Babar

Babar

1989
★★★☆☆ 6.2/10
📺 6 Seasons
🎬 78 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 26 min/episode
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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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Seasons

Season 1
1989 • 13 Episodes
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.
Season 2
1989 • 13 Episodes
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.
Season 3
1992 • 13 Episodes
When 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.
Season 4
1991 • 13 Episodes
Alexander's flying skills get him into hot water when he crash lands his plane in the jungle and makes friends with a tribe who invite him for dinner.
Season 5
1991 • 13 Episodes
Arthur becomes a hero when his "lead blimp" tops the jungle popularity polls. But the blimp doesn't work yet and the greatly anticipated maiden voyage is only a few hours away.
Season 6
1995 • 13 Episodes
Babar and the family prepare to embark on a journey to find the ""Land of Happiness.""

User Reviews

GenerationofSwine
★ 1/10
It was kind of like the Waltons, maybe like The Cosby Show (minus the humor), Father Know's Best, you know what, pick the sickeningly saccharine TV sitcom and that is kind of what Babar was. As a child I thought it was preachy and, as an adult, I know it was kind of preachy.
January 12, 2023

Crew

Producer
Clive A. Smith, Patrick Loubert, Michael Hirsh

Network

CBC Television, K2, NBC, Canal+

Production

Ministère de la culture, Ellipsanime Productions, The Clifford Ross Company, CBC, Global Television Network, Téléfilm Canada, Le Canal Famille, Télévision Quatre Saisons (TQS), HBO, Media United, Kodansha, TV-Loonland, CNC, Canal+, France 3, Fox Family Channel, Nelvana

Keywords

based on novel or bookanthropomorphism