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    Barry Wheeler

    Character » appears in 3 games

    Alan Wake's best friend, as well as his agent and reluctant partner in battle.

    Short summary describing this character.

    Barry Wheeler last edited by Deusoma on 11/16/22 02:20AM View full history

    The bumbling sidekick of Alan Wake's titular hero, he is rarely seen without his big red parka and vacant expression. As Alan's agent he tries to stay in constant communication with him and make him feel comfortable. So much so that when Alan drops off the grid for a week, Barry drops everything and sets off on the search for "his Bestseller." Once he gets to him and realizes that the story Alan told him about crazy paranormal events was true, he risks his life to stay with his friend Alan so that he can help him rescue his missing wife.

    Barry is an egotistic New Yorker that thinks very highly of himself being the agent for a best-selling author. He is constantly looking for things that he can make some sort of profit off or trying to convince Alan to start writing again. He is easily influenced, especially by the opposite sex.

    In Alan Wake, there are amusing interaction options with Barry. If you point your flash light at him, he'll tell you "where to shove it" and if you turn off the lights in a room he's in he will make snarky remarks about sitting in the dark.

    In The Signal and The Writer DLC episodes, a false Barry appears as a figment of Alan's imagination in "the Dark Place" which is shaped by Alan's mind. "Not-Barry" proves harmless and supportive, and will disappear and reappear many times during the DLC, and get into many hilarious conversations with Alan along the way... before ultimately being twisted by the Dark Presence and attacking Alan with the power of the Dark Place, forcing Alan to destroy him. This makes Not-Barry the final boss of the DLCs, and thus, the final boss of the entire game.

    Barry plays little role in the story of Alan Wake's American Nightmare, but he does show up in a cutscene on either end of the game, where he is sleeping in a room containing a TV playing the episode of "Night Springs" depicting the game. Curiously, although the game takes place in Arizona in the summer, Barry is still wearing the thick parka he was wearing in Washington in the autumn. Additionally, a cardboard cut-out of Barry can be found in the game as a hidden collectible.

    Barry is voiced by Fred Berman.

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