Barry Kripke

Barry Kripke (played by John Ross Bowie) is an unlikable co-worker of Leonard and Sheldon's. He has a case of rhotacism where he pronounces "r" and "l" as "w" in much the same way as Elmer Fudd from Looney Tunes. In his first appearance, (The Killer Robot Instability) he pitted his "killer robot" against the guys' robot in an unofficial robot fight. In another occasion, Sheldon attempted to befriend Kripke (The Friendship Algorithm) in order to gain access to an open science grid computer to carry out research. However, Sheldon's efforts were abandoned when he realized that Kripke had no say in who used the computer. Barry is ostensibly named after philosopher and logician Saul Kripke.