BARNEY FIFE FOR PRESIDENT TRIAL
It all comes back to haunt both deputy and sheriff when said information puts Andy on trial for misconduct. The traffic violator then dispatches a seductive female reporter to town and she prompts Barney for details of Andy's life, twisting them into transgressions. In the second season episode, Andy on Trial, a millionaire wants revenge on Andy for giving him a traffic ticket. Two episodes demonstrate Barney's ability to rise up to challenges. Nonetheless, Barney still has his rare moments of courage and loyalty. Despite a knack for exasperating the townsfolk, he is fondly embraced by most of them. While this may expose him as a halfwit, Barney is at heart a caring, amiable soul. This gullibility is evident in many episodes, including, Barney's First Car where he is conned into buying a lemon from a crafty old widow.Ī gossip and gadfly, Barney is known for blabbing both personal and police secrets (such as Andy's scrutiny of women's rings at the jewelry store, or the locale and time of a stakeout or arrival of an armored car). Though constantly warned by Andy, Barney falls for countless scams. Outwardly "a man of the world," Barney is truly naïve and easily duped. He has what he describes as a "low sugar blood content." Barney is smug and self-confident until true leadership is sought, whereupon he dances about in a fluster.
Despite his shortcomings, Barney is zealous about law enforcement, regularly spouting off penal codes and ordinances to thugs and jaywalkers alike.Īn emotional powder-keg, Barney often overreacts with panic, despair, or bug-eyed fear. In one early episode, where Andy was briefly summoned away, acting sheriff Barney proceeds to book and lock up nearly everyone in town, including Mayor Pike. This only inflicts tremendous angst on Andy. He takes a minor infraction, blows it out of proportion, and then concocts an elaborate solution (sometimes involving inept civilians, like Otis Campbell or Gomer Pyle) to resolve it. Conversely, Andy knows that Barney's false bravado is a smokescreen for his insecurities and low self-confidence.īarney is often overly analytical and alarmist about benign situations, such as the modest Mayberry crime scene.
Sometimes considered a blowhard with delusions of grandeur, Barney fancies himself an expert on firearms, women, singing, and just about any other topic of conversation brought up while he is around.
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