History WesternAnimation / BackAtTheBarnyard

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: In "Dummy and Dummier", after hearing the word "dummy", a scene showing Otis's ThinkingWheels features a song similar to that of Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse".

* TheCameo: In "Get Bessy", its revealed that Bessy is the personal shopper of Weird Al Yankovic. He's not particularly bothered by the fact she's a cow, mostly because [[spoiler:he's actually a horse [[Main/{{LatexPerfection}} in a rubber mask]]]].
** Doubles as an EarlyBirdCameo, [[WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen Planet Zeenu]] can be seen during the opening credits of the finale.

* FatIdiot: Snotty Boy fits this trope to a "T".
** Pig's one of the more positive examples of this trope.

Now has an (in-progress) [[Recap/BackAtTheBarnyard Recap page.]]

* CatchPhrase: Otis' catchphrase is "Milk me." The end of the Cowman special has Freddy try to come up with his own catchphrase. To a minor extent, "Aw, crud monkeys" is this to Pig.

* 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''.

-->'''Freddy:'''' OK, Otis, she's hotwired and ready to go!\\

** 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.

-->'''Otis''': Oh, calm down. We can [[Main/{{ItMakesSenseinContext}} saw them off]] ''Back at the Barnyard''.

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

* TheLudovicoTechnique: Demonstrated in the episode "A Tale of Two Snottys". According 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]].

[[caption-width-right:350:The secret lives of animals revealed![[note]]Clockwise starting at 12:00: [[OnlySaneMan Pip]], [[SassyBlackWoman Bessy]], Duke, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Freddy]], [[TheChewToy Peck]], [[BigEater Pig]], [[ActionGirl Abby]]; Center: [[IdiotHero Otis]][[/note]] ]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The secret lives of animals revealed![[note]]Clockwise starting at 12:00: [[OnlySaneMan Pip]], [[SassyBlackWoman Bessy]], [[GrumpyBear Duke]], [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Freddy]], [[TheChewToy Peck]], [[BigEater Pig]], [[ActionGirl Abby]]; Center: [[IdiotHero Otis]][[/note]] ]]

* AbortedArc: In "The Right Cow", Bingo said he was going to come back, but aside from a cameo in the SeriesFinale, he never appeared on the show again.

* AlternateContinuity: As stated above, the TV-series seems to follow a continuity than that of the original movie.
* AnimalGenderBender: The "male cow" with an udder, of course, just like the movie. The show takes this UpToEleven by having Otis [[LactatingMale lactate]].

[[caption-width-right:350:The secret lives of animals revealed![[note]]Clockwise starting at 12:00: [[TheLancer Pip]], [[SassyBlackWoman Bessy]], [[GrumpyBear Duke]], [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Freddy]], [[TheChewToy Peck]], [[BigEater Pig]], [[ActionGirl Abby]]; Center: [[IdiotHero Otis]][[/note]] ]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The secret lives of animals revealed![[note]]Clockwise starting at 12:00: [[TheLancer Pip]], [[SassyBlackWoman Bessy]], [[GrumpyBear Duke]], [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Freddy]], [[TheChewToy Peck]], [[ADogNamedDog Pig]], [[ActionGirl Abby]]; Center: [[IdiotHero Otis]][[/note]] ]]