Prince Barin
Prince Barin is a male extraterrestrial characters who features in Flash Gordon.
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Biography
Prince Barin
It was noted that Barin's family once ruled all of Mongo, but Ming the Merciless seized control over the planet and exiled the young prince to a region called Arboria. When Flash Gordon's rocket crashes, Prince Barin aids Flash in his fight against Ming, knowing that in addition to it being his best chance at reclaiming his rightful throne, Flash is also his best chance at getting revenge. Complicating matters, Prince Barin finds himself drawn to Ming the Merciless' daughter, Princess Aura, and in a short amount of time was deeply in love with her.
Barin decides to participate in the tournament, to win the right to claim Aura as his bride. He enters as "the Masked Champion", and advances in the contest. However, he soon realizes that in order to win, he has to battle his best friend, Flash, to the death. Regretting his decision but determined to go on, he fights through to the final round. At the last moment, as he struggles with Flash over a pool of flaming liquid oxygen, Flash kicks off his mask, revealing him as the exiled prince. The crowd immediately jumps to his defense, demanding that Ming declare both Barin and Flash the winners of the tournament. Barin takes Aura as his beloved, and Ming rewards him with a kingdom of his own, the forest kingdom of Arboria. (The Tournaments of Mongo)
Aura and Barin have a son, Prince Alan. Ming plans to take his grandson away from Barin and Aura, and raise him as a worthy successor to the throne. (The Tyrant of Mongo)
Overview
Personality and attributes
According to one account, Barin and Aura came to have a son together who they named Prince Alan. Their child came to be a target for his grandfather Ming the Merciless who looked to make Alan the successor to the throne. (The Tyrant of Mongo)
Powers and abilities
Barin was a male inhabitant of the planet Mongo and possessed all the traits of his species.
As a member of Mongo's royalty, Barin ruled the kingdom of Arboria as its prince.
Notes
- Prince Barin was created by Alex Raymond where he was created by King Features Syndicate Flash Gordon (February 11, 1934).
In other media
Television
- In Flash Gordon, Prince Barin appeared in the setting of the 1979 animated television series where he was voiced by actor Alan Oppenheimer. This version of Barin was depicted as a master archer, armed with arrows encasing any item they strike in ice. His fortress city in Arboria was highly advanced, and almost equal in technology to Mingo City. The city was protected by a defensive energy shield and by squadrons of formidable airships called Leaf Fighters. Barin also made use of a gigantic tank-like drilling machine called the Mecha-Mole.
- In Flash Gordon, Barin appeared in the setting of the 2007 live-action television series where he was portrayed by actor Steve Bacic. Ming planned a union between Barin and Aura at one point, the two despise each other and the wedding is called off following an assassination attempt by Barin on Ming. Barin is then saved from execution when Flash organizes a fake prophecy to imply that killing Barin would jeopardize Ming's rule.
Films
- In Flash Gordon, Prince Barin appeared in the setting of the 1980 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Timothy Dalton. The prince becomes the heir to the throne of Mongo, but evil Ming the Merciless steals the throne. Barin was banished to the forest moon of Arboria. He was in love with Ming's daughter, Princess Aura, and she decides to hide Flash there after saving him from execution. Jealous of Aura's love for Flash he tries to kill him, but they are captured by Hawkmen and forced to fight. After Flash saved Barin from falling to his death during the fight, the Prince becomes an ally. He was sentenced to execution by Ming with Zarkov, but Aura freed them. The prince eventually joins forces with Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, Dr. Hans Zarkov and Prince Vultan of the Hawkmen in order to overthrow Ming, and at the end he becomes Mongo's apparent ruler, and made Vultan the leader of his armies.
Appearances
- Flash Gordon: (1934)
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