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Barnyard (also known as Barnyard: The Original Party Animals) is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy film, directed by Steve Oedekerk, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures that was released to theaters in the USA and Canada on August 4, 2006.

The film is produced, written in part and directed by Steve Oedekerk, and stars the voices of Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Wanda Sykes, David Koechner, Sam Elliot, Andie MacDowell and Danny Glover. This movie also stars veteran voice actors such as Jeff Garcia, Tino Insana, Rob Paulsen, Cam Clarke and Dom Irrera. Oedekerk also provided some voice acting work to the film as well.

Most of the production was carried out in San Clemente, California. It was distributed in Switzerland, Spain, and Netherlands by Universal Pictures.

The film is the second Nickelodeon film to be spun-off into a television series, the first being Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Coincidentally, both are computer-animated and were produced by O Entertainment.

Plot
Otis (Kevin James) is a carefree cow who prefers to goof off than accept responsibility. His adoptive father Ben (Sam Elliott) is the leader of the barnyard when the farmer (Fred Tatasciore) is away, giving the animals the safest moment to spring up on two legs. After Otis interrupts a barnyard meeting with his wild antics, Ben has a talk with his son, in which he tells him that he will never be happy if he just goofs off, and that he should grow up. Otis ignores his advice and leaves to have fun with his friends: Pip (Jeff Garcia), Freddy (Cam Clarke), Peck (Rob Paulsen), and Pig (Tino Insana). After all the Barnyard shenanigans, the film cuts to Pip jumping back and forth between Pig’s belly and Otis’s Udder. As he lands on each animal, he makes the type of meat from the animal he jumps on. That same day, Otis meets a new, pregnant cow, Daisy (Courteney Cox), accompanied by Bessy (Wanda Sykes), another female cow.

That night, the animals throw a massive party in the barn; all the animals are there except Ben, who watches over the fence, which marks their space. Otis is assigned his shift along with him, but he talks himself out of it, saying he is needed for a certain role in the party barn. Ben talks with Otis and says the day he found him alone in the meadow, the stars danced. Otis is given the privilege to party out, and the thankful son runs to the barn. Later on, Ben has to take on a pack of coyotes led by Dag, which is raiding the chicken coop. Ben manages to fight off the pack until he is bitten in the leg, causing him to fall. The coyotes pile on Ben, but he manages to grab Dag and escapes the pile. He threatens to punch Dag, but lets him go, scaring them off. The hens cheer, but Ben falls on the ground, exhausted. Etta the hen runs into the barn and tells Otis, and the alerted son runs outside to his father. Ben opens his mouth as if to say something, but dies.

After Ben's death, all the animals elect Otis as the new leader of the gang. A mule named Miles (Danny Glover) kicks the farmer because he saw the animals on two legs. He shirks his duties by leaving Freddy and Peck in charge of the coop, and helping three trouble-making cows in teaching a lesson to Snotty Boy who enjoys cow tipping. Later that night when Otis is sitting with Daisy, so Otis holds Daisy's hand while looking up at the stars, he overhears the coyotes chasing a hare. Otis attempts to attack Dag but is outsmarted. Since Otis is weaker, Dag orders a deal that he and his pack will take animals here and there, and if he tries to stand up for all of them, they will kill everyone. Otis decides to leave the barnyard, realizing that he has no chance.

The next morning, before leaving, Otis is informed that the coyotes took some hens and a chick. Otis figures that he has been back-stabbed by Dag, as he was not expecting them until tonight, and sets off to rescue the poultry. Otis confronts the pack but is easily defeated; however, Pip, Pig, Freddy, and Peck along with Miles the Mule arrive to help them, along with the gophers, the Jersey Cows, and Wild Mike who manage to start and use an old car. Dag attempts to attack Otis from behind, but Otis is alerted when Peck successfully manages to crow a warning. Otis catches Dag and tells the coyote to never return. Dag is swung out of the junkyard by Otis's golf skills.

Otis and the gang used motorcycles from the diner to drive all the way back to the barnyard, finding that Daisy went into labor. She gives birth to a calf whom she names Ben. Duke, the farmer's sheepdog, asks Otis if he wants to stay and be their leader. Otis agrees, and everyone cheers as he walks outside finding the stars dancing.