• Air date: 21 Aug '89 13 episodes
      Babar is a Canadian/French/Japanese animated television series produced in Quebec, Canada by Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company. It premiered in 1989 on CBC and HBO, subsequently was rerun on HBO Family and Qubo. The series is based on Jean de Brunhoff's original Babar books, and was Nelvana's first international co-production. The series' 78 episodes have been broadcast in 30 languages in over 150 countries. Episodes of Babar currently air on Ion Television and Qubo. While the French author Laurent de Brunhoff pronounces the name Babar as "BUH-bar", the TV series in its first five seasons pronounces the name as "BAB-bar". In 2010, a computer-animated sequel series spin-off of Babar titled Babar and the Adventures of Badou was launched. The new series focuses on a majority of new characters.
  • List of Episodes (13)
    • 1. Between Friends

      21 Aug '89
      When Zephir and Celeste have an accident they soon find themselves battling out their trial in court. Babar is caught in the middle, forced to be the Judge of who is guilty of causing the mishap.
    • 2. School Days

      28 Aug '89
      King Babar recalls a time when he was a young boy living in the City. Babar and his friends were picked on by the school bullies and made to feel like outcasts because they all looked 'different'.
    • 3. Peer Pressure

      04 Sep '89
      King Babar recalls having to make a tough decision between loyalty to friendship and loyalty to the law, when a group of boys he knows are about to cause trouble at a local junkyard.
    • 4. La Tour De Celesteville

      11 Sep '89
      An annual bike race is about to take place and Babar has selected Arthur to be his teammate for the event. However, when Babar learns that too very fast athletes are also competing in the race, he decides to use unorthodox tactics in order to win, despite the fact that he could be disqualified if he were caught.
    • 5. Monkey Business

      18 Sep '89
      Babar has been troubled as of late, as he’s learnt that Zephir is too busy fooling around to take his duties as a Royal Guard seriously. In an attempt to teach him a lesson, Babar decides to play a prank of his own, though he soon learns something that makes him deeply regret his earlier actions.
    • 6. The Gift

      25 Sep '89
      Babar goes out of his 'way' to find the Old Lady a unique gift for her birthday.... the tail feather of the "Way Out Bird" who can only be found on top of the treacherous "Way Out Peak".
    • 7. Rhino War

      02 Oct '89
      When Babar fails to fill out the proper papers to ship fairground supplies through Rhinoland, a General in Rataxes' army uses this as an excuse to declare war on Celesteville.
    • 8. Elephant Express

      09 Oct '89
      When Rataxes refuses to let Babar build a railway through Rhinoland, Babar is forced to detour through a jungle inhabited by a strange monster known as the 'Polomoche'.
    • 9. Conga the Terrible

      16 Oct '89
      Cornelius believes that he's becoming quite useless, when his age causes Babar and his friend to get shipwrecked on an island that's home to a monstrous gorilla.
    • 10. King Tuttle's Vote

      23 Oct '89
      Rataxes 'king-naps' King Tuttle, the Tortoise King, so he cannot sign Babar's treaty that would force Rataxes to stop dumping garbage into the river.
    • 11. The Intruder

      30 Oct '89
      King Babar's children decide to help their father overcome one of his problems by telling him about the time when they thought there was a monster in the Palace.
    • 12. Double the Guards

      06 Nov '89
      The Royal Guard must do everything they can to protect the King and Queen, though when rumors are spread that an assassin is going to try to take Babar’s life, Pompadour and Cornelius decide to stay by their sire at every moment, though their actions only seem to get on Babar’s nerves.
    • 13. Remember When...?

      13 Nov '89
      Babar's children recall the time when they accidentally went up in a balloon and entered a terrible storm, forcing Babar and Celeste to use every bit of their courage and resourcefulness to save them.