Sheep in the Big City

Sheep in the Big City

Ended First aired 04/Nov/2000 United States English 2 season(s) 27 episode(s)
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Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 17, 2000, to April 7, 2002. The series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on August 18, 2000.

Created by Mo Willems, the bulk of the show follows a runaway sheep, Sheep, in its new life in "the Big City". It also features several unrelated sketches and shorts, similar to The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. With an emphasis on more "sophisticated" humor, using multiple forms of rhetoric from the characters to the plots, it was more popular with older audiences. It was also unusual in featuring many comic references to film-making and television broadcasting.

At the time, the premiere of Sheep in the Big City was the highest-rated premiere for a Cartoon Network original series.
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Season 2 · Season 2
13 episode(s) · Air date: 02/Dec/2001
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S2E13
Baa-hind the Scenes
Air date: 07/Apr/2002 · Runtime: 22 min
Summary

This occurs when the cast is done filming an episode and now Sheep and his manager have a lunch meeting with the head of the network. General Specific doesn't like that, so he decides to ruin the meeting so Sheep won't get another show. In the end because of him (and the Angry Scientists new invention), Sheep is turned pink with big eyes and is now perfect for another show!

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This occurs when the cast is done filming an episode and now Sheep and his manager have a lunch meeting with the head of the network. General Specific doesn't like that, so he decides to ruin the meeting so Sheep won't get another show. In the end because of him (and the Angry Scientists new invention), Sheep is turned pink with big eyes and is now perfect for another show!

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S2E10
An Officer and a Gentlelamb
Air date: 17/Mar/2002 · Runtime: 22 min
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Sheep can't hold a steady job because the Top Secret Military Organization is always pursuing him. At the top Secret Military Base, Gen. Specific fires all of his staff (except for Private Public and the Angry Scientist) and decides to hire new ones. Sheep without a job applies for it. Gen. Specific doesn't know that it was Sheep, hires him. The Angry Scientist discovers the new recruit is really Sheep and proceeds to tell Gen. Specific. Gen. Specific tells Sheep that he should capture Sheep to prove he isn't really Sheep. Sheep fooled them by bringing a Gorilla in a sheep costume.

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Sheep can't hold a steady job because the Top Secret Military Organization is always pursuing him. At the top Secret Military Base, Gen. Specific fires all of his staff (except for Private Public and the Angry Scientist) and decides to hire new ones. Sheep without a job applies for it. Gen. Specific doesn't know that it was Sheep, hires him. The Angry Scientist discovers the new recruit is really Sheep and proceeds to tell Gen. Specific. Gen. Specific tells Sheep that he should capture Sheep to prove he isn't really Sheep. Sheep fooled them by bringing a Gorilla in a sheep costume.

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S2E8
The Wool Is Not Enough
Air date: 03/Mar/2002 · Runtime: 22 min
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Tired of the Angry Scientist's failures, General Specific hires Doctor Oh No No No to help him capture Sheep. However, the Doctor has own his agenda.

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Tired of the Angry Scientist's failures, General Specific hires Doctor Oh No No No to help him capture Sheep. However, the Doctor has own his agenda.

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S2E6
The Wool of the People
Air date: 17/Feb/2002 · Runtime: 22 min
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General Specific can't capture Sheep because of the new law put up by the mayor of the Big City. Luckily for him the current mayor's term has ended and he decided to run for mayor with the help of the Lady Richington. Seeing there that Sheep's in trouble if Gen. Specific wins, Farmer John persuades Sheep to also run for mayor. In the end neither of them wins and the new mayor proclaims amnesty for Sheep for the day.

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General Specific can't capture Sheep because of the new law put up by the mayor of the Big City. Luckily for him the current mayor's term has ended and he decided to run for mayor with the help of the Lady Richington. Seeing there that Sheep's in trouble if Gen. Specific wins, Farmer John persuades Sheep to also run for mayor. In the end neither of them wins and the new mayor proclaims amnesty for Sheep for the day.

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S2E5
Party of the Shear
Air date: 10/Feb/2002 · Runtime: 22 min
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To escape the clutches of the secret military organization Sheep goes into a dance club which general specific is not cool enough for. He is befriended by General Lee Outragious but when he wants to leave he is stopped by the over energetic friend and relizes this is why he watches movies every night.

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To escape the clutches of the secret military organization Sheep goes into a dance club which general specific is not cool enough for. He is befriended by General Lee Outragious but when he wants to leave he is stopped by the over energetic friend and relizes this is why he watches movies every night.

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S2E4
My, How Ewe Have Changed
Air date: 23/Dec/2001 · Runtime: 22 min
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Sheep is invited back to Farmer John's farm for a reunion. He finds that a lot of things have changed since he first left. As sheep meets up with his old friends General Specific is next door having a party and then decides to cut it short and capture sheep.

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Sheep is invited back to Farmer John's farm for a reunion. He finds that a lot of things have changed since he first left. As sheep meets up with his old friends General Specific is next door having a party and then decides to cut it short and capture sheep.

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S2E2
Baah-dern Times
Air date: 09/Dec/2001 · Runtime: 22 min
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With the entire cast of "Sheep in the Big City" sick with the flu, the narrator (who's also sick but still has to work) decides that for this episode of "Sheep in the Big City" that the audience shall instead, watch an old black-&-white silent movie featuring the ancestor's of Sheep and General Specific.

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With the entire cast of "Sheep in the Big City" sick with the flu, the narrator (who's also sick but still has to work) decides that for this episode of "Sheep in the Big City" that the audience shall instead, watch an old black-&-white silent movie featuring the ancestor's of Sheep and General Specific.

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Season 1 · Season 1
14 episode(s) · Air date: 04/Nov/2000
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S1E12
A Star Is Shorn
Air date: 24/Jun/2001 · Runtime: 22 min
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Sheep gets a job in a hip club as a waiter but soon General Specific finds him and almost knocks over the plates sheep was carrying. Sheep catches the plates and starts spinning them hypnotizing General Specific and while this happens Farmer John appears and convinces Sheep to go pro with his plate spinning act.

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Sheep gets a job in a hip club as a waiter but soon General Specific finds him and almost knocks over the plates sheep was carrying. Sheep catches the plates and starts spinning them hypnotizing General Specific and while this happens Farmer John appears and convinces Sheep to go pro with his plate spinning act.

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S1E11
Fleeced to Meet You
Air date: 10/Jun/2001 · Runtime: 22 min
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General Specific hires X-Agent to befriend Sheep and entrap him so they can use him for the sheep powered ray gun. X-Agent successfully entraps Sheep but later changes his mind because he realizes that friendship with Sheep mattered more.

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General Specific hires X-Agent to befriend Sheep and entrap him so they can use him for the sheep powered ray gun. X-Agent successfully entraps Sheep but later changes his mind because he realizes that friendship with Sheep mattered more.

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S1E9
The Agony of De-Bleat
Air date: 02/Mar/2001 · Runtime: 22 min
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When General Specific actually captures Sheep, he fires all of the people that work at the Secret Military Base. However, the crew decide to free Sheep to get their jobs back.

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When General Specific actually captures Sheep, he fires all of the people that work at the Secret Military Base. However, the crew decide to free Sheep to get their jobs back.

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S1E8
15 Muttons of Fame (aka They'll Flock to See Ewe)
Air date: 26/Jan/2001 · Runtime: 22 min
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When an agent for a dishwashing commercial discovers Sheep, Sheep decides to become a model to avoid General Specific. However, he might have to give up his friends.

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When an agent for a dishwashing commercial discovers Sheep, Sheep decides to become a model to avoid General Specific. However, he might have to give up his friends.

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S1E7
Can't Live Without Ewe
Air date: 12/Jan/2001 · Runtime: 22 min
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While Sheep goes into a fake sheep convention set up by the military wearing a mustache, Farmer John misses him, and hires The German Sheperd to bring Sheep home.

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While Sheep goes into a fake sheep convention set up by the military wearing a mustache, Farmer John misses him, and hires The German Sheperd to bring Sheep home.

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S1E5
Going Off the Sheep End
Air date: 08/Dec/2000 · Runtime: 22 min
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While Sheep tries to grab Swanky's attention by making unnecessary changes to himself, the Angry Scientist comes up with less-than-foolproof and idiotic plans to capture Sheep.

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While Sheep tries to grab Swanky's attention by making unnecessary changes to himself, the Angry Scientist comes up with less-than-foolproof and idiotic plans to capture Sheep.

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S1E1
In the Baa-ginning
Air date: 04/Nov/2000 · Runtime: 30 min
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Sheep decides to leave Farmer Brown in pursuit of a happy life in the Big City. Little does he know that from now on he will be chased by a secret military organization.

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Sheep decides to leave Farmer Brown in pursuit of a happy life in the Big City. Little does he know that from now on he will be chased by a secret military organization.

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Kevin Seal
Sheep / General Specific / Ranting Swede (voice)
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Ken Schatz
Ben Plotz / Victor / Jay / Great Scott (voice)
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Lady Virginia Richington / Lisa Rental / The Plot Device (voice)
Mo Willems
Mo Willems
The Angry Scientist / Announcer (voice)
Joey Mazzarino
Joey Mazzarino
General Lee Outrageous
Jerry Nelson
Jerry Nelson
General Public
Fran Brill
Fran Brill
Little Girl
James Godwin
James Godwin
Farmer John / Private Public (voice)
Ruth Buzzi
Ruth Buzzi
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Abigail Nesbitt
Animation, Storyboard Artist
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Bill Presing
Storyboard Artist
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Bryon Moore
Storyboard Artist
Christopher McCulloch
Christopher McCulloch
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Elaine Roche
Storyboard Artist
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Guy Moore
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John Paratore
Animation, Storyboard Artist
John Wilson
John Wilson
Animation, Storyboard Artist
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Kevin Brownie
Storyboard Artist
Matt Peters
Matt Peters
Animation, Storyboard Artist
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Maurice Fontenot
Animation, Storyboard Artist
Mo Willems
Mo Willems
Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer

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