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The Best Episodes of Barney & Friends

Every episode of Barney & Friends ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Barney & Friends!

Best episode
S8E18 It's Your Birthday, Barney!
8.540 votes
Worst episode
S8E1 A Fountain of Fun
2.612 votes
Top season
Season 1
5.8avg
Binge time
5d 14h
308 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Barney & Friends Season 8 Episode 18 - It's Your Birthday, Barney!
    8.5/10(40 votes)

    S8:E18

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 1 - The Queen of Make-Believe
    6.7/10(51 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

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  3. Barney & Friends Season 2 Episode 3 - May I Help You?
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    S2:E3

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  4. Barney & Friends Season 13 Episode 5 - Sweeter Than Candy: Greece
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    S13:E5

    Barney, Baby Bop and BJ are helping the kids get ready for a school play. Barney tells everyone that putting on shows began in Greece. Of course, the little dinos and kids want to visit the country, so off they go! While there, they meet some Greek friends and decide to put on a play in an amphitheatre. Barney knows a great story that originated in Greece called “King Midas.” By the end of the day, everyone has learned that wanting too much is not a good thing, especially BJ!

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  5. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 2 - My Family's Just Right for Me
    6.9/10(35 votes)

    S1:E2

    It's the eve of ""Family Night"" at school. A super time for Barney & Friends to celebrate all those wonderful folks (and even pets!) at home. With paintings, books, songs, and dances. There's just one glitch to the gala; Kathy's not sure her ""small"" family measures up. It's just her Mom, her grandmother and herself. But after Barney gets through with his fun and games, the children realize that a family is defined by love, not by size.

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  6. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 3 - Playing It Safe
    6.9/10(34 votes)

    S1:E3

    Barney and his friends learn some fun lessons about ""playing it safe."" The kids create cardboard-box cars to teach the rules about seatbelt use and crossing the street safely. To teach Baby Bop about strangers, a classroom version of Little Red Riding Hood is performed. Great music and special lyrics help reinforce the safety lessons.

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  7. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 4 - Hop to It!
    6.9/10(33 votes)

    S1:E4

    When Tina and Luci are playing basketball, Tina is disappointed when she can't play as well as her older sister or the other big kids. Barney stops by to show Tina all the great things she can do with exercise. Barney and the kids play games and sing songs about exercise and find out how fun it is to learn about their bodies. With new found energy and confidence, Tina ends up playing basketball as well as the others.

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  8. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 12 - Happy Birthday, Barney!
    6.6/10(37 votes)

    S1:E12

    It's Barney birthday and everyone is excited about throwing him the best party ever, using classroom materials and their imagination! Barney teaches his friends about birthday customs around the world and that receiving gifts is not the most important part of birthdays.

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  9. Barney & Friends Season 2 Episode 18 - A Very Special Delivery
    6.9/10(25 votes)

    S2:E18

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  10. Barney & Friends Season 2 Episode 10 - Look at Me, I'm Three!
    6.8/10(27 votes)

    S2:E10

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  11. Barney & Friends Season 4 Episode 16 - Easy, Breezy Day!
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    S4:E16

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  12. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 5 - Eat, Drink and Be Healthy!
    6.6/10(31 votes)

    S1:E5

    Barney and his friends discover they have plenty of ""food for thought"" as they learn about nutrition. Discovering the four food groups and the importance of eating healthy snacks allows Barney, Baby Bop and their friends to have fun together. An imaginative rhyming story tells about the perils of being a picky eater. A friend of Barney's sings a humorous song about meals that would ""bug"" most diners. Special songs and lyrics reinforce the lesson that eating healthy foods is the right thing to do.

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  13. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 6 - Four Seasons Day
    6.3/10(33 votes)

    S1:E6

    Talk about the weather! The kids do much more than that as Barney squeezes all four seasons into one rollicking make-believe holiday. You won't believe how much fun you can have celebrating the wind, rain, and the snow. There's a barrel-full of songs about Spring's showers, Summer's warmth, Fall's leaves, and Winter's chill.

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  14. Barney & Friends Season 8 Episode 15 - Squares, Squares Everywhere
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    S8:E15

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  15. Barney & Friends Season 7 Episode 4 - Puppy Love
    6.6/10(19 votes)

    S7:E4

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  16. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 7 - The Treasure of Rainbow Beard
    6.2/10(29 votes)

    S1:E7

    After the kids and Barney enjoy reading a scary pirate book, the book's character, Rainbow Beard, appears and gives them a treasure map of their own to solve. In order to find the treasure, the group must learn a variety of songs and games about colors and shapes. When they finally find the treasure the kids get a big surprise and learn a valuable lesson about sharing with others.

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  17. Barney & Friends Season 4 Episode 8 - It's Tradition
    6.6/10(18 votes)

    S4:E8

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  18. Barney & Friends Season 4 Episode 9 - A Picture of Health
    6.6/10(18 votes)

    S4:E9

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  19. Barney & Friends Season 4 Episode 10 - Play Ball!
    6.5/10(18 votes)

    S4:E10

    Barney introduces the kids to his Vend-O-Ball Machine. He tells them they can press any of the yellow buttons because they dispense various types of balls, but nobody is to press the red button on the bottom, because it has a problem. The kids take turns pressing the buttons and learn about different ball activities such as bowling and golf. Scooter, curious what will happen if one presses the bottom button, asks Baby Bop to do so, and it dispenses so many balls, all the kids come to clean up, and Scooter apologizes for causing the chaos.

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  20. Barney & Friends Season 4 Episode 11 - A Different Kind of Mystery
    6.5/10(18 votes)

    S4:E11

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  21. Barney & Friends Season 4 Episode 17 - All Mixed Up
    6.5/10(18 votes)

    S4:E17

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  22. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 8 - Going Places!
    6.2/10(25 votes)

    S1:E8

    After Luci and Tina leave for a plane trip to their grandmother's house, the other kids wish they could travel too. Barney drops by and takes them for a trip on ""Barney Airlines, Destination: Imagination City!"" Once in ""Imagination City,"" the group envisions a variety of sights to see and all the many fun ways of getting there: a car, a camel, a hot air balloon, and even just by walking.

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  23. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 10 - Down on Barney's Farm
    6.2/10(25 votes)

    S1:E10

    The kid's learn and draw pictures of farm animals, but Shawn is unhappy with his drawing when no one knows what it is. Barney pops in to cheer him up and show the children an imaginary farm firsthand.

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  24. Barney & Friends Season 1 Episode 14 - Our Earth, Our Home
    6.0/10(27 votes)

    S1:E14

    The school's ""Earth Week"" has Barney and his friends all abuzz about things they can do to protect the earth. Through fun-filled songs, the children learn the importance of recycling... how to make new things out of old...how to conserve water, air and land clean. The children form a ""trashcan"" band performing a silly symphony song and do a skit about Johny Appleseed. Sharing and caring for the earth become a ""fun thing"" to do.

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  25. Barney & Friends Season 13 Episode 1 - Bienvenido Barney: Mexico
    6.1/10(22 votes)

    S13:E1

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"It's Your Birthday, Barney!" is the best rated episode of Barney & Friends. It scored 8.5/10 from 40 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on May 12, 2004. This episode scored 1.8 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Queen of Make-Believe".

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