You Are Special

Barney & Friends Episode
"You Are Special"
Air date	April 14, 2000
Written by	Stephen White
Directed by	Fred Holmes
About
Theme	Everyone Is Special
Characters	Barney Robert Hannah Jeff Emily Stella the Storyteller
Episode Guide
Previous	"Ready, Set, Go!"
Next	"All Aboard!"

"You Are Special" is the twentieth and final episode, as well as the season finale of the sixth season of Barney & Friends.

Plot

An ordinary day on the playground becomes a very special day when Barney gives his friends some books about "very special people"-themselves! The kids plan to fill the empty pages of the books with the things that make them special and unique. By day's end, everyone has a book filled with fun facts about themselves-and Barney gets a surprise "thank you" gift, too! All in all, it's a very special day with some very special friends!

Stories: "Be Yourself"

Songs

1. "Barney Theme Song"
2. "Ring Around the Rosie"
3. "It's Nice Just to Be Me"
4. "What a Baseball Day!" (short instrumental during the first Time Lapse)
5. "Aiken Drum"
6. "You Might Like Something New"
7. "Chopsticks"
8. "Peter Piper"
9. "What I Want to Be"
10. "Everyone is Special"
11. "I Love You"

Production

Although this is the final season 6 episode, it wasn't the final episode filmed. According to Bob West, (Barney's voice) the final episode filmed for the season, is "It's Home To Me".

Release

International edits

In some international versions, this episode was shortened.

Trivia

Songs

• After not being sung for six years, since "Picture This!" the song "It's Nice Just to Be Me" returns in this episode (without counting the version in "You've Got To Have Art" where the song is not sung, but instrumentally played).
• After not being sung for three years, since "Barney's Good Day, Good Night", the song "Aiken Drum" returns in this episode. This is also the final time it's sung in the franchise.
• Although not sung in this episode, an instrumental version of the song, "What a Baseball Day!", is played during the first time lapse.

Characters

• This episode marked:
  • The final time Barney is voiced by Bob West.
  • The final appearance of Hannah.
  • The final time Jeff and Robert appeared together.
  • The final episode where Barney is voiced by Jose Carlos Moreno, in Latin America.
  • The final televised appearance of Stella the Storyteller, as well as her final regular appearance as a regular cast member.
    • Although leaving the cast after this episode, Stella the Storyteller would later return in the new content of The Best of Barney.
  • The final television appearances of Jeff, Robert, and Emily.
    • However, Jeff would make his final appearance in this video, Barney's Beach Party, while Robert and Emily would make their final appearances in this video, Round and Round We Go.
  • The only time Hannah was seen with braced teeth.
• This episode reveals that Hannah is an only child. And it was clearly evident, considering that none of her siblings were shown in Barney's Night Before Christmas.
• Jeff didn't mention his mother (who was previously mentioned in Good, Clean Fun!) when talking about who he lives with, so it's unknown what happened to her. The fact that she was mentioned but doesn't live with him implies that his parents could be divorced.
• In this episode, Jeff learnt to skate with Barney's help.
• Jeff's cat, Tiger, who was seen and named in the season four episode, "A Different Kind of Mystery", is mentioned in this episode. Robert's brother, Julio, is also mentioned. In addition, Hannah's Grammy Johannson who previously appeared in the season 4 episode "E-I-E-I-O", is mentioned too.
• Robert wore the same blouse that Jeff previously wore in Snack Time!.
• Emily wore the same blouse that she will later wear in Round and Round We Go.

Occurrences

• This episode marked:
  • The final episode to feature the seasons four through six Barney & Friends logo during the intro.
  • The final episode not to have the clips from the intro in a frame.
  • The final episode to be filmed on the classroom and treehouse sets.
  • The final episode where "I Love You" is played in its season 4 version. It will be later played in this version again in "You Can Be Anything".
  • Another time where "Time Lapse" is used. It was when Barney is painting a picture on the easel. Also, during the story of "Be Yourself", Emily as The Farmer's Cat chases a mouse across the house in fast motion.

Goofs

• Although Jeff's cat, Tiger, appeared in the season 4 episode "A Different Kind of Mystery" and Barney saw it, he was surprised when he heard the name and he even thought that Jeff was talking about a real tiger.

Release date

• This episode aired eight years after "The Treasure Of Rainbow Beard" aired.