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Mary's Sheep?

posted 19 years ago by destiny-17
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So what happened to Mary's sheep?! I thought they'd trot in on her wedding day, but no! They remain lost, right through the end of the film. ("Leave them alone and they'll come home" my eye!)

They HAD sheep on the set, after all - they're right there in the first scene! (Although they appeared to be red and green - a fact which was never fully explained.)

How is Mary going to support herself without sheep? Maybe Tom Tom the Piper's son will steal some more pigs. (And away he run.) Maybe they were eaten by the trees!

I guess we're just supposed to assume that the sheep come back. Or maybe we're supposed to forget about them. Five minutes into the movie they'd said Mary inherits money if she marries. So, really, with no fiscal hardship on the horizon, maybe Mary decided she didn't want to spend her married life tending a bunch of wooly beasts.

But is that really wise? Leaving a brood of feral sheep rampaging on the outskirts of Toyland! Oh, it seems like a good idea - until the day they stampede into town, fierce raw hatred fueling magnificent sheepy vengeance.

To the screen-writers of this film, I say "Bah!" Or maybe: Baaaaaa....

[–] colonialhippy 19 years ago

lmao!!! OMG...that is CLASSIC!!!! next time i wat h this, i'll be luaghing like hell

[–] DingleDootie 18 years ago

Can I hug you?

[–] takochan 18 years ago

omg. ure right!!! the stupid sheep were never found!! on another note, mary says sumthing like "we'll get by on the income from our sheep". why was she worried if she inherits money when she gets married anyways?? or was tht after she found out tom supposedly sank, i cant remember...

[–] dvc_dude_25 17 years ago

Ah but remember that Barnaby's plot exposition says that Mary's going to inherit big when she marries. So now that she's married, the sheep are no longer their only source of income.

She's a wealthy woman now. Got the sheep dry-cleaned so they're white again and bought them a stable! :)

[–] ChikMagnet110 17 years ago

I know! I was always thinking about that when I was a little kid! They say there problems are over, but what about your sheep? You know those things that your living off of? lol. I don't know, its funny that they forgot. But, when she got the money from marrying she diidn't care anymore.

And about Barnaby and her inheritance. Barnaby says in the beginnning that she is unaware that she will inherit money once married, and he knows since he's the banker. I'm pretty sure, maybe not, so don't hold it against me.

[–] birdiespet 17 years ago

Okay, don't anyone jump on my back or anything but I don't get how they were living off the sheep? Could someone explain that to me? I never did understand that and I still don't? Is it just that they were living off clothes being made out of their wool or something?

[–] BachOmega 17 years ago

You can sell the wool, you know.

[–] green_Swedish_car 17 years ago

Plus, they had all the food from Mary's garden; and besides, I doubt the cost of living was all that high in Mother Goose-land.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrN4lzVOXgM

[–] AK-18 17 years ago

Whoa, I could've sworn we saw the sheep at the end of the movie...They weren't there?

"it's sad that we weren't born like horses & sheep, to know where we’re going, to know what we need" -Melanie

[–] CaraMSchec 16 years ago

It's true, the sheep don't show up again, I just watched the movie and particulay watched for the sheep at the end, and they are not there. So who knows. Bo Peep does collect her shepherdess' crock so maybe, sense it's obviously winter at the end, they are just home in their warm barn.

[–] Lily-32 16 years ago

The sheep is only one of more than a dozen inconsistencies that in the end hardly matter in a story such as this. It's a light hearted fairy-tale with a happy ending (BUT NO KISS, despite about a dozen almosts. rude). :D Anyway, I love the original comment is this thread. Hilarious. But I still love the movie to death. Will always be a favorite.

[–] smilefumble 9 years ago

The sheep are in fact seen at the end of the movie. If you look closely as the sleigh starts to leave the church, You can see Gonzogo and Rodrigo sitting on the steps of the Candlestick House holding them. However, that still doesn't explain how they got them back.

[–] Liza-19 15 years ago

But remember, the final scene takes place in winter. The sheep, who I'm sure are fine, were put warmly to bed. If the sheep were out in the final scene, we'd have another thread entitled "Cruel Mary drags sheep out in snow."

I don't care about money. I just want to be wonderful. - Marilyn Monroe

[–] RunAwayRunAway 14 years ago

Cruel Mary drags sheep out in snow--I might start a thread entitled that just because that title is AWESOME. Thanks!

Barnaby: I don't mind a double cross and I don't mind a triple cross. But see that you execute NO quadruple cross! For this, to me, is INSINCERITY."

Cuddy: We just replaced the last MRI you broke.
House: Referring to the fund-raising funbags by the royal 'we' now?

[–] Tina-37 13 years ago

Regrettably, Destiny_17 hasn't been active on IMDB since mid-2007, but if he or she should happen to read this, I want them to know that they had me LMAO as I read it. That was a moment almost ripe to be played out by Monty Python, but most of all, it reminds me of this camp horror/science-fiction movie (can't remember the title, sorry) in which some crazy mad scientist is merging his own DNA with sheep so as to create a race of super sheep (or something to that effect). In one very vivid and violent but laughable scene, the sheep come down out of the hills and attack the judges in a Best of Show contest! The carnage leaves you laughing even as you shake your head in amazement!

So Destiny_17's rampaging sheep could have the same consequences as they unexpectedly tear a path of destruction through Toyland. The camera captures closeups of screaming citizens as they run (and naturally fall); watch them cringe in fear, their arms thrown over their faces as we get an extreme closeup of Little Bah Bah, its' eyes wild as its' blood-drenched teeth come nearer and nearer the camera and we hear a crunch of bones, chewing and then a triumphant BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH....We now get a final high angle shot of Bloody Toyland while the 'Toyland' song is heard in the background, managing to drown out the screams of terror brought about by Mary's forgotten, and now vengeful Killer Sheep.

And 3-D would make it all so friggin' REAL!!!!

Thanks Destiny_17 -- wherever you are.

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