Sheep

**Sheep** is a female contestant on The Wildest Prize.

She competed in Pre-Season and is among the 24 contestants that will compete in Season 1.

## Appearance

Sheep's design has remained largely the same going from her original Pre-Season design to her Season 1 redesign. However, there are a few differences between her original and updated design.

With both her designs, she had droopy ears, a coat of white wool, tan skin, a short tail, and black hooves.

Her older design features rounder ears, darker skin, exposed skin around her feet, and lacks eyelashes. Her nose is a black dot on this design.

Her current design has more pointed ears, lighter skin, and eyelashes to make her gender more easily distinguishable compared to the male characters. Most drawings with the redesign cover her legs completely in wool all the way up to the top of her feet, though some drawings still have some skin exposed just before the wool meets the hoof. Additionally, her nose design was changed from a simple black dot to a black angle.

## Personality

Sheep is usually kind and passionate, always willing to do nice things for her friends and often going out of her way to help. While she's not particularly clever like Fox, she's persistent and isn't quick to give up if there's any chance of doing good for her friends, and her alliance in general.

However, this didn't happen on its own; in earlier Pre-Season, Sheep was much quicker to admit defeat, feeling uncomfortable with doing some challenges, such as the ghost hunt in "Today's Very Spooky Episode". She also didn't like being pushed out of her comfort zone, which has been shown through her interactions with Fox, asking her not to keep pushing her too far. This resulted in a falling out with Fox in "Not for the Claustrophobes", deciding to give up on her team for the first and only time.

Ironically, however, while Fox's pushiness was hurtful to her at first, it became one of the biggest contributing factors to her positive development, with even Sheep herself admitting that it was Fox's encouragement that allowed her to build up her courage and become more of a team player.

It's unknown how her character will change throughout Season 1, if at all.

## Relations

**Pig**

Sheep's first close friendship was with Pig. They didn't have many interactions onscreen due to Pig getting booted early on in the game, but their interactions were largely positive. They'd be seen talking to each other a lot, sharing stories of personal experiences and hanging out with each other. After Pig's elimination, Sheep would find it in herself to become more of a team player and a contributor so none of her other teammates get eliminated because of her.

Because Pig failed to make the cut for Season 1, it is unlikely we will see any interactions between him and Sheep until at least Season 2.

**Fox**

Sheep's relationship with Fox wasn't always as smooth-going as it is now. While nowadays, Fox is as close a friend to Sheep as Pig is, this used to not be the case; up until "The Ultimate Firework Show", Fox acted pushy and callous toward Sheep. She would regularly push Sheep out of her comfort zone and disregard her bad mood or her timidity for the sake of completing the challenge (though it could be argued that Sheep was being overly sensitive). The reality was that Fox wasn't genuinely uncaring toward Sheep's feelings, but instead she was trying to coach Sheep through the challenges, not wanting her timidity to still be a weakness later on in the game as it would have likely resulted in her being eliminated. Unfortunately, in "Not for the Claustrophobes", Sheep would take this the wrong way, and accuse Fox of being bossy and lacking empathy, later refusing to help her team because of how far Fox was pushing her. However, after Fox explained her true intentions to Sheep, she forgave her, and would continue to make amends with her as Pre-Season went on. By the end of Pre-Season, the two would become very close friends and have a very strong bond together, though Fox would still have to remind Sheep of reality every now and then due to Sheep being overly optimistic.

Due to Fox making the cut for Season 1, it's likely we will see further development between her and Sheep.

## Strengths and Weaknesses

**Strengths:**

* **Persistence:** While it's closer to a social strength than an ability, Sheep was known for being highly persistent in the latter half of Pre-Season and wasn't quick to give up on the challenge, no matter the circumstances.
* **Strong Legs:** Due to being a sheep, she is able to kick very hard and potentially even jump high, though her leg strength may not be on the same level as Rabbit's. What makes her kicks especially damaging is her hooves, which are a very hard part of her body; the toughness of her hooves combined with the force of her kick could do serious damage.
* **Impressive Dexterity:** Despite having hooves instead of visible fingers, Sheep is able to manage it quite well and somehow perform tasks which would usually require levels of dexterity that hooves can't achieve.
* **Wool Coat:** Sheep's wool allows her to withstand extreme cold much better than other contestants. It can also cushion heavy blows.

**Weaknesses:**

* **Wool Coat:** While it has its benefits, her wool coat can also be a hinderance, especially when she's exposed to heat as she will overheat much quicker than contestants with lighter fur or no fur at all.
* **Flammability:** Due to being covered in wool, Sheep is extremely flammable; this was most prominently shown in "Deadliest Race Ever" where her tail caught on fire on several occasions, causing her to die from falling into the lava below.
* **Timidity:** Although this isn't a weakness for her anymore, she used to easily get uncomfortable with challenges, which eventually caused her team to lose. However, she has dropped this since "The Ultimate Firework Show".

## Deaths and Kills

**Deaths:**

1. "Today's Very Spooky Episode": Incinerated by a malfunctioning radiator.
2. "Journey to the Top of the World": Dies with the rest of her team after their lift is shot down.
3. "Deadliest Race Ever":
	1. Is knocked into lava by a swinging hammer.
	2. Loses her grip on a rock wall after her tail catches fire.
4. "A Sticky Situation": Drowns in a pit of glue.
5. "Pre-Season Recap":
	1. Is obliterated by a laser shot from Wolf.
	2. Drowns in a pit of glue after being pushed off by Lion.

## Trivia

* Along with Red, she is one of two characters that will be voiced by Layla Follis.
* She is Nathan Plass's favorite character.
* As of "A Sticky Situation", she has a fear of glue, implying she developed PTSD from drowning in it.
* It's possible her favorite color is purple, as several drawings of her show her with purple accessories.
* She is the first TWP contestant to win a season overall. It's unknown who will win the first animated season.
* She's implied to be a surrogate sister of Pig, since at one point they were said to have lived on a farm together.
* Along with Fox and Snow Fox, she is one of four characters who have appeared in every episode of a season.
* As she is the winner of Pre-Season, she is the highest-ranking member of Team Alpha and Red team of said season.
	+ She also has the highest death count of any Team Alpha member, former or otherwise, at 7 deaths. She surpasses even Red, who has suffered 6 deaths.
		- Whether or not this will change in Pre-Season will depend on her ranking and overall screentime in that season.