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Off The Baa! is the first episode of Series 1 of Shaun the Sheep. It features the first appearances of the main characters.


Synopsis[]

When a cabbage rolls into the lawn, a game of football breaks out. Things get worse when the pigs want it for lunch.

Plot[]

The show starts with Shaun resting, The Flock eating, and Bitzer drinking his coffee, all very bored. The Farmer is driving his tractor cheerfully, with a wagon of cabbages, one of which falls off into the pasture. Shaun examines the strange green ball by shaking it and tasting it, only to find it unpleasant. The Pigs look at the cabbage with hungry pleasure. Shaun soon starts bouncing the cabbage like a ball and the Flock catch onto the idea of forming a football game together. They take turns practicing, only to lose the ball briefly in Shirley's thick wool, which Shaun retrieves after finding a few other items first. After organizing into two teams, with a makeshift goal post, Timmy's Mother as the goalie and Bitzer as the referee, the game soon starts merrily enough. The game continues, but when one of Shaun's teammates attempts a goal kick, one of the sheep holding the goal post cheats Shaun out of scoring by moving the post. Bitzer calls a foul. Meanwhile, the Pigs attempt to steal the cabbage with a crossbow, only to strike Bitzer in the nose. The game resumes with Shaun and his teammate scoring a goal together for their team. Upon starting again, Timmy's Mother kicks the ball, accidentally breaking a window in the farmer's house, and Bitzer orders the sheep to retrieve it. Another window is broken as the ball is kicked out into the pasture. Shaun skillfully makes his way with the ball towards the goal, only to be tripped by Shirley, who whistles innocently. Bitzer calls another foul and Shirley is rolled off the field by the Twins. The game continues with Shaun getting a penalty shot and scoring a goal, but the ball flies into the pigsty, where the Pigs attempt to eat the cabbage, starting a tug-o-war between them, Shaun, Bitzer and the Flock. Shaun manages to wrestle the ball free, but loses it, only to be caught by Timmy, much to his mother's shock, then relief that he's alright. Timmy kicks the ball high into the air. The Pigs, determined to catch the ball, one of them bounces into the air, Shaun does the same. Instead, they collide with each other and ball is accidentally swallowed by a passing duck. Shaun lands safely in Shirley's wool, while the Pig lands in the mud, much to the Flock's pleasure. With the game over, the Flock notices the Farmer passing by in his tractor again. Bitzer stands by to grab another cabbage, only for the cart to trip over a rock, and land a big pumpkin on Bitzer's head. As he stumbles around aimlessly, Shaun and the Flock just laugh.

Characters[]

Gallery[]

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Trivia[]

Off the Baa poster
  • This is also the first episode to air on CBBC
  • This is the series premiere and Season 1 premiere.
  • This is the first appearance of Shaun and his flocks, and all the other main and recurring characters.
  • A "Nessun Dorma" theme from Puccina's opera Turandot is heard, when Shaun and The Pigs are trying to get the cabbage up.
  • This episode was included as a bonus feature on the Wallace and Gromit: Ultimate Anniversary Collection Blu-ray.
  • Hazel is the first sheep to enter in the farmer's house to encounter.
  • Nuts can be seen when the two sheep push Shirley away.

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