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Babe is a Fable who is a prisoner at the Golden Boughs Retirement Village and the animal companion of Paul Bunyan. He first appears in Jack of Fables 2: Jack in the Box.

Babe is based on Babe the Blue Ox from the tales of Paul Bunyan.

History[]

At some point, Babe and Paul Bunyan were caught by Mister Revise and imprisoned at the Golden Boughs Retirement Village. After the two were caught trying to escape the Golden Boughs during the mass escape orchestrated by Jack Horner, Revise had them both thrown down the "memory hole" as punishment, resulting in the already shrunken Bunyan becoming almost human-sized and Babe turning into a miniature blue ox.

Babe and Bunyan are caught during another escape attempt in Jack of Fables 5, but eventually, Hillary Page offers to get Paul out of Golden Boughs to help her catch Jack. He does, on the condition to take Babe with him, saying that the ox tends to lose touch with reality when he's not around. After Paul's shrunken down so they can travel, they eventually find him in Americana in search for treasure that Humpty Dumpty had on himself. However, Jack doesn't feel like dealing with them and pushes Bunyan, Hillary, and even Raven off the train. Babe, not really much of a threat, stays with him.

The others eventually catch up with Jack again, but Bunyan is captured by Bookburner during his chase after the others. Bookburner burns Paul and Babe's book and has Bunyan resurrected as one of his loyal soldiers, resulting in Bunyan's ox being left on his own. Babe appears at first weakened but retains his personality and independence from Bookburner's affect.

After a series of many chases by the Bookburner's people, Slue-Foot-Sue and Natty Bumppo, the group eventually shakes them off and end up on the spot where Humpty's hidden treasure lies. However, Jack and Gary land in trouble when Jack brags in front of Hillary that he had slept with her sisters Robin and Priscilla. Humpty, Raven, and Hillary all push them down a crack in a temple, and Hillary and Humpty pack their "treasure," but leave Raven and Babe behind.

When Jack and Gary both crawl out of the crack, they see the two. Raven merely stayed because his animal spirit threatened to claw out his eyes. Jack merely shrugs it off, being thankful to at least have Babe on their side. Bunyan is seemingly killed when Gary the Pathetic Fallacy unleashes his powers on him when Bookburner's army attacks the Golden Boughs. Babe remains by Jack's side until after The Great Fables Crossover, during that time he follows Gary, Snow White, Mr. Revise, and Bigby. He eventually grows bored with them, most likely due to Jack's changing appearance.

Babe then goes to many different homes, from living in a bird's nest among its hatchlings to apparently being adopted by a red-hair girl with pigtails, who treats him like a pet. Babe is one of the few characters to survive the final issue of Jack of Fables. The blue ox is last seen on a Polynesian island, apparently being treated like a deity.

Personality[]

Throughout the series, Babe enjoys entertaining the reader with his own private musings. Babe seems to be one of the few characters that breaks the fourth wall, but it is unclear who he talks to exactly (himself, the reader or an imaginary audience). He also seems to be able to find himself in the most improbable situations, without anyone showing any sign of surprise (some characters even mistake him for a dog, though he clearly looks like what he is: a blue ox). Even Bunyan seems a little confused about Babe's identity, as he keeps referring to Babe as a "she," even though he also refers to Babe as an ox and is deeply insulted when someone calls Babe a cow.

See also[]

Jack of Fables
Issues The (Nearly) Great EscapeJack of HeartsThe Bad PrinceAmericanaTurning PagesThe Big Book of WarThe New Adventures of Jack and JackThe Fulminate BladeThe End
Characters Jack HornerKevin ThornGaryMr. ReviseRobin PagePriscilla PageHillary PageJack FrostBabeThe Snow QueenWicked JohnAlice
Locations FabletownGolden Boughs Retirement Village
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