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Barry J. Bluejeans is a fighter who escorted Gundren Rockseeker to Phandalin. He is a little bit on the overweight side. He resembles actor Tom Arnold.
History[]
Barry Bluejeans originates from another planar system, where he was part of the Institute of Planar Research and Exploration and recruited as head science officer of the Starblaster. On the eve of the Starblaster's maiden voyage, the Hunger attacked and consumed his home plane, forcing him and the rest of the Starblaster's crew to wander the multiverse for a full century.
Here There Be Gerblins[]
As Barry and Gundren are traveling to Phandalin, they are captured by Klarg's band of gerblins and taken to his cave. The gerblins hand Gundren over to the Black Spider but hang on to Barry. Tres Horny Boys eventually storm the cave and attack the gerblins holding him captive. Seeing how the battle is going poorly for them, one of the gerblins grabs Barry and threatens to drop him off a cliff if the boys don't lower their weapons. The gerblin introduces himself as Yeemick and makes a deal with the boys. They will kill his boss, Klarg, for him in exchange for getting Barry back.
After double-crossing Yeemick and helping Klarg kill him instead, the boys bring Barry to their cart. The boys want to get right on tracking down Gundren but Barry is pretty knackered and convinces them to bring him to Phandalin first. He explains how Gundren's magic blood map works and using Merle's blood, they reveal the location of Wave Echo Cave. Barry stays in Phandalin as the boys head out to rescue their employer.
Gundren returns to Phandalin, enraged and on fire as he is possessed by the Phoenix Fire Gauntlet. Barry attempts to calm him down and the boys eventually arrive to help him in this endeavor. Things seem to be going well until Gundren is struck by an arrow, fired by the orc boy Kurtze. The boys take refuge at the bottom of a well but Barry is incinerated, along with the rest of Phandalin, as Gundren goes supernova.
Petals to the Metal []
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The Crystal Kingdom []
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The Suffering Game []
During the events of the arc, an anonymous Red Robe helps the boys to escape from Wonderland by creating an exit during the Boss Rush, and assisting them during the fight against Edward and Lydia. After they escape, the Red Robe leads them to a cave near the Goblin Hideout from the first arc, where it reveals itself to be Barry Bluejeans.
Items[]
Former Items[]
- Rough leather armor
- Unknown letter
- A pair of blue jeans
- A coin enchanted to repeat his lich form's instructions
Current Items[]
- White cotton shirt
- Studded leather belt
- A new pair of blue jeans
- Red robe
- Lup's heart
Featured Episodes[]
Fan Art[]
Trivia[]
- Barry was originally named Sildar Hallwinter before being changed on-the-fly during the recording of the first episode.
- In the first The The Adventure Zone Zone, Griffin revealed that the name Barry Bluejeans was a reference to a promotional video for a local public library, wherein Griffin's friend Evan Minsker played a janitor by the same name.
- Barry is afraid of the dark and becomes ill when eating anything containing dairy. (He is possibly lactose intolerant.)
- Before Episode 62, Barry did not know how to swim. Thanks to Taako, he now does.
- Upon being resurrected in Episode 58, it is possibly implied that Barry's initial belief is that he has awoken from a drunken foursome with Merle, Taako, and Magnus, given his nakedness and lack of memory.
- Barry spent the twelve years after Cycle 99 going back in forth between being in his corporeal form and forgetting about his family, and remembering the Stolen Century and what Lucretia did when in his lich form.
- Barry acquires a machine that is able to recreate the bodies of those it had DNA for at some point after Lucretia fed the Starblaster's journey to The Voidfish, but before the Here There Be Gerblins arc takes place.
- It is mentioned that his usual revivification methods are no longer available, although he collected blood from his body before discovering the machine at the auction.
- Barry uses this machine to create bodies for himself, presumably to interact with others and search for Lup outside of his lich form.
- Garfield the Deals Warlock was at the same auction as Barry when he acquired the machine and has a similar one in the back of the Fantasy Costco.
- Unlike in the podcast, wherein Barry asks Taako where he found Lup's umbrella, in The Adventure Zone: Crystal Kingdom graphic novel, Barry assumes that Taako built himself his own version of the Umbra Staff in Lup's memory.