An Adventure In Make Believe

Barney & Friends Episode
"An Adventure In Make Believe"
Air date	October 15, 1993
Written by	Stephen White
Directed by	Bruce Deck
About
Theme	Imagination
Characters	Barney Baby Bop (cameo) BJ Min Shawn David
Episode Guide
Previous	"Stop, Look And Be Safe!"
Next	"The Alphabet Zoo"

"An Adventure In Make Believe" is the fifteenth episode from the second season of Barney & Friends.

Plot

The episode begins with David joining his friends, Min and Shawn, as they search the playground for birds. Barney comes to life to join their song, and they continue to look for birds. Upon spotting a strange bird with a peculiar whistle, the groups discovers that it is in fact BJ standing on a tree stump.

BJ reads his note to the group.

After asking what he is looking for, BJ explains that he has found a note instructing him to find and return a lost princess in the "Make Believe Jungle". He laments about why he cannot find it before Barney explains that BJ must use his imagination to find the jungle in question. After an unsuccessful attempt to imagine the jungle, the kids suggest that they go inside the classroom to help BJ practice.

BJ imagines the playground as a jungle.

Inside the classroom, the kids give BJ suggestions through songs and make believe games of their own. With his new-found pretending abilities, he decides that he is ready to imagine the jungle. This time, he is successful, and the playground is transformed into a jungle before the group's eyes. As they search through the jungle, BJ catches a glimpse of something behind a bush. Upon further investigation, the "princess" is revealed to be BJ's sister, Baby Bop. Realizing that Baby Bop couldn't have written the note herself, the kids find out that Barney is in fact responsible for the whole adventure.

Barney reminds BJ the importance of imagination.

BJ becomes disappointed, thinking that he never needed to save the princess at all. Baby Bop immediately reassures BJ, telling him that she couldn't possibly make it home by herself. Heartened by this, BJ decides to lead his younger sister back to their home again, and the kids say their goodbyes to Barney.

Songs

1. "Barney Theme Song"
2. "The Little Bird"
3. "Just Imagine"
4. "If I Lived Under the Sea"
5. "Home on the Range"
6. "The Airplane Song"
7. "Jungle Adventure"
8. "Just Imagine (Reprise)"
9. "I Love You"

Releases

Broadcast

On the PBS Pledge Drive version for this episode, "The Airplane Song" and some scenes were cut for time constraints (including when BJ thinks the adventure was for nothing until Baby Bop reminds him she still needs him to get back home). To acknowledge these changes, Bob West redubbed the Barney Says segment to not include "The Airplane Song" scene. Additionally, the airplane sound effect was not heard during the closing shot with the Barney doll.

International edits

• In some international versions, this episode was shortened.
• In the Spanish version of this episode, although the kids don't sing the first verse of "I Love You" with Barney, the audio recording of children chorus singing the first verse of the song is used.

Home media

The Barney Doll wearing a safari hat in the episode's conclusion.

On January 19, 1994, this episode was released on home video as Let's Pretend with Barney. On the front cover it says "Introducing BJ" despite his actual debut being in "Look At Me, I'm 3!". The back of the cover also implies this is David's first appearance as well, although he first appeared in "My Favorite Things".

Trivia

• This episode marked:
  • The first Barney & Friends episode to have three kids appear, rather than the usual four or five. This also marks the first time that more boys than girls appear.
  • The first time Barney learns to watch birds through binoculars.
  • The first episode where BJ appears throughout the episode and Baby Bop appears close to the end. The next time this happens will be "It's Raining, It's Pouring...".
• During the "The Airplane Song", a shot of a city map rug with a silhouette of airplane flying over it is shown when everyone pretends to look out a window.
• Chronologically, it's possible that this episode took place before "Stop, Look And Be Safe!" because BJ says that he does not have an imagination strong enough to pretend that the playground is a jungle but he was able to pretend to be a dragon in the previous episode.
• Min wears the same top from "Grown-Ups For A Day!" and will wear it again in "A Very Special Delivery!".
• Shawn wears the same shirt from "Honk! Honk! A Goose On The Loose!".