Talk:Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

message: Wallace and Gromit buffs should scrutinize the Wikipedia entry on The Wrong Trousers for an insight into the potential profundity of Nick Park's master creation. Or has Wallace and Gromit just become mainstream with age, or since they sold out to Hollywood? Watch this space and the discussion page on The Wrong Trousers!  18:02, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Buffs

message: I haven't seen the film yet (it hasn't opened here), so I've got to ask: "his hair claims to be a wig"?  Really?  Does the hairpiece speak, or have a tag on it saying "I AM A WIG" or something?  I'd not put it past Nick Park to do something like this...—Josiah Rowe 04:49, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It does fall off at one point, leading to the line: Wallace: What do you want? Victor: Toupee! Wallace: Well, we take cash or cheques... smurrayinchester(User), (Talk) 11:52, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  His hair claims? 

message: According to [http:www.wandg.com the official website], the name of the film is Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.  I tried to move the page to that name, but the wiki software wouldn't let me, since that page has a (small) history.  Should I put it on the requested moves page, or is there a kind admin who can do it without the formal procedure? —Josiah Rowe 20:35, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the IMDb, it's Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, but then they're a bit over-literal sometimes. That is exactly as it appears on screen (with a page flip in the middle), but I'd settle for a colon instead of in. --KJBracey 14:36, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: Forgive me for being so bold, but I've removed a spoiler from Philip's character section.  Placing the Characters sections after the Plot section is, in my honest opinion, a poor idea- people wanting to get a small idea of the movie without having seen it may want to know the characters that are in it without actually knowing their involvement in the final 20 minutes of the film.  Without wanting to sound arrogant, surely spoilers need to be marked, particularly when the Plot section doesn't actually mention the scene in question.  Actually, I think the Plot section of all 4 W&G films' wikis need some serious revision.  I'd be willing to do just that if nobody else fancies giving it a shot.  --L T Dangerous 20:47, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Spoiler removed

message: This section (or anyway, much of the material therein) seems a bit extraneous. It's as if we're trying to document every single joke in the movie and explain why they are funny. I was hoping to get some discussion started on whether or not we should at least do some trimming on that section, or perhaps remove it altogether. Any thoughts? Boxclocke"!" 22:28, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose I've grudgingly come around to the conclusion that it should be left, after finding a similar list on the page for the equally gag-laden film Airplane!. It still seems strangely extraneous. Boxclocke - "!" 08:27, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Necessity of "References, in-jokes, goofs, and mistakes" Section?

message: Quit editing the section to reference the computer. If it was meant to be an injoke to the computer, the spelling would reflect this. The spelling and the character reflects the  Mackintosh raincoat.
*Another reference has been added to the article. Willbyr 04:17, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Doesn't the first name PC make it pretty obvious it is a reference to the Macintosh computer and Windows PCs? 17 March 2006
It could also stand for Police Constable and the the raincoat identified above. Since it's not completely clear it's referencing either or, that piece of trivia should not be entered unless verifiable proof can be produced to substantiate either claim, as it's already adding space to an already huge article. Same goes for other ones with questionable references.--293.xx.xxx.xx 07:00, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mackintosh reference 

message: My problem is with this part of the 'References, in-jokes, goofs, and mistakes' section: "The vicar, in one scene, is attacked by the Were-rabbit, yet he himself never transforms at the full moon, which is what is believed to happen if an individual survives an attack of any were-animal."
The were-rabbit doesn't lay a finger on him.  He eats the veggies on the alter and the 'cross' the Vicar holds up, but doesn't touch the Vicar himself.  Therefore there wouldn't be any reason to expect the Vicar to transform as well. 4.153.235.201 21:56, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Vicar wasn't attacked 

message: Does anyone else think that P.C. Mackintosh looks like he's a read ringer for E.E. Clive as P.C. Jaffers in 1933's The Invisible Man?
Personally, I think the entire section has gone way outta hand. Excluding obvious ones, and the ones I noted from the artbook, many of them seem either silly, or needs a stretch of the imagination to figure out. I think it needs to be sheared. --293.xx.xxx.xx 08:33, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Invisible Man ref? 

message: "This will be a night to remember" is a line in the movie The Fellowship Of The Ring at Bilbo's party. Blue Leopard 18:54, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A night to remember was the title of the story of Titanic - and the name of the film of the book; I'm not convinced they were referencing the film. Apepper 21:00, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lord Of The Rings Reference

message: Did anyone else think the dog race at the end was a parody of the Ben Hur chariot race? Cribananda 03:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ben Hur reference? 

message: I have just restored these after another editor deleted them.  The cultural references are highly relevant and the trivia should be incorporated into the article rather than just deleted. Man with two legs 08:57, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia and cultural references

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:W&G- the curse of the were-rabbit dvd cover.jpg

message: Hutch (fictional character) is just a short stub and should be merged into this article.--George100 (talk) 04:46, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal

message: It's nicely referenced and all, but they aren't inside jokes.  Gouda is gouda, you don't need to be associated with the film to know that.  And I don't see the purpose of having a list of jokes in the movie, which is essentially what this is.  Ethan Mitchell (talk) 03:51, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The purpose, I'd say, is to make clear the references that people haven't picked up. Many of those jokes require knowledge that many people don't have. So it explains somehthing people might not know. And that's what an encyclopedia is for isn't it? See for example the next post, which deals with just such an uncertainty. DirkvdM (talk) 19:27, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree.  This is madness.  For instance, we have a line explaining that "At the end of the movie, after Wallace has reverted back to his naked human form, he preserves his modesty with a box labeled 'May Contain Nuts'."  Why is this an in joke?  If we are concerned that readers won't get the double meaning of the word 'nuts,' why don't we bother to explain it?  It seems like the section is written primarily to applaud the humor of CotWR, but that is more appropriate for a blog.  Ethan Mitchell (talk) 03:55, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

text: I agree with Ethan Mitchell. The section shouldn't be called "in jokes", and it probably shouldn't exist at all. The most notable entries should be dispersed throughout the article where relevant, and the rest should be deleted. Zargulon (talk) 12:55, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Propose to cut In-Jokes section

message: I added to the in-jokes section that the line 'run, rabbit, run' is from Pink Floyd's Dark side of the moon. Someone else then changed that to saying that it's a reference to a nursery rhyme gong "Run rabbit, Run rabbit, run, run, run/ Best keep away from the farmers gun". But that is not quite the same as the line "Run rabbit run", which is exactly the first line of Pink Floyd's 'On the run'. Without a reliable reference (if any can be found) this can't be resolved, really, so maybe both should be mentioned. But I now wonder, might the Pink Floyd line be a reference to the nursery rhyme? DirkvdM (talk) 19:27, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Almost certainly, since the 1939 song (only later a nursery rhyme) Run Rabbit Run, was a major 'hit' for Flanagan and Allen durimg WW2 and well-known in the Britain in which the Pink Floyd lyricist Roger Waters (born 1943) grew up: as you will see from the above link, the older song's article states that the Floyd song references it. Given the deliberately old-fashioned British milieu portrayed in "The Curse . . .", a reference to the earlier song seems far more in keeping. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 17:14, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Run rabbit run

message: I have tagged this part of the article for expansion since all of the sources are coming from the pages of a book (The Art of Wallace And Gromit) that is not viewable online. Additionally, none of the sources for this section are verified (since there is no exact description given what it says in the book, unlike what we have done on sources from books on other pages). Not all of these references are even listed on the trivia on IMDB (such as the Feathers McGraw appearence which, in this article, is also written in precise language) although there are certainly a lot there (such as the Run Rabbit Run reference and the barbershop Close Shave reference). Feel free to add more to this section, otherwise certain parts will be incorporated into the article and the rest will be deleted. trainfan01 19:40, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
:It definitely doesn't need expanding, if anything the opposite - W&G films are full of references to other media, but it doesn't mean we need to list every one. Also, books are good as a reference, and should be encouraged. Rather than spend lots of time on this section, perhaps try expanding the "reception" or "production" sections with real world information (making of the models, music, etc) Bob talk 10:09, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  expansion on jokes section 

message: I have completely removed the Jokes Section for obvious reasons. But I will elaborate for those misguided few who thought it was appropriate in the first place. Firstly no other comedy film Wikipedia page, animated or otherwise, commercially successful or not, has an exhaustive list of all its jokes and cultural references so there is no precedent for such a section here. Secondly, and most importantly, long lists of trivia sand miscellaneous information are discouraged by Wiki guidelines; what is relevant from the lists should be easily integrated into the main page and what isn't relevant shouldn't be included. Sections like this are suitable for a Fan Wiki but not for Wikipedia. 92.28.250.254 (talk) 18:56, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Jokes Section Removed (Keep it that way!)

message: I came here looking for some (any) info on the video game. The article mentions the name, so I searched for it and got this page with #Video_Game, which doesn't exist (any more).
Where is it?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.223.217.219 (talk) 09:33, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is the article about the game: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (video game). Where did you see that link with #Video_Game, because it needs to be updated.--Carniolus (talk) 09:55, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Where's the video game?

message: I've removed the picture of the W&G van (twice) as it's clearly from the wrong film. It's from A Matter of Loaf and Death rather than Curse of the Were-Rabbit. W&G were bakers in Loaf & Death which makes sense with the van in the picture ("Top Bun - Wallace & Gromit's Traditional Bakery"), but in Were-Rabbit the van had an "Anti-Pesto" livery as they were pest controllers. Kev (talk) 09:44, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Van picture

message: I switched the template for the notes section from ref to refn to help with readability. The footnote marker was a 1 and could be confused with a reference marker. With the refn template, the marker shows up as [note 1] which makes it clear the marker is a footnote rather than a reference.  Bait30  Talk? 22:19, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notes template 

message: Apparently, Victor is a reference to Allan Quatermain.  Assuming that this is correct, and that a reliable source can be found, it might be worth adding --Dan Wylie-Sears 2 (talk) 14:10, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allan Quartermain