Barry Kripke

Barry Kripke is a Caltech physicist and an unlikable  of Leonard and Sheldon. He has a case of, where he pronounces "r" and "l" as "w" in very much the same way as from . With a knack for ribbing people, he is an on-and-off to Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Rajesh.

Season 2
In his first, he pitted his "kiwwa wobot," the Kripke Krippler (or as he called it, the "Kwipke Kwippwuh"), originally designed for the  Fighting League Round Robin Invitational, against the guys' robot (M.O.N.T.E.) in an unofficial robot  at the Caltech  ("The Killer Robot Instability"). On another occasion, Barry ridiculed Leonard's unsuccessful, while Sheldon attempted to befriend Kripke in order to gain access to an open    to carry out  on structure formation in the. However, Sheldon's efforts were abandoned when he realized that Kripke had no say in who used the. Kripke comes on to Penny the same way Howard does, after disgusting her by cleaning his pockets for new, but deciding the name Penny wasn't hot enough he proceeded to call her 'Woxanne' , much to her annoyance ("The Friendship Algorithm").

Season 3
He continued to appear in Season 3, where he Sheldon consistently. Kripke humiliated Sheldon for his retraction regarding his {{w|monopolar blunder, and stated that, unlike this {{w|situation, Einstein's cited mistake concerning the {{w|cosmological}} {{w|constant}} might have been right all along ("The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation"). He injected {{w|helium}} into Sheldon's office while he was doing a {{w|radio {{w|interview. With encouragement from Leonard and Raj, Sheldon retaliated by dumping {{w|foam all over Kripke and the {{w|plasma}} lab while the president of the university and the {{w|board of directors}} were in the room, as he was showing them how a {{w|NSA}} {{w|grant}} was being put to use with a micro-controlled plasma experiment ("The Vengeance Formulation").

Season 4
A year later, he was invited to Sheldon and Leonard's apartment by Sheldon during the former's attempt to establish a new {[w|social group}}, along with Zack Johnson, Stuart Bloom, and (Sheldon hopes) LeVar Burton, after Sheldon becomes angry with his friends for eating at Raj's apartment. Zack impresses Barry and Stuart with his tale of a  in a, and later the three end up singing , much to Sheldon's dismay ("The Toast Derivation").

Season 5
In this season, Barry tells Sheldon, who still has some with him, as well as Raj, that Professor Rothman {{w|urinated in the {{w|particle physics}} lab again and his {{w|retirement}} {{w|potluck had to be moved up. When Raj speaks to his {{w|phone}} Siri, Kripke, still in their office, points out that he too has that phone and complains about {{w|voice recognition}} difficulties, unaware of his own rhotacism. On the matter of the phone, he further reveals his perverse nature as Raj is offended by his {{w|negativity}} regarding Siri ("The Beta Test Initiation").

In "The Rothman Disintegration", Barry argues with Sheldon over who will receive Professor Rothman's office, taking the issue to President Siebert, and challenging Sheldon to a {{w|basketball}} match, a {{w|game}} they are equally bad at. He appears again briefly in "The Stag Convergence" as a party guest before Howard's {{w|marriage}}, but he kept on complaining that there were no {{w|strippers}}.

Season 6


Kripke returned in "The Cooper/Kripke Inversion" besting Sheldon at work and causing him to e about Amy. Kripke enjoyed hearing about Sheldon's "," prying for details.

During the events of "The Tenure Turbulence," Kripke impresses the {{w|tenure {{w|committee}} with ease, especially compared to Leonard, Sheldon, and Raj.

Personality
Despite being a stereotypical, Barry apparently tries to be fairly {{w|sporty, as shown in "The Friendship Algorithm". In that episode, it was implied that he enjoys {{w|polo}}, {{w|water polo}}, and {{w|rock-climbing}}. "The Rothman Disintegration" reveals that Kripke and Sheldon are "equally bad" at sports. Unlike his {{w|colleague}}, Kripke is fully aware of his {{w|limitations}} and {{w|shortcomings}}, even admitting that he is "{{w|creepy}},{{w| pathetic}} and can't get{{w| girls}}". He has been known to make inappropriate {{w|comments}} to women, {{w|photograph}} his own {{w|genitals}} and upload the shots to the{{w| Internet}} ("The Beta Test Initiation, and enjoys hanging out at a {{w|strip club}} near his {{w|apartment}}, which has a free {{w|buffet}} ("The Rothman Disintegration").

Trivia

 * Kripke appears in all seasons except Season 1.
 * One of Kripke's concentrations is the physics of, illustrated by his work on a grant proposal for a new.
 * He has many interests, including Star Trek,, , , polo, water polo and rock climbing, but he doesn't like.
 * Sheldon has over him, arriving at the university before Kripke.
 * Barry's Siri recognizes him as "Bawwy" as it stated when he asked it to "wecommend a westauwant" (recommend a restaurant)
 * Barry is ostensibly named after and.
 * It's also possible that the name "Kripke" is a play on the name of the protection program "Crypkey." It could also be a play on words for "Crypt Key" a popular item within MMORPG games.
 * Another possible origin could be the name of the 'makeout-place' that is mentioned in Terminator 3 'Mike Kripke's Basement'
 * In the version of the show, Barry does not have rhotacism in the first three seasons, but he speaks with a German accent in season 4. It is not until the fifth season that his rhotacism appears.
 * Also in the version of the show, instead of rhotacism, he pronounces "s" and "c" as "th", and "r" as "g" (e.g., he pronounces the Brazillian word "restaurante" as "gethtaugante")