''Back at the Barnyard'' (also known as ''Barnyard: The Series'') is an American

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television series based on the 2006 film ''Barnyard''. The second and final installment in the ''Barnyard'' franchise, the series aired from September 29, 2007, to September 18, 2010, on

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and

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for two seasons. The show was a co-production between Omation Animation Studio and

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. The remaining episodes aired from September 12 to November 12, 2011, on

Plot

Following the events of the film, the series' plot generally revolves around Otis and his friends going on various misadventures and trying to keep their anthropomorphism a secret from humans.

Episodes

Characters

*Otis (voiced by

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) *Abby (voiced by

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) *Pip (voiced by

Jeffrey Garcia Jeffrey Garcia (born May 3, 1977) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, who is best known for voicing Sheen Estevez in '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', and its two Nickelodeon spin-off television show series ''The Adventures of Jimmy Neu ...

) *Noreen "Nora" Beady (voiced by

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) *Farmer Buyer (voiced by

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) *Eugene "Snotty Boy" Goldner (voiced by Steve Oedekerk) *Nathaniel Randall "Nathan" Beady III (voiced by Steve Oedekerk) *Pig (voiced by

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) *Freddy (voiced by

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) *Peck (voiced by Rob Paulsen) *Duke (voiced by

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) *Bessy (voiced by

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)

Video game

''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

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in 2008 for the Nintendo DS. It received generally negative reviews from critics, with a score of 49 from review aggregator

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References

External links

Press Release

Mark Beam - Character Design / Associate Producer
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