Barney Gutman

Barney Guttman

Barney Guttman is one of the protagonists of the Netflix animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park. He is a gay transgender teen boy who finds a new job as a security guard of Phoenix Parks, an amusement park with a haunted house.

character Information

Status: Alive (Resurrected twice) Alias(es): Freckles (Courtney) Mortal (Courtney) Barry (Hox) Barnabas McGuttonburrows III (himself) Loser (Alternate Barney) Occupation: Security Guard at Phoenix Parks (Up until "The Watcher's Test," where he most likely quit) Demon Clean-Up Crew (Formerly) Biographical Information Species: Human Age: 17 (Debut) 18 (Season 2) 19 Relative(s): Patrick Guttman (Brother) Roxanne Guttman (Mother) Saul Guttman (Father) Grammy-Gram (Grandma) Physical Traits Gender: Male Skin: Pale Freckled Eyes: Brown Attire: Greyish-blue shirt Yellow Jacket Dark red skinny-jeans Trainers Connections Pet(s): Pugsley Friends/Allies: Norma (Co-Worker, Friend) Pugsley (Pet, Best Friend) Courtney (Friend) Logs (Co-Worker, Boyfriend) Badyah (Co-Worker, Friend) Asmodeus (Wrestling mentor/coach, Friend) Rivals/Enemies: Pauline Phoenix (Formerly) Temeluchus (Formerly) Fingers Character Traits Hobbies: Wrestling Likes: Pugsley Logan (as a significant other) His friends Wrestling Cheese-less mac & cheese Dislikes: Grammy Gram Fingers Running away

biography

Barney has family problems. His grandmother doesn't accept the fact that he is trans. While it hasn't been made clear what his grandmother said to him, it was shown to be very hurtful. Barney's parents did nothing to prevent this, leading to Barney running away from home with his dog, Pugsley. After getting a job at Phoenix Parks, Barney and Pugsley stay to live at the Dead End attraction with Courtney.

appearance

Barney is a large white teen with short hair. His hair is trimmed on the sides, long on top, with only the top part dyed blue. His ears are pierced as well with green circular earrings. He has a large orange nose with freckles on his face. For attire, he wears a yellow shirt with a dark blue t-shirt under it, red pants, and white laceless sneakers with yellow accents. In some episodes, he wears his Phoenix Parks security guard uniform. In "Night of the Living Kids," he wears a dinosaur mascot costume throughout the majority of the episode.

personality

A very lively and positive boy, Barney is an extroverted and friendly person. While he is shown to be spooked more easily than Norma with all the supernatural entities that run rampant at the park, he is also shown to be courageous and gets serious when it's called for in the situation, such as when he chooses to stay out in the very dangerous Impling-infested park to find his younger brother. He shows more of his awkwardness around Logan, showing how shy Barney can be towards those he's into. He has also shown to be very loyal to those he cares for, never leaving their side no matter what. He is also a responsible dog owner due to being responsible for Pugsley.

abilities/trivia

Trivia It's confirmed that he is Jewish. This was hinted in the episode "The Nightmare Before Christmas in July" in Pugsley's dialogue "I didn't know we celebrated Christmas." This is later solidified in "The Phantom of the Theme Park," where in Pugsley prepares a glass wrapped in cloth that Barney steps on during his imaginary wedding scene with Logan - a Jewish ritual representing the moment of remembrance for the destruction of Jewish temples. This is also evident by the hats that he and Pugsley wears throughout the sequence. Barney confirmed in "The Tunnel" that he is transgender when he comes out to Norma, telling her that he feels he fits in more at Phoenix Parks than in his own home. In "The Nightmare Before Christmas in July," it is shown he is scared of spiders, as he feared that the wheel Hox spun would land on the challenge that involved the arachnids. In "Night of the Living Kids," the dinosaur mascot he wears is intentionally made to go from dirty to clean, and is not an animation error. In "The Nightmare Before Christmas in July," the original Barney dies, and a new one was "revived" thanks to the lifeline Hox gives the trio, which Norma then uses on the former. This also means the Barney from this episode onward is the second Barney entirely. He later dies a second time in "The Other Side," making him the character with the most onscreen deaths. Barney, alongside Norma Khan, Pauline Phoenix, and The Watcher, is one of the only characters with their name in an episode title (his being "The Trials of Barney").

Phoenix Parks

Phoenix Parks is an amusement park and the titular location from the DeadEndia graphic novels, alongside the Netflix animated series, Dead End: Paranormal Park. It is owned and run by actress Pauline Phoenix. According to the map, the park opens at 5AM and closes at 8PM. Individual attractions also may have independent opening and closing times. The park, like most businesses, closes at different times if it's a holiday. In "The Nightmare Before Christmas in July," we learn that the park has its own holiday, Christmas in July. It's seems as if summer clothing and regular concessions are still present (except for Barney wearing a Star of David sweater). Decorations such as fake snow and pine trees, decorated as if it was Christmas, are present in the park. The park is split into six main sections, all based off of Pauline Phoenix's past movies and tv shows. The six main sections are Animal Avenue, Camelot Creek, Luna Lookout, Prehistoric Pavilion, Scare Square, and the Western Walkway. Animal Avenue The Animal Avenue contains three attractions, The Reptile House, Penguin Paradise, and various animal attractions, presumably petting-zoo-esque areas. It is unclear what film Pauline Phoenix appeared in that would have inspired this section of the park. Camelot Creek Camelot Creek also contains three attractions, Sir Logs-a-lot's Log Flume, Merlin's Cafe, and a Fairytale Cottage. Logan Nguyen works at the Sir Logs-a-lot Log Flume. Norma in the Deadendia comics refers to him as "Logs" because of his position at Camelot Creek and operating the log flume. The log flume is captioned as "The third largest log flume in the world!" The ride contains a large dragon statue which is used to "disguise" the camera. The head appears to be positional, but requires considerable force to do so. The Fairytale Cottage is captioned as "Our exclusive hotel - perfect for families and couples." Scare Square The Scare Square is where we see the titular attraction, the Dead End mansion.

Phoenix Parks employee's

Barney Guttman Norma Khan Logan Nguyen Badyah Hassan Josh

Dead End

Dead End is an attraction located in Phoenix Parks, more specifically the star attraction of the "Scare Square". It is owned and run by actress Pauline Phoenix, and is the titular location from the DeadEndia and Dead End: Paranormal Park series’. Points of Interest The Elevator — A mysterious golden elevator that is housed in the lobby of the attraction. It is used to traverse the Multi-Plane in a legal fashion. Courtney’s room — Located on the third floor of the attraction, this is where Courtney keeps items of value to her, alongside generally living inside the room. Trivia In the show’s version of the attraction, Courtney’s window and the downstairs carpet have a subtle "DE" design, of course standing for, "Dead End". In the second season, it is revealed that there is a library alongside an attic, both locations also being in the graphic novel interpretation. The latter was also a key area in the web short.