BARNEY SIMPSONS SERIES

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.

BARNEY SIMPSONS SERIES

Something of a running joke in the series and the comics is that Barney is considered extremely desirable by the opposite sex. Early in season sixteen, though, in a nice continuity nod, he briefly sobered up and got back behind the controls of his helicopter to rescue an old girlfriend from a volcanic lava flow. By the end of season 15 he was back to his old, alcoholic self. Grant is a reenactment of the Battle of Springfield (though this, surprisingly, did not cause him to become alcoholic again). Homer also encouraged Barney to have a beer when he played Ulysses S. He had relapses in 'The Blunder Years' and 'I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can' and was back on the sauce in 'My Big Fat Geek Wedding' (in a scene that was a parody of Jimmy Stewart's Harvey). Unwilling to lose a customer, Moe figured out a way to transfer Barney's addiction to espresso, which led to the disappearance of his trademark belch. This new skill helped Homer rescue Bart and Lisa from a forest fire. He became fairly proficient at it, though he admitted he only knew to make left turns. Barney went to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, became sober, and took the helicopter flying lessons. 'Can you imagine this boozehound at the wheel of a whirlybird?', Moe asked. For his birthday, Moe gave him a gift certificate for helicopter flying lessons, not expecting Barney to actually use them. In the episode BABF14, 'Days of Wine and D'oh'ses', Barney kicked the alcoholism habit. Burns? Part I'), Barney became a major suspect for shooting Burns after Burns blocked the sun.īarney served in the United States Navy for a short time, as a submariner on the USS Jebediah (3G04, 'Simpson Tide') with his own mother as his superior officer. Since Montgomery Burns caused Moe's Tavern to close down, (2F16, ' Who Shot Mr. Also in 2F31, Barney's first name was revealed as Barnard.

He took away all Homer's customers and earned the key to Springfield.īarney showed his artistic side again in the episode 2F31, ' A Star is Burns', in which Barney won top prize at the Springfield Film Festival for a moving documentary about his life as an alcoholic, called 'Puke-a-hontas'. 'We've been looking for a project to do together for a while,' he explained. He even got Linda Ronstadt to sing on his commercials. Plow business to have his own snow removal service, calling himself the Plow King and buying a snow removal truck much bigger than Homer's.

Plow', Barney was inspired by Homer's Mr. It was heard again in the episode with Sherry Bobbins and in 'Mommie Beerest'. Later on, with Homer, he was a member of The Be Sharps barbershop quartet, which introduced his splendid basso profundo voice. The season 1 DVD for the series indicates that the script writers originally intended for Barney to be Homer's next-door neighbour.Īs a teenager, Barney showed much potential until Homer introduced him to beer. Barney first appeared in the episode 7G08, ' Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire', in which he worked as a department store Santa and gave Homer a tip for winning at the dog track. Barney is generally portrayed as being Homer Simpson's best friend, known from when they were at school, although they have the occasional fall-out during the series.

Barney simpsons