Barnyard Commandos is a French-American animated series produced by Murikami-Wolf-Swenson and IDDH, based off the toyline created by Playmates Toys . The premise is... about as normal as one can get for the early 90s toy-based cartoons.
We follow the exploits of two groups of farm animals mutated via eating radioactive waste from an abandoned military experiment. We have the groups R.A.M.S. (Rebel Army of Military Sheep) and P.O.R.K.S. (Platoon of Rebel Killer Swine) as they fight in a cartoonish fashion to what amounts to Harmless Villain tactics on both sides; only stopping when it’s time for lunch.
The series was largely forgotten until June 19, 2020 when it was announced Cloudco would partner with Megapolis Toys to make a new line of figures.
Putting a potential future revival in the cards.
Barnyard Commandos provides examples of:
- Action Figure File Card: The figures each came with a humorous info card that provided more information on each character.
- Aesop Amnesia: The lesson of the show is "enjoy what you have now, because you can't take it with you". Both sides say that's the stupidest thing they ever heard, and immediately resume their war.
- Covered in Gunge: The commandos' weapons all fire Abnormal Ammo like eggs, jam, butter and apple sauce. So while the characters actually do get shot constantly, they only end up splattered with goo.
- General Failure: The leaders of the two factions are portrayed as the most incompetent members.
- Punny Name: Both the members of P.O.R.K.S. And R.A.M.S. all have pun-related names pertaining to pigs and sheep (I.e. Sgt. Wooly Pullover, General Hamfat Lardo etc)
