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− | *{{ep| Homer's Odyssey}} | + | *{{ep|Homer's Odyssey}} |
− | *{{ep| There's No Disgrace Like Home}} | + | *{{ep|There's No Disgrace Like Home}} |
− | *{{ep| Moaning Lisa}} | + | *{{ep|Moaning Lisa}} |
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− | *{{ep| Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish}} | + | *{{ep|Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish}} |
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− | *{{ep| One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish}} | + | *{{ep|One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish}} |
− | *{{ep| The Way We Was }} | + | *{{ep|The Way We Was }} |
− | *{{ep| Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment}} | + | *{{ep|Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment}} |
− | *{{ep| Principal Charming}} | + | *{{ep|Principal Charming}} |
− | *{{ep| Old Money}} | + | *{{ep|Old Money}} |
− | *{{ep| Brush with Greatness}} | + | *{{ep|Brush with Greatness}} |
− | *{{ep| The War of the Simpsons}} | + | *{{ep|The War of the Simpsons}} |
− | *{{ep| Three Men and a Comic Book}} | + | *{{ep|Three Men and a Comic Book}} |
− | *{{ep| Blood Feud}} | + | *{{ep|Blood Feud}} |
− | *{{ep| Stark Raving Dad}} | + | *{{ep|Stark Raving Dad}} |
− | *{{ep| Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington}} | + | *{{ep|Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington}} |
− | *{{ep| When Flanders Failed}} | + | *{{ep|When Flanders Failed}} |
− | *{{ep| Homer Defined}} | + | *{{ep|Homer Defined}} |
− | *{{ep| Like Father, Like Clown }} | + | *{{ep|Like Father, Like Clown}} |
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− | *{{ep| Saturdays of Thunder }} | + | *{{ep|Saturdays of Thunder}} |
− | *{{ep| Flaming Moe's }} | + | *{{ep|Flaming Moe's}} |
− | *{{ep| Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk }} | + | *{{ep|Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk}} |
− | *{{ep| I Married Marge }} | + | *{{ep|I Married Marge}} |
− | *{{ep| Lisa the Greek }} | + | *{{ep|Lisa the Greek}} |
− | *{{ep| Homer Alone }} | + | *{{ep|Homer Alone}} |
− | *{{ep| Homer at the Bat }} | + | *{{ep|Homer at the Bat}} |
− | *{{ep| Dog of Death }} | + | *{{ep|Dog of Death}} |
− | *{{ep| Colonel Homer }} | + | *{{ep|Colonel Homer}} |
− | *{{ep| Black Widower }} | + | *{{ep|Black Widower}} |
− | *{{ep| Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes? }} | + | *{{ep|Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?}} |
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− | *{{ep| A Streetcar Named Marge }} | + | *{{ep|A Streetcar Named Marge}} |
− | *{{ep| Homer the Heretic }} | + | *{{ep|Homer the Heretic}} |
− | *{{ep| Lisa the Beauty Queen }} | + | *{{ep|Lisa the Beauty Queen}} |
− | *{{THOH| Treehouse of Horror III }} | + | *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror III}} |
− | *{{ep| New Kid on the Block }} | + | *{{ep|New Kid on the Block}} |
− | *{{ep| Mr. Plow }} | + | *{{ep|Mr. Plow}} |
− | *{{ep| Homer's Triple Bypass }} | + | *{{ep|Homer's Triple Bypass}} |
− | {{ep| Marge vs. the Monorail }} | + | *{{ep|Marge vs. the Monorail}} |
− | {{ep| Selma's Choice }} | + | *{{ep|Selma's Choice}} |
− | {{ep| I Love Lisa }} | + | *{{ep|I Love Lisa}} |
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Barney Gumble
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Character Information
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Bernard "Barney" Gumble is the Springfield town drunk, the most prominent of several alcoholic Springfielders and Homer Simpson's best friend.
Contents
Biography
Barney was born on April 20, sharing his birthday with Hitler [1]. His father, Arnie Gumble, died in a 1979 parade float accident along with Sheldon Skinner, Iggy Wiggum, Etch Westgrin, and Griff McDonald, all of whom had served in Abe Simpson's WWII squad. Barney once had a near-death experience in which he expects to be reunited with "my loved ones, my dad, and that plant I never watered," perhaps implying that he did not get along with his father, though this line could also be interpreted as Barney reuniting with his "loved ones: my dad and that plant I never watered." [2]
As a teenager, Barney showed much potential. He was Harvard-bound until Homer introduced him to beer on the night before they had to take the SATs. He took to drinking after his high-school sweetheart Chloe Talbot left Springfield to become a successful TV reporter. He used to have blond hair (see above), but later dyed it brown [3].
Later on, with Homer, he was a member of The Be Sharps barbershop quartet, in which his stellar Irish singing voice was discovered (It was heard again in "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" and in "Mommie Beerest"). Barney showed his artistic side again when he won top prize at the Springfield Film Festival for his moving documentary about his life as an alcoholic, unfortunately titled "Puke-a-hontas"[4].
Barney was inspired by Homer's Mr. Plow business to have his own snow removal service, calling himself the Plow King and buying a snow removal truck much bigger than Homer's. He even got Linda Ronstadt to sing on his commercials. "We've been looking for a project to do together for a while," he explained. He took away all Homer's customers and earned the key to Springfield (which was taken away from Homer). Homer eventually fools Barney into traveling to "Forbidding Widows' Peak" to plow through the snow for a $10,000 bill, but is caught in an avalanche. Homer ends up saving Barney, they become friends again and team up, only to find the snow melting (after Homer comments "When two best friends team up, not even God himself can stop them." To which a voice from the sky replies "Oh, no?" and promptly beams down a ray of light to melt the snow), and Homer's truck repossessed [5]. Barney is seen driving his plow as the Plow King again in several occasions [6][7] .
When Mr. Burns caused Moe's Tavern to close down and was shot later, Barney became a major suspect for shooting Burns after Burns blocked the sun (despite his easygoing nature, Barney apparently carries around a derringer at all times) [8] [9].
Barney served in the United States Navy Reserve for a short time, as a submariner on the USS Jebediah with his own mother as his superior officer, although he briefly served in the U.S. Army during his youth [10].
Personality
Barney is almost always seen in Moe's Tavern, where he is a regular. His desperation for alcohol has been the source of many jokes. He has a quavering, slightly broken voice and a distinctive loud belch (although he sings completely differently, having a beautiful "Irish tenor" type voice), as well as a characteristic wandering eye. He remains friendly and good-natured despite his unfortunate condition. Heavyset, slovenly, and unmarried (though occasionally seen with women), he lives in a very untidy and sparsely-furnished apartment. It has also been implied that he has "lived" in Moe's Tavern. Barney drinks so compulsively that Moe had to send his beer tab to NASA.
He is occasionally seen doing some sort of menial labor, such as working for his Uncle Al at Barney's Bowl-O-Rama, but has also been the owner of a successful snowplowing business and been employed by NASA as an astronaut. Barney states that he is 40 years old and his first name was revealed to be Barnard, although he also appears to be in the same high school class as Homer in flashbacks [11]. When streaking at his high school prom earned him "about a decade's worth of detention", it was hinted that he was either to be held back a year, or had already repeated.
Barney has survived experiences such as exploding zeppelins[12], malfunctioning Jet packs [13], and being crushed by a falling table[14].
When alcohol is not readily available, Barney is seen drinking just about anything, such as turpentine, varnish, rubbing alcohol, and brake fluid. Barney is also Homer's best friend. Barney is also friends with Moe, Lenny and Carl.
Sobriety
Barney was once forced to remain sober for the drinking night at Moe's when he received the position of Designated Driver that night (Coincidentally on the same night that he was to get free beer from Duffman as a reward.). As revenge, he decided to drive Homer's car to New York City and leave it there [15].
Barney once attempted to kick his alcoholism habit. For his birthday, Moe gave him a gift certificate for helicopter flying lessons, not expecting Barney to actually use them. "Can you imagine this tanked-up loser at the wheel of a whirlybird?", Moe asked. This comment, coupled with a humiliating videotape of Barney's actions while inebriated, gave Barney the drive he needed. Barney attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, became sober, and took the helicopter lessons. He became fairly proficient at it, though he admitted he had not yet mastered right turns. This new skill helped Homer rescue Bart and Lisa from a forest fire. Unwilling to lose one of his most crucial customers to his tavern, Moe figured out a way to channel Barney's tendency for addiction into a dependency on the caffeine in espressos [16].
Homer encouraged Barney to drink a beer when he played Ulysses S. Grant in a re-enactment of the Battle of Springfield (though this, surprisingly, did not cause him to become alcoholic again). He briefly sobered up and got back behind the controls of his helicopter to rescue his old girlfriend Chloe from a volcanic lava flow. He was also relatively sober and piloting his helicopter again when helping Homer take celebrity photographs [17]. He stated that the same rehab clinic had "cured him six times," implying that he has been switching between a current and recovering alcoholic [18]. It's revealed that he's always sober in the morning until he enters Moe's Tavern [19].
During Trappuccino, he was one of the barflies who run into the church, and even later Barney was attending an Alcoholics' Anonymous meeting and went crazy when the coffee ran out [20].
Behind the Scenes
Barney was partly based on "Crazy" Guggenheim, a character from Jackie Gleason's American Scene Magazine.[21] Matt Groening noted: "Barney was taking the standard sitcom sidekick and just making him as pathetic as possible. And also there was a sort of unspoken rule about not having drinking on television as a source of comedy. So, of course, we went right for it."[21] In "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" Barney was sobered up, a move that many staff members were against believing "a wide-awake, freshly showered, sober Barney just isn't as funny as an unkempt, disoriented, drunk one." Castellaneta did not change his voice after the sobering, because "[he thinks Barney's] still got 15 years of booze left in his veins."[21]
The name Barney Gumble is a parody (and near homonym) of Barney Rubble, Fred Flintstone's best friend on Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones. In several of the episodes of the first season, Barney Gumble's hair was yellow, just like Barney Rubble's hair. He was also born on April 20 1956.
Barney first appeared in the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", in which he worked as a department store Santa and gave Homer a tip for winning at the dog track. The Season 1 DVD indicates that the script writers originally intended for Barney to be Homer's next-door neighbor.
Barney is also a major character on the show and has been central in a few episodes such as Mr. Plow, Homer's Barbershop Quartet, and Days of Wine and D'oh'ses. Barney has also appeared in every single season although in season 19 he made only cameo appearances. In season 2,3,4,5, Barney made lots of speaking appearances aproximately 10-15 episodes, because he was always seen in Moe's. He has appeared in 274 episodes.
Trivia
- In Homer's Triple Bypass, Barney once mistook Homer's heart operation as him trying to go through a sex-change operation.
Appearances
Reference
- ↑ Viva Ned Flanders
- ↑ Simpson Tide
- ↑ She Used to Be My Girl
- ↑ A Star Is Burns
- ↑ Mr. Plow
- ↑ Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
- ↑ Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?
- ↑ Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)
- ↑ Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)
- ↑ Simpson Tide
- ↑ A Star Is Burns
- ↑ Lisa the Beauty Queen
- ↑ Deep Space Homer
- ↑ The Boy Who Knew Too Much
- ↑ The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
- ↑ Days of Wine and D'oh'ses
- ↑ Homerazzi
- ↑ Co-Dependent's Day
- ↑ Lost Our Lisa
- ↑ >The Simpsons Movie
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Joe Rhodes. "Flash! 24 Simpsons Stars Reveal Themselves"TV Guide. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.