Barney & Friends
The Queen of Make-Believe
Season 1, Episode 1
Air date	April 6, 1992
Written by	Stephen White
Directed by	Jim Rowley
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"The Queen of Make-Believe" is the first episode from Season 1, as well as the series premiere of Barney & Friends.

PlotEdit

Min becomes "The Queen Of Make-Believe" and Michael, Shawn, and Tina are the castle staff. She wishes to see Barney (who is dubbed "the royal dinosaur"), later making him king. Barney explains that imagination can turn things into other things. The kids look up at the clouds and start to see shapes, which Tina imagines a tasty rain. Coincidentally, a thunderstorm begins after they finish singing. In the classroom, everyone finds ways to use their imagination, like Tina's pretend tea party. When Michael finds some boxes, Min comes up with trying to build a robot. Barney brings The Barney Bag out to help the kids bring the robot to life. As the kids struggle to find a head for the robot, Barney asks Michael to recite the "Anything String" poem, which shows that even simple things can turn into something else with imagination. Shawn, after hearing this, finds a teapot to use as the head, but as soon as Barney puts it on, the robot comes to life. After the robot performs his song, Michael reveals that it was him inside the robot. While the rain still pours, Michael comes up with the idea of putting on a parade to make the rain stop. This plan works, and soon the sky is clear once more. The kids imagine one last time, pretending the playground platform is a rocket ship.

Educational Theme: The Power of Imagination

Stories: None

Song ListEdit

1. The Barney Theme Song

   

2. Old King Cole
3. Old King Cole (Reprise)
4. If All The Raindrops
5. I'm A Little Teapot
6. The Barney Bag
7. I'm A Little Robot
8. The Animal Parade
9. The Rocket Song
10. I Love You

CastEdit

• Barney (Body: David Joyner,Voice: Bob West)
• Shawn (John David Bennett) (debut)
• Michael (Brian Eppes)
• Min (Pia Manalo) (debut)
• Tina (Jessica Zucha)

International EditsEdit

• In international dubs and co-productions, the songs "I'm a Little Teapot" and "I'm a Little Robot" (which share the same tune) were not sung, rather cutting to Michael (or a another cast member in non-dub versions) coming out of the robot. In the Korean production Baniwa Chingudeul, What I Want to Be & Laugh With Me! replace the two former songs.

Picture GalleryEdit

• King Barney
• Title for The Queen Of Make-Believe
• The Barney Doll
• Barney silhouette cloud

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Trivia Edit

• This marks the first time that The Barney Theme Song & I Love You are sung with their current lyrics.
• This marks the first TV appearances of Barney, Michael, and Tina.
• This is also the first time Michael and Tina appear without their siblings (Amy & Luci respectively).
• This episode marks the first appearances of Min and Shawn.
• This episode marks the first usage of The Barney Bag, and the Barney Says segment.
• When Barney sings the line "We're a happy family" in "I Love You," Michael and Tina are seen lip-synching to the song.
• Despite being listed as a song on the Time Life VHS cover, "Yankee Doodle" was not performed in this episode.
• This was the first episode Stephen White wrote for the Barney franchise.
• Tina wears the same shirt in 1-2-3-4-5 Senses! and Alphabet Soup!.
• Shawn wears the same shirt in Happy Birthday, Barney!,
• Michael wears the same shirt in Let's Help Mother Goose!
• The Barney Costume used throughout Season 1 has smaller teeth, larger pupils, and a triangular belly unlike Barney in Concert and Rock with Barney. Also those videos are the first use of Barney's high squeaky laugh that is used thoughout most of Season 1 but is often used since Barney's Magical Musical Adventure and Season 2 episodes.