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* In ''Film/KnifeForTheLadies'', Orville is not only the [[TheUndertaker town undertaker]], he is also the town barber, with his funeral parlour being located at the rear of his barbershop. However, unlike most {{Western}} barbers, he is a dour, taciturn individual.
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* Jolyon Wagg from ''ComicStrip/{{Tintin}}'' has a barber uncle. [[MotorMouth That would explain where he got it from...]]

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* Jolyon Wagg from ''ComicStrip/{{Tintin}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' has a barber uncle. [[MotorMouth That would explain where he got it from...]]



* Starting with the Candy Store series, some later [[TheGospelBillShow Gospel Bill]] videos (a Christian [[TheWildWest Western]] series) introduce a barber [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep called "Lefty"]]. True to form, he doubles as an undertaker.

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* Starting with the Candy Store series, some later [[TheGospelBillShow ''[[Series/TheGospelBillShow Gospel Bill]] Bill]]'' videos (a Christian [[TheWildWest Western]] series) introduce a barber [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep called "Lefty"]]. True to form, he doubles as an undertaker.
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* In ''Film/LustForGold'', the timid town barber has to endure a fraught confrontation between Walz and Pete when they both come to his store at the same time. He then spends some time dodging Walz's awkward questions about who Pete is.
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* Magazine/{{Dragon}} had an article with a Barber prestige class for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3.0 edition. It was notable primarily for being one of the single most useless prestige classes ever published in a canon book- its "best" ability allowed you to cast a weakened version of ''Charm Person'' on someone once per day after spending at least a minute in hands-on contact with them (in other words, giving them a haircut or some similar activity).
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* Billy Bob Thornton's character in the Coen brothers' ''Film/TheManWhoWasntThere'' is a subversion of the stereotypically friendly, chatty barber: he's a simple, [[DullSurprise dull fellow]] who leads a life of quiet desperation that abruptly gets loud.

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* Billy Bob Thornton's Creator/BillyBobThornton's character in the Coen brothers' ''Film/TheManWhoWasntThere'' Creator/TheCoenBrothers' ''Film/TheManWhoWasntThere2001'' is a subversion of the stereotypically friendly, chatty barber: he's a simple, [[DullSurprise dull fellow]] who leads a life of quiet desperation that abruptly gets loud.
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* FrontierDoctor Doc Coogan doubles as the town's barber in ''Series/HecRamsey''. While he is as talkative as the average barber, he is much better at medicine than at barbering.
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* In ''Film/RanchoNotorious'', Vern gets a haircut from a typically loquacious western barber while searching for clues to Chuck-a-Luck's location.
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* ''Series/ElGranJuegoDeLaOca'' had a space with a crazy barber named Flequi, where the contestants had to answer three questions to avoid getting a TraumaticHaircut, the third of which was always [[UnwinnableByDesign impossible to answer.]]
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* The eponymous ''Film/SweeneyTodd'' is this by trade, serial killer by inclination and practice.
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* Barber Smurf in ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'', who like his cartoon counterpart has a limited clientele of customers to work with (in this case, including Duncan [=McSmurf=], the adapted version of Gutsy from ''Film/TheSmurfs'' live-action film series). He is mostly seen with fellow Smurf Sweepy and Tapper {{the bartender}}.
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. The crew of the starship Enterprise have to [[ChattyHairdresser suffer the attentions of the talkative]] Mr Mott, who ironically enough is Bolian, an alien species with no hair on their head at all.
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* Documentary ''Film/ATimeForBurning'' has Ernie Chambers, a barber and black radical and civil rights activist who delivers some unvarnished home truths to reformist white minister Rev. Youngdahl ("Your laws are a farce") while cutting hair the whole time.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' has Cousin Fred, a parody of SweeneyTodd that while equally creepy and psychotic merely has an obsession with cutting hair (in excess) rather than throats.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' has Cousin Fred, a parody of SweeneyTodd ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'' that while equally creepy and psychotic merely has an obsession with cutting hair (in excess) rather than throats.
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** In ''[[Film/BBCSweeneyTodd the 2006 [=BBC=] version of Sweeney Todd]]'', one of his customers remarks—as a compliment—that Sweeney Todd's barbershop is "the quietest in London", appreciating that he's not "chittering on like the rest of 'em".

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** In ''[[Film/BBCSweeneyTodd [[Film/BBCSweeneyTodd the 2006 [=BBC=] version of Sweeney Todd]]'', version]], one of his customers remarks—as a compliment—that Sweeney Todd's barbershop is "the quietest in London", appreciating that he's not "chittering on like the rest of 'em".
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** In the 2006 [=BBC=] version of ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BBCSweeneyTodd Sweeney Todd]]'', one of his customers remarks—as a compliment—that Sweeney Todd's barbershop is "the quietest in London", appreciating that he's not "chittering on like the rest of 'em".

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** In ''[[Film/BBCSweeneyTodd the 2006 [=BBC=] version of ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BBCSweeneyTodd Sweeney Todd]]'', one of his customers remarks—as a compliment—that Sweeney Todd's barbershop is "the quietest in London", appreciating that he's not "chittering on like the rest of 'em".
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** In the 2006 [=BBC=] version of ''[[Sweeney Todd http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BBCSweeneyTodd]]'', one of his customers remarks—as a compliment—that Sweeney Todd's barbershop is "the quietest in London", appreciating that he's not "chittering on like the rest of 'em".

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** In the 2006 [=BBC=] version of ''[[Sweeney Todd http://tvtropes.''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BBCSweeneyTodd]]'', php/Film/BBCSweeneyTodd Sweeney Todd]]'', one of his customers remarks—as a compliment—that Sweeney Todd's barbershop is "the quietest in London", appreciating that he's not "chittering on like the rest of 'em".
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** In the 2006 ''http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BBCSweeneyTodd'', one of his customers remarks—as a compliment—that Sweeney Todd's barbershop is "the quietest in London", appreciating that he's not "chittering on like the rest of 'em".

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** In the 2006 ''http://tvtropes.[=BBC=] version of ''[[Sweeney Todd http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BBCSweeneyTodd'', php/Film/BBCSweeneyTodd]]'', one of his customers remarks—as a compliment—that Sweeney Todd's barbershop is "the quietest in London", appreciating that he's not "chittering on like the rest of 'em".
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* [[TheBarberOfSeville Figaro, The Barber of Seville]].

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* The chatterbox style of barber appears in an episode of ''Radio/TheSi Shooter'' RadioDrama delivering an info dump on the goings-on in the town as the hero Britt Ponsett (Creator/JamesStewart) struggles to get a word in edgeways.

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* The chatterbox style of barber appears in an episode of ''Radio/TheSi Shooter'' ''Radio/TheSixShooter'' RadioDrama delivering an info dump on the goings-on in the town as the hero Britt Ponsett (Creator/JamesStewart) struggles to get a word in edgeways.
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* The chatterbox style of barber appears in an episode of ''The Six Shooter'' RadioDrama delivering an info dump on the goings-on in the town as the hero Britt Ponsett (James Stewart) struggles to get a word in edgeways.

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* The chatterbox style of barber appears in an episode of ''The Six ''Radio/TheSi Shooter'' RadioDrama delivering an info dump on the goings-on in the town as the hero Britt Ponsett (James Stewart) (Creator/JamesStewart) struggles to get a word in edgeways.
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* Doctor Barber from ''TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', who also dabbles in WeirdScience.

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* Doctor Barber from ''TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', who also dabbles in WeirdScience.

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* An excellent example of the chatterbox style of barber appears in an episode of ''The Six Shooter'' RadioDrama delivering an info dump on the goings-on in the town as the hero Britt Ponsett (James Stewart) struggles to get a word in edgeways.

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* An excellent example of the The chatterbox style of barber appears in an episode of ''The Six Shooter'' RadioDrama delivering an info dump on the goings-on in the town as the hero Britt Ponsett (James Stewart) struggles to get a word in edgeways.



* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''.

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* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''.''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' is a zig-zagged case. Decades prior to the story, Benjamin Barker was a friendly, well-liked town barber, easily fitting the trope. He returns from exile a brooding, sullen man, though depending on the version he remains friendly and talented enough to ensure a stream of satisfied customers and victims. The musical version of the Demon Barber plays up his OddFriendship with his partner in crime and landlord Mrs. Lovett, [[AffablyEvil gleefully plotting]] their crime spree.
** ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' (2007) largely does away with the trope, in favor of playing up [[Creator/JohnnyDepp this Sweeney]] as a melancholy, withdrawn force of vengence to match [[Creator/TimBurton the tone of the film.]] Here, the Demon Barber remains introverted and meticulous, rarely talking with other characters, while they have one-sided conversations near him, instead preferring to talk to his razors. He only really breaks this reverie before brutally murdering somebody plot-relevant.
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* The townsfolk of Colorado Springs, Colorado relied on their barber for all their medical needs until ''DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' came to town -- and for quite a while afterwards too, [[StayInTheKitchen since they didn't hold no truck with wimmin doin doctorin]].

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* The townsfolk of Colorado Springs, Colorado relied on their barber for all their medical needs until ''DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' came to town -- and for quite a while afterwards too, [[StayInTheKitchen since they didn't hold no truck with wimmin doin doctorin]].
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* While more of the "chatty captor" than the "surgeon on the side" type, TheAndyGriffithShow had Floyd the Barber, [[ShoutOut referenced]] in the opening song for ''{{Freakazoid}}!''
* Archie Campbell's barber on ''HeeHaw'' was a similar character.

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* While more of the "chatty captor" than the "surgeon on the side" type, TheAndyGriffithShow ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' had Floyd the Barber, [[ShoutOut referenced]] in the opening song for ''{{Freakazoid}}!''
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* Archie Campbell's barber on ''HeeHaw'' ''Series/HeeHaw'' was a similar character.



* In Series/TheArmandoIannucciShows, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY6UngkXdjg Armando's barber]] is definitely more of a Chatty ''Barber'' than a ChattyHairdresser, nonetheless his chattiness is excessive.

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* In Series/TheArmandoIannucciShows, ''Series/TheArmandoIannucciShows'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY6UngkXdjg Armando's barber]] is definitely more of a Chatty ''Barber'' than a ChattyHairdresser, nonetheless his chattiness is excessive.
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* This "Medieval-style" hairdresser from Spain can give you a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IBZ1PxmOAw smoking hot haircut]], literally.
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* ''ManOfLaMancha'', which actually features a journeyman barber who still loves the sound of his own voice.

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* ''ManOfLaMancha'', ''Theatre/ManOfLaMancha'', which actually features a journeyman barber who still loves the sound of his own voice.
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* Gunther the barber in ''{{Curtis}}'' is basically a male ChattyHairdresser.

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* Gunther the barber in ''{{Curtis}}'' ''ComicStrip/{{Curtis}}'' is basically a male ChattyHairdresser.



* [[{{Tintin}} Jolyon Wagg]] has a barber uncle. [[MotorMouth That would explain where he got it from...]]

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* [[{{Tintin}} Jolyon Wagg]] Wagg from ''ComicStrip/{{Tintin}}'' has a barber uncle. [[MotorMouth That would explain where he got it from...]]

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