7.9/1034 votesLoading...#1 - In the Baa-ginning
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2000
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.
Director: Mo Willems
Writer: Mo Willems
7.6/1023 votesLoading...#2 - To Bleat or Not to Bleat
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/2000
A girl called Lisa Rental saves Sheep from General Specific so that she can keep him as a pet.
Director: Mike de Seve
Writer: Mo Willems
7.6/1018 votesLoading...#3 - The Agony of De-Bleat
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2001
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.
Director: Sue Perrotto
Writer: Mo Willems
7.4/1020 votesLoading...#4 - Belle of the Baaah
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/1/2000
Sheep gets more than he bargained for when he accidentally swallows a diamond and receives much of the town's adoration and attention.
Director: Maurice Joyce
Writer: David Wain, Mo Willems
7.3/1026 votesLoading...#5 - Be Still My Bleating Heart
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2000
Sheep falls in love with a poodle called Swanky, and coincidentally, Swanky's owner hates sheeps.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
7.3/1018 votesLoading...#6 - Home for the Baa-lidays
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/29/2000
Sheep returns to the farm for the holidays.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
7.3/1018 votesLoading...#7 - Can't Live Without Ewe
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/12/2001
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.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
7.2/1018 votesLoading...#8 - Baa-ck In Time
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/23/2001
Sheep escapes through time to find a better life.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Joey Mazzarino, Mo Willems
7.2/1013 votesLoading...#9 - Party of the Shear
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/2002
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.
Director: Sue Perrotto
Writer: Mo Willems
7.1/1014 votesLoading...#10 - A Star Is Shorn
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/2001
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.
Director: Maurice Joyce
Writer: David Wain, Mo Willems
7.0/1014 votesLoading...#11 - 15 Muttons of Fame (aka They'll Flock to See Ewe)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2001
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.
Director: Maurice Joyce
Writer: Mo Willems
6.9/1019 votesLoading...#12 - Going Off the Sheep End
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/8/2000
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.
Director: Sue Perrotto
Writer: Joey Mazzarino, Mo Willems
6.9/1013 votesLoading...#13 - Mistaken Identi-sheep
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/8/2001
A sheep-like creature robs the town, while Sheep is blamed.
Director: Sue Perrotto
Writer: Joey Mazzarino, Mo Willems
6.8/1017 votesLoading...#14 - Fleeced to Meet You
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/10/2001
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.
Director: Maurice Joyce
Writer: Mo Willems
6.7/1017 votesLoading...#15 - To Sheep, Perchance to Dream
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/29/2001
This episode is all about the nightmares of people in the Big City.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
6.6/1011 votesLoading...#16 - An Officer and a Gentlelamb
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/17/2002
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.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
6.6/1011 votesLoading...#17 - Here Goes Mutton
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/31/2002
Farmer John becomes a football player, while Sheep gets amnesia from a hit on the head.
Director: Tom Warburton
Writer: Joey Mazzarino, Mo Willems
6.5/1012 votesLoading...#18 - Beauty and the Bleats
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/2002
Sheep is turned into a half human half sheep by a Genie.
Director: Tom Warburton
Writer: Mo Willems
6.5/1011 votesLoading...#19 - Baa-hind the Scenes
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/7/2002
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!
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
6.4/1011 votesLoading...#20 - Oh, the Ewemanity
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/24/2002
General Specific can't capture Sheep because he is too small for his net, so he blows him up using an enlarging ray.
Director: Sue Perrotto
Writer: Joey Mazzarino, Mo Willems
6.3/1010 votesLoading...#21 - The Wool Is Not Enough
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/2002
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.
Director: Sue Perrotto
Writer: David Wain, Mo Willems
6.2/1012 votesLoading...#22 - Flock, Up in the Sky
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/16/2001
X agent returns and swears to protect Sheep from General Specific.
Director: Tom Warburton
Writer: Mo Willems
6.2/1010 votesLoading...#23 - Daddy Shearest
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/2002
After failing again to capture Sheep, Private Public gets a visit from his dad, General Public.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
6.0/1012 votesLoading...#24 - Baah-dern Times
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/9/2001
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.
Director: Sue Perrotto
Writer: Mo Willems
5.8/109 votesLoading...#25 - My, How Ewe Have Changed
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/23/2001
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.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
The Best Episodes of Sheep in the Big City
Every episode of Sheep in the Big City ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of 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...
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Top Episode Ratings Summary
"In the Baa-ginning" is the best rated episode of "Sheep in the Big City". It scored 7.9/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Mo Willems and written by Mo Willems, it aired on 11/4/2000. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "To Bleat or Not to Bleat".