Barney & Friends
Be a Friend
Season 1, Episode 16
Air date	April 27, 1992
Written by	Mark S. Bernthal
Directed by	Jim Rowley
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"Be A Friend" is the sixteenth episode from Season 1 of Barney & Friends.

Plot Edit

Barney finds Tosha, a new girl at school, lonely and without friends. He introduces her to Michael, Derek, and Kathy. Together, they learn why doing things with friends is much more fun than being alone. At the same time, the boys must learn the true meaning of friendship and sharing when they cannot agree on who should get possession of a picture they made together. In the end, they give their picture to Tosha as a gift.

Educational Theme: Making New Friendships

Stories: The Lion and the Mouse

Song List Edit

1. Barney Theme Song
2. Look Through the Window
3. The More We Get Together
4. Mr. Knickerbocker
5. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
6. BINGO
7. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
8. Oh Where Has My Teddy Bear Gone
9. The Three Bears Rap
10. The Friendship Song
11. I Love You

CastEdit

• Barney
• Derek
• Kathy
• Michael
• Tosha (debut)
• Min (cameo)

TriviaEdit

• This episode marks the first apperance of Tosha.
• The last picture in the credits for this episode is also the last picture for the Season 2 and 3 credits.
• The vocal arrangements in this episode and other episodes with Tosha is later used in Season 2.

  

• Before making its actual debut in Honk! Honk! A Goose on the Loose!, the song, The Library is first heard in this episode as an underscore when Barney and the kids walk to their little library section in the classroom.
• This also the first episode where The Barney Theme Song had a scene change near the end of the song, where Barney hugs everyone when they meet him in Happy Birthday Barney to a scene from A World of Music.
• This group (Tosha, Michael, Derek, and Kathy) also appeared in "Doctor Barney is Here!"
• Min appears in the beginning of this episode. She is seen pushing a handicapped child in a wheelchair.
• This is the first episode in which Michael wore a watch. He also wore it in "Practice Makes Music", "A Camping We Will Go", and "Everyone is Special"
• Kathy wore the same outfit in Everyone is Special, except in that episode she had pigtails instead of a ponytail. Michael wore the same shirt in Home Sweet Homes.
• During Mr. Knickerbocker, Barney's voice was taken from Barney in Concert.