Babar quotes from Babar

Now, if there are any more who would challenge the one musketeer, let him step forward!

One at a time, one at a time!

Rataxes is going to ask for my crown, my kingdom...

I'd never thought I'd see the day when I'd be thanking you, Rataxes.

Well you three, home. And we're all going to have a long chat about this in the morning.

What a day I've had. I haven't seen so many ruffled feathers since the hurricane in flamingo land!

[to the children] Time waits for no-one, and neither does the school bus!

[voice over] There is a song, the song of the Elephants, which some say has been passed on from the time of the mammoths.

[voice over] The world have long since been forgotten. However, the melody remains.

Not so fast, Arthur! This whole thing could've caused a serious panic. The citizens must be very concerned. I want you to dismantle everything NOW!

I can take an afternoon off once in a while. [kicks a soccer ball through the open doors, and it lands on the horn. A horn player blows hard to shoot out the ball] We can work on my model airplane, Father?

I would love to play too, Alexander, but I have a speech to give to the people of Celesteville.

But you're the king, Father. You can take an afternoon off.

Yeah, and I can get all this uniform before I choke.

Because I'm king, I must do many things that I would sometimes rather not do, children. [Alexander looks disappointed] We all have responsibilities to others. I found that out the hard way. [fades to the jungle] A very long time ago, back in the day before I was king, before there was a Celesteville, back in the days of your grandmother, my mother.

Everyone, round up the children! Head for cover quickly!

Hey! What's going on here? Whoa, wait! Where are we going, Mama?

Cornelius

Quickly, quickly, into the jungle! Quickly, quickly!

[coughing] Ah! [coughing as the water drags him to the land] Mama? [coughing] Mama? Where are you? [The water splashes Babar as he coughs more] Mama?

[trumpeting]

Mama? [Cornelius picks up Babar and Babar coughs] Mama?

[last words before her death] Protect... the children, save the family!

Mama! [The camera moves right upwards as the monkeys hide in the trees, then the scene fades to palm trees and the camera moves right downwards to where Babar calls his mother] Mama? Mama? Where are you? Mama? Cornelius, Have you seen my mother?

Cornelius

Come with me, Babar. [sheds a tear]

NNNNNOOOOOOO!!!!

And so I was alone, the family moved on away from the hunter. But before I could go with them, there was something I had to do.

Pompadour

There is an unknown place the birds speak of, deep in the jungle, a place far away where even the hunter would never find us. I suggest we leave for it immediately.

No! This is our home. We have to stay here.

We all feel just as you do, Babar, but I'm afraid it's a question of survival.

Pompadour

You have a lot to learn, Babar. We're just no match for the hunter or any like him who come from the other side.

Cornelius

We all have much to learn. Perhaps in time, we may get to know the nature of our enemy and then be able to stand against him, but for now, Babar.

I understand.

Pompadour

For now our only hope is to leave before it's too late, if he finds us now, he'll hunt us down to the last! [The gunshot is heard and the elephants panic. The hunter shots an elephant, Babar gasps and the elephants run in panic. Babar backs to the tree]

[as two elephants carry Celeste and Arthur] Run, Babar! Run!

Pompadour

He'll follow us! Hunt us down! All of us!

Cornelius

Babar! Babar! [Babar hears a gun click, gasps and sees a hunter come out through the bush. Babar screams and remembers his memories of his mother's final day]

[whistles] But how did you find them, father? Where did you go? What did you do?

[chuckles] That's another story, Alexander. It's enough to say for now that I made some wonderful friends and learned so very much along the way. Just as there are good people and bad people, there are good kings and bad kings, and one of the things that decides which we are is how we handle our responsibility to others.

Cornelius

[clears his throat off-screen] Uh, speaking of responsibilities.

Ah, Cornelius.

Cornelius

Time for your speech, Your Majesty.

Babar, are you busy?

Never too busy for you, my dear. Can we spare a minute, Cornelius?

Cornelius

Without question, Babar.

Pompadour

Take two, if you wish!

Cornelius

Babar, my boy, I knew you'd come back! I kept telling everyone "That Babar's just too clever for the hunter!"

Pompadour

Only about two thousand times… but even so, I must say it’s a relief and a pleasure to see you again, Babar.

How are you, Pompadour?

Pompadour

Well, taking everything that's happened into consideration, lucky to be alive. I dare say better than you. What happened? You're all green.

Oh, this? It's a suit. [takes off his jacket and holds it] See? It comes off.

Cornelius

[gasps] My tusks! You can shed your skin, like a snake!

Young Arthur

Yeah, clothes are like skins you can change, and some of them itch like the Dickens.

Cornelius

Hmmm, they are rather attractive.

And we brought back all sorts of gifts, Mother, powder and perfume.

Young Arthur

And creampuffs. [Pompadour comes to Babar's car, sniffs a tire and holds a gramophone's horn. As he does so, it plays music, causing him and the other elephants to scream and trumpet]

[laughs] That's a gramophone. Oh, I have so much to tell you and I'm so happy to have found you all safe and sound.

Pompadour

That's a matter of opinion.

Cornelius

We kept moving, at thinking we would find sanctuary, but now we’ve realized that no where was safe from the relentless hunter.

Not even this miserable place.

Your Highness.

You left when this trouble all started, Babar. It is good that you have returned, as we are about to put an end to it. Tomorrow we’ll stand and fight just as elephants should.

[last words before his death] Can't even find something decent to eat around here, and the hunter is closing in once again! [The elephants trumpet] We will run no further. Tomorrow at dawn, we will drive him out of the jungle! I call for an elephant stampede! [The elephants trumpet]

Cornelius

[to the elephants] Shh! Quietly! [Old King pulls out a mushroom and eats it]

Your Highness, this is madness! [Old King eats another mushroom] The hunter has a gun, traps! We must out-think him!

Pompadour

It's all very well for you to say, Babar. You’ve forgotten what it's like to live in the jungle.

Cornelius

You have been away in the city on the.. other side a long time, Babar.

Pompadour

[off-screen] The elephant stampede [on-screen] is an honorable battle tradition that goes back to the days of the Mighty Mammoths. Isn't that so, your Majesty? [The Old King growls]

Pompadour

Your Majesty?

Cornelius

My tusks! [runs to the Old King who is now dead] Your Majesty!

Cornelius, what happened?

Cornelius

It's the mushrooms. They're poison.

Pompadour

Horrors! What can we do now?

Cornelius

[walks to the rock] Our illustrious king has sadly departed from us. Although he has gone to a better place, his wisdom and his courage will live on in our hearts forever. We will proceed with the old king's final wishes... Tomorrow, we stampede! [elephants trumpet] We have little choice, Babar.

It's madness. We don't stand a chance. [Babar has a sad expression]