Barney Gumble

Barnard Arnold Gumble Sr., also known as Barn, Barney Gumble, Chad Sexington, Krunchy the Clown, Krusty the Clown and Plow King, is a character from The Simpsons series.
== Charactah Account ==
Barney is the Springfield town drunk who often works as human guinea pig for medical research facilities.
Barney is Homer Simpson's best friend, although to a lesser extent after high school. Being a frequent customer at Moe's (to the point of sleeping there) Barney considers Moe to be his second best friend; however, he is often abused by Moe and Arnie Gumble in the process, mainly due to Moe's personality.
Barney was formerly an A-student back at Springfield High, but lost it all due to his drinking alcohol. When he sings, he has a very nice voice. This talent was discovered by the Be Sharps when Barney was in the men's restroom.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* The Simpsons
* The Simpsons Season 2
* The Simpsons Season 3
* The Simpsons Season 4
* The Simpsons Season 5
* The Simpsons Season 6
* The Simpsons Season 7
* The Simpsons Season 8
* The Simpsons Season 9
* The Simpsons Season 10
* The Simpsons Season 11
* The Simpsons Season 12
* The Simpsons Season 13
* The Simpsons Season 14
* The Simpsons Season 15
* The Simpsons Season 16
* The Simpsons Season 17
* The Simpsons Season 18
* The Simpsons Season 19
* The Simpsons Season 20
* The Simpsons Season 21
* The Simpsons Season 22
* The Simpsons Season 23
* The Simpsons Season 24
* The Simpsons Season 25
* The Simpsons Season 26
* The Simpsons Season 27
* The Simpsons Season 28
* The Simpsons Season 29
* The Simpsons Season 30
* The Simpsons Season 31
* The Simpsons Season 32
* The Simpsons Season 33
* The Simpsons Season 34
* The Simpsons Season 35
=== Comics ===
* Bart Simpson
* Bart Simpson Annual
* Bart Simpson's Horrorshow
* Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror
* Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror Heebie Jeebie Hullabaloo
* Bart Simpson: Big Shot!
* Bart Simpson: Class Clown
* Bartman
* Bartman and Radioactive Man
* Bartman Spectacularly Super Secret Saga
* Bartman: The Best of the Best!
* Big Beastly Book of Bart Simpson
* Big Beefy Book of Bart Simpson
* Big Bouncy Book of Bart Simpson
* Bongo Comics Free-For-All!
* Bongo Comics Presents: Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book
* Duffman Adventures
* Free Comic Book Day Gimme! Gimme! Giveaway!
* Futurama
* Futurama - Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis
* Grampa Simpson's Unbelievable Adventures
* Jimbo Jones
* Krusty Comics
* Krusty the Clown
* Li'l Homer
* Lisa Comics
* Maggie
* Professor Frink Fantastic Science Fictions
* Simpsons Classics
* Simpsons Comics
* Simpsons Comics and Stories
* Simpsons Comics Beach Blanket Bongo
* Simpsons Comics Clubhouse
* Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium
* Simpsons Comics Dollars to Donuts
* Simpsons Comics Explosion
* Simpsons Comics Extravaganza
* Simpsons Comics Knockout
* Simpsons Comics Madness
* Simpsons Comics Royale
* Simpsons Comics Supernova
* Simpsons Comics Treasure Trove
* Simpsons Comics Unchained
* Simpsons Comics: Chaos
* Simpsons Comics: Game On!
* Simpsons Comics: Shake-Up
* Simpsons Comics: Simpsorama
* Simpsons Comics: Strike Back!
* Simpsons Go for the Gold
* Simpsons Illustrated
* Simpsons One-Shot Wonders: Bart Simpson's Pal Milhouse
* Simpsons Super Spectacular
* Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-filled Frightfest
* Simpsons Treehouse of Horror HooDoo VooDoo Brouhaha
* Simpsons Winter Wingding
* The Malevolent Mr. Burns
* The Simpsons Annual
* The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II
* The Simpsons Summer Shindig
* The Wonderful World of Lisa Simpson
=== Movie ===
* The Simpsons Movie
=== Video Games ===
* The Simpsons Arcade Game
* The Simpsons Game
* The Simpsons Wrestling
* The Simpsons: Hit & Run
* The Simpsons: Tapped Out
* Virtual Bart
== Trivia ==
* Due to Barney's alcoholism, Moe would often be forced to restrain him during the tavern's delivery of Duff, else Barney would drink all the beer in the delivery truck. It was at the point were once the truck driver saw Barney, he would panic about the delivery. In fact, it occurred often enough that Moe even had to hire people specifically to distract Barney during delivery period at Midnight as a paying job, with a then-unemployed Waylon Smithers, Jr. deeply considering taking the job offer until Homer talked some sense into him.
* Barney is likely Norwegian. In "Lisa the Greek", Barney asks Homer to go bowling on Super Bowl Sunday, to which Homer suggests they go next Sunday instead. Barney states "Well, my ma's coming in from Norway, but what the hell."
* In Season 1, Barney had blond hair. This was later changed to brown because it is easier to animate.
* Barney's bar tab at Moe's Tavern is at $14 billion, but after Barney paid $2,000, Moe said that it's "at least halfway." Most likely, Moe is aware that Barney will never be able to pay off the tab and is simply accepting whatever he can get.
** In order to pay off his $14 billion bar tab, Barney would need to pay for ten beers a day, at $2 each, for roughly 1.95 million years.
* At one point, Barney was implied to have been severely injured by a crow mafia led by Homer Simpson when they enveloped him.
* At one point, Barney was on a coffee binge to replace beer, but suffered a relapse and became an alcoholic again.
* In The Simpsons Movie, Barney is seen in the mob of angry people, who did not know where the Simpson house is at, despite visiting the house many times in the show.
* In "Selma's Choice", it is revealed that Barney is a sperm donor and has fathered an untold amount of children (which look just like Barney, and they burp just like him).
* Barney was an honor student before Homer offered him a beer, which made him alcoholic, as seen in a flashback.
* An urban legend existed that Barney Gumble was somehow related to Nelson Muntz, due to their sharing an uncanny physical resemblance to each other. This urban legend was presumably referenced in "Yolo", where Nelson's mother, Mrs. Muntz, managed to belch in a very similar manner to Barney.
** Mr. Burns in "Homer the Smithers" proceeded to belch in a similar manner to Barney at one point.
* Barney is right-handed.
* In older episodes where he was blonde such as There's No Disgrace Like Home and Bart the Daredevil, Barney starts fights with Homer and appeared to be belligerent towards him.
* In the Season 20 opening, now when Bart skateboards out of the school he lands briefly on Barney, who is semi-conscious in the gutter in an alcoholic stupor. The only exception is in the couch gag for Dad Behavior, where he instead regains consciousness just as Bart lands on him, angrily yells "Hey!" at Bart, and breaks Bart's skateboard in front of him, forcing Bart to walk home.
* In Grampy Can Ya Hear Me, it is revealed Barney is not only the town drunk, but the state drunk as well.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Barney Gumble at Simpsons Wiki
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