Editing Barbara Van Horne

{{Character
|name = Barbara Van Horne
|image = [[File:Barbara Van Horne.png|200px]]
|gender = {{Female}}
|hair = Green
|status = Alive
|job = 
|relatives = '''Husband''': [[Sideshow Mel]]<br>'''Son:''' Unnamed<ref>"[[Moe Letter Blues]]"</ref>
|appearance = "[[Realty Bites]]"
|voiced by = 
}}

'''Barbara Van Horne''' is the wife of [[Sideshow Mel]], although they are currently separated.<ref name="TNAK">"[[The Nightmare After Krustmas]]"</ref>

== History ==
She and Mel were interested in buying a house with a bowling alley (which [[Marge]] talks them out of buying).<ref>"[[Realty Bites]]"</ref>

She and Sideshow Mel seemed to have a difficult marriage. He once said she does not respect his French arts.<ref>"[[I'm with Cupid]]"</ref> She had an affair behind his back with [[Krusty]] for 11 years before Krusty told him to tell her that he was dumping her.<ref>"[[The Great Wife Hope]]"</ref> She eventually left a note for Mel saying that she had left him.<ref name="TNAK"/>

== Description ==
She has the same hair color as Sideshow Mel, but unlike Mel her hair is a normal style. She rarely speaks when other people are around.

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|Realty Bites}}
*{{ep|The Joy of Sect}}
*{{ep|I'm with Cupid|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|All About Lisa|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|The Great Wife Hope|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|Pay Pal}}
*{{ep|The Nightmare After Krustmas|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|Springfield Splendor|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass|([[Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass/Gags|opening sequence]])}}
*{{bk|The Krusty Book|(mentioned)}}

== References ==
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{{Simpsons characters}}
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[[Category:Characters introduced in season 9]]