| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !The Flock |
| 4 | [[folder:Shaun the Sheep]] |
| 5 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/09shaun_sheep3_jumbo.jpg]] |
| 6 | ->Voiced by Justin Fletcher |
| 7 | The titular character of ''Shaun the Sheep''. He is the unofficial leader of the flock, and the most intelligent. He first debuted in the ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' film ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave'', but he became an EnsembleDarkHorse among fans- enough to get [[WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep his own show]]. |
| 8 | ---- |
| 9 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Shaun's IntellectualAnimal traits are amplified a great deal from his ''Wallace and Gromit'' appearances, now practically on par with Gromit. As a consequence, he also gains a more mischievous and ever-curious and inventive personality, compared to the mindless ExtremeOmnivore with [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass brief flourishes of sapience]] that he was in the latter. |
| 10 | * AesopAmnesia: TheMovie has him learning that there are consequences for his misbehaviour and he sometimes has to reign it in. He has to learn such ''again'' in the second movie, the specials and multiple episodes. |
| 11 | * BadassAdorable: Don't let his cute appearance fool you, he's perfectly capable of defending himself and the barn when danger comes. |
| 12 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Is this to Timmy (despite the fact that they are cousins and not brothers). and to Lu-la in the movie. Even if Lu-la irritates him at times (as little siblings sometimes do), he is always protective of their well-being and genuinely cares for them. |
| 13 | * TheCameo: Appears as a Mystery Mushroom figure in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker''. |
| 14 | * CharacterDevelopment: |
| 15 | ** In the first movie, he learns to appreciate and love his owner again. According to the producer, Julie Lockhart, his character arc is part of the BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor scenario. |
| 16 | ** In the second movie, he learns to take responsibility for his actions, whatever is taking Lu-La back home or his dangerous activities. |
| 17 | * CoolBigBro: They're cousins, but Shaun acts like one to Timmy sometimes and little Timmy also idolizes Shaun. Same goes for Lu-la, though she doesn't obey him that much and Shaun's patience has been tested more than once due to this. |
| 18 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Despite being the most intelligent animal in the farm, he falls into this trope more often than not as a result of his schemes. |
| 19 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Took care of a spider that terrorized Bitzer and the flock in unharming ways even when it kept reappearing, waited for a bird to leave her nest before retrieving his golf ball instead of shooing it away...violence just isn't the way for him. |
| 20 | * HairstyleMalfunction: As seen in the opening, the wool on Shaun's head is apparently a toupee. He loses it in one episode of Season 5, which necessitates enlisting Bitzer's help to find it. |
| 21 | * IntellectualAnimal: The entire flock is this, but Shaun stands out in particular. |
| 22 | * IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: Shaun dreams of being the first sheep on the Moon until awakened - ''twice'' - by Shirley's snoring! |
| 23 | * JerkassBall: Holds this in the episode "The Farmer's Llamas", due to having a more mean-spirited sense of humor than usual because hanging around with the aforementioned llamas ends up being a bad influence on him. He even tricked the Farmer into buying them in an auction. [[JerkassRealization He wises up]] after all the damage they cause. |
| 24 | * TheLeader: Of his own flock. |
| 25 | * LovableRogue: His schemes often involve screwing the Farmer or Bitzer in some way, but he has no harmful intent and occasionally tries to do nice things for them to compensate. Usually, the rest of the flock gets in on this too. |
| 26 | * MrViceGuy: Shaun is at times roguish and mischievous but he is still heroic, well-meaning, good-hearted, loving, caring, and very protective of his baby cousin, Timmy. |
| 27 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Though with no such intentions, he has caused some conflicts in the show more than once. The movies and specials' main plots literally take place because of him. |
| 28 | * PunnyName: In most British accents, the name "Shaun" sounds like "shorn", i.e., a sheep whose wool has been cut off. |
| 29 | * ShorterMeansSmarter: He's smaller and less fleeced than his fellow sheep (barring Timmy who is a toddler), but he is the most intelligent of the flock. |
| 30 | * SilentSnarker: To an extent. |
| 31 | * SupremeChef: Episodes like "Frantic Romantic" and "Happy Farmer's Day" shows Shaun to be an excellent cook. He even turns the Farmer's terrible cooking into something edible. |
| 32 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Shaun is a sheep who'd rather forgo the rules and have loads of fun, while Bitzer is the sheepdog trying to uphold them and keep order on the farm. And yet despite the times they've clashed due to their opposite views, they're very much best buds. |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:Timmy]] |
| 36 | [[quoteright:307:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/timmy_teddy.png]] |
| 37 | ->Voiced by Justin Fletcher |
| 38 | [[TheBabyOfTheBunch The youngest of the flock.]] He is the son of Shaun's aunt, making them cousins. A few of his misadventures are caused by his own childlike curiosity. |
| 39 | ---- |
| 40 | * BreakoutCharacter: Has gotten a lot of popularity in the tv show and even had his own spin-off, ''WesternAnimation/TimmyTime''. |
| 41 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: His curiosity and occasional absent-mindedness to danger leads him into trouble sometimes, he doesn't know any better. |
| 42 | * CompanionCube: His orange teddy bear. To the extent where it serves as a plot point in one episode where the Farmer takes it away from him, causing him to cry until Shaun could get it back. |
| 43 | * DisappearedDad: He has no apparent father. It's possible that he's part of the flock, just undistinguished. |
| 44 | * HatesBaths: In episode "Spring Lamb". |
| 45 | * IconicItem: His teddy bear and his yellow pacifier. He loses the pacifier in ''Timmy Time'', as he is a preschooler by human years. |
| 46 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Timmy is troublemaking and rebellious but its simply because he's a baby and doesn't know any better. He is still very innocent, doting, affectionate, and the most adorable thing ever. |
| 47 | * LivingDoorstop: Poor Timmy has been used as a paintbrush, chalkboard eraser, table, plug for a ship's horn, pillow, curling stone, and a handkerchief over the course of just two seasons! |
| 48 | * NotNowKiddo: In "Happy Farmer's Day", when the flock was trying to make a pie for the Farmer to replace the one Shirley had apparently eaten, Timmy kept trying to tell them something, only for him to be ignored. He eventually manages to convey what he was trying to tell them: he had told Shirley to put the Farmer's pie in the freezer for safekeeping. |
| 49 | * OddFriendship: In the episode "The Farmer's Llamas", [[spoiler:he befriends an enraged rhinoceros]]. |
| 50 | * StrayingBaby: Sometimes, he wanders off by himself. |
| 51 | * TightropeWalking: Does this in the episode "Big Top Timmy". |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Timmy's Mother]] |
| 55 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/timmy_mum.png]] |
| 56 | ->Voiced by Kate Harbour |
| 57 | Shaun's aunt and the mother of young Timmy, making both Shaun and Timmy cousins. She tends to be a bit careless in looking after Timmy, but should Timmy disappear or get himself in trouble, she is inconsolable until her son is safe and sound. |
| 58 | ---- |
| 59 | * BigDamnHeroes: In "Hide and Squeak", where she and Timmy rescue the cornered Shaun and the mouse from Pidsley, out to get the mouse by any means necessary, with a rope to pull them up to safety. Too bad she didn't count on Pidsley climbing up to get them. |
| 60 | * CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: To Timmy whenever she or the flock stumble upon something inappropriate. |
| 61 | * IconicItem: Her pink hair curlers. She also carries a pink coin purse which pops up in a few episodes. |
| 62 | * MamaBear: In ''The Flight Before Christmas'', she doesn't panic when Timmy disappears while on an escapade with Shaun, just makes it quite clear that Shaun is in ''serious'' trouble if they don't get him back. She later rolls up her "sleeves" and breaks down Ben's door to rescue him. |
| 63 | * TheSpeechless: Technically. But when Timmy is endangered, she lets out bleats that sound heavily like "Oh no!". |
| 64 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Played straight in her case, as her hair curlers is a play on a [[{{Housewife}} stereotypical housewife]]. |
| 65 | * TookALevelInBadass: Most of her appearances have her freak out should something happen to Timmy. Not so much in "The Flight Before Christmas", where, aside from a brief moment of shock, puts a big effort in tracking him down and rescuing him while also [[WhatTheHellHero laying into Shaun for his irresponsibility]]. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Shirley]] |
| 69 | [[quoteright:337:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shirley_0.png]] |
| 70 | ->Voiced by Richard Webber |
| 71 | The largest of the sheep, characterized by her huge size and love of food. |
| 72 | ---- |
| 73 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Towards the Fox in one episode. |
| 74 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Shirley's a GentleGiant, but she's also no pushover: both Pidsley and the Fox learned the hard way that trying to harm a member of the Flock in front of her and/or tricking her will earn you her wrath. |
| 75 | * BigEater: Obviously, which explains why she's so large. Her eating habits are a plot point for episode "Shape Up with Shaun", where her heavy weight makes Shaun come up with a plan for her to lose weight. |
| 76 | * TheBigGuy: Becomes a female example in "Lock Out", [[spoiler:in order to deal with Pidsley]]. |
| 77 | * BigFun: Shirley is so large she gets wedged in sheepruns and between gateposts, which is not surprising for a BigEater. She also makes for a useful trampoline. |
| 78 | * ExtremeOmnivore: Often ruins the Flock's fun or has to be excluded because she can and will eat pretty much anything that happens to be in front of her, from vinyl records, to kites, to a pizza still in the box. |
| 79 | * FatComicRelief: She makes a good trampoline, among other things. |
| 80 | * {{Hammerspace}}: Her large fleece serves as a storage space for all kinds of objects. It is so large that other animals and even Shaun can hide in her fleece without trouble. |
| 81 | * HiccupHijinks: In the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin appropriately named]] episode "Hiccups", she gets a bad case of them after guzzling Bitzer's drink, leading him and Shaun to try every hiccup cure they can think of to get rid of them, none without success. She's eventually cured when she ends up catching sight of the Farmer's naked butt (along with the rest of the flock), which scares her to the point that the hiccups are gone. Unfortunately, Shaun and Bitzer [[HereWeGoAgain then discover that the shock caused all the other sheep to get them]]. |
| 82 | * HiddenDepths: Despite usually being portrayed as a dim-witted LivingDoorstop or BigEater, in "Lock Out" [[spoiler:she easily [[CurbstompBattle curbstomps]] Pidsley and nails him to a wall with a hammer]], and in the episode "In the Doghouse", she turns out to be SecretlyWealthy [[spoiler: and contributes several large wads of cash to pay for Bitzer's new deluxe kennel, while all of the other sheep, having no idea of even the concept of money, have contributed buttons, etc]]. |
| 83 | * LoudSleeperGag: In one episode, she ended up keeping Shaun, and eventually the entire flock, awake with her snoring, requiring them to move her away from their barn, with her eventually ending up in a tree. By then, however, it was morning and Shirley was the only one who ended up getting a decent night sleep. |
| 84 | * MaximumCapacityOverload: In "Ill Wind", when the sheep were having fun riding the blades of the Farmer's new [[WindTurbinePower windmill]], when Shirley jumped on, she ended up causing the thing to swing back and forth, disrupting the Farmer and Bitzer's television program, before eventually falling and causing the mill to spin so fast, it caused a power surge. |
| 85 | * ReplacementFlatCharacter: With Shaun as the main character, she replaces him in his original BigEater role seen in WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit. |
| 86 | * TemporaryBulkChange: In "Shape Up With Shaun", she temporarily becomes slim, but then goes back to normal after being catapulted through the side of a passing pie truck. |
| 87 | * TookALevelInBadass: In season 1, the most common use for her was a LivingDoorstop. From season 2 onwards, she partakes more in Shaun's adventures and becomes more active, showing a few HiddenDepths when needed. |
| 88 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Subverted in "Happy Farmer's Day" where it looked like she had eaten a pie that Bitzer had made for the Farmer, requiring the others to make a new one, with [[LethalChef disastrous results]]. It's eventually revealed that Timmy had convinced her to put the pie away in the freezer for safe keeping. |
| 89 | * VocalDissonance: Is a female sheep, but has a deep, dopey, masculine-sounding voice. |
| 90 | * WomanScorned: In "Foxy Laddie", Shirley is furious at the Fox for tricking her via his ram disguise and knocking her out, so she decides to punish him when he is at her mercy... [[{{Irony}} with the exact same]] FryingPanOfDoom [[{{Irony}} he whacked her with]]. |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[folder:Nuts]] |
| 94 | [[quoteright:235:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2eb10391ae5b5d0327f97cfea4b71123.jpg]] |
| 95 | ->Voiced by Andy Nyman |
| 96 | ---- |
| 97 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: In "Fruit and Nuts", where the poor sheep is ostracized due to his annoying sneezing habits. Even Shaun wasn't keen on his help in his plan of the week (though he does warm up to Nuts in the end). |
| 98 | * LoonWithAHeartOfGold: As his name says, Nuts is...well, nuts, but is a genuinely nice sheep and only wants to have fun with the rest of his family. |
| 99 | [[/folder]] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[folder:The Twins]] |
| 102 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twins_5.png]] |
| 103 | ->Voiced by Simon Greenall |
| 104 | The twins of Shaun's flock and the most prompt to follow him on his antics. |
| 105 | ---- |
| 106 | * TricksterTwins: Just like the rest of the flock, they frequently join Shaun's antics. |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | [[folder:Hazel]] |
| 110 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hazel_0_1.png]] |
| 111 | ->Voiced by Emma Tate |
| 112 | ---- |
| 113 | * AdvertisedExtra: Zigzagged. It was clear she was a secondary character, but the 'meet the movie characters' page in the website gave her individual personality traits that were never shown again as she still acts like a background sheep. |
| 114 | [[/folder]] |
| 115 | |
| 116 | !Other Farm residents |
| 117 | [[folder:Bitzer]] |
| 118 | [[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bitzer_0.png]] |
| 119 | ->Voiced by John Sparkles |
| 120 | The Farmer's long-suffering sheepdog. Very loyal to his master, and often put in charge of watching over Shaun's flock. |
| 121 | ---- |
| 122 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears a hat and collar. |
| 123 | * BadlyBatteredBabysitter: In "Babysitter Bitzer", he ended up watching Timmy while the flock went out on a lady's night. Needless to say, it turns out to be a very trying experience. |
| 124 | * ButtMonkey: Poor guy can't seem to catch a break, though he should be glad he's not [[WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit Gromit]]. |
| 125 | * BeleagueredAssistant: At times, though not to the extent of poor Gromit. |
| 126 | * CharacterDevelopment: |
| 127 | ** In the first movie, he blames Shaun for losing the Farmer, and spends most of the movie shooting disappointed [[DeathGlare Death Glares]] at him, until in the climax, when he finally starts to care for Shaun again before he's thrown in the Quarry by Trumper. He eventually forgives Shaun and they share a hug. |
| 128 | ** In the second movie, spends most of the time forbidding dangerous activities for Shaun and the Flock, especially Shaun (He even forbids making BBQ's and Pizza!). In the climax, he uses a cannon to push Agent Red away. This action of breaking one of his rules is what ultimate saves Shaun and Lu-La from possible capture or death. |
| 129 | * TheComicallySerious: Putting someone serious like Bitzer in the middle of a mischievous flock of sheep has produced many hilarious moments. |
| 130 | * ControlFreak: Likes things to go the way they are listed on his checklist, even going to the point of checking if something he really wants to do is there so he can do it. |
| 131 | * CrazyPrepared: In the Season 1 episode "Shape Up with Shaun", Bitzer flips through his clipboard of ways to get Shirley out - including rocket-powered and being on wheels until he found one where she's in a shopping cart. |
| 132 | * DogsAreDumb: {{Downplayed}}. Bitzer has shown to be just as smart the flock though he does make some poor choices some times. |
| 133 | * TheDoorSlamsYou: Poor Bitzer always gets the door slammed open on his nose in the opening theme of every episode. Averted at the end of the movie, when the Farmer carefully opens the door to make sure he doesn't hit Bitzer... and then happens anyway when a tired, confused Pig staggers out of the house after the Farmer. |
| 134 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Bitzer occasionally lets the power go to his head and can get too bossy for the sheep's liking, but he will ''not'' use his authority for personal gain. When the Naughty Pigs took advantage of being given Bitzer's job in "Pig Trouble" and made the sheep their servants, the injured dog bolts out of his bed and rushes to (albeit vainly) warn the Farmer what's going on. |
| 135 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit Gromit]]. Heck, he even looks similar to the lad! Blitzer is Gromit's successor in being the beleaguered and competent dog sidekick to his rather foolish and naïve human master, who also has a habit of being the ButtMonkey to the antics around him. He also happens to be a canine friend with Shaun. Although, he isn't hypercompetent like our other beloved British Dog. |
| 136 | * GoodCounterpart: To Preston from ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave''. Both are bipedal dogs who wear a collar and wooly hat, and act as an antagonist towards Shaun. However, Bitzer is a fundamentally good-natured HeroAntagonist who ultimately just wants to do his job of maintaining order on the farm and keeping the animals safe, and can even be on friendly terms with Shaun when the latter's antics don't get too out of hand. Preston, however, proved to be an outright murderous monster. |
| 137 | * {{Greed}}: With a tiny spot of gluttony thrown into the mix. It has been noted on several occasions that whenever food is involved, Bitzer can be quite selfish and unwilling to share them with anyone, including his friends. |
| 138 | * HeroAntagonist: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Bitzer can sometimes act as an obstacle for the sheep to overcome, but he's JustFollowingOrders and wants things to run smoothly for the Farmer. He's close buddies with Shaun and the Flock as long as their mischief doesn't run out of control and affect him and/or the Farmer. |
| 139 | * HiddenDepths: In the episode "The Piano", Bitzer is a surprisingly talented musician much to the Farmer's jealousy. |
| 140 | * IconicItem: His blue-knit hat [[spoiler:which the Farmer gave to him as a puppy]]. In the Season 2 episode "Bitzer's New Hat", he is left completely despondent when the Farmer throws his hat in the trash and instead gives Bitzer a hideous new one given to him by his young niece. |
| 141 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Bitzer can be strict and hot tempered with the sheep, but he is right that they are constantly causing mischief. Whenever one of Shaun's plans has very bad consequences, he will often non-verbally express an IWarnedYou at him. |
| 142 | * MailmanVsDog: In "Dangerous Deliveries", he develops a bad habit of chasing the postman whenever he shows up, requiring Shaun and the flock to try and help him break it. |
| 143 | * MrViceGuy: He's strict but he does care for the flock and is still a NiceGuy. |
| 144 | * NeatFreak: Like a dog, dirt is his friend, but sometimes seeing himself or the farm being messy will make him go full-cleaning mode. |
| 145 | * NotSoAboveItAll: He tries to keep the sheep in line, but sometimes he joins in with their antics. |
| 146 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A few times after the Farmer's selfish actions personally affected Bitzer in one way or another. |
| 147 | * SickEpisode: In Season 2 episode "Fireside Favorite", Bitzer comes down with a cold and has to stay indoors. Which makes him a target to the {{Jerkass}} cat Pidsley. |
| 148 | * SilentSnarker: Even more so than Shaun. |
| 149 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Bitzer is the sheepdog trying to uphold the rules and keep order on the farm, while Shaun is a sheep who'd rather forgo them and have loads of fun. And yet despite the times they've clashed due to their opposite views, they're very much best buds. |
| 150 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's absolutely afraid of spiders. |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:The Farmer]] |
| 154 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/farmer.png]] |
| 155 | ->Voiced by John Sparkles |
| 156 | The absentminded owner of a modest farm. Also the master of Bitzer and every animal currently living on his farm. He is largely unaware of the misadventures his sheep (and Bitzer) get into on a daily basis. |
| 157 | ---- |
| 158 | * BerserkButton: |
| 159 | ** He ''despises'' any fox who breaks into his farm, as "Cock-A-Doodle-Shaun" shows. |
| 160 | ** He also hates it when the sheep manage to get into his house. |
| 161 | * BlindWithoutEm: In the Season 2 episode "Ewe've Been Framed", he's revealed to have ''extremely'' short-sighted vision without his glasses. |
| 162 | * ButtMonkey: He sometimes suffers some comedic mishaps, mostly as a result of the animals' antics. |
| 163 | * CluelessBoss: Tends to be portrayed as such, and it was often only through the efforts of Bitzer that things were kept in line. |
| 164 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His name is unknown. |
| 165 | * GreenAroundTheGills: In "Shaun the Farmer", his face turns green before throwing up. |
| 166 | * HairTodayGoneTomorrow: [[spoiler:In TheMovie, it's revealed that he had a fuller head of hair in his younger days. Now he's on the verge of balding completely]]. |
| 167 | * HopelessWithTech: In the original series, he dismantles and subsequently destroys a computer by tearing out the insides of the tower to find out what's making a buzzing noise, but it's actually a bee. {{Averted|Trope}} in the Mossy Bottom series, where he's competent at using a laptop, wiring up a security system and sets up a [=WiFi=] modem. |
| 168 | * IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Suffers from this in the movie adaptation, due to Shaun and the flock's antics. He recovers his memory in the end.]] |
| 169 | * MrViceGuy: The Farmer is actually a genuine good guy who is nothing short of loving and lovable. Its that he can be quite grumpy and overworked at moments. |
| 170 | * PapaWolf: The first BigDamnMovie establishes that if you mess with his animals, you mess with him. At the climax, after he regains his memory back inside the shed, he angrily prepares to face Trumper. Once they land safe, Trumper throws Shaun to the Quarry, but the Farmer saves him, and faces Trumper who tries to explain his misunderstanding. |
| 171 | ** He ''flips out'' once he sees the fox on his farm chasing a huge chicken of his (actually Bitzer in PaperThinDisguise) in "Cock-a-Doodle-Shaun" and chases him off with an ax. |
| 172 | * SickEpisode: Gets a flu-like illness in "Shaun the Farmer", however, he's better by the end of the episode. |
| 173 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He and his extended relatives all wear glasses and have his orange hair to some extent. |
| 174 | * VomitDiscretionShot: Throws up offscreen in "Shaun the Farmer". |
| 175 | [[/folder]] |
| 176 | |
| 177 | [[folder:Pidsley]] |
| 178 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pidsley2.jpg]] |
| 179 | The Farmer's often mean-spirited pet cat. He clashes with Shaun and the flock from time to time. |
| 180 | ---- |
| 181 | * BigBad: In Season 2, and to a lesser extent in Season 1. |
| 182 | * BreakoutCharacter: A relatively minor character in Season 1, but in Season 2 he becomes a prominent antagonist for Shaun and his flock. |
| 183 | * CatsAreMean: Fits this trope to a T. |
| 184 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: For his two Season 1 appearances, he resembled a limbed bean with pointy ears, but was redesigned to be distinctly more cat-like for his expanded role in Season 2. |
| 185 | * {{Jerkass}}: And that's putting it nicely: he causes bigger havoc for Bitzer and the Flock, he rudely treats them all like he's beneath them, and would've outright beat up Shaun in "Lock Out" if [[BigDamnHeroes Shirley didn't appear and turn it back on him]]. He even gleefully tries to expose Shaun and Bitzer's party in "Operation: Pidsley" with photographic evidence for [[ForTheEvulz no other reason then the fun of it]]. |
| 186 | * KickTheDog: In Season 2 episode "Fireside Favorite", he tried to throw an ill Bitzer out of the house and possibly [[FridgeHorror leave him to freeze to death in the snow]], because ''[[EvilIsPetty Bitzer was occupying his favorite cushion]]''. Bonus points in Bitzer being a dog. |
| 187 | * LaserGuidedKarma: From Season 2 onward, every time he causes trouble, he ends up getting the boot from the Farmer, usually either by his own doing or being set up by the sheep (and Bitzer) he picks on. |
| 188 | * PutOnABus: Hasn't appeared since season 2 and no explanation has been given yet. |
| 189 | [[/folder]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | [[folder:The Naughty Pigs]] |
| 192 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3pigs.jpg]] |
| 193 | A trio of pigs who live on the other side of the farm, separated from the field the sheep occupy by a stone wall. |
| 194 | ---- |
| 195 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Early season 1 had them occasionally smack and toss Shaun around whenever he ended up in their pen. The second half of the season largely dropped this aspect of their charcter, with them not beating him up anymore (though they still love causing him trouble). |
| 196 | * EnemyMine: They will occasionally work with the flock, though in "Duck!", Shaun and Bitzer had to bribe them with food. |
| 197 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: See WouldntHurtAChild, though they're more mere bullies then outright evil. |
| 198 | * GluttonousPig: They are frequently seen eating, and one episode revolved around them refusing to let Shaun and the flock get apples from a tree that grew in their pen. |
| 199 | * {{Jerkass}}: Obnoxious, troublesome and quite a pain for the sheep to deal with. They even antagonize Bitzer, their superior (that is, when he's not acting as TheDreaded to them). They luckily do have a few scruples, though. |
| 200 | * KickTheDog: Perhaps their meanest act was [[BullyingTheDisabled tormenting an injured Bitzer in "Pig Trouble" by throwing paper balls into his cone]]. Naturally, a revolted Shaun doesn't take kindly to that. |
| 201 | * LaserGuidedKarma: They'll usually get what's coming to them for their actions, like in "Pig Trouble", all of their messing around the farm and exploiting both the sheep and Bitzer as their slaves gets them in trouble with the Farmer, who isn't entirely pleased to see his home a total pig sty. |
| 202 | * MeaningfulName: [[TerribleTrio Three pigs who are naughty]], hence the name. |
| 203 | * NotSoInnocentWhistle: They are scared of the Mother Duck, and do this when she gives them a DeathGlare in "Hard To Swallow". |
| 204 | * TeamRocketWins: "Dodgy Lodger" marks their first and only unambiguous victory over Shaun and his flock, due to a pretty good BatmanGambit on their part. |
| 205 | * WouldntHurtAChild: When they find Timmy after he gets separated from the herd due to one of their antics, they react by putting him in a stroller and giving him a slice of the pizza they stole from the sheep. When he accidentally ends up in danger later in the episode, they help Shaun save him. |
| 206 | [[/folder]] |
| 207 | |
| 208 | [[folder:The Bull]] |
| 209 | [[quoteright:291:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th_1_31.jpg]] |
| 210 | The Farmer's aggressive bull who will charge at anyone who dares to disturb him, especially when the color red is involved. |
| 211 | ---- |
| 212 | * BerserkButton: |
| 213 | ** [[BullSeeingRed Seeing Red]] will massively set him off. |
| 214 | ** He also doesn't like intruders on his side of the yard. |
| 215 | * TheDreaded: All the farm residents keep their distance from him. |
| 216 | * HairTriggerTemper: Oh boy does he have this. Making him see anything colored red is a quick way to enrage him. |
| 217 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's not just an aggressive, dreaded bull; a few moments, such as helping Shaun defeat the Naughty Pigs in "You Missed A Bit", or helping the Flock bring the Farmer home in the first movie show he can cooaperate when necessary. |
| 218 | [[/folder]] |
| 219 | |
| 220 | [[folder:Mower Mouth]] |
| 221 | [[quoteright:158:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th_2_73.jpg]] |
| 222 | The Farmer's goat whose voracious appetite puts Shirley's to shame. |
| 223 | ---- |
| 224 | * BigEater: This goat can pratically eat anything, though a few episodes such as "Draw The Line" and "Get Your Goat" establish that there's a limit on how much he can eat before he just passes out from overeating. |
| 225 | * HypnoticEyes: In "The Stare", Mower Mouth is somehow able to gaze at Shaun and the entire flock and put them under his control. |
| 226 | * NiceGuy: Mower Mouth's more abrasive actions are few and far between. In fact, he is quite friendly to Shaun and the others. That said, he isn't immune to the effects of the JerkassBall. |
| 227 | [[/folder]] |
| 228 | |
| 229 | !Introduced in the movies |
| 230 | [[folder:Slip]] |
| 231 | [[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4802221_249px.jpg]] |
| 232 | ->Voiced by Tim Hands |
| 233 | Introduced in the first movie. Slip is a street wolf-dog who befriends Shaun and helps him to find the Farmer. |
| 234 | ---- |
| 235 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: Despite enjoying going around the city, Slip wants to be adopted by someone. This reflects how it would be Shaun's life without the Farmer. She gets her wish in the ending, when she's adopted by a bus driver, who just so happened to be the same one whose path she (unknowingly) crossed back in the city. |
| 236 | * TheDogBitesBack: Literally. She starts defenseless when Trumper captures her in his introduction. When Trumper tries to escape from the Farmer, she bites his foot to stop him. |
| 237 | [[/folder]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:Trumper]] |
| 240 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/atrumper.png]] |
| 241 | ->Voiced by Omid Djalili |
| 242 | Introduced in the first movie. The BigBad of the Movie from the Animal Containment who ruthlessly chases Shaun and the Flock to capture and eventually exterminate them. |
| 243 | ---- |
| 244 | * ArchEnemy: For Shaun, mostly being the first sheep to capture. It sticks like this until the end. |
| 245 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Even before being the Chief Animal Containment, he hated animals and become an expert on capturing them. |
| 246 | * BigBad: Of the first movie. He won't give up easily when it comes to capturing or exterminating animals. |
| 247 | * ButtMonkey: He can't escape this trope, even after becoming a real threat to Shaun. |
| 248 | * DiabolicalDogCatcher: He mocks the animals who are in the pound just for fun. He hates when people adopt any of the animals he captured. |
| 249 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He has no problem with killing animals, especally trying to push them on a quarry. However, when it comes with the Farmer, he makes it clear it wasn't his intention to kill an old man since he didn't know there was a human inside the shed. |
| 250 | * ICanExplain: When the Farmer confronts him, he tries to explain his misunderstanding. This only ended up as a distraction when he gets kicked out by the bull of the farm on the back. |
| 251 | * IJustWantToBeBadass: Almost no one in the Big City cares or notices about him and his job. Although, it's just for a moment after capturing Slip, the street dog. |
| 252 | * {{Jerkass}}: To the Flock and any other animal. |
| 253 | * LaserGuidedKarma: His intention to capture (and later kill) Shaun and the flock leads him to be confronted by the farmer, get kicked by a bull, crashed on a pile of manure and eventually getting fired for his work. |
| 254 | * OhCrap: Trumper notices the Farmer after the Farmer saved Shaun for falling to his death. This makes him realize his mistake, and tries to run away, but Slips stops him. |
| 255 | * SanitySlippage: In the farm, when he gets off the caravan, he becomes more aggressive than before. |
| 256 | * VillainousBreakdown: He almost succeeds in throwing the animals and the Farmer (who are hidden in a sheld) in a rock quarry with a tractor. Then, he throws Shaun as his last attempt to kill him. |
| 257 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: Although he's meant to be comedic, the Flock sees him as a big threat for them. Especially in the climax. |
| 258 | [[/folder]] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | [[folder:Lu-la]] |
| 261 | [[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nuevo_lienzo.png]] |
| 262 | [[caption-width-right:349:"Tu-pa?"]] |
| 263 | ->Voiced by Amalia Vitale |
| 264 | Introduced in the second movie, ''Farmageddon''. An adorable but impish little alien who crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm. It is Shaun's mission to help her get back home, even if her powers cause lots of mischief along the way. |
| 265 | ---- |
| 266 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Shaun. Her tendencies to disobey Shaun and clumsiness getting on the way of his plans to help her have touched the sheep's nerves in a lot of scenes of the movie. Despite all this, they still love each other dearly and taking care of her has made Shaun realize just how much Bitzer has to go through. |
| 267 | * ExtremeOmnivore: Zigzagged. Invoked, in that when Shaun takes her to a convenience store, she tries to eat many different things that humans (or intelligent animals) wouldn't eat, but for the most part it's because she's unfamiliar with earthly items and so she can't tell what's food and what isn't. Most notably, after taking a big bite out of a roll of toilet paper, she spits it out in disgust. |
| 268 | * {{Gasshole}}: After guzzling down three 2-liter bottles of soft drink simultaneously, she proceeds to let loose a thunderous belch that carries on without stopping for a good minute and is shown to not only shake everything off of the shelves in the store, but triggers an earthquake felt through the whole village, and is even heard as far away as Africa! |
| 269 | * InnocentAliens: Lu-La is this, especially following TheReveal that [[spoiler: she's an actual toddler.]] |
| 270 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: As part of Shaun's arc of taking responsability, Lu-La acts like a younger sibling to him, and they share a lot of fun moments together. |
| 271 | * PsychicPowers: She can elevate things as well as living creatures with her ears. |
| 272 | * SpoiledBrat: Implied. While it's somewhat justified due to [[spoiler: her very young age]], a lot of the destruction she causes is because she refuses to take "No" as an answer from Shaun, and when he finally gets sharp with her, she sulks. [[spoiler:Also her parents reaction to her explaining all the chaos she committed can best be interpreted as [[PushoverParents "Oh, that's nice"]], with little attempt to explain how dangerous it was ''taking a joyride with their spaceship''.]] |
| 273 | * VoiceChangeling: Lu-La can perfectly imitate other voices. |
| 274 | * WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Why she ended up on Earth in the first place. |
| 275 | [[/folder]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | [[folder:Agent Red]] |
| 278 | [[quoteright:157:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agent_red.png]] |
| 279 | ->Voiced by Kate Harbour |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | * BigBad: The main antagonist of ''Farmageddon'', trying to capture Lu-la to prove the existence of aliens. |
| 282 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Trumper, the main villain of the first movie, was a crude, boisterous sociopath of a man with virtually no redeeming qualities, who suffered a humiliating defeat. Agent Red, the main villain of the sequel, is a cold and ominous woman who is eventually revealed to have a very sympathetic backstory [[spoiler:and makes a HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 283 | * FreudianExcuse: As a child, she saw Lu-la's parents one night, and told everyone in her classroom about it for Show and Tell. After being ridiculed for believing in aliens, she became very intense about proving they exist. In the end, after Lu-La's parents arrive, and she gets to meet them firsthand, she lets them and Lu-la go without any further issues. |
| 284 | * HeelFaceTurn: Upon seeing Lu-la's parents, [[spoiler: the same aliens she saw as a child, she gives up chasing Lu-la and goes in to hug the aliens, who gladly accept]]. |
| 285 | * SurroundedByIdiots: She seems to convey this as her opinion on the Hazmats even without a single line. |
| 286 | * VillainousBreakdown: Like most Aardman villains, she gets really unhinged at the climax. Her hair gets messed up, and she does a few {{Slasher Smile}}s as she becomes desperate to catch Lu-la. |
| 287 | [[/folder]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | [[folder:M-U-G-G-[=1N5=]]] |
| 290 | ->Voiced by Creator/DavidHolt |
| 291 | ---- |
| 292 | * IronButtMonkey: Is the butt of a lot of physical comedy, and is at one point even taken apart, though being a robot, can quickly rebuild itself. |
| 293 | * UndyingLoyalty: A devoted servant to Agent Red. [[spoiler: It tries to break her fall during the climax (though quickly realises there's little chance of doing such while she's in a HumongousMech), and cries TearsOfJoy when she finally meets the aliens of her past.]] |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:The Hazmats]] |
| 297 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/character_hazmat_0_0.png]] |
| 298 | ---- |
| 299 | * TheMenInBlack: Subverted pretty fast. They look competent and dangerous at first... up until we get to their base. Lu-la's UFO is apparently the first they have ever found, their only known base is situated under a (fake) car wash and they work for the [[FunWithAcronyms Ministry of Alien Detection]], and appear to have a few dozen people working for them at most. |
| 300 | ** Then, due to a case of MistakenIdentity when they mistake Bitzer for an alien, they greet him in a fairly friendly manner and try to explain Earth to him. Two of them even take a selfie with him. |
| 301 | * PunchClockVillain: And even this is downplayed, at worst. They aren't really actively malevolent - at worst, they appear to be trying their best to establish a peaceful FirstContact, do their jobs, find alien spacecraft/[=UFO=]s for study, and not get ridiculed. |
| 302 | * SurveillanceStationSlacker: One of these guys is seen, asleep (hazmat suit and all), at the surveillance station when it detects Lu-la's impressive belch. |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | !Other characters |
| 306 | [[folder:The Farmer's Niece]] |
| 307 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sts_farmers_niece.png]] |
| 308 | A young girl who is the Farmer's niece, obviously. The titular character of episode "[[TitleDrop The Farmer's Niece]]", she quickly becomes an irritation to Shaun and his flock. |
| 309 | ---- |
| 310 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems so sweet and innocent on the outside, but to the audience and the farm animals, it's only a masquerade she keeps up in front of her uncle, the Farmer. |
| 311 | * BrattyHalfPint: Oh ''so very much''. Both Shaun and Bitzer learn this the hard way. |
| 312 | * TheDreaded: ''All'' the animals were reduced to hiding from her by the time she reappears in "Bitzer's New Hat". |
| 313 | * GirlishPigTails: She has a pair of these to convey her seeming childlike innocence. |
| 314 | * HatedByAll: All except the farmer initially, as she comes off as a needy BitchInSheepsClothing that caused trouble for the animals, outright lies about breaking fragile objects. She maintains this front right until the very end where her antics finally get noticed by the Farmer, to which she's sent away. By "Bitzer's New Hat", even the Farmer is relieved to be free of her constant troublemaking. |
| 315 | * {{Jerkass}}: She seems to derive childish amusement from tormenting the sheep and Bitzer, including taking away and playing with Timmy's pacifier, getting Bitzer covered in thorns and wrapping him up in bandage tape, and riding Shaun like a horse to the point of exhaustion. |
| 316 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Her antics with the flock ultimately get her in trouble with the Farmer, when a game of "play horsey" with Shaun launches her right into the cake her uncle was making. |
| 317 | * PetTheDog: Giving the Farmer a hand-made hat in "Bitzer's New Hat". Granted, it was poorly made, but it's the thought that counts. |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder:The Fox]] |
| 321 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_518.jpg]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | * WolfInSheepsClothing: He literally becomes this in "Foxy Laddie," making him a ChickMagnet in the process. |
| 324 | [[/folder]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | !Introduced in ''Adventures from Mossy Bottom'' |
| 327 | [[folder:Stash]] |
| 328 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stash.png]] |
| 329 | ---- |
| 330 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Appears as a waiter in ''Baa-gherita'' before her "debut" in ''Squirreled Away''. |
| 331 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She enjoys stealing nuts and birdseeds and can be a bit of a trickster, but is still on good terms with Shaun and the flock. |
| 332 | * SuperSpeed: Can accelerate to TimeStandsStill levels. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | [[folder:Rita]] |
| 336 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rita_9.png]] |
| 337 | ---- |
| 338 | * SuperStrength: Regularly handles packages one-handed that other characters can barely pick up. One {{Couch Gag}} has her tossing ''an anvil'' from her truck. |
| 339 | * UnstoppableMailman: If she has a package to deliver, it ''will'' get delivered. |
| 340 | [[/folder]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[folder:Lexi]] |
| 343 | [[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lexi.png]] |
| 344 | ---- |
| 345 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: A more suave and competent celebrity sheepdog compared to Bitzer, but also much more of a {{Smug Snake}}. Most of their bouts make apparent Lexi could run rings around Bitzer if her {{Jerkass}} behaviour didn't keep coming back to bite her. |
| 346 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: No pun intended. Acts as decent as a celebrity has to with her fans but shows her snooty nature by looking down at Bitzer and mocking him after winning a race. |
| 347 | [[/folder]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | [[folder:Ben]] |
| 350 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ben_26.png]] |
| 351 | ---- |
| 352 | * CluelessBoss: Similar to Shaun's farmer, he is usually oblivious to the antics of the animals. |
| 353 | * JerkassBall: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''The Flight Before Christmas''. He ''does'' come across as a bit of an unintentionally neglectful and superficial parent (such as thinking that a video of him reading a story is a substitute for actually doing so). He learns better though. |
| 354 | * NiceGuy: Contrary to his dog, he doesn't act smug about his talents and is actually a kind celebrity. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
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