In The Baa-ginning

"In The Baa-ginning" is the pilot for Sheep in the Big City. 
It premiered on August 18, 2000 as part of Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoon Summer blockhttps://cnas.fandom.com/wiki/August_18,_2000, three months ahead of the series premiere on November 17https://cnas.fandom.com/wiki/November_17,_2000.
==Summary==
Sheep decides to leave the farm in pursuit of a happy life in the big city. Little does he know that from now on he's being hunted down by a secret military organization.
==Plot==
=== Chapter 1: In the Baa-ginning... ===
Sheep is happy living on the farm with his fellow sheep and Farmer John. Little does Sheep know that General Specific is holding a press conference with other Generals about a newly developed weapon which is a sheep powered ray gun which was created by the Angry Scientist. 
Farmer John loves most of his sheep but, one that he cares for the most in particular is Sheep whom he refers to as Sheepie, when General Specific comes to capture sheep he is stopped by Farmer John whom wants to know what top secret military organization he belongs to; when he is unable to convince Farmer John to give up sheep he uses a scare tactic that causes sheep to leave the farm and his friends behind.
While doing an empowerment session with the sheep, Farmer John lets the other sheep know that Sheep is being hunted down to be used for a ray gun but, to only find out that sheep has left for the big city.  While planning an ambush attack at dawn the soldiers that were in disguise hear from Farmer John that Sheep has left and, General Specific tells Private Public to go after the Sheep. So Private Public and some of the army men chase after Sheep, only to lead a cliff.
=== Chapter 2: Sheep on the Lam ===
Private Public and other soldiers give chase after sheep to only capture him but, sheep escape capture and lands in the middle of the big city.  While in the big city Sheep becomes accustom to his new life but, somewhat misses the farm yet there are things all around him that make him feel at home.  
When both Farmer John and General Specific come to look for sheep, Sheep goes to the Oxymoron dry cleaners to find out that his wool is not finish so he has to wear a dress.  When the Sheep finder tells Private Public that there is a sheep in the area, General Specific lands the helicopter to have the men search the area but, all they can find is Sheep that is disguise as a woman.  
General Specific thinks Sheep is an enchanting woman so, he takes Sheep out to dinner at the Chez d' Oxymoron restaurant for dinner but, while having dinner Private Public and the other soldiers are turning the place upside down in order to find sheep whom is having dinner with General Specific.  When Private Public interrupts the dinner between General Specific and Sheep to tell General Specific that he is a sheep in disguise; Private Public and the other soldiers attack General Specific which allows Sheep to escape.  When sheep makes to the outside he finds Farmer John whom is ashamed of Sheep seeing him in a dress and wearing lipstick.
=== Chapter 3: When We Bleat Again ===
General Specific is angry at Private Public and teaches him a lesson that he does not forget; to only find out that sheep had escape once again.  General Specific teams up with Farmer John with an agreement that Farmer John will have Sheep on the Weekends because he needs Sheep in particular to power the ray gun.  When Sheep is corner, the three men are arrested by police because a little girl that came in contact with them early in the episode was beaten up by Farmer John and General Specific for just being too annoying.  
In the end, after kicking Bo Peep away, Sheep takes off his wool and tosses it the air becoming pleased with his new home in the big city. 
==Production Notes==
*"In the Baa-ginning" was produced between 1999 and the beginning of 2000. 
**Animation was done in November and December 1999 and the pilot was finished on February 7, 2000.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129039/locations
==Trivia==
*Since this is a pilot, it is not the first episode of Sheep in the Big City. The first episode is Be Still My Bleating Heart (2000).
*This is the first appearance of most of the main characters, including Sheep, Farmer John, General Specific, Private Public, The Angry Scientist and (probably) Lady Richington.
**This is also the only appearance of Little Bo Peep.
*Lady Richington is voiced by Ruth Buzzi in the pilot. In the actual series (2000-2002), she is voiced by Stephanie D'Abruzzo.
*The pilot was animated using a very primitive form of Adobe After Effects, while the series (2000-2002) was animated traditionally by Rough Draft Korea.
===Full Pilot===
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1McPn9lhQb0KC6bxT_Tf-ALl4RQUNdEF3/view?usp=sharing
==References==
Category:Episodes