The WORST episodes of Babar

#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

#3 - Conga the Terrible

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1989

#4 - King Tuttle's Vote

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/5/1989

#5 - Remember When...?

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/6/1989

#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

#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.