Back at the Barnyard

This article is about the series. For the film, see Barnyard (film).

Back at the Barnyard
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Genre	Comedy Surreal humour Off-color humor
Created by	Steve Oedekerk
Directed by	Todd Grimes T.J. Sullivan Mike Gasaway Spike Brandt Tony Cervone Tom Grevera Bert Ring Aaron Hammersley Jim Schumann Fred Gonzales Nick Simotas
Voices of	Chris Hardwick Jeff Garcia Leigh-Allyn Baker Tino Insana Cam Clarke Rob Paulsen Dom Irrera Wanda Sykes Fred Tatasciore Maria Bamford Steve Oedekerk
Theme music composer	Michael Fitzpatrick Mickey Petralia
Opening theme	"Back at the Barnyard Theme Song" performed by Michael Fitzpatrick & Mickey Petralia
Composer	Guy Moon
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Steve Oedekerk Jed Springarn
Producers	Maragret M. Dean (Season 1) Paul Marshal
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Omation Animation Studio Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon (2007–2010) Nicktoons (2011)
Release	September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29) – November 12, 2011 (2011-11-12)

Back at the Barnyard is a Nickelodeon computer-animated television series that is a spin-off from the 2006 film, Barnyard. The series premiered on September 29, 2007 on Nickelodeon. The show is produced by Omation Animation Studio, in association with Nickelodeon Animation Studios. The last episode aired on November 12, 2011 on Nicktoons.

Plot

The plot generally revolves around Otis (a male cow with udders) and his barnyard friends. Otis wants to horse around, but has to be responsible and protect the inhabitants of the Barnyard. He and his friends Pip the mouse, Abby the cow, Pig the pig, Freddy the ferret, Peck the rooster, Duke the sheepdog, and Bessy the cow have many crazy adventures, while at the same time help Otis protect the farm. The setting is unknown but it is heavily implied to be in the fictional Arizona town of Oedeville. While the setting strongly resembles Arizona (the Grand Canyon has been depicted in some episodes, i.e. Cowman and Ratboy), some have questioned whether or not it is in Arizona or a made-up setting. According to the original film and an episode of the spin off, Oedeville (which Steve Oedekerk most likely named after himself) is 20 miles from the actual city of Phoenix. There is still debate of whether this should be the official location because there are many scenes in the show where the nature background does not look at all like Arizona (it is green and hilly, whereas Arizona is more of a desert-like area which is dry, arid and sandy). Otis and his friends have to overtake many obstacles like preventing Mrs. Beady from proving that animals can talk and distracting the farmer, so that they can throw a party. In many episodes, Otis gets himself in a sticky situation where his friends have to come to the rescue, resulting in him learning a lesson. Sometimes, the animals dress up like people when out in public, which nobody notices except Mrs. Beady.

Characters

Main article: List of Back at the Barnyard characters

• Otis (voiced by Chris Hardwick)
• Pip (voiced by Jeff Garcia)
• Abby (voiced by Leigh-Allyn Baker)
• Pig (voiced by Tino Insana)
• Freddy (voiced by Cam Clarke)
• Peck (voiced by Rob Paulsen)
• Duke (voiced by Dom Irrera)
• Bessy (voiced by Wanda Sykes)
• Noreen "Nora" Beady (voiced by Maria Bamford)
• Farmer Buyer (voiced by Fred Tatasciore)
• Eugene "Snotty Boy" Beady (voiced by Steve Oedekerk)

Episodes

Main article: List of Back at the Barnyard episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired	Network
Film			August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04)		N/A
1	26		September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29)	February 24, 2009 (2009-02-24)	Nickelodeon
2	26	21	February 25, 2009 (2009-02-25)	September 18, 2010 (2010-09-18)
		5	September 12, 2011 (2011-09-12)	November 12, 2011 (2011-11-12)	Nicktoons

DVD releases

When No One's Looking

• Release date: August 5, 2008
• 8 episodes; 96 minutes
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Snotty
  • Escape From the Barnyard
  • Cowman and Ratboy
  • Cow's Best Friend
  • Chez Pig
  • The Right Cow
  • Saving Mrs. Beady
  • The Farmer Takes a Woman

Cowman: The Uddered Avenger

• Release date: January 20, 2009
• 1 TV-movie and 4 episodes; 97 minutes
  • Cowman the Uddered Avenger
  • Hypno A-Go-Go
  • Fowl Play
  • The Barnyard Games
  • War of the Pranks

Lights, Camera, Moo! (Australian release only)

• Release date: June 2, 2011
• 4 episodes and 2 bonus SpongeBob SquarePants episodes; 80 minutes

Club Otis (Australian release only)

• Release date: July 28, 2011
• 4 episodes and 2 bonus SpongeBob SquarePants episodes; 50 minutes

Season 1

• Release date: November 7, 2011
• All season 1 episodes

Season 2

• Release date: November 1, 2011
• All season 2 episodes

Note: The episode "Aliens!!!" from this season was unaired at the time when this DVD was released. The episode later aired 11 days later on November 12, 2011.

Video games

• Back at the Barnyard: Slop Bucket Games
• Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots (cameo only)
• Nicktoons MLB (cameo only)

External links

• Official Site
• Press Release
• Mark Beam - Character Design / Associate Producer
• Back at the Barnyard at IMDb
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