Baby Neptune

## Cover

Baby Neptune is the 11th video in the Baby Einstein series, and is focused mainly on water in various locations: the ocean, the beach, in rivers and lakes, in raindrops and puddles, and in your house. This was the first Baby Einstein video where Julie-Aigner Clark, the creator of Baby Einstein, was not involved at all in production, which was present until Clark wrote poems and did the dialogue for *Numbers Nursery*. This video is accompanied with music by Beethoven, Handel, Telemann, and Strauss II.

## Video Guide

### Opening

* Finger Follies: Goldfish
* *Contradance No. 11* by Ludwig van Beethoven: Duck and Opus the Octopus play with a beach ball and Neptune the Sea Turtle plays in the sand.
* *Water Music Suite No. 1, Bourrée* by George Frideric Handel: Opening Titles
* Giant Wind-Up Crab
* *Water Music Suite No. 1, Allegro* by George Frideric Handel: Opus conducts an introduction about water, pacific coast, killer whale, butterfly fishes, dolphin, Disney Epcot water parade, otter, waterfall, waves, raindrops, ducks, water in the glass, boy with dog, jumping in puddles, bubbles, flower in rain, waves, tornado, coast, blue liquid, whale, girl in sprinkler, bubbles

### Ocean

* Neptune uses Watercolors to paint a picture of the Ocean
* Fish from Hungry Pelican
* Music Video (*Water Music Suite No. 3* by George Frideric Handel): pacific coast, sailboat, dolphin, Kinetic Balls & Dolphins, yellow tang, butterfly fish, Gears! Gears! Gears! Under the Sea, lion fish, Neptune watches fish, orca
* Neptune and Opus blow bubbles
* Music Video (*Music for the Royal Fireworks, La Réjouissance* by George Frideric Handel): waves, sea turtle, coral, clownfish, seahorse, waves as seen from underwater, baby and Spiny Fish Plush, Magnetic Ocean Sculpture Kit, octopus, jellyfish, Swimming Dolphin, whale
* girl says "Ocean"
* Opus finds seashells and blows into them (2009 only)
* Pull-Back Submarine
* Shrimp from Hungry Pelican
* Duck and Submarine Eye

### Beach

* Neptune paints the beach
* Giant Wind-Up Crab
* Music Video (*Water Music Suite No. 2, Allegro* by George Frideric Handel): pacific coast, baby learning to walk at the seaside, feet walking along beach, girl catches Beach Ball, crab, baby seal, stock footage girl at beach, seashells on shore, Neptune finds a seashell, stock footage girl finds starfish, Starfish Ornament, hand touches starfish, scallop running, water, Dolphins Go Round, Movers & Shakers: Fish, stock footage of boy running in water, starfish in waves
* girl holds a beach ball and says "the beach"
* Neptune and Duck build a sandcastle, but it gets washed away
* Pull-Along Duck Family
* Opus chases a Crab (2009 only)

### Rivers & Lakes

* Duck paints Rivers & Lakes with Watercolor
* Neptune starts a boat
* Music Video (*Water Music, Harlequinade* by Georg Philipp Telemann): Rivers: rushing water, waterfall, underwater view, otter, otter underwater, girl and AquaPlay: Lock, Harbour & Marina Set; Lakes: fishing, fish, turtles, geese, underwater view, Amphibious Frog, Squeezey Swimmers: Seal, Amphibious Frog, Neptune goes fishing
* boy says "rivers and lakes"
* Neptune goes fishing but falls in the river (2009 only)
* Pull-Along Duck Family

### Raindrops & Puddles

* kids hide behind umbrellas and jump out and say peekaboo, and Opus joins them
* Music Video (*Water Music, Gigue, "Ebb and Flow"* by Georg Philipp Telemann): water drops, raindrops, rain on flowers, rain on roof, Neptune and Duck watch water drawing, girl stomping in puddles, girl holding umbrella, boy and girl under ribbon that represents rain, girl catches purple streamers, droplets on window, rainbow, Tornado Lamp, Amber Color Mix, raindrops
* Opus offers Duck to get under an umbrella, but Duck doesn't accept until it starts raining
* Finger Follies: Goldfish

### At My House

* Hose drawing
* Music Video (*Water Music, Bourrée* by Georg Philipp Telemann): kids in sprinkler, toy sailboat as seen from the reflection, mom waters the garden while the kids play, Poppeteers: Watering Can Puppet, girl with Flower Headband, Drinking Bird with Plastic Blue Cup, Duck drinks water, Drinking Bird with Plastic Blue Cup, water rising, washing a dog
* Duck watches Neptune use the Little Landscaper Watering Can to grow a flower, so he tries to make Neptune grow but it never works
* Duck watches a washing machine but gets dizzy
* Music Video (*Music for the Royal Fireworks, Overture* by George Frideric Handel): sink water, whirlpool, hand washing, baby in bath, water in wine glass, boy and girl drink water, boy with fish bowl, Aqua-Action Aeration Ornament: Small Treasure Chest, Duck and Neptune feed fish, rushing water, boy and girl brushing teeth, water rising, boy in bath, Push-Along Playful Seals, babies in bath
* Music Video (*Blue Danube Waltz* by Johann Strauss, Jr.): boy and girl rock with Angel Fish & Squid Headbands, Finger Follies: Goldfish, Duck plays with Duck Family Bath Toy in bath

### Water is All Around Us

* Neptune with water
* Music Video (*Water Music Suite No. 1, Air* by George Frideric Handel): water, jellyfish, girl finds starfish, leaf in water, water, hands in water, girl and Duck, dolphins, girl in sprinkler, Penguin Paperweight, diver, boy in bath, waterfall, skipping stone, riverbank

### Closing

* Opus, Neptune, and Duck watch the sunset on the beach
* Phineas the Frog Puppet with Blue Snorkel Goggles says "Bye-bye"
* End Credits (*Water Music Suite No. 2, Alla Hornpipe* by George Frideric Handel)
* Crab from Hungry Pelican

## 5 Minute Show

* Giant Wind-Up Crab
* *Water Music Suite No. 1, Allegro* by George Frideric Handel: Opus conducts a song with a music video about water: pacific coast, killer whale, butterfly fishes, dolphin, Disney Epcot water parade, otter, waterfall, waves, raindrops, ducks, water in the glass, mom waters the garden while the kids play, jumping in puddles, bubbles, flower in rain, girl plays in sprinkler, tornado, coast, blue liquid, whale, girl in sprinkler, bubbles
* Opus finds seashells
* *Water Music Suite No. 1, Air* by George Frideric Handel: water, jellyfish, Duck watches a washing machine but gets dizzy, sink water, whirlpool, hand washing, rain on flowers, rain on roof, Amber Color Mix, raindrops, girl stomping in puddles and holding an umbrella, girl holding umbrella, boy and girl under ribbon that represents rain, Glitter Lamp, Drinking Bird with Plastic Blue Cup, water rising, Pull-Along Duck Family, kids hide behind umbrellas and jump out, and Opus joins them
* *Blue Danube Waltz* by Johann Strauss, Jr.: Duck plays with Duck Family Bath Toy in bath with many different angles

## 10 Minute Show

* Neptune goes fishing but falls in the river
* Toy sailboat as seen from the reflection with a girl, bubbles, flower in rain
* Fish from Hungry Pelican
* *Water Music Suite No. 3* by George Frideric Handel: pacific coast, sailboat, dolphin jumps out, pod of dolphins, Kinetic Balls & Dolphins in white in 2 different angles, yellow tang, butterfly fish, Gears! Gears! Gears! Under the Sea in black in 4 different angles, lion fish, Neptune watches fish, orca
* Neptune and Opus blow bubbles
* *Music for the Royal Fireworks, La Réjouissance* by George Frideric Handel: **Ocean** (waves, sea turtle, coral, clownfish, seahorse, waves as seen from underwater, boy and Spiny Fish Plush, Magnetic Ocean Sculpture Kit) **Rivers** (rushing water, waterfall, underwater view, otter, otter underwater)
* Lakes: fishing, fish, turtles, geese, underwater view, Amphibious Frog going right, Squeezey Swimmers: Seal
* *Music for the Royal Fireworks, Overture* by George Frideric Handel: Duck and Opus work to stay sheltered from the rain, hand washing, baby in bath with a rubber ducky, water in wine glass, boy and girl drink water, boy with fish bowl, Aqua-Action Aeration Ornament: Small Treasure Chest, Duck and Neptune feed fish, rushing water, bubbles rising, water rising, Samuel in bath, Push-Along Playful Seals, boys in bath
* Finger Follies: Goldfish
* *Water Music Suite No. 2, Allegro* by George Frideric Handel: pacific coast, baby learning to walk at the seaside, feet walking along beach, girl catches Beach Ball next to Sunglasses, crab, baby seal, stock footage girl at beach, seashells on shore, Neptune finds a seashell, stock footage girl finds starfish, Starfish Ornament, hand touches starfish, scallop running, water, Dolphins Go Round, Movers & Shakers: Fish, stock footage of boy running in water, Amber Color Mix, coast
* Opus, Neptune, and Duck watch the sunset on the beach

## On-Screen Aquarium

* Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, Passepied, HWV 349, Handel
* Overture-Suite in C Major, TWV 55/C3, "Wassermusik", Harlequinade, Telemann
* Suite Bergamasque, III. Clair de Lune, Debussy
* Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348, Air, Handel
* Canon in D Major, Pachelbel

## International Versions

Baby Neptune was dubbed in several languages worldwide.

## Trivia

* This is the first video to not involve Julie Clark in production, despite her founding The Baby Einstein Company, however, in the Grow with Me edition of the 2009 release, her narration can be heard.
* This is the only appearance of Neptune in his Playsoup form.
* This is the first appearance of Opus.
* This is the first video to have classical music by Telemann.
* This is the first video created and directed by Jim Janicek and Len Marino.
* The Phineas the Frog Puppet by Dakin is from Baby Mozart and Amber Color Mix is from Baby Newton.
* The Little Landscapers watering can was later seen in Baby MacDonald.

## Puppets

* Opus the Octopus
* Duck (Playsoup)
* Neptune the Sea Turtle (Host) (Playsoup)

## Kids

* Alyson
* Chloe
* J.P.
* Liam
* Madeline B.
* Madeline K.
* Micala
* Natalie
* Olivia
* Patrick
* Samuel
* Tripp

## Discovery Cards

* Bathtub
* Beach
* Geyser
* Lake
* Ocean
* Rain
* River
* Sprinkler
* Stream
* Water Drop
* Water Fountain
* Water Hose
* Waterfall
* Wave

## Songs

1. Contradance No. 11, WoO 14, Beethoven (Opening)
2. Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348, Bourrée, Handel (Opening Titles)
3. Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348, Allegro, Handel (Water, Water, Everywhere!)
4. Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G, HWV 350, Gigue, Handel (Ocean, Part 1)
5. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351, La Réjouissance, Handel (Ocean, Part 2)
6. Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D, HWV 349, Allegro, Handel (Beach)
7. Water Music, TWV 55/C3, Harlequinade, Telemann (Rivers & Lakes)
8. Water Music, TWV 55/C3, Gigue, "Ebb und Fluth," Telemann (Raindrops & Puddles)
9. Water Music, TWV 55/C3, Bourrée, Telemann (At My House, Part 1)
10. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351, Overture, Handel (At My House, Part 2)
11. On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314, Strauss, Jr. (Puppet Show)
12. Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348, Air, Handel (Water is All Around Us)
13. Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D, HWV 349: Alla Hornpipe, Handel (End Credits)
14. Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348, Passepied, Handel (Aquarium)
15. Suite Bergamasque, III. Clair de Lune, Debussy (Aquarium)
16. Canon in D Major, Pachelbel (Aquarium)

## Bonus Songs (CD)

1. Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348, Minuet, Handel
2. Concerto in A, TWV 43/A4, Allegro, Telemann
3. Contradance No. 12, WoO 14, Beethoven
4. Serenade No. 6 in D Major, K. 239, "Serenata Notturna", 1st movement, W.A. Mozart
5. Serenade No. 6 in D Major, K. 239, "Serenata Notturna", 3rd movement, W.A. Mozart
6. La Mer - Three Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra, I. "From Dawn to Noon on the Sea", Debussy
7. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351, Minuet, Handel