History WesternAnimation / BackAtTheBarnyard

* ContinuityNod: There are only two real indications viewers get of this series taking place in the same continuity as the PilotMovie:
** 1.) "Big Top Barnyard" -- Otis mentions how Ben used to take him to the circus when he was younger.
** 2.) "Wild Mike's Dance Party" -- After Abby questions Bessy on who Wild Mike, Bessy explains that Wild Mike is 'some mutant hairball' that Otis found, which happened back in the PilotMovie.

* SmellySkunk: Pig's pet Skunky is a skunk who frequently stinks up the joint, which is fitting since Pig is fairly stinky himself.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Abby for Daisy, the LoveInterest in the original movie and only female cow besides Bessy. Daisy is not mentioned in this series, nor was Abby present in the movie.

* TwoGirlsToATeam: Abby and Bessie are the only female major characters in the series.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Mrs. Beady often tries to expose the animals' secret to the world to prove she's not a lunatic. Which she is, [[Main/{{HystericalWoman}} just for different reasons]].

* ShoutOut: The news reporter Hilly Burford, played by Creator/JohnDimaggio, is a very clear {{Expy}} of Will Ferrell's
\Harry Caray++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ impersonation on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''\.

* UnreliableNarrator: The Narrator sometimes likes to go into his own little world.

* BlatantLies: "We are not {{talking animal}}s." "There's no such things as {{talking animal}}s."

* AnimalGenderBender: The "male cow" with an udder, of course, just like the movie. The show takes this UpToEleven by having Otis lactate.

** Otis (who's established as being a male) is able to produce milk and shoot it out of his udder.

* AbortedArc: In "The Right Cow", Bingo said he was going to come back, but he never did, aside from a cameo in the finale.

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to the PilotMovie[[note]]Which was comparably darker, edgier and more nightmarish but still had some funny moments[[/note]], this series way more on comedy--and the show just got weirder and weirder as it went on, which is actually lampshaded by Otis in one of the later episodes.

** The way Freddy admits to his parents that Peck - whom he just saved from becoming their meal - is his best friend, and his parents' reaction from this, obviously parallels word for word someone admitting to his parents that he's gay and introducing his partner to them. What makes that one even funnier is the fact that Freddy's [[Creator/CamClarke voice actor]] is gay.
** "Otis Vs. Bigfoot": Otis is initially convinced that Bigfoot's evil and also doesn't truly love Abby--when he confronts the two after they have an OldFashionedRowboatDate, Otis tells Abby that he thinks Bigfoot just wants to eat her and then leave and tell all his friends about it. Which basically sounds Otis claiming that Bigfoot would just love her and leave her.

* GretzkyHasTheBall: There are so many things wrong with the football game they play, even someone who has never seen a single football game in their life could find at least 3 things wrong with it.

** The "Hilly Burford" newscaster character is an expy of baseball announcer Harry Carey, specifically [[Creator/WillFerrell Will Ferrell's]] impersonation, crazy hair and all.

* ContinuityNod: In ''Wild Mike's Dance Party'', when Abby questions Bessy on who Wild Mike is, Bessy claims that he's a "mutant hairball that Otis found," which happened back in [[WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}} the original movie.]] [[CallBack The events of that particular episode would indicate that the show does in fact take place in the same continuity as the film.]]

* CrossReferencedTitles: "Snotty & Snottier" is one to the earlier episode "Dummy & Dummyer". Both episodes' title cards even share the same music.

''Back at the Barnyard'' is a [[Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} Nicktoon]] from the producers of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]''. It premiered on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} on September 29, 2007, and it ended on November 12, 2011. Based off the 2006 movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'' which features the same characters from the film, though the series seems to follow a different continuity than that of the original (and replaces at least one of the characters from the movie).

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to the PilotMovie[[note]]Which was a comparably darker, edgier and more nightmarish but still had some funny moments[[/note]], this series way more on comedy--and the show just weirder and weirder as it went on, which is actually lampshaded by Otis in one of the later episodes.

** Pig becomes cleaber and shinier in the series.

''Back at the Barnyard'' is a [[Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} Nicktoon]] from the producers of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]''. It premiered on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} on September 29, 2007, and it ended on November 12, 2011. Based off the 2006 movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'' which features the same characters from the film, though the series seems to ignore the events of the movie (and replaces one of them) for its own continuity.

The story centers around Otis, the cow in charge of running the barn, though something of an EnsembleCast provides enough chaos to keep a steady stream of entertainment flowing through 2 seasons of 52 episodes. Otis regularly deals with scams gone awry originating from his friends or (more commonly) himself. Other instances have him functioning throughout the human world incognito or dealing with the [[ProperlyParanoid supposedly psychotic]] lady next door to the barn who knows they can talk and wants to expose them to the outside world.

* AlternateContinuity: More or less.

** Pig becomes less dirty and more shiny in the series.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Bigfoot is a recurring character in the show. He is a celebrity who's recorded a hit single called "No Fear Bigfoot", dated Jessica Allspice, and became mayor with a landslide victory (though he lost the position after going into a rage from flash photography). He can also fly.

* ButtSticker: In episode "The Good, the Bad, and the Snotty" after all the animals rolled out of the barn all glued together. Bessy complains about Peck being glued to her butt.

* TheCassandra: Mrs. Beady tries to expose the barnyard animals' ability to talk dozens of times, but everyone thinks she's crazy.

** Creator/JimCummings guest stars in "Iron Otis" as a RaginCajun trying to kill a character voiced by Paulsen. [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Sounds familiar.]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Daisy, despite Otis helping her to raise her son Ben.

* ClockworkPrediction: At the beginning of "The Farmer Takes a Woman", after the animals' party is interrupted when the farmer shows up to mourn his dead wife.

* ConnectedAllAlong: While the Beadys and Snotty Boy all appeared in the movie, the series classified Snotty Boy as being the the Beady's nephew.

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to the PilotMovie[[note]]Which was comparably DarkerAndEdgier, but it still had some funny moments[[/note]], the series relies way more on comedy--and it just got weirder and weirder as it went on. It's even lampshaded by Otis in one episode:

** "Otis Vs. Bigfoot": Otis doesn't think Bigfoot truly loves Abby, but that he just wants to eat her and then walk away and tell all his friends about it, which sounds like Otis claiming Bigfoot would love and leave her.

** Same episode: Immediately after, we get this gem from Pig whose head was just turned into a ham sandwich. He holds a bottle of mustard and says:

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Shockingly averted in the episode where Pig meets his betrothed--said betrothed has a HairTriggerTemper and frequently screams at and smacks Pig around (Pig is in a love-induced haze so he just pretty much takes it). His friends are rightfully appalled by her treatment of him and plan to get the marriage arrangement dissolved because they know that if Pig marries her and snaps out of his haze afterward, he'll be unhappy and miserable for the rest of his life.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Invoked by Bessie towards the end of the episode, 'War of the Pranks': "Let's all have a nice end-of-the-show laugh!"

** Pig is a less negative version.
** Otis: He can be quite dumb at some times, and the milk in his body makes him heavy.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Otis becomes this as Cowman in "Cowman: The Uddered Avenger" when a mad scientist deceives the public into thinking he is trying to steal the Jurassic Corn Kernel. Even his friends (except Pip and Abby) turn against him.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Otis managed to hypnotize himself in "Hypno-A-Go-Go"

* InfectionScene: In the ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'' special "It's An Udderful Life," Otis grabs a visiting SantaClaus a cup of cinnamon eggnog...as the camera lingers on a sign behind the cup saying "Freddy's Cup - ''DO NOT TOUCH!''" Freddy, who is very sick with "ferret fever," comes in asking for the cup, and Santa notices that the cup has Freddy's name on it. Santa's not worried, as he's healthy as they come...then we take a glimpse inside his bloodstream, where Freddy-shaped germs beat up Santa-shaped white blood cells, and suddenly Santa's too sick to work.

** Of all of Bessie's insults, this one was probably the most mean-spirited.
* KidsAreCruel: Eugene and his friends.

** An inverse of the previous example happens in "Get Bessy", wherein Weird Al wears a mask to hide the fact that [[spoiler:he's a horse disguised as a human]].

%% * MindControlEyes: Anyone hypnotized by Otis in "Hypno a Go-Go" gets these.

* ShoutOut: The news reporter Hilly Burford, played by Creator/JohnDimaggio, is a very clear {{Expy}} of Will Ferrell's Harry Caray impersonation on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

* WholePlotReference: A few. There were episodes parodying the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]]", ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', ''Film/TheExorcist'', and ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''.

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to the PilotMovie, which (though it did have its funny moments) was comparably {{dark|erAndEdgier}} (and more nightmarish), the series relies way more on comedy--and it just gets weirder and weirder as it went on. It's even lampshaded by Otis in one episode:

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to the PilotMovie, which (though it did have its funny moments) was comparably {{dark|erAndEdgier}} (and more nightmarish), the series relies way more on comedy--and it just weirder and weirder as it went on. It's even lampshaded by Otis in one episode:

* AnimalGenderBender: The "male cow" with an udder, of course, just like the movie.

* ControlFreak: Duke

* DenserAndWackier: Sure, the PilotMovie was {{dark|erAndEdgier}} and more nightmareish and all, but this show relies more on comedy. Lampshaded by Otis in one episode.

** Otis is able to produce milk and shoot it out of his udder.

* {{Expy}}: Abby looks surprisingly like Daisy from the source movie. She replaces both Daisy and her son.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Ben.

* GhostlyAnimals: In the episode, "The Haunting", Otis builds a fun shack over a pet burial ground, disturbing the grave of Winky, a rabbit who lived on the farm 100 years ago. As retribution, Winky's ghost possesses Pig's body, then Winky summons the ghosts of his animal friends to take over the farm. Otis and Bessy have to team up to save their friends and capture the ghostly animals.
* GretzkyHasTheBall: There are so many things wrong with the football game they play, someone who has never seen a single football game in their life could find at least 3 things wrong with it.

* IdiotHero: Otis falls into this, in contrast to his film counterpart.

* LighterAndSofter: The movie got pretty dark at points. This...doesn't. Some episodes subvert their lighthearted laughs with dark plots though, like "Snotty's New Pet," where Snotty Boy tries to feed Pip to his snake, or "Hypno-A-Go-Go," where Otis is accidentally hypnotized to kill the farmer at the sound of the bell, and more than half of his attempts almost got Abby killed as well trying to save him.

* MadeOfExplodium: Happens to the hens' eggs in "Animal Farmers" thanks to Freddy adding TNT powder to the energy drink the others made.

%% * ManiacMonkeys: Bingo.

* WholePlotReference: A few. There were episodes parodying the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]]", ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', ''Film/TheExorcist'', and ''Franchise/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''.

* DenserAndWackier: Sure, the PilotMovie was {{dark|erAndEdgier}} and more {{nightmar|eFuel}}ish and all, but this show relies more on comedy. Lampshaded by Otis in one episode.

* TakeThat: To the animals, there is no worse form of torture than to be strapped to a table and forced to watch [[Film/HighSchoolMusical something about kids in high school making a musical]].

* RealityEnsues:
** In one episode, Pig falls in love with a human woman and decides to propose to her, which makes Otis immediately point out the main problem with their relationship...'''HE’S A PIG!!!'''
** In the same episode, Otis types a personal ad for the farmer on a dating site. The result:
-->Fhenxhfndkdiej#blarg...Man, I wish we had fingers.
** One episode has Otis (who isn’t exactly book smart) need to use a math equation to figure out the speed to travel to save his friends...he gets the solution wrong.

** "Robo Peck": Tje very end: