History Trivia / BarneyAndFriends

** There are also rumors that there was a banned episode where Barney told kids "a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet", which was pulled after allegedly causing a rise in kidnappings. There is no evidence that this episode exists, nor that any Barney episode caused a rise in kidnappings.

* FatalMethodActing: Creator/JoshMartin (one of Barney's suit actors) had a near miss during the filming of "Good, Clean Fun!". During a rehearsal for "The Popcorn Song", the wire of one of the batteries in the head of the suit (the one that controls the fan) grounded out on a bolt and rubbed the insulation off, causing smoke to come out of the mouth and the rest of the suit. He survived the incident and kept the exploded battery as a trophy when he left the show.

* ActorSharedBackground: Min is Filipina, like her actress. According to [[WordOfSaintPaul Pia Hamilton]], the character was going to be Chinese, until the producers found out about her heritage.

* ActorSharedBackground: Min is Filipina, like her actress. In fact, the character was going to be Chinese, until the producers found out about Pia Hamilton's heritage.

* MemorialCharacter: BJ was named after creator Sheryl Leach's father Billy J. Stamps, who passed away in June 1992.

* BabyNameTrendKiller: After this show, there was a significant decrease in children named Barney in America.

* AmateurCast:

** In the UK , ''Barney'' began on GMTV and TCC, before later moving to Tiny Living, Milkshake!, Cartoon Network Too and Cartoonito at various points.

* TheWikiRule: Here's [[https://barney.fandom.com/wiki/Home Barney Wiki]].

** David Joyner, the original suit actor for Barney, was reportedly [[https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/7446333/original-barney-actor-slams-new-look-dinosaur-character/ not happy]] with the look of ''Barney's World''.

** The audio cassettes for the first three Backyard Gang videos revealed that the voices of Barney, Sandy Duncan, and the kids had been replaced with different ones, including an unseen woman, Mary Keepers.

** Only a handful of kids featuring on the show had prior acting experience and/or their own managers/agents, with casting calls being open to all kids in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. This was due to the producers' insistence that the kids be relatable to the audience. In addition, although the dinos were mostly played by trained performers, the only job Carey Stinson (Barney's suit performer for birthday parties, promo, tours and the last 7 seasons of the TV show) had prior to being Barney's suit actor was being a busboy (later a cook) at Chili's.
** Jenny Dempsey, who suit-acted Baby Bop and B.J. when they were still adult-sized, was recruited straight from the props department.
** Jeff Ayers, who suit-acted Baby Bop for most of the show's run and occasionally Riff, was previously a sports mascot performer and a teacher for mascots at cheerleading camps.

** Original Barney voice actor Creator/BobWest voiced Pasqually P. Pieplate and Jasper T. Jowls of Creator/ChuckECheese's from 1987-1998, was a puppeteer on some of the [=VIA=] San Antonio "Buppets" commercials, and has also done graphic design for shows including ''Series/TheMuppets2015'', ''Series/{{Speechless}}'' and {{Series/MuppetsMayhem}}''. In fact, he primarily focuses on graphic design for film and television career-wise as of 2023, although he's known to still do the odd VO gig.

** Original Barney voice actor Creator/BobWest voiced Pasqually P. Pieplate and Jasper T. Jowls of Creator/ChuckECheese's from 1987-1998, was a puppeteer on some of the [=VIA=] San Antonio "Buppets" commercials, and has also done graphic design for shows including ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' and ''Series/{{Speechless}}'' as well as poster designs for the early Barney live shows. In fact, he primarily focuses on graphic design for film and television career-wise as of 2022, although he's known to still do the odd VO gig.

* CreatorBacklash: Barney's caused a ''lot'' of resentment amongst the creators and their families. Sheryl Leach was a workaholic when it came to Barney, causing some resentment from her family. Other people who worked on the show reported receiving hatemail and literal death threats from the PeripheryHatedom.

** ''Film/WeeSing'' and ''Series/{{Kidsongs}}'', predated Barney by three years [[note]]The former inspired Sheryl Leach to create the Barney series[[/note]], but all three were programs using traditional children's songs to entertain and educate young children. Also, like ''Barney'', Kidsongs would get a TV adaptation which added a pair of costumed characters that weren't seen in the videos (for ''Barney'', it was BJ, and for ''Kidsongs'', the Biggles were the characters added). Both also aired on public TV. [[note]]Kidsongs wasn't neccesarily a PBS program, per se, but rather syndicated by American Public Television, meaning public TV stations not affiliated with PBS could also run the show[[/note]]. When Universal [[note]]who ironically owns Universal Studios Florida, the home of A Day in the Park with Barney[[/note]] got distribution rights to the Wee Sing videos in the mid-90's, they created two characters named Singaling and Warbly to rival Barney with little success.

* MakingUseOfTheTwin: In their first appearance, Ashley and Alissa are introduced one at a time and are mistaken for each other, before they show up together and explain themselves. They also team up for a MirrorRoutine in a talent show.

*** A possible reason why the older seasons never got re-released for over a decade is because some episodes contain material that are deemed [[OnceAcceptableTargets too immoral, scary or tense]] for today's target audience. Examples include Kathy and Min physically fighting over the Barney doll in ''Caring Means Sharing!'', and Tina noticing a big bug in Derek's sack before a sack race in ''A Splash Party, Please!''. One of the songs, "The Other Day I Met a Bear", even originally contained references to a weapon.

* DevelopmentHell: A reboot of the show was announced in October 2015 for a 2017 launch. That year has come and gone and nothing else regarding the project had been announced for a few years. A [[https://youtu.be/5oTWHnVsYys?t=1240/# 2021 video presentation]] from Mattel stated that the reboot was still in development at that time, and on 13th February 2023, the [[https://corporate.mattel.com/news/mattel-announces-barney-franchise-relaunch?fbclid=IwAR1x5I2NP5Oa1vWgGJWkpXJxlmhZjD7nyvMX_5_FqpVij5XmyAHEdpA4lAc first look of the Barney reboot was revealed]] and [[ShiftedToCGI was going to be animated in CGI]].

* TheOriginalDarrin: Bob West, who voiced Barney from 1988 to 2000, came back to do the voice of Barney during promotional activities for the 2005 launch of PBS Kids Sprout! as his then-current voice actor, Dean Wendt, was unavailable.

* DevelopmentHell: A reboot of the show was announced in October 2015 for a 2017 launch. That year has come and gone and nothing else regarding the project had been announced for a few years. A [[https://youtu.be/5oTWHnVsYys?t=1240/# 2021 video presentation]] from Mattel stated that the reboot was still in development but there's no stone-set release date at the moment.

** Many media publications have said that Bob West was in theBbarney suit. Bob West provided the voice while other performers, such as David Voss, David Joyner and Creator/JoshMartin portrayed Barney in the suit.

** Many media publications have said that Bob West was in the barney suit. Bob West provided the voice while other performers, such as David Voss, David Joyner, and Creator/JoshMartin portrayed Barney in the suit.