World Animals

## Cover

World Animals (previously known as Baby Dolittle - World Animals) is the 8th BE video to be released.  It teaches your child about 9 animals in 3 different habitats. The habitats featured are jungle, ocean, and savanna. The animals featured are the tiger, tropical bird, monkey, sea turtle, dolphin, fish, elephant, giraffe, and lion. It was later sold as World Animals.

## Video

### Opening

* *Contradance No. 4* by Ludwig van Beethoven: Roary the Lion, Baby Mozart the Yellow Bear, and Baby Beethoven the Giraffe on parade while Jane the Monkey swings on a vine
* Opening Titles (*Contradance No. 5* by Ludwig van Beethoven)
* Plush Monkey, Pull-Back Ladybug, Tiger from Choo Choo Zoo Train, Giraffe Push Puppet, Parrot Plush, Ladybug Push Toy, Mr. Monkey (replaced by Strypes Tiger Plush, Elephant Plush, Bird Keel Toucan Plush, Monkey Coco Plush, Happy Giraffe Plush in 2004)
* Jane's World (*The Bartered Bride, Overture* by Bedřich Smetana): meerkat, parrots, tropical bird, lions, fishes, monkeys, blue and yellow parrot, giraffes, elephant, zebra, meerkat, panda, monkey, tropical bird, bear, fishes

### Animals in the Jungle

* Jane (wearing the Parrot and Banana Earrings) pulls a string to reveal a picture of a jungle

#### Tiger

* + Tiger Cone Puppet pops out of Jester-in-the-Box
	+ Jane looks at tiger footprints and roars
	+ Music Video (*Peer Gynt Suite* by Edvard Grieg): stock footage
	+ Akiala Nanyamka roars while wearing the Year of the Tiger Hat

#### Tropical Bird

* + Bird Dropper Marble Run
	+ Jane looks at footprints with a Magnifying Glass
	+ Music Video (*The Bartered Bride, Polka* by Bedřich Smetana): stock footage
	+ Tin Wind-Up Hopping Parrot

#### Monkey

* + Charlie Chimp Lollipuppet
	+ Jane slips on a banana peel
	+ Music Video (*The Bartered Bride, Skocna* by Bedřich Smetana): stock footage
	+ 3 Monkey Playing Glockenspiel Wind-Ups
	+ boy dressed up in a Monkey Costume
	+ Jane has a banana, but watches as Murray prepares a Neapolitan banana split. She sighs, but Murray decides to share the ice cream sundae with her

### Animals in the Ocean

* Jane pulls a string along by the Blue Tang Statue to reveal the drawing of an ocean
* Mr. Bubbles (replaced by Wind-Up Side Stepping Sea Turtle with bubbles in 2004)

##### Reef Fish

* + stock footage
* Jumping Dolphins
	+ Wanda the Fish spits water on Jane while she fishes

### Animals on the Savanna

* Jane pulls a string (while wearing the Farming Hat and Square Glasses) to reveal a drawing of a savanna:

#### Elephant

* + Elephant Ramp Walker
	+ Jane makes an elephant noise after seeing the footprints
	+ Music Video (*Symphony No. 4, "Italian"* by Felix Mendelssohn): stock footage
	+ boy dressed up in Elephant Costume while shaking the Butterfly Rattle

#### Giraffe

* + Giraffe Cone Puppet in four different shots
	+ Jane looks at giraffe footprints, and paints giraffe skin on the screen
	+ Music Video (*Symphony No. 9, "New World"* by Antonín Dvořák): stock footage
	+ boy dressed up in Giraffe Costume knocks over G. G. Giraffe

#### Lion

* + Finger Follies: Lena Lion rides on the Popping Plane
	+ Roary shows Jane the correct lion noise, so she lets him pull down the picture
	+ Music Video (*The Moldau, Scene* by Bedřich Smetana): lion stock footage
	+ Finger Follies: Lena Lion chases the Choo Choo Zoo Train and eventually gets on
* Roary shows off his loud roaring, but after he sees Baby Beethoven's height, walks off

### Closing

* Animals in My World (*The Moldau, Country Wedding* by Bedřich Smetana): lions, kangaroos, foxes, mongooses, fishes, tropical birds, squirrels, starfish, dolphins, tiger, tropical birds
* End Credits (*The Bartered Bride, Skocna* by Bedřich Smetana)
* Baby Mozart and Fox fight over a pillow then accidentally break it

## International Versions

World Animals was released in several langauges.

## Puppets

* Roary the Lion
* Baby Mozart the Yellow Bear
* Baby Beethoven the Giraffe (L&L)
* Jane the Monkey (Host)
* Wanda the Fish
* Fox

## Kids

* Akiala Nanyamka
* Hunter
* Jake

## Choir

* Andrew (2001)
* Emily (2001)
* Jack (2001)
* Austin (2002-2004)
* Briana (2002-2004)
* Harry (2002-2004)

## Puppeteers

* Markie Scholz
* Julie Aigner-Clark

## Discovery Cards

* Bear
* Dolphin
* Dragonfly
* Elephant
* Fox
* Giraffe
* Lion
* Monkey
* Otter
* Reef Fish
* Sea Turtle
* Spider
* Tiger
* Tropical Bird

## Songs

1. Contradance No. 4, WoO 14, Beethoven (Puppet Procession)
2. Contradance No. 5, WoO 14, Beethoven (Opening Titles)
3. The Bartered Bride, Overture, Smetana (Jane's World)
4. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Grieg (Tiger)
5. The Bartered Bride, Polka, Smetana (Tropical Bird)
6. The Bartered Bride, Skocna, Smetana (Monkey and End Credits)
7. In the Deep Blue Sea, Jack Moss (Sea Turtle, Dolphin, and Reef Fish)
8. Symphony No. 4 in A major, "Italian", Op. 90, 1st movement, Mendelssohn (Elephant)
9. Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "New World", Op. 95, 2nd movement, Dvořák (Giraffe)
10. Má vlast, The Moldau, Scene, Smetana (Lion)
11. Má vlast, The Moldau, Country Wedding, Smetana (Animals in My World)

## Bonus Songs (Soundtrack / Cancelled Forest Scene)

1. The Bartered Bride, Furiant, Smetana (Squirrel)
2. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, Anitra's Dance, Grieg (Fox)
3. Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55, Arabian Dance, Grieg (Bear)

## Trivia

* This is the official debut of Roary, Baby Mozart, Baby Beethoven, Murray, Wanda, and Fox.
* Originally, World Animals would have a forest section with Bear, Fox, and Squirrel, but got scrapped because it would've taken too long. If the forest section was included, the habitat order would've been: jungle, savanna, ocean, and forest.
* This is the first video to have:
	+ A female puppet as the host
	+ Leslee Anne Terpay as the art director
	+ Dan Willis in the Baby Einstein Music Box Orchestra
	+ Classical music by Smetana, Grieg, Mendelssohn, and Dvořák
	+ An original song by Jack Moss
* This is the final video to have:
	+ Markie Scholz as the puppeteer
	+ Been made by Family Home Entertainment
	+ Akiala Namyamka as part of the children's cast
	+ Mavis Baker as the video producer
	+ Dave Magoun as the graphics designer
* This has the only video to have:
	+ An appearance of Hunter and Jake.
	+ Animal illustrations made by *Mecca Studios Incorporated* in New York City, New York.

## Goofs

* If you will look closely at Jane when she pulls the string to reveal the picture of the jungle, you can see Julie Aigner-Clark's head pop up for a brief second.
* During the Banana Split puppet show with Jane and Murray, one can briefly see Mark Burr's shirt in the top left corner. In the 2004 release it is unedited out and visible the full time.
* In the later releases during the Deep Blue Sea scene, there a minor glimpse of the original release's page transition during the first verse of the song after the sea turtle picture.
	+ Also, at the end of the savannah puppet show, the re-releases editor forgot to freeze frame the clip, resulting in viewers seeing Baby Beethoven return to starting position in a fast swoop.

## Easter Eggs

* Mr. Monkey in Baby Shakespeare
* Jester Jack-in-the-Box and Giraffe Cone Puppet in Baby Van Gogh
* G.G. Giraffe in Baby Bach