Line #55 WebAnimation/SheriffHayseed


1	[[quoteright:999:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sheriff_1.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:999:''"Watch out criminal world- there's a new sheriff in town!" ("And deputy!")'' [[note]]Clockwise from bottom right: [[KidHero Todd]], [[TheLancer Shawn]], [[DitzySecretary Lloyd]], and [[DaChief Mayor Joy]].[[/note]]]]
3	->''Deep in the West, where the bandits roam\
4	Where the law is scarce and you're far from home\
5	You'll find a place with a friendly pace\
6	And a fuzzy face who'll crack your case\
7	It's Sheriff Todd, not odd but flawed\
8	With a boomerang, here to stop your squad\
9	So hold your throttle\
10	Think before you violate the laaaaw!\
11	Sheriff Todd Hayseed! (WA-CHA!)\
12	Justice guaranteed!\
13	He'll fight all day so he can see\
14	That Troughwater is free!\
15	(And also Shawn!)''
16	-->-- The show's BraggingThemeTune
17
18	''Sheriff Hayseed'' was a web animated series created by Mike "Creator/{{Piemations}}" Pitts.
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20	The animations take place in the Wild West town of Troughwater, a town inhabited by FunnyAnimals (particularly horses and other ungulates) and plagued by a wide variety of criminals of varying shapes, sizes, and methodologies. All that stands in the way between the town and total anarchy is the new sheriff, Todd Hayseed the fox (voiced by Eloidiel), and his deputy, Shawn Burrowitz the donkey (voiced by Blake Swift aka [=ShadyVox=]). While they're certainly not the most competent or smartest, they're all Troughwater's got.
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22	Despite the pilot and first episode's success, updates and news on the series was oftentimes rare and slow to come out. This came to a head on ''December 3rd, 2023'' in an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zBO_Q8b9U8 update video]] on Piemation's channel that confirmed, as a result of both longstanding and recovering wrist pain, and just overall dissatisfaction with a multitude of creative decisions related to the series, all future animated projects for Sheriff Hayseed would be canceled, with what's been finished thus far being uploaded in the following days.
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24	[[folder:Media for ''Sheriff Hayseed'']]
25	!Episodes
26	* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_04xi7ddh8 Strategically Stupid!]]''' (August 19th, 2017) - The series' non-canon pilot. Todd and Shawn's game of chess is interrupted by a bank robbery.
27	* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wxs_WNwDJE Boomerang in a Gun Fight!]]''' (December 21st, 2019) - The first official episode. After a criminal manages to get away, Mayor Joy (through her assistant Lloyd) puts Todd and Shawn through a series of combat training.
28	* '''[[https://youtu.be/KY53CX02ENQ?feature=shared The Quick Pickpocket]]''' (December 19, 2023) ''(Storyboard only)'' An incomplete episode featuring Taylor, the titular pickpocket, and Todd and Shawn struggling to deal with her throughout, especially after she manages to pickpocket something special to Todd.
29	!Shorts
30	* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD6RzNrKs6E Animated Bloopers]]''' (February 8th, 2020) - Bloopers from ''Boomerang in a Gun Fight!'' animated to show the characters acting out their VA's mistakes.
31	* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok1X0ubvpE0 Blackjack]]''' (December 9th, 2023) - A short style test for the intended next episode. Todd and Shawn play a card game.
32	!Shawn Covers by [=ShadyVox=]
33	* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o0Bhtiz8l4 Stuck in The Middle With You]]''' (February 7th, 2019)
34	* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mz_nwT05vM Budapest]]''' (March 23rd, 2019)
35	* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLaXi16Y9Ao Take Me Home, Country Roads]]''' (August 12th, 2020)
36	[[/folder]]
37
38	!Tropes for this show include:
39	* TheAllegedExpert: Todd got the job as Troughwater's sheriff because he said on his resume he helped guard the Whatchamacallum fortune, which Joy took as a sign he was competent. It turns out that Whatchamacallum is a knick-knack store in his hometown, and he was a cashier there. His experience in guarding a fortune was helping his boss hide his fortune from the IRS.
40	* AmusingInjuries: The TrainingMontage in "Boomerang In A Gun Fight" is full of them.
41	* AnimalStereotypes: Inverted; Todd is a fox and Shawn is a donkey, but Shawn is easily the smarter and more strategic of the two.
42	* ArtEvolution: Between "Strategically Stupid" and "Boomerang In A Gun Fight" the art style changes significantly thanks to Mike's art skills improving in between the two.
43	* BadassAdorable: Pretty much everyone, considering it's a Western with anthropomorphic animals instead of people.
44	* BattleBoomerang: Todd's weapon of choice and he's surprisingly effective with it.
45	* ButtMonkey: Huck from "Boomerang In A Gun Fight" is used as the punching bag of everyone, though it's completely accidental and [[ThePollyanna he takes it surprisingly well.]]
46	* CatchPhrase: "Wha-cha!" is apparently Todd's, used whenever he uses his boomerang.
47	* CripplingOverspecialization: Todd's conflict in "Strategically Stupid" is that he doesn't bother to strategize in a fight, preferring to use his boomerang for everything. This presents problems when the short's criminal antagonist [[BulletCatch catches his boomerang.]]
48	* DaChief: Mayor Joy fulfills this role for Todd and Shawn.
49	* DeadpanSnarker: Shawn.
50	** Mayor Joy, to a lesser extent.
51	* DeathGlare: Mayor Joy gives one to Todd and Shawn over her shoulder after trashing her office.
52	* DitzySecretary: Lloyd, Mayor Joy's secretary, doesn't seem to be the sharpest crayon in the box, and is quite cowardly and whingy to boot.
53	* DoesntLikeGuns: Todd refuses to use a gun because he might kill someone. Considering he's the ''sheriff'', this naturally causes problems, though he does well enough with his boomerang.
54	* DramaticUnmask: After beating the Scarecrow in "Boomerang In A Gun Fight", Todd and Shawn pull off his mask to reveal...[[spoiler:Mayor Joy]].
55	* DrillSergeantNasty: Lloyd plays this up during Todd and Shawn's TrainingMontage. As this was to put his own training under Mayor Joy into action, it's [[ImpliedTrope implied]] that she's this trope for real.
56	* FluffyTheTerrible: One of the worst criminals wanted in Troughwater is a supposedly innocent-looking weasel named...Jerry. Although to be fair, [[StrongerThanTheyLook he]] ''[[StrongerThanTheyLook is]]'' [[StrongerThanTheyLook wanted for Dead]].
57	* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
58	** '''Sanguine:''' Todd, who is cheerful, energetic, and innocent in a lot of ways.
59	** '''Choleric:''' Mayor Joy, the mayor of Troughwater and a former combat veteran with a fiery temper.
60	** '''Melancholic:''' Shawn, Todd's snarky deputy who values strategy and is more levelheaded than Todd.
61	** '''Phlegmatic:''' Lloyd, Mayor Joy's meek and timid secretary.
62	* FrothyMugsOfWater: Invoked after the pair's training in "Boomerang In A Gun Fight", where Todd, Shawn, and Lloyd go to the saloon to celebrate. Todd wonders if he's old enough to drink beer, but Shawn snatches his drink away and says that it's root beer...''probably.''
63	* FurryReminder: After Todd refuses the gun from Mayor Joy, Shawn volunteers to take it. After catching it, it slides off. Then, Shawn remembers that he has hooves, which unlike paws, has no fingers. Therefore, there's no way he can use it.
64	* GreatOffscreenWar: Mayor Joy apparently lost her leg in "The War", though nothing else is really stated about it.
65	* HairTriggerTemper: Mayor Joy is normally polite and understanding, but when she gets mad, she gets ''mad.''
66	* HandicappedBadass: Mayor Joy lost a leg in "the war" but is fully capable of masquerading as a violent criminal and giving Todd and Shawn a hell of a fight. Ol' Boomstick is also a blind mole rat who's nevertheless apparently a successful bank robber.
67	* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: Todd faints after discovering that [[spoiler:the Scarecrow is Mayor Joy.]] Lloyd is later revealed to have fainted just from the fight with the Scarecrow.
68	* HoldYourHippogriffs: After subduing the Scarecrow, Todd exclaims "Holy haystacks!"
69	* IronicName: Mayor ''Joy'' is actually a very stern and serious mayor with a HairTriggerTemper.
70	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mayor Joy might have some temper issues but she's usually quite reasonable and she does praise the guys when they're able to successfully [[spoiler:subdue her when she's dressed as a criminal]].
71	* KidHero: There's a joke in "Boomerang In A Gun Fight" about Todd possibly not being of drinking age. He's also quite short.
72	* TheLancer: Shawn is this to Todd, being more worldly, smarter, and more levelheaded.
73	* LighterAndSofter: Definitely more kid-friendly than some of Piemations' other cartoons. At least until you get to the bloopers which contain a plethora of swearing that's more up Piemations' alley, along with the incomplete "The Quick Pickpocket" which specifically has two instances of characters saying the word "fuck" (which the [[ContentWarnings intro card even warns about]]).
74	* MadBomber: Ol' Boomstick, one of Troughwater's criminals, who uses dynamite in his crimes.
75	* MeaningfulName: Shawn ''Burrowitz'', seeing as he's a donkey. There's also Lloyd ''Herdwick'', who's a sheep. Since male foxes are 'tods', this also fits ''Todd'' Hayseed.
76	* MediumAwareness: After the training montage in "Boomerang in a Gun Fight", Todd expresses surprise at his and Shawn's progress considering how much they jumped between activities. Lloyd then says that [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall it was an intense 50-60 seconds.]]
77	* MinionWithAnFInEvil: The Snake Boy underlings in "Strategically Stupid" need their boss to remind them that they're criminals.
78	* MirandaRights: Shawn starts reciting this to Boomstick before he realizes that [[OhCrap Todd is holding dynamite]].
79	* MirthlessLaughter: After Todd and Shawn describe Ol' Boomstick as the criminal that got away to the mayor, they share a laugh. Joy partakes in this before throwing everything on her desk against the wall.
80	* MomentKiller: At the end of "Boomerang In A Gun Fight", Shawn interrupts an otherwise heartwarming moment between Todd and Mayor Joy to announce that Lloyd passed out during the fight. The music even abruptly ends on a jarred piano note.
81	* OhCrap: The Scarecrow gives a look like this at the camera right before Todd's boomerang slams [[spoiler:her]] in the face.
82	* RageBreakingPoint: Mayor Joy [[TantrumThrowing trashes her office in a blind rage]] after discovering that Todd had no formal training prior to being hired as sheriff.
83	* RedOniBlueOni: Todd is the red; Shawn is the blue.
84	* RetiredBadass: Mayor Joy apparently used to be an army veteran who lost her right leg and had it replaced by [[ArtificialLimbs a prosthetic]] in a previous war.
85	* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:The Scarecrow is referred to by male pronouns, but eventually turns out to be Mayor Joy in disguise]].
86	* SecretTestOfCharacter: More "Secret Test of Competence", but Mayor Joy [[spoiler:dresses up as a criminal called the Scarecrow at the end of "Boomerang In A Gun Fight" to test how Todd and Shawn's training went]].
87	* TheSheriff: Todd, although he's a bit different due to being a rookie Sheriff that's also a KidHero.
88	* SkilledButNaive: Todd is quite skilled with his boomerang and no slouch in a fight, but he doesn't know who the IRS is and willingly helped his old boss break the law without knowing it. Which is understandable, since he's apparently a KidHero.
89	* StealthPun: Mayor Joy is a ''mare'' who is also ''mayor''.
90	* StunnedSilence: Following Joy's office-wrecking temper tantrum in "Boomerang In A Gun Fight", Todd and Shawn are both frozen in their seats in fear and stiff as boards. Shawn even falls out of his. The ending also has one after [[spoiler:the Scarecrow is unmasked to be Mayor Joy]].
91	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Mayor Joy is the only female out of the four main characters, but she is easily the tallest.
92	* ToonPhysics: Shawn tells Todd to breathe after he gets overexcited from knocking out the Scarecrow. He does so... and immediately pops like a balloon, followed by him running out of the saloon to unmask the Scarecrow.
93	* TrainingMontage: "Boomerang In A Gun Fight" has Mayor Joy put Todd and Shawn through one of these to make them better at their job, and ends up testing them herself in disguise to see what they've learned.
94	* VeteranInstructor: Mayor Joy. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that she doesn't actually teach Todd and Shawn, but she does give Lloyd instructions on how to teach in her place. Including adopting a DrillSergeantNasty attitude.
95	* WildWest: The series is set in the Wild West, complete with outlaws to catch, banks for said outlaws to rob, and a sheriff protagonist to catch them.
96	* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The world is populated entirely by anthropomorphic animals. Even insects like spiders have some degree of sapience, as they can talk and even wear hats.

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