Becky Barnes

Rebecca 'Becky' Barnes is a character in the Hatchetfield Universe. She features in Black Friday, Jane's A Car, Daddy and Yellow Jacket as well as being mentioned in The Hatchetfield Ape-Man and Killer Track. She is the high school sweetheart of Tom Houston and the ex-wife of Stanley. Becky is played by Kim Whalen.

Black Friday[]

In the musical, Becky arrives at the Hatchetfield Mall in order to get Tickle Me Wiggly dolls for the sick children at the hospital she works at. While she's waiting in line, Linda Monroe, a woman she has butt heads with in the past, cuts the line. When she tries to get Linda to go to the back of line for everyone else's sake, no one else stands up for her and Linda stays where she is in line. It is at this moment she is reunited with her ex-boyfriend, Tom Houston.

The toy store then opens and the customers enter the mall. However, after they begin giving out the dolls, the customers start fighting over them. When the fighting turns into a riot, Becky and Tom flee to the Cineplex with a Wiggly doll, where they discover a badly beaten Ethan Green. They check up on him to make sure he's okay, but they're too late and he dies on the floor. Shocked and upset over Ethan's death, Becky fails to notice Man in a Hurry sneaking up behind Tom, as he stabs him in order to steal the doll.

Becky then takes the now injured Tom into the Cineplex, where they are playing, "Santa Claus Is Goin' To High School," which both she and Tom agree is a horrible movie. There, she confesses that she and Stanley didn't get a divorce and she actually killed him out in the woods. After her confession, she and Tom fall in love with each other again and proceed to have sex in the movie theater.

Later on, she and Tom discover Hannah with a Wiggly doll. Becoming brainwashed by the doll's influence, Becky loses her kind nature and begins to terrorize Hannah, singing a song in an attempt to try to lure her into giving the doll to them. However, when she attempts to drug Hannah and put her to sleep, she stabs herself with the needle instead and begins to fall asleep on top of her. Tom, desperate to give the doll to his son and still under its control, double crosses Becky and runs off. Unconscious and free from Wiggly's control, Becky and Hannah then get kidnapped by Linda's cult of Wiggly followers.

Lex and the now unbrainwashed Tom head towards Linda and her cult in order to save Becky and Hannah. In the end, Becky saved the day and shot Linda in the head. Becky and Tom reunite and make up. Lex then sets the last Wiggly doll on fire and burns the last of the brainwashed cultists, as well as the rest of the Hatchetfield Mall.

Becky escapes the mall with Tom, Lex and Hannah and meet Paul and Emma outside, who heard about the crisis at the mall and rushed over to see if Tom was okay. Emma then suggests that he and everyone else stay at her professor's house until the whole Wiggly thing passes over. The musical ends with Becky and the rest of the cast counting down the end to Black Friday and hearing a wooshing noise above their head, as the stage fades to black.

The Hatchetfield Ape-Man[]

Becky is referenced by Professor Hidgens after Lucy climbs a tree to escape from him. He references how Becky once climbed a tree and didn't come down for two days.

Jane's A Car[]

Becky first appears at Pizza Pete's where she meets Tom and Tim for dinner. While Tom orders the food Becky and Tim play on the Zombie House arcade machine which Becky isn't very good at. Later that night, Tom, Becky and Tim watch the film Santa Claus is Goin' To High School. Tim falls asleep while watching the film and while Tom takes him upstairs Becky tries to make sense of the film. Tom and Becky share a romantic moment where Becky tells Tom that she wants to be involved in Tim and his lives. Tom and Becky then have sex on the sofa.

Becky later appears as Tom is reading neurology for dummies in the book store and the two have a conversation. Becky suggests to Tom that she wouldn't mind having sex in Tom's mustang again, implying that the two did in high school, however Tom turns her down. Becky also offers to visit the Houston house that evening and bring some takeout but Tom declines and they decide to make plans for the weekend instead.

Later that day Becky is at her home when Tom appears at her door. The man quickly pulls her inside and tells her that is car is possessed by the spirit of is wife. He implies that this could put Becky in danger and tells her to stay away from him. Becky seems concerned for Tom and begs him to not go but he leaves and gets in his car. However, he revving of the engine causes Becky to emerge from her house. Jane, as the car, then chases Becky into the woods as she attempts to run her over eventually succeeding. Becky is hit by the car and Jane's soul is transferred into Becky's body.

Daddy[]

Becky appears in Daddy after Sherman mistakenly eats a piece of crunchy cereal which Frank failed to remove. She informs Sheila that Sherman will be perfectly fine though the woman insists on speaking to a doctor. Becky refuses saying the doctor would say the same thing and that they want to get Sherman out of the pediatric wings as soon as possible because he's an adult man.

Killer Track[]

Becky is referenced in the song Nightmare Time (Needy Beast Cover). A voice can be heard telling her to come down which Becky, in an Irish accent, replies that she doesn't want to.

Yellow Jacket[]

Becky appears in Yellow Jacket after Hannah Foster cuts her finger off in shop class. She tries to reassure a very worried Lex but is ultimately forced to give her the bad news of the medical bill she's going to have to pay.

Personality and Traits[]

Becky is a naturally kind and good-natured woman and has been since high school^[1]. Her kind and gentle nature aids her in her work as children's nurse at St. Damien's Hospital. However, Becky has a dark past plagued by the abuse from her ex-husband Stanley which haunts her.

Skills[]

• Nursing- Becky is a fully qualified nurse as she graduated from nursing school.
• Cheerleading- In high school Becky was the captain of the Hatchetfield High cheerleading team.
• Pancake Making- Becky makes really good pancakes.

Relationships[]

Tom Houston[]

Tom Houston is Becky's high school sweetheart and current boyfriend. The two got together in high school and were very well known around town due to their positions as cheer captain and quarterback. However, the two eventually broke up after Tom enlisted in the military as they thought it would be better to be apart than do long distance^[2]. The two eventually reunited after years apart and formed a romantic relationship.

In Black Friday, the couple reunite and clearly still have feelings for each other eventually getting together. It is implied that either she or Tom are foretold "Warriors of Light", due to General MacNamara's line in Black Friday :"There is a warrior of light trapped in a deep sleep, wake the warrior, kill the prophet, save the world" (this is either Becky or Tom due to the fact that Becky drugged herself and is literally trapped in sleep, or the fact that Tom is under the influence of Wiggly, and in a metaphorical sleep).

They couple are together in Jane's A Car and appear happy with Becky slowly becoming more involved in the Tom's life such as meeting his son Tim. However, the intervention of Jane the couples relationship becomes strained.

Stanley[]

Stanley is Becky's abusive ex-husband. Becky and Stanley first met when Becky was 18 and he was 21-23^[3]. Initially their relationship was good and Becky thought Stanley was cool as he bought her alcohol and cigarettes. However, one day after discovering Becky flirting with a boy at a party Stanley beat the guy and forced Becky to get in his car and leave. The two were eventually married though Becky kept her maiden name^[4]. The marriage was not a happy one with Stanley beating Becky forcing her to hide the marks with sunglasses and turtlenecks. Following the death of Jane Perkins, Becky considered going to the funeral but Stanley refused to let her saying he would rather see her death than hanging around Tom again. This angered Becky causing her to eventually fight back against Stanley. Eventually the argument led to Stanley chasing Becky into the woods where she ended up killing him, leaving his body in the woods.

Bridgette[]

Bridgette is Becky's long-term patient at the hospital. She was in an accident that resulted in her losing her eyesight. In Black Friday one of the children Becky aims to get a Wiggly doll for is Bridgette. In Jane's A Car she's late to dinner with Tom and Tim as Bridgette was in surgery.

Linda Monroe[]

Linda Monroe has a great dislike for Becky. She has disliked her since high school as she couldn't understand why Becky was so nice^[5]. Linda often mocks and degrades Becky.

In Black Friday, Linda and Becky's relationship is defined by Linda mocking her which clearly affects Becky. However, Becky ultimately ends up killing her.

Emma Perkins[]

Emma Perkins dislikes Becky as she finds her optimism obnoxious. She also dislikes how Tom views Becky as "the one who got away" and hates her on behalf of Jane^[6].

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Trivia[]

• The running joke about Becky climbing a tree originated from an inside joke between Nick and Matt Lang who said they liked to imagine Becky as a little Irish girl. This later grew to a cast-wide joke.
• Becky was said to appear in a potential future Nightmare Time episode named Becky Barnes Climbed A Tree.