T. Bass" Episode 18: "Prisoner of Love" Episode 19: "Hot Rod Otis" Episode 20: "The Song Festers" Episode 21: "The Shoplifters" Episode 22: "Andy's Vacation" Episode 25: "Divorce, Mountain Style" Episode 26: "A Deal is a Deal" Episode 27: "Fun Girls" Episode 28: "The Return of Malcolm Merriweather" Episode 29: "The Rumor" Episode 30: "Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt" Episode 31: "Back to Nature" Season 5 Episode 1: "Opie Loves Helen" Episode 2: "Barney's Physical" Episode 4: "The Education of Ernest T. Bass" Episode 6: "Barney's Bloodhound" Episode 7: "Man in the Middle" Episode 8: "Barney's Uniform" Episode 9: "Opie's Fortune" Episode 10: "Goodbye, Sheriff Taylor" Episode 11: "The Pageant" Episode 12: "The Darling Baby" Episode 13: "Andy and Helen Have Their Day" Episode 14: "Three Wishes for Opie" Episode 15: "Otis Sues the County" Episode 16: "Barney Fife, Realtor" Episode 18: "The Rehabilitation of Otis" Episode 19: "The Lucky Letter" Episode 20: "Goober and the Art of Love" Episode 21: "Barney Runs for Sheriff" Episode 22: "If I Had a Quarter-Million Dollars" Episode 23: "TV or Not TV" Episode 25: "The Case of the Punch in the Nose" Episode 26: "Opie's Newspaper" Episode 27: "Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau" Episode 28: "The Arrest of the Fun Girls" Episode 29: "The Luck of Newton Monroe" Episode 30: "Opie Flunks Arithmetic" Season 6 Episode 17: "The Return of Barney Fife" Episode 18: "The Legend of Barney Fife" Season 7 Episode 18: "A Visit to Barney Fife" Episode 19: "Barney Comes to Mayberry" Season 8 Episode 21: "Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting" Legacy Calling a police officer or authority figure "Barney Fife" has become an American slang term for gross ineptitude or overzealousness. A notable example occurred during the Scott Peterson case, in which the defendant's mother referred to the local police captain as "Barney Fife". During oral arguments for the Supreme Court case Herring v. United States regarding evidence exclusion by negligent law enforcement, Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan told the court, "There's not a Barney Fife defense to the violation of the Fourth Amendment." In popular culture At least two cartoons pay homage to Barney Fife: In The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Don Knotts guest stars as himself to help solve the mystery, but wearing Barney Fife's uniform as deputy of "Juneberry." In Freakazoid "Toby Danger" when a out of control giant robot is destroying Las Vegas, Nevada, there is a cameo