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* DreadfulMusician: "Come Blow Your Horn!" reveals that she has a trumpet, but she isn't good at playing it. However, she's trying to get better.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In her debut episode "All Aboard" she doesn't wear glasses, but she does in every subsequent appearance.



* {{Bookworm}}: Mario has often brought up books he was reading. The episode "Once Upon a Fairy Tale" revolves around him having to come up with a story for class.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Given his love for books, he's one of the more knowledgeable kids in the generation, and he wears glasses.
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* DreadfulMusician: Initially, she has trouble playing her song for the fair's concert. [[spoiler: She ends up saving the concert in the end, after Riff's instruments break]]



The older brother of Abby and the antagonist-turned-protagonist of ''Film/BarneysGreatAdventure'', Cody is a typical preteen boy who wants to be cool. Because of this, he tends to dismiss things like pretend play as "kid's stuff" and, as such, is in contrast to Barney's ideology.

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The older brother of Abby and the antagonist-turned-protagonist protagonist of ''Film/BarneysGreatAdventure'', Cody is a typical preteen boy who wants to be cool. Because of this, he tends to dismiss things like pretend play as "kid's stuff" and, as such, is in contrast to Barney's ideology.

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-->'''Portrayed by:''' Lana Whittington



-->'''Portrayed by:''' Grayson Vanover
* EarlyBirdCameo: Nick made an appearance in "Come On Over to Barney's House" prior to becoming a regular cast member on the TV series.
* HeightAngst: In "A Little Big Day", he complains that he's the smallest kid in this episode's group. He gets over it.
* MissingMom: His main family only consists of him and his father (and dog), although it isn't revealed what happened to his mother.
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*CharacterFocus: The Season 5 episode "What's in a Name?' focuses on her learning the letters in her name.
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*AbsurdlyLongWait: In "How Does Your Garden Grow?", Jill had to wait for her plants to grow as big as the others' plants.
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--< Played By: Austin Ball

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--> * LikeBrotherAndSister: Jeff and Linda act like brother and sister.

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--> --< Played By: Austin Ball
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Jeff and Linda act like brother and sister.
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--> LikeBrotherAndSister: Jeff and Linda act like brother and sister.

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--> * LikeBrotherAndSister: Jeff and Linda act like brother and sister.
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--> LikeBrotherAndSister: Jeff and Linda act like brother and sister.
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* BagOfHolding: The Barney Bag

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* BagOfHolding: The Barney BagBigFun: When he comes to life, you know you’re going to have a fun adventure!

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[InformedFlaw According to Carlos]], Juan snores in his sleep.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[InformedFlaw According to Carlos]], Juan snores in his sleep. sleep, Sometimes annoying Carlos



* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Averted, thanks in no small part to Chip's own refreshingly helpful attitude toward his sister.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: She's the youngest Barney kid since Tina, and at least two years younger than the other children. Sometimes the older kids need to look after her.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Averted, thanks in no small part to Chip's own refreshingly helpful attitude toward his sister.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: She's the youngest Barney kid since Tina, Shawn, and at least two years younger than the other children. Sometimes the older kids need to look after her.



* HeldGaze: Linda [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4inKg_7wl2c has a gift]] for the platonic version of this.

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* HeldGaze: Linda [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4inKg_7wl2c has a gift]] gift for the platonic version of this.



* CharacterFocus: "Barney's Super Singing Circus" has Emily watching Barney's circus as she couldn't attend the real circus due to a vacation.
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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In his earliest appearances, he was a more blueish shade of purple and looked more like a real T-Rex.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: ''Super Dee Duper''

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''Super Dee Duper''



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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Ay-yie-yie!"

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: "Ay-yie-yie!"



* {{Catchphrase}}: ''Tippity top!''

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* [[VerbalTic Verbal Tickety Tick]]

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* [[VerbalTic Verbal Tickety Tick]]VerbalTic: Because of his name, his words in his speech sometimes is repeated, most often adding "itty" to the end of a word, before repeating the word properly.



* {{Catchphrase}}: "Toodles!"

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: "Toodles!"



* {{Catchphrase}}: "Gotta scoot!"

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* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: In "Hola Mexico!," Luci reads a letter from her grandfather written in Spanish fluently. Throughout the episode, she teaches the other child cast members words in Spanish along with pieces of Mexican culture (i.e. types of food). In that episode, as well as in "Carnival of Numbers", she sings a song about counting friends entitled "Diez Amigos."



* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: Min has spoken Tagalog on a few occasions. Pia Hamilton is Filipino, hence her very fluent language skills. She happens to know a bit of Spanish and French on the side.

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* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: Min has spoken Tagalog on a few occasions. Pia Hamilton is Filipino, hence her very fluent language skills. She happens to know a bit of Spanish and French on the side.

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* EyeGlasses: In every episode she's in, besides "All Aboard."

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* EyeGlasses: In every episode DreadfulMusician: "Come Blow Your Horn!" reveals that she has a trumpet, but she isn't good at playing it. However, she's in, besides trying to get better.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In her debut episode
"All Aboard."Aboard" she doesn't wear glasses, but she does in every subsequent appearance.



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* EyeGlassesSmartPeopleWearGlasses: Given his love for books, he's one of the more knowledgeable kids in the generation, and he wears glasses.


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* ChekhovsSkill: She is shown to have a passion for art in several episodes. Years later, she becomes a professional painter as revealed in "The Whole Truth".


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* HeightAngst: In "A Little Big Day", he complains that he's the smallest kid in this episode's group. He gets over it.
* MissingMom: His main family only consists of him and his father (and dog), although it isn't revealed what happened to his mother.
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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesign: At first, he was very tall and had a large jaw, but later on, he got shorter and his jaw got smaller.

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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesign: EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: At first, he was very tall and had a large jaw, but later on, he got shorter and his jaw got smaller.

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* CharacterTics: In his earliest appearances, he had a distinctive whistle that let the audience know he was arriving on the scene. The whistle was scrapped by the time of the third season.



* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesign: At first, he was very tall and had a large jaw, but later on, he got shorter and his jaw got smaller.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pickles

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: PicklesHe's obsessed with pickles.


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* VocalEvolution: BJ's voice was deep in his first few appearances, but became higher pitched as the years went on.

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* ButtMonkey: Chip had some bad luck in some of the trips in "Barney's Adventure Bus" aside from his (working at a pizzeria) and BJ and Baby Bops'. On Robert's trip, Chip had to climb back and forth trying to get Robert and Kristen's kitten, only for it to climb down. On Keesha's trip, Chip kept getting the wrong size cowboy hat and had to use a washboard as an instrument.

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* ButtMonkey: Chip had some bad luck in some of the trips in "Barney's Adventure Bus" aside from his (working at a pizzeria) and BJ and Baby Bops'. On Robert's Robert and Kristen's trip, Chip had to climb back and forth trying to get Robert and Kristen's kitten, only for it to climb down. On Keesha's trip, Chip kept getting the wrong size cowboy hat and had to use a washboard as an instrument.


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* CharacterFocus: "Barney's Super Singing Circus" has Emily watching Barney's circus as she couldn't attend the real circus due to a vacation.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: He fills in the same as Michael and Chip from the series who is the older Caucasian brother and somewhat head of the group. The only difference is that while Michael and Chip are very open to Barney, Cody is very dismissive towards the dinosaur until the very end.


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* TheBusCameBack: Min left the show after Season 3, but later appeared in "Sing and Dance with Barney" and " Read With Me, Dance With Me".



* EarlyBirdCameo: In "Classical Cleanup" and "On the Move"

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* EarlyBirdCameo: In He shows up "Classical Cleanup" Cleanup", "Are We There Yet?" and "On the Move"Move" before being part of the show's cast.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He fills in a similar role to Shawn, as they're both Caucasian boys who share the same letter on their names that later wore glasses during their runs in the show. The only differences is Shawn was there at the start of the show's run, while Stephen only made few cameos before being part of the show. Also Shawn started to wear glasses after one season, while Stephen didn't until three seasons later.
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* ButtMonkey: Chip had some bad luck in some of the trips in "Barney's Adventure Bus" aside from his (working at a pizzeria) and BJ and Baby Bops'. On Robert's trip, Chip had to climb back and forth trying to get Robert and Kristen's kitten, only for it to climb down. On Keesha's trip, Chip kept getting the wrong size cowboy hat and had to use a washboard as an instrument.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Towards the latter half of the movie, Cody goes through this and [[spoiler:comes up with the idea of using a log as an airplane to retrieve the egg]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: Towards the latter half of the movie, Cody goes through this and [[spoiler:comes up with the idea of using a log as an airplane to retrieve the egg]]egg.]]

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Salim Grant became unhappy with his role, and left after the third "Backyard Gang" video.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Salim Grant became unhappy with his role, and left OneSteveLimit: He shares the same name as the Jason who later appear in the show who is deaf.
* PutOnABus: Jason vanished
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* BlackAndNerdy: After migrating to the show, Derek sports glasses and likes to read books.


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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He takes over the role as the African-American kid of the Backyard Gang after Jason left.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: The franchise's premise is that Barney starts out as a stuffed dinosaur, but is imagined into a six-foot T. rex by the kids.
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* CharacterFocus: "Oh, What a Day!" "Barney's Campfire Sing-Along" mostly has her perspective, taking place in one of her dreams.

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* CharacterFocus: "Oh, What a Day!" and "Barney's Campfire Sing-Along" mostly has her perspective, taking place in one of her dreams.
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* {{Punny Name}}s: Has three goldfish named Super, Dee, and Duper, a reference to Barney's famed catchphrase. He states that he gave them those names because they make him happy, much like Barney does.

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* {{Punny Name}}s: PunnyNames: Has three goldfish named Super, Dee, and Duper, a reference to pun on Barney's famed catchphrase. He states that he gave them those names because they make him happy, much like Barney does.

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