Secret Military Organization

The Secret Military Organization, or otherwise known as the S.M.O, is a military organization that is based near the Big City and ran by General Specific. They are notable for owning the Sheep-Powered Ray Gun and trying to capture Sheep for it.
==History==
The history of the Secret Military Organization, is unknown for the most part. In “In the Baa-ginning,” it is implied that the organization had multiple workshops and ray-guns, as revealed by General Specific (“Welcome to our monthly diabolical workshop.” “As you know, to preserve our precious way of life, this secret military had developed a ray-gun that is bigger and better than last year's”), before they settled near the Big City and the Sheep-Powered Ray Gun. Later in the episode, they found out that the only sheep that'll fit in the ray gun is Sheep. At first, they try to convince Sheep's owner, Farmer John, to hand him over but he refused because they denied to reveal any further detail about themselves. This led to the organization threaten to destroy the farm if Farmer John doesn't hand Sheep over, but that backfired as Sheep decided to move into the Big City to prevent the farm from being destroyed. As a result, the organization tried various methods into capturing Sheep through the remainder of the series, with Sheep always escaping (except in some cases).
==Purpose==
Their original goal and purpose prior to “In the Baa-ginning” is to preserve the “precious way of life” by building weapons and tools. After this episode, however, it had entirely changed. In “The Agony of De-Bleat,” it is revealed by General Specific that the organization's whole purpose is to capture Sheep and use him for the ray-gun, as well as to fire everyone involved once the weapon is activated. Any plan that involves the ray-gun is unknown, but originally, it was supposed to be used to take over Wisconsin, which was eventually changed as Mo Willems decided it would be funnier if there was no purpose of the ray-gun to imply “General Specific and Private Public aren't too bright.”https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/SheepInTheBigCity#:~:text=the%20sheep-powered%20raygun%20was%20originally%20supposed%20to%20be%20used%20to%20take%20over%20wisconsin%2C%20but%20mo%20willems%20decided%20it%20was%20funnier%20if%20there%20was%20no%20explicit%20purpose%20to%20imply%20%22general%20specific%20and%20private%20public%20aren't%20too%20bright.%22
==Recruitment and Training==
The Secret Military Organization will mostly hire anyone of any kind when looking for new recruits. Regardless, when joined, the organization demands total royalty from them and will make them work "mercilessly work at all hours of the night and day" without giving them much money or any respect; they try to justify it by saying that their "battered, exhausted" body will be proud of the fact that they are a "small, almost insignificant part" of the organization bent on capturing a sheep. This turns people, who are considering about joining, away for the most part. But for those who comply with those terms are trained to do various skills (such as climbing and balancing) before they become an official member. If they do notably well, then they get the chance of being promoted straight on the spot by General Specific.
==Trivia==
*In the launch trailer of Sheep in the Big City as well as some early promos, the acronym of the organization was T.S.M.O (standing for Top Secret Military Organization). In the series, it is S.M.O (standing for Secret Military Organization).
*Their tagline is "The Few, The Very Few"
==Gallery==
SMOTagline.png|The logo of the S.M.O and its tagline, seen in their only advertisement.
SMOJobLogo.png|The logo of the S.M.O being used in a job booth.
SecretBasePilot.png|The S.M.O's secret military base as seen in "In the Baa-ginning."
SecretBaseFinal.png|Ditto, but as seen in the rest of the series.
==References==
Category:The Army
Category:Story