Episode
Babar: Cruel to Be Kind
Overview
Babar learns that honesty is the best policy when Zephir takes up the palace duties of Pompadour and Cornelius, with disastrous results
Details
- Series
- Babar
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1991-01-14
Episode context
Cruel to Be Kind is Episode 2 in Season 4 of Babar. It aired on 1991-01-14.
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Episode 1: Alexander the Great
Alexander's flying skills get him into hot water when he crash lands his plane in the jungle and makes friends with a tribe who invite him for dinner.
Episode 3: A Pair of Queens
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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Rowing Pains
Alexander learns a hard lesson about responsibility when he lets his rowing team and Zephir down.
Episode 5: Object D'Arthur
When two inept thieves make off with Arthur's treasured statue, Babar is called in to solve the mystery.
Episode 6: The Diaperman Cometh
When a baby elephant is abandoned on the doorstep of the Rhino palace, Rataxes finds himself acting as an unwilling father.
Episode 7: Time Flies
After witnessing the arrival of a mysterious time traveler, Alexander has a hard time getting anyone to believe his story.
Episode 8: Insecurity System
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.
Episode 9: Kings of the Castle
As part of a school project to promote understanding and co-operation, the children convince Babar and Rataxes to change places for the day. Forced to deal with the other's problems, Babar and Rataxes learn it isn't easy to walk a mile in somebody else's shoes.
Episode 10: What's Mine Is Mine
After a calculating con man lures Arthur into throwing away his life savings for a worthless mine, Zephir and Arthur plan to teach the thief a lesson.
Episode 11: The Scarlet Pachyderm
When Rataxes seals the border between Rhinoland and Celesteville, it's up to the mysterious night raider known as The Scarlet Pachyderm, to save the day.
Episode 12: All Played Out
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.
Episode 13: Radio Riot
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.