Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie is a adventure film based on the children's television series Barney & Friends, featuring the children's television character Barney. The film was written by Stephen White, directed by Steve Gomer, produced by Lyrick Studios and released by Polygram Filmed Entertainment on March 30, 1998 in the United States. It was also released in the United Kingdom in July 17, 1998 and in Australia on September 17, 1998.

Plot

Cody, his sister Abby, their best friend Marcella, and their baby brother Fig are dropped off by their parents for a visit at their grandparents' farm. Cody hits a basketball 1 times by a accidents. that's OK. After a game of keep-away started by Cody, Barney the purple dinosaur appears. Cody refuses to believe in Barney, claiming that imagination is just for kids and that "real dinosaurs don't talk and real dinosaurs don't laugh." That night, Cody wishes for a real adventure for that summer, and to do something no one has done before. A shooting star deposits a large colorful egg in the barn, which is accidentally knocked onto a birdseed truck by Cody and is carted off. Barney and the kids begin their adventure to recover it through a parade. Barney's friend BJ catches it when it almost lands on the ground and breaks. Barney and the gang chase the egg throughout a restaurant, a circus, and fly through the sky on a hot air ballon while continuing their pursuit of the egg. BJ and Baby Bop arrive just in time to see the egg hatch. After they return the egg to the barn, it finally hatches. Cody says "Oh, my God, It's like a Rainbow."