List of Back at the Barnyard characters
This a list of characters appearing in the Nickelodeon animated series Back at the Barnyard and its 2006 film Barnyard.
Main characters
Otis
Otis ; Kevin James is a cow who is the leader of the barnyard. Although an adult male, he does not take offense to being called a "cow", unlike Peck, who gets offended when someone calls him a "chicken" and thinks “rooster" would be more respectful. This descrepancy is not explained in the series. Otis is a huge party animal and enjoys anything with action or stunts and enjoys watching sports bloopers. Unlike a real cow, he can voluntarily squirt milk out of his udders. In the episode "Cowman and Ratboy", Otis becomes a superhero named Cowman. He also appears as Cowman in the 1-hour special "Cowman, the Uddered Avenger".Some of his other aliases are "Professor Exposition", politician "Ned Bovine", newsman "Gil O'Malley", golfer Heifer Woods along with many other human disguises, and in the show's Christmas special, we learn he went to high school with two of Santa Claus' reindeer, Donner and Blitzen. He also plays a lot of pranks on the Farmer's neighbor Nora Beady. Otis makes a cameo in the pilot episode of Planet Sheen along with Pig.Pip
Pip is a great, gray, barn mouse who speaks with a slight Mexican accent and often rides around on his best friend Otis' shoulder. He has a crush on Bessy, the sassy and sarcastic cow best friend of Abby, but she always rejects him. Pip's superhero ego is Ratboy, the sidekick of Cowman. Pip is not usually involved with the gang's crazy schemes as much as Freddy, Peck, Pig, etc. are, but still, he usually comes along for the ride. Pip's human disguise makes people question him, to which another animal says 'He's the world's smallest man!'.Abby
Abby is a female cow. Abby is also very athletic, allergic to petunias, has an obsessive-compulsive addiction for organizing, and loves cats. For some reason, she replaces Daisy.Pig
Pig is a filthy, fat pig and is the only character in the show to be named after his own species. He is very gluttonous and would eat anything, and he does so uncontrollably. In several episodes, Pig has various segments on the show that often interrupt the episode at its most important parts, with a few memorable segments are "Viewer Mail", "Ask Dr. Pig", a makeover segment and "Hollywood: Fact or Fiction?", which serves as filler time when an episode story is slightly shorter than its air time. Pig has a strong, but quite strange, love for unicorns, and he wishes for one in the Christmas special, and is also the animal on the barnyard to dress up and disguise as humans the most times. He has a pet skunk named Skunky, and in one episode he is shown to sing in an angelic tenor. In another episode, after Pig sat on Pip's hand, it left a mark, and the animals believe that he is related to the pet pigs of Prince Fripplehoot, telling by a birthmark shaped like a crown on his backside and is therefore royal, but the stuck-up pigs turns him down. His superhero name is "Mr. Hamtastic." Pig makes a cameo in the pilot episode of Planet Sheen along with Otis.Freddy
Freddy is a very funny, but dim-witted ferret who is best friends with Peck, a rooster whom he's often tempted to eat; he used to be a carnivore, but then he's become a vegetarian to assimilate to the barnyard. However, in multiple times in the series, Freddy has shown gestures of or attempted to eat Peck, but every time when he tries, his attempt is thwarted, either intentionally or unintentionally. He is illiterate, and suffers from paranoid delusions and has multiple personality disorders. It's notable how Freddy is the only character to almost be banished from the barnyard twice for crimes he never committed. Also, he's a character who's been struck by lightning multiple times throughout the series, but once, he temporarily became a genius after being struck. Freddy's superhero name is Paranoid Man.Peck
Peck, is an intelligent, but weak chicken who is best friends with Freddy and appears to be unaware of Freddy’s recurring urges to eat him. He is considered to be extremely accident prone. Peck seems to share a slight rivalry with Root, a larger, braver rooster on the barnyard, such as in "Pecky Suave", where we learn that Peck is shown to have a crush on a beautiful hen named Hanna. Peck's superhero name is "The Green Rooster."Duke
Duke is a sheepdog border collie who is in charge of the Farmer's flock of intelligent sheep. Duke is clearly no match for the intellect possessed by the sheep he herds. Duke loves being a leader and being in charge of things, though no other animal wants him to be the leader because he is too irresponsible. This is first shown in the movie after Ben, the barnyard leader, is killed and Duke wants to take his position as leader, but no other animal except his fellow dogs and a cat, wants him to take the place of Ben and wants Otis instead. In the series, Duke fancies himself as the barnyard's unofficial safety inspector and makes the barnyard watch a boring safety film once every year. Duke only enjoys dog activities, such as playing ball, so he doesn't hang around with Otis and his friends much, and as a result, sometimes feels lonely and left out.Bessy
Bessy is the sassy brown cow and coarse that has a tendency to yell and Abby's best friend. She's not afraid to tell it like it is. She also knows how to pull a prank. Bessy finds Otis childish and too idiot, so she lives by insulting him and assaulting him. Pip is in love with Bessy, but she always rejects him, despite taking advantage of this sometimes. Bessy is also seen implicating with other animals, such as Freddy. She also disguises herself very little and does not participate in Otis's plans. She had a son who floated away with balloons at a county fair. All she has to remember him by is his cowbell, which, strangely, Otis has. In addition, she is the principal of the Barnyard School and the judge of the barn court.Mrs. Beady
Noreen "Nora" Beady, more commonly known as Mrs. Beady, is a housewife who lives close by to the barnyard. She is aware that the animals can speak, and regularly attempts to expose their antics to the world. She is neurotic and has become obsessed with unmasking the animals, whose mischief often harms her. But no one else believes her because everyone else thinks she's insane, and whenever she attempts to expose the talking animals, the animals always find a way to sabotage her plan. In the pilot episode, it is revealed that Nora is the aunt of Eugene, another enemy of animals.Farmer Buyer
Farmer Buyer is the vegan owner of the barnyard for whom Otis cares deeply. Still, when the animals need some time alone to work on a private project, that does not stop them from trying to drive him away with a prank phone call. In the film, whenever he sees or suspects the animals of having human-like mental abilities, he is always kicked unconscious by Miles.Snotty Boy
Eugene "Snotty Boy" Beady is a minor antagonist in Barnyard and the secondary antagonist of Back at the Barnyard. He is Nora and Nathan Beady's nephew and Phlegmy Boy's cousin. Snotty Boy's uncle and aunt babysit him when his parents drop him off, much to Nathan's dismay. Snotty Boy is dim-witted, mean-spirited, selfish, spoiled, unpleasant, greedy, dishonest, bratty, and obnoxious. He enjoys torturing the animals, his best friends, and Mr. Beady, which is the basis of the hatred by them. However, he only bullies his uncle when Mrs. Beady isn't around. He is also rude towards his parents and often mocks them as well.Recurring characters
Mr. Beady
Nathan Randall Beady III, more commonly known as Mr. Beady, is Mrs. Beady's reluctant husband who miserably tries to convince his wife that animals do not talk. Mrs. Beady often calls him "Mr. Lump" because he always sits on a chair watching TV and rejects everything Mrs. Beady says about the talking barn animals. He is also shown to be miserable on a semi-constant basis, on some occasions wishing for death. He is mostly seen with a Beverage in his hand which appears to be either Soda or Beer.Sheep
The Sheep always hang around together in an eternally-close herd and are more intelligent than Duke. They often quote famous literature and make snide comments toward Duke. They seem to be very intelligent and philosophical despite their farmly upbringings.Etta
Etta ; Andie MacDowell is the lead hen and the mother of Maddy. She used to be a good friend of Ben.The Jersey Cows
The Jersey Cows are Eddy, Igg and Bud, 3 cows who enjoy pranking humans and dislike having rules. Eddy is the leader out of the 3 cows. They're seen in the episodes "Cow's Night Out" and "Otis' Mom", and also have cameo appearances in several other episodes as well.Everett
Everett is the farmer's old bloodhound. The elderly dog first appears in the movie, where he celebrates his 13th birthday, making him 91 in dog years. As the oldest animal on the Barnyard, Everett is depicted as being droopy and is as thin as his own skeleton, which can easily be seen. Everett uses a walker to get around, except for when he is playing an instrument, and hardly ever talks, but in very few episodes, he speaks. In an episode, it is revealed that he is once an explorerand he is a good fighter when he is protecting the corn from the crows.
Skunky
Skunky is Pig's pet skunk who is considered as the latter's best friend, much to Otis' chagrin, as seen in "Pig Amok". In "Doggleganger", it is revealed he hates Duke. He appears in "Snotty's New Pet", where Pig threw him through the window to skunk Snotty. He appears in later episodes.Tony Twocheeks
Tony Twocheeks is a gopher entrepreneur who lives near the Barnyard. He often cons those who buy from him. He has an Elvis-like hairdo, sunglasses, and is sometimes seen chewing on a toothpick. He never appears in Season 2, presumably having being drowned by Chubs Malone as mentioned in Otis Eleven.The Vet
"The Vet" is a female veterinarian who is called in to give the animals check ups. Many of the animals fear her, due to the pain she inflicts whenever she performs a physical. However, unlike Snotty Boy, she is oblivious to the suffering her patients go through, and actually loves animal. She appears in only four episodes: "Dead Cow Walking", "Snotty's Day Out", "Doggleganger", and "Dream Birthday". Animals fear her checkups. Farmer Buyer also seems to hold secret affections towards the Vet, as seen in "Dream Birthday".Root
Root is Peck's rival. He hosts the weekly talent show at the barn.Baxter
Baxter is a small white dog with pointed ears who became Duke's nemesis after he met him at an animal clinic in the episode "Doggleganger". He disguises as Duke with the help of black spray paint to give him spots and markings like Duke's. Although Baxter seems to be a stray, he might have had an owner in order to be able to afford medical care. He makes two more appearances, first as Duke's replacement on the Barnyard, and then tries to marry Duke's sister, Stamps, only for the fact she is second in line to a relative's priceless bone collection, is later tricked by Wedding-Dress Duke into "Marrying" Baxter to get the truth out.Buck
Buck is a brown horse who lives on the barnyard who has a terrible temper and despises Otis. In the episode "Some Like It Snotty" where Otis dresses up as a girl to prove they have easier lives than boys and ends up becoming Snotty Boy's temporary girlfriend, Buck also dresses up as a girl.[Bigfoot]
Bigfoot, who debuted in "Otis vs. Bigfoot" is a mythological reported ape creature who is in love with Abby and wants to live at the Barnyard, but opts to go away. He is seen in several episodes since as a minor character, such as a judge in "Barnyard Idol", a mayoral candidate in "Otis for Mayor" and is also a singer. He also tricks the masses into thinking he is dead, but the animals later discover it is a publicity stunt to keep the paparazzi away from him. Apparently, Bigfoot can also fly and has his own theme song similar to Gamera. In multiple episodes, it is shown that he is afraid of flash photography.Goat
Goat is a brownish-gray goat who is known for giving rides to Otis. The goat has also played saxophone and even given advice to the others.Pizza Twins
The Pizza Twins are identical twin pizza delivery boys who first appear in the original movie and work for Siren Pizza and often deliver pizza to the barnyard. The duo are very unintelligent and whenever they manage to successfully perform a task they chant their famous line, "Doodley-doo-doo doo.".Hilly Burford
Hilly Burford is the series' British news anchor who also is a judge in "Do You Gots It?", serves as Santa Claus in "It's an Udderful Life" and hosts the game show "Trivia Cash A-Ding-Dong" in the episode, "A Beautiful Freddy". His voice and characterization is a tribute to Will Ferrell's impression of longtime baseball announcer Harry Caray.Officer O'Hanlon
Officer Frederick "Fred" O'Hanlon is a local police officer who first appears in the film. In "Chain Gang" he serves as the prison warden because of budget cuts. He teams up with Mrs. Beady to capture Bigfoot in "Otis vs. Bigfoot".Jessica Allspice
Jessica Allspice is a celebrity pop diva and is featured as a judge on the show Do You Gots It? Her catchphrase is, "I wanna party with you." She is a spoof of Jessica Simpson.Joey, Macy and Boil
Three children are in the Barnyard that go to school, where Peck is the teacher. They are Joey the Cow, Macy the Sheep and Boil the Chick.Guest characters
Max Fripplehoot
Max Fripplehoot is a wealthy man with a hot temper, who appears in the episode "Chez Pig", where he tries to buy Pig's truffle pie recipe. But the animals refuse in the end. In his next appearance, Pigmalion, he is a prince who lives in a castle with his pigs, Aubrey and Max. When they approve of Pig living at the castle, he gives Otis papers that would give him custody of Pig. When Otis is about to sign them, Pig produces a large burp that knocks him out cold and the pigs took him back to the limo.Bingo
Bingo is a monkey test pilot who appears in the episode "The Right Cow". He crashes into the barnyard with his spaceship, and he tries to get rid of Otis so he could be Barnyard leader. At the end, he is blasted to outer space on a spaceship, vowing to return.Mr. Jinx
A ventriloquist dummy made by Otis so Freddy could find a talent, but then does mean things to the animals and lets Freddy take the blame. He is than defeated by Freddy, and it is revealed that the dummy is controlled by termites who want revenge on Otis for destroying the tree which is their home.Stupid McStinky Head
Stupid McStinky Head is the name that Snotty Boy gives to his pet snake. He is seen in one episode, "Snotty's New Pet", where Snotty captures Pip and plans to feed Pip to the snake. But eventually the snake becomes friends with him when he realizes Pip is the only one who likes him.Juanita
Juanita is a female, trapeze-artist. She is seen at “Big top Barnyard” on the tightrope. In “Bling My Barn”, at the restaurant.Chubbs Malone
Chubbs Malone is the head of the Gopher Underground shop. In Otis Eleven it is mentioned that he took Tony Twocheeks on a fishing trip but Tony never came back, leading to speculation that he drowned Tony Twocheeks. He maliciously tries to take over the barn by cheating to win a game of Fizzbin and make the night barn the gophers' party place. But when Otis saves his life from a falling anvil, Chubbs feels grateful and gives back the barn to the animals.Krouser Krebs
Krouser Krebs is a duck bully from Otis's childhood who is famous for making Otis squirt milk at himself. He only appears in "Brave Udders." He only wants to apologize to Otis until Otis's friends gets him mad and makes Krebs attack them mercilessly. He leaves the barnyard to apologize to a warthog across town and in anger of Otis's friends attacking him.Hanna
Hanna is a hen who's Peck's crush. Peck repeatedly tries to talk to her in an episode but he always gets too shy when approaching her.Wild Mike
Wild Mike is an animal of an undetermined kind, usually kept in a crate. He looks like a troll or a giant hairball with arms and legs. When released from the crate, he dances and causes all the animals around him to dance with him. He first appears in the Barnyard movie, but is never introduced in the television series until the episode "Wild Mike's Dance Party", where he is voiced by Rob Paulsen.Veronica
Veronica is a lovely femme fatale and Abby's cousin who appears in the episode "Abby and Veronica," who, according to Abby, is a tomboy during childhood but appears to have dropped any masculine personality traits but still seems to be as good a fighter as Abby had described her as before her visit. In this episode, Veronica entices all males on the barnyard into fetching a diamond for her from a nearby jewel mine, but Abby, knowing the many perils of that particular mine, beautifies herself in hopes of achieving more gorgeousness than Veronica, so she may convince all of the male animals that her relative had deceived her into cancelling any plans of finding a diamond for Veronica.Bill
Bill is a bull and Otis's rival. He appears in a few episodes, as a wrestler in one, and as a mad cow in another. In the film he is used for a throwaway gag of a bull riding a mechanical man.Dr. Filly
Dr. Filly is a horse psychiatrist. In "Paging Dr. Filly", the animals hire him to cure Peck and Freddy's arguing, but he appears to make things worse. It is then revealed that this wasn't the real Dr. Filly and instead, it is a former patient of his, a donkey apparently named Chip, who likes to impersonate him.Shmoozy
Shmoozy is a whale who appears in the episode "Free Shmoozy". The animals liberate Shmoozy from a park but they end up becoming swallowed by the whale. At the end of the episode the animals discover that Shmoozy is just playing around and has no intent of eating them. Shmoozy talks whale language, so only Freddy understands him.Mr. Wiggleplix
Mr. Wiggleplix is an invisible hedgehog who appears in the episode "Mr. Wiggleplix". He is Pig's friend, but because he is not visible, everybody else thinks he is Pig's imaginary friend. In the episode, Pig believes that Otis accidentally killed Mr. Wiggleplix, but in the end, when spilled flour covers him, he becomes visible and is revealed to be alive."Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic is Bessy's famous accordion-playing friend. Yankovic is seen in the episode, "Get Bessy".Canadian Crows
A group of mischievous crows from Canada who enjoy stealing the barnyard's corn. They speak with a French accent.Stamps
Stamps is Duke's sister who appears in "Puppy Love". She is seen dating Baxter, but it is revealed that Baxter did not love her, only her prized possessions.Prunella
Prunella is a she-donkey that appears in the episode "Hickory Dickory Donkey" and uses Pip as a fake boyfriend to make her real boyfriend, Thor jealous.Plucky
"Plucky" is a Tyrannosaurus rex that stars in "Plucky and Me." His roar is equivalent to the T. rex roar from Jurassic Park.Aubrey and Max
Aubrey and Max are characters in Back at the Barnyard. They are distinct relatives of Pig who only appears in "Pigmalion" as the main antagonists. At one point they want Pig to act real mean to his friends and they finally accept Pig to go live at the castle. Unfortunately, only Pig is allowed but not his friends. Before Otis can sign Pig's custody over to Fripplehoot, Pig sends out a large belch. Aubrey and Max reject him and leave the Barnyard. Otis asks why he did that and Pig responds he is already living the good life with his best friends.Bernard "Phlegmy Boy" Beady
Bernard "Phlegmy Boy" Beady is a character in Back at the Barnyard. He is one of Nora and Nathan Beady's nephews and Snotty Boy's older cousin who only appears in "Snotty and Snottier" as the main antagonist. They have Snotty Boy lure Phlegmy Boy into the barn so he can get beat up. Otis brings Mrs. Beady to the barn and rescues Snotty Boy from Phlegmy Boy's wrath. Phlegmy Boy is sent back to his parents and is forbidden to visit ever again.Film-only characters
Daisy
Daisy is Otis's love interest in the movie. She later gives birth to a male calf and names it Li'l Ben after Otis's late father, and because Daisy's husband is probably killed after a storm such as a tornado blew Daisy and Bessy's herd away, Otis became baby Ben's adoptive father. In the series, Daisy is completely replaced by Abby, who is more of a tomboy. No mention of Daisy or her son Ben came up in the series.Ben
Ben is the former leader of the Barnyard. In the movie, he is killed by a pack of evil coyotes. He is Otis' adoptive father, who took him in when he found him in the meadow as an infant. He is more strict than Otis, who enjoys partying. Daisy also names her baby calf after him at the end of the movie. Ben has only been mentioned on the show oncein the episode "Big Top Barnyard", where Otis says he used to take him to the circus in childhood.