Barry Buns

> I'm a real brave boy!
>
> Barry Buns, "Trevor's Rockin' Halloween Bash"

**Barrington "Barry" Augustus Buns III**, or simply **Barry Buns**, is the deuteragonist of the series *Kiff*. He is a mellow bunny who accompanies his best friend Kiff Chatterley as they get into adventures around their hometown of Table Town.

## Profile

Barry lives with his mother Mary, older brother Harry, older sister Terri, and younger brother Kristophe in the suburbs of Table Town. He is a student at Table Town Middle School and attends Miss Deer Teacher's class with his best friend Kiff Chatterley, whom he frequently accompanies on adventures around Table Town.

Barry's full name is Barrington Augustus Buns III, as shown in "Friendiversary". When he was younger, Barry would write his full name on his palm because he found it difficult to remember. He started going by the shortened name "Barry" after Kiff started referring to him as such.

## Appearance

Barry is a bunny with light blue fur and white fur on his belly, tail, and paw pads. He has large round eyes with small pupils, long ears, a pink oval-shaped nose, a buck tooth, and a small fluffy tail.

## Personality

Barry is a sweet, sensitive, and mellow bunny. In contrast to the energetic and adventurous Kiff, Barry is more composed and timid in nature, which means that he can sometimes find himself hesitant to proceed with the situations that Kiff drags him into. At the same time, these qualities also allow him to act as a voice of reason whenever Kiff gets in over her head.

Despite being more easily scared than Kiff, Barry manages to keep up with her on their many adventures, and on several occasions he has surprised his peers by displaying significant bravery and confidence. In "Leave a Little Juice", he reveals that he prefers direct communication, thereby shattering Kiff's image of him as a "delicate flower" incapable of taking criticism. In "Hat", he stuns his classmates on Bring a Thing Day with his confidence while demonstrating a hat, earning him the title of "Bring a Thing King". Most notably, in "Trevor's Rockin' Halloween Bash", he manages to get over his fear of spooky things and help Kiff save Table Town from a demon named Scarm Scaremly.

## Relationships

### Kiff Chatterley

Ever since they first met each other on a seesaw in their school playground seven years prior to the events of "Friendiversary", Barry and Kiff have been best friends. The two spend much time together and go on frequent adventures around Table Town.

Being best friends, Kiff and Barry are highly supportive of each other. Kiff is conscious of Barry's more sensitive nature and goes to great lengths not to frighten or upset him, while Barry tries to get over his fears as best as he can, as he knows that his timidness can hinder his adventures with Kiff. In "Trevor's Rockin' Halloween Bash", Scarm Scaremly temporarily grants Barry his wish to be as brave as Kiff, though by the end of the episode, Barry manages to be brave without the wish's effects.

Kiff and Barry take great pride in the equal balance of their friendship and call themselves "identicals tentacles". In "The Fourth Bath", Barry even declares Kiff an honorary member of the Buns family, and lets her in on his family's tradition of handing down items by giving Kiff a sweater previously owned by him and his older siblings.

### Mary, Harry, Terri and Kristophe Buns

Barry has a great deal of love for his family. While he and his siblings are prone to bickering, as shown in "The Fourth Bath", they consider this normal behavior and love each other regardless.

In "Everyday I'm Riddlin' Riddlin'", Barry becomes frustrated when Trollie prevents anyone from crossing the town bridge, because Mary needs to cross the bridge to get to work.

In "Brunch DJ", Barry is concerned when he and Kiff discover that Harry has been secretly skipping school to DJ at Café Penguino, and by the end of the episode, Barry and Kiff manage to get Harry to return to school. In "Harry's Maturity Crisis", Barry is the only member of the Buns family to be genuinely worried when Harry runs away from home, and spends much of the episode trying to get Harry to return.

When Barry finds himself needing to learn how to lie effectively in "Two Truths and a Bunny", Terri agrees to teach him.

Barry and Kiff babysit Kristophe in "Farley", and when Kiff accidentally stains Kristophe's beloved doll Farley, the two work together to get the doll cleaned before Kristophe notices. They babysit Kristophe again in "Maybe-sitting".

### Trevor Angstrom

In his early appearances, Trevor comes into conflict with Kiff and Barry by butting into their friendship; in "Kiff's Mix", Trevor proposes that he and Barry should partner to manufacture the Kiff's Mix cereal without Kiff, and in "Friendiversary", he attempts to replace Kiff as Barry's best friend. In later episodes, however, Trevor is shown to be on much better terms with the two, often assisting them in their adventures.

### Ghost Wolf

In "Ghost Wolf's Art", Barry becomes Ghost Wolf's art apprentice and helps him find the inspiration to create the paintings commissioned from him by Kiff, and is later invited by Ghost Wolf to continue being his apprentice.

## Foreign voice actors

* Alexandru Gheorghiu (Romanian)
* Ali Raouf (علي رؤوف) (Arabic)
* Donald Reignoux (French)
* Edoardo Stoppacciaro (Italian)
* Frankie Chan (陳漢祺) (Cantonese)
* Hristo Dimitrov (Христо Димитров) (Bulgarian, speaking)
	+ Teodor Koychinov (Теодор Койчинов) (Bulgarian, singing)
* Jacek Bończyk (Polish)
* Jesper Adefelt (Swedish)
* Josef Fečo (Czech)
* Konstantinos Repanis (Κωνσταντίνος Ρεπάνης) (Greek)
* Kristoffer Olsen (Norwegian)
* Lauri Mikkola (Finnish)
* Lee Chang-min (이창민) (Korean)
* Mehmet Can Özkenar (Turkish)
* Meng Qing-fu (孟慶府) (Taiwanese Mandarin)
* Noam Tal (נועם טל) (Hebrew)
* Norman Holló-Zsadányi (Hungarian)
	+ In the Hungarian dub, Barry is female and thus has a higher-pitched and more childlike voice, making him sound even younger than Kiff in said dub. This is because his Hungarian voice actor, Norman Holló-Zsadányi, is a child.
* Ondrej Kaprálik (Slovak)
* Pedro Leitão (European Portuguese)
* Raphael Rossatto (Brazilian Portuguese)
* Raúl Lara (Castilian Spanish)
* Roberto Salguero (Latin Spanish)
* Simon Stenspil (Danish)
* Thijs Steenkamp (Dutch)
* Toshiyuki Toyonaga (豊永利行) (Japanese)
* Zhang Rou-bing (張若冰) (Chinese Mandarin)

## Trivia

* He is slightly older than Kiff, as stated in "The Fourth Bath".
* He does not know how to swim, as established in "Pool Party".
* During pre-production of the series, Barry was named "Bunny Guinness", and he was larger in size. Several potential character designs for Barry were created before the final version was designed.

## References

1. ↑ Confirmed in "Friendiversary".
2. ↑ burai1992 (May 5, 2023). Concept Art for "Kiff". *Reddit*. Retrieved on September 6, 2023.