Babar ( TV Series 1989 - 2002 )





 

Plot

After Babar's mother is shot by a hunter, he flees the jungle and finds his way to an unspecified big city with no particular characteristics where he is befriended by an old lady, who buys him clothes and enrolls him in school. Babar's cousins Celeste and Arthur find him in the big city and help him return to the Elephant realm following the death of the King of the Elephants, who had eaten a poisonous mushroom. A council of elephants approach Babar, saying that as he has "lived among men and learned much", he would be suitable to become the new King. Babar is crowned King of the Elephants, marries his cousin Celeste, and founds the city of Celesteville. Babar, who likes to wear a bright green suit, introduces a very French form of Western civilization to the elephants, and they soon dress in Western attire.

 

Among Babar's other associates are the monkey Zephir, the old elephant counsellors Cornelius and Pompadour (Pompadour was created for the Babar TV series), his cousin Arthur, and his children, Pom, Flora, and Alexander. Later, a second daughter, Isabelle, was introduced. The Old Lady comes to live in the Kingdom as an honoured guest. Despite the presence of these counsellors, Babar's rule seems to be totally independent of any elected body, and completely autocratic; however his leadership style seems to be one that works for the overall benefit of his elephant subjects; a form of benevolent dictator.

Besides his Westernizing policies, Babar engages in warfare with the warlike rhinoceroses of a hostile bordering nation, who are led by Lord Rataxes.

 

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Season 1 (1989)

Babars First Step (28th March 1989)
City Ways (4 April 1989)
Babar Returns (11 April 1989)
The City of Elephants (18 April 1989)
Babar's Triumph (25 April 1989)
Babar's Choice (2 May 1989)
Race to the Moon (9 May 1989)
No Place Like Home (16 May 1989)
An Elephant's Best Friend (23 May 1989)
The Show Must Go On (30 May 1989)
To Duet Or Not to Duet (6 June 1989)
The Missing Crown Affair (13 June 1989)
The Phantom (20 June 1989)
Babar: The Movie (28 July 1989)

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Season 4 (1991)

 

Alexander the Great (13 March 1991)
Cruel to Be Kind (20 March 1991)
A Pair of Queens (27 March 1991)
Rowing Pains (3 April 1991)
Object D'Arthur (10 April 1991)
The Diaperman Cometh (17 April 1991)
Time Flies (24 April 1991)
Insecurity System (1 May 1991)
Kings of the Castle (8 May 1991)
What's Mine Is Mine (15 May 1991)
The Scarlet Pachyderm (22 May 1991)
All Played Out (29 May 1991)
Radio Riot (5 June 1991)

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