Barney the Dinosaur

**Barnaby Clarence Vax'ildan** "**Barney" the Purple Dinosaur** is the deuteragonist of the Jared & Friends franchise, as well as the iconic titular protagonist in the Barney franchise, and one of Jared's best friends. He is the co-founder/second-in-command and mascot of the Imagination Posse.

## About Barney

### Physical Description

Barney is an imaginary super-friendly looking six-foot purple (magenta to fuchsia, but everyone calls it Barney purple) Tyrannosaurus Rex with a bright green belly, big feet with 6 yellow "toe-balls", and bright, white, straight, gleaming non-menacing teeth, a long tail, with 9 green spots on his back (10 from the second episode on, including the extra spot that he had in the home video, I Can Do It) (5 on his back, and 5 on his tail).

Barney also has been shown to wear various outfits, depending on the occasion. For more info: Barney's Outfits

### Information/Personality/Role on the show

Barney is one of the main protagonists in the show, who comes to life from his plush form through someone's imagination, who also helps Jared form the Imagination Posse, earning his the role as second in command, and one of Jared's very best friends, which means he's always around when Jared dreams up a new adventure and goes on his latest escapade. His personality is described as silly, optimistic, cheerful, down-to-earth, wise, happy, bubbly, vivacious, caring, kind, supportive, cool, intelligent, smart, kind-hearted, fun, genuine, sensitive, adventurous, compassionate, and friendly. He serves as Jared's wing-man or partner in most episodes. He also serves as one of Jared's voices of reason, giving him great and wise advice with problems and helping him through it. He even serves as his lawyer if he's in a sticky situation with someone, and he does a very great job doing it. Whenever he's sad, mad, or feeling negative, Barney always pops up and does his thing, or sometimes it's the other way around. He's always there to help his friends, but even he needs some help or has a lesson he needs to learn.

Barney is a loving, wise, caring, playful, and a kind father figure. He's great at helping his friends out. He never gets mad, but he will be patient and mature about certain aspects of life. When the day is done, he dissolves back into his doll form, but even in the middle of an episode, he's in doll form. In doll form, he uses thought speak to talk to people, particularly Jared (almost like telepathy or just regular thought speak). As stated before, he has been known to evolve as the series progresses, both in character and and design (albeit slightly), showing depth beyond the caring and playful pal he is, so people can be able to understand and relate to him. Jared always uses his imagination as it fires up and use the power of love mixed with that to make Barney come to life and become real. He sometimes gets teased about his reputation as a kind dinosaur and the fact that he hangs around and shows unconditional affection to kids, and he doesn't like it at all, but his best friend Jared is always there to set them straight. Another notable aspect of Barney is he's always genuine and careful with others, like if Jared is having a bad day or feeling unhappy, the dinosaur always pops up and is always there and willing to help him up and his caring demeanor obviously has shown greatly to rub on to Jared. Nonetheless, he always uses his kindness, magic, advice, and bright and happy attitude to make every day Super-Dee-Duper!

### Website Bio Description

*"Fun-loving, child-like, highly energetic and incredibly friendly, Barney is the best friend anybody could ever have (who just happens to be a 6-foot dinosaur) Like so many classic characters before him, Barney comes to life through the power of a child's imagination. In turn, Barney opens children's eyes to the joys of learning and discovery, to the wonders of make-believe, and to the beauty of unconditional love. Add a little bit of a vaudeville entertainer, mix in some imagination, and voila! You have created a gentle giant known worldwide as Barney the Dinosaur! He is kind, caring and optimistic, three things anyone in the world should be. He's always there to lend a helping hand to his buddy, Jared whenever he needs it. This prehistoric being is just one big purple plush playmate for life. He is the type to never get angry but instead be patient and empathetic to others, even ones most people wouldn't think of. and will always be there to say those three words when you need it most: I Love You. "*

## Catchphrases/Quotes

(Note: The quotes in bold are his signature quotes/catchphrases)

* **Super-Dee-Duper!**
* **Dino-mite!**
* **Tee-rific!**
* **Stu-u-u-pendous**
* Remember, I love you!
* You are special!
* Aw, Shucks!
* Dee-licious
* Wahoo!
* Let's Go!
* Whoa!
* Wow!
* Oh, boy!
* Great Job!
* Whoop-dee-doo!
* C'mon!
* God loves you!
* God made you special! (and He love you very much)
* Dee-lightful!
* All right!
* I got your back!
* Use your imagination!
* Imagination is the key!
* It's Go time!
* I love bein' a Dino
* Dino Power!
* Purple Power!
* Perfectly Purple

## Friends/Enemies

### Best Friends/Allies

* Jared Robinson (best friend)
* The D3
* Natalia Emmerson
* Daniela Nieves (wife)
* Blarney the Dinosaur (The Loud House) (Irish cousin)
* Jay-Jay
* Tracy
* Herky
* Snuffy
* Revvin' Evan
* Tuffy
* Madeline Macgowan
* Ben "Jahil" Coveny
* Sydney Gukerwickie

* Jack Giannou
* Emily Simmons
* Libby Jones-Brown
* Motherboard
* Dr. Marbles
* Professer Tinkerputt
* Taraji P. "Cookie Lyon" Henson
* Annasophia Robb
* Crystal Kayla
* Jade Pettyjohn
* Brianna Romany
* Brittany Demeitriou
* Dr. Marbles
* Arden Heron
* Paula Bonilla
* Mia T
* MCJ
* Addison Holley
* Jasmine Marinelli
* Julia Sullivan
* Michalela Quirk
* Una Mcnally
* Taylor Thorne
* Hillary Motz
* Jamie Lorentz
* Katelyn Mielke
* Tyson Compton
* Evelyn
* Themba
* Marcel Tizzard
* Jessica Zarnke
* Katie-Lynn Branan
* Meghan McCracken
* Seth
* Kiki
* Jillian Rouix
* Kara Howitt
* The Nicktoons
* Dudley the Dragon (childhood friend)
* Selena Gomez (close friend)
* Demi Lovato (close friend)

* Maddy Belanger
* Taylor Moules
* Alexandra Girard
* Juliana Jimenez
* Titi
* Victoria Silveira
* Chrislyn DeJong
* Kyrsten Procyk
* Stella the Storyteller
* Rickey the Traveller
* Wanda the Explorer
* Adri Kellerman
* Alycia Helliwell
* Naomi Millard
* Carina Leonov
* Emma Kiers
* Emma Wolle
* Chole Hillier
* Emma Hiller

* Archie Andrews
* Betty Cooper
* Jughead Jones
* Veronica Lodge
* Kevin Keller

* Mal
* Evie
* Jay
* Carlos De Vil
* Ben
* Jane
* Lonnie
* Freddie Facilier
* Ally
* Audrey
* Chad Charming
* Doug
* Belle
* Beast
* Bob the Tomato/Thing-ama-Bob
* Larry the Cucumber/LarryBoy
* Junior Asparagus
* Archibald Asparagus
* Professor Valerie Frizzle
* Ms. Fiona Frizzle
* Liz
* Goldie
* The Magic School Bus
* The Sodor Squad

### Enemies

* Harley Quinn
* Wicked
* Vernon the Toxin
* Bumble the Trumble
* Evil Jared
* Evil Barney (the Clone)
* Blarney the Dinosaur (Dino & Rocco) (one-sided, on Blarney's side)
* The Hacker
* Buzz & Delete (sort of)
* Tariq "The Freak" Cousins
* Evil Barney (the clone)
* Guiliana Green
* Meldar Prime
* David Da Silva (one-sided on David's side)

* Ursula the Sea Witch (sort of)
* Cheryl Blosson (sort of)
* Chuck Clayton
* Black Hood
* La Sombra

## Portrayal

### Costume Actors

* David Joyner
* David Voss
* Carey Stinson

* Josh Martin
* Antwaun Steele
* Maurice Scott
* Rick Starkweather
* Patrick McAlister
* Josh Sagguie
* N/A

### Voice Actors

* Bob West
* Duncan Brannan
* Tim Dever
* Dean Wendt
* Davon Miller
* Jose Carlos Moreno
* Ruben Cerda
* Flavio Dias
* Leonardo Camilo
* Avi Termin
* Jochaim Friedlander
* Lee Jang-Won
* Kai Taschner
* Peter Reinhardt
* Daniel Lesourd
* Pietro Ulbadi
* Daisuke Ono
* Takuma Suzuki
* Jared

## Trivia/Notes

* Barney's costumes change from time to time in the series (for variety reasons), but his usual costume is a mixture of the Season 4 head, The connected ankles from both Season 12 and 13, The tail and feet from Season 5-6, and he has his eye and blinking mechanisms from Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie. The body structure is similar to the costumes performed by David Joyner, Josh Martin, Antwaun Steel, as well as the costumes from Seasons 4, 12, and 13. The costume is also given a modern feel/style to attract a teenage audience, but still keeping the Barney look we all know and love to it.
* The doll changes, too, but usually the plush from Great Adventure is used, but it also has similarities to the real costume. As well as a doll similar to the prototype Season 4-6 doll. In recent episodes, especially after Best Friends Forever (Jared and Sarah's friendship character study-like episode that season), the Barney Buddies doll is present (in a behind the scenes explanation being Sarah got Jared the aforementioned doll as a Christmas present)
* Jared also voices Barney, trying to give a nostalgic feel to the show for him, trying to have all the different versions of Barney versions in one.
* His dino age also changes every time his birthday is celebrated, even though he starts at 3 dinosaur years old in the pilot and onward (until his next birthday is celebrated every human year), which makes him one of the oldest members of the posse
* Not only Dean, Jared, and the World Tour stand-in voice Barney, on occasion (besides the archived recordings), Nick Bakay (Giving him a voice similar to Salem the Cat from Sabrina: The Animated Series and the 1996 live-action series of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, but with a Barney feel to it), Maurice Lamarche (Giving him a voice similar to his version of Salem's voice from Sabrina's Secret Life, but also with a Barney feel to it), Brandon Tu, Davon Miller, etc. voice the purple dinosaur, just to give him a new but nostalgic feel
* He is one of the characters (besides Jared, the D3, etc.) to appear in almost every episode in the franchise
* He's currently officially married to Daniela Nieves, who plays Andrea "Andi" Cruz on Every Witch Way & WITs Academy, and whom he loves very much (in Jared's world of course)
* He is the second character introduced in the Jared & Friends TV series/franchise
* Jared's voice for Barney is a mix between Bob West, Dean Wendt, Duncan Brannan, Tim Dever (so pretty much a mix of all of Barney's voice actors over the years)
* In the early & later episodes (select episodes), Barney plays the prominent role of Jared's psychologist/shrink if he has a certain problem (for example, in a Secret Files story arc not canon with the rest of the series, Jared confides to Barney (the shrink) about his fear of Themba and Natalia together and why he resents them so much)
* His theme song is none other than the Barney theme song, but its more modern rendtions are present to keep the modern feel of J&F intact
* His full name is revealed the Season 3 episode "A Wonderful Wedding for Barney & Daniela", when the minister refers to him as *Barnaby Clarence Vax'ildan The Dinosaur*
* The rumors about him swearing, going to jail, and many other internet rumors are addressed on the show. Jared states this is a way of properly clearing his name and giving him his rightful reputation back
* It is stated many times that Barney is Jared's first best friend, imaginary or real, which is shown/revealed numerously
* He happens to be childhood friends with Dudley the Dragon, a nod to their shows appearing on Treehouse TV and PBS back in the day, the fact that Jared has watched them both at least once in his childhood, the fact that their shows were popular in the '90s (more so Barney's than Dudley's), and the fact that they're both full bodied puppets (not to mention colorful reptiles)
* Whenever Jared voices his buddy, Barney, he reveals he uses a mix of all the evolving Barney voices over the years, but it mostly sounds like Bob West, Dean Wendt, and Tim Dever (due to his deepening voice)
* His doll form's current cartoon style is actually inspired by the 2018 Barney Buddies plush doll

## Gallery

One of his doll formsCartoon formHim with the D3 (D3 right to left: Baby Bop, Riff, and BJ)Barney and the D3 in their cartoon formsBarney's Charmix (Promo Shot)