The Agony of De-Bleat
Original air date: 3/2/2001 (produced in 2000)
In the eighth episode of Sheep in the Big City, General Specific finally captures Sheep and fires all of his soldiers.
"The Agony of De-Bleat" contains examples of:
- Failure Is the Only Option: When Sheep actually is caught, it's revealed the Angry Scientist never bothered to make sure the ray gun would actually work. Why? Because part of the premise of the show is that attempts to catch Sheep end in failure so he never actually expected any attempts at capturing Sheep to succeed. On top of that, General Specific plans to fire all of his subordinates when the ray gun is working so they actually let Sheep go.
- My Life Flashed Before My Eyes: Sheep is mentioned by the narrator as having his life flash before his eyes while held prisoner by the top secret military organization. All that's shown of his life is a brief scene of Sheep grazing, the narrator explaining that Sheep having an uneventful life is to be expected since he is a sheep.
- Scenery Censor: In one scene, General Specific walks behind a box labeled "Random Box" while changing into his clothes.
- Status Quo Is God: The secret military organization actually succeeds in kidnapping Sheep and General Specific declares that he will fire the entire group after installing Sheep into the ray gun the next day. In order to keep their jobs, Private Public, Angry Scientist, and the Plot Device break Sheep out that night. The next morning, General Specific thinks Sheep escaped on his own and things are back as they were.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: General Specific threatens to fire the entire secret military organization once he activates the ray gun, now that they captured Sheep. It confirms that Sheep's capture is the sole purpose of the organization's existence.
