Plot
At the Majestic Theater in Dallas, Texas, the audience gets settled in before they hear a voice saying the magic words, "Shimbaree, Shimbarah". Then, out of nowhere, Barney jumps out from behind the curtain, making his grand entrance. He dances to his theme song, before he welcomes the audience. Then, he sings a song to share. He decides to introduce them to the Backyard Gang. The curtain opens to a set with all sorts of gift boxes everywhere. The Backyard Gang arrives and they introduce themselves through a rap.
Then, Michael encourages the audience to join in with a special song. After that, Barney and Tina make farm animal sounds and sing "Down on Grandpa's Farm" with the help of animals in costume, but only after a trivia challenge. Then, Barney joins four kids (Adam, Amy, Luci & Michael) to sing "The Noble Duke of York".
Barney and Derek sing "Pop Goes the Weasel" before Barney has help from Michael and Luci to get some Hebrew and French kids on stage to sing "The Alphabet Song" in English, Hebrew, and French.
Then, Luci sings "Where is Thumbkin?", followed by giving Barney a surprise: a five-humped camel named Sally.
After that, Barney does the Barney Shake to reveal a special surprise. Just then, the box opens to reveal a new dinosaur. She is a young female green triceratops with a magenta stomach, a pink bow in her hair, two pink ballet slippers and holding a yellow "blankey". Barney shushes the audience and tells them not to tell the Backyard Gang about the surprise. Then, Barney and the kids sing "Mr. Knickerbocker," but after the song ends, the triceratops comes out of the box again. The kids are surprised to see this and want to know more about the new dinosaur. Adam gets an idea to sing the song again after noticing that the new dinosaur came out when she heard the song. So they sing the song again, but this time, the triceratops dances out of the box. After the song, the triceratops hides behind Barney and gets shy. The kids realize that she doesn't have a name, so they huddle up and think of a name. What gives Amy an idea is seeing the dinosaur's dance moves. So Amy decides to name her "Baby Bop," and the other kids agree. Then, Amy decides to have Baby Bop show off some dance moves. Baby Bop dances to some street music, which impresses everyone.
Then, Baby Bop gets the confidence to join the show, and she sings "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", and meets a spider puppet. Barney and the kids then sing a bubble bath song with audience participation, but the bath is interrupted by the sound of a firetruck. Baby Bop and some of the kids are dressed as firefighters and they sing "Hurry, Hurry, Drive the Firetruck".
Barney reappears as a railroad engineer, and talks about pufferbellies. Then he sings "Down by the Station". Then, he grabs an American flag, and he is joined by the entire cast to sing "You're a Grand Old Flag".
Then, Barney heads to the front of the stage to tell the viewers that the show is about to end. But he does explain that he's always going to be there for everyone. Then, he encourages the audience to hold hands to sing his favorite song "I Love You". Then, everyone bids farewell to the audience before Barney appears from behind the curtain and blows them a kiss goodbye, ending the show. The credits then roll.
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