The thirteenth season of Barney & Friends premiered on the PBS children's block, PBS Kids from September 7[1]-18, 2009, and consisted of ten episodes. This season continues to display Barney coming to life through a child's imagination, whenever he is needed for something, helping his friends, through educational themes.
This season focused on the theme of "Friends and Family Around the World".[1] In each episode, Barney and his friends travel to various countries, using Barney's Travel Book, to experience having fun with new friends from different cultures. Other than the "Barney Theme Song" and "I Love You", the song, "Here We Go Again", appeared in every episode in this season, emphasizing that they're traveling around the world.
This season brings back most of the main kid characters from the previous season, and Ben joins the cast after his first appearance in the home video, Celebrating Around The World. Also joining the cast from this season are: Connor, Kioko, Eli, Natalia, and Rusty.
This was the final season before major changes took place, including the setting, casting and show production, and also the first season to be filmed in HD.
The home video, Barney's Worldwide Adventure!, features seven episodes from this season for content as well as the release of Big World Adventure containing new material.
Production[]
Filming[]
Filming for this season took place from October 16, 2008 to January 14, 2009.[2]
Casting[]
This season marks the only appearances of Connor, Eli, and Rusty, the only television appearances of Ben and Natalia, the final appearances of Holly, Kioko, Myra, Taylor, and Tracy, and the final television appearances of Joshua and Emma. Ben, Emma, Joshua, and Natalia will later return to be featured in a couple of home videos which were recorded in 2010.
Dinosaurs[]
This was the first season with the new Barney costume with connected feet and a rounder mouth, as well as the new Baby Bop costume, now performed by Lauren Mayeux.
Cast[]
Dinosaurs[]
- Barney (Voice: Dean Wendt, Costume: Carey Stinson) [10/10]
- Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Lauren Mayeux) [6/10]
- BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Kyle Nelson) [6/10]
- Riff (Voice: Michaela Dietz, Costume: Jerad Harris) [6/10]
Children[]
- Emma (Deborah Cole) [4/10]
- Ben (Austin Lux) [4/10]
- Joshua (Jaren Lewison) [3/10]
- Tracy (Victoria Lennox) [3/10]
- Myra (Lexi ten Napel) [2/10]
- Connor (Chase Vasquez) (debut) [2/10]
- Holly (Justice Moore) [2/10]
- Kioko (Keiko Sanders) [2/10]
- Rusty (Ben Lux) (debut) [2/10]
- Taylor (Kacie Lynch) [2/10]
- Eli (Darrak White) (debut) [1/10]
- Natalia (Montse Hernandez) [1/10]
Adults[]
- Mr. Brantley (Steve Jones) [1/10]
- Mr. Copeland (Dell Johnson) [1/10]
Guest Appearances[]
- Shawn Denegre-Vaught (played Fernan in "Bienvenido, Barney: Mexico")
- Paloma Renteria (played Amorita in "Bienvenido, Barney: Mexico")
- Raymond Rivera (played Amorita's Abuelo in "Bienvenido, Barney: Mexico")
- Jackie Gonzales, Cristina Gonzales, Daniela Rodriguez, and Roxanna Gutierrez (played the Mexican Dancers in "Bienvenido, Barney: Mexico")
- McKenzie Ormsbee (played Tian Tian in "Big Brother Rusty: China")
- Deanne Moore (played Rusty's Mom in "Big Brother Rusty: China")
- Alana Lee (played Mei-Ling in "Big Brother Rusty: China")
- Shane Potchana and Ashley Tran (played the Kids in "Big Brother Rusty: China")
- Chinese Acrobats - Circus China (in "Big Brother Rusty: China")
- Johnny Garcia (played Mr. Parker in "¡Ahora Mismo!: Spain")
- Al Ragusin (played Senor Vega in "¡Ahora Mismo!: Spain")
- Larry Rodriguez (played Mario in "¡Ahora Mismo!: Spain")
- Deliah Buitron, Daniel De Cordoba, Virginia Malvido, and Martita Valdes (played the Flamenco Dancers in "¡Ahora Mismo!: Spain")
- Juli Erickson (played Anna Maria in "Venice, Anyone?: Italy")
- Tyler Strother (played Dimitri in "Sweeter Than Candy: Greece")
- Sydney Kane (played Damara in "Sweeter Than Candy: Greece")
- Morgan Morris (played a customer in "The Music Box: Switzerland")
- Yana Kolmakova (played a Swiss Vendor in "The Music Box: Switzerland")
- Ruedi Berner, Kurt Fuhrer, and Chuck Hield (played the Alphorn Players in "¡Ahora Mismo!: Spain")
- Janelle Gore (played Ayira in "The Good Egg: Kenya")
- Doug Terranova (played Jeff in "The Good Egg: Kenya")
- Chris Johnson (played Mark in "The Good Egg: Kenya")
- Kaia Flagg, Ciara Lee, Komari Flagg, and Zuri Williams (played the Dancers in "The Good Egg: Kenya")
- Najee Lee and Brandon Redwins (played the Drummers in "The Good Egg: Kenya")
- James Cain (played J.D. in "A Bird of a Different Feather: Hawaii")
- Kiana Wang (played Lahna in "A Bird of a Different Feather: Hawaii")
- Cheryl Sanders (played Meli in "A Bird of a Different Feather: Hawaii")
- Matt Moore (played Pierre in "Bonjour, Barney!: France")
- Joel Ferrell, Nicholas Morris, and Markus Lloyd (played Chefs in "Bonjour, Barney!: France")
- Halle Tomlinson, Isabella Rusli and Mariah Snyder (played the Can Can Dancers in "Bonjour, Barney!: France")
- Holly Franklin (played Maya / Mother Nature in "Home Sweet Earth: The Rainforest")
Episodes[]
| # | Episode | Written By | Directed By | New Barney Songs | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Carter Crocker | Fred Holmes | September 7, 2009 | |
| Baby Bop's friend Monty the butterfly passes through the park with a flock of friends on their way to Mexico. When Monty gets left behind by his insect friends and family, Barney takes everyone on a visit to Mexico, where Baby Bop will say good-bye to her butterfly friend. | |||||
| 2 |  |
Halim Jabbour | Brian Mack | "Brothers and Sisters are Great", "Chinese Lion Dance" | September 8, 2009 |
| Rusty's family is adopting a baby girl from China. Not knowing much about China, Rusty believes that he will not be a good brother. Barney takes him to China to learn about Chinese culture during the Lunar New Year festival. | |||||
| 3 |  |
Michael Anthony Steele | Steven Feldman | "Languages from All Around the World" | September 9, 2009 |
| After Ben misses the opportunity to ride a pony in the park, Barney takes him to Spain to meet Regalo, a special dancing horse. | |||||
| 4 |  |
Dean Stefan | Fred Holmes | September 10, 2009 | |
| Emma is frustrated with a school project about her family. Noticing that her ancestors are from Venice, Barney takes her to Italy to learn more about her family's culture. They take a gondola ride, learn about Italian food, and make special masks. | |||||
| 5 |  |
Charlotte Spivey | Brian Mack | "Don't Be Blue" | September 11, 2009 |
| Barney, Baby Bop, and BJ are helping the kids get ready for a school play. Barney takes his friends to Greece to learn about how plays were performed in Ancient Greece. While there, they meet some friends and decide to put on a version of "King Midas" in an amphitheater. | |||||
| 6 |  |
Mark Valenti | Fred Holmes | September 14, 2009 | |
| After accidentally selling Kioko's special music box at the park's rummage sale, Ben sets out to find a replacement gift. Discovering that the box came from Switzerland, Barney takes Ben there in search of a new music box. | |||||
| 7 |  |
Elizabeth Jaynes | Brian Mack | September 15, 2009 | |
| When the kids find a mysterious, colorful egg in the park, Barney takes them on a trip to Kenya to try to find out what kind of animal could have laid the egg. While in Kenya, they meet Ayira who introduces them to many people, cultures and animals of Kenya! | |||||
| 8 |  |
Charlotte Spivey | Fred Holmes | "Flowers", "Hula in the Morning" | September 16, 2009 |
| Barney takes Tracy and her friends to Hawaii in search of a "Bird of Paradise". While on the island, they learn how to make leis and do the hula. | |||||
| 9 |  |
Fred Holmes | Brian Mack | September 17, 2009 | |
| Emma is having trouble with her painting for the "Art in the Park Show". So Barney takes her to France to learn how to paint from his friend Pierre. While there, they learn about France and how to "paint by following your heart." | |||||
| 10 |  |
Cheryl Ammeter | Steven Feldman | "Every Day is Earth Day" | September 18, 2009 |
| It's Earth Day, a great time for everyone to learn how to help take care of our world; but Ben is wasting paper while BJ isn't too concerned about cutting down a tree to make room for a new playground. After a trip to the rainforest and a meeting with Mother Nature, everyone learns the importance of taking care of our world. | |||||
Release[]
Home media[]
- A longer and re-titled version of those episodes, "Bienvenido, Barney: Mexico" and "Home Sweet Earth: The Rainforest", was released on home video as Let's Go on Vacation and Barney's Jungle Friends, respectively, in 2009.
- Barney's Worldwide Adventure! was a home video that only consisted of (seven) episodes from this season that was released on October 13, 2015.
Streaming[]
The entirety of this season became available to stream on Amazon Prime Video on July 29, 2016. On January 20, 2022, this season also became available on HappyKids, and as of March 2022, on The Roku Channel as well.
2021[]
In 2021, this season became available to stream on many different streaming services, including FilmRise Streaming Network, Tubi, and Netflix.[3][4]
Trivia[]
- This season marked:
- The final season to have new episodes of the content, not counting the fourteenth season.
- The final season to have 10 episodes.
- The opening intro did not change to widescreen so they used the colored borders to censored out the black bars in effort to have the intro remastered.
- The final season to use the season seven intro and outro before season fourteen debut an new intro and outro however an clip from the season seven intro with Barney walking at the start will appear and season fourteen will still use the HiT Entertainment blocks logo only the music is in Low Pitch.
- Despite the changes to the intro and others this is also the final season to use the season seven promo website they also remastered the website promo and the colored bars the same goes for the ending credits.
- This is the first season that Barney takes over the website narrating the pbskids.org website.
- The recording of Barney saying the pbskids.org promo was reused for Season 14.
- The final season to have the PBS Kids website appear before the credits appear before Season 14 has the PBS Kids website appear in the credits.
- The final season to have the funding credits appear after the credits as Season 14 has the funding credits appear before the end credits stars.
- Songs such as "Flowers" and "Everyday is Earth Day" were credited as original songs written for this season, however, they also made a prior debut in the video Barney's Jungle Friends, while the latter was credited for that video also.
Videos[]
Promo[]
