The Wrong Trousers
Tags: psychedelic, comedy, cute, entertaining, humor

Plot synopsis:
The film begins at 62 West Wallaby Street on Gromit's birthday at breakfast. After being tipped out of bed and dressed using several mechanical contraptions, Wallace is greeted with a large pile of overdue bills. Wallace remembers Gromit's birthday and presents Gromit with a pair of “ex NASA” robotic "Techno Trousers", acquired by Wallace to alleviate the burden of taking Gromit for walks. While Gromit is out on a "walk", Wallace realises they are in financial difficulty and decides to let the spare bedroom out.
He is answered by an inscrutable looking penguin named Feathers McGraw. The penguin comes to stay at the house, pushing Gromit out of his comfortable bedroom, into the spare bedroom and keeping him awake at night with loud organ music, much to Gromit's aggravation. On the other hand, Wallace takes a liking to him. Feathers also takes an interest in the Techno Trousers after seeing Gromit use their suction feet to walk on the ceiling while decorating the spare bedroom. Distressed that Feathers has barged in on his relationship with his master, Gromit packs up his belongings and leaves home. After watching Gromit leave, Feathers secretly modifies the Techno Trousers for his own use. He removes the controls on the trousers and adapts them into a remote control.
The next morning, Gromit hunts for suitable lodgings. He notices a wanted poster offering a reward for the capture of a "chicken" – actually a criminal penguin who disguises himself by wearing a rubber glove on his head. Meanwhile, Wallace's normal morning routine is interrupted when his expected trousers are replaced with the modified Techno Trousers.
Trapped inside the "wrong trousers", Wallace is marched out of the house and sent running around town on an extended test run, unaware that Feathers is controlling them. Gromit witnesses this spectacle and later spies on Feathers as he measures up the exterior of the city museum. He returns home and uncovers Feathers' plans to steal a large diamond from the museum.
However, Feathers returns and Gromit is forced to hide. He watches as Feathers arrives dressed in the "chicken disguise". In a deep sleep after the day's misadventures, Wallace is unwittingly brought into the robbery by Feathers. Feathers marches him out of the house to the museum and uses the trousers' suction feet to climb up the building. The penguin controls the trousers from a window sill, while Wallace enters the building through a roof air vent and walks across the ceiling to the room with the diamond, narrowly avoiding the laser burglar alarm system.
The helmet Wallace is wearing contains a remote controlled claw that Feathers uses to hook the diamond. He narrowly succeeds, but accidentally dislodges a ceiling tile and sets the trousers off balance and thus causes the claw to swing into the laser and triggers the burglar alarm and wakes Wallace up.
Feathers marches Wallace out of the museum and back to the house. The penguin reveals himself to be Wallace's lodger, and traps him in a wardrobe. Gromit confronts Feathers, but the penguin draws a gun and forces Gromit into the wardrobe, locking them both inside. Using his electronics expertise, Gromit tampers with the trousers' circuits to make them march and break open the wardrobe.
There follows a chase aboard Wallace and Gromit's train set, as Gromit tries to stop Feathers from escaping with the stolen diamond. Wallace's attempts to assist are mostly unsuccessful, though he manages to remove Feathers' gun and free himself from the trousers. Feathers' train collides with the trousers, and he is captured in a bottle, taken to the police station, and imprisoned in a zoo.
Wallace and Gromit celebrate paying off their debts with the substantial reward money. Meanwhile, the Techno Trousers, unceremoniously consigned to the dustbin, walk off by themselves into the sunset.

Review: Nick Park's hysterical plasticine duo Wallace and Gromit are back in this, their second outing, pitting themselves against the plotting penguine whose devious nature is taking advantage of Wallace's niavity.
The Wrong Trousers is the best so far from Peter Lord and Nick Park, putting even the outstanding Chicken Run and Close Shave in it's shadow.
The ever suffering but mute Gromit and the clumsy well meaning Wallace muddle their way to stopping a truely outstanding criminal genius penguine (whose pesona is portrayed with such subtlety and effect that the cute bird becomes the very essence of evil).
It is also absolutely a wonder to watch  even when I wasn't laughing I was easily charmed by the wit and imagination of the whole thing.The animation is superb, Wallace is as good as ever and Gromit is much more fully developed and is easily the star.
The noirish lighting, the attention to detail, the small jokes in the background, the camera compositions and the fluid animation (it doesn't have that herky-jerky look of most clay animated films) are awe-inspiring by themselves, but combined with such a witty story and appealing characters the result is something that truly deserves to be called a classic..
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993): Calling this delightful and hilarious Oscar-winning masterpiece (brought to us by Nick Park, co-director of "Chicken Run," one of my all-time favorite films) the best claymation short ever is a lot like saying that someone just bought the best vehicle from a used car lot, so I'll go ahead and call this the best animated short ever, which it definitely is.
It's the advantage of stop-motion animation: each shot is carefully studied and considered, and the story moves forward having Gromit the dog as the main character, and he succeeds all the way in convincing us of his "acting skills", even though he doesn't say one word or make one sound.
The film has a great plot: Wallace and Gromit are forced to let a room, and a grim penguin applies for it.
Gromit decides to leave, but then it turns out that this is no ordinary penguin.I think that my favorite scene was Wallace "walking" around in the trousers; they must have had fun filming that scene.
If you had told me that sitting for 30 minutes watching bits of clay would be entertaining, I would have said you were mad.But you would have been right.Thanks, Nick Park, for making this old man feel like a kid again..
'Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers' is a highly enjoyable claymation tale about an inventor man and his dog companion, who happens to be smarter than the man himself.
This tale involves a rogue penguin with an evil plan involving Wallace and Gromit and his inventions.This is a warming tale about friendship and realistic characters, and children are sure to enjoy the imagination behind the story and the claymation and humour.
It's rare in a film to find a tale enjoyable to both children and adults, but 'The Wrong Trousers' succeeds in this.This is a charming little short film, and it should be watched and enjoyed by all.
THE WRONG TROUSERS is the second and best of the Wallace & Gromit shorts .
The plotting and character interaction makes it touching and exciting and even this childless cynic enjoyed every single moment of it If you're a parent and are wondering how to keep the kids quiet for over an hour maybe you should show them an episode from the new DOCTOR WHO series followed by THE WRONG TROUSERS .
It was 'Creature Comforts (1989)' that took home the Oscar in 1991, but Nick Park instead planned a sequel to 'A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit (1989),' a short film that, in my estimation, showed far more promise.
Very few films have ever juggled so many filmmaking resources so well, but one of the few to do so, in my opinion, is the English clay-animated short "The Wrong Trousers".As in "Kane", Nick Park and his crew of animators expertly combine a variety of methods in telling their story.
The "acting," or rather the character animation, is wonderful, more so for the dog Gromit than for the goofy-looking human Wallace; Gromit's subtle expressions conveying everything we need to know about what he's thinking.
Finally, the music is one of "Trousers"'s most overlooked features--the sequence in which Gromit leaves in the rain while the penguin watches from the window offers a neat demonstration of music's effectiveness as a storytelling tool.I don't really think "The Wrong Trousers" is really BETTER than "Citizen Kane", in an artistic sense.
But, to those of us who "discovered" W&G back in the mid-to-late '90s, they were a fun pair we enjoyed in these three 30-minute shows."The Wrong Trousers" is best at the end with a very funny chase scene inside a toy train set.
The dog is literally put out in the dog house, and is not happy about this.In a crazy series of events, the tenant - an evil penguin - gets Wallace inadvertently involved in a jewel heist and Gromit has to come to the rescue.
This is the second Wallace & Gromit film and unlike the last one, which was only nominated for the Best Animated Short Oscar, this one was this prestigious award.
This is my first experience with the clay animated Wallace and Gromit series, and for sure it's not going to be my last, as this must be the hardest I laughed at a movie for years!Wallace and Gromits quiet lifes come to an end when Wallace, who seriously needs the money, rents Gromits room to a penguin.
Wallace however finds the little penguin a great treat, as he brings him the newspaper and his slippers.Gromit thinks he's of no use anymore and leaves the house, right after his birthday on which he got a pair of mechanical trousers, which are playing a large role in this 30 minute comedy.
The penguin seems nice and cute when Wallace is around, but he's actually a criminal, and is planning to steal a diamond with the help of Wallace's mechanical trousers."The Wrong Trousers" is truly an animated masterpiece.
It's truly a masterpiece in animation, and not only is it the best Aardman production, the best Wallace and Gromit short, or the best thing Nick Park ever directed, but it's also one of the best animated shorts, period.
Amazing is the best word to describe this wonderful clay-animated short film.Rating: 10/10 "Amazing".
Wallace has been perfecting his work on a pair of robotic trousers that he plans to use to take Gromit for walks so he doesn't have to, until he notices that his expenses are running a little high and he and Gromit will have to take in a lodger to help make ends meet.
Both Wallace and Gromit are better developed, and this felt like it could've been a full length feature, though it worked perfectly well at it's 30 minute length.To get some extra money, Wallace rents out one of his rooms to a burglar penguin.
The music perfectly accentuates the action, and this is a really an animated masterpiece, and definitely the best of Wallace and Gromit's movies.My rating: **** out of ****.
"Gromit, you've gotten the wrong trousers!" Funny, funny voice acting compliments a very good animated short about an evil penguin (or is it?) that tries to deplace Gromit as the favored household pet in order to have a building place for its diabolical schemes!
The penguin is a marvellously sly and cold villain, never humorous and always with an air of menace about him.Nick Park and Steve Box have here created the best of their weird and wonderful world where humans and animals seem to amiably and inexplicably co-exist.
IF there is a Goood British short animation worth watching its Wallace and Gromit.
This short film was the second to feature dumb, cheese-loving Wallace (evocatively voiced by Last of the Summer Wine's Peter Sallis), and his intelligent dog, Gromit.In this feature, Gromit (who reads newspapers and is definitely more clued-up than his owner) is ousted from his place as Wallace's best friend by a mysterious Penguin.
The penguin gets Gromit's room (which is papered with dog bone wallpaper when first we see it) and starts to plot on how it can best use Wallace's new invention - 'the wrong trousers'.As is usual in Nick Park's superior Claymation output, 'The Wrong Trousers' is extremely well-made, and has knowing references to other media, especially films.
The Wrong Trousers is only one of Nick Park's creations - and it's difficult to know which is best, but Grommit has to be one of the greatest characters ever created in animated form, proving that animals regard all humans as pets.Saw a wonderful documentary (by the BBC) on Nick Park and I suspect he is a Wallace, wishing to be a Grommit!
A fast pace, fully rounded characters, and one of the most remarkable chase seens of any movie I've ever seen are the reasons that my children and I watch this (as well the other Nick Park films) endlessly.
An evil penguin plays an important role, and once again everything (music, setting, lighting) just comes together to let you know this is not a character to be trusted.What really makes this a gem of a film, however, is the comedy.
This easily ranks right up there with anything ever done by Jones or Disney as far as humor is concerned.The Wrong Trousers is probably the most well paced of the Wallace and Gromit trilogy, hence its place on the IMDB Top 250, but I highly recommend all three to anyone who wants a good laugh.
"The Wrong Trousers" was the second of Nick Park's Wallace & Gromit trilogy, and, in my opinion, certainly the best.
I don't think I've ever met ANYBODY, from age 2 to 92, who didn't really like this short film!In "A Grand Day Out" (the first of the three), Nick Park hadn't yet hit his stride, either with quality of animation, or with plot and direction.
Because of this film, I was sad to hear there were to be no more Wallace & Gromit movies.Ah, BUT -- as I write this, Park is at it again.
I learned earlier this evening that JUST TODAY he's released an 80-minute clay animation movie called "Chicken Run!" If it's as good as "The Wrong Trousers," it'll be a classic of the genre.Tomorrow's Saturday, and you can bet I'll be looking for any possible matinee tickets..
The inventiveness of it, the timing of the gags, and especially the incredible amount of character demonstrated by lumps of clay (especially Gromit and the Penguin, who have no dialogue)...it's really amazing what Nick Park has created here.
"The Wrong Trousers" deserves a place in the top ten of any list of the great animated films of all time..
One would expect animation which is cute -- but not nearly so clever as Nick Park's team have been in THE WRONG TROUSERS.Using only their hands and tiny tools to mold and shape the clay from shot to shot, Wallace and Gromit's creators gave them life, personality, style, quirks, and sympathy.
Imagine A moon of cheese A penguin disguised  as a'rooster' only to steal a diamond Imagine a dog named GROMIT who reads `the republic by Pluto' and CRIME AND PUNISHMENT By  DOG-STOIEVSKY!(while he is in prison, of course) NOW IMAGINE that Wallace and Gromit are FLESH AND BONE!The best parts of the trilogy are the `train chasing scene'.it's just brilliant(Buster Keaton eat your heart out!) in the `wrong trousers' we see `the techno trousers',how cool its name is!Thanks Mr Park you are a genious!
the second Wallace and Gromit short film..
This here is another great Wallace and Gromit short film.This time it's taken place in their neighborhood and not the moon.
The characters look more smoother and has nice detail in the backgrounds.The ending is the best part too.Those who like the first one will like this one even more.It's my favorite of all 3 Wallace and Gromit short films..
Wallace (Peter Sallis) is used by a shady, criminal penguin in a robbery involving mechanical trousers.Nick Park has said this was his favorite of the Wallace and Gromit films, and I have to agree with him.
the wrong trousers has great humour from wallaces jokes to the inventions within the film like wallaces bed, a special train set and gromits prompt evasure of being found out by jumping into a handy cardboard box.
I think that Wallace and Gromit are the best young partners in this short film category..
It's difficult to describe just how good this short film is.The world Nick Park creates is so real and believable that you entirely forget these are only pieces of clay plasticine.
This time, Wallace gets into trouble after buying some robotic pants, designed to take Gromit to walk, and rent a room to a mysterious stranger, a sinister-looking penguin that will turn Gromit's life into hell.I found the script much more elaborate and elegant than in the first short.
In the second Wallace and Gromit short, Wallace invents remote controlled trousers to walk Gromit.Soon after that he realizes he needs money to pay the bills so he decides to rent out a room.A shady penguin moves in and takes over Gromit's room.Wallace likes the penguin and doesn't know that he's plotting to use our stars in a big jewel heist.Everything about this is better than A Grand Day Out.The jokes are better, the story is better and the penguin is a great character.In one scene Gromit reads a newspaper and the headline says "Dogs Reads Newspaper!", that actually made me laugh.This is definitely something adults will like just as much as kids do.See it..
Following up from the 1989 short A Grand Day Out, Nick Park and Aardman Studios revive the legendary duo Wallace and Gromit in their second adventure, The Wrong Trousers in what is possibly the greatest short film of all time.
I don't know what it is about penguins but they always work out as such superb and amusing characters in animated movies.The story is however of course far from likely.
It's just too risky and doesn't really sound like the right suiting master-plan for the criminal genius the penguin is.But oh well, this of course doesn't make this Oscar-winning short animated movie any less fun to watch.
However with Wallace & Gromit, Aardman Animations have never failed at it to bring a good, entertaining and convincing looking movie.
Wallace & Gromit - the wrong trousers is my number 158 movie, because it is very funny and has good ideas.
Wallace and Gromit are fun too, although I think THE WRONG TROUSERS marked the peak of their career; nothing else they've been in has been as intense and funny as this.Everything about this 30-minute film is amazing.
A penguin disguised as a chicken, giant robotic trousers, a diamond robbery, and the greatest chase sequence ever, make this the best claymation film ever.
Wallace and Gromit first came to my attention about ten years ago when I saw the film "A Grand Day Out" on TV.
The penguin takes great interest in Wallaces new invention, a pair of remote controlled metallic trousers.I won't tell anymore, you'll have to see for yourself, but all the thirty minutes we are served very clever comedic details, you'll find more and more the each time you see it, generally a lot of craziness and especially "the train-scene" which will make you laugh your head of.
The second of the adventures of Wallace & Gromit sees the animation greatly improve from the brilliant but very amateurish 'A grand day out' and the comedy extremely sharp and funny.
I think this is the greatest Aardman film ever.I have not yet seen a single Aardman film that I liked more than this.The plot was great.Gromit has to stop the evil penguin from stealing a diamond that belongs to a museum.At the end there is a 2 minute train chase at the end.I thought it was too short 2 minutes a lot of ending battles would be longer than that but it still had plenty of detail in it.Youhave to watch this and all the Wallace and Gromit films.
Wallace gets Gromit a collar (So he looks like somebody's dog now) and a pair of robotic trousers, Techno Trousers AKA the wrong trousers.
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers.
Wallace and Gromit were number 11 on The World's Greatest Comedy Characters, and they were number 15 on The 100 Greatest Kid's TV Shows, and as part of Aardman Animations, they was number 15 on The 100 Greatest Cartoons.
Wallace and gromit have had some amazing great adventures with some of the best short films ever!
The story is well done with the most funniest animated villain in years (my opinion) and really good claymation (the rain is top notch and were talking about clay) its just great!The humour is really improved from a grand day out not because the previous short was not funny but this got me choking at one point.
Wallace and Gromit first appeared in 'A Grand Day Out' and that was a fine story but this, their second outing, is better!
Where the first film had some obvious kinks to work out, The Wrong Trousers is all that A Grand Day Out should have been.Nick Park has polished his craft immeasurably in the four years since.
But The Wrong Trousers, right from the very beginning, is a more sinister story that takes Wallace & Gromit to some very dark places.
The film won a well deserved Oscar, and although I love all of the subsequent movies, The Wrong Trousers is still unsurpassed, and remains Wallace & Gromit's, and Aardman's finest hour..