What makes #Barney Stinson funny? Barney Stinson ended up being the most memorable character of #How I Met Your Mother, despite being only a support role. What are the secrets behind the comedic appeal of Barney Stinson? This video explores 5 techniques regularly applied in creating and developing Barney's character during the series. See below for timestamps!
00:00:00 - Intro - Success of Barney as a Support Character
00:01:45 - Character Creation and Development - #The Casanova Trope
00:03:23 - Mixture of Opposing Cliches
00:04:17 - Technique 1 - Exaggeration
00:06:48 - Technique 2 - #Double Meaning Humor
00:07:50 - Technique 3 - #Slapstick Violence
00:09:16 - Technique 4 - %The Flawed Plan
00:11:28 - Technique 5 - Repetition and Suprise
00:12:54 - Constructing a Succesful Support Character Dissected
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