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* HiredToHuntYourself: At the end of "Steal Wool", Sam suggests a badly battered Ralph he take some time off and offers to cover his shifts for him and "work both jobs". It's left up to the viewer's imagination if he means he can just guard the sheep unopposed or if he will actively try to both hunt the sheep and defend the sheep from himself.
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There was a video game based on it, called "''VideoGame/SheepDogNWolf''".

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There was is a licensed video game based on it, these shorts, called "''VideoGame/SheepDogNWolf''".
''VideoGame/SheepDogNWolf'', which features Ralph becoming a game show contestant, as he attempts to steal sheep while avoiding Sam.
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* NoKillLikeOverKill: Ralph's final attack against Sam in "Woolen Under Where" consisted of a guillotine, cannons, missiles, and a {{NeverSmileAtA|crocodile}} {{Shark|pool}} underneath Sam's ledge. Fortunately, before Ralph could fire the DeathTrap, [[NearVillainVictory the quitting time whistle blew]].

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* NoKillLikeOverKill: Ralph's final attack against Sam in "Woolen Under Where" consisted of a guillotine, cannons, missiles, and a {{NeverSmileAtA|crocodile}} {{Shark|pool}} [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile crocodile]] [[SharkPool pool]] underneath Sam's ledge. Fortunately, before Ralph could fire the DeathTrap, [[NearVillainVictory the quitting time whistle blew]].

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* LivingWithTheVillain: Ralph and Sam are neighbors, and get along quite well when they aren't on the job. At the end of "Steal Wool" Sam suggests to a battered Ralph that he has been working too hard and to take some rest (one notes in this episode, Ralph gets injured via mishaps mroe similar to Wile E. Coyote than being actually being pummeled by Sam, so this is presumably what Sam meant by Ralph overworking himself.)

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* LivingWithTheVillain: Ralph and Sam are neighbors, and get along quite well when they aren't on the job. At the end of "Steal Wool" Sam suggests to a battered Ralph that he has been working too hard and to take some rest (one notes in this episode, Ralph gets injured via mishaps mroe more similar to Wile E. Coyote than being actually being pummeled by Sam, so this is presumably what Sam meant by Ralph overworking himself.)


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* NoKillLikeOverKill: Ralph's final attack against Sam in "Woolen Under Where" consisted of a guillotine, cannons, missiles, and a {{NeverSmileAtA|crocodile}} {{Shark|pool}} underneath Sam's ledge. Fortunately, before Ralph could fire the DeathTrap, [[NearVillainVictory the quitting time whistle blew]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Ralph and Sam punching in for work.]]

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* LivingWithTheVillain: Ralph and Sam are neighbors, and get along quite well when they aren't on the job. At the end of "Steal Wool" Sam suggests to a battered Ralph that he should take a couple of days off and let Sam do both jobs.

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* LivingWithTheVillain: Ralph and Sam are neighbors, and get along quite well when they aren't on the job. At the end of "Steal Wool" Sam suggests to a battered Ralph that he should has been working too hard and to take a couple of days off and let some rest (one notes in this episode, Ralph gets injured via mishaps mroe similar to Wile E. Coyote than being actually being pummeled by Sam, so this is presumably what Sam do both jobs.meant by Ralph overworking himself.)



* PunchClockHero / PunchClockVillain: Literally. Ralph and Sam punch a clock, start their hijinks after the whistle goes off to signal the start of their shift, then punch out and go home after the whistle sounds again.

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* PunchClockHero / PunchClockVillain: Literally. Ralph and Sam punch a clock, start their hijinks after the whistle goes off to signal the start of their shift, then punch out and go home after the whistle sounds again. They even get lunch breaks (and in earlier shorts, smoke breaks.)


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** And the nature of the whole ordeal being treated like a job is emphasized when Sam advises Ralph to take some days off because he was working too hard in the episode "Steal Wool" (careful viewers will note most of Ralph's injuries were self-infected via accident like Wile E Coyote rather than being pummeled by Sam.)
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* ''TazMania'': Sam appeared in one episode. Ralph didn't appear, as Taz was a temporary replacement (though Sam says that he was a bit hard on "that coyote").

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* ''TazMania'': ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Sam appeared in one episode. Ralph didn't appear, as Taz was a temporary replacement (though Sam says that he was a bit hard on "that coyote").
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* "Don't Give Up the Sheep" (1953) (in which Sam and Ralph's names are reversed)

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* "Don't Give Up the Sheep" (1953) (in which Sam and Ralph's names are reversed)reversed, though the wolf isn't referred to by name here)



* ''TazMania'': Sam appeared in one episode. Taz was the one trying to steal sheep. Ralph didn't appear.


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* ''TazMania'': Sam appeared in one episode. Taz was the one trying to steal sheep. Ralph didn't appear.

appear, as Taz was a temporary replacement (though Sam says that he was a bit hard on "that coyote").
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* YouLookFamiliar: Ralph Wolf looks just like Wile E. Coyote, except Ralph's nose is red (the Coyote's is brown) and Ralph's eyes are white (the Coyote's are yellow).
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* YouLookFamiliar: Ralph Wolf looks just like Wile E. Coyote, except Ralph's nose is red (the Coyote's is brown) and Ralph's eyes are white (the Coyote's are yellow).

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* YouLookFamiliar: Ralph Wolf looks just like Wile E. Coyote, except Ralph's nose is red (the Coyote's is brown) and Ralph's eyes are white (the Coyote's are yellow).yellow).
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''Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog'' was a cartoon series in the ''LooneyTunes'' franchise, featuring the titluar wolf and sheepdog, who are just regular working joes punching a clock--except that Sam's job is a sheepdog guarding a flock of sheep, and Ralph's job is attempting to steal the sheep. HilarityEnsues.

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''Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog'' was a cartoon series in the ''LooneyTunes'' ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' franchise, featuring the titluar wolf and sheepdog, who are just regular working joes punching a clock--except that Sam's job is a sheepdog guarding a flock of sheep, and Ralph's job is attempting to steal the sheep. HilarityEnsues.
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''Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog'' was a cartoon series featuring the titluar wolf and sheepdog, who are just regular working joes punching a clock--except that Sam's job is a sheepdog guarding a flock of sheep, and Ralph's job is attempting to steal the sheep. HilarityEnsues.

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''Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog'' was a cartoon series in the ''LooneyTunes'' franchise, featuring the titluar wolf and sheepdog, who are just regular working joes punching a clock--except that Sam's job is a sheepdog guarding a flock of sheep, and Ralph's job is attempting to steal the sheep. HilarityEnsues.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sam and Ralph's names were reversed in the first two cartoons. Also, Ralph wasn't a PunchClockVillain at first.


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* MidBattleTeaBreak: Sam and Ralph would pause their fighting when the lunch whistle sounds, then continue where they left off at the one o'clock whistle.
** One cartoon ends with Sam beating up Ralph just as the five o'clock whistle went off. As they leave for work, their substitutes for the night shift clock in... and continue the beating.
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* ReedSnorkel: In "Don't Give Up the Sheep", the wolf tries this in order to sneak underwater through a pond to catch the sheep. The sheepdog drops a stick of dynamite into the snorkel.
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Directed by Creator/ChuckJones.

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Directed by Creator/ChuckJones.
Creator/ChuckJones. "Steal Wool" is listed as one of Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes.
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We don\'t usually note critical acclaim


Directed by Creator/ChuckJones. "Steal Wool" is listed as one of Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes.

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Directed by Creator/ChuckJones. "Steal Wool" is listed as one of Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes.
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* GoKartingWithBowser: Ralph and Sam are buddies.

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* GoKartingWithBowser: Ralph and Sam are buddies.buddies when they're not on the clock.
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Directed by Creator/ChuckJones. "Steal Wool" is listed as one of The100GreatestLooneyTunes.

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Directed by Creator/ChuckJones. "Steal Wool" is listed as one of The100GreatestLooneyTunes.
Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes.
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* MeatOVision: In "Don't Give Up the Sheep" the wolf visualizes the sheep as dinner.
* MobileShrubbery: In "Don't Give Up the Sheep", the wolf (here with no name) disguises himself as a bush in an effort to steal the sheep. The sheepdog (here "Ralph") disguises himself as a tree to catch and pound the wolf.
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There was a video game based on it, called "''VideoGame/SheepDogNWolf''".
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* RakeTake: In "Ready, Woolen, and Able", Sam throws out a rake for Ralph to step on.

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** By "Woolen Under Where", Ralph and Sam actually are living together.



** The Boulder that was falling on Taz stopped in midair during the lunch break from his episode.

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** The Boulder boulder that was falling on Taz stopped in midair during the lunch break from his episode.
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* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Sam has one.
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* DistaffCounterpart: At least two shorts featured another sheepdog whose shift starts after Sam's ends. In one, he resumed the beating Sam was giving Ralph and, in the other, he punched the wolf who took over after Ralph's shift ended as well. The other dog's hair is black where Sam's is red and the other wolf's nose is black as well.
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* DistaffCounterpart: At least two shorts featured another sheepdog whose shift starts after Sam's ends. In one, he resumed the beating Sam was giving Ralph and, in the other, he punched the wolf who took over after Ralph's shift ended as well. The other dog's hair is black where Sam's is red and the other wolf's nose is black as well.


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** After a lunch break, they usually resume their hijinks from the point where they stopped at the beginning of lunch break.
** The Boulder that was falling on Taz stopped in midair during the lunch break from his episode.
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* BlindingBangs: Sam Sheepdog has these. He provides the picture on the trope page.

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* BlindingBangs: Sam Sheepdog has these. He provides the picture on the trope page. Ralph once used a hair tonic to make them even more blinding.
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* LivingWithTheVillain: Ralph and Sam are neighbors, and get along quite well when they aren't on the job. At the end of the cartoon Sam suggests to a battered Ralph that he should take a couple of days off and let Sam do both jobs.

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* LivingWithTheVillain: Ralph and Sam are neighbors, and get along quite well when they aren't on the job. At the end of the cartoon "Steal Wool" Sam suggests to a battered Ralph that he should take a couple of days off and let Sam do both jobs.
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''Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog'' was a cartoon series featuring the titluar wolf and sheepdog, who are just regular working joes punching a clock--except that Sam's job is a sheepdog guarding a flock of sheep, and Ralph's job is attempting to steal the sheep. HilarityEnsues.

Directed by Creator/ChuckJones. "Steal Wool" is listed as one of The100GreatestLooneyTunes.

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!!Filmography:


* "Don't Give Up the Sheep" (1953) (in which Sam and Ralph's names are reversed)
* "Sheep Ahoy" (1954)(in which Sam and Ralph's names are reversed)
* "Double or Mutton" (1955)
* "Steal Wool" (1957)
* "Ready, Woolen and Able" (1960)
* "A Sheep in the Deep" (1962)
* "Woolen Under Where" (1963) (directed by Phil Monroe and Richard Thompson)


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* BlindingBangs: Sam Sheepdog has these. He provides the picture on the trope page.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Ralph and Sam are buddies.
* LivingWithTheVillain: Ralph and Sam are neighbors, and get along quite well when they aren't on the job. At the end of the cartoon Sam suggests to a battered Ralph that he should take a couple of days off and let Sam do both jobs.
* PunchClockHero / PunchClockVillain: Literally. Ralph and Sam punch a clock, start their hijinks after the whistle goes off to signal the start of their shift, then punch out and go home after the whistle sounds again.
* StockAnimalDiet: Ralph Wolf and his sheep.
* YouLookFamiliar: Ralph Wolf looks just like Wile E. Coyote, except Ralph's nose is red (the Coyote's is brown) and Ralph's eyes are white (the Coyote's are yellow).

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