History WesternAnimation / Barnyard

* 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). [[WordOfGod Director Steve Oedekerk]] admits that he put udders on the steers 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. Muddying things even further is there's a scene with a bull -- no, not a male cow, an actual ''bull'' -- riding a mechanical man. [[WildMassGuessing Perhaps bulls and cows are separate species in this universe.]]

* CentralTheme: "A strong man stands up for himself, a stronger man stands up for others". According to Steve Oedekerk, the movie is about family and what makes a family is people being there for each other and caring for one another.

* CompanyCrossReferences: When the animals trick the farmer into thinking he's sleeping the entire time after getting knocked by Miles when he saw them acting like humans, They give him a copy of ''Charlotte's Web'' to read. Nickelodeon and Paramount would release a live action version of the book later the same year.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Playing a Tom Petty song on a homemade guitar? Simple enough. Playing a Tom Petty song on a homemade guitar while fighting a pack of coyotes? Now THAT's badass!

* PrecisionFStrike: The producers managed to include the Music/JohnnyCash version of "I Won't Back Down". Complete with the word "hell". In a kid's movie. Arguably [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], depending on how you view the word "Hell" - in the context of the song, it's referring to the ''location'', "the gates of Hell", rather than as a curse word, which many consider perfectly acceptable.

* StabThePicture: In one of the party scenes, the chickens are seen throwing darts on a picture of Colonel Sanders taped to a dartboard.

* 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). [[WordOfGod Director Steve Oedekerk]] admits that he put udders on the steers 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. Muddying things even further is there's a scene with a bull -- no, not a male cow, an actual ''bull'' -- riding a mechanical man. Perhaps bulls and cows are separate species in this universe.

''Barnyard'' (also marketed as ''Barnyard: The Original Party Animals'') is a 2006 Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} animated comedy-drama written and directed by Creator/SteveOedekerk and stars the voices of Creator/KevinJames, Creator/CourteneyCox, Creator/SamElliott, Creator/DannyGlover, Creator/WandaSykes, Creator/AndieMacDowell and Creator/DavidKoechner.

* 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). [[WordOfGod Director Steve Oedekerk]] admits he put udders on the steers 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. Muddying things even further is there's a scene with a bull -- no, not a male cow, an actual ''bull'' -- riding a mechanical man. Perhaps bulls and cows are separate species in this universe.

* 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. Arguably [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], depending on how you view the word "Hell" - in the context of the song, it's referring to the ''location'', "the gates of Hell," rather than as curse, which many consider perfectly acceptable.

* SassyBlackWoman: Bessie has the voice & attitude of one.

* 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 steers 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. Muddying things even further is there's a scene with a bull -- no, not a male cow, an actual ''bull'' -- riding a mechanical man. Perhaps bulls and cows are separate species in this universe.

* 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 udders, which they do not have in real life.

* CartoonCreature: This dancing hairy creature called Wild Mike.

''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, Creator/WandaSykes, Creator/RobPaulsen, Creator/CamClarke, and Jeff Garcia, among many others.

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

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

* TypicalCartoonAnimalColors: Played straight with Otis, the black-and-white cow, Pig, the pink pig, Freddy, the yellow ferret, Miles, the gray mule, and Maddy, the yellow chick. Averted with the rest of the animal characters.

* 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, Creator/WandaSykes, Creator/RobPaulsen, Creator/CamClarke, and Jeff Garcia, among many others .

* ManipulativeBastard: Alhough not shown much, Dag has some shades of this. It's most notable when he taunts Otis, making him feeling terrible about not helping his father on the night he died, and afterwards proposing Otis a deal: he and his pack would only take a few animals each night, but if Otis tries again to stop them, they will slaughter every single one of them.

* {{Masquerade}}: PlayedForLaughs. While the animals don't speak to humans in English (or any human language), it's made clear that the animals really are speaking English and [[TranslationConvention it's not just their noises being translated]].

* ParentalBonus: Two female cows shown at party are [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything getting their utters pumped of their milk]] for the beverage at the party.

Otis is a [[PunnyStuff 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.

* NewOldWest: As mentioned above, this is less the wacky animal comedy that [[NeverTrustATrailer it was advertised as]] and more of a modern Western (with [[RecycledInSpace farm animals]]). Most of the animals (especially the chickens) are the innocent frontier townsfolk, Dag and his pack are the roving posse of bandits that threaten the town's safety and livelihood, and Ben is the Sheriff who keeps the bandits at bay and the town - er, farm - safe from them. Otis' ComingOfAgeStory is completed by him [[spoiler: functionally becoming the new "Sheriff" after Ben's death.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Ben found Otis as a orphaned calf following him in the fields, so he decided to raise him.

* 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. Arguably [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], depending on how you view the word "Hell" - in the context of the song, it's reffering to the ''location'', "the gates of Hell," rather than as curse, which many consider perfectly acceptable.

* ConstantlyLactatingCow: PlayedForLaughs. Not only can the cattle give milk without nursing, but as mentioned before, [[AnimalGenderBender the cattle are male]].

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: "[[TranquilFury Put the hen]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner down, Dag.]]"]]

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: One of the coyotes when Pip goes inside his ear.

'''Otis:''' That's called "*boy* tipping!" Ha ha ha!

-->'''Snotty Boy:''' That's called "cow tipping!" Ha ha ha!

* ConstantlyLactatingCow: PlayedForLaughs. Not only can the cattle give milk without nursing, but as mentioned before, [[AnimalGenderBender the cattle are male]]

* CentralTheme: "A strong man stands up for himself, a stronger man stands up for others". According to Steve Odekerk, the movie is about family and what makes a family is people being there for each other and caring for one another.