History Main / BankruptcyBarrel

* In a 1957 film ''Jet Pilot'', though no barrel is worn or shown onscreen, after Creator/JanetLeigh's character had accidentally lost her slacks (offscreen) and gotten locked outside, Creator/JohnWayne's character cracks (paraphrased), "Why are you ''behind'' that barrel? Why don't you get ''in it''?"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'':

* In one ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' short where he and Olive were about to get married, Bluto sabotaged Popeye's preparations, leaving our hero with no choice but showing up wearing a barrel, causing Olive to reject him and agree to marry Bluto. Popeye got his revenge by [[spoiler:disguising himself as the Justice of Peace and reminding Bluto of the duties married men usually have to follow, causing Bluto to run away from the marriage]].

* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/Wondermark''. After a long sequence of schemes, scams, and screwball plans gone awry, [[http://wondermark.com/c1441/ this hapless trio]] ends up wearing nothing but barrels...by choice, as they've turned wearable barrels into a hot new fashion trend and are capitalizing on it to the fullest.

To show that a character is in such dire financial straits that he's literally "lost his shirt", the otherwise naked character will resort to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barrel.jpg wearing a large barrel]] usually held up with suspenders. This trope is primarily seen in cartoons.

This image probably came from a punishment for public drunkenness in Germany and England, where drunks had to wear a booze barrel. It's unclear how this barrel-wearing became associated with bankruptcy (possibly because drunks tend to [[TheAlcoholic blow all their money on booze fairly quickly]]), but regardless the trope has stuck. That said, there are also instances where the barrel is simply ImprovisedClothes in a GoneSwimmingClothesStolen or NakedPeopleTrappedOutside scenario with no explicit connection to poverty.

To show that a character is in such dire financial straits that he's literally "lost his shirt" (though there are times where a character has to wear a barrel because he or she [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen lost their clothes]], not because he or she is poor) the otherwise naked character will resort to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barrel.jpg wearing a large barrel]] held up with suspenders. Primarily seen in cartoons. This image probably came from a punishment for public drunkenness in Germany and England, where drunks had to wear a booze barrel. It's unclear how barrel wearing became associated with bankruptcy,[[note]]though possibly because drunks tend to blow all their money on booze fairly quickly,[[/note]] but the trope stuck.

Compare ImprovisedClothes, PauperPatches, and WalletMoths. Contrast ConspicuousConsumption.

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon "Hollywood Steps Out" features this trope near the end when Harpo Marx uses a slingshot to pop Sally Rand's balloon. She wasn't poor; it was for decency reasons (she was performing a nude bubble dance and the Hays Office would have banned the short outright if she was shown naked after the bubble popped. Plus, [[RuleOfFunny it's just funnier this way]]).

** Turns up in one Scrooge [=McDuck=] story where Scrooge and his nephews travel into the future to sell some items which they believe might be rare and valuable then. It works well enough but then they miss their window to return to the present and have to wait 24 hours in the future for the next window, which is when they learn how much things really cost in the future due to RidiculousFutureInflation. By the time their time window opens again, they've had to not only spend all the money they made, but also sell some of their clothing, wearing barrels instead.

** Turns up in one Scrooge [=McDuck=] story where Scrooge and his nephews travel into the future to sell some items which they believe might be rare and valuable then. It works well enough but then they miss their window to return to the present and have to wait 24 hours in the future for the next window, which is when they learn how much things really cost in the future due to inflation. By the time their time window opens again, they've had to not only spend all the money they made, but also sell some of their clothing, wearing barrels instead.

To show that a character is in such dire financial straits that he's literally "lost his shirt" (though there are times where a character has to wear a barrel because he or she [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen lost their clothes]], not because he or she is poor) the otherwise naked character will resort to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barrel.jpg wearing a large barrel]] held up with suspenders. Primarily seen in cartoons. This image probably came from a punishment for public drunkenness in Germany and England, where drunks had to wear a booze barrel. It's unclear how barrel wearing became associated with bankruptcy,[[note]]Though possibly because drunks tend to blow all their money on booze fairly quickly[[/note]] but the trope stuck.

** "[[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=D+91068 Barrel Bargains]]" has Donald bid for a barrel at an auction. He wins the auction, but doesn't have the money to pay, so he puts his own sailor suit up for bid and storms off while wearing the barrel.
** The Danish story "[[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=D+97054 A Stitch in Time]]" has Donald and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie discover a meteorite that turns out to have alien moths inside, which end up [[TheNudifier eating the clothes of everyone in Duckburg]], forcing the denizens to start wearing barrels until they can find a way to get rid of the alien moths.

** The [[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=YD+47-10-10 October 10, 1947 strip]] had of Donald's nephews coming home from school wearing a small barrel and looking embarrassed. The remaining panels show Donald going to the school with a ladder and retrieving the nephew's gym shorts from the top of a pole vault bar. Made even funnier when you realize that normally, [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal the ducks never wear pants in the first place]].

** The Danish story "[[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=D+97054 A Stitch in Time]]" has Donald and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie discover a meteorite that turns out to have alien moths inside, which end up [[TheNudifier eating the clothes of everyone in Duckburg]], forcing the denizes to start wearing barrels until they can find a way to get rid of the alien moths.

* ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse: Used in a more recent Scrooge [=McDuck=] story where Scrooge and his nephews travel into the future to sell some items which they believe might be rare and valuable then. It works well enough but then they miss their window to return to the present and have to wait 24 hours in the future for the next window, which is when they learn how much things really cost in the future due to inflation. By the time their time window opens again, they've had to not only spend all the money they made, but also sell some of their clothing, wearing barrels instead.

* The ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' had two comic stories that used the trope of wearing a barrel.
** "[[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=D+91068 Barrel Bargains]]" has Donald bid for a barrel at an auction. He wins the auction, but doesn't have the money to pay, so he puts his own sailor suit up for bid and storms off while wearing the barrel.
** The Danish story "[[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=D+97054 A Stitch in Time]]" has Donald and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie discover a meteorite that turns out to have alien moths inside, which end up [[TheNudifier eating the clothes of everyone in Duckburg]], forcing the denizes to start wearing barrels until they can find a way to get rid of the alien moths.

** The [[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=YD+41-06-07 June 7, 1941 strip has Donald pick up Daisy for a party while wearing a barrel.

* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'': Brainy Smurf wears one in ''The Gambler Smurfs'' after losing everything at gambling (even his glasses).

* An old WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck daily strip contained a "lost clothes" example. In the first panel, one of Donald's nephews is shown coming home from school wearing a small barrel and looking embarrassed. The remaining panels show Donald going to the school with a ladder and retrieving the nephew's gym shorts from the top of a pole vault bar. Made even more HilariousInHindsight when you realize that normally, [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal the ducks never wear pants!]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' had several anthropomorphic sheep losing everything (including their freedom) to Robotnik in rigged gambling. Once they lost their wool, they were given barrels. Robotnik's casino even had nickel alleys that automatically removed the wool and gave the barrells.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' episode "Baboon Man and Boy Weasel", Baboon and Weasel are a pair of costumed crime-fighters who investigate a pants thief after his victims are left wearing barrels.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "Quiverwing Quack" has a scene of Negaduck running away while wearing a barrel after he had earlier escaped by slipping out of his clothes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow'': An interstitial segment featured WesternAnimation/YogiBear wearing a barrel after Huck catches his swimming trunks while fishing (even though Yogi normally [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal doesn't wear pants]]).
-->'''Yogi:''' If you'll kindly return my trunks, [[{{Pun}} I'll barrel outta here]] and go see my cartoon.
-->'''Huck:''' And there's a barrel of laughs in a Yogi Bear cartoon.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DrakPack'' episode "Perilous Plunder at Pirate's Park", Dr. Dred's bumbling henchman Toad ends up jumping into and wearing a barrel after losing his pants.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'':
** In the episode "Dag's List", Barry pleads Norb to convince Daggett to remove him from his list, unaware that Daggett wasn't intentionally hurting Barry and the other forest animals. Norb takes advantage of this by tricking Barry into handing over everything he owns. When Barry has nothing left to give up, he's seen wearing a barrel.
** Stump is shown wearing a barrel after having his bark bitten off by Daggett's clones in "Three Dag Nite".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WildWestCowboysOfMooMesa'' episode "Circus Daze", one of the clowns in The Great Bovini's circus wore a barrel as part of his costume.
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* After making one too many cross-dresser jokes in the ''Webcomic/CrossTimeCafe'', Tarin the fox wears [[http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/comicstrips/ctc/ctc0359.htm a rain-barrel after he gets skinned alive and his fur made into a David Crockett-style hat!]]
* [[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=265 This]] ''Webcomic/NobodyScores'' zig-zags the trope. Jane Doe arrives wearing a barrel, probably in poverty, but really happy and with a protege - also in a barrel and holding a hypodermic needle.
* In [[http://adventurers.keenspot.com/d/0019.html an early strip]] of ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'', Karn wears a barrel after all of his equipment (including his clothes) is stolen by Drecker.
* [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/5466698/ Worn by Gertrude & Brunhilda]] in ''Webcomic/TheKamics''.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': Vacation Vanhonk is seen wearing one in "Sir Gyro de Gearloose". Not because he's broke, but because the automatic dressing machine Gyro built for him only dresses itself . . . and presumably won't let Vanhonk wear any of his clothes either!
* Referenced in the opening theme to ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''; the lyrics "So stay tuned to this station / If not, we'll be unemployed" is accompanied by several characters from the show wearing barrels.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Raging Bender", one of the robots Bender fights as part of his stint as an Ultimate Robot Fighter is a rich-looking robot. Bender seals his victory by forcing a barrel onto him labeled "very poor".
* In ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'', Harvey is called out of court by Gigi to buy her things. After a shopping montage, he returns to the court wearing a barrel.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'''s Celebrity Manhunt special bridging Season 2 and Season 3, D.J. and his mother appear wearing only barrels after numerous lawsuits [[LethalChef against the latter's restaurant]] leave them broke and homeless.
* Happens to Reggie van Dough in an episode of Creator/HannaBarbera's ''ComicBook/RichieRich'' when Richie thought that his father had lost his fortune, as part of his friends helping to earn his money back, Reggie starts selling Richie's goods at absurdly low prices; when he is discovered, the mob strips off Reggie's clothing, forcing him to run off wearing only a barrel.
* A ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode depicting Garfield's take on the Literature/ArabianNights had Jon playing the part of a young artisan with Garfield as "[[ParodyNames Alley Katta]]" in a town overrun by thieves. At the start, Jon went out to get a job with the Sultan declaring that "[[TemptingFate I have nothing left to lose]]" and, of course, ran back in the room a second later wearing a barrel. Garfield commented that "we'd better jump the story ahead before someone steals the barrel." (Jon [[SnapBack got his clothes back in the next shot]].)
* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' had this happen to the colonists when they were unfairly taxed in the episode "No More Kings".
* A non-finance-based variation comes at the end of the WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry short "Love That Pup'", when Tom is shown donning one of these after Spike the bulldog [[NotHyperbole follows through on a threat to skin him alive]].
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon "Hollywood Steps Out" features this trope near the end when Harpo Marx uses a slingshot to pop Sally Rand's balloon. She wasn't poor; it was for decency reasons (she was performing a nude bubble dance and the Hays Office would have banned the short outright if she was shown naked after the bubble popped. Plus, [[RuleOfFunny it's just funnier this way]]).
* Used in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfo1EjvcqmI this]] old ''Series/SesameStreet'' cartoon short, where a man makes rhyming complaints about his clothes being taken or ruined by various animals before the end of the short reveals that he's wearing a barrel.
* After WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} finds an envelope of money and has it legally declared his, he learns it belonged to an old lady and is conflicted over what to do. In his ImagineSpot not only is the lady in a barrel, but her dog as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' had several anthropomorphic sheep losing everything (including their freedom) to Robotnik in rigged gambling. Once they lost their wool, they were given barrels. Robotnik's casino even had nickel alleys that automatically removed the wool and gave the barrells.

* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'': Buzz Buzzard was once running a supermarket where a customer entered with a barrelful of money and left wearing the barrel and carrying a small piece of meat.
* In the 1920s ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'' cartoon "Felix In the Swim", Felix and his friend, a young boy, go swimming together. Their clothes get eaten by a goat, so they have to go home in barrels. (This creates some FridgeLogic, since when they originally went in they were wearing swim trunks. And, wait a minute, Felix wasn't wearing any clothes in the first place...)

* Both played straight and lampshaded in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' involving a ConMan:
--> '''Cleveland:''' C'mon, dad, [[TemptingFate he's probably not gonna scam us again]]!
--> ''(GilliganCut to Cleveland, [=LeVar=] and Rallo all walking home, wearing nothing but bankruptcy barrels.'')
--> '''Cleveland:''' I can't believe he scammed us again!
--> '''[=LeVar=]:''' ''(sighs)'' I don't even wanna think about how I'm gonna pay for this barrel rental.
* This trope was used several times on ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}''
** "Attack of the Vikings" begins with Father Time wearing nothing but a barrel after some vikings run past him. Later, one of the Vikings' victims comments "They took everything but the shirt off my back", prompting a second pass leaving said target in nothing but a barrel.
** In "The Montezuma Show", the Incans seated at the ball game are left wearing barrels after the Kid Chorus win the game and take their belongings in accordance to the game's rules.
** The episode "The Thomas Jefferson Program" shows Betsy Ross (portrayed by the World's Oldest Woman) wearing a barrel after her bloomers are used to make the first American flag.
** Adam and Eve (portrayed by Father Time and the World's Oldest Woman) are shown wearing barrels in "Histeria Around the World I" during the musical number "People Wanted Pepper on Their Food".
** The sketch about the Great Depression in "Big Fat Baby Theater" depicts Miss Information, Bill Straitman, and a recurring background character resembling the farmer from the painting American Gothic wearing barrels.
* Clarabelle Cow wears one in the WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse short "Ye Olden Days", after Mickey and Minnie use all her clothes to make a BedsheetLadder.
* ''WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu'': In "Payday", Snafu winds up wearing nothing but a cardboard box after he loses all of his money playing craps.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''
** In one episode where Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda and Timmy's grandfather go into the world of black and white cartoons, Cosmo inadvertently causes TheGreatDepression and two investors appear wearing these.
** In another episode, Chip Skylark's [[UnknownRival rival]] Skip Sparkypants is reduced to wearing one of these, though less out of poverty and more [[ItMakesSenseInContext because Cosmo and Wanda stole his clothes]].
* ''The Greatest Man in Siam'' by Creator/WalterLantz. After the royal income tax collectors are done with the richest man in Siam, they give him a barrel to wear. Filmed in 1944, making it harsher in context.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS3E20GoodSports Good Sports]]", when Mickey explains the consequences of bad sportsmanship, the Goofy with bad sportsmanship is seen wearing a barrel that reads "loser" after the other Goofies beat him up for his bad sportsmanship.

* The ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "Calvin Brain" shows one of the fashion models to be wearing a barrel.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''
** The episode "Bedfellows" has a variation where Rocko covers up his nudity by wearing a trashcan.
** In "Fly Burgers", the advertisement Flecko sees that gives him the idea to slap Rocko with a FrivolousLawsuit at one point depicts a FunnyAnimal wearing a barrel.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Joker's Millions", the Joker has a painting of a clown wearing a barrel in his apartment.
* The ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' episode "Draw and Let Draw" showed a flashback of Rudy, Penny, and Snap having to shave a hairy [=ChalkZone=] inhabitant after he got sentient lollipops stuck to him. He's forced to wear a barrel after they're done shaving him.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''
** In the episode "Ear No Evil", many of the Lancer's victims are seen wearing barrels after they are robbed by him.
** Near the end of "Crash Pad Crash", one of the out-of-control partygoers is seen wearing a barrel.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "Swindlin' Wind", Shirley the Medium places a curse on Eustace and Muriel that causes them to swindle each other. Eventually, Muriel is left wearing nothing but a cardboard box while Eustace is wearing a barrel.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' short "The Magic Slipper", the wolf disguises himself by stealing Prince Charming's clothes, leaving the prince wearing nothing but a barrel.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' used this as part of a visual gag in the episode "My Left Fang". The mayor of the German village states how "coffers are bare" without money from tourists coming to see their ghosts, and we see a bunch of coughing men in their underwear, one of them wearing a barrel.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'' episode "Moby Duck Billed Platypus" has the Mayor of Transylvania wearing a barrel because his clothes were stolen by a criminal named Claude the Fraud.

* Brainy Smurf wears one in ''[[ComicBook/TheSmurfs The Gambler Smurfs]]'' after losing everything at gambling (even his glasses).
* In Creator/CarlBarks' "Statuesque Spendthrifts", [[ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck Uncle Scrooge]] competes with maharaja of Howdoyoustan about who can raise the biggest statue of [[OurFounder Cornelius Coot]], which to the latter ends with this trope.

* ComicBook/JoseCarioca (or Ze Carioca) once became invisible in order to manipulate a soccer game so he'd win the lottery. (There's one lottery in Brazil where people bet in the results of a series of soccer games) Because his clothes didn't become invisible, he took them off and went to the field. The invisibility potion wore off while he was at the field. Wearing nothing but a barrel, Zé was seeking revenge against the witch who sold him the potion and the [[GuardianAngel guardian devil]] who goaded him into seeking her help.
* The page image for GoneSwimmingClothesStolen shows [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] in one, which really raises more questions than it answers.
* ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse: Used in a more recent Scrooge [=McDuck=] story where Scrooge and his nephews travel into the future to sell some items which they believe might be rare and valuable then. It works well enough but then they miss their window to return to the present and have to wait 24 hours in the future for the next window, which is when they learn how much things really cost in the future due to inflation. By the time their time window opens again, they've had to not only spend all the money they made, but also sell some of their clothing, wearing barrels instead.

* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': After Wismerhill and Pile-ou-Face rob a merchant, they leave him with only a barrel.

* The 92nd issue of ''ComicBook/BartSimpson'' had a story titled "D'oh! Unto Others", where Bart pranks all of Springfield by convincing them that there's an outbreak of bed bugs that can only be stopped by burning everyone's clothes. Once this is done, everyone in Springfield starts wearing barrels to avoid having to walk around naked. Once they find out they've been deceived, the people of Springfield make Bart spend an hour standing in town square while wearing a barrel.
* Appears often in ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'' as the result of characters either having had stolen up to their clothes or having to pay for something with up to them (as when one man departs a car workshop wearing a barrel, and an evil smile drooling with greed can be seen on its interior)

* Long ago, ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} managed to beat the Sea Hag at gambling so badly she ended up wearing one of these.
* ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible's looting sometimes results in the castle owners wearing barrels.

* The very first issue of German politics magazine "DER SPIEGEL" contains a cartoon where (symbolic) Germany wears a barrel. Since it appeared almost[[note]]4. Januar 1947[[/note]] directly after WWII, a ''very'' justified depiction.

* ''Film/TheChargeAtFeatherRiver'': In the guardhouse, Pvt. Ryan is punished by being made to wear a barrel with a sign reading 'ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE'.

* In the first ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' book, Captain Underpants resorts to knocking out Dr. Diaper by flinging his underwear at him. An illustration shows him wearing a barrel.

* Quentin on ''Series/WelcherAndWelcher'' expressed disapproval at the fact that this wasn't seen anymore, describing it as a very funny image.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (which can be like a living cartoon at times) had this on a Weekend Update segment where Lehman Bros. CEO Richard Fuld (played by Jason Sudeikis) comes out wearing a barrel because his company was the first to go under because of the 2008 economic crisis. Lampshaded when Fuld explains that he can't sit down because he's wearing a barrel.
* Ross and Moose end up wearing these during the ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'' episode about theft, when their clothes (and most of the set) have been stolen. Moose's still has water, and a rubber duck, in it.

* ''Series/HorribleHistories'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1S_pcsyDjY version of Diogenes,]] much like the RealLife one, lives naked and penniless in a barrel.
* ''Series/{{Maude}}'': Walter uses this trope during a KitschyLocalCommercial [[InsaneProprietor advertising the low prices at his store]]. Maude is shocked and humiliated that her husband would parade himself around like that.
* Invoked on ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Comic-Con Conundrum". Raj has been cut off financially by his father, and after reviewing his spending, Sheldon suggests he buy a barrel and a pair of suspenders.
* In the ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' episode "The Joke's on Schemer", Schemer gets itching powder on his clothes, prompting him to frantically strip down to his shirt, tie, and GoofyPrintUnderwear. The next time we see him, he's wearing a barrel with suspenders to hide his FullyClothedNudity.
* ''Series/TheWeeklyWithCharliePickering'': Charlie is reduced to wearing one while doing a report on social casino apps. He wanders off wondering "Where do you put your phone in these things?"

* OlderThanSteam: The UrExample may be the RestorationComedy ''Love in a Tub''.

* Creator/{{Sierra}}:
** In ''VideoGame/JonesInTheFastLane'', failing to buy new clothes for one of your character every once in a while will eventually cause the character to resort to wearing a barrel. Others walk around using censor bars.
** Also, ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' featured a broke guy with just a barrel and an apple he'll sell for 10 bucks. You'll need to buy it. (The guy in question is implied to be Apple's Steve Wozniak).

* The main character in the freeware game ''VideoGame/NonsenseMadness'' wears a barrel, for no other reason than to [[RuleOfFunny amplify the nonsense]].
* This is one of your first equipment sets in ''VideoGame/HalfMinuteHero'', reflecting how your character is being fleeced for all his money by his hyper-capitalistic Goddess. Other characters remark it makes him look poor.
* Blackwall from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' apparently once had to walk back to his quarters "with nothing but a bucket over me bits" after he lost all his clothes in a card game.
* In ''[[VideoGame/DisneysMagicalQuest Disney's Magical Quest 3]]'', playing as Donald Duck has him wear a barrel when using the armor costume. The cutscene for when the player first gets the costume justifies Donald wearing a barrel instead of a proper suit of armor by having the blacksmith state that Donald's rear is to big to fit the regular suit of armor and that Donald has to make do with something that would fit better.

* ''Series/HorribleHistories'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1S_pcsyDjY version of Diogenes,]] much like the Real Life one, lives naked and penniless in a barrel.

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** TheStinger of the episode guest-starring Crystal Gale shows Statler and Waldorf to be wearing barrels after having their long underwear stolen by the prairie dogs.

** There is a scene in Tony Randall's guest episode where a pair of raccons in barrels turn up demanding the return of their fur coats, which turn out to have been taken by Randall to be worn in the next musical number.