History WesternAnimation / RalphWolfAndSamSheepdog

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Ralph Wolf is literally [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] with a red nose instead of a black / purple one. Later shorts gave him white sclerae instead of the Coyote's yellow.

Directed by Creator/ChuckJones, ''Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog'' was a cartoon series in the ''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.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sam and Ralph's names were reversed in the first two cartoons. Also, Ralph wasn't a PunchClockVillain at first. Also in the first two shorts, there was a night-shift sheepdog named Sam, and "Sheep Ahoy" also had a night-shift wolf. It wasn't until the third cartoon, "Double or Mutton," that they were portrayed as friends when they were off the clock.

* 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 more similar to Wile E. Coyote than being actually being pummeled by Sam, so this is presumably what Sam meant by Ralph overworking himself.)

* PunchClockHero: Literally an example alongside PunchClockVillain. 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 a couple shorts, smoke breaks.)

** 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-inflicted via accident like Wile E. Coyote rather than being pummeled by Sam.)

* GoKartingWithBowser: Ralph and Sam are buddies when they're not on the clock.

* 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. However, when Ralph took a peek under the bangs, he was intimidated to see [[DeathGlare angry eyes glaring at him]]. Scared, he put the bangs back.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sam and Ralph's names were reversed in the first two cartoons. Also, Ralph wasn't a PunchClockVillain at first. Also in the first two shorts, there was a night-shift sheepdog named Sam, and "Sheep Ahoy" also had a night-shift wolf.

''Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog'' was a cartoon series in the ''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.

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

* FingerExtinguisher: Sam extinguishes some ticking dynamite to save Ralph using his hands.

* "Sheep Ahoy" (1954)(in which Sam and Ralph's names are reversed)

* 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. However, when Ralph took a peek under the bangs, he was intimidated to see angry eyes glaring at him. Scared, he put the bangs back.

* 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 a couple shorts, smoke breaks.)

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Ralph Wolf is literally [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] with a red nose instead of a black / purple one. Also, the eye area is yellow instead of the Coyote's white.

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

* 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.

** Ralph, an unnamed wolf in "Don't Give Up the Sheep," disguises himself this way as Fred Sheepdog at the end, presumably punching into the night shift. It's a perfect disguise, but Sam (called "Ralph" here) doesn't fall for it, and immediately hits "Fred" on the head, and the ensuing CranialEruption stretches and pops the wolf's LatexPerfection mask off.

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Ralph Wolf is literally [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] with a red nose instead of a black one.

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Ralph Wolf is literally [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] with a red nose instead of a brown one.

** In "A Sheep in the Deep," a sheep Ralph snatches unzips his bodysuit to reveal Sam Sheepdog underneath. But then Ralph slips off his wolf suit to reveal a skinny sheep. Sam [[MultiLayerFacade removes his sheepdog disguise]] to reveal another Ralph Wolf. The skinny sheep [[OverlyLongGag then removes his costume]] to reveal a skinny Sam Sheepdog. The second Ralph unzips his wolf disguise to reveal another sheep. The skinny Sam removes his bodysuit to reveal the original Ralph, whom grabs said sheep, only for said sheep's head to fall back and reveal a lit stick of dynamite. Cue the OhCrap face from Ralph, but the 5:00 whistle [[PunchClockVillain prevents the ensuing explosion from happening]]...

** 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.

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

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sam and Ralph's names were reversed in the first two cartoons. Also, Ralph wasn't a PunchClockVillain at first.

* 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.)

** 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.)