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** Or he could be [[FridgeHorror eating them offscreen]] at the end of each season and pretends he doesn't like meat out in the open. But behind closed doors... CHOMP! Cue the next season of "[[ShmuckBait food.]]"

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** Or he could be [[FridgeHorror eating them offscreen]] at the end of each season and pretends he doesn't like meat out in the open. But behind closed doors... CHOMP! Cue the next season of "[[ShmuckBait food.]]" ]]"



* ChewingTheScenery: They're [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable speaKING withOUT aNY form of conTEXT]].

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* ChewingTheScenery: They're [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable speaKING withOUT aNY form of conTEXT]].



** What's next? "It's okay to throw barrels of oil into the ocean"? [[YouJustHadToSayIt ...]] [[TooSoon Wait...]]

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** What's next? "It's okay to throw barrels of oil into the ocean"? [[YouJustHadToSayIt ...]] [[TooSoon Wait...]] ]]



* MemeticMolester: Unsavorable {{Urban Legend}}s and playground myths come up about Barney and his actor(s) often. He's also the namesake of the BarneyBunch, [[SyntheticVoiceActor Speakonia]] videos on {{Newgrounds}} and {{YouTube}} based on its characters visiting various places and [[RefugeInVulgarity doing disgusting things]].

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* MemeticMolester: Unsavorable {{Urban Legend}}s and playground myths come up about Barney and his actor(s) often. He's also the namesake of the BarneyBunch, [[SyntheticVoiceActor Speakonia]] videos on {{Newgrounds}} and {{YouTube}} Website/YouTube based on its characters visiting various places and [[RefugeInVulgarity doing disgusting things]].



* {{Narm}}: Sandy Duncan singing "I Love You" at the top of her lungs, when she's by herself in an early video.

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* {{Narm}}: Sandy Duncan singing "I Love You" at the top of her lungs, when she's by herself in an early video.



** Barney himself, especially during TheNineties.
** Riff is this to pretty much everyone who stopped watching Barney before he was introduced in 2006.

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** Barney himself, especially during TheNineties.
TheNineties.
** Riff is this to pretty much everyone who stopped watching Barney before he was introduced in 2006.



* TastesLikeDiabetes: One of the largest targets of this criticism... There are bullies in real schools, damnit!

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* TastesLikeDiabetes: One of the largest targets of this criticism... There are bullies in real schools, damnit! damnit!



We will love each other forever.

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We will love each other forever.
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* {{Wooleyism}}: "I Love You" in the Israeli co-production. The song was rewritten to be about togetherness and friendship:

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* {{Wooleyism}}: {{Woolseyism}}: "I Love You" in the Israeli co-production. The song was rewritten to be about togetherness and friendship:

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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: There are some instances which may give the false impression that cheating is okay. In "A Splash Party, Please," when Barney and the kids are having a tug o' war, Min helps the other kids win by tickling Barney. Later, in "Falling For Autumn," Shawn participates in a relay race with a peanut stuck to his spoon with peanut butter. Proponents states that it's safe to assume that these "cheating" ways were just thrown in as jokes, while opponents state that children of the target demographic pick up from mimicking and may copy the action because they do not understand that it's supposed to be a joke (Sadly, in some countries - particularly corrupt ones, this {{aesop}} is TruthInTelevision).

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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: There are some instances which may give the false impression that cheating is okay. In "A Splash Party, Please," when Barney and the kids are having a tug o' war, Min helps the other kids win by tickling Barney. Later, in "Falling For Autumn," Shawn participates in a relay race with a peanut stuck to his spoon with peanut butter. Proponents states that it's safe to assume that these "cheating" ways were just thrown in as jokes, jokes (and the characters playing them off as such), while opponents state that children of the target demographic pick up from mimicking and may copy the action because they do not understand that it's supposed to be a joke (Sadly, in some countries - particularly corrupt ones, this {{aesop}} is TruthInTelevision).


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* {{Wooleyism}}: "I Love You" in the Israeli co-production. The song was rewritten to be about togetherness and friendship:
--> [[HoldingHands Hand in hand in hand]], [[YouAreNotAlone no one here will be alone]].\\
We will love each other forever.
** Other songs in the same production became Wooleyisms. For instance, "I've Been Working on the Railroad" is now about working at a sea port and seeing a ship sailing by.

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***The show's producers likely noticed and changed the choreography for "Brushing My Teeth" in future episodes. In the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iMNK-O8XIc&t=07m39s same season]], in fact.



** Any song from the show can be classified as an earworm: "Mr. Knickerbocker," "Sally the Camel," "If All the Raindrops," etc.

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** Any song from the show series, [[PublicDomainSoundtrack in the public domain]] or not, can be classified as an earworm: "Mr. Knickerbocker," "Sally the Camel," "If All the Raindrops," etc.earworm.



* WereStillRelevantDammit: Any attempt at Rap or Hip Hop after 1999.

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* WereStillRelevantDammit: Any attempt at Rap or Hip Hop after 1999.[[ThemeTuneRap The intro to Season 14]]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuCLwexAc78 Enough said.
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** One song in the show is about brushing your teeth. Unfortunately, the hand gestures that are being made... do not look exactly like tooth brushing. Can be seen in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e6a3omGJmc this video]].
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: There are some instances which may give the false impression that cheating is okay. In "A Splash Party, Please," when Barney and the kids are having a tug o' war, Min helps the other kids win by tickling Barney. Later, in "Falling In Autumn," Shawn participates in a relay race with a peanut stuck to his spoon with peanut butter. Proponents states that it's safe to assume that these "cheating" ways were just thrown in as jokes, while opponents state that children of the target demographic pick up from mimicking and may copy the action because they do not understand that it's supposed to be a joke (Sadly, in some countries - particularly corrupt ones, this {{aesop}} is TruthInTelevision).

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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: There are some instances which may give the false impression that cheating is okay. In "A Splash Party, Please," when Barney and the kids are having a tug o' war, Min helps the other kids win by tickling Barney. Later, in "Falling In For Autumn," Shawn participates in a relay race with a peanut stuck to his spoon with peanut butter. Proponents states that it's safe to assume that these "cheating" ways were just thrown in as jokes, while opponents state that children of the target demographic pick up from mimicking and may copy the action because they do not understand that it's supposed to be a joke (Sadly, in some countries - particularly corrupt ones, this {{aesop}} is TruthInTelevision).

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* WeirdAlEffect: People are now more familiar with the opening theme and the closing theme "I Love You" than the songs they were based on: "Yankee Doodle" and "This Old Man".

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* WeirdAlEffect: People are now more familiar with the opening theme and the closing theme "I Love You" than the songs they were based on: "Yankee Doodle" and "This Old Man".Man", respectively.
* WereStillRelevantDammit: Any attempt at Rap or Hip Hop after 1999.
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** Or he could just be [[FridgeHorror eating them offscreen]] at the end of each season and pretending he doesn't like meat out in the open. But behind closed doors... CHOMP! Cue the next season of "[[ShmuckBait food.]]"

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** Or he could just be [[FridgeHorror eating them offscreen]] at the end of each season and pretending pretends he doesn't like meat out in the open. But behind closed doors... CHOMP! Cue the next season of "[[ShmuckBait food.]]"

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** Or he could just be [[FridgeHorror eating them offscreen]] at the end of each season and pretending he doesn't eat meat out in the open. But behind closed doors... CHOMP! Cue the next season of "[[ShmuckBait food.]]

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** Or he could just be [[FridgeHorror eating them offscreen]] at the end of each season and pretending he doesn't eat like meat out in the open. But behind closed doors... CHOMP! Cue the next season of "[[ShmuckBait food.]]]]"
*** Maybe all those lessons he instills kids with "seasons" their brains so they'll taste better...
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** Or he could just be [[FridgeHorror eating them offscreen]] at the end of each season and pretending he doesn't eat meat. Cue the next season of "[[ShmuckBait food.]]"

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** Or he could just be [[FridgeHorror eating them offscreen]] at the end of each season and pretending he doesn't eat meat. meat out in the open. But behind closed doors... CHOMP! Cue the next season of "[[ShmuckBait food.]]"]]
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** Or he could just be [[FridgeHorror eating them offscreen]] at the end of each season and pretending he doesn't eat meat. Cue the next season of "[[ShmuckBait food.]]"
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* [[AccidentalNightmareFuel Nightmare Fuel]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Station Attendant]]: See AlternativeCharacterInterpretation above.

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* [[AccidentalNightmareFuel Nightmare Fuel]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Station Attendant]]: NightmareFuelStationAttendant: See AlternativeCharacterInterpretation above.
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* ChewingTheScenery: They're [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable alWAYS speaKING withOUT aNY form of conTEXT]].
* CriticalDissonance: Despite being hated by anyone over the age of three, the show has been one of the greatest merchandising successes ever.

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* ChewingTheScenery: They're [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable alWAYS speaKING withOUT aNY form of conTEXT]].
conTEXT]].
* CriticalDissonance: Despite being hated by anyone most over the age of three, the show has been one of the greatest merchandising successes ever.



* MemeticMolester: Unsavorable {{Urban Legend}}s and playground myths come up about Barney and his actor often. He's also the namesake of the BarneyBunch, [[SyntheticVoiceActor Speakonia]] videos on {{Newgrounds}} and {{YouTube}} based on its characters visiting various places and [[RefugeInVulgarity doing disgusting things]].

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* MemeticMolester: Unsavorable {{Urban Legend}}s and playground myths come up about Barney and his actor actor(s) often. He's also the namesake of the BarneyBunch, [[SyntheticVoiceActor Speakonia]] videos on {{Newgrounds}} and {{YouTube}} based on its characters visiting various places and [[RefugeInVulgarity doing disgusting things]].



* OlderThanTheyThink: The "I Love You" song first appeared in the Backyard Gang videos, but the song was written in a 1983 children's book prior to its usage on Barney. In 1994, the show's producers made an agreement with songwriter Lee Bernstein where she'd get credit for the song in future episodes (and was paid $6,000 for use of the song).

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* OlderThanTheyThink: The "I Love You" song first appeared in the Backyard Gang videos, but the song was written in a 1983 children's book prior to its usage on Barney. In 1994, 1992, the show's producers made an agreement with songwriter Lee Bernstein where she'd get credit for the song in future episodes (and was paid $6,000 for use of the song).song). This didn't stop said book's publisher from suing both Bernstein and the produers of Barney & Friends in 1994 over the song's lyrics. The lawsuit was settled later that year and "I Love You" has remained part of the series.

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* SpecialEffectFailure: Apart from the disturbing eyelid mentioned below, there was also an attempt to animate a breakdancing Barney for the first usage of "Mr. Knickerbocker." The resulting sequence was loud, and had a low frame rate.

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* SpecialEffectFailure: Apart from In the disturbing eyelid mentioned below, there original three Barney & The Backyard Gang videos, Barney would close each video winking (with a crudely drawn eyelid). In later videos, he would wink with a sparkle in his eye, which continued in the television series.
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was also an attempt to animate a breakdancing Barney for the first usage of "Mr. Knickerbocker." The resulting sequence was loud, and had a low frame rate. Knickerbocker," using stop-motion animation.

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* TheScrappy: The ''I Love You'' song. Not only does it not stick as an ear worm to some people, it has been known to push some people's BerserkButton as well.
** Barney himself, especially during TheNineties.
** Riff is this to pretty much everyone who stopped watching Barney before he was introduced in 2006.



* TheScrappy: The ''I Love You'' song. Not only does it not stick as an ear worm to some people, it has been known to push some people's BerserkButton as well.
** Barney himself, especially during TheNineties.
** Riff is this to pretty much everyone who stopped watching Barney before he was introduced in 2006.
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** Kiff is this to pretty much everyone who stopped watching Barney before he was introduced in 2006.

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** Kiff Riff is this to pretty much everyone who stopped watching Barney before he was introduced in 2006.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: All [[{{Tropers/Bat1701}} this troper]] is saying is that Barney is a T-Rex and [[ToServeMan the cast of kids changes every season.]]

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: All [[{{Tropers/Bat1701}} this troper]] is saying that needs to be said is that Barney is a T-Rex and [[ToServeMan the cast of kids changes every season.]]
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Flame Bait, and the scrappy is to characters, not to shows


** Barney himself and the show itself, especially during TheNineties. It was even the former TropeNamer for PeripheryHatedom!

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** Barney himself and the show itself, himself, especially during TheNineties. It was even the former TropeNamer for PeripheryHatedom!
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* CriticalDissonance

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* CriticalDissonanceCriticalDissonance: Despite being hated by anyone over the age of three, the show has been one of the greatest merchandising successes ever.
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** The show itself, especially during TheNineties. It was even the former TropeNamer for PeripheryHatedom!

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** The Barney himself and the show itself, especially during TheNineties. It was even the former TropeNamer for PeripheryHatedom!
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** The show itself, especially during TheNineties. It was even the former TropeNamer for PeripheryHatedom!
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* SpecialEffectFailure: Apart from the disturbing eyelid mentioned below, there was also an attempt to animate a breakdancing Barney for the first usage of "Mr. Knickerbocker." The resulting sequence was loud, and had a low frame rate.
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* {{Narm}}: Sandy Duncan singing "I Love You" at the top of her lungs, when she's by herself in an early video.

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* UnfortunateImplications: In "The Wheels on the Bus", the black girl and the Asian boy are in the back, with the two white kids in the front.

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* UnfortunateImplications: In "The Wheels on the Bus", the black girl and the Asian boy are in the back, with the two white kids in the front. front.
* WeirdAlEffect: People are now more familiar with the opening theme and the closing theme "I Love You" than the songs they were based on: "Yankee Doodle" and "This Old Man".
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* PeripheryHatedom
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* [[{{Ptitle1fqxgbbvavmd}} What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]: How do we know that the kids didn't just take ''way'' too much LSD before the show started and hallucinated the Barney doll coming to life?

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* [[{{Ptitle1fqxgbbvavmd}} What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]: WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: How do we know that the kids didn't just take ''way'' too much LSD before the show started and hallucinated the Barney doll coming to life?
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* TastesLikeDiabetes: One of the most common criticisms... There are bullies in real schools, damnit!

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* TastesLikeDiabetes: One of the most common criticisms...largest targets of this criticism... There are bullies in real schools, damnit!

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[[redirect:YMMV/{{Ptitle7ejsxl4j}}]]* AccidentalInnuendo: An episode has B.J. becoming [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Captain Pickles, who then goes to protect the world for pickle lovers everywhere.]] If not for the fact that this is ''Barney and Friends'', one would think that it was really [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar getting it past the censors]].
** Nevermind the name "B.J."...
** There's also the ending theme, which encourages hugging and kissing children.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: All [[{{Tropers/Bat1701}} this troper]] is saying is that Barney is a T-Rex and [[ToServeMan the cast of kids changes every season.]]
** Barney is the Beast of Revelations, the {{Teletubbies}} are his Horsemen, clowns and [[TheSmurfs smurfs]] are his armies of darkness.
* AuthorsSavingThrow: Who remembers that [[TooSmartForStrangers "Never Talk to Strangers"]] song?
* BadassDecay: Aside from the other criticisms listed on this page, it's just weird to see the awesome Tyrannosaur turned into a cuddly babysitter. At least his great-great-grandfather was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4i5W4iyQBU&t=07m16s fierce...]]
* ChewingTheScenery: They're [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable alWAYS speaKING withOUT aNY form of conTEXT]].
* CriticalDissonance
* EarWorm: "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family..." It may have been mocked and ridiculed to death, but you'll never forget it.
** How about the opening theme?!
** Any song from the show can be classified as an earworm: "Mr. Knickerbocker," "Sally the Camel," "If All the Raindrops," etc.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: There are some instances which may give the false impression that cheating is okay. In "A Splash Party, Please," when Barney and the kids are having a tug o' war, Min helps the other kids win by tickling Barney. Later, in "Falling In Autumn," Shawn participates in a relay race with a peanut stuck to his spoon with peanut butter. Proponents states that it's safe to assume that these "cheating" ways were just thrown in as jokes, while opponents state that children of the target demographic pick up from mimicking and may copy the action because they do not understand that it's supposed to be a joke (Sadly, in some countries - particularly corrupt ones, this {{aesop}} is TruthInTelevision).
** What's next? "It's okay to throw barrels of oil into the ocean"? [[YouJustHadToSayIt ...]] [[TooSoon Wait...]]
** While "A Little Sister is A Bundle of Joy" and "School is Fun" aren't exactly {{Family Unfriendly Aesop}}s, imagine how someone who has a little sister who constantly torments him and/or is constantly bullied at school feels when he [[BerserkButton happens across the episodes]].
* MemeticMolester: Unsavorable {{Urban Legend}}s and playground myths come up about Barney and his actor often. He's also the namesake of the BarneyBunch, [[SyntheticVoiceActor Speakonia]] videos on {{Newgrounds}} and {{YouTube}} based on its characters visiting various places and [[RefugeInVulgarity doing disgusting things]].
* {{Moe}}: Tina (in the early Barney & the Backyard Gang videos), Kathy (in Season 1), and some other kids. One girl, Linda, seems to make a connection with Kathy in a reunion special.
* [[AccidentalNightmareFuel Nightmare Fuel]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Station Attendant]]: See AlternativeCharacterInterpretation above.
* OlderThanTheyThink: The "I Love You" song first appeared in the Backyard Gang videos, but the song was written in a 1983 children's book prior to its usage on Barney. In 1994, the show's producers made an agreement with songwriter Lee Bernstein where she'd get credit for the song in future episodes (and was paid $6,000 for use of the song).
* TastesLikeDiabetes: One of the most common criticisms... There are bullies in real schools, damnit!
* UnfortunateImplications: In "The Wheels on the Bus", the black girl and the Asian boy are in the back, with the two white kids in the front.
* [[{{Ptitle1fqxgbbvavmd}} What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]: How do we know that the kids didn't just take ''way'' too much LSD before the show started and hallucinated the Barney doll coming to life?
* TheScrappy: The ''I Love You'' song. Not only does it not stick as an ear worm to some people, it has been known to push some people's BerserkButton as well.
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