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  • In "Three Wishes," Barney trolls the Backyard Gang as they ask him to take them somewhere special:
    Barney: I know of a wonderful place where the sun shines down on the thick green grass and there are lots of beautiful flowers and trees. And the birds are always singing.
    Michael: Where's that?
    Barney: Your backyard.
    [kids sigh]

  • In "A Day at the Beach", Luci comes into the yard, asking if there is room for "one more" with Michael and Amy in the paddling pool. When they say yes, she brings in Adam, Jason, and Tina as well.
    Michael: You asked if there was room for one more!
    Luci: Well...I'm only one!
    Adam: And I'm only one!
    Jason: And I'm only one!
    Tina: And I'm four!
  • During the song "Apples and Bananas" in "Rock with Barney", the hat for Michael's apple costume nearly falls off and Luci has to keep putting it back up throughout the whole scene. According to actor Brian Eppes in his interview with Purple Tales Podcast, that moment was unscripted but left in anyway.

  • In "Barney In Concert", Luci sort of flips the bird while singing "Where Is Thumbkin?"

  • Due to Alexander Jhin getting sick, Adam doesn't appear in "Campfire Sing-Along". Instead, in his place is a One-Shot Character named Jeffery. Needless to say, he makes his one sole appearance extremely memorable.
    Michael: Lanterns.
    Amy: And matches.
    Tina: And ropes.
    Jeffrey: And food!
    Michael: Pillows.
    Luci: And blankets.
    Derek: And tents.
    Jeffrey: And food!
    Everyone: Flashlights and comics and hats!
    Jeffrey: And food!

    Season One 
  • Barney has a ton of these in "Treasure of Rainbow Beard." One notable example is him trying to read the map backwards, while holding it upside down.
    Barney: *reading clue backwards* Tra ekam uoy erehw sepahs emos tniap.... Uh oh, now the words are upside down
    Kids: Barney!
    Barney: Just kidding!
  • In "Hi Neighbor," Barney pretends to be a dog-walking neighbor, complete with an "imaginary dog" (an invisible dog leash). The "dog" suddenly runs across the playground and drags Barney along with him.
  • "Doctor Barney is Here": Derek The Strong Man.
    Derek: [walks in with fake muscles in sleeves] [in deep voice] I am Derek, The Strong Man! I'm so strong, I can lift this school bus.... over... my... head! [lifts toy school bus overhead]
    [rest of cast, save for Michael, cheers]
    Michael: [waves toy school bus with one hand] Yeah, yeah...
    [Barney chuckles in amusement]
  • In "Four Seasons Day," during the song, "Skating, Skating", the kids sing the lyric, "Barney, Barney, be careful you do not fall; your legs are so short, your tail's so long; oh, now we've seen it all". During "now we've seen it all", Luci does a funny little salute to the audience.

    Season Two 

    Season Three 
  • Baby Bop dancing around the classroom and inadvertently making a mess in "Classical Clean Up".
    Season Four 
  • "Is Everybody Happy?": Scooter and Miss Etta see that Baby Bop is about to destroy Chip's tower. They ditch her.

    Season Five 
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    Season Seven 

    Season Eight 

    Season Nine 

    Season Ten 

    Season Eleven 
This line from Neighborhoods:
Baby Bop: Maybe you put down your drumsticks when you smelling these roses! [says it while pointing to the chrysanthemums]
BJ: Sissy, those aren't roses! They're chrysanthe-... chrysmanthe-...
Baby Bop: I know BJ, but I can't say chrysanthemums so I called them roses.
BJ and Riff: WHAT?

    Season Twelve 

    Season Thirteen 

    Barney's Great Adventure 
    Other Media 
  • Imagination Island

  • In "Live in New York City":
    B.J.: I'm B.J., The Human Cannonball!
    Barney: B.J. the who?
    • Same scene:
    B.J.: Bring it in, guys!
    Barney: Bring what in?
    B.J.: My cannon!
    Barney: Your cann- Woah, a cannon?!?! *clowns drag in giant cannon, as Barney panics*
    • B.J. pours it on with a list of impossible stunts, accompanied by Barney's bemused (and hilarious) attempts to bring him to his senses.
    B.J.: In just a few moments, I will climb into that cannon and be fired high into the sky!
    Barney: Now, let's think about this, shall we B.J.?
    B.J.: While flying through the air, I will do three summersaults, touch my toes, and wave a flag!
    Barney: Now that sounds very entertaining but I don't think—
    B.J.: Then on my way down, I'll juggle six oranges, say the alphabet backwards, and...
    Barney: And WHAT?!
    B.J.: And... I'll look for someplace soft to land. Er, did anybody bring a pillow?
    • Another scene in Live in New York features Barney makes an amusing attempt to catch the Winkster on one of Radio City Music Hall's balconies. He fails and ends up getting a mop and a bucket stuck on his foot.
      • The second time the dinosaur tries to catch the Winkster on the balconies... he ends up on the other balcony.
        Winkster: (laughs hysterically) What are you doing waaaaaay over there, Barney???
        Barney: I think I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere!
    • The Winkster, just The Winkster. If that's not enough, he's rather comedic inside and outside from his cheeky Character Tics to his speech.
  • In "Barney's Night Before Christmas," the group plans to put up the Christmas tree ornaments. Guess which purple dinosaur got the job of untangling the lights?
    Barney: *struggling with lights* OK, let's see... "Rabbit goes out of the hole and around the tree..." No, "over the tree and under the hole...." Gee, this is tougher than I thought.
    • BJ pretends to be Santa Claus in the same video, with the kids playing along with BJ, believing he actually is Santa. Barney's response as he and Baby Bop comes back into the house takes the cake.
    Barney: Oh, hi. Merry Christmas, BJ.
    * BJ becomes shocked from his cover being blown*
  • Whenever Barney has an A Dork Able moment and tries to make a joke only to get confused.
  • In the concert "Barney's Colorful World," Baby Bop chases BJ with sunscreen when the rest of the cast is singing "Mister Sun." She finally catches him and squirts him with Silly String-esque sunscreen. It Makes Sense in Context
    • What adds to it is soon afterwards, Baby Bop notices the audience doesn't have sunscreen either and Barney playfully agrees with her, adding that it's nice to share. Let's just say had BJ not interrupted her, the crew would have a whole lot of "sunscreen" to clean up after the show.
    • And then there's this little exchange from behind the scenes.
  • In "Barney's Magical Musical Adventure," the kids all challenge each other to a horserace. Barney agrees to watch, but the second they leave off screen-
    • The kids are walking through a forest when suddenly they hear a noise. Cue hilarity.
    Tina: What if it's a giant?!
    Derek: What if it's a scary monster?!
    Barney: Or what if it's a dinosaur?!? OOOOHHHH! Hey, wait a minute. I'm a dinosaur...
    • Not to mention Barney's ad libs as they are running away from the noise.
    Barney: THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE BUSHES! RUN, WHOOOAAH! OH, CAN'T GO THAT WAY, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THERE! OH NO, I'M LOST! WAIT FOR ME!
    • Once Barney and his friends enter the castle, the king is seen using his hands before he notices people are watching. Then there's this exchange that follows:
    Michael and Derek: (bowing) Your highness.
    Min and Tina: (curtsying) Your majesty.
    Barney: (bows, then waves) ...Hi there, king!
  • At one point in "Dance with Me", BJ, of all people, is wearing a purple tutu. When Barney calls him on it, BJ, in a rare occurrence of his referring to Baby Bop by her real name, explains himself by pointing out, "Baby Bop says that ballet dancers wear tutus."
  • In "Barney's Adventure Bus", one of the stops the dinos and kids make is at a pizzeria called Barney's Peppy Purple Pepperoni Pizzeria; Baby Bop and BJ's mis-pronounciations of the name are hilarious.
    • Robert tosses a pizza crust but it doesn't come down right away. Then after everyone else goes to find pizza toppings:
    Robert: It's got to come down sometime. *the pizza crust lands on his face*
  • The Season 6 outtakes reel. Highlights include a stagehand forgetting to place the Barney doll in time, the suit actors tripping or goofing around, Hannah and Keesha giving up on the American Sign Language interpretation of "Joy to the World" and deciding to goof around instead, the Baby Bop head popping off (to which Julie Johnson ad-libs "I lost my head on that one!"), and Brice Armstrong and Todd Duffey arguing in-character over the "Peter Piper" tongue twister.
    Barney: What a beautiful day! (grabs a purse) FOR A PURSE SNATCHING!
  • This moment from the promotional video for the "We Are Family" crossover video.
    Bear: Well, that's one down! Only 60,999 to go!
    Barney: Well, we'd better get gas!
  • In "The Land of Make Believe", Barney and his friends slowly sneak their way past a sleeping giant. The gate he's leaning on might be familiar.
    BJ: You know, I've got the strangest feeling I've seen this place before.
    Baby Bop: Yeah me too.
    Barney: I know what you mean...
    (the camera cuts back to reveal the gate of Jurassic Park as John Williams's theme plays in the background)
    Barney: ...but I'm sure there's never been any dinosaurs around here before.


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