Everyone knows Barney ... that cute purple dinosaur.
But here's something that you may not know:

1. Start with the given:
CUTE PURPLE DINOSAUR

2. Change all U's to V's (which is proper Latin anyway)
CVTE PVRPLE DINOSAVR

3. Extract all Roman Numerals:
CV V L DI V

4. Convert these into Arabic values:
100 5 5 50 500 1 5

5. Add these numbers up:
100
5
5
50
500
1
+ 5