Babar and the Adventures of Badou is a computer-animated children's television series that premiered in 2010 based on the characters created by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. The series takes place several years after the original series and has created new characters to the Babar universe, including Badou, who is Babar's 8-year-old grandson and the protagonist of the series. produced by TeamTO .
The English version of the twenty-six episode series first premiered on September 6, 2010 in Australia on ABC2, in France on TF1's TFOU strand on November 8, and in Canada on YTV on November 22. Vice President and Managing Director of Jumbo Pictures, and Nelvana Enterprises, Colin Bohm explained that Nelvana was excited to bring Babar into the 21st century with a new 3D TV series as well as a comprehensive licensing program from TF1. The series also premiered in the U.S. on Playhouse Disney.
Babar and the Adventures of Badou was renewed for a second season, which began airing on Disney Junior on March 25, 2013. The third and final season aired from 2014 to 2015.
Overview
The series follows the adventures of Babar's 8-year-old grandson Badou, who along with his friends and family, solves numerous mysteries, puzzles and situations in Celesteville. The city now features other animals besides elephants.
Although the series features a majority of new characters to the Babar universe, some of the original characters remain though, such as Babar, Celeste and Lord Rataxes, with other original characters also involved.
Episodes
Characters
Pupil characters
Badou (voiced by Dallas Jokic and Drew Adkins) is an elephant, who is prince of Celesteville and lives there with his grandparents. Badou ("Bou" to his friends) is bursting with a sense of adventure. He has inherited his grandfather's daring spirit, plunging into any situation with boundless confidence that he can handle whatever it can throw at him. He idolises his grandfather, and feels the need to prove himself worthy of his legendary status. Chiku (voiced by Samantha Weinstein) is a monkey who's like her father, Zephir. Chiku means canary in Swahili. Chiku is widely inquisitive and easily distracted. A fast-talking chatterbox who can ask a dozen questions at once, she is convinced that there is something wonderful under every rock, at the end of every wire, and at the heart of every lesson. She is quite inventive, often building toys or tools for the others to use. She is an accomplished dancer due to her natural acrobatic skills and sense of balance. Munroe (voiced by Tyler Stevenson) is a courageous crested porcupine who has been touched many times, but, due to his spiky body, has always been well protected. Munroe considers himself Badou's personal champion: a spike-laced Lancelot. Despite being quite chubby, he is very athletic. He dreams to one day become a member of the Royal Guard as he is currently too young to actually join and in "Point Guard" Munroe becomes a member of the Junior Royal Cadets, a new training program created by King Babar as a youth training camp to prepare kids like Munroe who aspire to become a part of the Royal Guard. He is also a practitioner of the martial art Quill-Fu, though in Fu Finder, it is revealed that most of his Quill-Fu moves were learned from comics, in which, after a suggestion from Babar, Munroe seeks out the legendary Quill-Fu master, Jabbsi, who becomes Munroe's martial arts mentor. Zawadi (voiced by Isabel deCarteret) is a zebra who, like the rest of her kind, sees the world in black and white; right and wrong. Outspoken and sometimes bossy, Zawadi wants to do more than just blend in with the herd and is determined to make her own stripe on the world. Zawadi means gift in Swahili. Like King Babar, she is shown to have a love of flowers and gardening. Jake (voiced by Noah Lehman and Gage Munroe) is a scruffy, 5-year-old fox pup. Jake was orphaned as a wild kit and found his way to Celesteville, where he befriended Badou. Cornelius is his legal guardian.