Piella Bakewell

### Goals

Kill Wallace, Gromit, and every baker that she comes across (partially succeeded, for Wallace & Gromit failed).

### Moral Event Horizon

Murdering twelve innocent bakers for revenge because she was fired from her job.
Faking a brake failure on her bike to endanger Wallace and Gromit, nearly causing them to die at the hands of a crocodile.
Being the indirect reason for Wallace abusing Gromit by framing him for biting her hand even though Gromit did nothing to her.

### Kill Count

12
4 (indirectly attempted)
1 (attempted)

### Crimes

Serial murder
Animal cruelty
Stalking
Defamation
Hate crimes
Attempted murder
Kidnapping
Terrorism
Abuse
Assault
Public endangerment
Incrimination

### Type of Villain

Vengeful Serial Killer

**Piella Bakewell**, formerly called the **Bake-O-Lite Girl** before her weight increased, is the main antagonist of the 2008 short film *Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death*.

She was voiced by Sally Lindsay.

## Appearance

Piella was an obese woman with pale skin, red lips, blue eyeshadow and blonde hair tied in a chignon. She wears a pink dress, pink shoes, and pearl jewellery.

As the Bake-O-Lite Girl in the commercial before she was fired, Piella originally had a slim build and wore white clothing.

## Personality

Piella initially appeared to be a very sweet, polite, kind and caring woman when she first met Wallace and Gromit, even to the point where the former fell in love with her. (She also appeared this way before being fired.) However, this was just to disguise her true nature; in reality, she was a cruel, sadistic, manipulative and hypocritical woman, obsessed with getting revenge by killing several innocent bakers. Piella was also very violent and strict towards her pet dog named Fluffles, as she would mistreat her poorly frequently, and will go to great lengths to achieve her goals.

## What Makes Her Pure Evil?

* While she was fired from being the Bake-O-Lite Girl for her obesity, Wallace only treats it as an unfortunate explanation for her villainy, but not as a justifiable excuse.
* She murdered twelve innocent bakers to reach her "baker's dozen", even though they were all in love with her.
* She feigned a brake failure on her bike to lure Wallace into believing that she is in trouble, which nearly caused everyone to be eaten by crocodiles; only Fluffles fell in its maw, but Gromit saved her.
* She abused her dog Fluffles to the point where she was implied to be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.
* When she realizes Gromit tried to warn Wallace about her true nature, she threw her book which documented her victims into a fireplace when Wallace wasn't looking and even had Wallace distracted by their engagement.
* She incriminated Gromit for biting her when she actually bit herself. As Wallace believes Piella, this resulted in Gromit being muzzled up, where eventually Piella uses one of her shoes and places it on a trap, attempting to have Wallace grab it where she planned to push him in, only to be stopped by a bag of flour.
* She did one last resort by setting a bomb in the cake. While she presented the cake, she looked at Gromit and lied that Fluffles wasn't feeling well, taking advantage of his compassion. This resulted in Gromit going to her mansion, only to realize that it's a trap to lock him into her closet with Fluffles to prevent them from saving Wallace.
* Despite her comedic moments, she is taken frighteningly seriously during the course of the story by both the characters and the narrative. Wallace doesn't start laughing at Piella and treats her as a fat joke when she explains the origins of her villainy; instead, he is terrified for his life.
* When she died, she was only mourned because of how disturbing her death was, and besides, she tried to kill Wallace even after he saved her from being eaten alive by the crocodiles, making it a karmic death and a fitting punishment for her. Additionally, Wallace shrugs it off after he returns back to his home.