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Neither Ralph nor Sam have voiced lines in the game. The Road Runner makes a cameo appearance in the training level and also in the final level, racing in the desert against Ralph.

Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf (also known as Sheep Raider) for the original Sony PlayStation and PC, published by Infogrames, is a faithful adaptation of the series' sheep-abducting schemes.

Sam made a cameo in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit during the final scene (Ralph does not appear, however), and they occasionally feature in the Looney Tunes comic books published by DC Comics. projects since the closing of the studio's animation department in 1964. Sam and Ralph have appeared in a handful of Warner Bros.

Sheep Ahoy (1954) - Sam is referred to as Fred Ralph is referred to as George Their respective coworkers are named Ralph and Sam.

Sam is referred to as Ralph Ralph is unnamed

Don't Give Up the Sheep (1953) Has MCMLI in opening.In some of their earlier appearances, Ralph and Sam are named inconsistently: in particular Sam's shift replacement sometimes addresses him as 'Ralph'. The operation seems to run 24 hours a day or at least into another shift, as when Ralph and Sam 'punch out' they may also run into their nighttime replacements, Fred and George, respectively. In A Sheep In The Deep, the workday is interrupted by a lunch break, which they also conduct amiably. Both Ralph and Sam are performed by voice actor Mel Blanc. They are even occasionally shown to be good friends outside of work. Or another sheepdog and wolf arrive for work to continue where the other two left off at, as they clock out and head home. In many instances, there are also multiple copies of Ralph and particularly Sam.Īt the end-of-the-day whistle at 5:00 PM (or sometimes 6:00 PM) Ralph and Sam punch out their time cards, again chat amiably, and leave, presumably only to come back the next day and do it all over again, or sometimes continue where they left off at the day previous. Work having officially begun with the morning whistle at 8:00 AM, Ralph repeatedly tries very hard to abduct the helpless sheep and invariably fails, either through his own ineptitude or the minimal but well-planned efforts of Sam (he is frequently seen sleeping), who always brutally punishes Ralph for the attempt. Most of the cartoons begin at the beginning of the workday, in which they both arrive with lunch pails at a sheep-grazing meadow, exchange pleasant chitchat, and punch into the same time clock.

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The series is built around the satiric idea that both Ralph and Sam are blue collar workers who are just doing their jobs. In 1963, ex-Jones animators Phil Monroe and Richard Thompson also starred the duo in their cartoon Woolen Under Where. The cartoon proved a success, prompting Jones to repeat the formula five more times between 19. The first of these was Don't Give Up the Sheep, released on January 3, 1953. Inspired by the Friz Freleng cartoon The Sheepish Wolf of a decade earlier (October 17, 1942), Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese (who had written the earlier Freleng cartoon) created Ralph and Sam for a series of shorts. He does, however, possess sufficient strength to incapacitate Ralph with a single punch once he catches him. He very rarely runs and tends to be sedentary in his movements. Sam Sheepdog, by contrast, is a large, burly Berger de Brie ( Briard) with white or tan fur and a mop of red hair that usually covers his eyes. Another crucial difference is that of personality: Ralph does not have the fanatical drive of the Coyote in pursuing his prey instead catching the sheep is only his weekday job as indicated by the time clock both he and Sam the Sheepdog punch at the start and end of the workday. He also shares the Coyote's appetite and persistent use of Acme Corporation products, but he covets sheep instead of roadrunners and, when he speaks (which is only in some cartoons, and even then usually only at the start and end of the cartoon), does not have the upper-class accent or the egotistical bearing of the Coyote. Coyote-brown fur, wiry body, and huge ears, but with a red nose in place of the Coyote's black one (usually) white eyes instead of the Coyote's yellow ones and, occasionally, a fang protruding from his mouth. Ralph Wolf has virtually the same character design as another Chuck Jones character, Wile E. The characters were created by Chuck Jones. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog are characters in a series of animated cartoons in the Warner Bros. Sam (left) and Ralph (right) punching in to work in A Sheep in the Deepĭon't Give Up the Sheep (January 3, 1953 70 years ago ( ))

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