Alexander the Great

## Stats

**Alexander the Great** is the 40th episode of the series *Babar* that aired on January 7, 1991.

## Summary

Both Babar and Celeste are going on vacation for the day and Alexander asks them if he could be in charge while they are gone, both Pom and Flora think he is joking but Alexander says he is not. Babar tells them that Pompadour and Cornelius will be in charge of the palace while they are gone, Isabelle is staying with Madame and Arthur will be in charge of the triplets. After they leave, the children go missing and Pompadour tells Arthur he should keep a close eye on the children.

The three of them go to look for the children and they find them playing in an airplane (mainly Alexander) and Pom and Flora tell Alexander that it is not a good idea. Even the adults tell him not to, but just as he is about to get out, he accidentally starts the plane. Pompadour sounds the fire alarm and while they do have to explain what is going the fire dept. helps out. They catch up to the plane, unfortunately Alexander accidentally has it take off and Arthur jumps on in time. Cornelius, Pompadour and the Fire Department head back to the palace to form a search party. The plane almost crashes into a mountain, but Arthur steers it up in time. Pom and Flora insult Alexander for being a goofball as he was the one who got them in this mess in the first place, but Arthur thinks he isn't. In fact, he offers him to call the plane radio to tell everyone they are okay. Alexander presses a button thinking it is the radio, but it actually dumps all their fuel out and the plane falls. They land in a part of the jungle which Arthur says is uncharted, so it could be dangerous. But Alexander wants to stay and have fun. Back at the palace, the search party is organized by Pompadour, but Cornelius is dismayed as they are elders of the lawn bowling team.

At the jungle, Arthur, Pom, and Flora think that if they can make a balloon out of the parachutes, they can go home. Alexander on the other hand isn't listening, and instead is trying to break open coconuts. They ask Alexander to go get tree sap to help. On his way, he smells blueberries and he eats them all, when bear-like creatures crowd him. Pom and Flora look for Alexander, and to their surprise, find him sitting in a crown and being pampered by the bears, who refer to themselves as "The Umbhoyos". Pom and Flora ask Alexander to come with them and stop fooling around, and Pom even tries grabbing Alexander, but the Umbhoyos stop them. In fact, Alexander makes the Umbhoyos decline their exit, so they have to stay and be his royal guests. Meanwhile, back at the palace, it appears that the search party had gotten lost, so Pompadour sounds the fire alarm to call the fire department, and sure enough they have no choice but to go along and search for the first search party. Pom and Flora try leaving again, but Alexander refuses to go with them as he's being treated much better than at home. Pom just tells him that if he doesn't want to go, then that's fine. He tells Flora that Alexander will be wanting to come back later on, figuring that his reverse psychology will work with him.

It turns out that the fire department got lost as well. The first search party chief does come back though, soaking wet because the fire department found him drowning. As it turns out, both of the parties haven't even left the backyard. Pompadour is afraid that they have to start all over again, but Cornelius says they can't, as a storm and fog begins to settle. Arthur tells Flora and Pom to go get Alexander back to his senses while he holds the balloon down. However, the balloon still gets off the ground and goes flying with Arthur in it. Pom and Flora find a tub with water and think it is Alexander, but Alexander is still okay, getting ready to jump in the tub. They tell him that the Umbhoyos want him for dinner - literally. Alexander thinks they are just bluffing, but the Umbhoyos show signs of hunger. Alexander realizes this and tries hurting them, but he is too small so it doesn't work. Fortunately, Arthur comes to the rescue and picks up the children, and they go flying off. Pompadour is sad that he failed, but he turns on all the lights of the palace. While flying, Arthur and the children see the lights from their home and make it back safe and sound. Cornelius and Pompadour are pleased. At the same time, Babar and Celeste are also back home. They see Arthur's balloon and tell him not to go flying with it, but Arthur insists that would be the last thing they do after their adventure that they pretend didn't happen.

## Trivia

* Starting with this episode, the title cards are no longer cut off.