Barkis Bittern

'''"Oh, how touching. I always cry at weddings. Finally, our two young lovers are together at last. Surely now they can live happily ever after? But you forget... she's still my wife! And I'm not leaving here empty-handed!"

- Lord Barkis Bittern disrupting the wedding '''

Lord Barkis Bittern is the main antagonist of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.

He was voiced by Richard E. Grant.

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Lord Barkis Bittern is a wealthy newcomer of an unnamed European village. He attends and watches the rehearsal wedding between Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot which fails when the former doesn't perform well. Barkis criticizes him, as if he doesn't want Victor to marry her.

When Victor is abducted by Emily, Barkis tries to make it look like that he left with another woman. Victoria's parents decide to get Victoria to marry him instead due to his apparent wealth. Later, after the undead shows up, Barkis tries to flee with Victoria along with her money. However, she doesn't have it, and left Barkis.

He shows up in the church attempting to get Victoria back. Emily recognizes Barkis as the man who left her waiting in a tree so that he can kill her and get her jewels that was her dowry. He attempts to repeat this pattern to Victoria, but Victor stops him. Emily orders Barkis out of the church, but he unknowingly drinks the poisoned wine, becoming undead. The undead then overwhelms him as he pays the price for what he did to Emily.