5.5/1024 votesLoading...#1 - Monkey Business
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/18/1989
Babar has been troubled as of late, as he’s learnt that Zephir is too busy fooling around to take his duties as a Royal Guard seriously. In an attempt to teach him a lesson, Babar decides to play a prank of his own, though he soon learns something that makes him deeply regret his earlier actions.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.6/1021 votesLoading...#2 - King Tuttle's Vote
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/23/1989
Rataxes 'king-naps' King Tuttle, the Tortoise King, so he cannot sign Babar's treaty that would force Rataxes to stop dumping garbage into the river.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.8/1020 votesLoading...#3 - The Lead Blimp
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/1991
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.9/1024 votesLoading...#4 - To Duet Or Not to Duet
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/14/1989
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.
Director: Laura Shepherd
Writer: Elaine Waisglass
5.9/1023 votesLoading...#5 - School Days
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/28/1989
King Babar recalls a time when he was a young boy living in the City. Babar and his friends were picked on by the school bullies and made to feel like outcasts because they all looked 'different'.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.9/1019 votesLoading...#6 - The Old Lady Vanishes
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 6/1/1991
Babar agrees to clandestinely escort a top-secret briefcase to Paris. But the simple journey becomes complicated when the Old Lady mysteriously disappears from the train.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.0/1026 votesLoading...#7 - No Place Like Home
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/1989
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.
Director: Laura Shepherd
Writer: Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford
6.0/1021 votesLoading...#8 - A Pair of Queens
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/1991
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 illusion.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.0/1016 votesLoading...#9 - Land of the Underground
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1995
The family find themselves stuck in an underground city where they are faced with a serious problem.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1023 votesLoading...#10 - The Show Must Go On
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/1989
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 Babar's production into a disaster.
Director: Laura Shepherd
Writer: Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford
6.1/1025 votesLoading...#11 - The Gift
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/1989
Babar goes out of his 'way' to find the Old Lady a unique gift for her birthday.... the tail feather of the "Way Out Bird" who can only be found on top of the treacherous "Way Out Peak".
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1024 votesLoading...#12 - Elephant Express
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/9/1989
When Rataxes refuses to let Babar build a railway through Rhinoland, Babar is forced to detour through a jungle inhabited by a strange monster known as the 'Polomoche'.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1022 votesLoading...#13 - The Intruder
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/30/1989
King Babar's children decide to help their father overcome one of his problems by telling him about the time when they thought there was a monster in the Palace.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1023 votesLoading...#14 - A Charmed Life
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 4/30/1990
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!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1020 votesLoading...#15 - Never Cry Alien
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 6/3/1991
Arthur pulls a prank, which has everyone believing aliens are landing. But the joke backfires on Arthur when he spots a real UFO and nobody believes him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1020 votesLoading...#16 - Oh, To Be An Adult
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 5/27/1991
When the kids turn eleven they decide they are now adults. Babar and Celeste are shocked when they announce their "adult" plans for their lives.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1017 votesLoading...#17 - Land of Toys
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1995
The children are jovial when they learn that their balloon landed in a town filled with toys.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1016 votesLoading...#18 - Land of the Treats
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1995
Babar and his family land in a treat-filled town with a problem.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/1026 votesLoading...#19 - Race to the Moon
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1989
Babar's 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.
Director: Laura Shepherd
Writer: J.D. Smith
6.2/1025 votesLoading...#20 - Tour De Celesteville
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/1989
An annual bike race is about to take place and Babar has selected Arthur to be his teammate for the event. However, when Babar learns that too very fast athletes are also competing in the race, he decides to use unorthodox tactics in order to win, despite the fact that he could be disqualified if he were caught.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/1022 votesLoading...#21 - Double the Guards
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/6/1989
The Royal Guard must do everything they can to protect the King and Queen, though when rumors are spread that an assassin is going to try to take Babar’s life, Pompadour and Cornelius decide to stay by their sire at every moment, though their actions only seem to get on Babar’s nerves.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/1026 votesLoading...#22 - A Tale of Two Siblings
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/7/1990
Stuck baby-sitting his little sister Isabelle, Alexander spends the afternoon making up a fairytale which ultimately draws them closer together.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/1021 votesLoading...#23 - Insecurity System
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/1991
A fault in the Rhino Security system traps Cornelius and the children inside the Rhino Place, and it's up to Cornelius to devise an escape before its too late.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/1021 votesLoading...#24 - Helping Hands
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/1991
The kids decide to hold a yard sale believing the palace to be in financial trouble. But while looking for goods to sell, they mistakenly pick up Rataxes' "favorite" lamp.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/1020 votesLoading...#25 - The Unsung Hero
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 5/13/1991
Rataxes takes the credit when Basil saves Isabelle's life. Rataxes is hailed as a hero but finds his guilty conscience troubling him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Babar
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Monkey Business" is the worst rated episode of "Babar". It scored 5.5/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/18/1989. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "King Tuttle's Vote".