Personality Paper
PERSONALITY PAPER
BARNEY STINSON
Barney Stinson full name (Barnabus Stinson) is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother and is being played by the actor Neil Patrick Harris. He was born in 1976 and was raised by a single mother in Staten Island and has an African American brother (Barney Stinson, 2010). The character Barney Stinson is a serial womanizer who has a number of strategies and rules designed to meet women, sleep with them, and discard them. He is overconfident to the point of hyperbole, and as far as he 's concerned, his opinion is not just the best, it 's the only one that counts. He makes it a point to be the life of the party, he’s a born performer, fond of karaoke, and enjoys showing off whenever there 's a piano present. He tends to be opportunistic and manipulative, and will attempt to manipulate a situation so that it goes his way. Barney is highly competitive, and will take on "challenges" to complete outlandish tasks in order to prove his worth while usually using the catch phrase “challenge accepted”. Some might say Barney is “utterly devoid of morality", but he lives by the "Bro Code", his own code of rules which include several policies that might seem appalling to others. Barney is almost always wearing his trademark suits which are well tailored out of fine fabrics and he takes pride in his appearance. He also has gambling problems that he occasionally gets under control, only to relapse. He is very well-connected, the most affluent of the group and speaks at least one language other than English. He works for AltruCell Corporation, the holding company of Goliath National Bank but his real position at the job is unknown to anyone. He is an avid Laser Tag fan and is also an illusionist who uses his magic tricks to pick up girls. Barney usually expresses extreme emotionality and always tends to seek attention. He has an excessive need for approval and
BARNEY STINSON
Barney Stinson full name (Barnabus Stinson) is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother and is being played by the actor Neil Patrick Harris. He was born in 1976 and was raised by a single mother in Staten Island and has an African American brother (Barney Stinson, 2010). The character Barney Stinson is a serial womanizer who has a number of strategies and rules designed to meet women, sleep with them, and discard them. He is overconfident to the point of hyperbole, and as far as he 's concerned, his opinion is not just the best, it 's the only one that counts. He makes it a point to be the life of the party, he’s a born performer, fond of karaoke, and enjoys showing off whenever there 's a piano present. He tends to be opportunistic and manipulative, and will attempt to manipulate a situation so that it goes his way. Barney is highly competitive, and will take on "challenges" to complete outlandish tasks in order to prove his worth while usually using the catch phrase “challenge accepted”. Some might say Barney is “utterly devoid of morality", but he lives by the "Bro Code", his own code of rules which include several policies that might seem appalling to others. Barney is almost always wearing his trademark suits which are well tailored out of fine fabrics and he takes pride in his appearance. He also has gambling problems that he occasionally gets under control, only to relapse. He is very well-connected, the most affluent of the group and speaks at least one language other than English. He works for AltruCell Corporation, the holding company of Goliath National Bank but his real position at the job is unknown to anyone. He is an avid Laser Tag fan and is also an illusionist who uses his magic tricks to pick up girls. Barney usually expresses extreme emotionality and always tends to seek attention. He has an excessive need for approval and
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