Laura Shepherd
Director
Babar (1989)
Season 1
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.
Released Jan. 3, 1989
Episode 26 min
4+
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Production Companies: Ministère de la Culture, Ellipsanime Productions, The Clifford Ross Company, CBC, Global Television Network + 12 more, Téléfilm Canada, Le Canal Famille, Télévision Quatre Saisons (TQS), HBO, Media United, Kodansha, TV-Loonland, CNC, Canal+, France 3, Fox Family Channel, Nelvana
Network: CBC Television
S1E1 - Babar's First Step
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.
Jan. 3, 1989, midnight
S1E2 - City Ways
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.
Jan. 10, 1989, midnight
S1E3 - Babar Returns
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.
Jan. 17, 1989, midnight
S1E4 - The City of Elephants
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.
Jan. 24, 1989, midnight
S1E5 - Babar's Triumph
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.
Jan. 31, 1989, midnight
S1E6 - Babar's Choice
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.
Feb. 7, 1989, midnight
S1E7 - Race to the Moon
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.
Feb. 14, 1989, midnight
S1E8 - No Place Like Home
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.
Feb. 21, 1989, midnight
S1E9 - An Elephant's Best Friend
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.
Feb. 28, 1989, midnight
S1E10 - The Show Must Go On
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.
March 7, 1989, midnight
S1E11 - 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 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.
March 14, 1989, midnight
S1E12 - The Missing Crown Affair
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.
March 21, 1989, midnight
S1E13 - The Phantom
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.
March 28, 1989, midnight
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 26 min.
Season Runtime: 2028 min.
Released: Jan. 3, 1989
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 1995, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 4+
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