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The Best Episodes of Back at the Barnyard

Every episode of Back at the Barnyard ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Back at the Barnyard!

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What do farm animals really do when the humans aren't looking? Just ask Otis, a carefree "party cow" who inherited the job of keeping the barn... and it's residents... in order. But instead of responsibility,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 43 - Clan of the Cave Cow
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E43

    An ancient cave cow comes to attack the barn animals! Meanwhile, scientists kidnap Otis, thinking he's really Cave Cow.

    Directors:Todd Grimes, Nick Simotas
    Writer:Gene Grillo

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  2. Back at the Barnyard Season 1 Episode 20 - Cows' Night Out
    8.7/10(65 votes)

    S1:E20

    Upon realizing how lame his friends are: Freddy and Peck dressing him up as a bunny instead of a monster to scare away crows, Abby inviting him to bingo, and his friends habits at bingo (Pip's loud keyboard typing, Duke's squeaking his toy, Abby's slurping on a drink, and Pig digging in his ear), Otis ditches them and goes out for a night on the town, pulling pranks with the Jersey Cows. Otis, unfortunately, ends up getting arrested. So now his friends have to come get him out and stop the police officer from taking him away again.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writers:Joel Bergen, Alex Muniz

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  3. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 23 - Fumblebums
    8.6/10(60 votes)

    S2:E23

    The animals must stand in for injured football players in a game and the coach’s mother to like him after becoming the mascots for the team.

    Director:Todd Grimes
    Writer:Dan Serafin

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  4. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 18 - Too Good to be Glue
    8.4/10(41 votes)

    S2:E18

    When Pig cooks up what appears to be permanent glue, the animals try to sell the glue to make money. They soon realize that the glue explodes two hours after it is applied and must find a way to get rid of it safely. When they found all the glue from all the buyers, they realized they sold 500 pounds of glue to city hall so that the town can use it to patch the town's cracked manure tank. So the animals race to dispose the manure tank before it floods the town with manure.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Tom Sheppard

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  5. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 1 - Wild Mike's Dance Party
    8.2/10(53 votes)

    S2:E1

    Otis is bored of Abby's book club, so he releases Wild Mike from a cage so they can have a dance party, but things get out of control when Wild Mike accidentally escapes the barn and is captured by humans to use on a dancing TV show.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Jed Spingarn

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  6. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 9 - Dream Birthday
    8.2/10(44 votes)

    S2:E9

    The animals feel bad for the Farmer after seeing that everyone forgot his birthday, so they decide to throw him a party and tell him it's a dream, but the Farmer gets carried away. He does this by stealing a motorcycle from a gang of bikers and then believes that the motorcycle can fly so he takes the veterinarian with him. But he forgot that it doesn't and he and the veterinarian ends up falling to the ground below. So Otis hurries to save them before they fall to their death.

    Director:Tom Grevera
    Writer:Tom Sheppard

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  7. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 24 - Endangered Liaisons
    8.2/10(40 votes)

    S2:E24

    The animals claim the farm as a protected habitat to prevent a wreck crew from tearing it down and disguise Freddy as a spotted three-toed ferret. They then realize that this species is real, and a real female spotted ferret is shipped to the barnyard and Freddy falls in love with her. Sadly, the animals realize that female spotted ferrets eat male spotted ferrets when they marry, so the gang must get rid of her. Freddy is then heartbroken after his friends stop the wedding because he lost his one true love.

    Director:Bert Ring
    Writer:Tom Sheppard

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  8. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 17 - Iron Otis
    8.0/10(41 votes)

    S2:E17

    After Freddy's recipe for a tofrooster that is going to be cooked on the show, things get worse when Chef Big Bones (voiced by Jim Cummings) insists on using a real rooster, and captures Peck, so Otis disguises himself as a chef to save Peck from being cooked.

    Director:Todd Grimes
    Writer:Dan Serafin

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  9. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 21 - Free Schmoozy
    8.0/10(41 votes)

    S2:E21

    The animals liberate a show whale from a water show at a fair, but Otis has a lot more to go when the animals are being constantly eaten by this whale.

    Director:Todd Grimes
    Writer:Gene Grillo

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  10. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 22 - Man's Best Fiend
    8.0/10(42 votes)

    S2:E22

    Duke wants a playmate, but no other animal wants to play with him, so the animals convince the farmer to get Duke a playmate. Unfortunately for Duke, the farmer brings Duke's arch-rival Baxter back to the farm, and Baxter causes trouble with the farmer while blaming everything on Duke, getting Duke in trouble and being put in the barn with the other animals. They try to stop Baxter but the farmer scolds them for hurting him. So they dress Otis as a bear so that Baxter pushes the farmer to it and get Baxter in trouble. The plan works but Duke accidentally attacks a real bear instead because Otis was late on cue.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Tom Sheppard

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  11. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 26 - Mr. Wiggleplix
    8.0/10(49 votes)

    S2:E26

    Pig has been hanging out with his imaginary friend, Mr. Wiggleplix, for weeks and it drives the other animals crazy. Then one day, Pig claims that Otis killed Mr. Wiggleplix so Otis has to dress up as Mr. Wiggleplix for Pig to feel better. Things take a turn for the worst when Otis says he is leaving for a magical land but Pig believes it and wants to go with him. All of the sudden, the real Mr. Wiggleplix comes alive and stops Otis from impersonating him.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Tom Sheppard

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  12. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 20 - King Cud
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    S2:E20

    Otis is knocked out and wakes believing that he is King Cudenhotep. The only way for him to get back to normal before the farmer comes back is if someone knocks him in the head again, but Otis has beaver guards that prevent others from getting too close to him. When they finally turn Otis back to normal, the farmer see them but get hit on the head believes he is Ben Franklin.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Dan Serafin

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  13. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 14 - Paging Dr. Filly
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    S2:E14

    The animals call Dr. Filly to settle a recent persistent argument between Freddy and Peck, but instead of making things better, Dr. Filly seems to make it worse when other animals begin disliking each other. They were almost going to leave (except Bessy) until Otis reveals that "Dr. Filly" is an imposter donkey named Chip who likes to impersonate Dr. Filly.

    Director:Todd Grimes
    Writer:Tom Sheppard

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  14. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 25 - Back at the Booyard
    7.7/10(47 votes)

    S2:E25

    n a bid to collect the most Halloween candy and win a prize, Otis tops off the animals' trick-or-treat candy with a handful of candy from a hollow tree that legend says belongs to Hockey Mask Bob who always gets his candy stolen and vows to return for revenge and reclaim his candy.

    Director:Todd Grimes
    Writer:Jed Spingarn

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  15. Back at the Barnyard Season 1 Episode 5 - Chez Pig
    7.6/10(83 votes)

    S1:E5

    When Pig's truffle pies become a huge hit in the barnyard, the animals decide to use Pig's pies to sell them to the humans to make money, but Pig quits when the animals begin to get greedy with trying to make money, especially when a celebrity comes to buy the pie recipe from them.

    Director:Mike Gasaway
    Writer:Christopher Painter

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  16. Back at the Barnyard Season 1 Episode 19 - Otis Season
    7.6/10(69 votes)

    S1:E19

    This week's Moose Appreciation Week, so Otis disguises himself as a moose so he can get positive attention from humans, but his plan goes awry because the week is over and now the Moose HUNTING SEASON starts today and now Snotty Boy and his friends are trying to hunt him down, and his antlers are stuck to his head. So the animals rigged a robotic moose to scare Snotty Boy away from Otis. But Snotty Boy accidentally goes out on a busy road. So Otis has to save him from being hit by a car. Because of his heroism, the county now bans Moose Hunting Season and makes it Moose Appreciation Week all year long.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Jed Spingarn

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  17. Back at the Barnyard Season 1 Episode 25 - A Tale of Two Snottys
    7.5/10(56 votes)

    S1:E25

    After Snotty Boy returns to torment the animals, Otis accidentally falls on him and becomes unconscious. Luckily, he's got a pulse and they decide to take him back to the Beady's, but Abby says that Mrs. Beady will blame them. Otis sends a disguised Pig over to the Beadys' as Snotty Boy so they don't get suspicious. But Pig enjoys being Snotty Boy so much that he decides to stay as him forever. Meanwhile, Snotty Boy gets amnesia and the animals realize that the only way to get Pig back is to turn Snotty Boy back to his old mean, obnoxious jerky self so Mrs. Beady will recognize him and because Snotty Boy is annoying them with his newly found kindness and sweetness.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Dan Serafin

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  18. Back at the Barnyard Season 1 Episode 26 - Snotty's New Pet
    7.5/10(58 votes)

    S1:E26

    Otis' negligence causes Pip to get captured by Snotty Boy, who plans on feeding him to his new pet snake (who talks exactly like him).

    Director:Todd Grimes
    Writer:Gene Grillo

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  19. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 10 - Lord of the Beavers
    7.5/10(51 votes)

    S2:E10

    When Otis injures himself, Pip temporarily takes over as the barn leader, and when he recovers, realizes that the others think Pip is a much better leader than Otis was. Insulted, Otis decides to leave the barnyard and be a leader where he's needed – with a den of beavers.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Tom Sheppard

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  20. Back at the Barnyard Season 1 Episode 4 - Cow's Best Friend
    7.4/10(70 votes)

    S1:E4

    After Otis saves Duke's life by pushing him away from a falling amplifier, Duke begins getting loyal to Otis and becomes devoted to helping Otis doing everything, but Otis soon becomes annoyed when Duke goes overboard.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writers:Luke Del Tredici, Aaron Hilliard

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  21. Back at the Barnyard Season 1 Episode 13 - Lights! Camera! Moo!
    7.4/10(76 votes)

    S1:E13

    After Otis accidentally destroys the barn's safety film, he must make a new one, which he puts a lot of action and suspense in. When the other actors quit because of the dangerous stunts, Otis must make it on his own, and accidentally rises the barn into a tornado. In the end, Bessy makes the safety film all about Otis' unsafe antics.

    Director:Mike Gasaway
    Writers:Sam O'Neal, Neal Boushell

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  22. Back at the Barnyard Season 1 Episode 22 - Pigmalion
    7.4/10(61 votes)

    S1:E22

    After the gang notices a distinctive birthmark on Pig's backside, Pig starts to believe that he is related to the royal Pampered Pigs. After training Pig, he becomes snobbish to his fellow companions.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Lazar Saric

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  23. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 6 - Udderado
    7.4/10(61 votes)

    S2:E6

    The animals turn the barnyard into a Wild West theme park to raise the Farmer's bail money (who got arrested because of Otis wearing a viking helmet and mooning a cop) and decide to hire an actor to play the bandit. Instead of an actor, unfortunately, a real bandit shows up to pillage the town. So Pig comes to Otis' rescue with unicorns from the unicorn theme park to stop the bandit from attacking the barnyard.

    Director:Tom Grevera
    Writer:Jed Spingarn

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  24. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 11 - Little Otis
    7.4/10(55 votes)

    S2:E11

    Otis is too lazy to do chores around the barnyard so he creates a clone of himself to do the work for him. It turns out the clone is a much smaller version of him, and when Mrs. Beady ends up capturing the clone, she is set to take him to a TV show so she can prove that animals can talk.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Chris Hardwick

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  25. Back at the Barnyard Season 2 Episode 15 - Barnyards and Broomsticks
    7.4/10(54 votes)

    S2:E15

    When the animals go on a camping trip, Pip tells a scary campfire story about a witch. When they get lost and find an old woman's house with tons of sweets, Otis fears that this woman is indeed the witch from Pip's story.

    Director:T.J. Sullivan
    Writer:Dan Serafin

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Best Episodes Summary

"Clan of the Cave Cow" is the best rated episode of "Back at the Barnyard". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Todd Grimes, Nick Simotas and written by Gene Grillo, it aired on 9/19/2011. This episode scored 1.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Cows' Night Out".