i formally Apologize for toddlerblr posting but im watching s3 of the shaun the sheep series and im convinced that shaun has ptsd from the events of A Close Shave. before you come at me i KNOW im definitely reading too much into a kid's show but let me explain
in the episode Shaun The Fugitive, shaun sneaks into the farmer's kitchen to retrieve a ball and is distracted by a myriad of desserts. he tries to be sneaky, but other sheep notice and they demand for their share. soon, shaun makes a mess in the kitchen, he himself ends up covered in frosting...... just like how messy he became when he broke into wallace and gromit's kitchen in A Close Shave.
later in the episode he gets caught by the farmer and is scolded. then a stranger arrives and he chats with the farmer, who points at shaun (he's actually pointing at the truck behind shaun) and does a weird gesture with his hands that shaun misinterprets as strangling. shaun then pictures himself turned into a backpack, getting taxidermized, and becoming a rug.
so what does this have to do with the movie? in A Close Shave, shaun was one of the many sheep who were rustled, and his kidnappers intended to make him into canned meat.
meanwhile, for the entire episode of Shaun The Fugitive, shaun was convinced that his skin and wool would be preserved and used, which would require the removal of his innards. if we take this into account, then it's safe to assume that shaun also believed that he would become dog food.
+++ this is definitely a stretch, but the follow up episode Hard To Swallow shows shaun accidentally swallowing a duck whistle. with no other solution, the other sheep turned their barn into a surgical room so they could get the whistle out of him. upon seeing their tools, shaun runs away, in fear of being operated on ............
this could probably be chalked up to just shaun being afraid of getting cut open by the usually unreliable and not very bright flock, but i think it's funny how this happens Right After the episode about shaun thinking he's about to die.
in conclusion, shaun the sheep has not completely moved on from wallace and gromit + i am insane
