Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series created by Mo Willems for Cartoon Network, and the 9th of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. The series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on August 18, 2000.
Created by Mo Willems, who previously created The Off-Beats for Nickelodeon's KaBlam!, the bulk of the show follows a runaway sheep, Sheep, in his new life in "the Big City". It also features several unrelated sketches and shorts, similar to The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show and The Fugitive. With an emphasis on more "sophisticated" (in particular, literal) 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.
Sheep lives happily on a farm with his friends. Unfortunately, a Secret Military Organization, led by General Specific, needs Sheep for its Sheep-Powered Ray Gun (with a sheep-shaped hole in it).
General Specific will get Sheep at any cost, and, knowing that the farm is at stake, Sheep is forced to leave for the big city. Now Sheep is on the run from General Specific, who is assisted by his henchmen, Private Public, the Angry Scientist (who in the show is often wrongly referred to as "Mad Scientist"), a bunch of other military types, and the Plot Device.
In addition, Sheep has to come to grips with the Big City and trying to romance his love, Swanky the Poodle. All the while, he has to avoid the attentions of a host of unwelcome characters — Lisa Rental and Swanky's owner, the sheep-hating Lady Richington, wielding a stainless-steel wig.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | USA | Ven | Bra | Pol | Neth | Hun |
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Sheep | Kevin Seal | |||||
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General Specific | Kevin Seal | Framk Maneiro | ||||
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Farmer John | James Godwin | |||||
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Private Public | James Godwin | Jacek Kopczyński | ||||
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Ben Plotz | Ken Schatz | Juan Guzmán | László Lippai | |||
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Angry Scientist | Mo Willems | Carlos Seidl | ||||
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Lady Virginia Richington | Stephanie D'Abruzzo | Melanie Henríquez | ||||
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Swanky the Poodle | Stephanie D'Abruzzo | |||||
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Lisa Rental | Stephanie D'Abruzzo | Yensi Rivero | ||||
| Rebeca Aponte |