The WORST episodes of Babar
Every episode of Babar ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Babar!
The adventures of a beloved elephant king and his family come to life in this delightful animated series based on the children's books by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. Living in a huge mansion with his whole family of elephants, Babar has entertained over millions of toddlers, and even older children nation-wide.
#1 - Cruel to Be Kind
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/29/1991
Babar learns that honesty is the best policy when Zephir takes up the palace duties of Pompadour and Cornelius, with disastrous results.
#2 - Elephant Express
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1989
Rataxes refuses to let Babar build his railway through Rhinoceros country. Babar is forced to take a diversion and pass through a jungle inhabited by a strange monster known as "Polomoche".
#3 - Conga the Terrible
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1989
Cornelius thinks he's getting too old and useless when he causes Babar and his friends to be shipwrecked on an island inhabited by a monstrous gorilla.
#4 - King Tuttle's Vote
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/5/1989
Rataxes kidnaps King Tuttle, king of the turtles, to prevent him from signing a treaty with Babar. The treaty would force Rataxes to stop polluting the river.
#5 - Remember When...?
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/6/1989
Babar's children remember the time they accidentally found themselves in a hot-air balloon battling a terrible storm, forcing Babar and Céleste to use all their resources to get out of it.
#6 - Special Delivery
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/3/1990
With 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.
#7 - To Tell or Not to Tell
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/10/1990
When 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.
#8 - The Coin
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/17/1990
When 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.
#9 - My Dinner with Rataxes
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/25/1990
While 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.
#10 - Fathers and Sons
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/3/1990
When 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.
#11 - Witches Potion
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/10/1990
Believing 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.
#12 - A Tale of Two Siblings
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/31/1990
Stuck baby-sitting his little sister Isabelle, Alexander spends the afternoon making up a fairytale which ultimately draws them closer together.
#13 - A Charmed Life
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/4/1990
Burdened 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!
#14 - The Unsalted Sea Serpent
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1990
When 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.
#15 - Ghost for a Day
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1989
Babars health is in question when he accredits his strange behavior to mysterious visits from the Old Elephant Kings ghost.
#16 - Boys Will Be Boys
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/1990
When 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.
#17 - The Intruder
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/1989
The children decide to help Babar overcome one of his problems by reminding him of the time when they thought there was a monster in the palace.
#18 - A Pair of Queens
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/3/1991
Flora's pen pal arrives, believing Flora is queen of Celesteville. Afraid to tell the truth, Flora convinces Pom and Alexander to help her keep up the lie.
#19 - Rowing Pains
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/1991
Alexander learns a hard lesson about responsibility when he lets his rowing team and Zephir down.
#20 - Object D'Arthur
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/18/1991
When two inept thieves make off with Arthur's treasured statue, Babar is called in to solve the mystery.
#21 - Kings of the Castle
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1991
For a school project, the royal children convince Babar and Rataxes to switch places for the day. Rataxes is lazy and abusive to Pompadour and Cornelius, and Babar finds that his soft nature doesn't work for Rataxes's subjects.
#22 - All Played Out
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1991
Babar and the children have no idea just how much they've been taking Celeste for granted, until she wins the lead role in Basil's new theater production.
#23 - Radio Riot
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/1991
A successful radio show shoots Zephir to superstar status with the children of the Kingdom. Unfortunately his questionable advice on "dealing with your parents" triggers a confrontation between generations.
#24 - A Child in the Snow
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/25/1991
Babar takes his family up into the mountains ostensibly for a winter holiday. But Babar is really searching for the mythical creature he saw as a child.
#25 - Mango Madness
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/3/1991
Babar talks with Flora about the importance of always telling the truth. Yet Babar starts to regret those words when Flora does exactly that.