Barney's Great Adventure

Barney's Great Adventure is a Canadian musical comedy adventure based on the children's television series Barney & Friends, featuring the character Barney the Dinosaur. The film was written by Stephen White, directed by Steve Gomer, produced by Sheryl Leach and Lyrick Studios and released by Universal Pictures from 2000 to 2021 and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment from 1998 to 2000 in the United States and Canada at the height of Barney's popularity.

• A towel, please. Thank you, Marcella. ( giggles ) Oh, thank you, Cody. It's so nice to have a shower after a long trip. Oh, right. I just love to pretend.
• It's beautiful. Whoops. Uh-uh, sorry.
• Ralphie, a little guitar music, please.
• Well, actually, I think it it was a flea.
• ( evil groans ) Huh? Oh, no! No! I gotta get driving lessons. Oh, I'm fine. Wait for minute. I don't know.
• Hmm… Well, don't give up. ( snaps ) When, the rain stops, we can go, hurry back outside, and look around some more, and then, maybe, we can find it.
• Aw... I know how you feel about losing something, Abby. But, cheer up! We’ll find that egg. You know we will! Don’t cry!
• Oh, that's ring number four. Only one more to go. Come back! Please! You can't our egg! No.
• Right! Yes!
• Okay.
• Oh, I think we need your help. I'd like you to pretend that we can really fly. Let's all do it together. Ready? 1... 2... 3... Now! Thank you!
• We're gonna hit... the haystack!

• They're gonna fancy dance right on top of the egg.
• Oh, look. It's turning green.
• Well, don't give up. ( snaps ) When the rain stops, hopefully we can go hurry back outside and look around some more, and then maybe we can find it.

• It's cracking.

• Excuse me. Uh, I said excuse me! Oh, that's better. I'm looking for my blankie. It's this big, and it's really, really soft, and it's yellow.

( giggles )

• Do you know where my blankie is?
• Oh, well... uh, thank you. Okay, you can go on now.

• It's wiggling.

• Eliza... the kids are here. Shake a leg now.
• Much. Come on.
• Yes. Don't worry. Everything will be okay. Cody. Tiger. Come on.

• They're here? Oh, my goodness. George, do I look all right?
• I know, Cody. You told us at dinner.
• Well, I'm glad he likes it. Marcella, don't leave you little doll out there all night.
• Now, Cody, I did notice at the table... that someone ate like a dinosaur tonight.
• She's a bird-watcher, dear, and I think that she knows everything about eggs and birds. Why don't you on over there?
• George, what is it?
• My stars! What happened? All you all right?

[first lines]

Barney: Oh, boy! It looks like everybody's here!

BJ:: Oh, man, this is gonna be so cool!

Baby Bop: Oh, I can't wait to eat popcorn and sing along and... oh, and see the movie!

[All three of them laugh.]

Barney: Well then, here we go!

Baby Bop: Roll 'em!

[The screen fades from black. During the song that plays throughout the opening credits, we see a green minivan drive through the countryside and the title kicks in. In the minivan, a dad drives, a mom looks at a map, a girl holds Barney (as a doll), another girl stitches lanyard, while a boy plays on his GameBoy, and a baby sits in his seat, silently.]

Marcella: Are we there yet?

Kate Newton: Your turn.

Colton Newton: No, not yet, Marcella.

Abigail "Abby" Newton: Oh, it's taking too long!

Cody Newton: [annoyed, to Abigail] What's your hurry?! They're dumping us for a whole week!

Colton: Oh, come on Cody, you're going to have a great time. You can help Grandpa with the farm chores, like, uh... "milking the chickens!"

Others: [laugh]

Cody: Get the doll out of my face!

[Marcella takes the Barney doll out of Cody's face, just as she and Abby are about to say...]

Abby/Marcella: Talk to the hand, cause the face ain't home, leave a message at the tone: beep! [both laugh: What they were going to say was "Abby and Marcella can't come to the phone. Please leave a message after the beep... beep! If you are satisfied with your message, press one or hang up!"]

Marcella: Do you like dinosaurs?

Cody: What about them?

Abby: That's Barney!

Cody: I know it's Barney. The whole world knows it's Barney, and he's a stuffed doll!

Marcella: You're wrong. Barney can walk and talk.

Abby: And sing! And dance!

Colton: Batteries not included.

[Laughter from Marcella, Abby and Kate]

Cody: Sing and dance?

Abby: We use our imaginations.

Cody: Your imaginations? That's kid stuff!

Abby: That's all right - we are kids! [she laughs with Marcella as the family pass a street in the town of Merrivale. There’s a sign above them reading “Merrivale Apple Day Festival”]

Colton: Hey, look, Merrivale Apple Day Festival - parade, circus, hot-air balloons, fireworks... wow!

Abby: It's tomorrow! Can Grandma and Grandpa bring us?

Colton: Um...

Kate Newton: Well, maybe, but don't count on it, okay?

Cody: Oh, great! The one good to do in town, and we'll probably miss it!

Grandpa: Delilah, the kids are here, shake a leg now!

Grandma: They're here? Oh, my goodness! Geroge.

[The girls furrow their brows slightly, eyes closed, as they "use their imaginations". Cody finds this amusing. Abby opens one eye long enough to give her brother a dirty look, then both girls redouble their efforts - eyes tightly shut, faces humorously scrunched.]

Cody: Gee, no Barney? Maybe you're not trying hard enough!

[From the GIRLS POV, we see Cody laughing. But behind him, as soon as they hear the shower turning on, all three kids react with surprise. Cody slowly turns around to look. We see a CLOSE UP of the bathtub's legs... as they VISIBLY BEND under immense weight! The girls open their eyes, slack-jawed, and the water turns off. A pregnant moment ticks by, and Cody s-l-o-w-l-y starts to reach for the curtain’s edge. Suddenly, a purple hand pulls back the curtain! We see BARNEY, still with some drops of water on him. Cody falls to the floor in surprise, and Marcella and Abby are amazed.]

Barney: [Jolly] Towel, please! [At this pedestrian request, the two girls smile... then begin to laugh. Cody remains stunned - his hand still outstretched. Barney starts to climb from the tub. CLOSE-UP of tub legs as they flex back up to normal position. Marcella grabs a BATH TOWEL and hands it to Barney.] Thank you, Marcella!

Marcella: [As Barney buffs himself dry with the towel, she says...] He knows my name.

[Barney notices that Cody is still standing with his arm outstretched... and nicely drapes the moist towel over it.]

Barney: Oh, and thank you, Cody! It's so nice to have a shower after a long car trip. Now, what were we playing before, Abby?

Abby: We were playing a game of pretend, remember?

Barney: Oh, right! I just love to pretend.

Marcella: Hey, why don't we go play in the barn?

Cody: Okay, “Barney”... you're really here, ‘cause in my imagination... then you're about to disappear!

Abby/Marcella: Co-dy!

[Cody scrunches his eyes tightly shut.]

Cody: I... do... not... believe in you!

[Cody slowly opens his eyes. From Cody's POV, we see Marcella and Abby looking at him with faint annoyance. Barney is noticeably absent between them. Cody smiles with relief... then is suddenly startled when Barney leans into frame and puts a hand on Cody's shoulder! The two are practically nose to nose.]

Barney: [Warm & Significant] That's okay, Cody. [a beat] I believe in you...

[He chuckles as he gives Cody a Barney-sized hug.]

Cody: [grumps] Barney the Dinosaur is not in this barn!

[That night, after dinner...]

Cody: I'm telling you, Barney's in your barn.

Grandma: I know. Cody, you told us at dinner.

Grandpa: Several times.

Cody: Listen to me, Grandma, Grandpa. Barney the Dinosaur is in your barn! ( no audio ) Isn't he?

Grandma: Marcella, don't leave your little doll.

Cody:

Cody: I wish! Wish! I wish could have are real adventure this summer! Do things that no one else has done before! That would be cool! How's that for a wish, Barney? Barney? Barney? ( sighs ) Man, I must be lose it!

Cody: ( sighs ) Whoa!

( pail shakes )

Cody: What's going on?

( Barney whimpering )

Barney: Well! Uh, Um, To tell you the truth! I, Uh.

Marcella: Hey, maybe it'll Grandma will know.

Abby: Let's go ask her.

Barney: Oh, Okay. [Cody spins Barney around then his farmer suit disappear back to himself again] Wait for me! [Barney runs out of the barn after the kids]

( footsteps running )

Cody: Well, Barney has it!

Grandpa: Right. Where's Barney?

Cody: I'll go find out! Make sure they don't go anywhere!

Abby: You have to see this egg.

Marcella: What bird lady?

Grandma: She's a bird watcher, dear, and I think she knows everything and eggs and birds. Why don't you children go on over there?

Cody: Never mild. I'm taking you to see my grandparents right now.

Barney: Oh, well, good. Bye, Fig. I'll just, uh...

Cody: Oh, Grandma will be in a second, okay? Hey, wait for me!

Abby: To take the egg to Ms. Goldfinch! hurry up.

Barney: Okay.

Cody: Wait! I want Grandma and Grandpa to see it right now!

Barney: Oh.

Cody: Grandma!

( evil thunderclaps to at once )

Barney: Come on, Agnes.

Marcella: We have much farther to go.

Abby: I don't think so.

Cody: I don't remember it looking like this last year.

Marcella: Maybe, we're lost.

Abby: Barney?

[Abby and Marcella, except Cody, shouted at Barney]

Barney: Look what I found! [Barney moves the branch up and the swan sign said Goldfinch] That way.

Cody: There is no that way.

Barney: Well, the egg is hatch, when all five of the rings light up. But, It'll only hatch.

Ms. Goldfinch: Hovering hummingbirds, You're right! There's three more to go! Oh, You better get that egg back to the barn right away.

Cody: Oh, Come on! You're dreaming if you think that.

Ms. Goldfinch: Cody, be careful!

Barney: I don't think we can fit in this chariot.

Mickey: Don't worry, Barney. I have a car to drive them to find the egg. Okay?

Barney: Okay, Mickey.

Mickey: Thanks. Come on, gang.

Barney: Good luck. Okay, Agnes, It's all up to you just use your imagination.

( crowd cheering )

Baby Bop: Excuse me. Uh, I said excuse me!

( cheering stops )

Baby Bop: Oh, that's better. I'm looking for my blankie. It's big, and it's really, really soft and it's yellow. ( giggles ) Do you know where my blankie is?

All Crowd: No, we don't!

Baby Bop: Oh, well... uh, thank you. Okay, you can go on now.

( crowd cheers )

Barney: Mr. Millet, Mr. Millet! Stop!

Cody: It's got to be in one of those bags.

Abby: Let's split up. I'll go with Marcella.

Marcella: And you two go together.

Barney: Okay. Wait, this way.

Abby: Did you see an egg about this big, has stripes on it?

Man: No, no, no.

Marcella: Look, look in the bag. Turn it, turn it... [sighs]

Cody: Very colorful stripes around it.

Barney: Sure, have you seen that?

Cody: Yeah!

Marcella: Um, have you seen our egg? It's about this big.

Contortionist: No.

Abby: Mister, have you seen our egg? It has colorful rings on it.

Barney: Excuse me, could you help me out? I'm looking for an egg. I really need to find it.

[squeaks]

BOTH: No.

Unicycle holding a sandwich: No.

Trampolinist: No.

Barney: Hmm… Well, don't give up.

( snaps )

Barney: When the rain stops, hopefully we can go and hurry back outside and look around some more, and then maybe we can find it.

Cody: Shut up! We already did! In fact! I’m done with you! We're not gonna find it! It’s gone! Forever!

Abby: I don’t care! You don't even wanna find it! You never did!! NEVER!! It was crazy kids' stuff! What's wrong with just being a stupid kid, Cody Newton? Why do you have to be such a jerk?

Barney: Aw... I know how you feel about losing something, Abby. But, cheer up. We'll find that egg. You know we will! I promise! Don’t cry!

( thunderclaps )

Barney: Oh, that's ring number ${\displaystyle 4}$. Only ${\displaystyle 1}$ more to go.

Marcella: Now, we're never going to get it back in time.

Barney: Yes!

Marcella: Okay, all aboard the log.

Abby: Okay.

Barney: Okay.

Abby: Make believe. Make believe.

Marcella: Flying with the wind I'm our hair.

Barney: Oh, I think we need your help. I'd like you to pretend that
we can really fly. Let's all do it together. Ready? ${\displaystyle 1}$, ${\displaystyle 2}$, ${\displaystyle 3}$, now!

( music playing and chorus vocalizing softly )

Barney: But-- huh? Oh, no! Excuse me. I'm fine.

Hot Air Balloon Collector: Good luck!

Abby/Marcella: Oh, no! He let it go too soon!

Barney: Come on, Cody. Get under it!

Cody: No!

Marcella: Faster, Cody, faster! We got to get under it, Cody!

Barney: Hurry! Whoa!

Abby/Marcella: Faster! Go! Go! Go! Hurry!

Barney: Cody, you'd better watch it!

Cody: I'm gonna break the sound barrier!

Barney: That's it! Faster!

Cody: [screaming]

Barney: Faster!

Abby/Marcella: Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Come on, Cody!

Barney: Okay, Get ready now! We're almost there, keep going! Okay, Abby. Okay, Marcella, catch it.

Abby: Go!

Barney: Come on!

Abby: Got it!

Barney: That's it!

Marcella: Yeah!

Barney: Way to go, Abby!

Barney: Yes, I know. A lot of hay.

Grandma: What is it? Where it come from?

Barney: [chuckles]

BJ: Look out, below! Yahoo!

Barney: (chuckles)

Marcella: Cool!

Abby/Marcella: [laughs]

Barney: [chuckles again]

BJ: Hi, guys was that cool or what? Whoa!

Barney: Hi, BJ.

BJ: Alright! Hi, Barney.

Grandpa: Whoa, hold it, let's start over again, this is all about an egg?

Barney: That's right!

BJ: Hey, where is it?

Marcella: It's right here!

Cody: It got away from us for a while but we finally found it.

Grandma: Oh, my, what's it doing?

Barney: The last ring is light up!

( music playing and chorus vocalizing softly )

Marcella: It's time for the dream maker to hatch.

Abby: Quick, Cody. You've gotta put the egg back... exactly where you found it.

Barney: Oh, hurry. Oh... come on!

BJ: Go, Cody!

Cody: No problem. The egg was right here. (He throws the egg and it lands on Baby Bop's blanket)

Barney: Cody!

Cody: No!

Baby Bop: Oh, look, I found my blankie.

All: Yeah!

Cody: Yes!

Abby: Yeah, hey, come on.

Baby Bop: It's wiggling.

[all exclaim in astonishment]

Barney: It's cracking.

Baby Bop: Pretty. It's everywhere.

B.J.: hey.

Abby: It's hatching.

( egg cracks )

Cody: Whoa.

Barney: Oh. [giggles]

Cody: Come on. Come on.

( coos )

[excited chatter]

Grandma: Oh, it's wonderful.

Twinken: ( purring )

Abby: Hey, what are you doing?

Twinken: ( purring continues )

Barney/Baby Bop/B.J./Abby/Marcella/Grandma: [laughs]

Cody: Barney?

Barney: Yes, Cody?

Cody: I'd just like to say that... I was

Barney: Oh, thank you, Cody. I think you're pretty cool, too.

Marcella: Hey, Barney, now can

Abby: Hey, where's.

Cody: He's got away!

Barney: Oh. Oh, no!

Grandma: Where is he going?

Cody: Where's Twinken?

Abby: There is he, over the house.

Baby Bop: Good night, everybody! Good night, Twinken!

[Twinken is waving goodbye before Barney and Twinken are about to transform into toy forms and Baby Bop and BJ are going to disappear]

BJ:: We'll see you later, guys! ( no audio )

Baby Bop: Bye-bye!

[everyone is leaving while we say goodbye]

[last lines]

Grandpa: ( laughs ) Barney, this is the-- [they realized Barney is gone] Where is he? Well, now they're both gone!

Abby: Well, Barney wouldn't just leave!

Grandma: No!!!

Baby Fig: ( garbled ) Barney.

[Everyone saw Twinkle and Barney now back to his doll form]

Baby Fig: ( coos )

• Barney's First Movie Ever!
• An adventure as big as your imagination.

The Newton Family

• Trevor Morgan - Cody Newton
• Diana Rice - Abby Newton
• Alan Fawcett - Dad (Mr. Newton)
• Jane Wheeler - Mom (Mrs. Newton)
• David and Edouard Larouche - Fig Newton

• Kyla Pratt - Marcella Walker

The Greenfield Family

• George Hearn - Grandpa Greenfield
• Shirley Douglas - Grandma Greenfield

• David Joyner - Barney
  • Bob West

• Jeff Ayers - Baby Bop
  • Julie Johnson

• Jeff Brooks - B.J.
  • Patty Wirtz

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