Back at the Barnyard (originally advertised as Barnyard: The Series)[1] is an American animated television series based on the 2006 film Barnyard serving as a direct sequel to it.[2] The series features the voice of Chris Hardwick as Otis. It was the second Nickelodeon television series to be based on a film, with the first being The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius. It aired from September 29, 2007 to September 18, 2010 on Nickelodeon for two seasons.[3] The show was a co-production between Omation Animation Studio and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. The last five episodes aired from September 12 to November 12, 2011, on Nicktoons.[4]
| Back at the Barnyard | |
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 Screencap from the series' theme song | |
| Genre | Comedy
Slapstick |
| Created by | Steve Oedekerk |
| Based on | Barnyard by Steve Oedekerk |
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| Opening theme | "Back at the Barnyard Theme Song" performed by Michael Fitzpatrick & Mickey Petralia |
| Composer | Guy Moon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (97 segments) (list of episodes) |
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| Release | September 29, 2007 – November 12, 2011 |
Plot
editFollowing the film's events, Otis and his friends continue going on various misadventures and trying to keep their anthropomorphism a secret from humans.[5]
Episodes
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
| Film | August 4, 2006 | N/A | |||
| 1 | 26 | September 29, 2007 | February 24, 2009 | Nickelodeon | |
| 2 | 26 | 21 | February 25, 2009 | September 18, 2010 | |
| 5 | September 12, 2011 | November 12, 2011 | Nicktoons | ||
Characters
editVideo game
edit| Back at the Barnyard: Slop Bucket Games | |
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| Developer(s) | Firemint |
| Publisher(s) | Play THQ |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Action game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Back at the Barnyard: Slop Bucket Games (released in European regions under the name Back at the Barnyard: Barnyard Games) is an action video game released by THQ in 2008 exclusively for the Nintendo DS, a system not among the platforms the Barnyard tie-in game was released on to promote the preceding film. It received generally negative reviews from critics, with a score of 49 from review aggregator Metacritic.[6]
References
edit- ^ "(DVD) Barnyard: The Series 2006 announcement", www.youtube.com, 2006, retrieved February 5, 2024
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 20. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ "Back at the Barnyard | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ Ball, Ryan (September 10, 2007). "Barnyard Gets Debut Date". Animation Magazine. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ^ "Back at the Barnyard: Slop Bucket Games". Metacritic. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
External links
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- Press Release
- Mark Beam - Character Design / Associate Producer Archived May 16, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
- Back at the Barnyard at IMDb
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