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The Best Episodes of Barney & Friends

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The Best Episodes of Barney & Friends

Barney & Friends is an American children's television series aimed at children from ages 2 to 5. The series, which first aired on April 6,...
  1. Background image for It's Your Birthday, Barney!
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    #1 - It's Your Birthday, Barney!

    S8:E18

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for May I Help You?
    6.6/10(20 votes)

    #2 - May I Help You?

    S2:E3

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    6.4/10(25 votes)

    #3 - Playing It Safe

    S1:E3

    Barney and his friends learn some fun lessons about ""playing it safe."" The kids create cardboard-box cars to teach the rules about seatbelt use and crossing the street safely. To teach Baby Bop about strangers, a classroom version of Little Red Riding Hood is performed. Great music and special lyrics help reinforce the safety lessons.

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  4. Background image for Squares, Squares Everywhere
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    #4 - Squares, Squares Everywhere

    S8:E15

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  5. Background image for The Queen of Make-Believe
    6.3/10(37 votes)

    #5 - The Queen of Make-Believe

    S1:E1

    It looks like rain. But Min has decided to become the Queen Of Make-Believe. Suddenly, it looks like lots of fun! With Barney leading his Friends on a romp of games, songs and activities. They put on a pretend tea-party, build a robot with boxes, they even create some special ""stretching exercises"" for the imagination. Pretending, make-believing or imagining- children learn it's always called fun.

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Look at Me, I'm Three!
    6.3/10(22 votes)

    #6 - Look at Me, I'm Three!

    S2:E10

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  8. Background image for My Family's Just Right for Me
    6.2/10(25 votes)

    #7 - My Family's Just Right for Me

    S1:E2

    It's the eve of ""Family Night"" at school. A super time for Barney & Friends to celebrate all those wonderful folks (and even pets!) at home. With paintings, books, songs, and dances. There's just one glitch to the gala; Kathy's not sure her ""small"" family measures up. It's just her Mom, her grandmother and herself. But after Barney gets through with his fun and games, the children realize that a family is defined by love, not by size.

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Hop to It!
    6.2/10(23 votes)

    #8 - Hop to It!

    S1:E4

    When Tina and Luci are playing basketball, Tina is disappointed when she can't play as well as her older sister or the other big kids. Barney stops by to show Tina all the great things she can do with exercise. Barney and the kids play games and sing songs about exercise and find out how fun it is to learn about their bodies. With new found energy and confidence, Tina ends up playing basketball as well as the others.

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  10. Background image for Happy Birthday, Barney!
    6.2/10(29 votes)

    #9 - Happy Birthday, Barney!

    S1:E12

    It's Barney birthday and everyone is excited about throwing him the best party ever, using classroom materials and their imagination! Barney teaches his friends about birthday customs around the world and that receiving gifts is not the most important part of birthdays.

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    6.2/10(21 votes)

    #10 - A Very Special Delivery

    S2:E18

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  12. Background image for Eat, Drink and Be Healthy!
    6.1/10(20 votes)

    #11 - Eat, Drink and Be Healthy!

    S1:E5

    Barney and his friends discover they have plenty of ""food for thought"" as they learn about nutrition. Discovering the four food groups and the importance of eating healthy snacks allows Barney, Baby Bop and their friends to have fun together. An imaginative rhyming story tells about the perils of being a picky eater. A friend of Barney's sings a humorous song about meals that would ""bug"" most diners. Special songs and lyrics reinforce the lesson that eating healthy foods is the right thing to do.

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  13. Background image for Home Sweet Homes
    5.7/10(20 votes)

    #12 - Home Sweet Homes

    S1:E28

    Barney lectures on animals' homes based on children's pictures. The children also draw pictures of different houses for people.

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  14. Background image for Four Seasons Day
    5.6/10(24 votes)

    #13 - Four Seasons Day

    S1:E6

    Talk about the weather! The kids do much more than that as Barney squeezes all four seasons into one rollicking make-believe holiday. You won't believe how much fun you can have celebrating the wind, rain, and the snow. There's a barrel-full of songs about Spring's showers, Summer's warmth, Fall's leaves, and Winter's chill.

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  15. Background image for Our Earth, Our Home
    5.6/10(21 votes)

    #14 - Our Earth, Our Home

    S1:E14

    The school's ""Earth Week"" has Barney and his friends all abuzz about things they can do to protect the earth. Through fun-filled songs, the children learn the importance of recycling... how to make new things out of old...how to conserve water, air and land clean. The children form a ""trashcan"" band performing a silly symphony song and do a skit about Johny Appleseed. Sharing and caring for the earth become a ""fun thing"" to do.

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  16. Background image for Down on Barney's Farm
    5.5/10(18 votes)

    #15 - Down on Barney's Farm

    S1:E10

    The kid's learn and draw pictures of farm animals, but Shawn is unhappy with his drawing when no one knows what it is. Barney pops in to cheer him up and show the children an imaginary farm firsthand.

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  17. Background image for The Treasure of Rainbow Beard
    5.3/10(20 votes)

    #16 - The Treasure of Rainbow Beard

    S1:E7

    After the kids and Barney enjoy reading a scary pirate book, the book's character, Rainbow Beard, appears and gives them a treasure map of their own to solve. In order to find the treasure, the group must learn a variety of songs and games about colors and shapes. When they finally find the treasure the kids get a big surprise and learn a valuable lesson about sharing with others.

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    5.2/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Everyone is Special

    S1:E30

    Tina doesn't think she is special in anyway. Barney points out a special talent in all of his friends. He says he has a special surprise for everyone that will show them someone special, It is a mirror.

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  19. Background image for Let's Help Mother Goose!
    5.1/10(20 votes)

    #18 - Let's Help Mother Goose!

    S1:E15

    Mother Goose needs help! A bookworm has eaten the pages from her book of nursery rhymes, and Barney & Friends must help her remember the missing rhymes! Songs, dances, puzzles and puppets showcase more than 20 favorite rhymes...

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  20. Background image for I Just Love Bugs!
    5.1/10(17 votes)

    #19 - I Just Love Bugs!

    S1:E17

    Barney & Friends are really ""going buggy"" as they discover the world of bugs and insects around us. Tina gains confidence being a girl who likes bugs. Michael shares a story about ants and teaches his friends about good work habits. Stories and songs introduce other bugs and insects...and a surprising visitor ""drops in"" on Little Miss Muffet, to teach a lesson about accepting others who are different.

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  21. Background image for Starlight, Star Bright
    5.1/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Starlight, Star Bright

    S11:E20

    During a sleepover campout, Baby Bop sees a shooting star and wonders where it had gone.

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  22. Background image for Having Tens of Fun!
    4.9/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Having Tens of Fun!

    S2:E17

    The kids are in for ""tens of fun"" when Barney's friend, Mr. Tenagain, visits. His passion for all ""things 10"" leads to the reading of ""Ten, Nine, Eight"" and an account of Mr. Tenagain's trip to the moon. Snack time generates some antics in the kitchen, and a delightful picnic - visited by some rather unusual ants! Finally, Mr. Tenagain leaves surprise instructions on the ""nicest way to count to 10.

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    4.9/10(12 votes)

    #22 - Fire Safety

    S6:E18

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  24. Background image for 1-2-3-4-5 Senses!
    4.8/10(16 votes)

    #23 - 1-2-3-4-5 Senses!

    S1:E19

    Luci introduces her new friend, Patty (who is visually impaired), to Barney, Michael, Tina and Kathy. Patty comments that a beautiful day can be experienced through more of one's senses than just sight. Michael's class is studying the five senses, which leads to fun songs and activities related to each of them. Perhaps most important, Patty shows the group that a child with blindness can do many things for him/herself and play right along with the others. Patty teaches the kids a rhyme and its corresponding hand movements...and she reads a story to Kathy, using braille.

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  25. Background image for A Sunny, Snowy Day
    4.7/10(11 votes)

    #24 - A Sunny, Snowy Day

    S6:E5

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  26. Background image for Caring Means Sharing
    4.6/10(16 votes)

    #25 - Caring Means Sharing

    S1:E9

    Barney is a very large dinosaur--but there may not be enough of him to go around when Min and Kathy quarrel over whose turn it is to play with their big purple pal. Coming from a big family, Min is tired of sharing--but joins her friends in an exploration of ways to share fun and work. Baby Bop learns a lesson about being greedy; a puppet show of ""The Little Red Hen"" teaches that rewards and responsibilities are linked.

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Best Episodes Summary

"It's Your Birthday, Barney!" is the best rated episode of "Barney & Friends". It scored 7.5/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/12/2004. This episode scored 0.9 points higher than the second highest rated, "May I Help You?".