Newgrounds

Newgrounds is a website founded in 1995 by Tom Fulp. The site allowed users to create their own Flash based animations and games, and has gone on to birth many well known creators like Egoraptor, SpazKid, and Chris O'Niel (of OneyPlays fame), as well as popular games like Friday Night Funkin'. Newgrounds also served as the birthplace of both the Pube Muppet and the Barney Bunch, and the site has not been the same since.

Format
The style of content that the Barney Bunch produced on Newgrounds differs greatly in comparison to what is usually produced, though they tend to follow the traditional format of cartoon/preschool show characters and mascots being homosexual deviants with text to speech voices. They were more made with the intent to troll the audience thinking that they would be watching something that wasn't truly intended. Many of them had some animations (though it was mostly restricted to tweeting and flipping side to side) with crudely drawn penises, fecal matter, and semen being common, accompanied by fast flashing lights. There were some that were actually fully animated, those those are quite rare, as well as having unique intros before the flashes started.

Rise of the Pube Muppet (2002-2004)
The first piece of what could be considered early Speakonia content on Newgrounds as we know it was pube mupit gos shoping!11 by user Drunkmagikoopa on July 21, 2002. The idea was for Drunkmagikoopa to troll his viewers with what appaered to be an elaborate shitpost of a submission, but it completely backfired and the character would quickly become popular among users on Newgrounds. After a couple more submissions, Drunkmagikoopa wanted nothing to do with his creation when other users began to make their own submisions featuring the Pube Muppet. Soon the Pube Muppet's relevancy would wane, but the idea of taking a beloved character and turning them into a gay deviant with Speakonia voices would plant the seeds for what's to come. Pube Muppet himself wouldn't be relevant until he began appearing in YouTube videos made by members of the Speakonia Community, though they were a little different than the ones on Newgrounds.

Birth of the Barney Bunch (2005-2006)
On August 25, 2005, BarneyPoop, along with StrawberryBarney formed the legendary group we know today as the Barney Bunch. They followed the example of the Pube Muppet in having beloved characters as sexual deviants with Speakonia voices, with Barney, Arthur, and Ronald McDonald taking centerstage. Drew Pickles would quickly become the primary character used in said videos following the creation of Drew Pickles is REALLY REALLY GAY! Soon enough, the flashes made headway across corners of Newgrounds and a whole community of users formed around this simple but appealing joke. Various users would pitch in ideas and even host collabs together, but one practice that was common was partaking in file swaps, where they would steal long-old submissions so that way they would pass submission to the portal, and later changed to traditional BB flashes, often with ALL CAPS porn-esque names.

Backlash, Exile, and Return (2006-2009)
From August to October 2005, the Barney Bunch had turned Newgrounds upside down. They faced immediate and ruthless backlash from the Newgrounds community, with several threads and flashes made decrying the group and hoping that they would ultimately be permabanned from the site. By October, a number of Barney Bunch flashes were removed and several members were banned. One of the most famous claims was that HIT Entertainment, who owned the Barney and Friends franchise, threatened legal action against Newgrounds, which may have been the result of the Bunch's activities. Either way, this lead to many users being banned and the word "Barney" was blacklisted from the site for many years (though as of 2021, it appears that this has been lifted)

Many members then considered the group "dead" and decided to move on. However, StrawberryBarney, after doing some searching around, finally found YouTube and uploaded the very flash entry that set the Bunch in motion a year prior. Soon, many of the members migrated to YouTube and began producing content there, with a few members following. It would seem that the story ended there, but on Clock Day 2007, the Barney Bunch claimed to have returned onto the site, linking to their new website, and started posting more submissions again, though it was on a smaller scale. But by then, there was a lot of change, especially since many have set up and started the community up on YouTube. By 2009, it would seem that the Barney Bunch, at least on Newgrounds, disbanded, bringing an end to that era of Speakonia Community history.

On the 10th anniversary of the Barney Bunch in 2015, BarneyPoop, under a new account, would comment on several BSS forums regarding his experience with the group, and even feeling regret in some areas. He would also go on to state his strong disapproval towards the community on YouTube.

Notable Users
Below are the known members on Newgrounds from back in the day.


 * BarneyPoop (founder)
 * StrawberryBarney (co-founder)
 * SovietBarney (also known as MrSovietBarney)
 * SwellBarney
 * TwistedBarney
 * RetardedBarney (also known as RetardedRevoluton)
 * PrincessBarney
 * DiaperBarney
 * GheyCarlWinslow
 * LongneckBarney
 * MrRCrap
 * MidgetBarney
 * ItchyBarney

Notable Flashes
Most of the original Barney Bunch flashes have since been lost, though a handful are still up on the site to this day.


 * The Drew and Barney Show!
 * Drew Pickles Sunday
 * Barney Bunch Collab Gay
 * Drew Pickles Fucks All!
 * The Drew Pickles Story
 * Barney Bunch TT 1
 * BB Clifford Trials