Babar (1989)
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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Episode 1 - The Celesteville Inquirer
Release Date: 1992-11-19When 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.
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Episode 2 - Special Delivery
Release Date: 1992-11-23With 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.
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Episode 3 - To Tell Or Not to Tell
Release Date: 1990-03-12When 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
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Episode 4 - The Coin
Release Date: 1992-12-02When 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.
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Episode 5 - My Dinner With Rataxes
Release Date: 1990-04-16While 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.
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Episode 6 - Fathers and Sons
Release Date: 1990-04-02When 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.
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Episode 7 - Witches Potion
Release Date: 1990-03-19Believing 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.
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Episode 8 - A Tale of Two Siblings
Release Date: 1990-05-07Stuck baby-sitting his little sister Isabelle, Alexander spends the afternoon making up a fairytale which ultimately draws them closer together.
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Episode 9 - A Charmed Life
Release Date: 1990-04-30Burdened 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!
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Episode 10 - Uncle Arthur and the Pirates
Release Date: 1990-04-09When 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.
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Episode 11 - The Unsalted Sea Serpent
Release Date: 1990-05-14When 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.
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Episode 12 - Ghost for a Day
Release Date: 1990-05-21Babar's health is in question when he accredits his strange behavior to mysterious visits from the Old Elephant King's ghost.
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Episode 13 - Boys Will Be Boys
Release Date: 1990-05-28When 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.