History Series / BabyEinstein

* BoxingKangaroo: There are two toy kangaroos with boxing gloves in ''Baby Noah''.

''Baby Einstein'' is a series of educational direct-to-DVD videos created in 1997 by Julie-Aigner Clark, a former teacher and a mother of two. The videos are meant for very small children under the age of 4 years old. The videos use classical music and puppetry to introduce babies and toddlers to various subjects such as art in ''Baby Van Gogh'' and animals in the ''Baby Dolittle'' videos. The series was a financial success and spawned into music albums, books, flash cards, toys, and other baby products. The company was owned by Artisan Entertainment in 2000 and was then bought by The Walt Disney Company in 2001, and was then sold to Kids II Inc in 2013.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Some of the puppets wear an article of clothing (shirt, hat, etc.) but never wear pants (then again, they're puppets in a baby show). Some animals don't wear any clothes.

* BoxingKangaroo: There is a toy kangaroo with boxing gloves in ''Baby Noah''.

[[caption-width-right:324:It sure can't turn your baby into Einstein, but at least mom can take a catnap.]]

''Baby Einstein'' is a series of educational direct-to-DVD videos created in 1997 by Julie-Aigner Clark, a former teacher and a mother of two. The videos are meant for very small children under the age of 4 years old. The videos use classical music and puppetry to introduce babies and toddlers to various subjects such as art in ''Baby Van Gogh'' and animals in the ''Baby Dolittle'' videos. The series was a financial success and spawned into music albums, books, flash cards, toys, and other baby products. The company was owned by Artisan Entertainment in 2000 and was then bought by Disney in 2001, and was then sold to Kids II Inc in 2013.

* OffScreenCrash: ''Baby Dolittle: Neighborhood Animals'' had one during the cat footprints puppet show.

* NoPlotNoProblem: These videos don't really have a need for a plot. The target demographic wouldn't be interested anyways. The closest thing to a 'plot' in these videos would be the structure of Baby Van Gogh, where each segment is about one of the seven colors of the rainbow, and similar themed structures in other videos like World Music.

* NoPlotNoProblem: These videos don't really have a need for a plot. The target demographic wouldn't be interested anyways.

* CrossReferencedTitles: ''Language Nursery'', and then ''Numbers Nursery''. ''World Animals'' and ''World Animal Adventure'' was probably unintentional or a cashgrab by Disney.

** ''Baby Bach'' doesn't have of the official Baby Einstein puppets either, but still follows the same formula as others. The first video to officially include signature puppets was ''Baby Shakespeare'' (Bard was actually a coincidence in ''Baby Mozart''.)

* Fainting: The duck does this after looking at a washing machine in ''Baby Neptune''.

* CrossReferencedTitles: ''Language Nursery'', and then ''Numbers Nursery''. ''World Animals'' and ''World Animal Adventure'' was probably unintentional.

* CrossReferencedTitles: ''Language Nursery'', and then ''Numbers Nursery''. ''World Animals'' and ''World Animal Adventure'' was probably just a cash-in by Disney.

* HandPuppet: Most of the puppets in the older videos (before Disney took over the company) are hand puppets. Some were used later but rod-controlled puppets were prominently used also.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Most of the puppets wear an article of clothing (shirt, hat, etc.) but never wear pants. Some animals don't wear any clothes.

* SpinOff: ''WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins''. Another spinoff called ''Einstein Pals'' was set for direct-to-DVD release in 2008, but was quietly canceled after controversy sparked about the brand.

* CrossReferencedTitles: ''Language Nursery'', and then ''Numbers Nursery''. ''World Animals'' and ''World Animal Adventure'' may have been an accident.

* HandPuppet: Most of the puppets in the older videos (before Disney took over the company) are hand puppets. Some were used later but string-controlled puppets were prominently used also.

* TheSongRemainsTheSame: The ''World Music'' song "This World, Our World" (save for a few speaking parts) isn't dubbed or subtitled at all in French or Latin Spanish. This is not the case in the Castilian Spanish and Catalan versions.

''Baby Einstein'' is a series of educational direct-to-DVD videos created in 1997 by Julie-Aigner Clark, a former teacher and a mother of two. The videos are meant for very small children under the age of 4 years old. The videos use classical music and puppetry to teach babies various subjects such as art in ''Baby Van Gogh'' and animals in the ''Baby Dolittle'' videos. The series was a financial success and spawned into music albums, books, flash cards, toys, and other baby products. The company was originally owned by Artisan Entertainment in 2000 and was then bought by Disney in 2001, and was then sold to Kids II Inc in 2013.

* TheSongRemainsTheSame: The ''World Music'' song "This World, Our World", the entire song (save for a few speaking parts) isn't dubbed or subtitled at all in French or Latin Spanish. This is not the case in the Castilian Spanish and Catalan versions.

* BananaPeel: In ''World Animals'', Jane the Monkey slips over a banana peel, and then makes monkey noises due to confusion, which [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext makes no sense at all in context]].
* BathsAreFun: The bath chase scene in ''World Animal Adventure'' and the bubble bath scene in ''Baby's First Sounds'' are prime examples of this.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: Later videos are notorious for having either reused clips from other videos (''Baby's First Sounds'' is notorious for this), and other videos completely reuse ideas (''Discovering Shapes'' and ''World Animal Adventure'').

* Baby [=Macdonald=] - A Day on the Farm (2004) [[note]]Re-released in 2009 as simply ''Baby [=MacDonald=]'' [[/note]]

* BilingualDialogue: ''Language Nursery'' and ''Baby's First Sounds'' received criticism for using more than one language in the same video. ''Baby's First Sounds'' uses four languages, while ''Language Nursery'' uses six.
* BoxingKangaroo: There is a toy kangaroo with boxing gloves in ''Baby Noah'', which is a little strange considering it is supposed to teach you about animals.

* FloatingInABubble: This happens to the turtle puppet in ''Baby Neptune'' (in an albeit dark manner as the octopus laughs and waves good-bye)

* MerchandiseDriven: The series was originally just for videos but slowly turned into a multi-million dollar company. CDs, toys, books, discovery cards, and other baby products were created after the brand. In fact, now that the company doesn't make videos anymore, its profits are from toys and books.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Every video up to ''Baby Wordsworth'' except for ''Numbers Nursery'' follow this. ''Language Nursery'' was originally called ''Baby Einstein''.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Almost all of the songs in ''Baby Einstein'' are from the public domain. Few songs are original.

* SantaClaus: Creepily winks at the viewers (hopefully babies) at the end of ''Baby Santa's Music Box''.
* ScaryJackInTheBox: A jack in-the-box is seen in many videos, but it is never scary.

* ViewersAreGoldfish: Especially applies to the Disney-made videos, which think babies are so dumb that everything needs to be repeated twice.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The song ''I Know My Shapes'' from ''Baby Newton'' sounds awfully similar to ''Diggin' on James Brown'' by ''Tower of Power''

* Baby Dolittle: Neighborhood Animals (2001)[[note]]Re-released in 2010 as ''Animals Around Me'' [[/note]]
* Baby Dolittle: World Animals (2001) [[note]]Re-released in 2010 as ''Wild Animal Safari'' [[/note]]

''Baby Einstein'' is a series of educational direct-to-DVD videos created in 1997 by Julie-Aigner Clark, a former teacher and a mother of two. The videos are meant for very small children under the age of 4 years old. The videos use classical music and puppetry to teach babies various subjects such as art in ''Baby Van Gogh'' and animals in the ''Baby Dolittle'' videos. The series was a financial success and spawned into music albums, books, flash cards, toys, and other baby products. The company was bought by Disney in 2001, but sold in 2013 to Kids II Inc.

* Baby Macdonald - A Day on the Farm (2004) [[note]]Re-released in 2009 as simply ''Baby MacDonald'' [[/note]]

* Baby Shakespeare - World of Poetry (1999)
* Baby Van Gogh - World of Colors (2000)

* Baby Dolittle: Neighborhood Animals (2001)
* Baby Dolittle: World Animals (2001)
* Baby Newton - All About Shapes (2002)
* Baby Beethoven - Symphony of Fun (2002)
* Baby Neptune - Discovering Water (2003)

* Baby Macdonald - A Day on the Farm (2004)

* Baby Noah - Animal Expedition (2004)

* Baby Wordsworth: First Words - Around the House (2005)

* Baby's First Moves (2006)
* My First Signs (2007)

* NoAntagonist: For obvious reasons.

''Baby Einstein'' is a series of educational direct-to-DVD videos created in 1997 by Julie-Aigner Clark, a former teacher & a mother of two. The videos are meant for very small children under the age of 4 years old. The videos use classical music and puppetry to teach babies various subjects such as art in ''Baby Van Gogh'' & animals in the ''Baby Dolittle'' videos. The series was a financial success and spawned into music albums, books, flash cards, toys, and other baby products. The company was bought by Disney in 2001, but sold in 2013 to Kids II Inc.

[[folder:List of Baby Einstein Videos]]
All of the videos released under the Baby Einstein name.

!! This series provides examples of:

* BananaPeel: In ''World Animals'', Jane the Monkey slips over a banana peel, and then makes monkey noises due to confusion, which makes no sense at all in context.

* CartoonConductor: The koala in certain re-releases of ''Baby Mozart''
* ChristmasSpecial: ''Baby Santa's Music Box''
* ClassicalMusic: The staple of the series. The only video without it is ''Language Nursery''
* CymbalBangingMonkey: A toy version is seen in ''Baby Shakespeare'' and ''World Animals''

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: Later videos are notorious for having either reused clips from other videos (''Baby's First Sounds'' is notorious for this), and other videos completely reuse ideas (''Discovering Shapes'' & ''World Animal Adventure'').

* MusicalThemeNaming: ''Baby Mozart'',''Baby Bach'', and ''Baby Beethoven'' are obvious examples of this.

* NonIndicativeName: This series was notorious for being recalled by the FTC for being "non-educational and unhealthy for your baby". However, it was revealed that this is not true nor false.

* PuppetShows: Another staple in the series. As usual, the only video without it is ''Language Nursery''

* BonusMaterial: Most of the DVD releases, especially the ones released by Disney, have more content in bonus features than the actual video itself.

* DirectToVideo: Was aired on BabyFirstTV for a very short period of time but was ultimately taken off the air.

* ShortRunInPeru: The only two countries to get every single video (not counting the last 3 discovery kits from 2011) were the United States & Spain. Most other countries didn't make it past ''Baby Macdonald'' or ''Baby Noah''.