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{{Group| | {{Group | ||
|name = The Barney Bunch | |||
|Picture = [[File:TheBarneyBunchLogo.png|thumb|center]] | |||
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|Founding Date = August 25, 2005 | |||
|Real or Fiction = Real | |||
|Years Active = 2005-present | |||
|Known For = Creating flashes and videos of characters being sexual deviants | |||
|Status = Active | |||
|Key Members = BarneyPoop<br>StrawberryBarney<br>Blood<br>MrCaptainJeff<br>Skewt<br>SavageBoy69 | |||
}} | |||
''This article is about the real-life users behind the Barney Bunch. For the fictional version of the group used in videos, see [[The Barney Bunch (fictional)|The Barney Bunch (fictonal)]].'' | ''This article is about the real-life users behind the Barney Bunch. For the fictional version of the group used in videos, see [[The Barney Bunch (fictional)|The Barney Bunch (fictonal)]].'' | ||
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2009 saw the introduction of the "Third Generation". Unlike the First Generation, the Third Generation fully embraced the Drew Pickles Goes To videos with their constant breaks of the 4th Wall, long ass lines, and homosexual shenanigans ramped up to 11. Much of this was not seen in the content produced in the First and Second Generations, and, according to Blood, were usually associated with "poorly executed videos". Nevertheless, users such as YTComedyChannel365, [[MrCaptainJeff]], [[DrewPicklesAintDed69]], [[HappyTheHomo45]], and many, many others cranked out some classic and legendary videos around this time. This would also be around the time that [[bigboyrats]], a channel set up by two brothers, would appear on the scene, and provide Barney Bunch-esque [[gag dubs]] of ''Rugrats'' episodes, inspiring many members to try out Speakonia dubs of their own. But this newfound peace would not last long. | 2009 saw the introduction of the "Third Generation". Unlike the First Generation, the Third Generation fully embraced the Drew Pickles Goes To videos with their constant breaks of the 4th Wall, long ass lines, and homosexual shenanigans ramped up to 11. Much of this was not seen in the content produced in the First and Second Generations, and, according to Blood, were usually associated with "poorly executed videos". Nevertheless, users such as YTComedyChannel365, [[MrCaptainJeff]], [[DrewPicklesAintDed69]], [[HappyTheHomo45]], and many, many others cranked out some classic and legendary videos around this time. This would also be around the time that [[bigboyrats]], a channel set up by two brothers, would appear on the scene, and provide Barney Bunch-esque [[gag dubs]] of ''Rugrats'' episodes, inspiring many members to try out Speakonia dubs of their own. But this newfound peace would not last long. | ||
During the summer of 2011, conflict began to arise in the community, with users like RCDeschene, MrCaptainJeff, timmyt333, BakaSurvivor2102, Pwnisher248, and several others over the addition of characters to the fictional Barney Bunch and wider Speakonia lore, and what and what was not "established", among other issues. It resulted in the formations of OldSchoolSwellness and SwellDrewTube, with OSS intending on making videos using only "established" characters and ideas, while SDT wanting to do the opposite. This event was referred to as the "Unestablished War of 2011" and 2011 essentially became Year 0 for the community, after which nothing was ever the same again. This conflict was marred by moments such as the increased prevalence of [[Yogi Bear]], the term "unestablished", the rise of the [[The Humongous Bunch|Humongous Bunch]] and characters like [[Maid Marian]] and [[Brony Drew Pickles]], among several other things. Also at this time, a small faction of the community formed known as the [[The Foot Fetish Community|Foot Fetish Community]], which seem to have taken inspiration from the Barney Bunch, though their approach to videos and lore is much different and more quality-driven. | During the summer of 2011, conflict began to arise in the community, with users like RCDeschene, MrCaptainJeff, timmyt333, BakaSurvivor2102, Pwnisher248, and several others over the addition of characters to the fictional Barney Bunch and wider Speakonia lore, and what and what was not "established", among other issues. It resulted in the formations of [[OldSchoolSwellness]] and [[SwellDrewTube]], with OSS intending on making videos using only "established" characters and ideas, while SDT wanting to do the opposite. This event was referred to as the "Unestablished War of 2011" and 2011 essentially became Year 0 for the community, after which nothing was ever the same again. This conflict was marred by moments such as the increased prevalence of [[Yogi Bear]], the term "unestablished", the rise of the [[The Humongous Bunch|Humongous Bunch]] and characters like [[Maid Marian]] and [[Brony Drew Pickles]], among several other things. Also at this time, a small faction of the community formed known as the [[The Foot Fetish Community|Foot Fetish Community]], which seem to have taken inspiration from the Barney Bunch, though their approach to videos and lore is much different and more quality-driven. | ||
===Revitalization, Blood's Return, and Forth/Fifth Generation (2012-2015)=== | ===Revitalization, Blood's Return, and Forth/Fifth Generation (2012-2015)=== | ||
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By 2019, many members of the community, both old and new, quickly migrated over to a new video site known as [[VidLii]], and took advantage of the site, kickstarting a new Renaissance and ripping the community out of the downward spiral. There was also another shot at reunifying the community when SavageBoy created a new Barney Bunch Discord server, with many veteran users having joined it. The Renaissance eventually petered out after Blood was banned from VidLii and a bunch of other events by August. | By 2019, many members of the community, both old and new, quickly migrated over to a new video site known as [[VidLii]], and took advantage of the site, kickstarting a new Renaissance and ripping the community out of the downward spiral. There was also another shot at reunifying the community when SavageBoy created a new Barney Bunch Discord server, with many veteran users having joined it. The Renaissance eventually petered out after Blood was banned from VidLii and a bunch of other events by August. | ||
===Post Renaissance, Tracle | ===Post Renaissance, Tracle Discorse, Eighth Generation, and Future (2020-present)=== | ||
As the 2020s rolled in, another shift began to happen within the community. During the early and middle half of 2020, activity was still fairly high, with a few new additions to the community, kicking off the Eighth Generation. Perhaps notable was the introduction of [[IronYoshi1212 Productions]], whose more story-driven videos quickly garnered attention from both veterans and newcomers alike. The fifteenth anniversary of the community took place on August 25. Many well known members such as Blood and SavageBoy went into retirement, while some like [[DrewPicklesTheDark]] returned after notable absences to start producing content again. Activity also moved away from VidLii, with YouTube now being the center-stage of the community once again. | |||
As the 2020s rolled in, another shift began to happen within the community. During the early and middle half of 2020, activity was still fairly high, with a few new additions to the community, kicking off the Eighth Generation. Perhaps notable was the introduction of [[IronYoshi1212 Productions|IronYoshi1212]], whose more story-driven videos quickly garnered attention from both veterans and newcomers alike. The fifteenth anniversary of the community took place on August 25. Many well known members such as Blood and SavageBoy went into retirement, while some like [[DrewPicklesTheDark]] returned after notable absences to start producing content again. Activity also moved away from VidLii, with YouTube now being the center-stage of the community once again. | |||
2021 was a fairly quiet year for the Barney Bunch, with many of the members of the Second Renaissance having retired or became inactive. The Blood style, which had been the dominant video format since 2016, began to be phased out as the Goes To videos saw a small resurgence in the community, along with the additions of the more plot-driven videos provided by IronYoshi and DrewPicklesTheDark, who released his [[The Great Speakonia War|Great Speakonia War]] series. Another channel, [[Thirteeniverse]], showed up later in the year and provided high-quality and fast paced Drew Pickles videos, quickly winning over the community, though this success was tragically cut short following the passing of one if the channel's members, Gary21115/WaRnEr, in early 2022. During the later half of 2021, IronYoshi would create a Speakonia Community server on Discord, and several key community members would join. | 2021 was a fairly quiet year for the Barney Bunch, with many of the members of the Second Renaissance having retired or became inactive. The Blood style, which had been the dominant video format since 2016, began to be phased out as the Goes To videos saw a small resurgence in the community, along with the additions of the more plot-driven videos provided by IronYoshi and DrewPicklesTheDark, who released his [[The Great Speakonia War|Great Speakonia War]] series. Another channel, [[Thirteeniverse]], showed up later in the year and provided high-quality and fast paced Drew Pickles videos, quickly winning over the community, though this success was tragically cut short following the passing of one if the channel's members, Gary21115/WaRnEr, in early 2022. During the later half of 2021, IronYoshi would create a Speakonia Community server on Discord, and several key community members would join. | ||
2022 proved to be one of the roughest years for the Barney Bunch since 2018. YouTube became increasingly more intolerable thanks in large part to the terminations of users such as Skewt is Back, ToiletPranker, and NintendoMaster2010, causing outrage within the community, especially given that the listed channels had not been active in several years, as well as YouTube heavily age-restricting almost every new upload the community made. VidLii also faced backlash as kremlin/pro-Putin propaganda became rampant on the site, causing a majority of Barney Bunch users to stop using the site. The community also had to deal with Digi Data, a user who tried hard to get his own Speakonia group recognized, but earned the ire of the community and came off as a wannabe troll who would end up | 2022 proved to be one of the roughest years for the Barney Bunch since 2018. YouTube became increasingly more intolerable thanks in large part to the terminations of users such as Skewt is Back, ToiletPranker, and NintendoMaster2010, causing outrage within the community, especially given that the listed channels had not been active in several years, as well as YouTube heavily age-restricting almost every new upload the community made. VidLii also faced backlash as kremlin/pro-Putin propaganda became rampant on the site, causing a majority of Barney Bunch users to stop using the site. The community also had to deal with Digi Data, a user who tried hard to get his own Speakonia group recognized, but earned the ire of the community and came off as a wannabe troll who would end up closing his account by October. There was also the loss of several beloved creators, notable Garry21115 of Thirteeniverse and Blood, who passed away in August last year, only for the community to find out a year later. In late August and early September, several members of the Discord server began [[The Oversaturation Bunch|adding an absurd number of new Speakonia groups]] and doing almost little to nothing with them, causing backlash among many veteran members. | ||
That said, the year wasn't all doom and gloom, as there was a large surge of new community members including [[RoboticBloxxer]], Slim Pickles, CalciferBarney, and DuchessTheSponge to name a few. A handful of veterans would also return such as SavageBoy (albeit briefly) and BarneyBunchCompany. This year would also be the year that the community took a big priority on saving past work so it would not be lost to time. Other members would preserve their work through the Internet Archive as well. This would also be the year that collabs would make a return, notably Krypto Week and a collab hosted by RoboticBloxxer to coincide with the year's Barney Bunch anniversary. 2022 proved to be so much of a significant year that, much like Alfardo did with 2016, IronYoshi would make a retrospective video covering the highs and lows the year had to offer. | |||
In various attempts to start looking for alternatives, as well as preserve past content, RoboticBloxxer found a site called Tracle, and helped kickstart the community there. At first, it seemed like a fitting YouTube alternative despite the concerns of several users on the site (and its Discord server), but things went south real quick in late October after Tracle updated its policies regarding reuploaded work and sexual content, and several videos were removed and a few members banned. Matters would be made even worse following an upload by StraightFusion featuring Drew visiting the site, with tempers flaring from both sides. Ultimately, IronYoshi would release a video criticizing both the community and Tracle for taking things too far, resulting in him retiring his Tracle channel and hoping that the community would move on from the site. Ultimately, Tracle would later decide to remove all the remaining Barney Bunch content, giving members of the Speakonia Community a brief time window to remove it themselves before the staff would do it themselves. | |||
== Future == | |||
As of today, the Barney Bunch remains mostly on and off as far as activity goes. The main Discord server has disabled invites (though the Speakonia Community one is still active), and activity on VidLii has seemed to decrease save for a few key members like ToiletPranker and DrewPicklesTheDark joining. So if you happen to be browsing YouTube and you come across some videos of a bunch of children show characters and mascots with funny robotic voices talking about their homosexuality, you can stop and appreciate it, because there'll Never Ever be another online community like it. | As of today, the Barney Bunch remains mostly on and off as far as activity goes. The main Discord server has disabled invites (though the Speakonia Community one is still active), and activity on VidLii has seemed to decrease save for a few key members like ToiletPranker and DrewPicklesTheDark joining. So if you happen to be browsing YouTube and you come across some videos of a bunch of children show characters and mascots with funny robotic voices talking about their homosexuality, you can stop and appreciate it, because there'll Never Ever be another online community like it. | ||
==Members== | ==Members== | ||
''See [[List of Speakonia Community Members]]'' | ''See [[List of Speakonia Community Members]]'' | ||
[[Category:Groups]] | [[Category:Groups]] | ||
[[Category:Barney Bunch Members]] | [[Category:Barney Bunch Members]] | ||
[[Category:Barney Bunch History]] | [[Category:Barney Bunch History]] | ||
[[Category:Content Creators]] | [[Category:Content Creators]] | ||