Barney consists of three series—Barney & the Backyard Gang (1988–1991), which consists of only eight episodes, Barney & Friends (1992–2010), a television series that ran on PBS Kids, and Barney's World (2024), a fully animated series set to air on Cartoon Network's Cartoonito, and which is currently streaming on Max[1]—and is currently distributed by 9 Story Media Group, under license from Mattel Television.
The Barney franchise follows the titular character Barney, a purple anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex who conveys educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, huggable and optimistic attitude.
He is a purple Tyrannosaurus with a green stomach in stuffed animal likeness, who comes to life through a child's imagination.
His theme song is "Barney is a Dinosaur", whose tune is based on "Yankee Doodle".
He likes many different foods such as fruits and vegetables, but his main favorite is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a glass of milk.
In the video Barney: Let's Go to the Firehouse, it was revealed that Riff also likes to invent things; he created a four-sound smoke detector (the first three were different alarm sounds and the final one his voice).
[citation needed] His most recent appearance is in A-Counting We Will Go, a Barney home video.
Tina lives with her sister Luci, her mother, her cat Whiskers, and her frog Bouncer.
She loves animals, bugs, sing songs in the car, square dance to country music, and climb trees.
Michael lives with his sister named Amy, his parents, and their dogs, Buster and Sparky.
She lives with her parents, an older sister, and an adopted baby brother, and she has a friend named Kristen.
In "A Picture of Health" it was revealed that Kim once damaged her foot and needed to head to the hospital for an X-ray.