Babar is a French children's fictional character who first appeared in a book by Jean de Brunhoff in 1931 and enjoyed immediate success.
An English language version, entitled The Story of Babar, appeared in 1933 in Britain and also in the United States.
The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cecile, had invented for their children.
It tells of a young elephant who leaves the jungle, visits a big city, and returns to bring the benefits of civilization to his fellow elephants.
Then he comes back and becomes king of the elephant kingdom. He then has children and teaches them valuable lessons.
Jean de Brunhoff published six more stories before his death in 1937. His son Laurent de Brunhoff, also a writer and illustrator, carried on the series from 1946 onwards with Babar et Le Coquin d'Arthur.
The character has also appeared in a number of films, and the stories have inspired musical works by Francis Poulenc and Raphael Mostel.
After he witnesses the slaughter of his beloved mother by a hunter, he flees from the jungle and finds his way to Paris where he is befriended by an old lady, who buys him clothes and enrolls him in school.
His cousins Celeste and Arthur find him in the big city and then help him return to the Elephant realm following the death of the King of the Elephants, who had eaten a poisonous mushroom.
A council of elephants approach him, saying that as he has 'lived among men and learned much', he would be suitable to become the new King.
He is crowned King of the Elephants, marries his cousin Celeste, and founds the city of Celesteville.
Babar, who likes to wear a bright green suit, introduces a very French form of Western civilization to the elephants, and they soon dress in Western attire.
The Phantom
Special Delivery
To Tell or Not to Tell
No place like home
A Tale of Two Siblings
Babar Episode List
01. Babar's First Step (pilot) 02. City Ways 03. The Return 04. The City of Elephants 05. Triumph 06. Choice 07. Race to the Moon 08. No Place Like Home 09. An Elephant's Best Friend 10. The Show Must Go On 11. To Duet Or Not to Duet 12. The Missing Crown Affair 13. The Phantom 14. Babar: The Movie 15. Between Friends 16. School Days 17. Peer Pressure 18. La Tour De Celesteville 19. Monkey Business 20. The Gift 21. Rhino War 22. Elephant Express 23. Conga the Terrible 24. King Tuttle's Vote 25. The Intruder 26. Double the Guards 27. Remember When...? 28. The Celesteville Enquirer 29. Special Delivery 30. To Tell Or Not to Tell 31. The Coin 32. My Dinner with Rataxes 33. Fathers and Sons 34. Witch's Potion 35. Tale of Two Siblings 36. A Charmed Life 37. Uncle Arthur and the Pirates 38. The Unsalted Sea Serpent 39. Ghost for a Day 40. Boys Will Be Boys 41. Alexander the Great 42. Cruel to Be Kind 43. A Pair of Queens 44. Rowing Pains 45. Object D'Arthur 46. The Diaperman Cometh 47. Time Flies 48. Insecurity System 49. Kings of the Castle 50. What's Mine Is Mine 51. The Scarlet Pachyderm 52. All Played Out 53. Radio Riot 51. The Lead Blimp 52. Helping Hands 53. Victor, Victorious 54. The Unsung Hero 55. Every Basket Has a Silver Lining 56. The One That Got Away 57. Never Cry Alien! 58. Friendly Agreement 59. A Child in the Snow 60. The Old Lady Vanishes 61. Oh, to Be an Adult 62. Robot Rampage 63. Mango Madness 61. The Departure 62. Adventure on Big Island 63. Land of Games 64. Land of Toys 65. Land of Ice 66. Land of Pirates 67. Land of Witches 68. Land of Mysterious Water 69. Land of the Underground 70. The Seabed Land 71. Land of Treats 72. Land of the Treasure Hunt 73. Land of Happiness (Series Finale)