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2 | ''Barney & Clyde'', created in 2010 by Gene Weingarten, columnist for the Washington Post, his son Dan and cartoonist David Clark, details the unlikely friendship between billionaire J. Barnard Pillsbury,[[note]]the Barney of the title, at the risk of stating the obvious.[[/note]] owner and C.E.O of Pillsbury Pharmaceuticals, and a homeless man named Clyde Finster. |
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4 | [[http://www.gocomics.com/barneyandclyde/2012/12/09?comments=visible#comments This Sunday strip from Dec. 09 2012]] details the premise in a nutshell. |
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6 | Has NOTHING to do with ''Film/BonnieAndClyde''. |
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8 | It can be found [[http://www.gocomics.com/barneyandclyde here]]. |
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11 | !!Tropes in this strip include: |
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13 | * CasanovaWannabe: Duane Butkis who keeps trying (and failing) to get to first base with Ms. Foxx. |
14 | * IdiotSavant: The R&D team at Pillsbury Pharmaceuticals shows expert skills but lacks common sense much of the time. |
15 | * MeaningfulName: Duane [[PunnyName Butkis]]. |
16 | * NoSocialSkills: The R&D team again. |
17 | * OddFriendship: The titular pair, bordering on VitriolicBestBuds. |
18 | * RhetoricalRequestBlunder: Barney asks regarding his company's pill bottles, "Could we make it more difficult to open?" So they do. |
19 | * SarcasmBlind: The R&D team. Good thing they don't hear from Cynthia on a regular basis. |
20 | * SnarkKnight: Barney's daughter (but not Lucretia's) Cynthia is quite sarcastic, to put it mildly. |
21 | ** Ms. Foxx qualifies as well, regarding how she deals with Duane's advances. |
22 | * SurroundedByIdiots: Barney's ExactWords regarding his R&D team. |
23 | * TrophyWife: Lucretia is Barney's second wife and she is quite glamorous. |
24 | * WhiteBunny: Clyde's Rabbit Adolf, whom he refers to by his "Stage Name", Fluffykins [-Mc-]Needsahug. |
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