2. Who is Barney Stinson? – somebody
asked us if he is an Egyptian King.

3. The About Stuff
• A character from? – HIMYM
• Written by? – Carter Bays and Craig Thomas
• Major or minor? - MAJOR
• Critical reception: Rated Top 100 characters of
last 20 years
• Who’s the guy inside? – Neil Patrick Harris
• In one word? - Awesome? Legendary?

4. Top character traits
• wear suits… no loves suits… no is
a suit addict… “Suits are full of
joy. They're the sartorial
equivalent of a baby's smile.”
• Unhesitantly offers opinion.
“Think of me like Yoda, but
instead of being little and green I
wear suits and I'm awesome. I'm
your bro—I'm Broda!”
• Challenge Accepted!
Like suits, is a challenge addict.
Lick the liberty bell, high-five the
moon, ride a baby giraffe, wear
the crown jewels, other
intolerable challenges accepted.

5. Barney or Shakespeare – who are
these quotes by?
• “Two men should not
share an umbrella ”
• “Though I am not
naturally honest, I am so
sometimes by chance”
• “We are advertised by
our loving friends”
• “New is always better”
• “When we are born, we
cry”

6. Character Analysis
• Character Role: is an
Antagonist
• Antagonist?:
The antagonist is the
character who represents a
challenge or an obstacle to
the protagonist in a story.
• Character Development -
flat character (no), round
character (yes), stereotype
character (umm…), static
character (no), dynamic
character (yes)

7. Barney the ultimate Narcissist?
• Narcissism - wide ranging meanings : mental
illness, social or cultural problem or simply a
personality trait, here it is a personality trait
• Narcissistic Traits - shameless, magical
thinking, arrogance, envy, entitlement, exploitatio
n, bad boundaries
• Barney is all that!
• Magic?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqjaPZEt0KY

8. Barney the ultimate Narcissist?

9. Creative Brilliance
• Shakespeare or Barney?
• Challenges
• Studies/Statistics/Analysis: Absolute nonsense
well-presented (coming up in following slides)
• Mannerism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3tKY7XQdzE
• Catchphrases: suit-up, legen-
dary, awesome, high-fives, true-story, what up

10. Barney Analysis
• The Lemon Law
• The Olive Theory
• The Hot/Crazy Scale
• The Platinum Rule
• The Cheerleaders Effect

11. Legendary Catchphrases
• Suit-up
http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=TT_vf5ioXXk
• Legen – wait for it – dary
http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=jRnpn4cJCLc
• Awesomeness
• High Five: Phone high-
five, self high-five, solemn
low-five, high-two!
• True Story
• What-up

12. The Perspective Challenge
Barney is disgusting
– but he often dares us to challenge our
perspective and therefore he has earned our
respect.

13. What We Learn From Barney
• Tolerance: to the disgusting.
• Have a laugh: a joke is a joke is a joke
• Don’t think too much
• Think out of the box – doesn’t always have to be smart
• Attempts to stand by his word no matter what: Won’t put his fist
down instance
• Nonsense isn’t always nonsense.
• Challenges – stupid as they maybe, few things are more exhilarating
than a stupid challenge like our talk today.
• Kindness is not one-dimensional: When Marshall and Lily break
their engagement in season one, Barney lures women away from
Marshall so that he can remain faithful to the woman he truly loves.
• Tenacity: Ted’s best friend

14. Nonsense isn’t always Nonsense
• Suit Up!
• Confidence
• Never hold back
• Have skills
• Be mysterious
• Be Awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCyD5n3ct8&feature=relate
d

15. What’s Your Takeaway?
• Take it easy: use your discretion
• Constant Challenges: Three bizarre challenges
for you: fake a fight, climb Secunderabad clock
tower, watch an Upendra movie without a
break
• Respect Creativity

16. Our Final Noble Message

17. It’s okay to love
yourself