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Trivia
The original joke with Benrey was initially planned to have every pseudonym of him being different plays on the name "Barney" from the original Half-Life. However, due to the nature of the improvisation, he stayed as one character with multiple nicknames.
The G-Man is one of the few characters to openly dislike Benrey outside of Gordon Freeman, insinuating the reason he revealed himself to Gordon was to have Benrey killed and showing discomfort and stammering when Benrey bypasses his time-freezing ability.
In AI Crushes All Banks, it is stated that Benrey has no parents, and subsequently picked his name.
The alias of johnwicklover1994 is likely a joke referencing the practice of blaming your sibling on something they never did - even if you do not have siblings - over online games.
Benrey claims to have killed Forzen off-screen.
Benrey is the only character to have received a Makeship plush.
In Act 4: Part 1, Benrey mentions that "if you die enough times, I give you a chicken hat". This is a reference to the easter egg/gaming aid in Metal Gear Solid V.
Benrey is refered to as an "alien god" during the commentary for Act 3.
Benrey is self-refered to as not being a corrections officer.

Personality
Benrey is very outwardly nonchalant and aloof, seemingly unaware of his surroundings and the danger within them by extension. He finds humour in being contradictory to make others, specifically Gordon, mad or upset; Accusing Gordon of crimes he didn’t or couldn't have possibly committed within reality. On top of this, he mostly ignores the crimes that have been committed by the Science Team, such as destruction/stealing of property and murder.

His aloof and absentminded nature is supported by his consistency giving delayed responses, with WayneradioTV stating in a commentary stream that he is “only conscious when spoken to”. More support to his contradictory humour is how often he switches up on Gordon, going from being nice to attempting to goad him into jumping to his death, to no avail.

Benrey is shown to be impatient and stubborn, supported by him leaping from the elevator while on the way to the Test Chamber, and how quick he is to kill random NPCs, never giving up on following the Science Team and tracking Gordon throughout the entire journey despite vocalization that he is not wanted within the group.

In Act 4 onward, Benrey gradually shifts to be more outwardly antagonistic towards Gordon, being rude and having it eventually be revealed that he was the one behind the betrayal, him taking up the role as primary antagonist. As the Science Team slowly make their way towards the end, Benrey often mentions "going back", showing his sentimental side as he takes pictures of the Science Team throughout Xen. The change to aggression is slow and barely surfaces until the boss battle occurs, despite his reveal as the driving force behind the betrayal.

Even during the boss battle, he sometimes acts friendly towards Gordon and the team, asking him if he wanted to head back to his place to play video games together, though this could also be interpreted as a taunting gesture. When Tommy was being trapped by a few skeletons singing the Sweet Voice, Benrey tells the skeletons to let Tommy go – though this nice gesture was a misunderstanding, and his intentions were stated to be more nefarious than the phrasing lead others to believe.

Abilities
Benrey is shown to possess many inhuman abilities, such as immortality, no-clipping, and the ability to contort his own body in extreme ways. His best known ability would be his usage of the Black Mesa Sweet Voice, which can convey emotions, influence others’ emotions, act as healing, and can encase corpses within cocoons. He apparently possesses a “Song of Death” done by the Sweet Voice, as explained by Tommy after the defeat of the Black Mesa Golem Ape.

He is immune to the G-Man’s ability to stop time, even going so far as to interrupt him during a scene. The most curious case is his immortality, seemingly being revived as a skeleton and following around the crew silently, eventually speaking as one for a single scene in Act 1: Part 2. It is later revealed that the skeletons were also acting as his subordinates.

In the Final Act, Benrey exercises his ability to greatly change his visual form, growing to a gigantic size and stalking the Science Team through Xen. During the boss fight, Benrey’s final form quickly contorts into an incomprehensible mess in multiple shapes. Once defeated, he never returns to his final form and appears as usual in both AI Crushes All Banks and actor commentary.

Benrey appears as a "Barney" security guard model from Half-Life. Differing from regular NPCs, he has a slight slouch compared to the straight posture of regular security guards.

His font in the edited vods is Speedwriter, stylized with HEX code #1F0799 and either a white or red glow around it. He and Forzen are the only ones with subtitles stylized in all lowercase.