Comments on: Barnyard: A “Male” Cow?

By: Dan Lister

Dan Lister — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:18:54 +0000

Why are we still commenting on the gender-bending cow?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:30:46 +0000

I have been confused by this also. If you think this is weird, you think wrong. What’s even weider is that they do have a bull in the movie. As in, a real Bull (no utters). But yet they give the other “bulls” utters. Why can they not just take off the utters from the “male cows” like they did with the bull?

P.S.-If you don’t know what bull I’m talking about, it’t the part where the animals are partying and Bessie, the new cows friend, takes two chairs from a cow and a bull.

By: Ameerah

Ameerah — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:28:15 +0000

I just finish reading all the 56 comments and I have to tell you I been wondering this udders thing since the movie was made asking myself Am I wrong??? I know cows are females and bulls are males and bulls dont have udders because thats part of the reproductive organs of the cow to feed calves. It is very difficult to explain a 4 years old child why they have udders, it is just stupid, I could not find it funny at all. It is just confusing, to the kids, to us and also makes the film makers look stupid, also could be possible they want to introduce the Subject Homosexualism with this movie because we all know this is not knew, what really bother me is that this movie is directed to kids…. So of what are we talking about here????

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:05:23 +0000

Wow! Really? I’ve never been more depressed about the state of society than after reading the diatribes regarding a cartoon! A cartoon!!!

By: Magny

Magny — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:18:31 +0000

This is not a good movie. I was watching it today and I changed the channel few minutes after. This brings more confusion than entertainment. And I think is promoting homosexuality.

By: Ennjyx

Ennjyx — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:34:36 +0000

I can believe I did not notice this! We had a discussion in science about how this bothered my Bio teacher, as well as things such as a flaw in the Hungry Caterpillar book. x3; Off topic. Ya. This is somewhat funny though… The thought of a transvestite bull. HA! It’s a stupid, unintentional, hilarious mistake and grade school kid could make.

By: Molly

Molly — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:21:23 +0000

“So my best guess, is that he was born a girl, but is attempting gender reassignment. ”

My little brother watches it, and this is my guess as well. It’s the only logical answer, and it would be cool if it was what the director intended. but sadly…. cartoons no matter how crazy, do have to have a sense of logic. Even the early spongebob cartoons had that “out of this world but still logical” logic that made it funny.
From what I’ve seen this show doesn’t and it bothers the heck out of me. If it’s a transgender cow, fine, but don’t make parents try to explain male cows with udders to their kids.. sheesh.

By: Randy Johnson

Randy Johnson — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:58:12 +0000

I watch the television show on Nickelodeon. I haven’t seen the movie. It doesn’t bother me that Otis is a male cow instead of a bull but I do think it’s stupid. The people who made the movie and the television show should’ve known better.

By: Chick

Chick — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:57:47 +0000

Happened across everyones comments today – nice to know that I am not the only one who thinks the a male cow with udders is just wrong. It’s not even funny – just dumb. Maybe the thought that he ‘is in transition’ works – then its really not a kids show then, hmmmmmm. People say cartoons have no depth-LOL.

By: Margie

Margie — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:34:44 +0000

I know this is from a month ago- but this detail drove to such distraction, that it was almost impossible to enjoy the movie! Lately, my kids have been watching the series, and in one episode, Otis actually “milks” himself (no euphamism there) and in another episode, they show him talking in his sleep and he murmurs “No Mommy, don’t make me wear a dress!”. So my best guess, is that he was born a girl, but is attempting gender reassignment. That would explain an animal farm run by a vegetarian, it is really a sexual reassignment sanctuary for farm animals!

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:29:40 +0000

Just a great American pastime… Let them bleat udders

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:49:54 +0000

@Richard

No one is more surprised than I am that this post continues to generate comments.

Vic

By: the old man

the old man — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:44:10 +0000

neither, it’s the idiots who pay more attention to “Entertainment Tonight” than the state of the American farm.
Stewardship vs exploited asset. Until somebody tells congress, their’s no bread. Of course I suppose someone will suggest, “they eat cake!” instead..

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:29:20 +0000

Uh… so, are the udders the bastards, or the wheat??

By: the old man

the old man — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:20:15 +0000

Great an excuse for one of my favorite quotes:
“History celebrates the battle-fields whereon we meet our death, but scorns to speak of the ploughed fields whereby we thrive; it knows the names of the kings’ bastards, but cannot tell the origin of wheat.
That is the way of human folly!”
—J. H. Fabre

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:59:50 +0000

We just watched this with our kids tonight. My wife and I noticed the same curious udder issue right away and soon ended up on this blog. Little did I expect reading through the comments dating back 2 years that this would still be a thread through tonight. Artistic license of cartoon characterization aside (animals don’t really talk…got it) the movie clearly paid deliberate attention to genaral realistic detail in all other aspects its world of animals, fur, textues, woodgrain, etc, etc. The rooster wasn’t popping out eggs, was it? But the udders are just a feature that is glaringly dumb. The writer/director/producer’s comments that ‘he spent .002 seconds thinking about it’ is evidence of that, and ‘I just thought it was funny’ is just irritating. But more so is that, though clearly a B or C level animated film, it still cost millions to make, and was overseen by (how many?) executives, editors etc at all phases of production. NO ONE pointed this problem out along the way? Everyone got the joke? And just how did the movie play the udders for comedy? Just because they’re there? What is that, Zen comedy? Sorry. Not even a one-note joke there. To sum it up folks, think about this: if the farmer walked around the entire movie with a third eye in his forehead just because the director thought it was a funny sight gag, would it make any sense? No, there’d be some other group out there blogging about why in the world the guy had a third eye.

By: PhotoShopLifter Dan

PhotoShopLifter Dan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:06:46 +0000

Maybe Otis is a metrosexual mutant?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:48:47 +0000

Well this made me laugh, my youngest brother is playing barnyard on ps2 and my fiance mentioned to me about male cows. He was so persistant that he was right he forced me to go onto google and see if there was a picture of a male cow with udders and the first picture i came across funnily enough was a picture of the barnyard main character Otis. He is very happy now that he was right. I think personally that its a kids game/film and i dont know why people are making such a big deal when its a game/film, well done whoever noticed it but its been made now so stop fuddy dudding around complaining lol.

By: faceless01

faceless01 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:24:15 +0000

Why stop there? They could have put a penis on the “female” cows and gave it male horns and a girly voice! I know bulls AND cows have horns, but the female horns don’t grow the same.

By: faceless01

faceless01 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:12:08 +0000

For those who say “its a cartoon, none of its real….” some things just don’t belong on the screen, such as sexuality cartoons for kids. Its not adult swim. My daughter is 3 and thinks nothing of it, but when she gets older, I dread the day she’s conviced bulls have teets that lactate. Why not put penis’ on the cows &chickens for christ sake! I know this is an old topic, but it has always bugged me, especially now that there’s a weekly Barnyard series on every Saturday morning that my daughter watches. I shouldn’t have to sensor kids shows! What’s next, SpongeBoob SquarePenis?