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Why no mention of the episode about the film festival, where Barney, against all odds, makes a black-and-white masterpiece? 163.1.111.26 (talk) 18:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Barney Gumble is an important secondary character on one of the most iconic shows in the history of television. He's as deserving of his own Wikipedia article as any half-god of Greek mythology. Del arte 19:50, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

"...he lives in a messy apartment with very little furniture, over where Moe's is placed." Moe's Tavern is a single-story building; Barney's apartment wouldn't fit there. Homer once briefly moved in with Barney and we heard a little about the singles' complex where he lives, but I don't have a reference. Does anyone else? Wyvern 21:11, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

That episode was "Homer's Odyssey", where we're introduced to Barney's messy apartment (first season episode); several other episodes in latter seasons have also consistently shown Barney's mess of an apartment. The implication of jokes like "if you didn't close, I'd never leave" is more a statement about Barney's alcoholism being to the point that he spends nearly every waking minute at Moe's as a perpetual barfly. Anthony Dean 14:21, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Barney's home, like many Simpson's facts, changes depending on what episodes you take into account. In one episode, Barney steps out of the bathroom in a bathrobe after brushing his teeth, implying that he actually lives there. I think Barney also came into Moe's bar one day by sliding down a pole to the lower floor. Also, Moe points to Barney saying he'll be back. To which Barney responds: "Of course I'll be back. If you didn't close, I'd never leave". (Or something to that affect) Agreed though, a definitive source which we can agree upon would be useful--Will2k 04:44, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)

Didn't he also sober up briefly when he and Homer were attempting to become astronauts?

Contents 1 Desirable? 2 Future 3 First Name 4 Age 5 Sailor? 6 Heritage 7 Uncle Al 8 His Birthdate 9 Barney Google? 10 Offspring 11 Fair use rationale for Image:Babf14.jpg

[edit] Desirable?

"Something of a running joke in the series and the comics is that Barney is considered extremely desirable by the opposite sex. In the episode where Selma goes to the Springfield Sperm Bank, Barney walks out from the donation room and is greeted with familiarity by a staff member. Seconds later a mother with a baby appears on screen, Barney exclaims that the baby is a beautiful little girl, whereupon the baby removes her pacifier and emits Barney's distinctive belch. The next shot shows a line of happy mothers and babies trailing from the Sperm Bank, and a continuous chorus of Barney Belches following them."

I think this was more a joke about the perils of choosing a sperm bank than about Barney's attractiveness.

Agreed. What about the woman who asked Barney if something crawled down his throat and died?--Will2k 12:54, May 20, 2005 (UTC)

I removed it, it was a clear case of misinterpretation on the part of the writer. Ramanpotential 02:04, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

It didn't die!

[edit] Future

"Barney is one of the few regulars to not appear in any of the three episodes of The Simpsons set in the future, all featuring older versions of the cast. This is possibly the writers' way of implying that he dies relatively young."

This is NOT true. In Bart to the Future, Barney is at Nelson's club, shouting "Get off the stage" at Bart.

Barney pre-deceases all of his friends., which episode is that? Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 20:25, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First Name

Bernard or Barnard? ☺ APclark Be nice not nasty 09:03, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

I heard it as "Barnard."208.27.111.121 19:35, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Age

In the episode, "A Star is Burns", Barney directly states he's 40 years old.

Yet, in other episodes, he and Homer are clearly the same age. I don't think they're too worried about accuracy. Homer's age varies too. In an early episode he says he's "36 and 239" but in a later episode he says he's 38... Everyone else, however, has stayed the same age (or at least Bart, Lisa, and Maggie have). Barney saying outright that he's 40 doesn't necessarily mean much, because he was drunk at the time and years of alcohol abuse may have damaged his once first rate mind. 70.49.240.200 21:11, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

please cite your sources... if we have a direct cite of his age, that makes it easy... 40 is the correct information, until we can get a cited range... if anyone can cite other episodes for other ages, please do, and then we can make an accurate range for the age information... - Adolphus79 22:36, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sailor?

He never became a sailor at all....all he said was "i dont know where you pixies came from but i sure like your pixie drink..."....the sailor in this episode is just a generic sailor who joins but and milhouse whilst they "go crazy broadway style" singing "springfeild, springfeild" he then joins in saying "New york, New york"...to which bart responds "new york is thattaway man.....

After this scene, when Bart wakes up to find he's joined the Junior Campers, it cuts to Barney waking up on on a boat in a generic sailor outfit and says "oh no not again!". As the scene is about Bart joining the junior campers then it can be assumed that Barney has joined the crew of that ship. According to the TV.com page on this episode in the trivia section, this small clip is cut in syndication, which is another reason to buy the DVDs! BillPP 15:33, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the memory jog dude...god i love this site!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.229.81.83 (talk • contribs)

And let's not forget "Simpson Tide"

[edit] Heritage

"It is told that he is at least half-Norwegian, since his mother comes from Norway." Does anyone have a source of this? It's the coolest thing I've read in ages, but it seems weird to me that I don't remember seeing it in any episode. As he's one of my favourite characters and I'm from Norway, I think I would've remembered hearing such a thing, but I might have missed it.

He said his (immigrant) mother came from Norway in "Lisa the Greek" episode. He also said he was "half-Polish" in Treehouse of Horror XVII. I'm going to add him in Fictional Polish-Americans category list and Norwegian American category list. --Pilot expert (talk) 05:26, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Uncle Al

Is Al's last name really Gumble? Maybe he's Barney's maternal uncle.

[edit] His Birthdate

He was born on April 20, as stated in an episode of the show. At no time has the show itself invalidated that birthday, so it makes no sense to say he has another birthdate. It is also in poor taste to bring up the Columbine massacre in the opening paragraph. Nobody wants to hear about that when reading about Barney Gumble. Last but not least, the website that supposedely verifies he has a different birthdate is, just like Wiki, a site where anybody can add information, so that hardly counts as validation. As many times as you change it back to two birthdates, I will gladly change it back to his April 20th birthdate.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.195.44.152 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Barney Google?

This comic strip character is mentioned in passing in the "Character origins" section, apparently to suggest another inspiration for Barney Gumble's name. The sentence mentioning Google reads almost like a non sequitur in context. Unless someone can verify that it has any relevance, I think it should be deleted. B7T 22:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Offspring

In the episode I saw today, it showed that Barney was a regular sperm donor, and implied that there were dozens of miniature, belching baby Barneys all over Springfield. Should this be noted in the article? Yeanold Viskersenn (talk) 23:30, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Babf14.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:09, 12 February 2008 (UTC)