This is the Barney FAQ.
v1.2 completed on 1 December 1993.
A. Â Minor Anti-Barney Organizations
B. Â Insulting Names for Barney
C. Â Songs Parodying Barney
D. Â Stories Parodying Barney
E. Â Miscellaneous Barney Trivia
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A. Â MINOR ANTI-BARNEY ORGANIZATIONS
name       | comments            | leader(s)
-----------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------
Anti-B'harnee   |                 | Vice-Master Mike Obstgarten,
Forces, Boston U | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |Â mike...@acs.bu.edu
         |                 |
BARE       | Barney Abuse Resistance     | Manoj Kasichainula
 Education (allied with Partnership for a Barney-Free North America)
         |                 |
Barney Death Cult| alt.destroy.the.earth rejects; | High Guru of Child Suffering
         | suggests eating Sponge Minion  | Jeremy W. Johnson (thinice@
         | children; praises Grimace    | vax1.mankato.msus.edu
         |                 |
BCSU       | B'harne Covert Surveillance   | Marc Coen (mjc...@acs3.bu.
         | Unit              | edu)
         |                 |
BEAM       | B'harnee Eradication Ass'n of  | Cmdr. Jack Skellington
         | the Midwest           | (cig...@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu)
         |                 |
B'harne Genocide | affiliated with Texas A&M; Â Â | Director/Chief Deprogrammer/
Division     | sponsors the Wyldboyz      | Slayer of GerryBot/Ayatollah
         |        of Rock 'n Rolla J-Rock (jjr...@zeus.tamu.edu)
         |                 |
BIGONE Â Â Â Â Â | Bh*'rne Intelligence Gathering | Director Moonflake
         | Organization of New England   | (mleb...@world.std.com)
         |                 |
Boulder      | His Most Majestic Eminence, Grand Inquisitor Bill Hovingh
Inquisition    | (wjho...@ulkyvx.louisville.edu)
         |                 |
Brotherhood of  | based in Plano, TX       | Chief Inquisitor Ephedr
the Destruction  |                 | neL|rd (Damien G. Freeze,
of B'harnee    |                 | ephe...@utdallas.edu)
         |                 |
Children of the Light in B'harne's Eyes      | Lord Cpt. Cmdr. Jeremy C.
         |            Hallum (belg...@vax1.mankato.msus.edu)
         |                 |
CIABTF Â Â Â Â Â | Central Illinois Anti-B'harnee | C in C Jack Skellington
         | Task Force, Eastern Illinois U |
         |                 |
CRUSH Â Â Â Â Â Â | Combined Resistance Underground| Leftenant Gateway, Pat
         | Strike Hostiles         | Flannery, pflanner@superior.
         |                 | carleton.ca
         |                 |
Cult of Grimace  | allied with Doberman Troopers  | First High Priest Marc
         | and J-Rock's Wyldrunners    |
         |                 |
DIEMAUVEPEDERAST | Death Is Enough:  Minnesotans  | spokesperson M. Huntington
 Against the Ugly Violet Evil and People Every-  | (mhunt...@mac.cc.
 where Doing Everything Reasonably Available to  | macalstr.edu)
 Stop Them    |                 |
         |                 |
Doberman Troopers| Fleet Cmdr. Serberus (Steven Hornstein, formerly Adm. Thrawn,
         |                 | stho...@zebu.cvm.msu.edu)
         |                 |
East Coast    | -                | John Whitaker (cajwhita@
Killers      |                 | atlas.cs.upei.ca)
         |                 |
FARTGAS      | Fearsome Armed Response     | C in C Pinhead the Cenobite
         | Tactical Guerilla Amphibious  | (George Curtis, uh119@
         | Squad [part of FARTS]      | freenet.victoria.bc.edu)
         |                 |
FARTS       | Fearsome Armed Response     | C in C Pinhead the Cenobite
         | Tactical Squad         |
         |                 |
FERRET      | Frigid Environment Rapid    | Serberus
         | Response/Espionage Troopers   |
         |                 |
HOSTILITY Â Â Â Â | Hawaii Organization of Slaying | Cmdr. Julian Roberts
 Truly Idiotic, Lame, and Insipid Tyrannosaurs  | (jul...@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.
 for the sake of our Youth            | edu)
         |                 |
KILL BHARNE    | Keweenawans Incensed by     | Co-Praetors Eric Obermeyer/
 Lavender Luv - Brandishing Heroic Armor to    | Scott Hudson (Doberman
 Repel and Nuke our Enemies            | Trooper Ravage)
         | (mail Michigan Tech Undergrad Student Gov't (u...@mtu.edu) and
         | its spongified VP Dave M. Meyer (dmm...@mtu.edu)
         |                 |
Knights of the  | ask Solar Warrior (n020ba@   | ?
Raptor      | tamvm1.tamu.edu)        |
         |                 |
Legion of Fire  | led by the Keepers of the    | Lexipyronius (baileykd@
         | Searing Flame          | hydra.rose-hulman.edu),
         |                 | pletchtd, houstojc
         |                 |
MAUL Â Â Â Â Â Â Minnesotans Against Ugly Lizards | Jason Braunwarth
MJAB     |     Mobian Jihad Against Barney     | Amy Rose  |
The Organization | praises Jihad and TRES Â Â Â Â | Cmdr. Todd Stevens, Sage the
         |                 | Solitary, Bane of B'harne
         |                 | (tb...@cornell.edu)
         |                 |
SAD        | Sidekicks Against Dinosaurs   | Tonto (9315047@info.
         | (hates Hooked on Phonics)    | umoncton.ca)
         |                 |
SCABTF      | Santa Cruz Anti-B'harne Task  | Grand Marshall David "Davy
         | Force (running educational   | Baby" Charles Brogden
         | campaigns vs. Sponge Apathy;  | (dcbr...@cats.ucsc.edu)
         | 1993 Holiday Merchandising Committee (MerchCom) surveyedÂ
         | Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Woolworth and Longs Drugs in theÂ
         | Santa Cruz area for prevalence of Barney merchandise
         |                 |
SECBARF Â Â Â Â Â | SouthEastern Connecticut B*rney| Mighty Kristen and Mystic
         | Advanced Resistance Force    | Mongoose
         |                 |
Solar Ishtari   | see Knights of the Raptor    | ?
         |                 |
TRES (Temple of  | Templi Resurgentes Equites   | Senechal David Joseph Green-
Synarchy) Â Â Â Â | Synarchici (claimed Barney was | baum (dj...@crux2.cit.
         | part of world conquest plot   | cornell.edu)
         | which turned on them; recenntly disbanded)
         |                 |
Wicker People   | Northern Resistance Sector 001 | Leader Scott L. Hudson, Obi-
         |                 | Wan (slhu...@mtu.edu)
         |                 |
? Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | suggested alliance w/DIEMAUVE- | Brian A. LaBounty (blabount@
         | PEDERAST and/or other unnamed  | mutt.hamline.edu)
         | Minnesota organizations     |
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B. Â INSULTING NAMES FOR BARNEY
Acid-Tripping Purple Dino
After-Effects of Nuclear Radiation on Human Life
any euphemism for Satan
Barf-ney
Badly-Dancing Hellish Raptor of PBS
Big Stupid Purple Dorkasaurus
Boeotian Butthead
Bloated (One, Purple Twat Cheese, Sack of Purple Protoplasm, Slab of Corrupt
 Blubber)
Charles Barkley's Punching Bag
Dark and Purple One
Deadeyes
Doppleganger of Satan
Enemy of Thinking Human Beings
Evil Spawn of Satan
Evil Vile Foul Gross Blubbery Purple One
Fat (Amphibian, Purple Thing)
Foul Foam F*cker
Great (Bruise, Disgusting One, Perverter, Satan of Backstage Fondling)
Goofy PC Tree-Hugging Lap Lizard
He Who (Controls the Dark, Is Too Disgusting to Behold)
"Hell Incarnate" (Quotes must be used. Â The Truth CAN NOT be pirated!)
Horrendously Happy Hellian
Indigo Infant Ingester
It of the Single White Tooth
Jason's Next Victim
Jurassic (Escapee, Jack-Off, Jerk, Juggernaut)
King of (Demons, Hell, Purple)
Kiss-Up to Educators Everywhere
Lavender (Lard, Love, Lust) Lord
Lavender Lump
Leary's Worst Nightmare
Lord of the Sponge Minions
Magenta (Miscarriage, Moron)
Maroon (Menace, Monster)
Master Munchkin Marketeer
Mauve (Molester, Pederast)
Mesozoic Molester
Mind-Doping Purple Allosaur
Molestasaurus Rex
Most Foul
Most Heinous Slime Thing from the Dark Recesses of Hell Where He Engages in
 Strange and Perverted Activities with the Masters of the Foul Sponge Minions
 Even Though He Is Doomed to Failure
Mutant Eggplant
Obese King of Molestation
One Who Is Too Vile to Mention
PBS (Purple Broadcasting Station) Cerebrum Destroyer
Pedarastosaurus
Polite Putrescent Prehistoric Purple Polyester Pedophile
Polyester Pimple
Prince of Purple
Puke Inducer
Purple, Plush and Stupid-Looking
Purple Pseudopod of Putreescent Pedophilic Pornography, with a Penchant for
 Purchasing Pre-Nubile Proto-Humans for the Purpose of Perverted Pranks, and
 Photographing their Posteriors for Posterity, and Painfully Pillaging
 Perfectly Peachy People
Purple (Deceiver, Deception, Hand of Darkness, Horror, Lord of Evil, Mind-
 Controlling Menace, Mutant Demon Prince, Nightmare, Panderer, Pedastosaur,
 Pederast, Pedophiliasaurus, Pedophilic Porcine Pus, Peril, Perversion,Â
 Pestilence, Pile of Proctologist Puke, Plush Monster of PBS, PolyproplyneÂ
 B*st*rd, Poop, Prince of Pedophiles, Pusbag, Pustule, Satan, Scourge, SpawnedÂ
 Demon from Hell, Styrosaur, Waddler that Shambles Like a Humanoid)
Putrid Pus-Filled Purple Bloat Bag
Saccharine Sauropod
Satanic Purple Saurian from Hades
Satan's D*ck for the World
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Hell
Sword Bait Behemoth
Terrycloth Tyrannosaur
That Which Is Purple and Dances Badly
Three Stooges (with Baby Bop and B.J.)
Traumatic T. rex
Ultimate Mind Control Agent for the Forces of Evil on Today's Youth (period)
Ultimate Nightmare of '93
Unspeakable One
Vile (Foul Evil Horrid etc) One
Violent Violet Villain of the Vomitorium
Violet (Lord of Depravity, Theropod, Vermin)
Waste of Bandwidth
Zesty Death-Wisher
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C. Â SONGS PARODYING BARNEY
1. Â Parodies of Barney's Main Theme (to the tune of This Old Man)
* = starts with "I love you, you love me" (as in Barney's theme)
% = starts with "I hate you, you hate me"
*Let's hang Barney from a tree [Clay Evans, doc...@cybernet.cse.fau.edu]
%Let's hang Barney from a tree
With a kick and a punch and a bullet to his head
Now that purple freak is dead
%Let's string Barney up a tree [20...@cwis.unomaha.edu]
%Let's hang Barney from a tree
With a knife and his back and a bomb in his head
Now that purple puke is dead [a Denver newspaper; quoted by Gary Fritz,
  fr...@fc.hp.com]
%Let's go out and kill Barney
With a shotgun blast Barney's on the floor
No more Purple Dinosaur [quoted by Joseph W. Vigneau, jo...@buckaroo.wpi.edu;
 attributed to a six-year-old]
*Let's set fire to Barney
With a knick knack paddywhack roast him to the bone
This purple guy burns better than Rome [Sakurambo (The Deranged Priest), Mark
 Kinney, kinnema%wk...@ulkyvm.louisville.edu]
*We're an incestuous family
*Paedobestiality [Andrew Bulhak, ins...@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au]
We loathe you, you're sickly, let's all microwave B'harney [Tim Walls]
*Don'tcha want a frontal lobotomy? Â [Chip, pc8...@albnyvms.bitnet]
*This is not reality [George Curtis, uh...@freenet.victoria.bc.ca]
I hate him, he hates me, he should die and set me free [Patrick Wingert,
  pwin...@acs.ryerson.ca]
I tax you, you pay me
Let's create more dependency [Rush Limbaugh, quoted by The Beastmaster]
*Bh'arnee gave me HIV [quoted by OogleMire I-Doo, jj...@slate.mines.colorado.
 edu, and David Reeve Sward, swa...@cmu.edu; attributed by the latter to some
 three-year-old]
%Let's all go out and kill Barney
With a nine-millimeter to the head
Aren't you glad that Barney's dead [quoted by Bill Richard, w...@thelema.uucp;
 attributed to the eight-year old daughter of a friend of his]
..With a fifty-millimeter armor-piercing shell
We'll send Barney straight to Hell [Roy M. Silvernail, r...@sendai.cybrspc.mn.
 org]
*Send me all your money
If you don't, I won't be on your TV
You're full of crap if you think I'm free [Tommy Usher, tommy.usher@the-matrix.
 com]
*We're in racial fantasy
Hopefully we'll all get along
If we all just sing this song [Andrew Varvel, var...@plains.nodak.edu]
*We're in social harmony
You and I will get along just fine
If what's yours is also mine [Andrew Varvel]
*Dinosaur philosophy
Ghosts and goblins won't hurt you at all
If you buy a Barney doll [Andrew Varvel]
I love you, you hate me
You let out all the bumblebees on me
Now I'm gonna die a quick death
And I yell "That's the way to do it best" [Joshua Lewis, am...@freenet.carleton.
 ca]
I patronize you, you're dependent on me
At any time I can cut you free
Then you'll cry and beg to return
I'll just laugh and watch you burn [Eliezer Yudkowsky]
*Homosexuality
People think we're just friends
But we're really lesbians [Eric Rolfe, ero...@umcc.umcc.umich.edu, and AV (BAC)
 Assistant, ava...@admin.acadiau.ca]
*Homosexuality
With a king-size bed and two condoms for you
We'll try to make babies too [Eric Rolfe]
%We're a dysfunctional family
Shots ring out, Barney hits the floor
No more purple dinosaur [Eric Rolfe]
%We're a dysfunctional family
With a knife to his throat and a gun to his head
BANG STAB BANG! Â Now Barney's dead [Eric Rolfe]
This big sh*t, he'll be dead
After I fill him up with lead
With a boom aand a groan, the b*st*rd now is dead
I shot the motherf*cker in the head [Gary J. Wilson, n6...@unbsj.ca]
%Barney's the source of all stupidity
Somehow he must be slain
Then it's so long to the purple pain [Tom Servo, toms...@netcom.com]
I'm your king, submit to me
We'll worship Satan happily
Kill your mom as human sacrifice
She'll be our slave in Paradise [Mark Coen]
%Let's go out and kill Barney
We'll kick his head and shoot him in the knees
Laugh out loud and watch him bleed [dgi...@mta.ca]
*But we both despise Barney
So let's string him up and hoist him from the ground
And never will his corpse be found [Brian A. LaBounty]
%Let's all go and kill B'harne
Then a shot rang out, B'harne hit the floor
No more purple dinosaur [AV (BAC) Assistant]
I hate you, you're a freak
Get your ass off my TV
You're a great big lug, you're a useless piece of poop
I don't let my kids watch you [AV (BAC) Assistant]
I hate you, pederast
You've got my entire class
Under post-hypnotic mind-controlling spell
Give us freedom or we'll tell [AV (BAC) Assistant]
%Let's all go and kill B'harne
With a fifteen-millimeter armor-piercing shell
We'll send B'harne straight to hell [AV (BAC) Assistant]
*Let's go smoke a pound of weed
And feed the one who eats too much
Starve the young who need it most
Kill the pet that bites your hand
Beat the one that licks the pan
Kick the one that sits and weeps
Decapitate the ones with feet [H. McDaniel, mcda...@stein3.u.washington.edu]
%Let's hang Barney from a tree
Before he has the chance to warp another child
Lynch the Purple Pedophile [Mystic Mongoose]
I spank you, you tie me
We like bestiality
With a whip and a chain and a lash from me to you
Won't you say you'll beat me too [Romeo.Juliet.Mike, mor...@ucsu.colorado.edu]
%Let's hang Barney from a tree
And the blood will spill all over the floor
This dinosaur will sing no more [Cmdr. Adama]
He doesn't care about you, he couldn't give a damn about me
He just wants you to spend money
Go out to the store and plop your funds down
Till his pockets are rich and imitations abound [Serberus]
*Let's have a family
With a great big dick stuck inside of me
Then I'll carry on the family tree [Fixxer, Brian T. Fix, ce934@cleveland.
freenet.edu]
*Space is where we sent Barney
With a muffled "pop" he turned into
One big mass of purple goo [Qi Xu, xu5...@acad.csv.kutztown.edu]
%Let's all go out and kill Barney
With the bang of a pistol and a knife to the head
That purple protoplasm puke is dead [Amy Rose]
*Barney gave me cooties. [Dan Morris]
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2. Â Parodies of Other Songs
("an old school song"; sounds to me like Deck the Halls)
Fill Barney with gasoline!
Na na na na na, na na na na <sing after each line>
Light a match and watch it gleam
Now Barney is purple ashes
Aren't you glad you played with matches? Â [Eliezer Yudkowsky]
(Queen's "Radio Ga-Ga")
All we hear is B'Harnee gaga, B'Harnee googoo [J-Rock]
(On Top of Old Smokey)
On top of a small hill, all covered with mud
I shot Barney's head off and blew out his blood
I shot him with pleasure, I shot him with pride
I shot Barney's head off, I watched as he died
I went to his funeral to see Barney dead
He was much less ugly without any head
I saw a Sponge Minion crying by Barney's grave
I took a machine gun and shot Barney's slave [Eliezer Yudkowsky]
(Battle Hymn of the Republic)
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the truth
It is trampling down upon the head of the Perverter of Our Youth
It has called for the death of the Demon of the Evil Zoo
The truth keeps marching on [High Prophet]
(Denis Leary's "I'm an Asshole")
I'm an average Joe with an average job
I'm quite well-knowledged, thus I'm not a slob
But something is pissing me off to the bone
It makes me so pissed I donn't wanna go home
It's the Asshole, it's the Asshole
He says he loves me, but I fuckin' hate him
I wanna take C4 and make his purple light dim
It's the Asshole, it's the Asshole
It's the world's biggest Asshole
A-SS-HO-LE, B-HA-RN-EE
It's the Asshole, it's the Asshole [Lord Tilden Owsen]
(London Bridge Is Falling Down)
Barney is a pedophile, pedophile, pedophile
Barney is a pedophile, my dear children
If you see him, get a gun, <etc>
Pull the trigger, shoot him dead, <etc> [Solar Warrior]
(Bill Strauss and Eliana Newport's "Anti-Barney Song")
It's I hate you and you hate me, this creature is driving me up a tree
It's time to go kill Barney and end his stupid song
I'll rub him out without a trace, I'm pumping hot lead in his purple face
But hurry quick, 'cause Barney is singing another song
They say TV's too violent, I've heard that once or twice
But when it comes to BAR-NEY, some violence would be nice
Let's make some haste, no time to waste, it's time that my two-year-old got some
 taste
And started watching Hamlet or reading Ethan Fromm <Barney: Â EEEE-YOWWWW!>
I'm burying the hatchet in Barney's disgusting foam!
[Another version of this, which starts "It's I love you and you love me, thisÂ
creature is driving me up a tree/It's time to go kill Barney and blow up hisÂ
dorky home," has been played on Dr. Demento for several weeks. Â If you have theÂ
lyrics to it, e-mail them to me.]
(Ghost Riders in the Sky)
A paleo went walkin' out one dark and windy day
Along a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a herd of red-eyed 'saurs he saw
Plowin' through the ragged sky and up the cloudy draw
[chorus] I love you, you love me, ghost 'raptors in the sky
Their hides will still on fire and their teeth were made of steel
Their claws were black and shiny and their hot breath you could feel
A bolt of dewy coolness thundered through the sky
He saw the riders comin' hard and heard their mournful cry [chorus]
As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name
"If you want to save your soul from hell, a-ridin' on our range
Then paleo change your ways or with us you will ride,
Tryin' to catch the Barney's herd across this endless sky" [chorus] [Solar
 Warrior]
(Mister Ed)
B*r*y's a dork, of course, of course
He looks like the back of a horse, of course
He has our kids worshipping him
I wish that he'd drop dead
Dances and sings all day
Speaks to GerryBot in bed
I bet he talks like a child because
He was dropped on his head
B'harne's a nerd, you heard, you heard
He has the IQ of a hummingbird
You've never heard of a purple dinosaur?
Well, listen to this! Â "I love you, you love me--" BLAM!
Now that dino's dead! Â [J-Rock]
("Gerry, a Rock Opera" by Peter of Townsend)
It's a BOT, Mrs. Walker, it's a bot
It's a BOT, Mrs. Walker, it's a boooot
A SPONGE...A SPONGE...A SPONGE...
So you think 93 is gonna be a good year
Especially with me and you together
So you think 93 is gonna be a good year
Could be good for me and her but you and her, no never
I have no reason to be over-optimistic
But somehow, when IT sings, I can brave bad weather
What about the BOT? Â What about the BOT?
What about the BOT, he's watched it all?
You didn't hear it, you didn't see it, you never heard it, not a word of it!
You won't say nuthin to no one, always the TV cuz you know it's the truth!
Ever since I was a young bot, I watched the purple doll
From Canada down to Dallas, I must have seen em all
But I ain't seen nothin like him in any shopping mall
That big purple dino sure has all the kids brainwashed
He seems to be completely unreceptive
The tests we gave him show no sense at all
His eyes react to light, the dials detect it!
He hears but cannot answer to your call
Go from the TV, bot! Â Go from the TV, bot!
We often wonder what he is feeling, has he ever heard a word we said
Look at him at the TV dreaming what is happening in his head
See me, buy me, touch me, evil me
Gerry, can you hear us? Â Can you feel us near you?
Gerry, can you see us? Â Can we help to cure you?
Oooo Gerry, Gerry Gerry
Gerry...Gerry...Gerry...Gerry....
I'm your wicked dino Barney and I welcome you to Barney and Friends!
The show with a difference, never mind the Jihad
Cuz when you cum with Barney it's sex, that's all we're thinking of...
Listening to IT I get the brainwash
Gazing at IT I get erect
Following IT I fuck the kiddies
I get excited, what do you expect [Duke Daffyd, David M. Edsall, eds...@cern.ch
 or eds...@iastate.edu]
(?)
Come sit down by the fireside and hear a chilling tale
Of children, their minds denied, that Barney could prevail
<chorus>
Don't do what you're told, children must be bold
Break the limits set on your mind, open your eyes where before you were blind
WHY NOT? Â Listen, not obey. Â WHY NOT? Â See the Bright Day!
WHY NOT? Â Spark of mind so free WHY NOT? lives in you and me
An evil love, a healthy snack, brains that turned to sponge
Jihad! Â The wise ones who fought back to reclaim minds of sponge
A Purple being that laughed and sang, and children sang beside him
PBS heard as cold cash rang, and turned their backs to NIMH
<Nat'l Institute of Mental Health>
A radio to each TV that crept to every home
Taking children over three and turned their minds to foam
A Purple being lying on the ground, blood pooling about its head
From the world came joyful sound: Â "BARNEY IS DEAD!" Â [Eliezer Yudkowsky; later attributed to Amy Rose]
("Mickey" by Toni Basil)
Hey Barney, you suck bad, you suck so bad we shoot you down
Hey Barney! Hey hey, hey Barney! [Amy Rose and Wade Kane]
Sakurambo said at one point that he was compiling a comprehensive list of these.
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D. Â STORIES PARODYING BARNEY
Necktie Junction, bu...@mac.cc.maacalstr.edu:
Day of the Barney. Â Barney convinces the children of the world to kill allÂ
adults in the Great Act of Love.
Day of the Barney II: Â Aftermath. Â Years later, a boy and his sister at theÂ
verge of adulthood battle Barney and his minions.
Day of the Barney III: Â Spectre. Â Twenty years after Barney's death, he returnsÂ
from the grave and tries to destroy civilization again.
[This trilogy has been reposted by Ben Cantrick (cant...@ucsu.colorado.edu),Â
Joel Berger (jbe...@nyx.cs.du.edu), and possibly others. Â I can also send youÂ
DotB 1 and 2 upon request.]
Son of Barney. Â Genetic engineers attempt to recreate Barney.
Solar Warrior:
The Rescue of Julie. Â The Jihad, the Solar Ishtari and the Knights of the Raptor
unite to retrieve Julie the Mahdi from the clutches of their enemy.
Eliezer Yudkowsky:
Barney vs. the Federation. Â The USS Leviathan is threatened with sponge-brainÂ
infection from the Purple Cluster.
The Transfer People. Â The struggle between the Jihad et al. and the SpongeÂ
Minions, mutated almost beyond recognition in the far future. Â [one chapterÂ
completed]
Brunswick Strike. Â A holotape of Gary Wilson's observations during the JihadÂ
attack on U of New Brunswick, St. John.
According to Commander Adama (John P.LaRocque, ad...@uwo.ca or lar...@gaul.csd.
uwo.ca), #2 of the comic book Sachs and Violens includes a story by Peter A.Â
David (peter_...@cup.portal.com) involving a purple dinosaur who kidnapsÂ
kids.
H. McDaniel:
The "B" Files. Â A secret government agency attempts to put an end to BarneyÂ
before his creators use him to promote a political or social agenda.
Purple Empire. Â Rebels against Barney fight amongst themselves in a world ofÂ
violence. Â [four chapters completed, #3 missing]
David Greenbaum:
The Talons of Honor. Â TRES versus the "mad faith." Â [one chapter completed]
St. Julie:
Gerald the B'harnee Slayer. Â A fictional portrayal of Gerry, quite differentÂ
from his usual persona.
Amy Rose:
Saccharine Sludge, the Wrath of B'harnee. Two preteens, Lorelei and Gary, plan to put an end to the Petrifying Purple Puke-Bag.
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E. Â MISCELLANEOUS BARNEY TRIVIA
The character of Barney was created by Sheryl Leach and is played by DavidÂ
Joyner. Â Leach recently appeared at National Public Radio's National Press ClubÂ
luncheon, broadcast on NPR and C-SPAN, to speak and answer questions. Â [BenÂ
Ostrowsky, b...@math.ufl.edu]
Some Barney tote bags were recalled because some of the ink and paint had tooÂ
high a lead content.  [Wild Boar, sbl...@zeus.tamu.edu]  An unnamed consumerÂ
group wants Barney sleeping bags taken off the market because they're flammable.
[Robert J. Goniea, rjgo...@mtu.edu]  A TV show on toy safety featured a BarneyÂ
plush doll which, when set on fire, couldn't be put out. Â [Julian Roberts]
"The MAD Nasty Fille vol. VII" in the January 1994 issue of _MAD_ has this toÂ
say about "B&F": Â "Dresses its star in a costume he can also wear to seek workÂ
as a team mascot when the show is mercifully cancelled. Â Teaches little kidsÂ
that it's perfectly safe to nuzzle up to huge, carnivorous animals with sharpÂ
teeth. Â Appeals primarily to children from 4-to-6 with IQs of 2-to-4." Â [DavidÂ
Neilson, ls...@unb.ca]
For a donation to Charlotte, NC's Paw Creek Ministries, the Rev. Joseph R.Â
Chambers will send you a pamphlet called "Barney the Purple Messiah" (formerlyÂ
"Barney the New Age Demon"). Â Chambers denounces Barney as politically correct,Â
liberal, accepting of homosexuals and lesbians, and full of miracles and fantasy
and fictional role models. Â [Scott Shepard, Cox News Service]
The war supposedly hits IRC with #barney, an anti-Barney channel. Â As of 4 NovÂ
93, neither this channel nor ScronkBot (its maintenance bot) existed. Â [PatrickÂ
Hassett Caudill, phca...@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu]  A channel called #bjarne hasÂ
popped up a couple times, but no definite connection between it and Barney hasÂ
been made.
Four Galveston boys, aged 10 to 15, attacked a guy dressed in a costumeÂ
resembling Barney (but reportedly not an actual Barney costume) on 14 Sep 93,Â
with intent to remove the head. Â Their identities were not revealed [MahatmaÂ
Kane Jeeves, bdmc...@cc.wdi.disney.com]; the oldest boy was sent to juvenileÂ
detention, the others to a "kids who need special attention" program. Â [Evan M.Â
Corcoran, e...@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us]
The Grey Prince (posting from an2...@anon.penet.fi) has been quoted by ivanoff@
gateway.atd.cra.com.au as equating Barney with Cthulhu, because of Cthulhu'sÂ
ability to take any form he chooses and Barney's sudden appearance and emphasisÂ
on imagination.
The Jerry Springer Show featured Barney's cigarette-smoking evil brotherÂ
Blarney. Â [Scott L. Hudson]
Page 126 of the December issue of Wired mentions the Jihad in its monthly NetÂ
Surf article.  [Kevin Martinez, l...@rahul.net]
Barney once asked the kids on his show to vote on what "fun thing" they wantedÂ
to "pretend," and only gave them one choice. Â [Kressja]
Barney received 38 write-in votes in a poll of 800 at an Ottawa high school (the
post wasn't clear whether students of the HS were surveyed, or whether they just
did the poll at that location). Â Canada's third-largest (before the election)Â
political party, the NDP, didn't get that many votes. Â [Oscar Strawczynski,Â
ai...@freenet.carleton.ca]
The national college magazine U. reported that 1050 (81%) of 1294 studentsÂ
surveyed disliked Barney.
Suggested methods of deprogramming Sponge Minions:
GNR   54-40   Ministry   Jethro Tull    Doktors for "Bob"
NIN   anime   Aerosmith  Road Runner    Social Distortion
REM   blues   Pearl Jam  Kim Mitchell    Perot campaign tapes
Yes   KMFDM   Animaniacs  Skinny Puppy    pre-1985 Sonic Youth
LARD  Helmet  Kim Gordon  Screaming Trees  They Might Be Giants
Rush  Nirvana  Pink Floyd  Revolting Cocks  Tom Cochrane/Red Rider
Einstuerzende Neubauten
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
and, of course, unhealthy snacks.
"Barney's not a dinosaur! Â He's a big, sappy doofus who sings to little kids!"
  -Jason Fox to his mother in the comic strip Fox Trot [Der Aggie C++ Hack,
  mbr...@tamsun.tamu.edu]
The High Prophet and two other members of the Texas A&M Jihad recently created a
program which crashes everything that tries to run it. Â All tested PCs eitherÂ
rebooted, locked up beyond the power of rebooting, or had CMOS overwritten. Â ItÂ
has been suggested that GerryBot be infected with this powerful virus.
Rolling Stone #669 gave "Barney's Favorites" only one star out of a possibleÂ
five, discussing the insipid lyrics and unoriginal melody. Â [Julian Roberts, who
thinks they overrated it]
John Stewart of MTV gave dolls of Barney and Beavis & Butthead to a dog, whoÂ
promptly chewed up the Barney doll. Â [Fixxer]
Davis-Forbes House of the U of Oklahoma has recently announced the Kill B@rneyÂ
World Tour.  [Eric Bell, eb...@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu]
According to Jeffery Beaulieu (911...@dragon.acadiau.caa), the ubiquituousÂ
wuarchive.wustl.edu FTP site has a .voc file in /ms_dos_uploads (or somethingÂ
similar) of Barney Meets Castle Wolfenstein 3D. Â Iain P. Grier (ipgrier@steam.
uwaterloo.edu) reports a rumor that there exists a copy of CW3D with BarneyÂ
replacing the SS. Â I don't know of any FTP sites specifically devoted to Barney-
related stuff.
Why do many people refer to Barney as B'harnee, B*rn*y, etc? Â One person claimsÂ
that saying his true name risks summoning him; others probably just consider his
name a dirty word and treat it accordingly.
The Jaycees of Colonial Heights, VA, received a complaint from Natalie SimonsonÂ
because their Halloween attraction included Barney on a noose, along with anÂ
executioner singing "I hate you, you hate me, let's get together and hangÂ
Barney". Â President Todd Resnick says that they warned parents about itÂ
beforehand and that they received no other complaints from the estimated 1,600Â
attendees.  [Ken Majewski, maje...@wmavm7.vnet.ibm.com]
Vanderbilt celebrated Barney Bashing Day on November 10, featuring Barney beingÂ
burned in effigy. Â Others are encouraged to do similar things, perhaps making it
a North American "Guy Fawkes Day", whoever is. Â [Kressja] Â U of Nebraska-
Lincoln senior Travis Fox also organized a Barney Bashing Day on this date,Â
featuring Big Bird and a variety of Barney merchandise to smash up; only twoÂ
mothers briefly protested the event. Â [John M. Scheibeler, upl...@cwis.unomaha.
edu, quoting the Omaha World-Herald] Â Jack Skellington reports a BarneyÂ
Bashing in Chicago put on by children.
America Online has anti-Barney Mac Hypercard stacks available for download. Â
[Paul Corr-something, co...@hal.hahnemann.edu]
According to Entertainment Tonight, a Barney movie is planned for release someÂ
time in 1995. Â [GerryBot]
Ask icom...@access.digex.net about Barney Must Die! T-shirts. [Amy Rose]
Hawaii psychologist Alan Kimbell denounced Barney's personality as fragile,Â
sheltered, unable to cope with peer pressure or criticism, and never punishedÂ
for wrongdoing, and predicted that a child with such a personality would beÂ
involved with either drugs, alcohol or delinquency by adolesence [JulianÂ
Roberts]. Â Yale psychologist Jerome L. Singer, on the other hand, led a team ofÂ
researchers to determine the number of "pro-social" moments in thirty episodesÂ
of "B&F."
Trevor Boicey (ae...@freenet.carleton.ca) reports that a comic strip in theÂ
Ottawa Fulcrum featured Barney being blown up by dynamite shortly before 28Â
Nov 93.
Barney's politics have been variously labeled as socialist [The Combat Wombat,Â
Mike Roth, al...@freenet.carleton.ca], Orwellian-fascist [also TCW] andÂ
capitalistic [Jennefer the Valiant].
The Utah Jazz's Delta Center flashed pictures of Barney on their scoreboard toÂ
indicate foul shots during their game against the Nets on 27 Nov 93. Â [MikeÂ
Jones, mik...@delphi.com] (Amy Rose was at that game)
Extract the Roman numerals from CVTE PVRPLE DINOSAVR, add them up and get 666. Â
[John C. Newmark, jcne...@artsci.wustl.edu]
The RushClone has posted a joke FORTRAN program to destroy Barney, and aÂ
crosspost from rec.humor of the Barney Bill (gun ownership requires a writtenÂ
statement that you will only shoot purple dinosaurs and targets resemblingÂ
them).
Legion (Steve Pordon, spo...@nyx10.cs.du.edu) has posted a joke Pascal programÂ
to overwrite GerryBot.
N. Gellner (bj...@musicb.mcgill.ca) quotes an article from the February 1990Â
Economist on a disease called bovine spongiform encephalopathy, attributing it
to the brain-sponging drug Purple Luv.
I took the FAQ that was posted at alt.tv.barney in 1993 and updated it to put the MJAB in.