Babar

- Season 1

(1989)

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.

Friendless and alone in the big city, Babar discovers, with the help of a kind old lady, that to win people over he just has to be himself.

Babar returns to his elephant friends in the jungle, only to discover that they are still living in terror due to the hunter who won't leave them alone.

With the help of Cornelius, Pompadour and the Old Lady, Babar rushes to build the grand city of his dreams. When tragedy falls upon a close friend though, he has to reevaluate his priorities.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the midst of a petty feud over pomegranate shipments, Babar finds solace in a friendly and rambunctious warthog, but keeping his new pal might not be so simple.

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.

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.

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.

Babar, intrigued by a mysterious phantom haunting the old theater, discovers that this urban legend is only a lonely old musician. When things backfire, he has to save the theater from being destroyed.