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~ The Farmer.

The Farmer, more commonly known by his amnesiac name Mr. X, is the overarching protagonist of the Shaun the Sheep franchise.

He is voiced by John Sparkes, who also voices Bitzer.

Background[]

Not much is known about The Farmer's background, but it is revealed that he has lived on his farm ever since he was a child. His family, may have owned the farm for generations as seen on a shelf above his fireplace which shows photos of (in respective order); The Farmer and Bitzer along with The Flock, The Farmer's father alongside a unnamed dog and sheep, and The Farmer's grandfather.

Personality[]

He is a farmer who has a love for animals. He has been seen multiple times caring for his animals, though he has also caused them some suffering over time (like when he spilled growth-fluid on one of his tomatoes which caused Timmy to grow to an over-natural size). Though he should be used to long nights outside, The Farmer is quite scared in the dark. His easily frightened by strange noises and objects, which has been used by the flock multiple times to avoid him revealing their true nature. He is dumb because he doesn't notice that the sheep are getting up to mischief when he's not looking like when the sheep steal the hot water from his bath and uses it for theirs.

Shaun the Sheep Movie[]

1. Life on the Farm.[]

The Farmer is first seen when he was young and when the Flock, and Bitzer were young and growing each day until how it was in the show, it starts out with The Farmer shearing Shaun like he is having a hair cut, one day Shaun wants to have a day off but has to distract The Farmer by putting him to sleep, When Shaun and the Flock gets caught by Bitzer he tries to tell the Farmer what happened but Bitzer mistakingly breaks the handle resulting in The Farmer going down the hill into the big city with Bitzer chasing after him. The farmer finally wakes up like how he normally does but gets his head hit by a hard object and is taken to hospital.

2. In the hospital.[]

When The Farmer wakes up in the hospital and has "memory loss" after the hard object causing him to lose him memory, he leaves the hospital without being noticed because he knows that is something important and walks into a stylist's shop and get a little bit of memory of him sheep shearing Shaun and does the same to the Celebrity in the style of Shaun's hair and it becomes popular with lots of people taking selfies with the hair style and other pictures and renames himself to Mr. X and becomes a Icon in the Big City.

3. "Mr. X"[]

Later The Farmer hears Shaun and The Flock singing "Feels Like Summer" and throws his memory loss paper out of the window, Shaun finally finds The Farmer but Shaun doesn't notice that his memory is lost and The Farmer forcing him and The Flock to leave in a angry way.

4. More than being a stylist.[]

In the stylist's shop, The Farmer hears the tune and is intrigued. He steps into the supply closet, opening the window to listen better. A memory is jogged, and he starts to question whether he has another purpose out there instead of being a stylist to the snobs of the world. He pulls the chart that says "memory loss" out of his pocket and looks at it, reminding himself he really doesn't have a true identity yet. But Meryl calls him to come back to work, so he wads up the chart and throws it out the window, deciding to go back to the one thing he knows he can do.

5. The plan and going home.[]

Later the Flock made a plan to bring The Farmer but doing the counting the sheep method which what made him gone to sleep in the first part of the film. The Flock puts The Farmer on top of the horse costume that the Flock uses to avoid attention from Trumper, they make it back to his caravan and hide from Trumper while The Farmer dreams of having a back massage, they make it back to the farm they hide in the quarry and Trumper finds them and tries to kill them. The Farmer wakes up but his memory still don't working. The Flock craying and scared embrace The Farmer and them, The Farmer sees with his animals in a window having his memory back. The Farmer learns that Trumper tries to throw him and his animals in a quarry and exit from the shed to fight, but nearly falls off the edge but catches Bitzer's ears and the Flock helps him up.

6. Saving Shaun and ending.[]

Then, The Farmer saves Shaun from falling off the cliff after his memory is restored, Shaun and the rest are happy to see him, while Trumper tries to escape of the farm, Slip stops Trumper from escaping by biting his foot. The Farmer sees Trumper and complaint for almost throw him and the the flock to the quarry. Trumper scared to the farmer tries to reason with The Farmer, but it is being pushed by the bull which is manages to leave the cliff and falling from a bag of manure. The Farmer and the animals now at peace, The farmer goes to his house to sleep. The next morning, the rooster crows and everyone wakes up to business as usual, but everyone is going about it more happily and with more of a spring in their step. The Farmer and Bitzer open the barn and the sheep happily gather round the farmer, glad to have him home again. The moment is almost ruined as the farmer sadly looks at the schedule, clearly wishing for once they didn't have to do it. Bitzer makes the decision for him by grabbing the paper, scrunching it up, and throwing into Mower Mouth to eat.

7. Credits.[]

During the credits, images are shown of the farmer, Bitzer, and the Sheep enjoying a day off in the country. The farmer turns on the news to see something about Mr. X having disappeared on horseback, which confuses him a bit.

Trivia[]

  • The Farmer is an antagonist sometimes in the show, by his behavior.
  • The Farmer is voiced by John Sparkes, who also voices Bitzer, his loyal dog.
  • The Farmer is the semi main antagonist of the show. He shares his role as main antagonist with the pigs and Pidsley. Like them, they were outranked by Trumper and Hector (obviously as the Farmer was a complete hero in their appearances).
  • The Farmer is the only character to never interact with Agent Red in Farmageddon, but was seen with her robot during the climax.
  • The Farmer his first name (possibly Jumba) and profession are unknown.

External Links[]

Navigation[]

           Wallace and Gromit Logo/Shaun the Sheep logo Heroes

Wallace, Gromit, and Allies
Wallace | Gromit | Wendolene Ramsbottom | Lady Tottington | Hutch | Fluffles

The Farm
The Flock (Shaun the Sheep | Timmy | Pidsley | Timmy's Mother | Shirley) | Bitzer | The Farmer

Timmy and Friends
Timmy | Yabba | Mittens | Ruffy | Otus | Apricot | Finlay | Kid | Paxton | Stripey | Harriet | Osbourne

Others
Reverend Clement Hedges | PC Albert Mackintosh | Slip | Lu-La

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