Sheep in the Big City
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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1.In the Baa-ginning
04-11-2000Sheep 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.
2.Be Still My Bleating Heart
17-11-200022mSheep falls in love with a poodle called Swanky, and coincidentally, Swanky's owner hates sheeps.
3.To Bleat or Not to Bleat
24-11-200016mA girl called Lisa Rental saves Sheep from General Specific so that she can keep him as a pet.
4.Belle of the Baaah
01-12-200017mSheep gets more than he bargained for when he accidentally swallows a diamond and receives much of the town's adoration and attention.
5.Going Off the Sheep End
08-12-200022mWhile 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.
6.Home for the Baa-lidays
29-12-200022mSheep returns to the farm for the holidays.
7.Can't Live Without Ewe
12-01-200122mWhile 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.
8.15 Muttons of Fame (aka They'll Flock to See Ewe)
26-01-200122mWhen 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.
9.The Agony of De-Bleat
02-03-200122mWhen 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.
10.Baa-ck In Time
23-03-200122mSheep escapes through time to find a better life.
11.Fleeced to Meet You
10-06-200122mGeneral 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 bec...
12.A Star Is Shorn
24-06-200122mSheep 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 th...
13.Mistaken Identi-sheep
08-07-200122mA sheep-like creature robs the town, while Sheep is blamed.
14.To Sheep, Perchance to Dream
29-07-200122mThis episode is all about the nightmares of people in the Big City.
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