▁dis gu ises ▁himself ▁under ▁various ▁personas ▁to ▁attempt ▁to ▁sc am ▁them . ▁ ▁Support ing ▁characters ▁include ▁Ch icken ▁and ▁Cow ' s ▁del iri ous ▁human ▁parents ▁D ad ▁and ▁M om ▁( De e ▁Brad ley ▁Baker ▁and ▁Cand i ▁Mil o , ▁respectively ), ▁only ▁seen ▁from ▁the ▁wa ist ▁down ; ▁Ch icken ' s ▁best ▁friends ▁F lem ▁( How ard ▁Morris ) ▁and ▁Earl ▁( Dan ▁Cast ellan eta ); ▁and ▁his ▁cousin , ▁Bon eless ▁Ch icken ▁( Ad ler ). ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁draw s ▁on ▁ecc ent ric , ▁sur real , ▁gro tes que , ▁and ▁rep uls ive ▁humor . ▁For ▁example , ▁Cow ▁and ▁Ch icken ▁always ▁order ▁" p ork ▁but ts ▁and ▁t aters " ▁in ▁the ▁c af eter ia , ▁the ▁Red ▁Guy ▁always ▁shows ▁his ▁but t , ▁and ▁characters ▁often ▁pe pper ▁their ▁speech ▁with ▁mal ap rop isms ▁and ▁s arc asm . ▁The ▁humor ▁and ▁story lines ▁dep icted ▁are ▁often ▁based ▁on ▁traditional ▁child hood ▁wor ries , ▁anx iet ies , ▁or ▁ph ob ias ▁such ▁as ▁co ot ies ▁or ▁vent uring ▁into ▁the ▁girls ' ▁rest room , ▁but ▁en hanced ▁com ically . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁s lap st ick ▁ant ics ▁involve ▁Cow ▁getting ▁phys ically ▁ab used . ▁Because ▁H indu ism ▁cons iders ▁the ▁cow ▁a ▁sacred ▁animal , ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁largely ▁ignored ▁in ▁India . ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Development ▁David