Otis the Cow
| 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(s) | Guy Moon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Steve Oedekerk Jed Springarn |
| Producer(s) | Maragret M. Dean (Season 1) Paul Marshal |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Omation Animation Studio Nickelodeon Animation Studios |
| Distributor |
Viacom International Paramount Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Nickelodeon (2007–2010) Nicktoons (2011) |
| Picture format | 480i (4:3 SDTV) |
| Audio format |
Dolby Digital 5.1 (2007–2010) Dolby Surround 7.1 (2010–2011) |
| Original release | September 29, 2007 – November 12, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Barnyard (2006) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Back at the Barnyard is a Nickelodeon computer-animated television series that is a spin-off from the 2006 film, Barnyard. The debut series premiered on September 29, 2007 on Nickelodeon. The show is produced by Omation Animation Studio, in association with Nickelodeon Animation Studios. The show mainly features pop culture references and parodies for the entertainment of the show. In February 2008, Nickelodeon renewed the show for a second season consisting of 24 episodes. On January 22, 2010, Nickelodeon ordered 16 more episodes extending it to a third season. In March 2011, the show was in hiatus, due to the more recent Omation show Planet Sheen pausing production of "Back at the Barnyard" episodes. The hiatus stopped in August 2011 when they announced the remaining episodes would air on Nickelodeon's sister channel, Nicktoons, starting on September 12, 2011. The final episode of the show aired on November 12, 2011, and was entitled "Aliens!". This is Steve Oedekerk's second animated series for Nickelodeon, as he was one of the executive producers of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
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, 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.
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