Purple Shep is quite childish, nooby and not very intelligent. He likes to smell bacon and stick his head in toasters, and he sometimes gets his head stuck in them. He likes to brag about being able to count by twos and tie his shoes, even though sheep do not wear shoes. He is really irritating at times, and sometimes causes terrible accidents, he is shown to hate broken toasters. He loves riding in washing machines. He also thinks that he is beautiful, even though his father calls him ugly.