Changes: Baby Sinclair

PERFORMER	Kevin Clash
DEBUT	1991

Revision as of 01:55, 23 September 2018

Baby Sinclair is the youngest member of the Sinclair family in the television series Dinosaurs. Newly hatched in the premiere episode, "The Mighty Megalosaurus," Baby Sinclair is a precocious if bratty child. His catchphrases include "I'm the baby, gotta love me!" and "Not the mama!" The latter is often uttered to his dad, Earl Sinclair, whom the baby repeatedly batters with a frying pan, and generally disdains, especially in the early episodes, though they form a slightly warmer relationship over time. The baby's relationship with mother Fran Sinclair is more stable and mutually affectionate, but the dinosaur child's wisecracks are also aimed at siblings Robbie and Charlene. Grandmother Ethyl often reads to the child, the pair both rejoicing in Earl's many blunders. Also, Baby Sinclair is quite intelligent, being able to speak and spell at a very young age. Never formally named until near the end of the second season, the infant Sinclair is briefly named "Aaah Aagh I'm Dying You Idiot," the result of the then-Chief Elder keeling over during the official christening. By the episode's end, he has been legally named "Baby Sinclair."

Baby Sinclair celebrated his first birthday in "Switched at Birth". He celebrated his second birthday in "Terrible Twos", where he entered a stage called the "terrible twos", causing him to display demonic behavior during the year that he's two. The Sinclairs finally tricked the Baby into thinking he was three years old.

Baby Sinclair was also the most heavily marketed of the show's characters, appearing in assorted toys, Happy Meal prizes and the music video "I'm the Baby (Gotta Love Me)". He was featured on the box art of most Dinosaurs video releases and was the only character to appear outside of the series, serving as a co-host on the special For Our Children.

Performance notes

As a hand puppet creation and the smallest member of the show's core regular cast, the character was portrayed by Kevin Clash, with the eyes operated by John Kennedy and the arms by Terri Hardin (replaced by Julianne Buescher for the final season). Clash's voice for Baby at times resembled a more gleefully destructive Elmo.

As of 2014, Baby is the only surviving puppet from Dinosaurs.^[1]

Sources

↑ 26 Things I Learned at Jim Henson's Creature Shop

[1] 26 Things I Learned at Jim Henson's Creature Shop

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+[[File:BabySinclair.JPG|thumb|300px]]
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+'''Baby Sinclair''' is the youngest member of the Sinclair family in the television series ''[[Dinosaurs]]''. Newly hatched in the premiere episode, "[[Episode 101: The Mighty Megalosaurus|The Mighty Megalosaurus]]," Baby Sinclair is a precocious if bratty child. His catchphrases include "I'm the baby, gotta love me!" and "Not the mama!" The latter is often uttered to
+his dad, [[Earl Sinclair]], whom the baby repeatedly batters with a frying pan, and generally disdains, especially in the early episodes, though they form a slightly warmer relationship over time. The baby's relationship with mother [[Fran Sinclair]] is more stable and mutually affectionate, but the dinosaur child's wisecracks are also aimed at siblings [[Robbie Sinclair|Robbie]] and [[Charlene Sinclair|Charlene]]. Grandmother [[Ethyl Phillips|Ethyl]] often reads to the child, the pair both rejoicing in Earl's many blunders. Also, Baby Sinclair is quite intelligent, being able to speak and spell at a very young age.
+Never formally named until near the end of the second season, the infant Sinclair is briefly named "Aaah Aagh I'm Dying You Idiot," the result of the then-[[Chief Elder]] keeling over during the official christening. By the episode's end, he has been legally named "Baby Sinclair."
+Baby Sinclair celebrated his first birthday in "[[Episode 211: Switched at Birth|Switched at Birth]]". He celebrated his second birthday in "[[Episode 406: Terrible Twos|Terrible Twos]]", where he entered a stage called the "terrible twos", causing him to display demonic behavior during the year that he's two. [[The Sinclair Family|The Sinclairs]] finally tricked the Baby into thinking he was three years old.
-'''Baby Sinclair''' was the youngest member of the Sinclair family in the television series ''[[Dinosaurs]]''. Newly hatched in the premiere episode, "[[Episode 101: The Mighty Megalosaurus|The Mighty Megalosaurus]]," Baby Sinclair was a precocious if bratty child. His catchphrases included "I'm the baby, gotta love me!" and "Not the mama!" The latter was often uttered to his dad, [[Earl Sinclair]], whom the baby would repeatedly batter with a frying pan, and generally disdained, especially in the early episodes, though they formed a slightly warmer relationship over time. The baby's relationship with mother [[Fran Sinclair]] was more stable and mutually affectionate, but the dinosaur child's wisecracks were also aimed at siblings [[Robbie Sinclair|Robbie]] and [[Charlene Sinclair|Charlene]]. Grandmother [[Ethyl Phillips|Ethyl]] often read to the child, the pair both rejoicing in Earl's many blunders.
-Never formally named until near the end of the second season, the infant Sinclair was briefly named "Augh Augh I'm Dying You Idiot," the result of the then-[[Chief Elder]] keeling over during the official christening. By episode's end, he had been legally named "Baby Sinclair."
+Baby Sinclair was also the most heavily marketed of the show's characters, appearing in assorted toys, Happy Meal prizes and the music video "[[I'm the Baby (Gotta Love Me)]]". He was featured on the box art of most ''Dinosaurs'' video releases and was the only character to appear outside of the series, serving as a co-host on the special ''[[For Our Children]]''.
-==Notes==
-As a hand puppet creation and the smallest member of the show's core regular cast, the character was portrayed by Kevin Clash, with eyes by [[John Kennedy]], and arms by Terri Harden (replaced by Julianne Buescher for the final season). Clash's voice for Baby at times resembled a more gleefully destructive [[Elmo]]. Baby Sinclair was also the most heavily marketed of the shows characters, featuring in assorted toys, Happy Meal prizes, a music video featuring the song "I'm The Baby, Gotta Love Me",and appearing on the cover art for most of the ''Dinosaurs'' video releases.
+==Performance notes==
+As a hand puppet creation and the smallest member of the show's core regular cast, the character was portrayed by Kevin Clash, with the eyes operated by [[John Kennedy]] and the arms by [[Terri Hardin]] (replaced by [[Julianne Buescher]] for the final season). Clash's voice for Baby at times resembled a more gleefully destructive [[Elmo]].
+As of 2014, Baby is the only surviving puppet from ''Dinosaurs''.<ref>[http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/things-i-learned-at-jim-hensons-creature-shop 26 Things I Learned at Jim Henson's Creature Shop]</ref>
+==Sources==
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 [[Category:Dinosaurs Characters]]