Barnyard (film)

Otis is a carefree cow who prefers playing with his friends rather than accepting responsibility; much to the chagrin of his strict adoptive father and barnyard leader, Ben. After Otis interrupts a barnyard meeting with his wild antics, Ben warns his son that he will never be happy if he spends his life partying without acting more maturely. Otis ignores his advice and leaves to have fun with his friends Pip the Mouse, Freddy the Ferret, Peck the Rooster and Pig the Pig. That same day, Otis meets a pregnant cow named Daisy, who is accompanied by her friend, Bessy.

That night after the farmer went to bed, the animals throw a party in the barn. All the animals at the barnyard are there except Ben, who guards the fence line. Otis is assigned a shift along with Ben, but Otis talks himself out of work. Before he leaves, Ben tells him that the night he found him as a baby calf stumbling alone in the meadow, he swore he saw the stars dance, which reminded him that his place was at the farm. Soon after, Ben takes on a pack of coyotes led by Dag, who raid the chicken coop during a rainstorm. He manages to fight off the pack until he is bitten on the leg by Dag, making him fall. The Coyotes pile on Ben, but he manages to grab Dag's leg and escape the pile; using Dag to overpower the coyotes. He threatens to punch Dag but lets him go, scaring him and the coyotes away in defeat. Ben falls to the ground, exhausted. Otis is alerted and he runs outside to his father, who dies from his injuries. The next morning, Ben is buried on a hill by the farmer, and the other animals mourn Ben once the farmer leaves except for Otis.

Following Ben's death, all the animals elect Otis as the new leader of the barnyard. Otis shirks his duties by leaving Freddy and Peck in charge of the coop, then helps the trouble-making "Jersey Cows"; Eddy, Igg, and Bud, teach a lesson to a mean, fat youngster called Eugene “Snotty Boy” Beady for cow-tipping, eluding the police along the way. Later that night, Otis shares a romantic moment with Daisy where she reveals that her husband and the rest of her herd was killed during a flood. Otis comforts her and holds her hoof under the starlight. But he overhears the coyotes chasing a rabbit and leaves her to pursue the coyotes and avenge his father's death. Otis tries to fight the coyotes, but is outnumbered. Since Otis is weaker, Dag proposes a deal: he and his pack will take various barnyard animals at random times and that, if Otis tries to do anything about it, they will slaughter everyone at the barnyard. Otis decides to leave the barnyard, realizing his chances of victory are slim.

The next morning, before leaving, Otis is informed that the coyotes took the hens including Maddy, a little chick who looks up to him. Otis realizes that Dag doubled-crossed him, as he was not expecting him and the coyotes until nightfall, and sets off to rescue the chickens. Otis arrives in the junkyard to fight off the pack and gains the upper hand in the fight, until Dag bites him in the leg. However, Pip, Pig, Freddy, Peck, Miles (a mule and Ben's old friend), and the Jersey Cows arrive to help Otis. Dag tries to attack Otis from behind, but he is alerted when Peck successfully manages to crow a warning. Otis thwarts Dag's attack and threatens to punch him like Ben did, but warns him to never return to the barnyard before sending him flying out of the junkyard; finally avenging his father's death.

On their way back, Pip reveals to Otis that Daisy went into labor after he left, so Otis and the rest of the animals steal a biker gang’s motorcycles from a diner and make it back to the barn in time to witness Daisy giving birth to a calf that she names Lil' Ben. Otis then takes full responsibility and becomes the new leader of the barnyard as he watches the stars of himself, Daisy and Lil' Ben dancing just like Ben said.

The movie ends with one last scene where Mrs. Beady is getting ready for bed, but she noticed that Wild Mike is on top of her head in her hair while looking herself at the mirror in her house.

• Kevin James as Otis, a carefree cow.
• Courteney Cox as Daisy, a kind-hearted pregnant cow and Otis' love interest.
• Sam Elliott as Ben, a cow who is Otis' adoptive father.
• Danny Glover as Miles, an old mule and Ben's best friend who becomes Otis' friend.
• Wanda Sykes as Bessy, a sassy cow and Daisy's friend.
• Andie MacDowell as Etta, a mother hen and Maddy's mother.
• David Koechner as Dag, a sadistic coyote and the leader of his pack.
• Jeffrey Garcia as Pip, a wisecracking mouse and Otis' best friend.
• Tino Insana as Pig, a pig who is Otis' friend.
• Dom Irrera as Duke, a sheepdog.
• Cam Clarke as Freddy, a panicky, neurotic ferret who is one of Otis' friends.
• Rob Paulsen as Peck, a chicken who is another one of Otis' friends.
• Rob Paulsen also voices a gopher.
• S. Scott Bullock as Eddy, a Jersey cow.
• John DiMaggio as Igg, a Jersey cow.
• John DiMaggio also voices Officer O'Hanlon, a police officer.
• Maurice LaMarche as Bud, a Jersey cow.
• Fred Tatasciore as the farmer, the owner of the farm that Otis and his friends live on.
• Lloyd Sherr as Everett, a bloodhound.
• Madeline Lovejoy as Maddy, a chick who looks up to Otis.
• Nathaniel Stroman as Root, a handsome rooster.
• Steve Oedekerk as Snotty Boy, a boy who is cruel to animals.
• Steve Oedekerk also voices Randall Beady, the farmer's neighbor and the reluctant uncle of Snotty Boy.
• Steve Oedekerk also voices Snotty Boy's Father.
• Maria Bamford as Nora Beady, the farmer's neighbor and the aunt of Snotty Boy.
• Jill Talley as Snotty Boy's Mother, the unnamed mother of Snotty Boy.
• Laraine Newman as Snotty Boy's Friend
• Katie Leigh as Snotty Boy's Friend.

Archive recording of Shaggy's "Boombastic" was used for the performance of the rapping mouse Biggie Cheese.

Chicks portrayed by Eliana Bendetson, Paul Butcher, Khamani Griffin, Arlo Levin, Liliana Mumy, Cydney Neal, Cat Ozawa, Thomas Pistor, Isaiah Tefilo, and George Van Newkirk.

Barnyard was released in theaters on August 4, 2006 by Paramount Pictures.

Barnyard (Music from the Motion Picture)
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22)
Recorded	2005–2006 ("Wild 'N Free" was recorded in 1994; "Boombastic" was recorded in 1995)
Genre	Alternative rock, Pop
Length	36:58
Label	Bulletproof

The film's score is done by John Debney. The soundtrack was released on August 22, 2006 by Bulletproof Records. It includes an original song by indie pop band the Starlight Mints and "You Gotta Move" by Aerosmith.[13]

A video game based on the film was produced by THQ and Blue Tongue Entertainment. It is an adventure game in which the player names their own male or female cow and walk around the barnyard and play mini-games, pull pranks on humans, and ride bikes, plus party hard. The game was released for PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, PC, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS.

On September 29, 2007, a CG animated television series based on the film and titled Back at the Barnyard premiered on Nickelodeon. Chris Hardwick replaced Kevin James in the role of Otis, and Leigh-Allyn Baker voiced new character Abby, who replaced Daisy.[14] The series ran for two seasons, and ended on November 12, 2011.

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