to find it just as dangerous and confusing. Motherless and alone, Babar is befriended by the Old Lady, who tries to teach him how to fit into her world, with his ultimate test at a society dinner in his honour.

E3Babar Returns
Jan 17, 1989
Babar leaves the Old Lady and City to return to the jungle so he can bring the other elephants his newfound knowledge. However, he discovers that despite the fact that his old friends are still running from the Hunter, they resist trying out any of his ‘new' ideas.

E4The City of Elephants
Jan 24, 1989
As the Elephants' new King, Babar's first decree is to build a city for all the elephants. However, not only does Babar have to contend with the fact that Lord Rataxes is also trying to build a city, his own obsession to see his dream city completed on time creates insurmountable problems.

E5Babar's Triumph
Jan 31, 1989
When the Hunter returns to threaten Babar's kingdom, Babar faces his greatest challenge as King when he unites Lord Rataxes and everyone in the jungle in an all out effort to fight the Hunter and repel him for once and for all.

E6Babar's Choice
Feb 7, 1989
At an important palace ball, Babar's advisors Cornelius and Pompadour jeopardize Babar's relationship with Celeste by forcing Babar to take the visiting dignitary's daughter to the dance instead of her.

E7Race to the Moon
Feb 14, 1989
Babar's hopes of rebuilding an old theater dedicated to his mother are jeopardized when all his subjects get caught up trying to build a rocketship in a silly attempt to beat Lord Rataxes to the moon.

E8No Place Like Home
Feb 21, 1989
Babar decides to let a young circus boy live in the palace, but when the boy regrets his decision and wants to return to his circus home, he discovers it might be too late since the circus has been captured by Lord Rataxes.

E9An Elephant's Best Friend
Feb 28, 1989
Times are hard for Babar when Lord Rataxes stops all pomegranate shipments from reaching Celesteville. However, when Babar finds a pet warthog in the jungle, Rataxes suddenly says he's willing to negotiate. What Babar doesn't realize is the warthog belongs to Lady Rataxes, and Rataxes has to grab it back before she or Babar discover that he lost it on purpose.

E10The Show Must Go On
Mar 7, 1989
When Babar organizes a world class ballet to be performed in Celesteville, the star of the show, a temperamental prima ballerina, makes problems for his friends in the cast and crew and turns Babar's production into a disaster.

E11To Duet Or Not to Duet
Mar 14, 1989
Babar is scheduled to perform a duet with a great pianist at a concert. However, he refuses to admit that the piece of music is too hard for him, so he procrastinates practicing until he feels so guilty that it begins to affect his job as King.

E12The Missing Crown Affair
Mar 21, 1989
When Babar's crown goes missing, amateur sleuth Zephir decides to help Babar solve the mystery. However they both get panicky when all the clues point out that Babar's closest friends stole the crown as the first step to taking over his kingdom.

E13The Phantom
Mar 28, 1989
When Babar discovers that the ‘Phantom' in an abandoned theater is really a lonely Old Musician who lives there, Babar decides to try and help him come out of seclusion. Unfortunately, the Phantom resents the meddling and scares Babar's friends away to the point where they decide the theatre should be torn down.

E1Between Friends
Aug 21, 1989
When Zephir and Celeste have an accident they soon find themselves battling out their trial in court. Babar is caught in the middle, forced to be the Judge of who is guilty of causing the mishap.

E2School Days
Aug 28, 1989
King Babar recalls a time when he was a young boy living in the City. Babar and his friends were picked on by the school bullies and made to feel like outcasts because they all looked 'different'.

E3Peer Pressure
Sep 4, 1989
King Babar recalls having to make a tough decision between loyalty to friendship and loyalty to the law, when a group of boys he knows are about to cause trouble at a local junkyard.

E4Tour De Celesteville
Sep 11, 1989
An annual bike race is about to take place and Babar has selected Arthur to be his teammate for the event. However, when Babar learns that too very fast athletes are also competing in the race, he decides to use unorthodox tactics in order to win, despite the fact that he could be disqualified if he were caught.

E5Monkey Business
Sep 18, 1989
Babar has been troubled as of late, as he’s learnt that Zephir is too busy fooling around to take his duties as a Royal Guard seriously. In an attempt to teach him a lesson, Babar decides to play a prank of his own, though he soon learns something that makes him deeply regret his earlier actions.

E6The Gift
Sep 25, 1989
Babar goes out of his 'way' to find the Old Lady a unique gift for her birthday.... the tail feather of the "Way Out Bird" who can only be found on top of the treacherous "Way Out Peak".

E7Rhino War
Oct 2, 1989
When Babar fails to fill out the proper papers to ship fairground supplies through Rhinoland, a General in Rataxes' army uses this as an excuse to declare war on Celesteville.

E8Elephant Express
Oct 9, 1989
When Rataxes refuses to let Babar build a railway through Rhinoland, Babar is forced to detour through a jungle inhabited by a strange monster known as the 'Polomoche'.

E9Conga the Terrible
Oct 16, 1989
Cornelius believes that he's becoming quite useless, when his age causes Babar and his friend to get shipwrecked on an island that's home to a monstrous gorilla.

E10King Tuttle's Vote
Oct 23, 1989
Rataxes 'king-naps' King Tuttle, the Tortoise King, so he cannot sign Babar's treaty that would force Rataxes to stop dumping garbage into the river.

E11The Intruder
Oct 30, 1989
King Babar's children decide to help their father overcome one of his problems by telling him about the time when they thought there was a monster in the Palace.

E12Double the Guards
Nov 6, 1989
The Royal Guard must do everything they can to protect the King and Queen, though when rumors are spread that an assassin is going to try to take Babar’s life, Pompadour and Cornelius decide to stay by their sire at every moment, though their actions only seem to get on Babar’s nerves.

E13Remember When...?
Nov 13, 1989
Babar's children recall the time when they accidentally went up in a balloon and entered a terrible storm, forcing Babar and Celeste to use every bit of their courage and resourcefulness to save them.

E1The Celesteville Inquirer
Nov 19, 1992
When Flora decides to do a newspaper story about Real Life of the Royal Family, the royal homestead is thrown into a panic as her photographs prove to be embarrassing to everyone in the palace.

E2Special Delivery
Nov 23, 1992
With Babar and Celeste spending all their time tending to the needs of her new baby sister Isabelle, Floras feelings of being unwanted ultimately lead her to run away from home.

E3To Tell Or Not to Tell
Mar 12, 1990
When Pom and Alexander are left to baby-sit their little sister Isabelle, their preoccupation with covering up some palace mischief allows Isabelle to go missing

E4The Coin
Dec 2, 1992
When Babar has to honor an old promise and grant the wish of anyone who returns pieces of an old coin to him, his entire kingdom is put in jeopardy as Rataxes shows up with a piece and demands to be made King of Celesteville.

E5My Dinner With Rataxes
Apr 16, 1990
While visiting Rhinoland to celebrate the peace treaty between their two kingdoms, Babar and Rataxes get caught up in a battle of one-upmanship which jeopardizes their attempts to rescue their lost children from a treacherous labyrinth.

E6Fathers and Sons
Apr 2, 1990
When Alexander and Victor use the father-son events of a family picnic as a way to determine which of them has the best dad, Rataxes cheating not only costs him the race, but the admiration of his son.

E7Witches Potion
Mar 19, 1990
Believing that magic is the only hope of Flora surviving a deadly snakebite, Alexander ventures into the dark forest to find an old lady he thinks is a witch.

E8A Tale of Two Siblings
May 7, 1990
Stuck baby-sitting his little sister Isabelle, Alexander spends the afternoon making up a fairytale which ultimately draws them closer together.

E9A Charmed Life
Apr 30, 1990
Burdened by the insurmountable demands of running his kingdom and family, Babar wishes he was never King. To his surprise and dismay, he gets his wish. Celesteville has become, Rataxesville!

E10Uncle Arthur and the Pirates
Apr 9, 1990
When Uncle Arthur, the world traveller and adventurer, shows up at the palace, his tall stories propel Babars children into getting themselves mixed up in a dangerous dock side escapade.

E11The Unsalted Sea Serpent
May 14, 1990
When a mysterious creature is sighted in the Celesteville lake, Babar calls upon a famous undersea explorer to help him protect it from the clutches of Rataxes.

E12Ghost for a Day
May 21, 1990
Babar's health is in question when he accredits his strange behavior to mysterious visits from the Old Elephant King's ghost.

E13Boys Will Be Boys
May 28, 1990
When Babar sets off with Uncle Arthur and Zephir to renew a childhood treasure hunt Rataxes seizes the opportunity to try and beat him to it.

E1Alexander the Great
Jan 7, 1991
Alexander's flying skills get him into hot water when he crash lands his plane in the jungle and makes friends with a tribe who invite him for dinner.

E2Cruel to Be Kind
Jan 14, 1991
Babar learns that honesty is the best policy when Zephir takes up the palace duties of Pompadour and Cornelius, with disastrous results

E3A Pair of Queens
Jan 21, 1991
Flora's pen pal arrives, believing Flora is queen of Celesteville. Afraid to tell the truth, Flora convinces Pom and Alexander to help her keep up the illusion.

E4Rowing Pains
Jan 28, 1991
Alexander learns a hard lesson about responsibility when he lets his rowing team and Zephir down.

E5Object D'Arthur
Feb 4, 1991
When two inept thieves make off with Arthur's treasured statue, Babar is called in to solve the mystery.

E6The Diaperman Cometh
Feb 11, 1991
When a baby elephant is abandoned on the doorstep of the Rhino palace, Rataxes finds himself acting as an unwilling father.

E7Time Flies
Feb 18, 1991
After witnessing the arrival of a mysterious time traveler, Alexander has a hard time getting anyone to believe his story.

E8Insecurity System
Feb 25, 1991
A fault in the Rhino Security system traps Cornelius and the children inside the Rhino Place, and it's up to Cornelius to devise an escape before its too late.

E9Kings of the Castle
Mar 4, 1991
As part of a school project to promote understanding and co-operation, the children convince Babar and Rataxes to change places for the day. Forced to deal with the other's problems, Babar and Rataxes learn it isn't easy to walk a mile in somebody else's shoes.

E10What's Mine Is Mine
Mar 11, 1991
After a calculating con man lures Arthur into throwing away his life savings for a worthless mine, Zephir and Arthur plan to teach the thief a lesson.

E11The Scarlet Pachyderm
Mar 18, 1991
When Rataxes seals the border between Rhinoland and Celesteville, it's up to the mysterious night raider known as The Scarlet Pachyderm, to save the day.

E12All Played Out
Mar 25, 1991
Babar and the children have no idea just how much they've been taking Celeste for granted, until she wins the lead role in Basil's new theater production.

E13Radio Riot
Apr 1, 1991
A successful radio show shoots Zephir to superstar status with the children of the Kingdom. Unfortunately his questionable advice on "dealing with your parents" triggers a confrontation between generations.

E1The Lead Blimp
Apr 8, 1991
Arthur becomes a hero when his "lead blimp" tops the jungle popularity polls. But the blimp doesn't work yet and the greatly anticipated maiden voyage is only a few hours away.

E2Helping Hands
Apr 15, 1991
The kids decide to hold a yard sale believing the palace to be in financial trouble. But while looking for goods to sell, they mistakenly pick up Rataxes' "favorite" lamp.

E3Victor Victorious
May 6, 1991
Determined to win Celesteville soap box derby, Victor "borrows" Pom and Flora's secret design. But when Alexander gets the blame, Victor wonders if winning means everything.

E4The Unsung Hero
May 13, 1991
Rataxes takes the credit when Basil saves Isabelle's life. Rataxes is hailed as a hero but finds his guilty conscience troubling him.

E5Every Basket Has a Silver Lining
Apr 29, 1991
When Pom makes the school basketball team as "towel boy" he lets Babar believe he's a top player. Yet Pom is in for trouble, when Babar makes plans to attend a game.

E6The One That Got Away
Apr 22, 1991
Babar is out to catch the "biggest fish in all of Celesteville". But with the clumsy Flora as his partner, Babar's dream seems unlikely.

E7Never Cry Alien
Jun 3, 1991
Arthur pulls a prank, which has everyone believing aliens are landing. But the joke backfires on Arthur when he spots a real UFO and nobody believes him.

E8Friendly Agreement
May 20, 1991
Cornelius and Pompadour have a major disagreement and vow never to speak again. However, both are unaware that their silence could cost them their lives.

E9A Child in the Snow
Jun 2, 1991
Babar takes his family up into the mountains ostensibly for a winter holiday. But Babar is really searching for the mythical creature he saw as a child.

E10The Old Lady Vanishes
Jun 1, 1991
Babar agrees to clandestinely escort a top-secret briefcase to Paris. But the simple journey becomes complicated when the Old Lady mysteriously disappears from the train.

E11Oh, To Be An Adult
May 27, 1991
When the kids turn eleven they decide they are now adults. Babar and Celeste are shocked when they announce their "adult" plans for their lives.

E12Robot Rampage
Jun 4, 1991
Arthur builds a flawed robot but will not admit his mistake. In trying to cover up the situation, things get out of control.

E13Mango Madness
Jun 5, 1991
Babar talks with Flora about the importance of always telling the truth. Yet Babar starts to regret those words when Flora does exactly that.

E1The Departure
Sep 23, 1995
Babar and the family prepare to embark on a journey to find the ""Land of Happiness.""

E2Adventures on Big Island
Sep 30, 1995
Babar, Celeste, Zephir and the children arrive at their first destination only to find that everything on the island is somewhat ""different.""

E3Land of Games
Oct 7, 1995
Babar's balloon lands him and the others in a world filled with amusing games and fun.

E4Land of Toys
Oct 14, 1995
The children are jovial when they learn that their balloon landed in a town filled with toys.

E5Land of Ice
Oct 21, 1995
The family lands in the beautiful Land of Ice. Unfortunately, things aren't always what they seem.

E6Land of Pirates
Oct 28, 1995
Babar and his family get caught in a terrible storm and get shipwrecked.

E7Land of Witches
Nov 4, 1995
Babar and his family run into some trouble when they meet a witch,. named Lulu.

E8Land of Mysterious Water
Nov 11, 1995
Babar, Celeste, Zephir and the children, come across a spring filled with mysterious water.

E9Land of the Underground
Nov 18, 1995
The family find themselves stuck in an underground city where they are faced with a serious problem.

E10The Seabed Land
Nov 25, 1995
The balloon lands on an island in the middle of nowhere, but they must help their new friend from doing something that will change her fate.

E11Land of the Treats
Dec 2, 1995
Babar and his family land in a treat-filled town with a problem.
E12Land of the Treasure Hunt
Dec 9, 1995
Babar's family participate in a treasure hunt.
E13Land of Happiness
Dec 16, 1995
Once Babar and his family journey through this final land they should be able to reach the fabled Land of Happiness. This of course, is easier said than done!
Storyline
Inspired by Jean de Brunhoff and Laurent de Brunhoff's beloved children's books, this animated series tells Babar's life story from the elephant king's point of view, reliving his early days as a young pachyderm with important lessons to learn.
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