Vincent Van Goat

**Vincent Van Goat** is a goat who hosted Baby Van Gogh. He speaks with a French accent. He is by Legends and Lore, and was later sold as a Kids II puppet. Despite Baby Van Gogh being his only video appearance with the debated exception of *World of Colors*, he is one of the most popular characters in the Baby Einstein franchise. Hand puppets of him are quite common on the Internet.

## Appearances

### Baby Van Gogh

* Vincent is first seen after the opening credits of Baby Van Gogh, when he trips over some offscreen paint cans and walks up to the camera covered in paint. Then, he proceeds to write the initial of his name on the pallet in the background, turns around, spits out his paintbrush, grunts in frustration, and walks away.
* After the "overture" sequence, Vincent is cleaned up and returns to paint for the "Yellow" music video. After painting, Vincent throws his paintbrush down out of satisfaction.
* Vincent then appears in the "green" puppet show where he walks up to a frog playing with a balloon who immediately runs away from him (possibly because Vincent is blue and not green). Balloons then start popping right behind Vincent, much to his surprise. Then, he laughs it off and leaves to start painting for the "Green" music video. After the aforementioned music video, Vincent drops his brush in the paint can, and walks away.
* Vincent is next seen during the "Orange" music video as he stars dancing to "Blue Danube Waltz" by Johann Strauss, Jr. After he is finished, he writes his first name along the side of the painting.
* Next, Vincent is seen sniffing purple flowers, until he meets Vivian. He picks flowers for her, she takes them, and Vincent kisses her on the cheek, and they walk away together.
* Vincent appears in the "Purple" music video marching to the music "Boléro" by Maurice Ravel. At the end of the music video, Vincent leaves after only finishing half of the painting because the music video version is shorter than the CD version. Once the coast is clear, the Duck from the "yellow" poem quacks 2 times and the remainder of the picture is finished.
* Vincent is next seen in the "Red" music video dancing to the music "Gaîté Parisienne, Vivo" by Jacques Offenbach, however as soon as he showed up, the boats from the painting were already painted, and Vincent didn't end up painting anything throughout the music video because it was so short. He yawns, turns out the light, and the duck from the "yellow" poem once again finishes the remainder of the painting.
* Vincent is last seen during the "Blue" music video painting Starry Night.
* Although in the 2000-2003 versions of the video, he does appear at the end credits with Markie Scholz, the puppeteer for the video, and the duck.

### World of Colors

Vincent appears in World of Colors, only in reused footage from Baby Van Gogh. His puppet shows are pretty much identical, except for the palette after the opening credits.

## Physical Appearance

Vincent is a domestic goat *(Capra aegagrus hircus)* with blue fur, a white beard, yellow horns, black erect ears, and a black nose. In his cartoon form, his beard is yellow and he has a bandage on his right ear. The bandage makes sense because Van Gogh cut off part of his left ear with a razor.

## Trivia

* On the cover of the video, Vincent is seen with a bandaged ear, which he lacks in the video. Although a Japanese puppet includes the bandages on his ear.
* Despite being blue, Vincent is not seen during the "Blue" puppet shows/poem, but he appears during the "Blue" music video.
* At the end of the "Purple" music video, Vincent can be seen trying to make finishing touches to the painting, yet when he turns around, he isn't holding a paintbrush at all.
* In the Toy Chest Section, Vincent is seen with all six paint buckets with different colors, which was not used in the video and is a deleted scene.