The Queen Of Make-Believe

No matter what you call it, the magic of imagination can make every day more special! — Barney

Barney & Friends Episode
"The Queen Of Make-Believe"
Air date	April 6, 1992
Written by	Stephen White
Directed by	Jim Rowley
About
Theme	Imagination
Characters	Barney Michael Min (debut) Shawn (debut) Tina
Episode Guide
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"The Queen Of Make-Believe" is the first episode of the first season, as well as the series premiere of Barney & Friends.

Plot

It looks like rain. But Min has decided to become the Queen of Make-Believe. Suddenly, it looks like lots of fun! With Barney leading his friends on a romp of games, songs, and activities. They put on a pretend tea-party, build a robot with boxes, they even create some special "stretching exercises" for the imagination. Pretending, make-believing, or imagining - children learn it's always called fun.

Poems: "The Anything String"

Songs

1. "Barney Theme Song"
2. "Old King Cole"
3. "Old King Cole" (Reprise)
4. "If All the Raindrops"
5. "I'm A Little Teapot"
6. "The Barney Bag"
7. "I'm a Little Robot"
8. "Animal Parade"
9. "The Rocket Song"
10. "I Love You"

Release

Broadcast

In international dubs and co-productions, the songs, "I'm a Little Teapot" and "I'm a Little Robot" (which share the same tune), were not sung, rather cutting to Michael (or a another cast member in non-dub versions) coming out of the robot.

Adaptations

Baniwa Chingudeul

• A cloud silhouette of Barney doesn't appear in this version while a cloud silhouette of a turtle does.
• "What I Want to Be" and "Laugh With Me!" replace the two former songs: "I'm a Little Robot" and "I'm a Little Robot".
• The Anything String is not used in this version.
• Barney and the kids get scared by the thunder when they were looking at rain through the window unlike in the original version.
• The kids don't dress up as animals during "Animal Parade" in this version.

Home media

This episode was released on VHS by Time Life.

US VHS Release

Hebrew VHS Release

Hebrew DVD Release

Trivia

• This episode marked:
  • The first episode written by Stephen White.
  • The first time the "Barney Theme Song" and "I Love You" are sung with the current lyrics.
  • The first appearances of Min and Shawn, replacing Amy and Adam respectively.
  • The first television appearances of Michael and Tina.
  • The first appearance of the season 1 Barney doll.
  • The first appearance of the season 1 Barney costume.
  • The first appearance of "The Barney Bag".
  • The first appearance of the Barney Says segment.
  • The first time Michael appeared without Amy.
  • The first time Michael and Tina appeared without Luci.
  • The first appearance of the Season 1 School Set.
• Despite being listed as a song on the back of Time Life version of the VHS cover, the song, "Yankee Doodle", is not featured in this episode.
• Shawn would later wear the same shirt in "Happy Birthday, Barney!".
• Tina would later wear the same shirt in "Alphabet Soup!" and "1-2-3-4-5 Senses!".
• Michael would later wear the same shirt in "Let's Help Mother Goose!".

Goofs

• When Barney sings the line, "We're a happy family", in "I Love You", Michael and Tina are seen lip-synching to the song.