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Back at the Barnyard (originally advertised as Barnyard: The Series)[1] is an American CGI animated television series based on the 2006 film Barnyard serving as a direct sequel to it.[2] It was the second Nickelodeon TV series to be based on a film, with the first being The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. It aired from September 29, 2007 to September 18, 2010 on Nickelodeon for two seasons.[3] The show was a co-production between Omation Animation Studio and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. The last five episodes aired from September 12 to November 12, 2011, on Nicktoons.[4] It features the voice of Chris Hardwick as Otis.

Plot

Following the film's events, Otis and his friends continue going on various misadventures and trying to keep their anthropomorphism a secret from humans.[5]

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
FilmAugust 4, 2006 (2006-08-04)N/A
126September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29)February 24, 2009 (2009-02-24)Nickelodeon
22621February 25, 2009 (2009-02-25)September 18, 2010 (2010-09-18)
5September 12, 2011 (2011-09-12)November 12, 2011 (2011-11-12)Nicktoons

Characters

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 THQ in 2008 exclusively for the Nintendo DS, a system not among the platforms the Barnyard tie-in game was released on to promote the preceding film. It received generally negative reviews from critics, with a score of 49 from review aggregator Metacritic.[6]

References

  1. ^ "(DVD) Barnyard: The Series 2006 announcement", www.youtube.com, 2006, retrieved February 5, 2024
  2. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  3. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 20. ISBN 9781476672939.
  4. ^ "Back at the Barnyard | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  5. ^ Ball, Ryan (September 10, 2007). "Barnyard Gets Debut Date". Animation Magazine. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Back at the Barnyard: Slop Bucket Games". Metacritic. Retrieved December 12, 2022.

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