The show is a parody of The Smurfs and Snorks. Like its real life counterpart, each character has a unique personality and appear on numerous amounts of branded merchandise, such as Little Lacy Surprise underwear. However, unlike the Smurfs, the Barfs explicitly hate sharing, alluding sharing to communism. Each Barf has his or her own firearm for "protection and fun". Their names seem to be a play on the adjectives that can be attributed to kinds of barf. In Grand Theft Auto V, during the mission "Friend Request", you can see a few The Barfs toys on the wall.