Babar quotes from Babar

You can't throw this away, Celeste. It's the Celesteville national anthem I wrote when I was first crowned king. "Oh, Celesteville, home of elephants. Tusks, trunks and gray, the place for me to stay. Hey, hey, hey!"

"Tusks, trunks and gray"? Oh, Babar... [chuckles]

Well, it sounded better way back then...

It's not whether you win or lose...

...It's how you play the game. I know. I just wish we could play the game well enough to win. Just once!

It's always exciting having Arthur back in town.

"Exciting" is an understatement, Celeste.

He doesn't waste a second.

Welcome home, Arthur.

Arthur

Nice to see you, sis. I wish I could stay longer, but there's still a piece of the world out there I haven't seen yet.

[chuckling] You mean there are people out there who haven't heard your tall tales yet?

Arthur

Believe it or not, Babar. Now, come on, kids, let's make a break for it.

Yay!

Nice working with you, Rataxes.

Rataxes

I couldn't agree more, Babar.

Who knows? This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Nah!

Rataxes

You know, it's a good thing you signed that peace treaty when you did. You elephants would never have survived a full-fledged rhino attack!

I believe you. I'm barely surviving dinner.

Pompadour

But Rataxes? He's not, he's not... reasonable!

That's an understatement.

Questions, questions, questions. Everybody wants answers. Where? When? How? What? [sees a trinket and picks it] How curious. Looks like some sort of charm.

[off-screen] Problems, Your Majesty?

Huh? [The gypsy bear stirs his spoon on his cauldron on fire] Where did you come from?

Oh, here and there. What's bothering you?

[sighs] The king's supposed to have all the answers. I think I've run out of answers. [spins a trinket in his trunk]

It must be difficult having so many people depend on you, but then, I'm sure you wouldn't have it any other way.

Oh, wouldn't I? A carefree gypsy life like yours wouldn't be hard to take. No responsibilities, no decisions to have to make. [throws a trinket up in the air] Day after day after day.

True, but think of all the good you do for so many.

But as much as I do, there's something else that needs doing. [sighs] Oh, if I could just wish it all away.

Be careful what you wish, Your Majesty. It might come true.

[chuckles] If only it were that easy. I'd just close my eyes...

Be careful.

And wish that I never was the king of Celesteville.

Pompadour

Do you mind?! [dressed as a sanitation engineer, picking up litter]

Huh? Oh, excuse me... Pompadour! Oh, Pompadour, am I glad to see you?

Pompadour

That's what all the litterbugs say after the fact.

No, you don't understand. Something's going on around here, and... Pompadour, what, happened to you?

Pompadour

My job!

Your job?! Since when are you a... a trash collector?

Pompadour

"Trash collector"? I'll have you know we are... sanitation engineers!

Cornelius

We've just been promoted!

Cornelius? Don't you remember? This is Celesteville. I'm Babar!

Cornelius

Babar... hmmm... Babar...

That's right! Babar!

Cornelius

There was a young lad by that name, but he ran away from the herd years ago.

But-

Cornelius

I heard he ended up in a foreign city... [Pompadour gasps] in the zoo.

Pompadour

Good heavens!

You don't know me. But I'm the king! My crown, it's gone!

Pompadour

Yes, well, it... it certainly was nice chatting with you, er, um... Berber. Er, come along, Cornelius.

Cornelius

It seemed like a nice enough young fellow.

Pompadour

Well, I must say he has a nice suit... for a lunatic.

The king and queen aren't home.

They are now.

And they lived hppily ever after.

Isabelle

What a nice story. Don't you just love happy endings?

As long as they're not too sappy.

Isabelle

But what happened to the family? Did they ever come back?

Isabelle, Alexander, time for breakfast!

They sure did.

Isabelle

So I guess the monster wasn't too bad after all, eh, Alexander?

No. She turned out to be pretty nice, for a little sister. [Isabelle and Alexander laughing]: Ha ha ha!

Isabelle

Oh, yeah. Heroes don't hug.

Well, maybe just this once.

Ah, there's nothing like the open sea. Right, Pom?

Right, father. But this is a lake, not the sea.

Oh, yes. Well, that's even better. Ah, the open lake! Doesn't sound quite the same, does it?

[chuckles] No, it doesn't!

I know I've been acting crazy, but maybe our lives have become a little crazy lately.

Pompadour

But, sire, it's simply the faster pace of progress!

Precisely. And the faster life moves, the faster it can pass us by. I just think we should slow down once in a while, to be with family and friends.

Cornelius

Now that's real progress, Babar. The sanest thing I've heard in a while. Why, it sounds like something the old king might have said.

Yes, Cornelius. I can almost hear him say those exact words.

Rataxes

If I always had to lose to someone, I'm glad it was you.

Thanks, Rataxes. You were a worthy opponent; Always kept me on my toes.

...And so, Rataxes actually saved our lives.

Arthur

He must have been sick or something!

Arthur

Hey! Look at this. Remember this?

Yeah. You put that there, Arthur.

Oh, yes, I remember. It's one of those traps you set in case someone else tried to find our treasure.

[laughs] All those silly traps. Ha! None of them ever worked.

[scream]

Arthur

You were saying, Zephir?

Let me be the first to congratulate you, Arthur. Thanks to your ingenuity, we're stuck up here until somebody finds us!

Just like the old days.

Hey dad, do you think I could be king while you're away?

King?!

Yeah. Somebody has to be in charge.

Hah! You, king? Tell me another one!

I could be a great king.

Sure: Great at causing trouble!