When Babar discovers that the 'Phantom' in an abandoned theater is really a lonely Old Musician who lives there, Babar decides to try and help him come out of seclusion. Unfortunately, the Phantom resents the meddling and scares Babar's friends away to the point where they decide the theatre should be torn down.
Babar, the King of the Elephants tells his children the story of his family and his early life in the jungle. Babar recounts how his life was changed after his mother was killed by a hunter.
Forced to run away from the jungle by the Hunter, Babar makes his way to the City only to find it just as dangerous and confusing. Motherless and alone, Babar is befriended by the Old Lady, who tries to teach him how to fit into her world, with his ultimate test at a society dinner in his honour.
Babar leaves the Old Lady and City to return to the jun
As the new King of the Elephants, Babar's first decision is to build a city for his people. Not only does Rataxes want to build a city too, but Babar also has to deal with the countless problems that his obsession with building his city quickly raises.
When the Hunter returns to threaten Babar's kingdom, Babar takes matters into his own hands and gathers Rataxes and all the jungle's inhabitants. They manage to fight the Hunter and repel him once and for all.
At a ball in the palace, Babar's advisers Cornelius and Pompadour jeopardise Babar and Céleste's relationship by forcing Babar to ask the daughter of a high dignitary to dance instead of Céleste.
Babar wants to rebuild an old theatre in memory of his mother. However, all his subjects soon get excited about building a rocket to the moon, which would beat Rataxes' rocket to the punch.
Babar decides to welcome a young boy from the circus to the palace. But when the boy regrets his decision and wants to return to the circus, he discovers that he may be too late. The circus has just been captured by Rataxes.
Times are hard for Babar because Rataxes is blocking deliveries of grenades to Célesteville. But when Babar finds a warthog in the jungle, Rataxes suddenly wants to negotiate. What Babar doesn't know yet is that the warthog belongs to Rataxes' wife and that he must get it back before she realises it's missing.
Babar organises a big ballet show in Célestevile. But the star of the show, a capricious prima ballerina, causes all kinds of problems. She turns Babar's production into a disaster.
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.
When Babar's crown goes missing, Zéphir improvises as a detective to help him. But they both start to panic when they discover that all the evidence points to Babar's closest friends, and that stealing his crown is just the first step in robbing him of his throne.
When Zéphir and Céleste have an accident, they find themselves against each other. Babar is caught in the middle two, obliged to judge and decide a case between his two friends.
King Babar remembers when he was young and living in the city. Babar and his friends were the butt of many jokes and pranks because they were "different".
King Babar remembers the cruel dilemma he faced when he had to choose between his sense of fairness and agreeing with his friends.
Babar has chosen Arthur to be his partner in the annual bike race. He soon wonders whether he would have been better off choosing someone more talented when he learns that two cheetahs desperate to win will also be in the race.
When Babar discovers that Zéphir would rather play jokes than look after the royal peanut plant, he decides to teach him a lesson. Unfortunately, Rataxes is now directing his forces at the peanut plant. Babar and Zéphir find themselves isolated and unable to call for help.
Babar wants to find a unique present for the Old Lady's birthday. A feather from the tail of the "Fabulous Weeping Bird", which can only be found at the top of the "Fabulous Bird" mountain.
When Babar forgets to fill in forms for transporting equipment across Rhinoceros country, a Rataxes general uses it as an excuse to declare war on Celesteville.
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".
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.
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.
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.
Believing Babar to be the target of assassins, Pompadour and Cornélius refuse to leave his side. This does not suit Babar, who would simply like to have a quiet dinner with Céleste.
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.
When Flora decides to do a newspaper story about Real Life of the Royal Family, the royal homestead is thrown into a panic as her photographs prove to be embarrassing to everyone in the palace.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stuck baby-sitting his little sister Isabelle, Alexander spends the afternoon making up a fairytale which ultimately draws them closer together.
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!
When Uncle Arthur, the world traveller and adventurer, shows up at the palace, his tall stories propel Babars children into getting themselves mixed up in a dangerous dock side escapade.
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.
Babars health is in question when he accredits his strange behavior to mysterious visits from the Old Elephant Kings ghost.
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.
