Babar and the Adventures of Badou

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Babar and the Adventures of Badou is an 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. The series is co-produced by Nelvana, TeamTO and LuxAnimation, in co-production with TF1 and with the participation of Playhouse Disney France/The Walt Disney Company France. 65 episodes were produced over three seasons.

Babar and the Adventures of Badou
What a poor way to end the Babar franchise
Running Time: Approximately 24 minutes (12 minutes x2) Release Date: September 6, 2010 – January 2, 2015 Network(s): YTV (Canada) TF1 (France) Disney Junior (United States) Starring: Isabel de Carteret Catherine Disher Dawn Greenhalgh Dallas Jokic Seasons: 3 Episodes: 65

Why it Failed on It's Adventures

1. Poor grasp on the source material: Like The Powerpuff Girls (2016), Les Sisters, Alvinnnn! and the Chipmunks, Teen Titans Go!, Mega Man: Fully Charged and Thomas and Friends: All Engines Go!, This show has nothing to do with the original book series and the 1989 TV Series.
2. It's Nelvana's equivalent to "Popeye and Son"
3. Babar's design in this show looks creepy.
4. Bland CGI animation from TeamTO, especially in Season 1.
5. It had alot of bad episodes like
   1. Spy Trap (which started the series in a sour note)
   2. Sneazles
   3. Tutu Badou
   4. Soaped!
   5. The Celesteville Junior Marching Band
   6. Coconut Jinx
   7. Badou on the Ball
   8. Blacktrunk's Greatest Treasure
   9. The Rhino Rule
   10. Hyenaaaah!
   11. Mind Games
   12. Don't Press the Button
   13. The Elefan Club
   14. Boo-Nanas
6. Dull voice acting.
7. The show has killed the Babar franchise from getting a new show
8. Flora, Alexander, Isabelle, Victor, Arthur, Pompadour, Troubadour, Basil, and Madame are nowhere to be seen of heard in this reboot
9. This reboot introduced some bad characters as Prospero, Captain Blacktrunk, Snaggle-Eye Jack, Monkey Mate and Mr. Floody.

Tusk-Tastic Qualities

1. The animation, while bland, improved in Season 2
2. It had some good episode like:
   1. Birdie Bonk
   2. Neighborly Nice Day
   3. Bob
   4. The Gold Mines of Gaxx (which ended Season 1 in a high note)
   5. Smelling Strong
   6. The Needle Noggin
   7. Operation Secret Switcheroo
   8. Captain Crewless
   9. I Heart Ms. Strich
   10. Turtle Trek
   11. Beetle Mania
   12. The Hidden Valley (which ended the series in a high note)
3. At least Gordon Pinsent, Chris Wiggins and Adrian Truss reprised their roles as Babar, Cornelius and Lord Rataxes.
4. Catchy theme song.

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