Back at the Barnyard

Back at the Barnyard (also known as Barnyard: The Animated Series) is a Nickelodeon computer-animated television series that is a spin-off from the 2006 film, Barnyard. The series aired from September 29, 2007 to September 18, 2010 on Nickelodeon. The show was produced by Omation Animation Studio, in association with Nickelodeon Animation Studios. The remaining episodes aired from September 12 to November 12, 2011 on Nicktoons.[1]

Plot
The plot generally revolves around Otis, a cow, 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 (who replaced Daisy in the film), 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. Otis and his friends have to overtake many obstacles like preventing Mrs. Beady from proving that animals know how to 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

Viewer Mail Time
In the episode "Hypno-A-Go-Go", Pig interrupts the middle of the episode with a mock message viewer called "Viewer Mail Time". It has then been used in several YouTube videos where Pig interrupts a dramatic event in a movie or TV show for Viewer Mail Time. An example is Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, where Flint goes into the spaghetti tornado, or in Avengers: Infinity War when Thanos snaps his fingers to erase half of humanity, where the anticipation is completely broken by the gag.

Ask Dr. Pig
In this mock TV show, Pig describes various health symptoms. In one Ask Dr. Pig episode, Pig is describing bullying when someone breaks into the hospitaland has a big fight with Dr. Pig.

Video game
Back at the Barnyard: Slop Bucket Games (released PAL regions under the name Back at the Barnyard: Cowlympics) is an action video game released by THQ in 2008 for the Nintendo DS. It received generally negative reviews from critics, receiving a 43.86% from GameRankings.[2]