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Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series that ran on Cartoon Network from 2000-2002. The series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on August 18, 2000.[1]
The show was greenlit and started airing on November 17, 2000 and ended on April 7, 2002, lasting a total of 2 seasons, 26 episodes.[2][3] The show was created by Mo Willems, who later worked on Codename: Kids Next Door. After the show was cancelled, it continued to have reruns until April 6, 2003.[4]
Sheep in the Big City is the 9th Cartoon Cartoon.
Plot[]
Sheep goes to the city to get away from General Specific, and his minion Private Public to avoid being tested on weaponry, and military related subjects at the Secret Military Organization.
Main Characters[]
- Sheep - The main protagonist of the series. He is an anthropomorphic sheep who doesn't speak in a human language, as he can only bleat.
- Farmer John - Sheep's owner until Sheep left the farm. His real legal name is "Far Mer John". His first name is Far because "his parents wanted him to go far in life". His middle name is Mer because it is after his aunt, Meredith. His last name is John just for redundant familial reasons.
- General Specific - One of the series' main antagonists. He is a leader of the Secret Military Organization and tries to go out of his way to capture Sheep for a sheep-powered ray-gun. His name is an oxymoron.
- Private Public - A right-hand man to General Specific, who supports him when needed. His name is also an oxymoron.
- The Angry Scientist - a mad scientist whom General Specific hired. He gets angry when he's called a "mad", as he calls himself "angry".
- Swanky - The love interest of Sheep. She would occasionally help Sheep from time to time and, for the most post, give him the attention he wants.
- Lady Virginia Richington - Another main antagonist of the series. She hates sheep with a passion and would smack Sheep with her stainless steel wig whenever she sees him.
- Lisa Rental - One of the main antagonists of the series. She wants to keep Sheep as a pet, because she thinks he is a "Doggy woggy poggy noggy soggy floggy moggy shroggy loggy Doggy", and plays rough with him.
- Ben Plotz - The narrator for the show, who is very critical about the scripts he'd been given but would put a lot of effort and passion into his job as the narrator.
Episodes[]
- Main article: Sheep in the Big City episode list
Appearances in other media[]
In other shows[]
Sheep made a cameo in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode, Crossover Nexus, where he appeared as one of the Cartoon Network heroes that were summoned and defeated by Strike.
Video games[]
Sheep and Swanky both appeared in the 2003 video game, Cartoon Network Speedway.
Availability[]
The first season was available on iTunes. However, it was taken off of iTunes for unknown reasons. In the UK, 3 episodes (excluding the pilot) have been released on a DVD. The pilot is on the Powerpuff Girls "Powerpuff Bluff" DVD and also on the Powerpuff Girls "Dream Scheme" VHS tape (although there was a mistake on the back cover of the tape saying it has a bonus cartoon of Courage the Cowardly Dog).
In 2022, the series became available for streaming on HBO Max in Latin America (though a few episodes are missing). Both the English and Spanish dubs of the episodes can be found on there, and they are the original NTSC masters that haven't been seen since the show was taken off the air. These HBO Max LA Rips have since been made available for American viewers through Google Drive ports, both the original English versions and the Spanish dubs. As of 2024, the series in general is yet to be available legally in the United States.
Trivia[]
- Sheep in the Big City was the third original Cartoon Network program to be added to the Cartoon Cartoon Fridays block line up, the first two being "Mike, Lu & Og" and "Courage the Cowardly Dog".
- Sheep in the Big City was the first Cartoon Network Series to premiere in the 2000s.
- It is implied that the show has taken heavy influence and inspiration from classic cartoons such as Rocky & Bullwinkle, Peabody & Sherman, and Secret Squirrel.
- In 2016, the show's opening sequence was uploaded to Cartoon Network's official YouTube channel, having a total of 456+ thousand views as of August 2023.[5]
- After the show's cancellation, Mo Willems would go on to create popular series of children's books, such as the "Elephant and Piggie" books for example.
- Curious Pictures, after the show cancellation, would go on to make other shows, notably Codename: Kids Next Door from 2002 to 2008, before shutting down on April 24, 2015.[6]
- Despite the series never aired on Boomerang in the United States, it had aired on Australia and Europe variant of the network.
- The show also aired on the Latin American network, Tooncast.
- It's the sixth Cartoon Network Original Series that was never made by Cartoon Network Studios, the five being Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Big Bag, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Mike, Lu and Og, and Courage the Cowardly Dog.
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References[]
| Cartoon Cartoons Shows | |
|---|---|
| 1997-1999 | Dexter's Laboratory • Johnny Bravo • Cow and Chicken • I Am Weasel • The Powerpuff Girls (1998) • Ed, Edd n Eddy • Mike, Lu & Og • Courage the Cowardly Dog |
| 2000-2004 | Sheep in the Big City • Time Squad • Grim & Evil • Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? • Codename: Kids Next Door • The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy • Evil Con Carne |