About
Leggy Lamb is a minor character originating from the 1958 Droopy Dog cartoon Sheep Wrecked. Despite appearing for only a few seconds as a joke with no lines of dialogue, the character was embraced by 4chan’s /co/ (Comics & Cartoons) board.
Origin
Leggy Lamb originally appeared in the 1958 cartoon Sheep Wrecked. In the cartoon, a wolf character tries to steal a sheep from a yard; one such attempt at stealing the sheep involved a plunger launched with a bow. Instead of bringing back the sheep, it instead rips some wool off of the sheep; the next shot shows the sheep, who is suddenly anthropomorphized. The name “Leggy Lamb” is derived from the next line said by the wolf:
“Now there’s a right purdy leg a’ lamb!”
Spread
The first instance of Leggy on /co/ was in December of 2012.[1] On February 9, 2013, the segment of Sheep Wrecked featuring Leggy was uploaded to YouTube by the account StealthPornucopia.[2] The name “Leggy Lamb” was given to the sheep in a /co/ thread from May 23, 2013.[3] A page for Leggy was made on /co/’s /co/nservatory Wiki in June of the same year.[4] Other related sheep characters were later created to accompany Leggy: Peggy Lamb, a “naughty” version of Leggy, and Barbra Blacksheep, an even “naughtier” version of Leggy meant to resemble an attractive African-American woman, both of whom were created for pornographic reasons.[5][6] These three sheep form what is called the “Sheep Trio”.
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External References
[1]Archive.moe – /co/ – Comics & Cartoons
[2]YouTube – Suddden Sheep Anthropomorphism
[3]Archive.moe – /co/ – Comics & Cartoons
[4]The /co/nservatory Wiki – Leggy Lamb
[5]The /co/nservatory Wiki – Peggy Lamb
[6]The /co/nservatory Wiki – Barbra Blacksheep