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.

First Aired

1989-01-03
Last Aired

1995-12-16
Creator
Genre

Animation, Family
Seasons

6
Episodes

78
Status

Ended
Language

English, Français, Deutsch
Network

NBC, CBC Television, K2

Keywords:

based on novel or book anthropomorphism

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1. Babar's First Step

This story begins to tell the classic tale of Babar's early life with his mother and all the other ele...More

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.Less

1989-01-03

2. City Ways

Forced to run away from the jungle by the Hunter, Babar makes his way to the City only to find it just...More

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.Less

1989-01-10

3. Babar Returns

Babar leaves the Old Lady and City to return to the jungle so he can bring the other elephants his new...More

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 â€˜new' ideas.Less

1989-01-17

4. The City of Elephants

As the Elephants' new King, Babar's first decree is to build a city for all the elephants. However, no...More

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.Less

1989-01-24

5. Babar's Triumph

When the Hunter returns to threaten Babar's kingdom, Babar faces his greatest challenge as King when h...More

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.Less

1989-01-31

6. Babar's Choice

At an important palace ball, Babar's advisors Cornelius and Pompadour jeopardize Babar's relationship ...More

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.Less

1989-02-07

7. Race to the Moon

Babar's hopes of rebuilding an old theater dedicated to his mother are jeopardized when all his subjec...More

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.Less

1989-02-14

8. No Place Like Home

Babar decides to let a young circus boy live in the palace, but when the boy regrets his decision and ...More

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.Less

23mins 1989-02-21

9. An Elephant's Best Friend

Times are hard for Babar when Lord Rataxes stops all pomegranate shipments from reaching Celesteville....More

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.Less

1989-02-28

10. The Show Must Go On

When Babar organizes a world class ballet to be performed in Celesteville, the star of the show, a tem...More

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.Less

23mins 1989-03-07

11. To Duet Or Not to Duet

Babar is scheduled to perform a duet with a great pianist at a concert. However, he refuses to admit t...More

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.Less

1989-03-14

12. The Missing Crown Affair

When Babar's crown goes missing, amateur sleuth Zephir decides to help Babar solve the mystery. Howeve...More

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.Less

1989-03-21

13. The Phantom

When Babar discovers that the â€˜Phantom' in an abandoned theater is really a lonely Old Musician who ...More

When Babar discovers that the â€˜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.Less

1989-03-28

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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)

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Reviews for Babar

A Review by GenerationofSwine 1

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-12

It was kind of like the Waltons, maybe like The Cosby Show (minus the humor), Father Know's Best, you know what, pick the sickeningly saccha... read more

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A Review by GenerationofSwine

It was kind of like the Waltons, maybe like The Cosby Show (minus the humor), Father Know's Best, you know what, pick the sickeningly saccharine TV sitcom and that is kind of what Babar was. As a child I thought it was preachy and, as an...