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* The 1994 direct-to-video film ''Simon The Lamb'' by Precious Moments has most of the main animal cast being adorable sheep and lambs. The titular protagonist is a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife baby blue colored lamb with blue wool]]. [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer While his blue wool made him shunned by all the other sheep]], he would befriend a fox, and he later rescues the other sheep from a blizzard. The only lamb from Simon's flock that genuinely likes him is a female lamb [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics with a bow]] voiced by Creator/KathSoucie. Throughout the film, she is seen defending Simon and scolding a few lambs that pick on him, the most notable being one lamb voiced by Creator/EGDaily who really dislikes Simon. [[PuppyLove The female lamb also has a crush on him]], which is shown throughout the film. After Simon rescues her and his other friends near the end of the film, [[SmoochOfVictory she congratulates him by giving him a kiss.]]

* Merchandise and Christian company ''Precious Moments'' has a long history with sheep and lamb characters portrayed as sweet, innocent, and very caring. Sheep are usually seen in merchandise such as sculptures, figurines and stuffed animals. However, both sheep and lambs also make appearances in coloring books and in animated direct to video films for a short period in the mid 1990s.

-->''"Did He smile, His work to see?''

* ''SongsOfInnocenceAndOfExperience'' by Creator/WilliamBlake; one poem in ''Songs of Innocence'' is "The Lamb", while "The Tyger" from ''Songs Of Experience'' at one point contrasts the fear-inducing tiger to the innocent lamb:

* The 1994 direct to video film ''Simon The Lamb'' by Precious Moments has most of the main animal cast being adorable sheep and lambs. The titular protagonist is a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife baby blue colored lamb with blue wool]]. [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer While his blue wool made him shunned by all the other sheep]], he would befriend a fox, and he later rescues the other sheep from a blizzard. The only lamb from Simon's flock that genuinely likes him is a female lamb [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics with a bow]] voiced by Creator/KathSoucie. Throughout the film, she is seen defending Simon and scolding a few lambs that pick on him, the most notable being one lamb voiced by Creator/EGDaily who really dislikes Simon. [[PuppyLove The female lamb also has a crush on him]], which is shown throughout the film. After Simon rescues her and his other friends near the end of the film, [[SmoochOfVictory she congratulates him by giving him a kiss.]]

* The 1994 direct to video film ''Simon The Lamb'' by Precious Moments has most of the main animal cast being adorable sheep and lambs. The titular protagonist is a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife baby blue colored lamb with blue wool]]. [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer While his blue wool made him shunned by all the other sheep]], he would befriend a fox, and he later rescues the other sheep from a blizzard.

* The 1994 direct to video film ''Simon The Lamb'' by Precious Moments has most of the main animal cast being adorable sheep and lambs. The titular protagonist is a baby blue colored lamb with blue wool. While his blue wool made him shunned by all the other sheep, he would befriend a fox, and he later rescues the other sheep from a blizzard.

* in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' and ''[[DistaffCounterpart Another Wonderful Life]]'', the player character has the option of purchasing sheep which appear so cuddly-wuddly that if farming and ranching didn't take up the better part of the game's day, [[VideoGameCaringPotential you'd want to have him or her do nothing but stand around nuzzling them]].

%%* In the Jolly Holiday musical number in ''Film/MaryPoppins'', a trio of sheep can be seen dancing and singing with Bert and Mary.%%

%%* Children's author Nancy Shaw has written a series of children's books starring a group of friendly and cute sheep such as ''Sheep Go to Sleep'' and ''Sheep Out to Eat'', but her best known book that starred the sheep group is ''Sheep in a Jeep''.%%

%%* ''Series/LambChopsPlayAlong'' has the eponymous Lamb Chop, a puppet/ventriloquist lamb created and performed by Creator/SheriLewis. A very beloved character starting in the 1950's and 1960's, but the character's popularity really kicked in during the 1990's with a live-action children's show which ran from 1992 until 1995.%%

* Lambie from ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'' is as soft as the wool covering her. Her main job in the clinic is to [[CuddleBug give out cuddles]] and to give good advice.
* The 1994 direct to video film "Simon The Lamb" by Precious Moments has most of the main animal cast being adorable sheep and lambs. The titular protagonist is a baby blue colored lamb with blue wool. While his blue wool made him shunned by all the other sheep, he would befriend a fox, and he later rescues the other sheep from a blizzard.

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* Piano from ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' is a cute, pink, fluffy sheep. While she can't speak like the others on the show, she is good at writing poetry and stories.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E5LisaTheVegetarian Lisa the Vegetarian]]", there are actually three, and each cuter than the last. The last sheep is small, with big, round eyes, a pink ribbon, and is friendly enough to give Lisa an affectionate lick. It's so cute, in fact that it kick starts Lisa's decision to become a vegetarian.

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* Chirin, the star of the ''Anime/RingingBell'' starts out as a sheep who lives a happy and carefree life in the fields - until the story takes a dark turn.

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* The 2017 children's book ''Go To Sleep'' by Marion Adams stars a cute female sheep named "Tansy" who has forgotten how to sleep and has to learn how to do it again.

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* The 2003 direct to video animated sequel to ''WesternAnimation/CharlottesWeb'' features Cardigan the lamb as a new animal to the farm. Due to his black wool and the fact that he likes pig things, all the other lambs make fun of him and call him a "loser", leaving Wilbur, Nellie, Joy, and Arania to become Cardigan's only friends.

* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' Has Assistant Mayor Bellwether, who seems like an {{Adorkable}}, helpful friend to protagonist Judy. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Keyword being "seems"]].

* The 1994 direct to video film "Simon The Lamb" by Precious Moments has most of the main animal cast being adorable sheep and lambs. The titular protagonist is a baby blue colored lamb with blue wool. While his blue wool made him shunned by all the other sheep, he would befriend a fox, and latter rescue the other sheep from a blizzard.
* The 2003 direct to video animated sequel to ''WesternAnimation/CharlottesWeb'' features Cardigan the lamb as a new animal to the farm. Due to his black wool and the fact that he likes pig things, all the other lambs make fun of him and call him a "loser". Leaving Wilbur and Charlotte's three daughters as the only friends Cardigan makes.

See also CountingSheep. Please note this trope is used when there is an actual cute sheep. It does not refer to the BlackSheep and WhiteSheep of families or BitchInSheepsClothing and SheepInSheepsClothing in characters, although the "sheep" in the latter two is a reference to the assumption that sheep are innocent and good.

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* In the ''Literature/BooksOfKings'', after King David uses his status as king to take advantage of Bathsheba, and then pulls a UriahGambit (the TropeNamer, in fact), a prophet by the name of Nathan comes to him, and tells him a story about a poor man who had only one little lamb that he loved dearly, keeping it as a pet (when most people would keep sheep as livestock, not pets), and that little lamb was coveted by a rich man who ''already'' had an enormous flock of sheep. The rich man stole the poor man's sheep, killed it, and ate it. David says that the man should be executed for his transgression, not understanding (until Nathan points it out) that he had effectively done the same thing.

%%* Sheep show up occasionally in ''Series/SesameStreet'' during the Bert and Ernie segments. In "Dance Myself to Sleep", the sheep aare tap dancing; another segment has Ernie CountingSheep complete with hand drawn sheep. %%

* Chirin, the star of the ''Anime/RingingBell'' is a sheep who lives a happy and carefree life in the fields.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' added Mareep and Flaaffy, two sheeplike Pokemon who have fluffy wool. Mareep are also said to be also mild and avoids battles. They lose the sheeplike appearance when they evolve into Ampharos, however.
* The spirit Tama Sheep Dream Eaters from ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' are cute, fluffy, round sheep that help the protagonists, Sora and Riku, throughout the game.