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Bessy
Bessy-the-Cow
Character Statistics
Powers: Walking on hind legs, human speech, lactation
Status: Alive
Physical Information
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Brown
Relationships
Children: Unnamed son (alive)
Friends: Otis
Daisy
Abby(Best Friend)
Freddy
Peck
Duke
Pig
Pip
Miles
Nemesis: Nora Beady
Snotty Boy
Bingo
Prunella
Thor
Winky
Mr. Fluffy
Polly
Swimmy
Aliens
Production Info
Portrayed by: Wanda Sykes
First Appearance: Barnyard (film)
Last Appearance: Aliens!!!

Bessy is one of the main characters in the Barnyard franchise. She’s Pip's love interest, Daisy and later, Abby's best friend.

Early life

What is known about Bessy's early life is that she used to live on a farm with her best friend, Daisy

Bessy had a son once, but he floated away at a county fair on a bunch of balloons and she never saw him again.

One day however, a bad flood rolled into the farm and the whole herd was wiped out, except for Daisy and Bessy. At one point, the farmer took them in and brought them to the Barnyard where they met their friends. 

Personality

Bessy is sarcastic, short-tempered and even violent, but she speaks with an African-American accent. She tends to yell for some reasons, not afraid to tell it like it is, and has - according to Otis - a "heart of acid", mostly because she’s usually very mean to Otis for his airheadedness. However, she’s best friends with Abby. Originally, Bessy was Daisy's "bodyguard". She also serves as the school principal for Macy, Joey, and Boil.

In "Otis' Mom," Bessy revealed that she had a son who floated away with balloons at a county fair. All she has to remember him by is his cow bell, which, strangely, Otis has. Thus, Bessy thought that Otis was her son, but at the end, she realized they are not at all related. In "Get Bessy," the rest of the crew thought that she was a spy or a jewel thief, but in reality, she worked as a personal shopper for "Weird Al" Yankovic. She often explains that Otis' plans are stupid and creates insulting nicknames for the people she is annoyed with. For example, she calls Freddy a "mangy mongoose", although it might change a lot, but she usually calls Otis a moron.

Appearance

Bessy is a green-eyed light brown cow with brown spots. She has a pink snout and udder, an ear tag and a tuft of black hair.

Human disguises

Bessy wears less disguises than the other characters. But in “Otis' Mom” she wore a pink floral dress, a orange beehive wig clip on earrings and a bracelet.

Episode Appearances

Season 1

  1. The Good, the Bad and the Snotty
  2. Escape from the Barnyard
  3. Cowman and Ratboy
  4. Cow's Best Friend
  5. Chez Pig
  6. The Right Cow
  7. Saving Mrs. Beady
  8. The Farmer Takes a Woman
  9. Hypno-A-Go-Go
  10. Fowl Play
  11. Barnyard Games
  12. War of the Pranks
  13. Lights! Camera! Moo!
  14. Animal Farmers
  15. Raging Cow
  16. The Great Sheep Escape
  17. The Big Barnyard Broadcast
  18. Dead Cow Walking
  19. Otis Season
  20. Big Top Barnyard
  21. A Tale of Two Snottys
  22. Snotty's New Pet
  23. Home Sweet Hole
  24. Otis' Mom
  25. Club Otis
  26. The Chronicles of Barnia (Cameo)
  27. The Haunting
  28. Brave Udders
  29. Otis' Eleven
  30. Pecky Suave
  31. Otis vs. Bigfoot
  32. Top Cow
  33. School of Otis
  34. Otis for Mayor
  35. Dummy and Dummier
  36. Some Like It Snotty
  37. Cowman: The Uddered Avenger
  38. Pig Amok
  39. The Sun Cow
  40. Doggelganger
  41. Save the Clams

Season 2

  1. Treasure Hunt
  2. Wild Mike's Dance Party
  3. Abby & Veronica
  4. Anchor Cow
  5. Bling My Barn
  6. Udderado
  7. Cupig
  8. Happy Animal Fun Time
  9. Lord of the Beavers
  10. Little Otis (episode)
  11. Kids in the City
  12. Paging Dr. Filly
  13. King Cud
  14. Too Good to Be Glue
  15. Get Bessy
  16. Man’s Best Friend
  17. Back at the Booyard
  18. It's An Udderful Life
  19. Puppy Love
  20. Hickory Dickory Donkey
  21. Clan of the Cave Cow
  22. Four Leaf Otis (Cameo)
  23. Aliens!!!

Trivia

  • Bessy has been kissed by Pip and Pig before: Pig in "Pig Amok" and Pip in "Aliens!!!".
  • While she’s considered one of the main characters, she doesn't appear as frequently as the others do and also doesn't partake in Otis's adventures as frequently as the others do.

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References

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