| My Dinner with Rataxes | |
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| Season 3, Episode 7 | |
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| Air date | May 13, 1990 |
| Written by | J.D Smith |
| Directed by | Dale Schott |
| Episode guide | |
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My Dinner with Rataxes is the 7th episode of season 3 and the 33rd episode of the series. It originally aired on May 13 1990.
Plot[]
Babar and his family go to Rhinoland to an annual dinner to celebrate the Peace treaty between Celesteville and Rhinoland. During the dinner when the children get lost Babar and Rataxes must learn to work together to bring the children home.
Summary[]
Babar and his family are on their way to Rhinoland for a dinner to celebrate the signing of the peace treaty between their lands. Babar cannot bear another dinner with Rataxes, especially because of last year's dinner when Rataxes and Babar arm wrestled over the last piece of bread and broke the table. Celeste understands that they have had bad blood in the past, but she wishes they could learn to get along, especially since she and Lady Rataxes have learned to get along. The Triplets also get along very well with Victor, Rataxes son even if they do fight. The same discussion continues with Lord and Lady Rataxes who wants her husband to behave for once. Flora, Pom, Alexander, and Victor discover a secret tunnel in Victor's dungeon where they go inside to see what it's like, but what leads them into getting lost, which is up to Babar and Lord Rataxes to look for their kids, and to show how they learn to get along.
Characters[]
Trivia[]
- Despite the family going to Rhinoland, Isabelle doesn't come with them.
- When Victor swings on the rope to the other side of the water, he does a wild man call similar to Tarzan, Alexander did something similar in Alexander the Great.
- Basil could have easily made himself a sandwich also, while making Rataxes one. Since he was hungry.
- The events of the episodes Tour de Celesteville, Race to the Moon, and The City of Elephants/Babar's Triumph are brought up.
- The episode is a reference to the film My Dinner with Andre.
- The only time Rataxes was truly successful at being Babar at something was in Fathers and Sons.
- This is the only episode Rataxes' name is in an episode title.
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