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By 2006, the Barney Bunch was declared "DEAD FOREVER" for the first time in its 18 year history following their ban from Newgrounds. However, StrawberryBarney did some scouting on a small Silicon Valley startup known as [[YouTube|YouTube.com]], where on April 20 he uploaded the very flash he submitted to Newgrounds the prior year, Drew Pickles is REALLY REALLY Gay!, and helped the Barney Bunch, and in a way the entirety of the Speakonia Community, establish themselves on the site. Newgrounds veterans such as L and SovietBarney, as well as several others, soon began uploading their content to YouTube, and several of them can still be seen today but, unfortunately, most of them are now considered lost. A handful of members would establish themselves on the site [[YTMND]], posting various sites in the style of what was on Newgrounds. This wave of Barney Bunch video-makers was retroactively dubbed as the "Second Generation", with those who were active on Newgrounds being the "First Generation".

2007/2008 saw the first known BB collab on YouTube: in which, just like YouTube Poop collabs, a user announces a video collab, and other users send in entries and then that user combines them all into one big video. Several of these existed prior on Newgrounds. This first YouTube collab was courtesy of MrBadBarney, although this has been taken down. According to Skewt, [[Blood]], soon to be an icon in the community, was a known participant of this collab. Many other users such as [[Sammyt3hSnake]] were also active around this time, and while he was close to the main Barney Bunch on YouTube, he broke off into doing his own unique videos. Other users who emerged at this time included [[BooNube]] and PanicPagoda, the latter of whom made more experimental videos. This would also be the time that the popular [[Drew Pickles Goes To]] videos were introduced, and quickly became a hit for the community and the default video style for years to come. The [[Pube Muppet]], a character created by Drunkmagikoopa on Newgrounds, was also adopted into the community and turned into a rival for the fictional Barney Bunch.

2007/2008 saw the first known [[Barney Bunch Collabs|BB collab]] on YouTube: in which, just like YouTube Poop collabs, a user announces a video collab, and other users send in entries and then that user combines them all into one big video. Several of these existed prior on Newgrounds. This first YouTube collab was courtesy of MrBadBarney, although this has been taken down. According to Skewt, [[Blood]], soon to be an icon in the community, was a known participant of this collab. Many other users such as [[Sammyt3hSnake]] were also active around this time, and while he was close to the main Barney Bunch on YouTube, he broke off into doing his own unique videos. Other users who emerged at this time included [[BooNube]] and PanicPagoda, the latter of whom made more experimental videos. This would also be the time that the popular [[Drew Pickles Goes To]] videos were introduced, and quickly became a hit for the community and the default video style for years to come. The [[Pube Muppet]], a character created by Drunkmagikoopa on Newgrounds, was also adopted into the community and turned into a rival for the fictional Barney Bunch.

===The Unestablished War and Third Generation (2009-2011) ===

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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 briefly. 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.

After 2022 ended on a sour note, it seemed like 2023 (and to an extent 2024) would bring more of the same. Tracle had initiated its aforementioned site-wide ban on Barney Bunch/Speakonia content, giving its members a deadline to remove their videos before the staff would do it themselves (though by that point the community had already jumped ship following the skirmish the past October). Fandom had begun purging any Wikis relating to the Barney Bunch, including the Speakonia Community Wiki. YouTube was still age-restricting both new and older uploads, with a CEO change seeming to not help matters. The community experienced the tragic loss of another veteran member with dildosdildo123, who passed away in April after a battle with cancer. Many of the key players who helped spearhead the Eighth Generation, including RoboticBloxxer, IronYoshi, and DrewPicklesTheDark, had either became significantly less active or decided to retire for the time being. Despite this, the community still marched forward. The Tracle ban initiated a desire to seek out more alternatives, with [[Internet Archive]], Odysee, and Rumble being the top picks, as well as some members trying to station themselves on past sites like [[Dailymotion]] and Newgrounds, with little success. One of the most notable events was the return/revival of Shakeverse's Drew Pickles series, which had remained dormant after the death of Gary21115, as well as several veteran members like DolanVsKaney returning briefly. Ultimately, while it did start with a lot of promise and potential, the Eighth Generation would crash in spectacular fashion due to a number of factors. These boil down to a lack of direction, increased in-fighting, several members getting ousted, and focusing more on drama and less on new ideas and videos.

After 2022 ended on a sour note, it seemed like 2023 (and to an extent 2024) would bring more of the same. Tracle had initiated its aforementioned site-wide ban on Barney Bunch/Speakonia content, giving its members a deadline to remove their videos before the staff would do it themselves (though by that point the community had already jumped ship following the skirmish the past October). Fandom had begun purging any Wikis relating to the Barney Bunch, including the Speakonia Community Wiki. YouTube was still age-restricting both new and older uploads, with a CEO change seeming to not help matters. The community experienced the tragic loss of another veteran member with dildosdildo123, who passed away in April after a battle with cancer. Many of the key players who helped spearhead the Eighth Generation, including RoboticBloxxer, IronYoshi, and DrewPicklesTheDark, had either became significantly less active or decided to retire for the time being. Despite this, the community still marched forward. The Tracle ban initiated a desire to seek out more alternatives, with [[Internet Archive]], Odysee, and Rumble being the top picks, as well as some members trying to station themselves on past sites like [[Dailymotion]] and Newgrounds, with little success. One of the most notable events was the return/revival of Shakeverse's Drew Pickles series, which had remained dormant after the death of Gary21115, as well as several veteran members like DolanVsKaney returning briefly. Ultimately, while it did start with a lot of promise and potential, by the end, the Eighth Generation would crash in spectacular fashion due to a number of factors. These boil down to a lack of direction, increased in-fighting, several members getting ousted, and focusing more on drama and less on new ideas and videos.

=== Ninth Generation (2025-) ===

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 By 2006, the Barney Bunch was declared "DEAD FOREVER" for the first time in its 18 year history following their ban from Newgrounds. However, StrawberryBarney did some scouting on a small Silicon Valley startup known as [[YouTube|YouTube.com]], where on April 20 he uploaded the very flash he submitted to Newgrounds the prior year, Drew Pickles is REALLY REALLY Gay!, and helped the Barney Bunch, and in a way the entirety of the Speakonia Community, establish themselves on the site. Newgrounds veterans such as L and SovietBarney, as well as several others, soon began uploading their content to YouTube, and several of them can still be seen today but, unfortunately, most of them are now considered lost.  A handful of members would establish themselves on the site [[YTMND]], posting various sites in the style of what was on Newgrounds. This wave of Barney Bunch video-makers was retroactively dubbed as the "Second Generation", with those who were active on Newgrounds being the "First Generation".
-/2008 saw the first known BB collab on YouTube: in which, just like YouTube Poop collabs, a user announces a video collab, and other users send in entries and then that user combines them all into one big video. Several of these existed prior on Newgrounds. This first YouTube collab was courtesy of MrBadBarney, although this has been taken down. According to Skewt, [[Blood]], soon to be an icon in the community, was a known participant of this collab. Many other users such as [[Sammyt3hSnake]] were also active around this time, and while he was close to the main Barney Bunch on YouTube, he broke off into doing his own unique videos. Other users who emerged at this time included [[BooNube]] and PanicPagoda, the latter of whom made more experimental videos. This would also be the time that the popular [[Drew Pickles Goes To]] videos were introduced, and quickly became a hit for the community and the default video style for years to come. The [[Pube Muppet]], a character created by Drunkmagikoopa on Newgrounds, was also adopted into the community and turned into a rival for the fictional Barney Bunch.
+/2008 saw the first known [[Barney Bunch Collabs|BB collab]] on YouTube: in which, just like YouTube Poop collabs, a user announces a video collab, and other users send in entries and then that user combines them all into one big video. Several of these existed prior on Newgrounds. This first YouTube collab was courtesy of MrBadBarney, although this has been taken down. According to Skewt, [[Blood]], soon to be an icon in the community, was a known participant of this collab. Many other users such as [[Sammyt3hSnake]] were also active around this time, and while he was close to the main Barney Bunch on YouTube, he broke off into doing his own unique videos. Other users who emerged at this time included [[BooNube]] and PanicPagoda, the latter of whom made more experimental videos. This would also be the time that the popular [[Drew Pickles Goes To]] videos were introduced, and quickly became a hit for the community and the default video style for years to come. The [[Pube Muppet]], a character created by Drunkmagikoopa on Newgrounds, was also adopted into the community and turned into a rival for the fictional Barney Bunch.
 ===The Unestablished War and Third Generation (2009-2011) ===
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 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 briefly. 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.
-After 2022 ended on a sour note, it seemed like 2023 (and to an extent 2024) would bring more of the same. Tracle had initiated its aforementioned site-wide ban on Barney Bunch/Speakonia content, giving its members a deadline to remove their videos before the staff would do it themselves (though by that point the community had already jumped ship following the skirmish the past October). Fandom had begun purging any Wikis relating to the Barney Bunch, including the Speakonia Community Wiki. YouTube was still age-restricting both new and older uploads, with a CEO change seeming to not help matters. The community experienced the tragic loss of another veteran member with dildosdildo123, who passed away in April after a battle with cancer. Many of the key players who helped spearhead the Eighth Generation, including RoboticBloxxer, IronYoshi, and DrewPicklesTheDark, had either became significantly less active or decided to retire for the time being. Despite this, the community still marched forward. The Tracle ban initiated a desire to seek out more alternatives, with [[Internet Archive]], Odysee, and Rumble being the top picks, as well as some members trying to station themselves on past sites like [[Dailymotion]] and Newgrounds, with little success. One of the most notable events was the return/revival of Shakeverse's Drew Pickles series, which had remained dormant after the death of Gary21115, as well as several veteran members like DolanVsKaney returning briefly. Ultimately, while it did start with a lot of promise and potential, the Eighth Generation would crash in spectacular fashion due to a number of factors. These boil down to a lack of direction, increased in-fighting, several members getting ousted, and focusing more on drama and less on new ideas and videos.
+After 2022 ended on a sour note, it seemed like 2023 (and to an extent 2024) would bring more of the same. Tracle had initiated its aforementioned site-wide ban on Barney Bunch/Speakonia content, giving its members a deadline to remove their videos before the staff would do it themselves (though by that point the community had already jumped ship following the skirmish the past October). Fandom had begun purging any Wikis relating to the Barney Bunch, including the Speakonia Community Wiki. YouTube was still age-restricting both new and older uploads, with a CEO change seeming to not help matters. The community experienced the tragic loss of another veteran member with dildosdildo123, who passed away in April after a battle with cancer. Many of the key players who helped spearhead the Eighth Generation, including RoboticBloxxer, IronYoshi, and DrewPicklesTheDark, had either became significantly less active or decided to retire for the time being. Despite this, the community still marched forward. The Tracle ban initiated a desire to seek out more alternatives, with [[Internet Archive]], Odysee, and Rumble being the top picks, as well as some members trying to station themselves on past sites like [[Dailymotion]] and Newgrounds, with little success. One of the most notable events was the return/revival of Shakeverse's Drew Pickles series, which had remained dormant after the death of Gary21115, as well as several veteran members like DolanVsKaney returning briefly. Ultimately, while it did start with a lot of promise and potential, by the end, the Eighth Generation would crash in spectacular fashion due to a number of factors. These boil down to a lack of direction, increased in-fighting, several members getting ousted, and focusing more on drama and less on new ideas and videos.
 === Ninth Generation (2025-) ===