History WesternAnimation / Barnyard

Otis is a [[IncrediblyLamePun party animal cow]], one of many barnyard animals who hide their walking and talking lifestyle from humanity. Ben, the leader of the barn and Otis' father, is constantly assuring his son that he'll have to shape up and improve his attitude one day. Sure enough, one night of irresponsibility leads to Ben's death at the hands of the evil coyote Dag and his pack. With Otis elected as the new leader, he must look out for all the other animals and struggle with accepting responsibility for others, all while coping with the developing feelings he has for the newest addition to the barnyard, Daisy, a pregnant cow.

* RecycledInSpace: But [[NeverTrustATrailer not in the way it was advertised.]] It's less ''Film/AnimalHouse'' with cows and more of a modern Western revenge story. (With cows.)

[[caption-width-right:350:What happens in the barnyard stays in the barnyard.]]

* ActorAllusion: Creator/SamElliot plays Ben, the "Sheriff" of the Barnyard, as a tribute to his roles as authority figures in numerous Westerns. Appropriate, since this movie is in itself something of a Western, [[RecycledInSpace but with cows.]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This movie is ''much'' more [[DarkerAndEdgier solemn and grim]] than the subsequent animated series that would follow it. It's less of a wacky comedy and more of a {{dramedy}} Neo-Western (but you know, [[RecycledInSpace with cows.]])

'''Mr. Beady:''' This is a cow farm. You're gonna find cows outside.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Coyotes do not travel in packs and are actually highly territorial, though it's implied that the other Coyotes joined Dag because they were impressed with his skills at hunting chickens. And let's not even get to the male cattle with utters, which they do not have in real life.

* AnimalGenderBender: Contrary to popular belief, "male cows" don't have udders. To be fair, bulls have nipples, but they don't have udders (and showing actual genitalia wouldn't fly.) Director Steve Oedekerk admits he put udders on the bulls because he thought; [[RuleOfFunny "It'd be funny to give them the incorrect anatomy"]] and he had figured that city folk thought that all cows would look like this.

''Barnyard'' (also marketed as ''Barnyard: The Original Party Animals'') is a 2006 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} animated comedy-drama written and directed by Creator/SteveOedekerk, starring Creator/KevinJames, Creator/CourteneyCox, Creator/SamElliott, Creator/DannyGlover, Creator/DavidKoechner, Wanda Sykes, Rob Paulsen, Cam Clarke, and Jeff Garcia, among many others .

* VisualPun: Biggie Cheese performs "Mr. Boombastic" by Shaggy, and as he starts his song, we cut to a member of the barn band... a ''shaggy'' dog.

* AxCrazy: Dag has ''too'' much fun in the hunt. And then there is the fact that he keeps the legs from the chickens he has killed before as decorations for his chain...
** He could actually be a dingo, seeing as his fur is red and he considers himself superior to the coyotes.

->''"[[ArcWords A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others.]]"''\\
-- '''Ben'''

* PrecisionFStrike: They managed to get the Johnny Cash version of I Won't Back Down. Complete with the word "hell". In a kid's movie.

* ParentalSubstitute: Ben isn't Otis's actual father, as mentioned above, but adopted him and raised him as his own. Later, [[spoiler: Otis himself adopts Daisy's child as their own, bringing things full circle.]]

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* KnightOfCerebus[=/=]VileVillainSaccharineShow: Dag. The movie completely loses its comedic beats whenever he appears on screen.

The film served as the PiltoMovie for a series called ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard''.

It was eventually adapted into an AnimatedSeries called ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard''.

** The trailers don't mention nor the villainous KnightOfCerebus Dag and his pack.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Quite a few examples despite the fact it's a kids movie.
** When Otis first meets Daisy, he is clearly attracted to her and goes to formerly introduce himself, only to be shocked at the sight that she's already heavily pregnant (from a previous beau).
** When Otis is talking to Daisy, he can't seem to stop staring at her udders...
** At the barn party, one of the barnyard animals is seen getting drunk from drinking the party beverage entitled "Milk & Honey"...
** Two female cows shown at party are [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything getting their utters pumped of their milk]] for the beverage at the party...
** When Otis and his friends are on the run from the police, one of them is saying to himself "Oh, milk me!"

''Barnyard'' (also marketed as ''Barnyard: The Original Party Animals'') is a 2006 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} animated comedy-drama written and directed by Steve Oedekerk, starring Creator/KevinJames, Creator/CourteneyCox, Creator/SamElliott, Creator/DannyGlover, Creator/DavidKoechner, Wanda Sykes, Rob Paulsen, Cam Clarke, and Jeff Garcia, among many others .