The Shaun the Sheep series frequently references pop culture elements, for example: Towards the end of the episode "Football Match", Giacomo Puccini's play "Turandot" appears alongside "The Princess Stays Up All Night"

It was included in the background music and was also the theme music for the BBC's coverage of the 1990 World Cup.

Shirley's training plan in "The Big Fat" originated from the 1976 movie "Rocky" starring Stallone.

The painting of Sheep in "The Master of Oil Painting" imitates Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and John Constable's "Hay Wagon".

The scene in "Buzzing Bees" in which the farmer wears a protective suit and makes a deep breathing sound is actually a tribute to the "Star Wars" character Darth Vader.

In the episode "One Extraordinary Night", the scene where the sheep hide in the bathtub is imitated from the Alfred Hitchcock film "Psycho". The English title of this episode is "The Little Sheep of Horror".

The title is a reference to the film "The Little Shop of Horror" directed by Roger Corman. The scene in "The Hiccup" in which Sean turns the loudspeaker to 11 is imitated from the 1984 film "Rock and Roll".

The plot and soundtrack of the sheep's escape in "Sheep Shearing" are tributes to the British World War II war criminals movies.

The scene in "The Visitor" in which the alien knocks the flying saucer with a tree branch is an homage to "Very Grand Hotel".

In "The Mole" there is a sheep reading a magazine called "Bleat", which is actually a reference to the British entertainment gossip magazine "Heat". In the same episode, Sean is hung with a fishing rod.

The Jaws theme song plays in the background as the mole plays.

The bush at the end of "The Big Maw" is obviously a parody of "Edward Scissorhands".

The scene in "Weekend Dance" where Sean takes off his clothes and shakes his head is a tribute to the 1980 movie "The Last Day".