wallace and gromit 's cracking contraptions is a series of ten wallace and gromit stop motion animations varying in length from 1 to 3 minutes .

each episode features one of wallace 's new inventions and gromit 's skeptical reaction to it .

the series was produced and released in 2002 by aardman animations .

wallace and gromit ' s cracking contraptions

wallace and gromit - cracking contraptions 10 - shopper 13 . avi ( french subtitles )
wallace and gromit - cracking contraptions 02 - the tellyscope . avi ( french subtitles )
wallace and gromit - cracking contraptions 01 - the autochef . avi ( french subtitles )
wallace and gromit - cracking contraptions 04 - the snowmanotron . avi ( french subtitles )
inspired by wallace and gromit’s “cracking contraptions” , ms wray’s english set decided to write an explanation of how wallace’s turbo diner machine works .
wallace and gromit - cracking contraptions 07 - a christmas cardomatic . avi ( french subtitles )
wallace and gromit - cracking contraptions 01 - the autochef . avi ( french subtitles ) - youtube
a brilliant collection of wallace and gromits cracking contraptions all on one dvd . cracking stuff indeed . enoyed it very much : )
wallace and gromit - cracking contraptions 07 - a christmas cardomatic . avi ( french subtitles ) - youtube
the cracking contraptions episodes were the first wallace and gromit adventures to premiere online , launching on the bbc ' s site and atomfilms in october 2002 .
most of the background music in cracking contraptions is a remix of a song in a grand day out .
wallace and gromit - cracking contraptons 08 - the bully proof vest . avi ( french subtitles )
525 crackervac is a short film in the cracking contraptions series . the film features the invention of the 525 crackervac .
wallace invents an array of contraptions to try and make life easier but it ' s always gromit who picks up the pieces .
shopper 13 is a short film in the cracking contraptions series . the film features the invention of a remote - controlled shopping trolley sent to do wallace ' s cheese shopping .
the bully proof vest is a short film in the cracking contraptions series . the film features the invention of the bully proof vest .
wallace introduces correspondents , inventors and experts who explain various real - life contraptions , inventions and scientific accomplishments .
the autochef is a short film in the cracking contraptions series . the film features the invention of autochef , a breakfast - cooking robot .
the snowmanotron is a short film in the cracking contraptions series . the film features the invention of the snowmanotron , an automatic snowman maker .
from the soccamatic to the 535 crackervac , wallace’s inventions are truly imaginative if not always the most efficient ! cracking contraptions is a showcase of 10 short films about wallace’s wonderfully eccentric ideas , which include everything you might need to make life easier .
( 1989 ) . chat with nick park about wallace and gromit ' s new adventures .
wallace invents an array of contraptions to try and make life easier but it’s always gromit who picks up the pieces . cracking contraption is a series of 10 hilarious short films featuring some of their more outrageous inventions including the “soccamatic , ” which is supposed to help gromit’s goalkeeping skills and the “snoozatron” , which is designed to help wallace fall asleep .
breakfast is wallace and gromit ' s favourite meal and it should be relaxing and that ' s where the autochef comes in - a combined cooker and waiter on wheels .
just a group of goofy scenes of wallace & gromit trying out new contraptions . funny if you like this kind of humor .
wallace & gromit ' s grand adventures , episode 3 : muzzled ! playthough .
gromit’s daily chores include sweeping up , unfortunately wallace wants to help . the 525 crackervac will save gromit’s time and take the strain out of cleaning and it has a “cracker sensor” to boot ! ! however , things don’t go quite as wallace planned and it’s up to gromit to save the day . subscribe : urltoken download the film from itunes : urltoken wallace and gromit facebook : urltoken
a bumper bundle of wallace ' s mechanical marvels , including the tellyscope and snoozatron .
in 2010 wallace and gromit made a return to tv presenting a brand new show all about inventions and inspiring the next generation of creative thinkers ! in world of invention , wallace decided to turn his hand to tv presenting and take an eccentric look at some cracking real - life contraptions – accompanied by his faithful side - kick ( turned camera - dog ) gromit .
it ' s always great to find wallace & gromit stuff that i haven ' t seen .
the wonderful wallace and gromit stories continue here with some shorts emphasizing wallace and his unfortunate tendency for silly inventions . see this , and then go see the longer wallace and gromit stories that are much better .
wallace and gromit head to the local football field for a bit of practice , with wallace shooting and gromit playing goalie . frustrated at the ease with which gromit blocks every shot , wallace . . .
it ' s gromit ' s job to walk over and switch the channels on wallace ' s tv . feeling sorry for his pooch , he invents a simple remote control device but it is hardly instant .
in the beginning as wallace is pouring the tea is humming the
wallace and gromit
theme .
after wallace activates the bully proof vest on gromit and gromit goes flying through the door , gromit ' s ears are shown on the door , while he had a hat on .
a bumper bundle of wallace ' s wackiest mechanical marvels , including the tellyscope and snoozatron .
with high demand for the next wallace and gromit adventure , but nick park busy writing the animated duo’s first feature film outing , aardman decided to produce a series of short films about wallace’s wacky inventions .
hello there , this is just to mention that all 10 of these short cracking contraptions films ( which are great fun ) are available super - cheap if you get the 2 - disc version of wallace and gromit ' s terrific curse of the were - rabbit film , which you can currently buy for mere pennies ( they ' re on disc 2 ) .
before the shopper 13 loses it ' s first leg gromit has his headphones on . when wallace says ,
gromit , we have a problem
, gromit ' s headphones disappear . in the next shot of gromit , his headphones are back on him .
four of wallace ' s wackier mechanical marvels are demonstrated , including the bully proof vest and crackervac .
the 525 crackervac - to speed up gromit ' s cho . . . - clickview
wallace and gromit head to the local football field for a bit of practice , with wallace shooting and gromit playing goalie . frustrated at the ease with which gromit blocks every shot , . . . see more »
on april 24th a brand new wallace and gromit - themed ride opened at world - famous seaside resort , blackpool pleasure beach in the uk ! fans ride the thrill - o - matic in a giant slipper - shaped carriage that transports them through the colourful world of wallace and gromit , including lots of the classic scenes from each film . there are plenty of intricate details to look out for along the way , and lots of special effects that bring wallace’s contraptions to life , providing over four minutes of cracking fun for those on - board .
wallace and gromit try out a number of their latest inventions which rarely work as planned .
wallace and his dog , gromit , open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery . but , when wallace falls in love gromit is left to solve the case .
things go wrong for wallace ' s invention on its thirteenth mission to acquire cheese .
one of gromit ' s many chores is sweeping up . wallace wants to help - of course ! his 525 crackervac is just the ticket and will save gromit ' s time plus it has a cracker sensor ! naturally things don ' t go according to plan and gromit must save the day !
nick park also answered questions from fans in a special 20 years interview on youtube , and mark kermode hosted a special episode of the culture show from aardman’s hq , accompanied by a theme tune playing brass band . cracking stuff !
to speed up gromit ' s chores of sweeping up , wallace activates the 525 crackervac , a vacuum cleaner with sharp metal teeth and which sucks up things really fast . however it goes after wallace ' s crackers after vaccuming one on the floor , but wallace pulls the box out of it ' s mouth . wallace tries to stop the 525 crackervac from getting another cracker . then throws the box to gromit who then has a cowboy like showdown with the vacuum . while getting distracted by a cracker gromit threw in the air , gromit lassos the machine , which flings him on it ' s back while sending it out of control . gromit ties a knot on it ' s neck and then after a few seconds it ' s bag bursts , causing wallace ( and the area where they are ) to be covered in dust , and makes wallace tell gromit to get the dust pan and brush he was using in the beginning .
it has always been gromit’s job to walk over and switch the tv channels on wallace’s aging set . wallace decides to save his legs by inventing a simple “remote control” device . unfortunately , though the machine provides fingertip control , it is hardly “instant” . when wallace turns on the tv and is confronted by a hard - hitting penguin documentary , he needs to change channel fast . that’s when wallace realises the flaw in his design… subscribe : urltoken download the film from itunes : urltoken wallace and gromit facebook : urltoken
just as you would expect from the fab wallace and gromit . well worth the investment ! husband well chuffed and children happy .
gromit normally finds himself having to sweep up wallace ' s cracker crumbs , so his master builds a vacuum cleaner with a cracker sensor .
annoyed by gromit ' s goalkeeping abilities , wallace buys a machine from preston north end in order to make scoring goals easier . can gromit find a way to even things out ?
wallace and gromit got a wardrobe makeover from harvey nichols in august 2008 when they opened a store in aardman’s home town of bristol . posing for publicity stills , wallace’s beloved green tank top was swapped for a dolce & gabbana fitted shirt and an alexander mcqueen cashmere jacket . with an outfit so flashy , gromit certainly needed those raybans !
featured in wallace & gromit in project zoo ( 2003 ) . see more »
breakfast is wallace and gromit’s favourite meal . but why bother cooking yourself when you have an “autochef” , the combined cooker and waiter on wheels ? wallace is anxious to prove that his troublesome invention is perfectly safe around the home . gromit isn’t so sure about the cheeky robot and he may have good reason to be wary . subscribe : urltoken download the film from itunes : urltoken wallace and gromit facebook : urltoken urltoken
it’s nearly christmas and wallace is getting into the festive spirit . he’s decided to make some “tasteful” christmas cards with the help of gromit , lots of glitter and his brand new card - making machine . but wallace is so carried away by the resulting masterpiece that he fails to notice the extraordinary scene unfolding in the garden . subscribe : urltoken download the film from itunes : urltoken wallace and gromit facebook : urltoken
sandra bell , the wensleydale creamery ' s marketing chief , said : ' the wallace and gromit effect has certainly raised the awareness of british cheese as a whole and has been particularly helpful with wensleydale . ' fans can keep a look out for wallace and gromit gifts in the wensleydale creamery shop around christmas .
after the success of the cracking ideas exhibition in the uk , and the world of invention series on tv , a new world of invention exhibition made its way across the pond to australia .
in the summer of 2013 , wallace and gromit’s grand appeal charity embarked on their most ambitious fundraising project to date : gromit unleashed ! 80 giant gromit statues , painted by a mix of local and celebrity artists , dotted the streets of bristol for 10 weeks over summer and attracted over 1 . 1 million people to the trail .
will a large edam prove too much for wallace ' s new invention , a remote controlled shopping trolley .
the series is now available free on itunes , the the amazing world of wallace and gromit official wallace and gromit website [ 1 ] , as well as the official aardman youtube channel [ 2 ] , on hulu [ 3 ] and on toons . tv .
wallace and gromit are getting ready for christmas - they ' re using wallace ' s new machine , the cardomatic , to make tasteful cards . but wallace is to carried away by his masterpieces that he fails to notice the extraordinary scene going on in his garden .
wallace is frustrated by gromit ' s goalkeeping prowess when they play football in the park . so he brings out his soccamatic , a penalty - taking machine , and thinks he ' s got the better of his dog as the balls whistle past him .
the triple oscar© - winning creator of wallace and gromit , nick park , took your questions in a live webcast .
it’s time for the annual west wallaby street snowman competition and this time wallace is determined to win . gromit may be a dab hand ( or paw ) at sculpting but wallace has his new “speedeesnowman” which will do the whole job at the touch of a few buttons . wallace is thrilled with his resulting masterpiece but gromit is left feeling rather flat… subscribe : urltoken download the film from itunes : urltoken wallace and gromit facebook : urltoken
wallace is determined to win the annual snowman competition and gromit is usually a dab paw at sculpting . but wallace has invented the speedeesnowman which will build a snowman at the touch of a few buttons . he ' s thrilled with his efforts but where does that leave gromit ?
wallace ' s latest machine saves time and effort in regards to making and buying lots of christmas cards . if only he was aware of the wonderful view outside rather than making gromit pose for him in a robin costume .
gromit sort of acts like mission control while wallace assumes the role of the flight director .
wallace builds a vacuum cleaner with a cracker detector to help gromit clean up after him .
wallace and gromit head to the local football field for a bit of practice , with wallace shooting and gromit playing goalie . frustrated at the ease with which gromit blocks every shot , wallace activates his preston north end soccamatic , a machine that kicks dozens of balls toward the goal . gromit ducks to avoid the barrage , but when wallace stops to load in more balls , he dons a vest and gloves that inflate to completely block the goal . wallace suggests that they switch to tennis . after the credits , he serves a ball that bounces off gromit ' s vest , then calls out ,
15 - love !
wallace and gromit are back in their first screen outing for six years . bbc news online exclusively presents soccamatic , one of 10 short films , revealing wallace ' s latest inventions . soccamatic is free to watch or download from this site .
to speed up his cooking , wallace activates the auto chef , a robot chef with a tea nozzle , a frying pan and a temperature gauge . wallace tries serving scrambled eggs , but they end up on gromit ' s head . wallace tries serving fried eggs , but the eggs are shot at wallace ' s face blinding him . the auto chef starts going out of control so gromit uses a banana skin to block the tea nozzle which is squirting tea . the auto chef ' s head explodes off it ' s body ( after it comically says the word ,
knickers
) .
it ' s the annual snowman building competition in west wallaby street , and wallace is sure that his new snowman making machine will see him become victorious .
when wallace takes gromit to the park for a game of football he plays to win . unfortunately he is constantly frustrated by gromit’s goalkeeping prowess . wallace is forced to reveal his “soccamatic” , a circa 1938 penalty taking machine he recently purchased mail order from preston north end fc . it seems that wallace has finally got the upper hand as balls whistle past the hapless dog . but gromit has an ace up his sleeve… subscribe : urltoken download the film from itunes : urltoken wallace and gromit facebook : urltoken
the sculptures were transformed by an array of artists , illustrators , fashion designers and musicians , including nick park , merlin crossingham and fellow aardman designers gavin strange and richard webber ; along with world - renowned milliner philip treacy , whose hats are worn by members of the royal family and famous hong kong celebrities . at the end of the exhibition , the giant sculptures were auctioned to raise funds for wallace and gromit ' s grand appeal , the bristol children’s hospital charity , and children ' s art programmes in hospitals across hong kong .
wallace and his loyal dog , gromit , set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest .
another chore gromit dislikes is clearing the table after meals . wallace’s turbo diner is designed to do the job fast and efficiently ; all they have to do is top up the electricity meter . everything seems to be going well until the lights start flickering . subscribe : urltoken download the film from itunes : urltoken wallace and gromit facebook : urltoken
in 2014 , wallace and gromit joined visit england’s campaign to show that holidays in the uk are great ! in the brand new ad , wallace packs his bags into his new “holiday hot shots” cannon and sets his sights on exotic lands , while long - suffering gromit tries to show him that there are adventures much closer to home . . .
to try to win the annual ,
snowman competition
, gromit builds a snow sculpture based on rodin ' s ,
the thinker
. wallace then pulls up the snowmanotron . the machine creates a snowman , but when the door opens the machine destroys gromit ' s more artistic snowman . wallace ' s entry turns out to be rather crude and gromit , feeling rather flat , heads back inside . he slams the door , which makes the snow fall off the roof landing on wallace , turning him into a snowman . having heard the noise , but not wallace calling for help inside the snowman , gromit emerges from the house . discovering what he thinks is a better snowman , he adds a carrot for the nose and coal for the eyes . gromit , then waits for the photographer and wins the competition , which was featured in the news . wallace congratulates gromit for winning and thought the snowman was abominable .
in 2009 wallace and gromit featured in a video for uk charity children in need , encouraging people to ‘do something different’ to help raise funds for the children’s charity .
don ' t worry , it ' s for children in need ,
says wallace to a terrified - looking gromit , who is sitting in the motorcycle sidecar as they attempt to jump a double decker bus ! luckily for gromit , everything turns out ok in the end !
following the success of their first adventure , plans were soon being made for wallace and gromit’s second outing . armed with a sketch book full of ideas and a new writing partner in bob baker , nick park got to work on the next adventure .
wallace falls for wendolene , a wool shop owner , while gromit is framed for the sheep rustling .
wallace and gromit at their best . a fun collection of shorts . the inventions are ingenious , and the background scenery always has little hidden gems that make you chuckle ! !
to tie in with the release of their movie , wallace and gromit starred in a cracking promotion with pg tips , including a tv ad with wallace attempting to serve lady tottington the optimum temperature of tea ! tea drinkers across the uk also went crazy over the free ‘red nose’ gromit mug that came free with packs of tea . 1 . 5 million mugs were produced for the 3 month campaign , but ended up selling out in 4 weeks !
breakfast is wallace ' s favourite meal , but why make it yourself when you can get a robot to do it for you .
wallace & gromit in the curse of the were - rabbit 2005 , u dreamworks / universal £22 . 99
marks the first new appearances from wallace and gromit in seven years . each of the ten episodes showcases one of wallace ' s ingenious mechanical inventions in storylines that range from one to three minutes apiece . the clay - animated pals were last seen in the oscar® - winning short films
thankfully no one was hurt in the blaze and even though the aardman team were understandably upset , there was plenty to be thankful for .
even though it ' s precious stuff and nostalgic - and it ' s dreadful news for the company , in the light of other tragedies it ' s not a big deal .
said nick park . to this day , the warehouse fire is one of the most talk - about events in aardman’s history !
it is completely unnecessary , as wallace or gromit can just go out and grab the cheese , or shaun can just go out without his suit . this can hint that wallace is half lazy .
academy award® - winner for “best animated feature” ( 2006 ) , wallace & gromit : the curse of the were - rabbit is a delightful adventure . daffy , cheese - loving inventor wallace and his faithful dog gromit become heroes in stopping a crime spree . they learn that a giant , fuzzy creature is stealing the town’s produce and the not - completely - dynamic duo set out to capture the beast and save the day .
once it was a local cheese produced by monks in the yorkshire dales , but since the advent of wallace and gromit , wensleydale cheese has become known all over the world and foreign exports were reported to have increased by over 23 % since our animated duo’s adventures were broadcast .
a grand day out became a major talking point , along with another of nick ' s creations , creature comforts , and both stunned the public by being nominated for academy awards® . in the end creature comforts won the award in the short animated film category , but wallace and gromit had captured the public ' s heart and it wasn ' t long before the next short film was in production . . .
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it can be a hard life ‘up north’ and home security can be a problem these days . so perhaps wallace is right to be scared when the lights go out one dark and stormy night . a cup of tea and a cracker should calm his nerves but who is that lurking in the shadows ? it may be time to utilize the ultimate burglar deterrent , wallace’s fearsome “bully proof vest”… subscribe : urltoken download the film from itunes : urltoken wallace and gromit facebook : urltoken
it might be a short walk to the shops but it ' s tough when you have a huge cheese to carry home . wallace decides to save his legs using guided shopping trolleys to the supermarket . and he ' s going for the largest ball of edam on the shelf . then disaster strikes - but can gromit save the day ?
the vacuum cleaner malfunctions ( as usual ) and gromit challenges the device like in a duel . the scenery changes to orange like in a sunset and gromit stands with his back towards the window . on the window sill you can see a cactus . wallace is in the room near the door . the vacuum cleaner explodes and covers wallace in ashes / dust . wallace suddenly has the cactus on his head ( also covered in ashes ) and judging by the fact that there is a clean area behind wallace on the wallpaper in the shape of wallace with a cactus on his head he must have had the cactus on his head before the explosion , but we know he hadn ' t as the cactus was standing behind gromit and gromit stays clean after the explosion , so the cactus couldn ' t have moved . how did the cactus end up on wallace ' s head ?
in february 2011 , nick park made a special appearance in an episode of smash hit us cartoon series , the simpsons . in the episode ‘angry dad : the movie’ bart’s cartoon about an angry dad is turned into a movie and quickly becomes popular with the critics . nick stars as bart’s fellow nominee at the oscars® and is on hand to help bart and homer stop squabbling and realise that making a film is a team effort . the list of nominated films shown in the award ceremony also includes a film called
willis & crumble ' s better gnomes and gardens
- a simpson - styled stop - motion parody film of wallace and gromit !
gromits daily chores include sweeping up , unfortunately wallace wants to help . the 525 crackervac will save gromits time and take the strain out of cleaning and it has a cracker sensor to boot ! ! however , things dont go quite as wallace planned and its up to gromit to save the day .
in 2009 the intellectual propery office ( ipo ) teamed up with wallace and gromit to inspire 9 - 10 year olds to invent and understand the patent process , through investing in a schools competition and brand new £2m exhibition at the science museum .
i always love wallace and grommit no matter what they do . these are very very short clips about wallace ' s strange inventions . i wish each had been a bit longer , but lovers of w & g ; will enjoy this even so .
trippy indie madeline ' s madeline is the movie that lakeith stanfield and boots riley from sorry to bother you want to see the most .
the turbo diner : another chore that gromit dislikes is clearing the table after meals . wallace ' s turbo diner is designed to do the job fast and efficiently , that ' s until the lights start flickering . the bully proof vest : home security can be a problem , so wallace brings into play his ultimate burglar deterrent , the fearsome bully proof vest . the 525 crackervac : the 525 crackervac takes the strain out of cleaning and has a cracker sensor to boot ! however , things don ' t go quite as wallace planned and again it is up to gromit to save the day . back to main release
wallace and gromit have enjoyed a colourful , fascinating history , from their conception in nick park’s student sketchbooks to becoming instantly recognisable stars of the silver screen . in this section we take you on a journey from those early days to the present , taking in the films we all know and love to little - known trivia and interesting stories along the way . so , make yourself comfy and have some crackers and cheese to hand…then we’ll begin !
on dark and scary nights , it is often best to get some form of protection . wallace ' s latest device may be the perfect burglar deterrent - provided it is aimed in the right direction .
celebrating the queen’s jubilee , the campaign launched with a brand new animation of wallace and gromit decorating their local national trust manor with bunting , plus special tea parties were hosted across 70 different national trust properties . the celebrations continued throughout summer with a bunt - a - thon , model making workshops and adventure trails .
a compilation of the first three wallace & gromit short films :
a grand day out
,
the wrong trousers
, and
a close shave
.
in order to spare gromit the trouble of walking to the television set , wallace comes up with an usual remote control device .
pete and dave realized nick ' s project was overly ambitious for the timescale he had been given and so they offered him an opportunity to work at aardman animating commercials in exchange for studio time and additional resources to finish his project .
breakfast is wallace and gromits favourite meal . but why bother cooking yourself when you have an autochef , the combined cooker and waiter on wheels ? wallace is anxious to prove that his troublesome invention is perfectly safe around the home . gromit isnt so sure about the cheeky robot and he may have good reason to be wary .
created to save time and effort in regards to making and buying alot of christmas cards .
bob helped to sew nick ' s ideas together into a structured plotline , which included picking out the intriguing penguin character who was originally set in a zoo , and making him into a criminal mastermind . nick also enrolled the help of steve box , who had previously worked on the children ' s animation
trap door
, to work on the animation with him . steve had the task of animating feathers mcgraw whilst nick controlled wallace and gromit .
wallace is totally oblivious to the view outside , as he gets gromit to dress as a robin . which in turn creates a christmas card image that wallace can use in his new machine which has been
the story of wallace and gromit began when nick park was a student at the national film and television school . when deciding what to do for his graduation project , he chose to animate a couple of characters he had been sketching and writing short stories for - a man with a flat cap and his cat . the cat later transformed into a dog and the man lost the moustache that nick had originally drawn him with , but the idea of the ingenious inventor and his cautious canine was there in nick park ' s student sketchbook !
in the early morning of october 10th 2005 , a fire at one of aardman’s storage warehouses destroyed hundreds of pieces of aardman history , including props , sets , and a complete wallace and gromit films exhibition which had recently been brought back to the uk after a tour of japan . luckily all film footage had been stored at a separate facility .
their special car was also featured in an ad shown at cinemas across the uk , where wallace and gromit performed mot - style checks on different parts of their gadget - tastic car , with hilarious consequences ! gromit is seen polishing the headlamps , only to be blinded as wallace switches them on . then , with a sudden gust of wind , gromit is catapulted over the top of the kangoo as it appears to be speeding down the road with wallace at the wheel !
in the summer of 2014 , a special new exhibition opened at bristol’s mshed in the uk , attracting over 30 , 000 visitors in its 3 month run . wallace and gromit : from the drawing board celebrated the story making process behind the films , with visitors being able to enjoy drawings from nick park’s sketchbooks , film sets , the actual ‘rocket’ from a grand day out and a real oscar® , plus lots of other exciting items from the years of aardman storytelling .
wallace and gromit is loved by our daughter . we watch is regularly . she is nearly 3 years old and really enjoys gromit and the interaction between the characters . you can have the volume way down and still follow the plot of the show easily . close captioning is still helpful despite having minimal talking . there is some slight violence that needs to be explained or prepared for in a couple of the episodes but it is not too intense . her favorite episode is the one where wallace is a baker . she enjoys the contraptions he builds with grommit and the interaction between the two dog characters . overall i do think this is a great work that is amusing for parents and children . it definitely allows the spark of imagination in children with making a rocket to get cheese from the moon or making a sheep shearing machine in your basement . super cute !
wallace and gromit took part in a very special proms performance in the uk on the 29th july 2012 , where gromit debuted a special violin solo called my concerto in ee , lad , while wallace tried to keep things together backstage ! for the first time ever , fans also got the chance to watch a matter of loaf and death with a live orchestral accompaniment from the aurora orchestra .
it is a dark and stormy night , so wallace is nervous about the sounds outside . he has some tea and crackers to cheer him up , but he doesn ' t notice a shadowy figure ( gromit in a black fleece costume and beret ) . when a cracker is taken from his hand , he discovers it is in a dark corner of the living room . he then discovers gromit making ninja moves with a rolling pin . wallace activates his bully proof vest on his chest with a boxing - glove on a spring that shoots gromit across the room and through a door . after seeing his invention worked wallace starts to leave the room , but he trips on the rolling pin and falls . the button for the invention hits the floor , activating it again and shooting wallace vertically into the ceiling , to which he is pinned and stuck .
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wallace takes a break from trying to decide on a holiday destination only to find he has no cheese for his crackers . the solution to both problems is a trip to the moon , with dog gromit , because everybody knows the moon ' s made of cheese .
on the night of october 21st 1996 , new york was on red alert after wallace and gromit were reported missing after being left in the boot of a yellow taxi - cab when they were on a promotional tour with nick park .
i feel as though i ' ve lost my best pals
nick told the press and an appeal was made to all police stations in the city and new york ' s taxi and limousine commission agreed to hunt for the missing models . thankfully they were returned the following day by the driver of nick’s cab . phew – what a close shave !
in 2009 , wallace and gromit starred alongside iconic uk celebrities such as stephen fry and jennifer saunders in an ad for marks and spencer , a classic department store in the uk . each celebrity lists items that “it wouldn’t be christmas without” , with our animated duo opting for ordering the perfect gift online .
as usual wallace is inventing time saving gadgets and gromit picks up the pieces ! this is very much the usual high standard and you can watch the episodes many times and still see something new . this is how comedy should be . i have to admit , i ' ve been a big fan since
grand day out
! the attention to the smallest detail and layers of jokes are just stunning ! highly recommend ! oh , and for those too young to remember . the 525 crackervac , is a nod to a kid ' s programme of the 70 ' s called
crackerjack
which started at 4 . 55pm every friday ! 😉
gromit hates clearing the table after meals . so wallace invents the turbo diner , which is designed to do the job fast and efficiently . all he has to do is top up the electricity meter .
its nearly christmas and wallace is getting into the festive spirit . hes decided to make some tasteful christmas cards with the help of gromit , lots of glitter and his brand new card - making machine . but wallace is so carried away by the resulting masterpiece that he fails to notice the extraordinary scene unfolding in the garden .
the film is called shopper 13 because it is the ' shopper ' s ' 13th trip or mission to the shops .
the world of wallace and gromit was recreated in the exhibition , complete with mad machines , giant cabbages , villainous rabbits , extensive research library on cheese , improbable collections – one illustrating the evolution of the welly boot – and kitchen cupboards stuffed with the packets and jars fondly remembered from nick park ' s own childhood in preston , lancashire . the exhibition was so successful that it moved to newcastle and glasgow after its time in london , attracting over 500 , 000 visitors throughout the tour .
unable to get the ball past gromit , wallace is forced to unleash his new contraption , the soccamatic . click on the image to watch the movie .
in 2011 , wallace and gromit got a stylish makeover by chocolate in hong kong when they dressed shop windows as part of their campaign to promote a new range of merchandise . looking very smart , boys !
a humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings .
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wallace uses his tellyscope invention to turn tv channels so he and gromit don’t miss their favourite programme – ‘the cheese files’ . but when his invention malfunctions , they end up being subjected to ‘when penguins turn’ instead !
lovely series of shorts . it was a great amazon prime discovery . hope they ' ll stay in the catalog for ever ! wallace & gromit are the great funny characters by aardman entertainment and we love them . the episodes are 2 minutes each and full of fun . wish there were many more . the child loves them and keeps singing the theme . i can ' t wait for her to share wallace ( and my ) love for cheese .
fans of wallace and gromit shouldn ' t miss these short adventures . the claymation is also refreshing after so many computer animated films now . gromit and the other animals are especially well - done . how do they get so much expression from birds ? ! the shopping short did drag a bit , but who wouldn ' t want an automated trolley ? !
it’s just a short nip to the shops but it can become a daily chore when you have all that cheese to carry home . wallace has decided to save his legs by initiating a program of guided shopping trolleys to the supermarket . mission 13 is the big one ; he’s going for the largest ball of edam on the shelf . all seems to be going well until disaster strikes on the return leg . can the heroic gromit save the day by piloting the stricken craft back to 62 west wallaby street or will the cheese be lost forever ? subscribe : urltoken download the film from itunes : urltoken wallace and gromit facebook : urltoken
like the duo’s award - winning films , the stamps were packed with detail using specially designed models and props . keen - eyed collectors armed with a magnifying glass would have seen that the envelope being posted by gromit on the 1st class stamp features the actual 1st class stamp !
there ' s no way the motor could ' ve died when shopper lost its second wheel . it may be because of overheating .
] you better get a ladder gromit . i think i ' ve cracked me artex .
when you eat as much cheese as wallace , getting to sleep can be tricky . his latest creation allows him to drop off , but it involves having to wake gromit .
this time round nick park decided on a murder mystery “who - donut” theme for his new adventure , who’s working title was “trouble at’ mill” before being changed later to a matter of loaf and death .
to celebrate the film ' s premiere on the 24th of december 1995 , bbc two used wallace and gromit across their channel in between programmes . the main ident featured the two eating christmas dinner , with a large blue 2 logo situated in the middle of the table , covered with flashing christmas lights . a close shave went on to win over 30 awards including another academy award® !
during the closeup of the trolley in the store after grabbing the cheese , shopper ' s driving motor exhaust pipe is positioned to the right and downwards but in the rest of the shots showing the driving motor , the pipe is positioned to the left and upwards .
i see that amazon made the effort to release this here but at £9 . 99 to buy just for sd for the whole series compared with £7 . 99 to buy the hd version of a feature - length film i do not think it is value for money and i think wallace and gromit look and sound great in high definition . therefore i would recommend either buying the 2 - disc dvd release of curse of the were - rabbit , which has this series as a special feature on disc 2 , or watching it on the official wallace and gromit you tube channel . the botched theme tune is at the end of turbo diner . on both the dvd and you tube releases soccamatic is at the beginning and shopper 13 is at the end and i think they are better that way round .
in order to save time and effort in clearing the table after meals , wallace creates a coin - operated machine in order to make life easier .
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, a new series of ten short films from aardman featuring two of the world ' s best - loved animated characters . the first episode , titled
it ' s just a short nip to the shops , but it can become a daily chore when you have all that cheese to carry home . wallace has decided to save his legs by initiating a program of guided shopping trolleys to the
in january 2012 , wallace and gromit made their first step into the mobile app store with their “chat - o - matic” app , which seamlessly transformed the mouth of the operator into a talking , grinning wallace mouth with over 40 famous sayings . fans can try out the chat - o - matic for themselves by downloading it from the app store .
home security can be a problem for anyone so when the lights go out one dark and stormy night , wallace is scared . perhaps a cup of tea and cracker will calm his nerves - but is that someone lurking in the shadows ? cue the ultimate burglar deterrent - the bully proof vest ! but what does gromit think ?
in july 2007 gromit replaced nipper the dog in the logo for hmv record stores in the uk as part of a 3 - month promotion for children’s dvds . the famous logo is based on the original 1898 his masters voice oil painting which features nipper the dog listening to an early gramophone recording .
it ' s a great honour to be stepping in the same paw prints as an icon as big as nipper . ” said nick park “gromit will look after ' the seat ' for as long as nipper allows .
in the short
the tellyscope ,
the program that is on at first is
when penguins turn .
this could be a reference to feathers mcgraw , the main villain of the wrong trousers ( 1993 ) , another wallace and gromit short . see more »
watched this rubbish my mistake thinking it was free garbage to watch , but the amazon small print caught me out for £14 : 99 , probably cheaper buying the whole wallace & gromit set . . .
to speed up the task of bringing cheese home from the store , wallace develops ,
shopper 13
, a trolley equipped with wings and accessories to retrieve / carry items . though it sucessfully picks up the largest wheel of edam cheese in the shop , wallace frequently patronises , the weight causing one leg to fall off . gromit guides it to grab a loaf of french bread , which it uses as a cane to limp home . the other leg comes off at the front door , stopping the trolley and in the process , dumping the edam in the garden . wallace sends shaun the sheep to bring it in , but shaun begins eating the cheese instead , agitating wallace . he keeps calling gromit , who is still in the basement , to stop shaun , but gromit ignored him , while shaun happily munches away on the cheese .
the film premiered in australia on 3 december 2008 , aired in the uk on christmas day on bbc one , enthralling a record audience of 16 . 15 million . it was nominated for an oscar® in the best short animated film category and went on to win the bafta for best animated short film . every wallace and gromit adventure has now won a bafta and they have all been nominated for an academy award® .
the part where the shopper breaks a wheel and struggles its way back with gromit controlling it resembles the rescue of the three astronauts the time there was an accident on apollo 13 .
it has always been gromits job to walk over and switch the tv channels on wallaces aging set . wallace decides to save his legs by inventing a simple remote control device . unfortunately , though the machine provides fingertip control , it is hardly instant . when wallace turns on the tv and is confronted by a hard - hitting penguin documentary , he needs to change channel fast . thats when wallace realises the flaw in his design .
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without a doubt , this was wallace and gromit ' s biggest adventure yet ! the new writing team of nick park , steve box and bob baker started working on plot , with several other writing consultants joining before completion . the idea of a were - rabbit started when nick and bob were working on a close shave with questions like
what would it eat ?
- giant vegetables of course ! in fact , the original film title was
the great vegetable plot
and featured wendolene from a close shave , but this was later changed to appeal to a wider audience . gradually the story began to evolve - lady tottington replaced wendolene as a love interest , the giant vegetable competition was invented and ' anti - pesto ' was born !


breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo is a 1984 film directed by sam firstenberg .

it is a sequel to the 1984 breakdancing film breakin ' .

electric boogaloo was released nine months after its predecessor by tristar pictures and by cannon films a few months later .

in some international locations the film was released under the title breakdance 2 : electric boogaloo .

another sequel , rappin ' ( also known as breakdance 3 ) was made but had an unconnected plot and different lead characters – only ice-t features in all three movies .

breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo

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listen to breakin ' 2 electric boogaloo ( 1984 ) - the soundtrack now .
within a year of its release , breakin ' spawned a sequel , breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo .
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one of the tutorials in badman 2 is titled
demons 2 : electric boogaloo
.
the trollpasta wiki renamed sonic . exe round 2 to sonic . exe 2 : electric boogaloo .
breakin’ and breakin’ 2 electric boogaloo takes us back to hip hop culture in 1984 . a perfect double feature worth busting a move .
find out what ever happen to the 1984 tv show , movie , breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo .
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this dvd is sam firstenberg ' s electric . boogaloo breakin 2 , w / lucinda dickey . oneach dvd or blu - ray .
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breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo is a 1984 movie about breakdancing , and a sequel to the same year ' s ( you heard us , the same year ) breakin .
ashens : mp4 comparison review part 2 : electric boogaloo ( 2006 ) ( tv episode ) title reference .
' ' breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo ' ' is rated pg ( ' ' parental guidance suggested ' ' ) . it contains some strong language .
rifftrax live : manos - the hands of fate ( 2012 )
manos 2 : electric boogaloo
mentioned .
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breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo shies away from the queerness and ambiguity that help make breakin ' so interesting . turbo spends breakin ' thinking girls are yucky , and seeing them mainly as challenges to his dance floor supremacy . in breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo , however , the filmmakers felt the need to spell out his heterosexuality by having him fall for a fellow dancer and seek romantic advice from his best buddy ozone .
breakin 2 : electric boogaloo format : blu - ray import plays in english a developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center . the local breakdancers try to stop it .
breakin ' and breakin ' 2 are both sealed . beat street and the bonus disc have been opened . beat street has some wear .
breakin ' and breakin ' 2 , while not brilliant films in terms of plot and acting ability , are definitely a must - see .
of some note , breakin ' 2 was released the same year as breakin , thus helping to strongly attach the phrase to derided sequels .
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electric boogaloo : the wild , untold story of cannon films ( 2014 ) discussed .
bonus points if the sequel is actually named some variation of
electric boogaloo
.
no stage is too distinguished for a breakin’ 2 reference . dan harmon’s return to community prompted the new yorker to publish “’community’ two : electric boogaloo , ” and time out described new york’s freak weather pattern as “polar vortex 2 : electric boogaloo . ” even the new york times ‘s political blog , the caucus , dropped the reference in an article on youtube culture , titling its post “obama girl 2 : electric boogaloo . ”
in an interview , ryan reynolds joked that the crew considered ' untitled deadpool sequel ' and ' deadpool 2 : electric boogaloo ' , before settling on deadpool 2 .
mystery science theater 3000 : the incredible melting man ( 1996 ) ( tv episode ) servo : steve 2 : electric boogaloo .
it ' s always sunny in philadelphia : chardee macdennis 2 : electric boogaloo ( 2016 ) ( tv episode ) title reference .
shout ! factory present breakin’ and breakin’ 2 electric boogaloo . directed by : sam joel silberg & firstenberg starring : adolfo “shabba - doo” quiñones , lucinda dickey , micheal chambers and ice - t . boxset contents : 2 movies on 1 blu - ray . released : april 14 , 2015
fans were deeply , deeply saddened when no amount of letter writing could convince michael bay to name his sequel transformers 2 : electric boogaloo .
in an episode of the clerks animated series , randall described dante ' s relationship as
caitlin and dante 2 : electric boogaloo .
it ' s always sunny in philadelphia gives us chardee macdennis 2 : electric boogaloo , courtesy of frank . much to the groups chargin .
the sasquatch gang ( 2006 ) chapter 5 of the movie is titled
electric boogaloo .
electric boogaloo : the wild , untold story of cannon films ( 2014 ) clips are shown .
dr steel ' s second album was , of course ,
dr steel ii : eclectic boogaloo
. the album art , a parody of the poster art for breakin 2 electric boogaloo , also has to be seen to be believed . ◊
but for movies that barely qualify as movies , breakin ' and breakin 2 : electric boogaloo , both released in 1984 , are surprisingly fascinating all the same , as shout factory ' s feverishly anticipated , recently released blu - ray combo pack of these two films reveals . i ' m not sure how shout factory managed to wrestle the blu - ray rights for breakin ' and breakin 2 : electric boogaloo away from the criterion collection , but i ' m glad they did , because the movies look and sound great .
please feel free to share your electric boogaloo tidbits in the comments and or tell me i’m nuts .
one of the many fake names oafe gave for age of ultron was avengers 2 : electric bugaboo .
the beat doesn’t slow down for the slammin’ sequel to breakin’ , breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo ! a hip - hop homage to the
hey kids , let ' s put on a show !
. , musicals of hollywood ' s yesteryear , this fly . . .
the beat doesn’t slow down for the slammin’ sequel to breakin’ , breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo ! a hip - hop homage to the
hey kids , let ' s put on a show !
. , musicals of hollywood ' s yesteryear , this fly . . .
mystery science theater 3000 : ' manos ' the hands of fate ( 1993 ) ( tv episode ) servo : hey , hired 2 : electric boogaloo .
the great luke ski has a song about bacon , titled bacon . devo spice wrote a parody about kevin bacon , titled bacon 2 : electric boogaloo .
the english adaptation of the pokémon manga the electric tale of pikachu that roughly follows the plot of the tv show ' s second volume was electric pikachu boogaloo .
for movies released only seven months apart , breakin ' and breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo have decidedly different sensibilities . for all its cheesiness and non - ironic embrace of dance movie conventions , breakin ' is rooted in an actual scene and subculture . as silly as it might have been , and breakin ' is gloriously silly , the film could at least be said to have a foundation in reality .
breakin ' introduced me to what would be movies made entirely of music and dance in the break dancing scene . breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo was just a step above and made the film even better ( kinda cheesy in a good way ) . still a favorite to this day .
breakin ' 2 - electric boogaloo is the birth of a movie title that spawned every sequel of a successful first movie to have a cool name . just add
2 electric boogaloo
to every second movie name and you will understand . boogaloo is a break - dancer . he pops and locks to the hip - hop grooves . this movie is ok , i guess . i am cool . just get it for the title alone .
breakin’ and breakin’ 2 electric boogaloo is just a blissful double feature that’s all about the move and saving the center . this could have been an overemotional and overwrought dud . but instead they wisely kept the tempo light enough to let all the dancers float on air while making gravity defying moves .
team fortress 2 had an update called
robotic boogaloo
, consisting of mostly robotic - themed items .
how i met your mother : rebound bro ( 2008 ) ( tv episode ) stella jokes that having sex again is like
virginity 2 : electric boogaloo .
breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo was directed by sam firstenberg . who ? exactly . the people that wrote this atrocity of a film never wrote anything else . roger ebert gave this film three stars ! think about that for a minute .
todd ' s pop song reviews : the top ten worst hit songs of 2004 ( 2012 ) ( tv episode )
. . . and the fact that he looks like a cast member of breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo .
today , michael is busy promoting shout factory’s new blu - ray releases of both breakin’ and breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo , which came out in april 2015 , and he’s making the most of the renewed interest in his thirty - plus year old films again , fielding calls from “important people like cnn . ”
the phrase
electric boogaloo
has become a common unofficial sub - title for any unnecessary sequel . see more »
“electric boogaloo” screened this week at the toronto international film festival . ratpac documentary films will release it later this year .
cultural infamy : 1984 ' s breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo contributed precisely one thing to the cultural zeitgeist that the far more successful breakin ' hadn ' t already provided : a zingy subtitle that could be added to the end of virtually any sequel . to this day , children of the ' 80s still frequently reference , say , saw 2 : electric boogaloo or the hills have eyes 2 : electric boogaloo , largely because of the built - in catchy rhyme and sheer silliness value . the gag comes up routinely and randomly , via sources from mr . show to family guy . in a recent online chat with lord of the rings fans , guillermo del toro even joked that h2 : electric boogaloo had been rejected as a possible title for the planned second hobbit movie .
arrow ' d : arrow ' d 2 ! electric - - wait a minute . not this time , buster !
electric boogaloo
is a phrase typically appended to the title of a sequel tv or film production to mock its poor quality . originally featured in the title of the poorly received 1984 dance film breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo [ 3 ] , the term refers to a type of dance move that arose out of funk and hip hop styles in the 1970s , popularized by the street dance team the electric boogaloos . [ 9 ]
though its subtitle would become the series ' weirdly enduring legacy , breakin ' 2 was nowhere near the success of its predecessor . despite coming out a little over a half a year after breakin ' debuted , breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo grossed a fraction of breakin ' ' s box - office haul and despite being in the 18th top grossing film of 1984 , shabba doo , boogaloo shrimp and lucinda dickey were seldom seen onscreen in the years that followed , though shrimp did go on to a strange later fame as the choreographer for the robotic urkel sequences on family matters .
maybe , all along , golan had it right . he was just too early . the films that he pioneered have , now , become much loved cults and classics . the title of the film itself comes from the sequel to cult dance movie breakin’ ; the much maligned and , laughable , breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo .
breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo , the december 1984 sequel that inspired these wisecracks , remains an internet favorite after 30 years of critical apathy . and yet it’s hard to imagine that most 19 - year - olds sitting at home on thursday night , tweeting stupid fill - in - the - blanks jokes , are aware of their own references . to many , breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo is just a title taken at face value . beyond that … well , who knows ? turns out the people behind electric boogaloo barely knew what they’d created , a history that makes its status as the lowest - common - denominator twitter joke even more amusing .
naturally references in yu gi oh the abridged series when jean - claude magnum ends the list of movies he ' s starred in with
and devil ninja 2 : electric boogaloo .
in an issue of the comic book miniseries loners , ricochet points out that he ' s technically the second ricochet , and refers to himself as
ricochet 2 : electric boogaloo .
fan convention was called
conventio - con expo - fest - a - rama 2 : electric bugaloo
[ sic ] .
the order of the stick references it . belkar mentions the possibility for thanh to become
miko 2 : electric bugaloo
.
thanks , you . having actually enjoyed breakin ' 2 , i do want to seek out the first one now . mostly for this .
referenced in pokémon black 2 and white 2 of all places . if you finish all the movies in pokéstar studios , you get access to your own dressing room containing some old scripts one of which is galvantula ' s travels 2 : eelektrik boogaloo .
while dismissing breakin’ and breakin’ 2 electric boogaloo would be easy , the harsh reality is that these two film are glorious . movie audiences in 1984 were treated to both dance epics in the spring and winter . rap and break dancing was getting mainstream attention in the early ’80s . the fact that hip hop was a complete lifestyle that included music , dance , fashion and art made it perfect for movies . leave it to cannon films to immediately exploit it for cinematic purposes . these films could have just been boring and forgettable with only a few performance clips worth salvaging . instead breakin’ and breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo remain enjoyable viewing . they also remind us of ice - t’s not quite og days .
breakin ' and breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo couldn ' t be more 1984 but from the purview of today , but they fit perfectly within the history of dance movies as the corny but super - fun connective tissue between old - fashioned musicals of the 30s , 40s and 50s and the step up movies of today , whose plots , themes and conflicts look an awful lot like the ones found in the breakin ' movies .
in an episode of teen girl squad , strong bad was about to sic
arrowed 2 : electric boogaloo
on the ugly one before realizing he had drawn her too hot to bump off .
breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo performed modestly with $ 15 million , more than the astronomically expensive supergirl . perhaps more importantly , it reached kids across the country , who reveled in its weirdness . kids caught breakin’ 2 and carried it with them . take actor and geek connoisseur wil wheaton , who was never the same after he soaked up electric boogaloo . “i saw breakin ’ in the movie theater when i was 9 or 10 years old , ” he says , recalling his terrible dance skills but rabid obsession with early hip - hop . “when breakin’ 2 came out , it landed on me at exactly the right time . in exactly the right way . it was so unapologetically what it was that the young version of me was able to embrace it and fall in love . ”
breakin ' 2 ( and the eagerly anticipated , soon - to - be - released original
breakin '
) have been added to a short list of 80s flix that i just have to have in my collection .
title :
electric boogaloo
. artist : breakin ' 2 . various artist ' s . . electronic , funk , soul , r & b ; , hip hop , electro . very rare copy . from polydor records . original
sealed
. label : polydor records .
breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo provides the flimsiest of a rationale for the aforementioned dance number where the ill use the hospital ' s instruments not for their intended medical purposes but rather for executing extravagant choreography by having turbo tumble down flights of stairs and end up in a suspiciously boogie - friendly hospital . but for the most part , breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo doesn ' t feel the need to explain its many flights of giddy fantasy , like a scene where turbo pays homage to fred astaire ' s signature moves in royal wedding by moonwalking on the ceiling .
the beat doesn ' t slow down for the slammin ' sequel tobreakin ' , breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo ! a hip - hop homage to the hey kids , let ' s put on a show !  . musicals of hollywood ' s yesteryear , this fly fol . . .
dvd - r hell : mr . t ' s be somebody or be somebody ' s fool ( 2012 ) ( tv episode )
that way you can save the community recreation center , because your whole career will consist of starring in ' breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo . '
sequels are all about raising the stakes , and breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo does exactly that . in fact , it ' s virtually identical to the first breakin ' , only with a sillier plot and crazier dance sequences . it also retains its predecessor ' s sense of pure glee , preventing the movie from feeling like the crass cash - in it actually is . urltoken
marzgurl reviews : the land before time ii ( 2011 ) ( tv episode ) marzgurl jokingly calls this land before time ii : electric boogaloo .
breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo to the 10 - year - old mind is epic . i mean , it takes off right where the original film left us with ozone , turbo and kelly fighting “the man” to save their neighborhood community center . cool right ? ? well , not so much when you’re older…
title drop : one of the songs in the movie has the words
electric boogaloo ,
spoken by an electronic voice , as the hook .
just as isaac newton and gottfried leibniz simultaneously discovered calculus while researching independently , [ enter title here ] : electric boogaloo flowed into the internet lexicon through various mentions lacking a common source . wheaton distinctly recalls working on a short film with friends back in 2001 and turning electric boogaloo into a recurring subtitle game . spurred by the experience , he published the phrase ( slipping it to his sizable , internet - using audience ) in an october 2001 plug for his radio show . a month later , the band five iron frenzy would release five iron frenzy 2 : electric boogaloo . dig deep enough and one finds earlier representation . the 1998 ain’t it cool news story “ deliverance 2 : electric banjo boogaloo” tips its hat to the cult film .
welcome back to 1 out of 5 – would recommend , where we continue to pay tribute to the utter insanity that is the production work of golan and globus ! this week , we investigate the movie with a title so ridiculous it’s still a meme thirty years later : 1985’s breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo .
depending on whether you embrace the breakin ' films as important , fascinating cultural documents of a seminal moment in street culture when it broke through to the mainstream or as unintentionally hilarious camp comedies , the production number in breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo where the magical power of dance brings a dead man back to life and instantly heals the disabled either ranks as an embarrassing nadir or a wonderfully shameless highlight .
much as “jumping the shark” has become a term for something popular that gets stupid , electric boogaloo , which might be the most rapidly turned - around shark - jump in film history , is now everyone’s favourite stupid sequel name . it fits any bad sequel to which one wishes to apply it , whether said film actually exists or not – try selma 2 : electric boogaloo .
. the title track ,
electric boogaloo ,
did not appear in pop charts and reached place # 45 on the r & b ; chart .
it ' s fun to help poor people , franny canada ( 2005 ) ( short ) a character in the movie holds a sign used in breakin 2 ' .
parodied in this hark ! a vagrant . kate beaton apparently wants
the legend of curly ' s gold
to be the next
electric boogaloo
.
way to ruin the electric boogaloo sequel joke with your thoughtful and insightful review . guess i ' ll have to start using the secret of saurus rock instead .
the “boogaloo” vibe had at least 50 years on electric boogaloo . the word’s etymology is fuzzy and oft - debated , both a latin musical movement exploding in ’50s and ’60s new york and a phrase that emerged from the deep south’s boogie - woogie piano scene . mixing cultures birthed blended sounds , “boogaloo” encompassing everything from bossa nova to r & b and soul . celia cruz , the queen of salsa , had a boogaloo song . james brown had a boogaloo song . ringo starr had a boogaloo song with an incredible frankenstein’s monster–themed music video . brown even shot an instructional video on how to perform his version of “the boogaloo . ”
three times ?
laser sword
,
laser sword ii : electric boogaloo ' ' and
laser sword iii : revenge of laser sword
. shooting an
in an ooc q & a , jadusable replied to a question asking about the name of the movie he ' s filming with
ben 2 : electric boogaloo .
here is a transcript of that q & a if you want it .
michael says that the producers of breakin’ 2 felt that the dance moves he was doing probably wouldn’t last that long , they were just a fad — and they were right , of course . today the movies both look like innocent curios from a quainter time , and michael now says that the reason breakin’ 2 didn’t do as good as breakin’ did was that they were going for a “wholesome… like a christian production , ” instead of something more “street . ”
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you turn the whole place into electric boogaloo ?
with “ electric boogaloo : the wild , untold story of cannon films , ” director mark hartley captures the grand - fromage character of cannon , where golan ( who died last month ) and his partner and cousin , yoram globus , created a legacy that included such tours de force as “breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo , ” “braddock : missing in action iii , ” “death wish iv : the crackdown , ” and “american ninja v . ” they were very big on numbers — except the ones that added up to good business .
electric boogaloo performed by ollie & jerry written by ollie e . brown , attala z . giles , russ regan produced and arranged by ollie e . brown for brown sugar productions
mystery science theater 3000 : the rebel set ( 1992 ) ( tv episode ) crow :
kazan wants me for ' on the waterfront ii : electric boogaloo . '
. the subtitle struck many as hilarious ( incidentally , the
electric boogaloo
is an actual style of dance ) , and since then ,
electric boogaloo
has been used as a spoof subtitle for a sequel to just about anything , especially a sequel perceived or expected to be of inferior quality , felt to be unnecessary , or sequels with unwieldy subtitles .
i use wiki 2 every day and almost forgot how the original wikipedia looks like .
predator , predator 2 , predators , and the upcoming fourth film , the predator .
five iron frenzy named one album five iron frenzy 2 : electric boogaloo after this trope . it was their fourth full - length studio album , and the only one to be self - titled . by contrast , their actual second album is called our newest album ever .
totally awesome ( 2006 ) ( tv movie )
sit your electric boogie ass down .
also referenced in yu - gi - oh ! gx of all things , when chazz plays
beatron 2 : electric bug aloo , uhhh , what i meant was beetle turbo
.
breakin ' 2 features three characters from breakin ' – kelly ( lucinda dickey ) , ozone ( adolfo quinones ) , and turbo ( michael chambers ) – who struggle to stop the demolition of a community recreation center . also appear dancer viktor manoel , ice - t , and martika , who was little known then .
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ice - t was also in a sequel to electric boogaloo but it had a different story line and was called rappin’ aka breakdance 3 . it also starred mario van peebles and eriq la salle .
. since then ,
a missão
(
the mission
) has become the brazilian equivalent of
electric boogaloo .
the same goes for the italian title of the second film ,
the cinema snob : death wish ii ( 2016 ) ( tv episode )
adding ' electric boogaloo ' as the subtitle to any sequel is a joke that got old decades ago . . .
“electric boogaloo” is the famously silly subtitle for breakin’ 2 ( 1984 ) , one of the first sequels cannon commissioned from a franchise they could take credit for spawning . they weren’t messing around – it opened only six months after the release of breakin’ , easily their biggest theatrical hit . the rush and desperation to surf this particular pop - cultural wave was entirely apparent to audiences , though , who came out in droves for the first movie , then smelled a rat when the second one cranked things up a notch with breakdancing on the ceiling .
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at the end of the dvd commentary for the end of evangelion , taliesin jaffe and jason c . lee joke about the ( un ) likelihood of eva 2 : electric boogaloo , which now that the rebuild films and in particular the increasingly popular
sequel theory
exist is particularly hilarious in hindsight .
subscribe to trailers : urltoken subscribe to coming soon : urltoken subscribe to classic trailers : urltoken like us on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo trailer - directed by sam firstenberg and starring adolfo quinones , michael chambers , harry caesar , john christy ewing , steve notario . a developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center . the local breakdancers try to stop it . mgm - 1984
in an episode of mr show , a director is described as
the best thing to come out of hollywood since sliced bread , not to mention its sequel , sliced bread ii : electric boogaloo .
the very different responses to breakin ' and breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo reveals something telling about the transitory nature of fads : they ' re white hot , then ice - cold and seven months were all it took to take breakdancing from the hottest new thing to yesterday ' s embarrassing obsession . golan and globus , whose reagan - era golden age saw them alternating between art house movies by filmmakers like jean - luc godard and norman mailer and b - movies from chuck norris and charles bronson , had an enduring love of fads and trends .
to the degree that breakin ' 2 is remembered for any reason other than the title , it ' s as a quickie flop sequel that trotted out the cast of 1984 ' s breakin ' for another , bigger go - round the same year , quite possibly exhausting both the surprising profits and the minimal goodwill earned by the earlier movie .
breakin’ and breakin’ 2 : electric boogaloo provided just about every kind of possible break to a young untrained actor that you can imagine . michael made a lot of money in a short time , and soon he was driving a corvette — with a customized license plate that read , what else ? boogaloo — to high school ; he says the tried to go back and finish his senior year , but that he had to get a private tutor and drop out because his classmates were mean , and spat on his car’s windows . i seem to recall reading somewhere that he’d bought an apartment building as an investment , too , somewhere in long beach , california .
to this day , neither reichert nor freya are sure why their original breakin’ script was thrown out . but when globus and golan came back to them for electric boogaloo , they had newfound knowledge of breakdance stashed away . they had met the kids , they knew their lives , and they could fill in any blanks with movie tropes .
a terrific documentary on the rise and fall of the most infamous distributor of the 80’s , electric boogaloo is a no holds barred look at the car crash relationship between its founders , menahem golan and yoram globus .
casual investigation points to a slice of ’90s teenage culture losing their minds over electric boogaloo and its strange , disconnected title . while spitballing with wheaton , several factors emerged that could explain electric boogaloo ‘s transformation into a pre - internet joke : there’s the “two” / “boogaloo , ” rhyme factor , the title’s inherent inscrutability , 1 and its ability to encapsulate the film’s aimlessly unadulterated joy . as the actor puts it , dropping a mad libbian reference to electric boogaloo “presupposes the knowledge of the film . not only are you saying something that’s funny , it was also like speaking in a code . you could issue a challenge phrase to see if you got the correct response back . that’s how you knew you were speaking with someone who knew what it was . ”
( by the way , do yourself a favor and check out the documentary about golan’s cannon films , electric boogaloo : the wild , untold story of cannon films … no , seriously , that’s what it’s called ) .
now that i have cleansed my soul of electric boogaloo i am looking forward to dissecting colors , starring sean penn and robert duvall . maybe . if my editor ( we’ll call him dennis ) doesn’t kill me first .
the movies was great with part 1 and part 2 . the movie was a great movie collection .
and then there are the italian dolled up installments , zombi 2 / zombie flesh eaters and sequels .
parodied in an early opening of gremlins 2 the new batch , in which daffy duck attempts to rename the film
the return of super - daffy meets gremlins 2 part 6 : the movie
.
wreck it ralph ' s sequel is titled ralph breaks the internet wreck it ralph 2 . yes , not only is it long , but the phrase
wreck - it ralph 2
is the subtitle .
referenced in twitch plays pokemon red . since the starter was released early on , during most of the run the mob depended solely on a pidgeot , who had grown powerful enough to gain the nickname
bird jesus
. when they captured zapdos , who was similarly high level and also extremely powerful , one of the most popular nicknames for it was bird jesus 2 : electric boogaloo ◊ . ( hilariously enough , zapdos is actually an electric type ) .
the movie was a pretty big flop , and regarded as an entirely unnecessary sequel ; today , it ' s best known for spawning the
electric boogaloo
joke , used to refer to any pointless or strangely - named sequel .
breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo , in sharp contrast , is cannon ' s conception of an old mgm musical . it ' s cannon co - head menahem golan ' s attempt to reproduce the spectacle and grandeur of a lavish extravaganza from mgm ' s arthur freed unit on a tight budget . as such , it ' s a candy - colored , unabashedly goofy exercise in escapism filled with cartoonish stereotypes of white people as stiff , disproportionately bow - tie - clad goobers and stiffs .
the sequel to the devil may cry and five nights at freddys crossover dantes night at freddys has been confirmed to be named
dante ' s night at freddy ' s 2 : animatronic boogaloo
in reference to this trope .
choose 1 of 2 free * posters with ticket purchase ( * shipping & handling not included ) . buy tickets
the sequel to step up was step up 2 the streets . this could also be considered a numbered sequel .
the haunting in connecticut 2 : ghosts of georgia . maybe the ghosts took a road trip . . . ?
the legacy of breakin’ 2 lives on in both meme and cinematic forms . wheaton still titles blog posts with electric boogaloo ( “i’m so bad at titling things , ” he admits ) . chambers continues to appear , promote , and nurture a dance career exponentially broadened by the film . freya runs into people at the grocery store who can quote the lines . and 19 - year - olds playing @ midnight games on a thursday night are tethered , through osmosis , to just another 1984 movie .
breakin 2 : electric boogaloo , subsequently , recycles the convention of plucky , talented youngsters climactically putting on a big show to raise money for a worthy cause in its cornball tale of a group of passionate street dancers ( the kind who risk it all for their dreams and also challenge the high - low culture divide ) putting on a big breakdancing show to save the youth rec center from being torn down to make space for an evil ( i . e white people - engineered ) shopping center .
in another interview , michael says that the ceiling scene in breakin’ 2 actually inspired lionel richie to write his huge 1986 hit , “dancing on the ceiling , ” and that he and lionel richie became close friends after touring the world together . the entire world .
the cameo : ice t appears at the end , reprising his role from the first breakin ' . this was before he was all that famous .
who would have thought that this movie would be worth a dang . . . turns out this is an extremely dated film which i love . breakin ' 1 was so awesome i had to get breakin ' 2 . michael
boogaloo shrimp
chambers is the best freakin ' dancer i ' ve ever seen . this movie is worth it just to see this man dance , and i ' m not even in to dancing ! ! ! adolpho just kinda gets in the way . my only regret is that chambers isn ' t more recognized .
i knew boogaloo shrimp before everyone knew him as boogaloo shrimp . back in 1983 , michael “boogaloo shrimp” chambers was one of a handful of street dancing teens who used to drop by the record store where i was working at the time — licorice pizza in the lakewood mall , in lakewood , california , located about twenty miles south of l . a . — on the weekends .
while pitching breakin’ to distributors at the 1984 cannes film festival market , globus and golan already had their eyes set on a sequel . but chambers says the producers had trouble selling the film to international vendors who didn’t understand the intricacies of breakdancing . a scene from breakin’ where chambers glides around a balancing broom like a pop - locking david copperfield wowed audiences , but when asked to describe the style , globus and golan came up short . the solution : lift the dancer’s stage name . “golan would shout , ‘look at boogaloo dance electric ! ' ” chambers recalls . this was all despite the fact that someone had claimed this territory . in the late ’70s , a crew called the electric boogaloo lockers twisted , necked , and locked on soul train . chambers says he’s confident that globus and golan had never heard of them .
an episode of phineas and ferb parodies this with the title
phineas and ferb ' s quantum boogaloo
. it was the second episode to feature time travel . it was also the second episode to feature phineas and ferb ' s giant roller coaster . for the record , the original title the creators wanted to go with was
time machine 2 : quantum boogaloo
.
sequel non - entity : james , from the original breakin ' , is totally absent in this movie . his actor christopher mc donald declined to return .
terminator 2 is best movie , terminator part 1 pales in comparison and seems to be a flop . t2 seals our eyes to screens in second half . t3 & t4 were disasters spider man - 2 first one again pales but not by much difference , spiderman 3 was even better . bahubali 2 - indian movie released in 6 indian languages and 11 international languages is highest grossing movie from india . first one was superbly prequeled and laid a blockbuster stage for 2 nd one . such was the beauty of the series that both movies were made in one go and only spaced by 18 months . director spend those months in fine tunning the second part , bahubali 2 was destined to be mega blockbuster . bahubali 2 makes watching bahubali 1 compulsory . bahubali 3 is impossible to make . men in black 2 was good movie but not as great mim1 xmen 2 was better than xmen 1 , but xmen sequels improved with every instalments . starwars series too improved and evolved with time bettering the previous releases .
the new documentary electric boogaloo : the wild , untold story of cannon films revisits the eight or so years when cannon was run by the israeli cousins menahem golan and yoram globus , and it prompts waves of nostalgia about even their silliest efforts to capitalise on public taste .
the cinema snob : voiceless ( 2017 ) ( tv episode )
then this will truly be the electric boogalo the church intended .
saturday night live : miley cyrus / the strokes ( 2011 ) ( tv episode ) in the
duh ! winning !
cold opening , charlie sheen ( bill hader ) says that he feels like he could be in
platoon 2 : electric platoonaloo .
with a title and no script , globus and golan set out to make electric boogaloo in their traditional mode : quickly , modestly , and ridiculously . after hiring first - time screenwriters julia reichert and jan freya to write the script for breakin’ , only to trash it in favor of a new writer’s take , the cannon group recruited them to pen the breakin’ 2 screenplay . much like globus and golan , reichert and freya knew very little about breakdance culture . reichert had written novels and dabbled in screenwriting . when the breakin’ films were in development , reichert ‘s childhood friend , culture critic michael ventura , was working on a book and companion documentary about john cassavetes , who was shooting his final film for cannon , love streams . when globus and golan needed writers for their breakdance project , ventura suggested reichert and his then - wife jan , a performance artist and l . a . weekly writer .
electric boogaloo was the frankie and anette “beach party” movie — or a step up installment if you’re so inclined — of its day . kelly ( lucinda dickey ) , ozone ( quinones ) , and turbo ( chambers ) return from breakin’ , this time with an actual plot : when an evil developer ( peter maclean ) plans to demolish the community recreation center , the breakdance crew must … breakdance to stop it . whatever , it was fun .
movie musicals used to be allowed to be goofy and lightweight , but in recent years they ' ve turned into ponderous , overbudgeted artifacts that take themselves so seriously you feel guilty if you ' re having a good time . remember all the self - importance of
annie
? that ' s why a modest , cheerful little movie like
breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo
is so refreshing . here is a movie that wants nothing more than to allow some high - spirited kids to sing and dance their way through a silly plot just long enough to make us grin .
the video games were slayers royal for sega saturn , slayers royal 2 for sega saturn and play station , slayers wonderful for playstation .
rosario + vampire ' s second season is titled rosario to vampire capu 2 , a play on the onomatopoeia
kapuchuu ~
.
given the deathless after - life of breakin ' 2 ' s subtitle there was really only one conceivable name for a documentary about cannon films and the colorful relationship between golan and globus . sure enough , when mark hartley , the director of the acclaimed ozsploitation documentary not quite hollywood , recently made a documentary about cannon , he called it electric boogaloo : the wild , untold story of cannon films after a movie that , while it was certainly not the best film cannon ever produced , represented cannon ' s carnival barker , sideshow , huckster sensibility in its purest and most embarrassingly entertaining form .
one of the considered titles for the sequel of ensign sue must die was ensign 2 : electric sue - galoo . while the final product was titled ( probably more appropriate to the subject matter ) ensign two : the wrath of sue , the former was used as a promotional image
shabba doo and boogaloo shrimp reportedly clashed with dickey on set , resenting her background in gymnastics . that friction only adds to the weird
effete man , women - haters club
dynamic between doo , shrimp and dickey ' s characters , and the homoerotic nature of turbo and ozone ' s relationship . in breakin ' the men are flamboyant and the women tend to be aggressive tomboys . even ice - t , not exactly a figure synonymous with androgyny , wears what appears to be a rhinestone - studded leather fetish harness that shows off most of his naked torso during one of his scenes in electric boogaloo .
( i don ' t plan to watch id4 2 btw ; the 1996 movie seemed bad already and i managed to avoid it ) .
armor of god 2 : operation condor was released theatrically in the us first , so it was re - titled operation condor . when that did well , the earlier film in the series was retitled from armor of god to operation condor 2 : the armor of the gods .
curiosity factor : largely ironic . recently , i helped put together a couple of viewing parties for a departing friend , under the heading
wtf musicals
; the idea was to watch a series of generally baffling but entertaining musical features back - to - back , and revel in the cheese . ( also on the program : the forbidden zone , the apple , happiness of the katakuris , romance and cigarettes , and more . ) breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo was the opener , and was largely on the roster because few of us had ever seen it , in spite of the running - joke title .
i love this movie to the bone . reminds me of my childhood in the 1980 ' s . i would recommend also buying the first breakdance film starring the same actors turbo and ozone and lucinder . raw footage of breaking , street dance , locking and popping . if you are into hip hop , electric funk and appreciation for all aspects of dance , buy electric boogaloo . the kid called ' baby legs ' in the film is a great dancer too
the magic of breakin’ and breakin’ 2 electric boogaloo comes from the core trio . lucinda dickey had been a dancer on solid gold . when she’s feeding off the moves of other dancers , she’s absorbing and not merely waiting to do her trained steps . there is a true joy in her eyes . adolfo “shabba - doo” quiñones was a member of the legendary lockers that also featured fred berry ( rerun on what’s happening ) and toni basil ( easy rider ) . he knew what moves to capture on the screen . micheal chambers was part of quiñones’ dance group after the lockers so the duo knew how to move off each other . he would go on to perform as the urkel - bot on family matters . quiñones is still a major choreographer . dickey married a producer of survivor and retired from showbiz .
in breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo , turbo , ozone and special k are pied pipers who spread dance everywhere they go , as if blessed with a magical , unseen dance ray that , when pointed in the directions of cops or nurses , instantly transforms them from stiff , white squares into dancing machines . adorable moppets also figure prominently , as befits a movie about street dancers helping protect disadvantaged kids from cartoonishly evil exemplars of white bread , old - money evil . the filmmakers stop just short of having a puppy parade march through the climactic breakdancing show in their efforts to throw in seemingly everything a mass audience might find appealing .
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jojo ' s bizarre adventure ' s story is split into several parts , with each one given a very electric boogaloo - ish title . starting from the beginning we have : phantom blood , battle tendency , stardust crusaders , diamond is unbreakable , vento aureo , stone ocean , steel ball run , and jojolion .
this movie is silly beyond silly , but is an entertaining bit of fluff . its bad reputation is well earned and deeply deserved , but it’s fun to watch and doesn’t require your undivided attention , making it good for saturday afternoon viewing . plus , it’s the actual movie that launched the enduring “ * movie * 2 : electric boogaloo” meme , a joke so iconic that the documentary about golan & globus borrowed the title – that’s reason enough alone to watch it .
gradually happened with leprechaun . there ' s leprechaun , followed by leprechaun 2 and leprechaun 3 , then introducing subtitles with leprechaun 4 in space , followed by dropping the number for leprechaun in the hood and ending with leprechaun back 2 tha hood by mimicking two fast two furious ' s ridiculous title .
the kids in ' ' breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo ' ' like break - dancing so much that they prefer it to drug - taking and larceny . this , they argue , is the reason a community center called miracles , which they have covered with blinding graffiti , should not be razed to make way for a mall . one kindly adult in the area understands the kids and their need to dance ; the others are steadfastly in favor of the shopping center . and there you have it : a plot no teen - movie enthusiast could fail to recognize . be it break - dancing or drag - racing or surfing , some things never change .
ice - t would go on to fame as one of the first gangsta rappers and , later , as a cop for four decades on law & order : special victims unit . but in breakin ' he ' s incongruously cast as a party rapper credited hilariously as
rap talker ,
whose electro - funk - fueled ditties extensively reference both the film ' s plot and its main characters . in breakin ' 2 : electric boogaloo he even performs at the climactic big breakdancing show to summarize the film ' s plot . though he ' s referred to as
ice - t
it ' s as if it ' s an off - brand , discarded version of ice - t , one that was all about getting the party people on their feet rather than tales of criminal bravado , appeared in the film instead of the final , finished version .