Barney & Friends
I Just Love Bugs
Season 1, Episode 17
Air date	April 28, 1992
Written by	Stephen White
Directed by	Jim Rowley
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"I Just Love Bugs" is the seventeenth episode of Season 1 of Barney & Friends.

PlotEdit

Barney and the kids are really "going buggy" as they discover the world of bugs and insects around us. Tina explains that she did a report on bees in school and that she is really interested in bugs, something that she gets bugged (no pun intended) about in school. Luci explains that it's nothing she should worry about and Michael acts out the story of "The Ant and the Grasshopper." In school, the kids learn more about different insects from spiders and flies, to beautiful butterflies. When Barney shows off his favorite bugs, fireflies (or lightning bugs), they show how even the smallest creatures can show love (they spell out "I LOVE YOU" with their lights).

Educational Theme: Types of Bugs

Stories: The Ant and the Grasshopper

CastEdit

• Barney (Body: David Joyner, Voice: Bob West)
• Michael (Brian Eppes)
• Tina (Jessica Zucha)
• Luci (Leah Gloria)
• Derek (Rickey Carter)

Song ListEdit

1. Barney Theme Song
2. Baby Bumblebee
3. The Ants Go Marching
4. Five Little Butterflies
5. Dance of the Reed Flutes
6. Itsy Bitsy Spider
7. Little Miss Muffet
8. Shoo Fly
9. The Barney Bag
10. Three Little Speckled Frogs
11. Twinkle Little Lightning Bug
12. I Love You

TriviaEdit

• This group (Tina, Luci, Michael, and Derek) also appeared in the episodes, "My Family's Just Right for Me" (with Kathy), "Our Earth, Our Home", and "1-2-3-4-5 Senses!"(with Kathy). In 1-2-3-4-5 Senses!, Derek makes a cameo appearance in the beginning of the episode.
• This is the second episode where Barney was not seen or heard coming to life.
• This is the first episode (and the only episode in Season 1) that the Barney Doll is shown in the classroom with the lights off. This would happen more often in Seasons 2-3, but it would happen less often in Seasons 4-6.
• Derek wore the same shirt in Going Places! and Michael wore the same shirt in A Splash Party, Please.