Barney Guttman

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> Pugsley reminded me how important it is to live your life without apology.
>
> -Barney, The Tunnel

## Barney Guttman

### Alias(es):

* Freckles  (Courtney)
* Mortal  (Courtney)
* Barry  (Hox)
* Barnabas McGuttonburrows III (himself)
* Loser (Alternate Barney)

### Occupation:

* Security Guard at Phoenix Parks (Up until "The Watcher's Test," where he most likely quit)
* Demon Clean-Up Crew (Formerly)

## Biographical Information

### Age:

17 (Debut)
 18 (Season 2)

### Relative(s):

* Patrick Guttman (Brother)
* Roxanne Guttman (Mother)
* Saul Guttman (Father)
* Grammy-Gram (Grandma)

## Physical Traits

### Skin:

* Pale
* Freckled

### Attire:

* Greyish-blue shirt
* Yellow Jacket
* Dark red skinny-jeans
* Trainers

## Connections

### Friends/Allies:

* Norma (Co-Worker, Friend)
* Pugsley (Pet, Best Friend)
* Courtney (Friend)
* Logs (Co-Worker, Boyfriend)
* Badyah (Co-Worker, Friend)
* Asmodeus (Wrestling mentor/coach, Friend)

### Rivals/Enemies:

* Pauline Phoenix (Formerly)
* Temeluchus (Formerly)
* Fingers

## Character Traits

### Likes:

* Pugsley
* Logan (as a significant other)
* His friends
* Wrestling
* Cheese-less mac & cheese

### Dislikes:

* Grammy Gram
* Fingers
* Running away

## Out-of-Universe Information

### Appears In:

Season 1

* The Job (Debut)
* The Tunnel
* Trust Me
* Night of the Living Kids
* The Nightmare Before Christmas in July
* Wait Time: 22 Minutes
* Norma Khan: Paranormal Detective
* The Pauline Phoenix Experience
* The Phantom of the Theme Park
* Into the Fire

Season 2

* Take the Angels Bowling
* Evil Twins Are People Too
* The Trials of Barney
* Eat the Parents
* The Ride of a Lifetime
* My Super Sweet 1600
* All Dolled Up
* The Other Side
* Going Up
* The Watcher's Test

### Debut:

The Job

**Barney Guttman** is a protagonist of the Netflix animated series *Dead End: Paranormal Park*. He is a gay transgender teen boy who finds a new job as a security guard of Phoenix Parks, an amusement park with a haunted house. He is voiced by Zach Barack. His Vyond Voice Is Matthew

## Biography

Barney has family problems. His grandmother doesn't accept the fact that he is trans. While it hasn't been made clear what his grandmother said to him, it was shown to be very hurtful. Barney's parents did nothing to prevent this, leading to Barney running away from home with his dog, Pugsley. After getting a job at Phoenix Parks, Barney and Pugsley stay to live at the Dead End attraction with Courtney.

## Appearance

Barney is a large white teen with short hair. His hair is trimmed on the sides, long on top, with only the top part dyed blue. His ears are pierced as well with green circular earrings. He has a large orange nose with freckles on his face.

In some episodes, he wears his Phoenix Parks security guard uniform.

In "Night of the Living Kids," he wears a dinosaur mascot costume throughout the majority of the episode.

## Personality

A very lively and positive boy, Barney is an extroverted and friendly person. While he is shown to be spooked more easily than Norma with all the supernatural entities that run rampant at the park, he is also shown to be courageous and gets serious when it's called for in the situation, such as when he chooses to stay out in the very dangerous Impling-infested park to find his younger brother.

He shows more of his awkwardness around Logan, showing how shy Barney can be towards those he's into. He has also shown to be very loyal to those he cares for, never leaving their side no matter what. He is also a responsible dog owner due to being responsible for Pugsley.

## Abilities

* Scrapbook-making
* Musical talent *(Temporary)*

## Trivia

* It's confirmed that he is Jewish.
	+ This was hinted in the episode "The Nightmare Before Christmas in July" in Pugsley's dialogue "I didn't know we celebrated Christmas."
	+ This is later solidified in "The Phantom of the Theme Park," where in Pugsley prepares a glass wrapped in cloth that Barney steps on during his imaginary wedding scene with Logan - a Jewish ritual representing the moment of remembrance for the destruction of Jewish temples.
		- This is also evident by the hats that he and Pugsley wears throughout the sequence.
* Barney confirmed in "The Tunnel" that he is transgender when he comes out to Norma, telling her that he feels he fits in more at Phoenix Parks than in his own home.
* In "The Nightmare Before Christmas in July," it is shown he is scared of spiders, as he feared that the wheel Hox spun would land on the challenge that involved the arachnids.
* In "Night of the Living Kids," the dinosaur mascot he wears is intentionally made to go from dirty to clean, and is not an animation error.
* In "The Nightmare Before Christmas in July," the original Barney dies, and a new one was "revived" thanks to the lifeline Hox gives the trio, which Norma then uses on the former. This also means the Barney from this episode onward is the second Barney entirely.
	+ He later dies a second time in "The Other Side," making him the character with the most onscreen deaths.
* Barney, alongside Norma Khan, Pauline Phoenix, and The Watcher, is one of the only characters with their name in an episode title (his being "The Trials of Barney").