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Babar Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1989 - 1989
Episode 1
Babar's First Step
Sat, Sep 15, 199024 mins
Babar, the King of the Elephants tells his children, the story of his early life and how his life was changed after his mother is killed by a hunter.
Episode 2
City Ways
24 mins
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.
Episode 3
Babar Returns
24 mins
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.
Episode 4
The City of Elephants
24 mins
As the Elephants new King, Babars 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.
Episode 5
Babar's Triumph
24 mins
When the Hunter returns to threaten Babars 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.
Episode 6
Babar's Choice
24 mins
At an important palace ball, Babars advisors Cornelius and Pompadour jeopardize Babars relationship with Celeste by forcing Babar to take the visiting dignitarys daughter to the dance instead of her.
Episode 7
Race to the Moon
24 mins
Babars 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.
Episode 8
No Place Like Home
24 mins
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.
Episode 9
An Elephant's Best Friend
24 mins
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.
Episode 10
The Show Must Go On
24 mins
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 Babars production into a disaster.
Episode 11
To Duet or Not to Duet
24 mins
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.
Episode 12
The Missing Crown Affair
24 mins
When Babars 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 Babars closest friends stole the crown as the first step to taking over his kingdom.
Episode 13
The Phantom
24 mins
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 Babars friends away to the point where they decide the theatre should be torn down.