Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave/Transcript

[We open on a dark night at West Wallaby Street. In Wallace’s house, a sheep mobile spins around while Wallace sleeps in a bed. The table wobbled, letting a knife fall down to the ground. In his bed, Gromit was knitting when the room wobbled, and his yawn ball fell down. The truck stops near the house and inside, Shaun, a sheep, moves through the crowd of sheep and tries to escape from the inside. After he baas, he pushes through the wood. He then breaks out of the truck, landing on the ground, faceplanted. As he slowly gets up, he looks behind him and sees evil eyes from the window. Shaun baas and runs on through the gate. The menacing figure was about to get him, the woman in the truck stopped him from leaving, then shook her head. The figure steps back in the truck while Shaun approaches the door and tries to open it. But it was locked. Knowing the door is locked, Shaun sees a doggy door and enters the house through it. Little did he know, this was the home of Wallace and Gromit. The truck drives away into the night while Gromit notices that his red string is loose. The next morning, Gromit poured tea in his cup and looked at a newspaper. News broke out about sheep being kidnapped from other farms in the UK. Just then, he hears a buzzer ringing by a word saying, "Breakfast." Wallace was in his bed, pressing the button.]
Wallace: Porridge today, Gromit! Tuesday!
[Gromit leans his chair back without looking and pulls the lever, bringing Wallace down from his bedroom...]
Wallace: Geronimo! 
[...and into the kitchen with his trousers on. The hands put sleeves on, and Wallace raises his hands as they put him in his shirt and then pops his head out. Gromit pressed the button to activate Wallace’s latest invention: the porridge launcher. The launcher fires out the porridge, which lands in a bowl. Wallace had a spoonful of porridge when he heard a boing. The invention fires porridge at him and he uses the bowl as a shield. Then, the porridge launcher continues shooting at Wallace.]
Wallace: Calm dow... Turn it off!
[It continues shooting until Gromit comes over to the invention and turns it off. Wallace was now covered in porridge while Gromit sees the wire all chewed up.]
Wallace: (drying himself off) Um. Mice, do you think?
[Gromit looks around in the house.]
Wallace: I think I'll have my own porridge.
[He finds a bite mark on a potted plant. Wallace grabs a box of porridge mix, but there was a hole in it as porridge spills out.]
Wallace: Well, I'll be... (looks at a cheese with a bite mark) Have you been peckish during the night? Only someone's been at me cheese.
[Shaun sneaks by Gromit, who hears a snap behind him. He sees the plant was eaten. He finds a leaf on the ground.]
Wallace: (off screen) Well, I don't know.
[Gromit walks by Wallace who sits down in his chair with the newspaper.]
Wallace: There's something very fishy going on. [looks at the newspaper that had a bite mark on it] Do you think we should get the pest control people in? (hears a telephone ringing, grabs the phone and answers it) Hello? Wallace and Gromit's Wash'n'Go Window Cleaning Service. May we be of assistance?
Wendolene: (on the phone) Yes. My windows need a jolly good clean. The wool shop in the High Street. As soon as you can.
[Gromit pulls a lever down, raising the chair up.]
Wallace: (on the phone) On our way, madam!
[The phone lands back down on a telephone and Wallace slides down a chute, putting shoes and a helmet on, grabbing a bucket and sponge, putting some overalls on, then goes in a motorcycle with Gromit. Mechanical arms put a ladder on a motorcycle while the two gets in a van. Wallace lifts his foot up and a mechanical shoe pumps the motorcycle, as the garage door opens and they ride down, flipping the sign around saying, "GO." They rode off. Soon, the two arrive at a street where Wendoline’s Wool lives. Gromit grabs a ladder and flips up to a window, where he sees an intimidating dog, Preston, staring at him then walking away. Then, Gromit uses a bungee cord to grab a bucket and a sponge. As he parked the van and came out, Wallace looked at the sign of a sheep juggling yarn and looked at Wendolene inside the store. She waves at Wallace, who was about to wave her back, but then Gromit washes the window.]
Wallace: Need wool, don't you, lad?
[Gromit washes the window while his master comes inside.]
Wendolene: Thank you for coming so quickly.
[Preston looks up from his newspaper while Wallace stands by a pile of yarn.]
Wallace: Hmm. (grabs a yarn ball from the pile till he falls down) Oh, dear!
Wendolene: Oh, allow me. Please.
Wallace: (offscreen) Oh, I'm sorry! I'll soon have these cleared up.
[While Gromit washes the window, Wallace picks up a few yarn balls. One of them rolls near Preston.]
Wallace: It's no trouble. Oh, how embarrassing.
Wendolene: This is Preston, my dog.
Wallace: (pets the dog) All right, pooch?
[Wendolene picks her yarn up.]
Wallace: (offscreen) Won't take a minute.
[They both put hands on the yarn, then Preston walks outside.]
Wallace: Well, I...
Wendolene: What was it you wanted?
[Preston grabs Gromit while he is cleaning and springs him up.]
Wallace: I, um, mmm.
[Preston looks around before going to Wallace and Gromit's house address. Back inside...]
Wendolene: Ramsbottom, Wendolene Ramsbottom.
Wallace: Oh, charming. I'm Wallace, the windows. Is this place yours?
Wendolene: Mmm, my father left it to me. 
[The camera zooms on a portrait of her father and Preston, with the former holding a wrench.]
Wendoline: Along with his debts, and a few other things. He was an inventor.
Wallace: Never! Well, I do a bit of myself.
Wendolene: Oh?
[Wallace spots another newspaper with a headline saying, "EVEN MORE SHEEP RUSTLING!"]
Wallace: I see they haven't caught those sheep rustlers yet. Still, you've got plenty of wool, eh?
Wendolene: (notices Gromit hanging upside down outside) Your dog's waiting.
Wallace: Aye, I'd better see to him. The bounce has gone from his bungee. (takes the yarns to Wendolene)
Wendolene: Oh, they're spanking. You've done a grand job. 
Wallace: Windows are our speciality.
[He walks to the door, but bumps into it. Meanwhile, Preston arrives at West Wallaby Street. As he arrives at the door of Wallace and Gromit’s home, he takes the soft wool out of the doggy door and sniffs it. He then hears Wallace and Gromit returning home and hides in the basement. Inside, the house was a mess, bite marks everywhere.]
Wallace: (offscreen) Let's get that kettle on. (looks around) Good grief! What's all this?! Burglars?! Thieves?!
[Soon, Gromit heard something in the kitchen.]
Wallace: Oh, what a mess!
[Gromit enters the kitchen to see a messy Shaun gnawing on a bone.]
Wallace: (offscreen) I've never seen anything like it. (walks to Gromit) Heavens above, Gromit! Look at this! The little chap must be really hungry. Come over here, lad. No need to be sheepish. (picks up Shaun) We'll have to get you cleaned up.
[He walks down to the basement and puts the messy sheep inside a tin tub.]
Wallace: There. Nothing to fret over. (presses a few buttons to start the water) Just a quick shampoo. We've tested on this Gromit, haven't we, lad?
[Gromit nods, presses a button, and switches to wash.]
Wallace: Right. Off we go, then. 
[He pressed a button and huge sponges started cleaning Shaun. Under a floor grate, Preston looks at Wallace cleaning Shaun. Then, Gromit hears a buzzing noise and looks at the machine’s screen saying, "FAULT." It instantly switches to light shave. Gromit tries pressing a few buttons and bangs on the machine, but it wouldn’t switch back.]
Wallace: (offscreen) Oh, 'eck!
[The blower sucks Shaun in the pipe and we zoom at the sign on it saying, "AUTO-DRY."]
Wallace: Oh! Do something, Gromit!
[Shaun goes in the machine known as "WALLACE'S KNIT-O-MATIC."]
Wallace: Oh, it's too late, now!
[The razors whir and start to work as Preston watches from below.]
Wallace: Oh! Turn it off, Gromit! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh, dear!
[Soon, the knits make a shirt. A scared Wallace raises his hands up and mechanical arms put the shirt to be small, fitting him on his face.]
Wallace: Oh, brilliant, Gromit! Smashing, this! A bit tight here and there.
[The knit-o-matic pushes Shaun out of the machine, most of his wool shaven off. Wallace takes the new shirt off his face.]
Wallace: Ah, he looks okay to me. We'll call him "shorn," eh? (to Shaun) Come on, Shaun! You can rest with the lads upstairs.
[Gromit hears a grate squeaking and heads upstairs. Then, Preston looks around while Gromit closes the door. He emerges from the floor grate and stares at Wallace’s Knit-O-Matic. The dog then comes across the plans for the invention and takes them from the table. In the living room, Gromit was reading a newspaper with the headline, “KILLER DOG ON THE LOOSE.”  Then, Shaun eats part of the paper. He then takes the cheese from Wallace’s cracker while the inventor was fixing up the porridge launcher. Wallace grabs the cracker and eats it with some cheese.]
Wallace: Gromit? You know we're doing the clock tomorrow?
[We then cut to Gromit cleaning the window of the town clock. The sponge squirts at Gromit, soaking him wet. This was from Wallace’s porridge launcher, which he has now modified as a way to fire soap suds.]
Wallace: Sorry, Gromit! That was a bit thick!
[Gromit shakes the porridge off, then Wallace shoots the sponge again. This time, Gromit avoids it. Wallace gets up and walks to Wendoline’s store.]
Wallace: Back in a tick, Gromit. Won't be long.
[Shaun walks to Wallace but stops to hear some familiar baaing. It was like his flock was there. Shaun baas and walks away.]
Wallace: (to Wendoline) Just I'd pop in...
[Preston looks from his window, then Shaun walks in a gate. He then looks at Gromit with suspicion. Inside the store, Wallace was chatting with Wendoline.]
Wendolene: Tell me about windows.
Wallace: Well, it's only temporary, you understand.
Wendolene: Oh, really?
Wallace: Oh, yes, I'm inventing, mostly. Only...
Wendolene: What sort of inventions?
Wallace: Well, sort of...
Wendolene: Daddy would love to have met you. (sighing) Poor Daddy.
[Gromit continues washing the window. Suddenly, he hears Shaun baaing for help and looks up to see him scared while being pulled through a hole in the brick wall. Gromit climbs up and pokes his head through the hole. His head was on the body of a butcher in a painting while Shaun was next to him. Then Preston takes a picture of Gromit and Shaun together and Gromit pulls his head back and slides down. Gromit then walks to the store.]
Wallace: Of all the women I've met...
[Gromit walked through the door and went past them.]
Wallace: Not that there have been many, you understand...
[Upstairs, Gromit opens a door and finds the portrait of the butcher with his head intact. He then notices a can of dog food on the floor and looks at it. It says "PRESTON'S DOG FOOD," and it had Preston on it. He then looks up to see the head break off from the portrait, leaving a hole behind. He had been set up. Suddenly, Gromit hears Shaun baaing and he sees the sheep trapped in the truck. The dog rushed down the stairs.]
Wallace: What I'm trying to say, in a manner of speaking, is...
[Outside, Gromit comes to the truck and pulls a lever, opening the door to let a herd of sheep run into the store. There were over 50 of these sheep.]
Wallace: ...of all the ladies I've met... (starts getting swept in the herd of sheep) Oh!
[Wendolene lets go of Wallace while the sheep carry him.]
Wallace: Oh! Ow! (grabs onto a ladder) Same time next week? (lets go of a ladder)
[Back with Gromit, he found Shaun tied to the wall. Gromit starts untying a rope when suddenly, Preston pulls a lever to close the door. Shaun jumps out the truck as it closes, leaving Gromit trapped inside. Shaun baas at Gromit while the truck departs. Later that day, Wallace was reading the newspaper. The latest headline: KILLER DOG GROMIT ARRESTED. The picture of Gromit’s head on the butcher’s body was on the front page.]
Wallace: (reading a newspaper) Caught bang to rights you were. You've really let us down this time, lad. (looks at the herd of sheep who tear up the newspaper) Hey, give over! (the doorbell rings; walks through the herd to the door) Shoo! Shoo! Go on with you! 
[He opens a door to reveal Wendoline outside.]
Wendolene: I'm sorry about this.
Wallace: For what?
Wendolene: Nothing. Just stay away from me, from my shop and my silly, silly windows.
Wallace: Well, I...
Wendolene: Forget me. I'm no good for you. (walks away by Wallace) I'm so sorry about Gromit. (walks away by Wallace, sobbing)
Wallace: Bye.
[The next morning, one sheep gnaws on a rope, which springs Wallace and two more down the trapdoor. Wallace raises his arms up for his shirt, only for the mechanical arms to throw up another sheep instead. Shaun hands him a newspaper and he looks at it “SHEEP DOG TRIAL CONTINUES,” the headline said.]
Wallace: Oh, Gromit.
[He looks at another newspaper. The headline “GROMIT BIT ME” SAYS SHEPHERD.]
Wallace: Oh, Gromit!
[He looks at a third newspaper. “GROMIT GETS LIFE” was the headline. Tears were falling down his and the sheep's faces.]
Wallace: Oh, Gromit!
[They all look at a picture frame at Wallace and Gromit hanging on the wall. We then cut to Gromit in jail, reading Crime and Punishment. A small door opens, and a bowl is given out to Gromit. Soon, a present was slid from the door to Gromit. The door closes and Gromit opens the present. It was a box with sheep saying, "5000 PIECE JIGSAW PUZZLE." He puts down the box and sniffs sadly. Later that night, Gromit puts the pieces together and finds a message saying, "FRIDAY NIGHT 8pm BE READY. - A FRIEND”. Gromit was shocked. The notepad then said "FRIDAY 17", and the clock read “8 P.M.” He thinks he’s gonna die but… Outside the cell window, Shaun appears and cuts the poles with a buzzsaw. Gromit was shocked but Shaun baas to hurry up. After Gromit hops onto Shaun, Shaun and his flock are stacked as a tower of sheep. Wallace was at the bottom holding him still.]
Wallace: Brilliant teamwork, lads!
[He then slips on a soap, then the sheep fall on Wallace. Later, they were hiding in the country as police sirens were heard in the background.]
Wallace: I suppose you'll have to skip the country now. A fugitive, eh? You'll be hunted down like...
[The sheep eat the grass.]
Wallace: ...well, a dog.
[Just then, the truck drives in and Wendolene appears, dressed as a shepherd.]
Wallace: Wendo....
[Gromit puts a hand on Wallace's mouth. Wendolene blows a whistle and Preston walks down from the truck. Then, the herd of sheep walk in the truck and Preston looks at Shaun, then Gromit pushes Wallace and the gang in the bushes, Shaun twitches in fear as the big dog snarls at him. Shaun was doomed in a dead-end till...]
Wendolene: (hits Preston) Stop it. Stop it, Preston!
[As she swings, Preston grabs the cane while Wallace and Gromit hide in a scarecrow.]
Wendolene: I want no more of this rustling! It wasn't so bad when it was just the wool, but this is evil!
[Preston breaks the cane.]
Wendolene: Daddy didn't create you for this! You're supposed to protect me!
[Preston throws Wendoline and Shaun inside and closes the door.]
Wendolene: Let me out! You're not going to turn me into dog meat!
Wallace: Dog meat?!
[The truck starts to drive off.]
Wendolene: Help!
Wallace: Don't worry, Wendolene!
[They ride down on their motorcycle and van.]
Wallace: I'm on my way!
[The two vehicles drove down the road.]
Wallace: We’ve lost them!
[They were unaware that the truck was hiding in a small farmhouse. As they drove, they saw the truck driving behind them. The truck then knocks them out of the way, sliding the van to a barn. It touches the motorcycle, making the nail wobble.]
Wallace: We're at maximum speed! She won't go any faster!
[Gromit then uses a ladder to climb up and grab the electrical wires, causing the motorcycle to flip over the truck and land behind it. The nail continues wobbling until it finally falls apart. The motorcycle and sidecar separate into two roads.]
Wallace: Oh, 'eck!
[Gromit drives through a sign and breaks it. He looks at the sign, which read "DANGER 2000 ft DROP!" He then notices that he was falling down at 2000 feet. As he fell, he pushed a button in the sidecar, which formed into an airplane. He pulls the levers up and flies up and away. Meanwhile, Wallace was using the ladder to climb towards the truck.]
Wendolene: (offscreen) Wallace, help me!
Wallace: Don't worry, Wendolene! Everything's under control. 
[He grabs the lever, pulls it down, and falls down as the door opens. Shaun walks over the hanging Wallace.]
Wendolene: (offscreen) Be careful, Shaun!
[Then, the sheep followed him down.]
Wallace: Hey, steady on! Single file! Oh! Single file, I said!
[The sheep ride on a motorcycle, with Wallace going up. Shaun was driving while Wallace was on the ladder.]
Wallace: Get yourselves organized down there!
[Wendolene and Preston see the sheep form a reverse pyramid on the motorcycle. Up in the sky, Gromit looks at Wallace and the flock of sheep, and the truck. He activates a turret gun, aims it, putting flight goggles on, and gets out a box of porridge mix. He flies by Wallace and the sheep, who salute him. Then, Wallace and the flock of sheep see that they are heading towards a tunnel.]
Wallace: Huh?! Watch out, lads!
[They all ducked down as they went through the tunnel. Preston hits the brake and the truck stops, making them land back in the truck. The evil dog smiles, but then he sees Gromit flying beside him. He fires porridge from the turret gun at the truck. Preston rolls up the window to protect himself from being hit by porridge. Gromit was heading towards the town clock, and he pulled the lever up to fly up the clock. The truck drives past Wendolene’s Wools and arrives at the Preston’s Dog Foods factory. Preston pushed a button to open the back door. The truck enters the building while Gromit is outside. The van stops near the closed door. Inside the factory, Wallace and Wendolene and the sheep were wheeled inside a cart. Wallace sees a familiar invention nearby. It was the Knit-O-Matic!]
Wallace: Where did you get that from? That's my machine! (looks at a sign saying, "PRESTON'S KNIT-O-MATIC") I've got patent pending on that!
[They all went inside the tub while Shaun quickly got out of the cart and started running off to the exit. The sponges squeeze them, and Preston pulls out the blower. It was trying to suck up Wallace.]
Wendolene: Help! Oh, Shaun! Help!
Wallace: Where's Gromit?!
[Outside, Gromit was flying in his plane, putting the turret gun away. Back inside the building...]
Wendolene: Shaun, do something! Help!
[Shaun rushes to a control panel to press some buttons and pushes the levers down, which lights up the sign saying, "PRESTON'S DOG FOODS." Gromit takes his pilot hat off and pressed the green button to hide the wings as he drove through a couple of walls. When he was heading towards a brick wall, Gromit was about to press the button, but the plane and the van crashed through the bricks and the wings broke apart. Gromit then takes out his turret gun and fires porridge at Preston.]
Wallace: Attaboy, Gromit!
[He continues shooting at Preston until the evil dog grabs the propellers, spinning the plane around and launching Gromit up on the top platform. Preston was about to fall off the platform, which allowed Shaun to grab the rope with his mouth and hands and pull it away from Wallace. The blower was now sucking up the porridge-covered Preston. Everyone stepped backward as the bad dog went down the knit-o-matic. Shaun walks down and Gromit bungies down to select the “close shave” option, winking at the audience.]
Wallace: Well done, Gromit! That'll teach him!
[As Gromit arrives, the knit-o-matic makes a shirt, with Preston bumping around and taking out razors. The flock gasped.]
Wendolene: He's malfunctioning!
Wallace: Mal-what?
Wendolene: Malfunctioning. Preston is a cyber-dog!
Wallace: Cyber-what?
Wendolene: A robot!
[A robotic arm pops out of the machine.]
Wendolene: Daddy created him for good, but he's turned out evil!
[The Preston robot appears and they all gasp. Shaun twitches in fear as the robot comes toward him. Then, Gromit grabs Shaun before Preston can grab him and lift the sheep up. Preston then roars at the others, scaring them. Suddenly, a pair of mechanical arms put a huge shirt over the Preston robot. He stumbles around in the shirt and accidentally pulls a lever up. The platform below Wallace, Wendolene, and the sheep rises up to a conveyor belt heading towards Preston’s Mutton-O-Matic, a dangerous pair of spiked rollers.]
Wallace: Ah! It's a sheep-mincing thing! Now that's clever!
[Gromit swings down to the Preston robot and knocks him onto the belt. Preston tears off his shirt and looks at the spikes behind him. Wallace pulls the lever, which makes the belt go faster. Gromit runs away while Preston chases him.]
Wendolene: Do something, Wallace!
[Wallace presses another button, which slides them down onto the belt. They continue running on the conveyor belt like a treadmill. Shaun gasped and looked around to see something he could use. However, he did notice an anvil tied up to some rope. This gives Shaun an idea. Later, he swings down on the rope tied to the anvil.]
Wendolene: Duck! (ducks down)
Wallace: Where?
[He and Gromit duck by Shaun, who knocks the Preston robot into the spikes, poking his eyes out. Then, the conveyor belt stops, and everyone falls down. Shaun looks at them, bleating.]
Wallace: By 'eck! I thought we were all for the can then!
[Robot parts are then supplied into each can of Preston’s Dog Foods. The next day, Wendoline rings the doorbell at Wallace’s house. Wallace answers it.]
Wendolene: I couldn't pass by without saying thank you.
[She presses a few buttons on the remote and a repaired Preston appears with a newspaper in his mouth and bandages on his head.]
Wendolene: He's just like he's used to be.
Wallace: Oh, don't mention it. (takes a newspaper) Thanks, pooch. Give me a shout if he goes wrong again.
Wendolene: You're very kind.
Wallace: Well, why don't you come in? We were just about to have some cheese.
Wendolene: (frowns) Oh, no, not cheese. Sorry. It brings me out in a rash. Can't stand the stuff.
[Wallace was shocked to hear about this.]
Wallace: (gulps) Not even Wensleydale?
Wendolene: Got to be on our way. Come on, Preston. (presses a few buttons, walks down, and pats Preston) Goodbye... (hears a door closing) ...chuck. (walks away)
[Inside the house, Wallace was crushed that Wendolene doesn’t like cheese like he does.]
Wallace: What's wrong with Wensleydale?
[Gromit looks at a newspaper. The headline read “GROMIT EXONERATED.”]
Wallace: Talking for which, all the more for us and not a sheep to worry us! 
[He grabs the handle and opens the lid, revealing Shaun underneath eating the cheese.]
Wallace: Get off me cheese! Get off! Get off! Gromit! Gromit! Go for him! 
[Gromit continues reading the newspaper.]
Wallace: Gromit! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Get off will you! Oh! Oh dear!
[The screen irises on Shaun, gulping.]
Wallace: Go on! Sho… Sho… Shoo off!
[The iris closes. Roll credits.]
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