Baby Genius: Baby Animals Favorite Sing-A-Longs (Movie)

***Baby Genius: Baby Animals Favorite Sing-A-Longs*** (watch here) is a Baby Genius movie about the different types of baby animals at the San Diego Zoo. This movie was produced and filmed there. Released on February 5, 2008, it introduces new animal-themed notes that are exclusive to this movie. They are the Duck Note, Giraffe Note, Monkey Note, Lion Note, Tiger Note, and Panda Note. The most used note is the Monkey Note.

**SONGS**

* Before most songs, one of the animal notes tells a fun fact about the animal the song is about.
* Baby Genius Theme Song

1. Baby Animals: A song about the many kinds of baby animals one can see at a zoo.
2. Baby Elephants: A song about baby elephants and how Frankie the Elephant loves to watch them at the zoo.
3. Baby Meerkats: A song about baby meerkats. To the tune of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”.
4. Baby Cats: A song about the many types of wild cats. Includes Tempo the Tiger.
5. Baby Pandas: A song about counting baby pandas at the zoo. Teaches counting from one to ten. To the tune of "Do You Know the Muffin Man?"
6. Baby Orangutans: A song about how baby orangutans love to play at the zoo. Oboe the Monkey makes an appearance.
7. Baby Ducks: A song about baby ducks.
8. The ABC Song: Lyrics are unchanged from the original, but the song is animal-themed.
9. Baby Lions: A song about a day in the life of a baby lion.
10. Baby Polar Bears: A song about how fun watching baby polar bears is. Vinko the Dancing Bear teaches them to dance.
11. Baby Monkeys: A song about how baby monkeys like to swing at the zoo. Includes Oboe.
12. Baby Giraffes: A song about a baby giraffe wanting to be as tall as her dad, but learns that for now, she’s the perfect size.
13. Baby Flamingos: A song about wanting to see and be like a flamingo. DJ the Dinosaur is brought along.
14. The Ape Family: A song about the different kinds of apes at the San Diego Zoo. Includes bonobos, orangutans, siamangs, and gorillas. Rosie the Rabbit appears.
15. At The Zoo: A song that recaps the fun experience seeing the San Diego Zoo. This is the last regular song of the movie, and the last one to have animal notes in the song (excluding title card).
16. The Rosie Song: The bonus song, all about Rosie the Rabbit.

* At the end of every song besides the theme song, ABC song, and The Rosie Song, one or two of the Baby Genius characters appear. One has a camera, and once he/she shoots, the next title card sequence begins. The camera flash is a transition from the end of the song to the next title card sequence.

**TITLE CARDS**

* Most title card sequences last about 7-10 seconds long. The longest is the one before “At The Zoo” at 15 seconds.
* All title card sequences in the film feature animal notes.
* The title cards have cartoon wildlife scenery in the background, with the upcoming song’s title on the bottom-right corner. A photo relating to the previous song is shown on the left side. Just before the animal note appears, a new photo related to the song covers the existing photo. This photo cover-up happens very quickly, in the second the title card is introduced.
* Immediately after that, an animal note quickly comes in, quickly going to to the right side of the screen, where it shares a short fun fact or a joke related to the upcoming song’s theme. However, in the ABC song, the Panda Note says the ABC song with baby animals is coming and encourages the viewer to sing along. In the Rosie Song, the Panda Note announces “Here comes your Bonus Song: The Rosie Song” instead of a joke or a fact.
* Here’s all 16 title card sequences listed in order from first to last along with their respective animal note:

1. Baby Animals: Monkey Note
2. Baby Elephants: Giraffe Note
3. Baby Meerkats: Lion Note
4. Baby Cats: Tiger Note
5. Baby Pandas: Panda Note
6. Baby Orangutans: Monkey Note
7. Baby Giraffes: Giraffe Note
8. ABC Song: Panda Note
9. Baby Lions: Lion Note
10. Baby Polar Bears: Tiger Note
11. Baby Monkeys: Monkey Note
12. Baby Giraffes: Giraffe Note
13. Baby Flamingoes: Lion Note
14. The Ape Family: Monkey Note
15. At the Zoo: Tiger Note
16. The Rosie Song: Panda Note

* After the note is done sharing the fact or joke, the song starts as it flies away and the photo relating to the song fills the screen.
* The title card sequence before “Baby Animals” is a little different. As the Baby Genius theme song ends, a red cartoon curtain comes in, filling up the screen as it closes, and then opening up again to reveal the title card with the Monkey Note and photo related to the song already in place.

**TRIVIA**

* This is the only Baby Genius movie to be in widescreen, and not full screen.
* This is the only Baby Genius movie to feature singing notes superimposed over live video footage during songs.
* The songs, “Baby Elephants”, “Baby Meerkats”, “Baby Orangutans”, “Baby Ducks”, “The ABC Song”, “Baby Lions”, “Baby Polar Bears”, “Baby Giraffes”, “Baby Flamingoes”, and “The Rosie Song” do not have the animal notes appear during the song.
* The songs in this film are to the tune of popular children’s songs with lyrics altered to focus on the baby animals (except for the ABC Song, where the lyrics are unchanged and the animation shows cartoon animals instead).
* In the other Baby Genius sing-a-long movies the notes do not say a fact before the beginning of a song.
* This is the only Baby Genius movie to tell jokes.
* This is the last Baby Genius movie to feature notes reading off song titles.
* This is the last Baby Genius movie to focus on animals, following *Animal Adventures*, *Trip to the San Diego Zoo*, and *Underwater Adventures*.
* This is the last Baby Genius movie shot at the San Diego Zoo.
* This is the last Baby Genius movie with the classic-style Baby Genius characters and notes.
* The regular animated musical notes that are just one color only appear in this movie in CGI, not as 2-D animated characters. The regular notes are replaced by animal-themed notes to complement the theme of zoo animals.
* Every Baby Genius character is mentioned by name in at least one of the songs except for Lola the Dog. Lola does appear in the movie, however.
* This is the third and last Baby Genius movie to be filmed at the San Diego Zoo. The first two were *Animal Adventures* and *Trip to the San Diego Zoo*.
* The Baby Genius film *All About Words*, released in 2015, also has a song titled “At the Zoo” but it is different from the one in *Baby Animals*.
* This is the second-to-last Baby Genius sing-a-long movie and the second-to-last Baby Genius movie in general. The last is Baby Genius: *All About Words*.