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2018 marked the lowest point in the Barney Bunch's entire history, as many legendary users from the Fourth Generation either retiring (as was what happened with Skewt), or having their channels terminated off YouTube (as was what happened with Prime). The Barney Bunch came to be in a state comparable to the start of the Fourth Generation period of 2012-14, scattered and decentralized. The one user worth noting during this time was [[SwellFusion]], who quickly won the community over thanks to his high quality editing which took BB videos to places they never went before.

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, in addition to creating a new wiki on Miraheze. ~~The~~ Second 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, in addition to creating a new wiki on Miraheze. This Second Renaissance eventually petered out after Blood was banned from VidLii and a bunch of other events by August.

===Post Renaissance, Expansion Beyond YouTube, and Eighth Generation (2020-present)===

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As a new decade 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. The Miraheze Speakonia Community wiki would shut down after months of inactivity, leading to a new one opening on Fandom which, despite some skirmishes with what could be posted there, was the defacto wiki for information on the community until its closure in 2023. 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]] (later renamed Shakeverse), 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. The Miraheze Speakonia Community wiki would shut down after months of inactivity, leading to a new one opening on Fandom which, despite some skirmishes with what could be posted there, was the defacto wiki for information on the community until its closure in 2023. 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 it. 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 2021, 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.

2022 proved to be one of the roughest years for the Barney Bunch since 2018. The terminations of users such as Skewt is Back, ToiletPranker, and NintendoMaster2010 on YouTube caused outrage within the community, especially given that the listed channels had not been active in several years, in addition to 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 remaining Barney Bunch users there to stop using it. There was also the loss of several beloved creators, notable Garry21115 of Thirteeniverse and Blood, who passed away in August 2021, 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 one that the community took a big priority on saving past work so it would not be lost to time, mainly through the [[Internet Archive]]. 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.

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 and BarneyBunchCompany, albeit brief. This year would also be one that the community took a big priority on saving past work so it would not be lost to time, mainly through the [[Internet Archive]] and [[Tracle]], the latter of which was considered a prime YouTube alternative up until a skirmish broke out between the Tracle and Speakonia communities in October, resulting in a site-wide ban of Barney Bunch content the following year. This would also be the year that events and collabs would make a return, notably [[Krypto Week]] to coincide with the release of ''DC League of SuperPets'', a week celebrating the Pube Muppet's 20th birthday, 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 YouTube 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 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 Pickles goes to Tracle|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 for them.

== 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 decreased significantly 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==

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 marked the lowest point in the Barney Bunch's entire history, as many legendary users from the Fourth Generation either retiring (as was what happened with Skewt), or having their channels terminated off YouTube (as was what happened with Prime). The Barney Bunch came to be in a state comparable to the start of the Fourth Generation period of 2012-14, scattered and decentralized. The one user worth noting during this time was [[SwellFusion]], who quickly won the community over thanks to his high quality editing which took BB videos to places they never went before.
-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, in addition to creating a new wiki on Miraheze. The Second 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, in addition to creating a new wiki on Miraheze. This Second Renaissance eventually petered out after Blood was banned from VidLii and a bunch of other events by August.
 ===Post Renaissance, Expansion Beyond YouTube, and Eighth Generation (2020-present)===
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 As a new decade 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.
-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. The Miraheze Speakonia Community wiki would shut down after months of inactivity, leading to a new one opening on Fandom which, despite some skirmishes with what could be posted there, was the defacto wiki for information on the community until its closure in 2023. During the later half of 2021, IronYoshi would create a Speakonia Community server on Discord, and several key community members would join.
+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]] (later renamed Shakeverse), 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. The Miraheze Speakonia Community wiki would shut down after months of inactivity, leading to a new one opening on Fandom which, despite some skirmishes with what could be posted there, was the defacto wiki for information on the community until its closure in 2023. During the later half of 2021, IronYoshi would create a Speakonia Community server on Discord, and several key community members would join.
-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 it. 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 2021, 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.
+proved to be one of the roughest years for the Barney Bunch since 2018. The terminations of users such as Skewt is Back, ToiletPranker, and NintendoMaster2010 on YouTube caused outrage within the community, especially given that the listed channels had not been active in several years, in addition to 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 remaining Barney Bunch users there to stop using it. There was also the loss of several beloved creators, notable Garry21115 of Thirteeniverse and Blood, who passed away in August 2021, 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 one that the community took a big priority on saving past work so it would not be lost to time, mainly through the [[Internet Archive]]. 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.
+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 and BarneyBunchCompany, albeit brief. This year would also be one that the community took a big priority on saving past work so it would not be lost to time, mainly through the [[Internet Archive]] and [[Tracle]], the latter of which was considered a prime YouTube alternative up until a skirmish broke out between the Tracle and Speakonia communities in October, resulting in a site-wide ban of Barney Bunch content the following year. This would also be the year that events and collabs would make a return, notably [[Krypto Week]] to coincide with the release of ''DC League of SuperPets'', a week celebrating the Pube Muppet's 20th birthday, 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 YouTube 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 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 Pickles goes to Tracle|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 for them.
 == 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 decreased significantly 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==