Barnaby Dawes

* Books
* 1991 animated TV show
* 2011 animated film

**Life and Death fanfics:** Unnamed wife, Horatia and Horatio Dawes (twin children), Adeline Dawes (daughter-in-law), Patrick Smith (son-in-law), 2 sets of unnamed twin grandchildren, 4 sets of unnamed quadruplet great-grandchildren

### Friends

Tintin, Snowy, Captain Archibald Haddock, Thomson, Thompson
**Fanfics:** Anna and Elsa Arendelle, Kristoff Bjorgman, Sven, Olaf, Hans Westerguard, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Toothless, Astrid Hofferson, Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston, Snotlout Jorgenson, Fishlegs Ingerman, Jack Frost, Rapunzel, Eret Eretson, Nicholas St. North, Toothiana, Sanderson Mansnoozie, E. Aster Bunnymund, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, Allan Thompson, Hiro Hamada, Cass Hamada, Baymax, GoGo Tomago, Wasabi, Honey Lemon, Fred Frederickson and the others

### Enemies

Max Bird, Gustav Bird, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine

### Likes

Stealing the Unicorn (comic)
Stops Tintin from danger (film)

### Dislikes

Tintin refuses to sell the Unicorn, being shot by hitmen outside TIntin's apartment

## Character's Bio

### Birthdate

1916 (Life and Death fanfics)
3rd April 1973 (other fanfics)

### Birthplace

United States of America (comic, cartoon and film)
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK (fanfics)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (other fanfics)

### Cause of Death

Gunshot wound in the heart (film)
Traffic accident (first Life and Death fanfic)

### Nationality

American (comic, cartoon and film)
Northern Irish (fanfics)
Canadian (other fanfics)

## Physical Apearance

### Eye Colour

Black dots (comic and cartoon)
Hazel green (film)
Teal blue (fanfics)

### Complexion

Fair (comic, cartoon and film)
Pale (fanfics)

### Status

Alive (comic, cartoon and fanfics)
Deceased (film and Life and Death fanfics)

**Barnaby Dawes** (French: **Barnabé**) is an overweight henchman of the Bird Brothers, whom Tintin first meets in the Old Street Market in Brussels.

In the 2011 animated action-adventure film, he was voiced in the movie by actor and comedian Joe Starr.

## Biography

### Book Version

Barnaby, Tintin, and Sakharine first met in the market in Brussels wanting to buy the model ship resulting in Tintin buying it first. He is then later seen trying to warn Tintin and betray the the Bird Brothers but is shot while trying to do so. Later in the book, he woke up in the hospital and told Thompson and Thomson and Captain Haddock where the Bird Brothers were located, resulting in their capture.

### Animated Series Version

He first crosses Tintin while trying to purchase his model ship of *The Unicorn* off him. He was a collaborator with the Bird Brothers, who were seeking the parchments inside the three identical models of the *Unicorn*. Barnaby was later shot when he tried to betray the Bird brothers by revealing their plans to Tintin. It was later revealed by the Thom(p)sons that he survived the shooting and given a statement against the Bird Brothers.

### Film Version

Barnaby was re-imagined in the film *The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn*, playing a much more aggressive character for the audience. He is still featured despite the absence of the Bird Brothers as the main antagonists and instead appears in a more heroic role. Barnaby gave Tintin the clue leading him to the *Karaboudjan* before he died. His full name in the film is **Barnaby Dawes**. It was later revealed by Thompson and Thomson that he was actually acting as an undercover FBI agent working alongside Interpol.

## Physical Appearance

In both comics and cartoon, Barnaby was overweight man with fair skin, black hair, mustache and dot eyes. He wears light blue jacket, white shirt, brown necktie, light blue vest and trousers and brown shoes.

In the 2011 film, he had fair skin, black hair and mustache and hazel green eyes. He wears the same outfit from the comics and cartoon.

In the fanfics, he had pale complexion, black hair and mustache and teal blue eyes. He was also born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

In *The Medical Emergency,* he wore a white coat, pastel blue shirt, deep maroon necktie, navy sweater vest, brown trousers and black shoes. When he was unconscious after being beaten badly, he wore a pale blue hospital pajamas.

In *Trapped & Disappearances,* he wore a railway conductor uniform which was consisting of dark blue single breasted jacket with red lining and gold buttons, white shirt, black necktie, dark blue vest, matching hat and a pair of trousers and black shoes.

## Fanfics

### The Medical Emergency

Barnaby's role as a Northern Irish psychiatrist of Sapphire Bay Bonaventure Hospital in Sapphire Bay. He told the Cliftons, the Bains and the children that Principal Sakharine had a mild brain damage due to the incident. Later in *Chapter Five: The Psychiatric Ward,* he was beaten badly by Laurie MacNicol while doing the mental test on her and he's fainting unconsciously because of his sore right arm. He was rushing to the trauma ICU and he's in a coma like Principal Sakharine.

### Trapped & Disappearances

Barnaby appeared in the second fanfic, he portrays as a Northern Irish railway conductor who lives in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England.