Every version of Barnyard — the films & series, compared across media.
The farm has a secret: when the humans aren't watching, the animals walk, talk, and run their own society. At the heart of it is Barnyard's Holstein troublemaker Otis — a fun-loving cow who'd rather goof off with his crew than face responsibility. That world and that character carry across a feature film and a TV series, each finding its own angle on the same barnyard premise.
No source material beyond the film itself appears in these versions. Back at the Barnyard is a TV series that continues the world and characters introduced in the 2006 animated film Barnyard.
There are two screen versions: the 2006 animated film Barnyard and the 2007 animated TV series Back at the Barnyard, both centred on Otis the cow.
The 2006 film Barnyard introduces Otis and the farm's secret world, making it a natural starting point before the TV series Back at the Barnyard picks up with the same characters.