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Babar is a fictional elephant character created by Jean de Brunhoff in 1931. He becomes the king of the elephants after his mother is killed by a hunter and his adventures in the city and the jungle.
Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn is Arabic for "Defender of the Faith" (of Islam), and Muhammad honours the Islamic prophet. The name was chosen for Babur by the Sufi saint Khwaja Ahrar, who was the spiritual master of his father. [21]
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Based on the books by Jean de Brunhoff and Laurent de Brunhoff, the plot of the first two seasons focuses on the story of Babar as it is told by him to his children.The past Babar is a young elephant who, traumatized by a hunter slaughtering his mother, flees from his home forest in exile to the city, where a kind Old Lady adopts him and teaches hi...
Babar's family
1. Babar: The King of Celesteville. He brought his love of the city back to the great forest and built the beautiful, happy kingdom of Celesteville. However, he is a dedicated ruler and world traveler. His mother was shot by a poacher when he was young, so he is very protective and caring of his family, as well as the elephants and other animals of the kingdom. 2. Celeste: Babar's wife and Queen of Celesteville. She has also travelled the world and has had many great adventures. She has a reg...
Babar's close friends and royal court
1. Madame (The Old Lady): A human who adopted Babar when he ran away from the hunter who killed his mother. From their first meeting in the city, the Old Lady and Babar shared a special friendship. She gave him a home and taught him about life in the city. Though she missed him greatly, she understood his decision to return to the forest. Babar built her a home in Celesteville, where she now lives with her elephant friends. Her husband plays a organ who only appeared in "The Phantom". 2. Zeph...
Rataxes' family
1. Lord Rataxes: The king of Rhinoland, Rataxes is typically depicted as a rude, selfish and often incompetent leader. Although he only appears once in the canon of the books, he serves as the main antagonist of the TV series. Rataxes often dreams of dominating the jungle and even claiming the elephant kingdom for himself, but his bumbling schemes to advance those goals generally fall apart or are easily thwarted by the elephants. As Rataxes himself admits, his resentment of Babar is rooted i...
DVD releases
In Region 2, Fremantle Home Entertainmentreleased 3 single disc collections on DVD in the UK on May 4, 2009. On June 5, 2012, Entertainment Onereleased the complete first season on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.
David Knox at TV Tonight commented on the subject of death and the way it is depicted in Children's Television, citing the pilot of Babar as an example, "This week ABCreplayed the pilot episode of the animated series in which the baby elephant loses his mother to a hunter after being shot by a rifle. Produced by a Canadian company in 1989 it doesn'...
In 1990, the TV series won a 7 d'Oraward for Best Youth Program (Meilleure émission pour la jeunesse). In 1989, the TV series won a Gemini award for Best Animated Program or Series (Patrick Loubert, Lenora Hume, Clive A. Smith, and Michael Hirsh). In 1990, the show won a Gemini for Best Animated Program or Series (Patrick Loubert, Michael Hirsh, an...
Babar: The Movie
In 1989, New Line Cinema, Nelvana, and Astral Films announced that a film adaption of Babar would be released. This would be followed by a sequel released in 1999, titled Babar: King of the Elephants, and was released by Alliance Films theatrically and HBO Home Video as a direct-to-videofilm.
Babar and Father Christmas
The 1986 television film Babar and Father Christmas won the 1987 Gemini award for Best Animated Program or Series. It first aired on HBO in the U.S. on December 5, 1986, on the CBC in Canada on December 15, 1986, on the BBC in the United Kingdom on Christmas Eve 1986 and on the ABC in Australia on Christmas Day 1987. The film's DVD title is also known as Babar et le Père Noëlin France. The film was made in Canada. The song "Christmas in Celesteville" was featured in the TV film. Gary Morton w...
There was a short-lived revival of the animated series in 2000 on Teletoon and KiKa, The production for the company Nelvana Limited, and the Kodansha company in Japan and Germany. Most of the episodes for the revival series have Babar and his family traveling in a hot-air balloon to different Lands of Adventure, such as the Land of Toys. None of th...
Cast
1. Dan Lettas Babar 2. Janet-Laine Greenas Celeste 3. Kyle Fairlieas Alexander 4. Kristen Bone as Flora 5. Noah Reidas Pom 6. Philip Williamsas Zephir
Throughout the series Babar is crowned King of the elephants, plans and builds Celesteville, and becomes a father. Babar learns the greatest lesson of all: despite life's challenges, great...
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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 whe...
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Babar is the King of Celesteville and of Elephantland. He is married to Celeste, and has four children: Pom, Flora, Alexander, and Isabelle. He lives in an elaborate palace with his first initial carved in various locations, and also employs Four of his Stateship Servant Representatives...
Dec 23, 2014 · Learn how Babar, the iconic children's character created by Jean de Brunhoff, came to life and how his son Laurent de Brunhoff continued his legacy. Discover the origin of the shocking first book, the collaboration with his wife Phyllis Rose, and the cultural significance of Babar.
