The Godlike Powers of Barney The Dinosaur

[@sorio99]

Fun fact: the original intention for the show was, in fact, that no adult can see Barney period, but this was changed after it was pointed out how “stranger danger” that was.

[@15oClock]

Too little, too late.

[@MeonLights]

I was gonna say the line about mom not knowing the secret sounds bad...

[@EALM95]

and yet 'the cat in the hat knows a lot about that' used it again

[@shadow51090]

Same thing happened with Snuffleupagus. After a series of high profile and graphic sexual assaults and pedophilia, the writers for Sesame Street realized they might have been teaching children to stay silent to their parents because their parents might not believe them like the adults did whenever Big Bird tried to show anybody Snuffy (who always walked off screen when Big Bird went to get people.)

[@franklewis4954]

“Hello Cody. You and I are going to have so. much. fun. together. Your parents can’t see me so they can’t call the police”

[@littlelambsy87]

Hi, I'm a palaeontologist and the implication that Barney is a 200 million year old dinosaur sent me deep into a spiral questioning what genus of dinosaur Barney actually is. So 200Ma would be roughly the Hettangian, the earliest stage of the Jurassic period. Dinosaurs really as a clade only evolved about 230Ma (the Carnian; Mid Triassic), so the overall amount of speciation and biodiversity within the group was still relatively low compared to what the Dinosauria would eventually become. At this point, the theropods (Barney is, at least, unambiguously a large theropod) had evolved into several ground, potentially the most speciose of which were the Avetheropoda. Within this group, we first start to see the first truly big carnivores occupying apex predator niches in their respective ecosystems. Chronostratigraphically (and perhaps palaeobiogeographically), the largest and most relevant group at this time, in this niche were the Ceratosauria. Further within this group, superficial similarities with the Tyrannosauridae, i.e. short arms, can be found within the Abelisauridae. This family is also noted by the synapomorphic brachyrostran condition (indeed, Barney's face does look anteroposteriorally compressed). Furthermore, his eyebrows are quite pronounced, which is similar to the supraorbital ridges present on most ceratosaur species. Due to the time constraints, Barney would have to have evolved extremely early within the history of this family. As such, I believe Barney to be a basal abelisaurid/abelisauroid such as Eoabelisaurus or Rugops. Please note this is largely conjecture and a thought experiment and is also silly, don't be mean to me lol.

[@KWBR1123]

Thank you

[@isaiaholaru5013]

Bro, this is amazing. Keep up the amazing analysises Analysises? Analasees? Analysis? Anyone know the Plural? Please?

[@elfiot]

Fascinating! Any idea what could be going on with Baby Bop being “3” and BJ being “7”? Actual Ceratopsidae would be less than 1 “dinosaur year” old. So do you think it’s more likely that Barney recently created them with his godlike powers? Or that they’re unfathomably old cryptids taking the form of humanoid Ceratopsidaes for some reason?

[@littlelambsy87]

@@isaiaholaru5013 Analyses!

[@littlelambsy87]

@elliot8757 I think it posits an interesting thought experiment. The wording is specifically 3 years, and not 'dinosaur years', so I suppose it's parsimonious and less haunting to assume that they mean years in the simple sense. My hypothesis would be that they as beings are fragments of Barney, and thus share some of his power, hence the anthropomorphism and the fact that Baby Bop is invisible, etc.

[@naomiwalton9396]

I never really got the Barney hate. Looking back, as a kid, he was our friend. People were just overly cynical and liked to take it out on something that brought joy. I hope he’s still bringing comfort to all the kids who need it.

[@DatCartoonistGuy]

OG Barney is! The imposter is being hunted down as we speak.

[@spidermanmyers]

I think some of us just paused it at an awkward moment and we stared too deep into his pitch black eyes and the void stared back.

[@simnm8057]

​@@DatCartoonistGuyanimated barnie is prety cool tool I see no issue with it

[@DatCartoonistGuy]

@simnm8057 You do you, mate.

[@simnm8057]

@@DatCartoonistGuy i mean the originak barnie is creepy as all hell (Even though i see no personal issue with it) I can see why they redesigned him (And objectively the redesign is better)

[@nateharvey1300]

The “2 dinosaur years” line implies that he’s still pretty young for whatever species he is. Implying that there’s both more like him and that they are unfathomably old

[@samcass67]

It would also explain why he doesn't let the kids feel upset and explore their feelings, because he hasn't learned that skill yet either as a young god.

[@CtrlAlexDelete]

This was my thought too! 2 dinosaur years implies that 200 million years is a fairly insignificant amount of time to Barney. Assuming that "dinosaur years" like "dog years" are a conversion to match an approximate human lifespan Barney has another 15-20 billion years of life.

[@P3x310]

Are you implying that Barney is a young Ancient One? Now that reeks of eldrich cosmic horror and I love it.

[@Irish_Enderman]

​@@samcass67"as a young god" is an amazing line

[@minaashido518]

@@samcass67 Doth thou witness anus

[@scottishsquid]

Questioning the omnipotence of a purple children's dinosaur is exactly the content i expect from you TomSka

[@gameznthingz]

Purple Dinosaur

[@RadioballZ129]

I don’t think I will sleep tonight like is it just me or is this video terrifyingly existential, like I started questioning my and the effects the internet had on my life like Barney to these lids.

[@Jerry_Freestyle]

Bruh, he almost had a mental breakdown and existential crisis talking about TRAINS!!!

[@FunAngelo2005]

​@@Jerry_Freestyletalking trains too be exact

[@TheRoseAlmighty]

Can’t expect anything less and isn’t great that’s the case

[@animationtime7265]

Other people have said how barney is like an SCP, what they haven't mentioned is how, despite being a mind parasite, he requires a physical form to enter the world. This would make him much more containable as they could just round up all of the barney toys.

[@acethelemon7039]

the problem is that the second someone who knows about him gets close he can just escape again and make more

[@torazely]

​@@acethelemon7039Scranton reality anchor. Get a D-class in front of a screen bingewatching Barney movies in a containment cell, wait til Barney manifests, then use the SRAs to stop his ability to leave. Contained.

[@acethelemon7039]

spoken like a true researcher. Hey you open for job applications?@@torazely

[@AnEnormousNerd]

@@torazely This presumes that you have captured ALL of Barney, rather than just a physical manifestation of a larger entity - which is more likely imo.

[@torazely]

@@AnEnormousNerd oh shit, didn't realize we were dealing with a Darkseid- type entity. That changes everything. In that case, we'd probably need the Department of Extra-Universal Affairs coordinate with alternate Foundations to place SRAs in the exact matching physical space, as well as lure the entity to that location and activate them all at the exact same universal time. No chance we get 100% coverage of the entity, but with luck, we should capture enough of him to contain a good portion of his power.

[@genkoti]

"I don't believe in you." "That's okay, Cody. I believe in you." This insinuates that you don't need to 'believe' in Barny for him to exist. All that needs to happen is for Barney to be aware that YOU exist. He is not necessarily a parasite. He is a living cognito hazard that uses children as natural gateways to our reality. A truly unstoppable force of good.

[@theunnamed2517]

Barney is a f*cking keter

[@ConstellationEternalLucidDream]

Aw shit get the SCP FOUNDATION STAT

[@wieldylattice3015]

Roko’s basilisk for infants

[@joshsavage007]

I needed an adult after listening to that line

[@Data-Expungeded]

@@ConstellationEternalLucidDreamnewest keter class confirmed?

[@leightonpetty4817]

“The only thing Barney has in common with dinosaurs is that they were both put here by God to test our faith” is such a raw line

[@isaiaholaru5013]

And I've lost mine

[@trilobite3120]

Absolutely.

[@gabe_s_videos]

Makes me laugh every time. XD

[@2-Way_Intersection]

"and ive lost mine

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

Legit made me think of the song "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here".

[@HiperPivociarz]

I love that the message of the movie is that hating on a silly children's mascot who brings them joy is a little mean-spirited, and Tom took that as a personal attack, and basically did the equivalent of a youtube essayist's angry response to another youtube essayist's video.

[@OfficialMomiaTV]

Barney saying "I believe in you" to Cody can be interpreted as a threat. It's like saying "You don't do this thing to me that makes me exist, but I do it for you" implying he can stop it and end Cody.

[@potahtwah9591]

"Who is truly the imaginary friend here, Dakota? Me, or you?"

[@zeroG131]

Genuinely something is spooky about the actors vocal delivery there

[@ludexia5338]

I interpreted it as Barney believing that Cody can believe in him.

[@TheRegularHedgehog575]

​@@ludexia5338that's probably the intention, but it's funnier to see it as a threat.

[@connorbeith3232]

"And I can just as easily not, and it would be like you were never here. No one would remember who you were."

[@coolgreenbug7551]

I just realized, Barney is like Pennywise but feeds off joy. Like how Kirby is made of the same stuff the villains are but just good. Barney is able to conjure images from kids imaginations but uses them to create (and then feed off of) joy rather than the fear that his sibling Pennywise feeds off

[@awesomefox555]

I’d like to see Barney go through an arc where he comes to terms with his fear of negative emotions

[@truckercowboyed2638]

I mean not only fear, Pennywise literally kills kids for his enjoyment as well....

[@truckercowboyed2638]

​​@@torazelyoh yes Pennywise vs Barney, Mortal Kombat style....to the death .... Barney uses his imagination beam to melt the face of Pennywise

[@rexyht2697]

This makes me think of that idea that Mary Poppins is a good Pennywise or Pennywise after character development.

[@torazely]

@@rexyht2697 Pennywise feeds on fear, Barney feeds on creativity, Mary Poppins feeds on joy. They each do what they can to induce the emotions in their targets, hence why they target children more than adults, as children are more expressive with their emotions.

[@TheZINGularity]

At 19:20 "is there anything Barney doesnt know!?" Yes, he would never know defeat

[@whiterosesalchemist]

He is the blade of miquela...

[@ttahadrianex]

this

[@TheOnlyRealTatertot]

It’s oddly comforting knowing Barney may be omnipotent yet is kind and compassionate to humans.

[@HappyTheFan]

Isn't that just Kirby?

[@SmilingCorpse]

We are to thank our lucky stars that our purple overlord is a benevolent one.

[@getthedunkon9347]

@@HappyTheFan Depends, did you give him cake?

[@HappyTheFan]

@@getthedunkon9347No. I gave him a Nasi Kandar

[@getthedunkon9347]

@@HappyTheFan Ok, then no. Pray

[@DeadButterflyProductions]

The concept of Barney being the first imaginary friend that has persisted throughout all human history to continue being an imaginary friend and playmate to children is... oddly sweet. I mean as a kid I hated Barney as much as anyone but there's really no malice or ill-intent in him at all. I can buy him being a deathless, joyful idea of pure friendship made manifest. It almost reads like something out of Sandman.

[@SebastienGendron-uk4po]

I know right, Everyone is terrified of a reality bender because they know how messed up the human psyche can be if that sort of power is obtained by a regular human being, but Barney is merely a manifestation of pure innocence and joy who simply wants to make people happy (as futile as it is for everyone else who doesn't like him). I would rather trust Barney with that kind of power instead of a human being. On another note, how do we explain the Santa Clause? The guy can travel at light speed across the globe regardless of time zones, watches people when they sleep/awake (creepy), knows whether they are bad or good, and gives people presents (does that include babies who haven't reached sapience yet?). How old is Santa Claus when you take into account Krampus's origins?

[@DoubleMcZombie]

I would read Gaiman's take on Barney the Omnipresent Imaginary Friend

[@KacperSobierajVargskeletor5421]

Gaiman Presents: Barney THE Omnipresent Imaginary Friend.

[@teekessel]

My brain couldn't correctly determine what Sandman you're talking about and first went to The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffmann and was like, huh?

[@HashiNuke]

man me a sand

[@U_N_Owen]

The creepiest choice was casting Sweeney Todd to play the grandfather for some crazy reason. George Hearn is pretty much only known for scary-voiced characters, and he's been the villain in tons of popular kids shows and movies.

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

oh absolutely lol. Barney is lucky he doesn't need a barber, I guess!

[@jumpiestudios5265]

I've been looking for somebody to bring that up, cause like, didn't the actress playing the grandmother also play his wife Lucy in Sweenie Todd? I may have minor face blindness, but if it is, them having a sweet happy romance in this universe is actually really lovely on a meta level and makes me wonder whether that's the reason for his song about loving his wife?

[@CHECKthisvid]

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 being one of them.

[@hydrex6819]

The way Tom is describing the abilities of Barney is like how a scientist would describe an anomaly at the SCP Foundation.

[@jackylncal7401]

Barney the Cognito-hazard

[@kannonsircy7748]

Object Class: Keter

[@LuperisNone]

Memes

[@alistairsnowshroud8069]

Beat me to it by a mile

[@antimatter7258]

because he is one

[@louconnolly2907]

now i want to see tom argue that some horror creature is secretly child friendly as hell and deep dive to try make the lore secretly wholesome

[@Healion123]

gotta balance it out

[@daniexists6]

My guess is Chucky. He's manipulative and shitty, sure, but he was at least willing to learn not to be homophobic.

[@swordforger3719]

​@daniexists6 Also I'm 99% certain Chucky has never killed a kid

[@at-rexontheinternet1388]

​@@swordforger3719he sure as hell tried

[@Blue-fg8vt]

​@@at-rexontheinternet1388just helping them grow.

[@extraram896]

I always wondered why Barney never had that big of an impact over here in Australia & then I remembered we were responsible for creating The Wiggles. We were tarnished ground for this omnipotent purple god

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Dorothy is way better than Barney

[@Caparo479]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 I for one doubt that barney would dance to a song about cunnilingus To explain, dorothy randomly showed up for a song at a jonas brothers concert (without explanation)

[@theashwoodfaerie2]

We also had Humphrey who was stupidly cancelled for not wearing pants 😮‍💨

[@gabe_s_videos]

Funny enough, The Wiggles only became popular in America after touring with Barney Live!

[@MariaTex3]

As an American child, I freaking LOVED The Wiggles! Greg was my favorite (may he rest in peace), and I even had a little toy of him.

[@koibowmo]

I was 100% expecting a “Sonic is either a god or could kill god” scenario but with Barney and i was not disappointed. Barney bless everyone!

[@cubisttubist]

I'm so glad someone else got Unraveled vibes from this

[@Drace90]

Agreed. So glad we finally jave a spiritual successor to Unraveled.

[@Oddi0]

And I do not care if there is a difference!

[@thegamerguru97]

*Sonic HAS killed gods

[@decepticonleadermegatron5239]

Sonic has killed a lot of gods, and erased a whole ass game from the timeline

[@phoenixiscul]

The idea of an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent dinosaur that just wants to be friends with everyone is so wholesome

[@TheLichruler]

There are so many god-like beings that are thought up, and about 99% of them are either cruel, vicious, or outright evil in some way or another. Barney is that 1% that isn't such a being, and honestly, it's actually quite refreshing for there to be a concept of an immortal, all knowing, all doing being, who just wants people to be happy, and causes that happiness in the simplest of ways

[@phoenixiscul]

@@TheLichruler YES! As is kirby

[@CantusTropus]

I love the idea of something that at first seems like it's going to be a Dark, Edgy subverted kid's show, only for things to get double subverted and the kid's show host either proves that he's more powerful than the edgy villain, or genuinely converts the edgy villain into being a better person.@@TheLichruler

[@kai_maceration]

yeah i honestly kinda have my own version of that except as a horrifying worm man that comforts the mentally ill (im mentally ill and needed a better parental figure 😞)

[@WalletWorrier]

Except that he enslaves and entraps his hosts in a false, fallacious, distorted reality that is his idea of a perfect world. His subjects lose their free will and anyone who opposes him is eliminated. It's ostensibly wholesome but in reality it is one of the most horrifying concepts possible.

[@emcat52]

As a kid my brother would watch the Barney Firefighter special on loop and it drove me to a point of insanity where I felt true joy whenever he watched any other Barney content because I was so desperate for variety.

[@lolidk189]

Funny enough, I remember I was still into Barney as a kid around first or second grade. I remember asking the kids in my class if they liked Barney and they responded like “that show is for babies” I was extremely saddened by this as a seven year old So around that same night (I think), I remember I had a nightmare where Barney appeared on my television. He was all friendly and nice like normal, then he turned to me, looked me straight in the eye, and said “I am now going to steal your imagination.” After that dream, I didn’t like Barney anymore, or at least was somewhat deep in my mind terrified of him. Though I like to keep the story wholesome and say that maybe Barney did this so I wouldn’t be bullied in school. Who could say?

[@wingnightbackwards]

Barney sacrificed himself for your popularity

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

Now I'm picturing a Courage the Cowardly Dog villain who sucks out your imagination with a bendy straw

[@vogonp4287]

​@@wingnightbackwardsA true friend.

[@TahtahmesDiary]

I will always fight for Barney, it’s an excellent show for what it is, it’s just a shame that people grow out of and then turn around and hate on it faster than any other show!

[@ericlooney6089]

I had a similar experience with Arthur. I was in third grade and mocked because we were too old for it, which boiled my blood because the characters in Arthur were ALSO in third grade

[@slendertv3616]

“Am I a figment of Barney’s imagination?!” is a statement used exclusively by the people who ask the real questions.

[@billybrainless4007]

I have to say, tomska doing critical review/dark undertone facts/theories is honestly something I would love more of. His overanalyzing of these beloved childhood properties is genuinely entertaining. Well played, sir. Looking forward to the next one he looks into. Like maybe Thunderbirds.

[@nofoodbeforebed]

"After all, we can see that he can summon meteorites... and what happened to those dinosaurs?" What a line. Especially in the context of Barney lmao

[@primrosevale1995]

Ironic considering he's canonically 200 million years old.

[@andrewashby70]

I'm thinking he got his hands on black materia.

[@blacksoul9002]

Barney is the most dangerous memetic hazard. The SCP foundation is gonna have one hell of a time containing him.

[@michealthekaminoshinagami54]

Barney is like 999, very light containment protocol, as long as they allow him to make his show, he doesn't cause a fuss.

[@thecatinthehatwithabat9903]

Barney is a relative of 682 that instead of being of pissed about life he reveals in it and decided to make a children's show just to piss his brother off

[@Faunadude]

Oh my god this makes so much sense he really would be a scp

[@Faunadude]

@@thecatinthehatwithabat9903yes lmao

[@onedumbgamer9672]

I also immediately thought of how Barney could be a memetic SCP

[@danielsej3041]

honestly the way Tom describes the abilities of Barney at 14:45, Barney seems somewhat akin to an eldritch horror

[@Alsang_]

This series is rapidly turning into Unravelled but for terrifying children's shows. I love it.

[@Rats_Man]

sadly without bdg too

[@themightykedge2273]

"I DO NOT CARE IF HE IS GOD OR COULD KILL GOD AND I DO NOT CARE IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE"-BDG

[@Heavy_weapons07]

Yeah. His father died to yogi bear no wonder he's scared of them

[@kai_3788]

I like the implication that Barney is the manifestation of the concept of imaginary friends just like Sandman is the manifestation of the concept of dreams. The story that the first kid he ever was a friend of was another dinosaur is so cute and wholesome I love it.

[@Darkgun231]

But that implies that Dinosaurs were sapient. And also means Barney has seen civilizations rise and fall. Truly Barney is an eldritch god.

[@scottishdrunkard1845]

Z̶a̶g̶r̶e̶u̶s̶ Barney sits inside your head. Barney lives among the dead.

[@azimuth6855]

Holy jesus fuck that cut to the kitchen scene at 23:30. When I was younger my brother was cooking potatoes to make mash and the handle was over the front of the oven so when he knocked it the whole thing tipped over his chest, this shit gave me flashbacks. This is why I wear heavy duty oven mitts and a thick ass apron whenever I'm cooking being burns from boiling water and oil are no joke.

[@jacemerlin]

I remember as a little kid my dad showed me the Weird Al Jurassic Park song where Barney gets his head eaten clean off and starts gushing blood. I was at the age where my friends and I were singing all the anti-barney parodies (7 or 8 I can't remember) but seeing Barney's neck gushing blood before the dinosaur that ate it coughs the head back out rattled me to my core. I thought about how terrible it was that a character that was invented to help support children got mutilated as a joke, and it just made me feel really guilty for singing all those songs. I asked my 4 year old sister if I could borrow her Barney plush that night, so that I might offer emotional support to Barney and take comfort knowing that Weird Al was simply making a joke (as he's often known to do)

[@candyghost1009]

Amazing story, I love it lol

[@pumpkinpartysystem]

My most formative memory of Barney is when I was somewhere from 5-11 years old, and one of my moms was showing me random KZbin videos, and not a curated selection that they had watched before, they were just going on a recommended chain. They sheltered me a lot, especially from the internet, but I knew enough about KZbin and the internet that eventually we'd run into something fucked if we just kept going by random recommended videos on the sidebar, but she insisted I stay and watch it with her. So, not being allowed to leave, I just kinda hoped that she'd decide to stop, and kept trying to tell her she shouldn't keep going and she should let me leave, but she didn't seem to be comprehending a word of it, or just didn't care. We eventually ran into a video of elmo calling barney a bastard and shooting him with a sniper rifle, and only then was I finally allowed to leave, at which point I was immediately forced to get ready for bed, left to sit in the bath, and later in my bed, having an existential crisis and forever associating elmo and barney in my mind with this and only this.

[@garrothhogonokami]

@@pumpkinpartysystemand that is why i instantly stole my phone back when a innocent clay-mation and ‘lets open kinder eggs or some poop’ videos my cousins insisted on watching on my phone turned into a claymation of Spiderman and fully pink Spiderman kissing and having pink Spiderman instantly get preggo proving it was Infact, a spiderwomen. I was more cringed out than scared for their innocence but I know when things start to get weird. As for Barney specifically, my only bad situation with him was when for literally zero reason, I had a dream I was trapped in the void and had him just stare at me. No words, no movement. Just a stare. Yet it creeped me out as a child.. buutt to be fair I had the literal exact same dream prob same year but of the wiggles green dinosaur.. sooo maybe my brain just hated dino mascots at the time???

[@giggabiite4417]

@@garrothhogonokamiorrr... your child brain knew the truth. some instinctual understanding at the core of this purple Dino

[@garrothhogonokami]

@@giggabiite4417 🥲😂😂 Scared the heck out of me until I was in high school I’ll tell you that XD

[@cameronwalker1625]

Tomska should totally do a series on the horrors of children shows

[@artyb27]

He already pretty much is

[@Anonymousrando-uz9sn]

I wanna make Tom watch Courage the Cowardly Dog.

[@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990]

The ramifications of time travel and reality changing in a kids show.

[@smileysatanson3404]

I think thats why he does this

[@kingaiden1997]

Or Téléfrançais! And the French nightmare pineapple!

[@katswarrior]

LESS THAN A MINUTE IN.. and he confirms another diagnosis. Round of applause lads

[@JkKru]

I can’t wait until Tom finds the motivation to explore the strange world of Moomins. Definitely sign me up for that video.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Let's go fill Moominvalley with crime, come on!

[@CelticB]

Lmao he'll be tripping from episode 1.

[@Scaryland42]

God I love the moomins so much

[@patrinizer346]

Yes.

[@shadowcattt]

Oh I would love that

[@mitchellpatterson3044]

Toms repeated decents into madness over childrens cartoons is my new favorite series.

[@jan-pi-ala-suli]

he made an orphan. he killed all the dinosaurs. he can morph reality HOW ARE YOU NOT MAD

[@rachelfrater6623]

if barney manifests physically through people's imaginations, does that mean he can be in multiple places at once if different groups of people imagine him into reality at the same time?? is barney omnipresent?!

[@nikkiofthevalley]

Probably, yeah.

[@Fishbiene]

So, Barney is an abstract concept that can manifest in the physical world by infecting the minds of mortals. Barney is a Chaos God.

[@zachjohnson8944]

Great, now I want Barney Possessed Marines

[@toryumau6798]

@@zachjohnson8944. … Imagine… Barney’s Salamanders. The warmest and final embrace. Especially to ældar children. >)X^D

[@noyz-anything]

actually chaos gods are manifestations of dimensional power that get extracted through PRAEM

[@vanaheimstories7530]

Praise be the Chaos God Barney the happiest Chaos God

[@ghazghkullthraka9714]

This makes Cody an inquisitor

[@Mental-Autopsy]

Your description of Barney's ability to manifest from seeing an image of him/an image in your mind is, canonically, how the weeping angels work in doctor who. He can even use time travel like they can and is unfathomably ancient like they are. Barney is a weeping angel

[@pedrovallefin8406]

Weeping angel, smiling dinosaur, whats the difference? Same thing really. If anything, the smiling dinosaur is the more effective of the two. We are lucky it choose to take permanent residence in the minds of its prey instead of killing them via time travelling.

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

Idk, id rather hang out with the weeping angels

[@farewelltimetofly]

@@nyotamwuaji6484 And you're weird for that!

[@mushmello526]

Not quite, it would imply a kid would become Barney instead of just summoning hin

[@andyghkfilm2287]

BARNEY IS A WEEPING ANGEL FROM IMAGINATION

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

29:39 careful saying that, Tom. That old man is Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street! (It's George Hearn, who was in the filmed production with Angela Lansbury.)

[@spikejoseph5482]

I'm surprised Tom could get through any part of Barney with his well-known, crippling fear of mascots.

[@pasqualedigesu5418]

I feel like Charlie knew what was going to happen if Tom saw that movie and she still rolled with it.

[@kaelendra]

Could be funny to see a video of her reacting to this vid all the same.

[@badadvicejoe6203]

If Barney saying, “That’s okay, Cody, I believe in you,” means that Cody is created by Barney’s imagination, even though Cody is 100 percent physically real, could that mean Barney is some sort of Lovecraft Esc God?

[@kingbubbles9461]

You saying out loud that Barney was the First Imaginary friend dreamt up by the first creature who needed one was so powerful to me it inspired me to make a Fey creature and subsequent adventure for D&D So thanks for these videos. They're filled with charm and energy and I love them every time

[@emtea9077]

Oh my god that's such a fun and terrifying idea, and super on brand for the fae in DnD XD

[@torazely]

You got an idea for DND, I got an idea for SCP. Tomska out here helping all of our creativities.

[@BrodieMurphy-bl9zb]

Please put that up somewhere that sounds amazing

[@polarknight5376]

​@@torazely Please actually write this SCP. If you haven't already.

[@eddache]

I love you

[@TomSkaAndFriends]

Oh god not again

[@jpettltd]

Ok cool

[@mordecai8841]

You love me

[@jasoncarpenter2043]

​@@TomSkaAndFriends rip your sanity

[@zipperozicvideodump]

11:06 This whole segment, and its wording just. reminds me so viscerally of SCP for some reason. The idea of Barney literally being a cognitohazard who, once seen, can manifest to viewers to spread its influence further is so comical and also terrifying

[@LazarouDave]

Tom is thoroughly into his "Dissecting Children's Media" arc, and I'm HERE for it!

[@chasethemaster3440]

Same

[@cartoonishidealism582]

Barney Thanos timestamps Reality: 13:00 Power: 17:18 Soul: 19:57 Space: 20:36 Time: 24:36 Mind: 26:16

[@PeanutBuny27]

Dear god….

[@WhistlinDixie5000]

I will always remember "The Purple Abyss", a website devoted to a series of short stories describing how demonic Barney is.

[@AstralKat]

With how crazy these episodes get, we need a Brian David Gilbert and Tomska crossover on literally just any random topic and it'll be perfection

[@cartoonishidealism582]

BDG did have a voice cameo at the start of the "What is the best asdfmovie joke" video

[@AstralKat]

@@cartoonishidealism582 meven still, a full crossover episode would be amazing

[@pup64hcp]

no way

[@BLANKONTOP]

Im glad with this video, to the people that didnt know barney, they can too now finally share the haunting thoughts which include barney lucking in the shadows of them.

[@BlazeNStar]

"I don't. Believe. In YOU." Cody says, as he tried to ignore that which should never have been. "that's OK, because I, believe in YOU, Cody..." The creature said, its hushed, dementedly cheerful voice coming from just behind the boy. It put its fingerless hands slowly on the boy's shoulders as it leaned over the child with a chilling smile.

[@pifflesomepuffnadder855]

32:53 Y'know, while I'm far from a Barney fan, i find it pretty wholesome that a Dinosaur from way back then got so lonely that it suddenly gained enough sentience to learn how to create an imaginary friend.

[@closerangerockets1]

things i learned from this video. 1. Tom is only 2 years older than me. 2. Elliot is a mythical creature. 3. we need to somehow send Tom a babybop plushie.

[@mistahad3451]

I remember meeting Tomska at London ComicCon in July and him telling me that this was his next video - I couldn't have been more prepared... I AM NOW NO LONGER PREPARED

[@BvousBrainSystems]

The fact that Eddie watched it with him has me cackling. This man *does* have a child, but instead his adult friend was the one who forced him to watch Barney.

[@clstwld]

Whoever did the lighting in this movie needs a promotion, seriously why is it so good?? especially the barn shots

[@Ioganstone]

Kinda tuned out watching the sequential scenes of Cody stroking that egg

[@fruitfullyGeneric]

how the hell did this of all videos turn barney into my newest comfort character

[@MasterArchfiend]

I have rewatched this multiple times because it is funny and it helps the channel. Now with that pathetic attempt to get anyone's attention done, I have one thing to say: Barney isn't a parasite. He is a symbiotic life form. Not like Venom or Carnage, but in the natural sense. He makes kids happy and gives them some fun memories and even some life lessons in exchange for having someone to play with. He just genuinely wants to be your childhood friend and I almost regret trying to shoot Ki blast at my Barney doll as a kid. I say almost because they obviously didn't work and at no point did he show up to tell me to stop. I think that he was just happy that I was playing with him.

[@SuperPsychic101]

❤❤

[@calebwashere]

Tom, I can accept an explanation about the trains in Thomas the Tank Engine being able to die. I can accept the fact that the boats in Tugs are submersed and breedable, but Barney the Dinosaur being overpowered? It just feels like a stretch.

[@trappedcosmos]

He isnt the only person to come to this conclusion, people like cartoon fight club have also brpight up thr fact that barney is constantly just warping reality

[@andrewcavallo1877]

That’s just what Lord Barney wants you to think

[@paintedgear2105]

Did you watch the video ?

[@calebwashere]

@@TheClaraVita partially, but I also couldn’t believe TomSka’s claims of Barney being overpowered

[@calebwashere]

@@paintedgear2105 i did, and now i feel unsafe from the sight of barney

[@apocolototh1948]

31:10 So you might say....unable to comprehend, our mind would swap the visuals of god into something more comprehensible. Like, lets say.....an about 2 meter tall purple costume

[@TableVampire6828]

I love how Barney can be interpreted as a lovecaftain being with powers over reality beyond human understanding

[@gabe_s_videos]

Speaking as someone who had a lot of imaginary friends as a kid, I love the interpretation of Barney being the “ultimate imaginary friend,” cuz he really is! It doesn’t make me LIKE him more, necessarily, but I feel like I get the appeal now.

[@midigan.artist]

Wherever you go, Wherever you may be, Barney will always be there in our minds and hearts.

[@hammergoboom]

I audibly wheezed through my nose at hearing Mark's "Smash" come out of Tom's mouth. Brilliant.

[@exiegelastweekgamer1571]

Is it bad that I knew he was going to make that joke?

[@DrpwithnoE1010]

I love how in Tom's list of Barney Parodies, there are the expected dinosaurs, but then there's Mr. Potato.

[@Drako903]

And Smoochy

[@fruitfullyGeneric]

and Lumpy lol

[@ethribin4188]

11:25 so.... Barney is a mandela catalog creature. Or a keter class scp (keter doesnt mean deadly. Just that he's very hard to near impossible to contain)

[@assailant8722]

Barney is a lovecraftian entity. He latches onto the minds of children, alters their perceptions and sanity, compels them to spread his existence, and turns perception to reality.

[@lissaslunacy]

My daughter was obsessed with Barney! At first I was annoyed but man it kept her attention and actually taught her stuff so it grew on me. We took her to see Barney Live, named our cat Twinken after that weird egg creature and had a puppet that was the bottom of the egg plus Twinken. It was... a lot. I still sing the clean up song 😂 She's 22 now and i can't wait to show her this video!! Great job as always Tom!

[@rozieredz]

I love how Barney can easily be made into an SCP

[@KH12foreve]

I can't express how much I love that while the deep dive goes into complete chaos, you still view Barney as something that is wholesome and unproblematic. I went into kindergarten around the tail end of Barneymania (early 2000's) and was actually made fun of for liking Barney because enough parents drilled it into their kids heads that Barney was a bad thing. To see millennials today absolutely dismantle that unnecessary hate makes me feel seen.

[@EnzoRafaelSouzaSilva]

I was born in 2007 and still grew up watching Barney before my pre-teen years. Granted, I'm from Brazil, so maybe it's a regional thing.

[@1Thunderfire]

Really bizarre when you think about it, isn't it? That people detested a fictional character who just wanted to spread joy and imagination so much that they wanted to pass down that hate and went out of their way to buy merchandise of it purely to destroy it. It definitely wasn't perfect but it didn't deserve the hatedom it got.

[@ITerrorFLY]

Like an episode of Defunctland and FilmTheory but with the unhinged energy of TomSka.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Also Athena P.

[@chloeburbank_]

also hbomberguy

[@cubisttubist]

also Unraveled

[@ikustoceol]

Barney is an immortal, omniscient, reality-bending, pocket-dimension making, time-traveling cognitohazard #Justiceforcody

[@DakLgrf]

I love the "Tom explains every little detail about a kids show" show, gotta be one of my favorite shows

[@jonathanspolnicki1303]

Show

[@WitchDoctorMegra]

What’s really puzzling is that Barney is implied to have caused the shooting star all to win over the little boy who wasn’t having it. And it’s implied to be an eldrich rainbow creature in the beginning as far as anyone knows. Was Barney really willing to go as far as to gift an eldrich space creature to the kid so he would validate his existence?

[@YurinanAcquiline]

Barney is a people pleaser. 😂

[@thetwomind5912]

@@YurinanAcquilinesame tho.

[@luigiymario2xd]

Barney is basically one of the first ever SCPs before SCP was even a thing 😂

[@WenderPottery]

I used to watch Barney as a kid and now I see him occasionally lurking in dark corners. He isn't very scary, in fact I've grown pretty fond of seeing him. Its almost comforting

[@RadicalGarry]

play with him

[@Mcaark]

Part of me wants to laugh at this comment, the other part of me wants to hope you're not a schizophrenic in need of a wellness check.

[@wieldylattice3015]

You’ve somehow made this so much worse than Roko’s basilisk because at least the basilisk leaves you alone until you die

[@lavacattoonz]

that’s so sweet wth

[@fitzcharles33]

He's starting to invading our reality

[@CamKoudo]

Forget Film Theory, Tomska is my new go to guy for overanalysing children shows 😂

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

I recommend Athena P, she does it too.

[@raithdoom]

So essentially Barney is an archon class, extra dimensional, memetic parasite, reality warping SCP. Good luck mtfs

[@AwesomePaws13]

I'm glad that infinite terrifying omnipotence aside, Tom also realized Barney is just, a lovely fella. I watched Barney a decent amount as a kid and I *never* understood the hate.

[@strangescottvoiceacting5351]

I'm always relieved to hear that I'm not the only one that finds Barney as a character very unsettling. I especially have personal discomfort from a talking Barney doll I once had in my toy box as a young chap. The thing would talk to me from my toy box in the middle of the night and it was as annoying as it was creepy.

[@driveghost1996]

What if Barney was like Pennywise/IT? Their abilities are very similar in nature, with the core of their powers focusing on Belief. And if you believe in them, they have power over you, but if you don't they're extremely limited. So what if he's just the polar opposite of IT? While IT causes fear and pain, Barney brings joy and important life lessons to children. ...This makes me want to see an epic cinematic battle of Dark vs Light where Barney is protecting kids from Pennywise trying to eat them

[@char6518]

i've been enjoying the experimentation with the video essay format, and i think this one is probably tom's best yet. the thomas & friends and tugs videos were both a lot of fun but this one feels a little more polished and synergized. good work you guys :)

[@connordalwood2926]

Man I hope we keep getting these over examinations of children’s media from Tom because these are some of my favourite things on this channel

[@salaartariq2103]

yeah and if you want MORE! then i recommend checking out Athena P she makes great video's deppdiving into many kids/family shows like seriously i love her videos so much so go check them out!

[@wetsockfullofhotmeat]

@@salaartariq2103YES I will also jump in to recommend her! A really good starting point for her lore series is Wow Wow Wubbzie, that one is great

[@arctechfox8306]

The weirdest day of my life was the day I learned one of my friends mom was the chief editor on barney and they were literally raised on set and that one of the film appreciation teachers at my community College played Mrs. Kepler on barney (she actually shows up in this video at 30:23). That was a weird ass day.

[@Ironlandpolice]

We love when Tom uploads

[@bobbanna6526]

Me too

[@n4th4l14__]

Yes

[@AdamJ103_]

Unlike on TomSka.

[@astralactias]

indeed

[@KyleIsKewl]

Indeed we do.

[@gilbertotabares8196]

It was the 90s. I was too old for Barney to hop on the hate train, but he's harmless enough. You can do worse than a purple dinosaur mascot singing about love and friendship.

[@ohno6919]

I cannot express how much I enjoy this genre of TomSka videos

[@withurz]

I love these deep analysis videos because who doesn’t like seeing Tom descend into absolute insanity and madness.

[@RileyZilla1001]

Wait a minute... an interdimensional being that takes kids on whimsical adventures through space and reality that speaks baby.... Barney is the Doctor isn't he?

[@someirishkid9241]

The secret regeneration... Now I want Tom to make a follow-up video where he gathers all the evidence that Barney and Friends is just a secret lost spin-off of Doctor Who

[@pugtie4695]

10:04 a voice behind me feeling it's a creepy pasta about a being that sees nso difference between fiction and non fiction because he can travel between narratives. Look it up.

[@thecatinthehatwithabat9903]

"Tom becomes a lunatic over some some children's cartoon show for half and hour" is becoming my favourite series

[@Gormathius]

32:31 I love the implication that Elliot is a divine being. And by implication I mean admission.

[@itsjerse]

I HAVE HAD DREAMS ABOUT THAT SCENE ABOUT THE GUY DRIVING A VAN WITH A DEEP FAT FRYER AND MILKSHAKE MACHINE IN HIS CAB FOR YEARS AND WONDERED WHY THE HELL I KEPT DREAMING ABOUT IT. I can't believe it was from Barney ;_;

[@CMUrecyclemania2008]

This makes so much sense. This was a very thorough deep dive into this important topic, but let me add in the one more piece of context that I thought was overlooked: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the Kingdom of God.” - Barney, probably

[@ectofriend]

These are quickly becoming my favorite videos. Also I never understood how something that was so simple and harmless, and intended for children none the less, could garner such a weird hatedom among grown adults.

[@azzauk1984]

10:14 had me laughing my ass off because its so blunt and brutal

[@GretchenlovesEddsworld]

Oh my god 🤣

[@greatgrump]

I'm loving this hbomberguy arc you've started on, now I need a deep dive into the Teletubbies and why the hoover is actually a demon.

[@thecluckster3908]

11:26 this is a banger idea for an SCP

[@Nillywilly404]

So you are the acolyte for Barney, brining him to the forefront of our memories so that he can gain power over us once again.

[@rad4924]

I'm proud of you for doing a whole video about Barney without mentioning that one of the character's names is a slang term for fellacio.

[@isaiaholaru5013]

Someone has to put it out there. I salute your bravery.

[@ChaseVaccaro-ge3gk]

Which one?

[@leprechaunlake]

Who?

[@queencleopatra007]

​@@ChaseVaccaro-ge3gk BJ. The yellow dinosaur