A Sheepy Vacation

A Sheepy Vacation is a Sheep in the Big City animated short from Cartoon Network Studios. It was released on May 8, 2009 along with the theatrical film Codename: Kids Next Door: The Movie.

Synopsis
Sheep is going on a vacation to Hawaii and he's got to catch the first flight as soon as possible, but then the military is on his tail, so it must be time for Sheep to make his escape quickly.

Plot
The episode begins with Ben Plotz narrating about Sheep arriving at the airport. He uses his first credit card to find the right airline to fly. He then loads his carry on bag at the airport. Meanwhile, the military was hot on his tail as they were trying to find him for the sheep ray. While Sheep buys his flight ticket to Hawaii, the military have been searching every location at the airport. He waits and waits for a long time when finally, his flight to Hawaii was called for him to take off. But then he sees the military coming, so he rushes on board to make a quick getaway. As he made it on board, the plane flies to Hawaii and he enjoys some pineapple juice after arrival, ending the episode.

Cast

 * Kevin Seal as Sheep, General Specific
 * Ken Schatz as Ben Plotz

Production
The short was partially produced using a new "paperless" production pipeline for Cartoon Network, the second major change in production technique for hand-drawn animation at Cartoon Network, which is similar to the introduction of CAPS at Disney, and was also an attempt to see if the new digital animation tools could be used to produce a short with the same graphic look as that of a 2000s cartoon. Instead of animating with pencil on paper, some of the animators, such as Lewis Kofsky, worked on Wacom's cintiq tablets along with Toon Boom Harmony for the animation, while other animators such as Igor Mitrovic and John Paratore continued to work in the traditional method with pencil on paper. About 50% of the short was done using the new paperless technique.

Theatrical release
This short film was released into theaters on May 8, 2009 along with Codename: Kids Next Door: The Movie.

Home media release
This short film was released on DVD on September 8, 2009 along with Codename: Kids Next Door: The Movie.

Trivia

 * This short film was released into theaters on May 8, 2009 with Codename: Kids Next Door: The Movie. It is also playable with the DVD.
 * This is the Cartoon Network's fourth theatrical short.
 * This was the second Cartoon Network short film to experiment with "paperless" animation. Half of the animation was drawn directly into the computer using Wacom Cintiq graphic tablets.
 * Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
 * This short was the fifth project to use the Toon Boom Harmony animation pipeline system.