A Close Shave (1995) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Wallace falls for Wendolene, a wool shop owner, while Gromit is framed for the sheep rustling. Director: a list of 38 titles created 21 Jun 2012 a list of 38 titles created 15 Jul 2014 a list of 28 titles created 19 Dec 2014 a list of 34 titles created 31 Jul 2015 a list of 33 titles created 2 months ago Title: A Close Shave (1995) 8.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins. See more awards » Photos Wallace is used by a criminal penguin in a robbery involving mechanical trousers.

Director: Nick Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X 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. Director: Nick Park 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. Director: Nick Park 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. Directors: Steve Box, Nick Park Stars: Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes A compilation of the first three Wallace & Gromit short films: "A Grand Day Out", "The Wrong Trousers", and "A Close Shave". Stars: Peter Sallis, Anne Reid Wallace and Gromit try out a number of their latest inventions which rarely work as planned.

Stars: Peter Sallis A collection of some of the most popular work featuring Wallace and Gromit. Director: Nick Park When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners. Directors: Peter Lord, Nick Park Stars: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels A humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings. Director: Nick Park Wallace introduces correspondents, inventors and experts who explain various real-life contraptions, inventions and scientific accomplishments. Stars: Peter Sallis, Ashley Jensen, Jem Stansfield Creature Comforts (TV Series 2003) Animation | Comedy | Family Stop-motion animated series with a cast of animals, sound-biting on a specific topic each episode, such as creatures' sporting adventures, Christmas, and visits to veterinarians. The show ... See full summary » Stars: The Great British Public, David Rafique Edit Storyline When Wallace and Gromit go over to wash windows, Wallace falls in love with a wool store owner named Wendolene. Meanwhile, Gromit is framed for killing sheep and is put in jail.

So with help from the sheep and Wendolene, Wallace must get him out of prison. Written by Mike-2000 From the makers of Chicken Run. See more » Genres: 29 December 1995 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia 40 animators worked on the film, twice as many as there were on The Wrong Trousers (1993). See more » Goofs As Preston is trying to bash his way out of the Knit-O-Matic, the handle on the door to the machine moves up and down briefly before his arm bursts through; indicating that he was moving another handle on the inside. However, when the door opens and the inside becomes visible, there is no handle there. See more » Quotes Wendolene Ramsbottom : Oh, I want no more of this rustling. It wasn't so bad when it was just the wool, but... this is evil! Daddy didn't create you for this. You're supposed to protect me! [Preston locks her away with Shaun on the back of the truck] Wendolene Ramsbottom : Let me out! You're not turning me into dog meat!

After the credits and the Aardman logo is shown, we hear sheep bleating. See more » Connections Wallace and Gromit: Theme and Chase (uncredited) (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Wallace and Gromit are working as window cleaners when Wallace meets Wendolene  the owner of the local wool store and falls in love. Gromit stumbles across a plot to kidnap sheep to make them into food but is framed for a sheep murder before he can do anything. Can Wallace get Gromit out of jail in time to foil the sheep rustlers? By this stage Christmas on the BBC was basically better known as the time when we get the new W&G film rather than for the birth of the son of God. This film was THE focus for Christmas day  ITV did everything but stop broadcasting at the same time as this was on  who would want to compete with this?! Happily it doesn't disappoint. The plot is silly but incredibly well thought out and very imaginative. The comedy is as bright and breezy as ever  getting to kids without resorting to lazy clowning or stupid sight gags and also reaching adults without lacing the film with innuendo or hidden smut.

Instead it is just a clever mix of wit and humour that really hits the mark. On Christmas Day it's easy to sit and doze through anything but this made me sit up and pay attention The characters are as good as ever. As always Wallace is solid and wonderfully eccentric while Gromit is the real brains behind everything working. Gromit is my favourite character but here he is upstaged by the oh-so-cute Shaun the sheep (on his way to a merchandising boom!). Shaun is more for kids but Gromit still steals many scenes. Wendolene (gettit?) is not so good and the scenes with Wallace and her don't work as well as the rest. Overall this is very funny despite just falling short of the mark set by `The Wrong Trousers'. Word is Park is currently writing a W&G movie  I can't wait!!!! 11 of 14 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes A Close Shave | Wallace and Gromit Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Cracking Contraptions (2002) A Close Shave is a 1995 animated film directed by Nick Park featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit . It was his third half-hour short featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace and his quiet but smart dog Gromit. This film was aired in the UK on Christmas Eve, 1995. A Close Shave won the 1996 Academy Award for an Animated Short Film. Contents [ show ] Plot At night, a small sheep escapes from a lorry and enters the house of Wallace and Gromit, who are running a window-cleaning business. The next morning, they fail to notice the sheep chewing on their furniture, including the wiring of their porridge gun (which causes it to malfunction and cover poor Wallace with porridge), before leaving for work. They get a call from Wendolene , whose windows need to be cleaned. While there, Wallace falls in love with Wendolene, while Preston , Wendolene's sinister dog, grows jealous of Gromit.

When they get home, they find the sheep, who had wrecked their house and is covered in a mess. To clean him up, Wallace puts him into one of his inventions: the Knit-O-Matic. Gromit programs it to give a "Wash." The machine malfunctions and resets to "Light Shave" and gives the sheep a shear. Wallace names him " Shaun " ( a pun on the word "shorn." Preston spies on the scene and later steals the blueprints for the machine. Later, while Wallace is talking with Wendolene, Preston's jealousy for Gromit grows and he finally frames him for the butchering sheep and has him sent to jail for life. Wallace, Shaun, and the other sheep later rescue Gromit from prison and they hide in a field. When Wendolene and Preston arrive to round up the sheep, Wendolene turns against Preston after seeing him growling at Shaun and requests that he stop the sheep thefts. Instead, he locks her up with the intention of turning her (and the other sheep) into dog meat.

Wallace and Gromit give chase on their motorbike, hoping to save Wendolene and the sheep and clear Gromit's name. During the chase, the sidecar Gromit rides in separates and nosedives off the edge of a 2,000 foot cliff. Gromit saves himself by activating the sidecar's ability to transform into and airplane, and flies after Wallace's motorbike and the lorry. Their attempts to stop Preston (Wallace loading the sheep onto the motorbike and Gromit using the porridge gun) fail and Wallace gets trapped in the lorry as well. The captives are taken into Preston's factory, where they discover that Preston has built a giant replica of the Knit-O-Matic using the blueprints. The captives are loaded into the wash basin, with Shaun escaping, and Preston pulls out the nozzle to suck them into the machine. As Wallace and Wendolene fight against the suction, Shaun reveals the factory's location to Gromit using neon advertisements. Gromit flies in and attacks Preston with the porridge gun.

The distraction allows Shaun to suck Preston into the machine using the nozzle, which Gromit programs to give a "Close Shave." During the shearing, Wendolene reveals that Preston is actually a robotic dog and was built by her father, Mr. Ramsbottom , to serve the family. He breaks out of the machine with his fake fur and skin ripped off, revealing his robotic form. The machine plops a sweater made of his fake fur on him; he blunders around and raises the platform everyone is on up to level of the conveyor belt of his "Mutton-O-Matic" mincing machine. Gromit swings over them on a rope, knocking Preston and himself onto the conveyor belt. Preston rips apart his sweater at this point and they both start running. Wallace tries to turn off the belt, but increases it speed. Then Wendolene begs him to do something and he accidentally loads everyone on. As they all fight against the belt, Shaun swings over them on an anvil and knocks Preston into the machine, destroying him and breaking him into his own dog food. At the end of the film, Wendolene reveals that Preston was rebuilt with completely normal dog behavior and a remote control.

She visits Wallace, who offers her cheese. However, he discovers with much dismay that she could not stand cheese as it causes her to break out into a rash. A distraught Wallace decides to console himself with some cheese, only to find Shaun eating it. Gromit, who had been lifted of all charges of the sheep thefts, ignores both. Characters Nick Park met Anne Reid after the film was finished. The first Wallace and Gromit film where Wallace's isn't the only voice. Preston , the evil villain dog, is the name of the town where Nick Park was born. There is a large billboard with a painting of Baker Bob and the slogan, "Buy Bob's Buns". The film takes course over four days, from the morning Tuesday the 14th on a unknown month (Wallace commenting that he eats porridge on Tuesdays) to the morning of Saturday the 18th (the calendar in Gromit's jail cell saying Friday the 17th on the night of the Knit-o-Matic incident). Shaun's ability to hide, escaping detection even from Gromit, later helps him in Shaun the Sheep.

The lorry used can be based on a Guy Otter and the motorcycle is a Triump Tiger Cub with a sidecar. Goofs / Errors The picture on top shows Gromit missing his tail and toes on his back legs.﻿ When Shaun is being washed in the basement, the Knit-O-Matic malfunctions and switches the setting from "Wash" to "Light Shave". After Wallace tells Gromit to do something, you can tell by the lights on the settings that the Knit-O-Matic is still programmed to "Wash". When we see Preston's point of view from where he is hiding a few seconds later, the Knit-O-Matic is once again programmed to "Light Shave". Wallace loses his green vest from beneath his overalls when he lands on his motorbike. When Gromit climbs up the ladder during the motorbike chase, he places the base in the sidecar. When he grabs the cables, Wallace grabs the base of the ladder as it rises; after they finish the spin, Wallace places the foot of the ladder in front of him.

For the split second you see the reverse side of the first door Gromit flies through, the circle to be cut out by his propeller is clearly visible. After Wallace gives Wendolene balls of wool, the balls change positions between shots. The porridge gun shoots at Wallace, and some of it lands on the wall. In the next shot, the porridge is gone. While Gromit is flying his plane in the air above Preston's factory, the propeller is briefly stopped. During the scene where he imprisons Gromit in the lorry and four times during the car chase, Preston is shown making evil smiles as the lorry closes on the motorbike or when he gets the advantage in the chase. How can he make smiles if he has no muscles underneath his fake skin to operate it with? It could be that he was built with robotic levers underneath the skin to operate it with, but these are not seen when his fake skin is torn off and his robotic form is revealed. Preston's fake teeth are shown to be white like real teeth when he growls at Shaun. However, when his robotic form is revealed, they become silver along with the rest of his body.

When Gromit falls in and saves Shaun from Preston, the anvil was able to pull both of them up, showing that the anvil weighs more than Gromit and Shaun combined. Later, Shaun swings in over the conveyor belt with the anvil and knocks Preston into the mincers. In order for Shaun to move as fast as Gromit (without the anvil) did, there has to be a great deal of force involved, and hitting Preston probably wasn't enough to stop Shaun's momentum, so Shaun should also fallen into the machine. The makers may have prevented Shaun from falling into the machine as he is a protagonist. Quotes Wallace: Aye I'd better see to him. The bounce has gone from his bungee. Wallace: Why don't you come in? We were just about to have some cheese. Wendolene: Oh no, not cheese. Sorry. Brings me out a rash. Can't stand the stuff. Wallace: (gulp) Not even Wenslydale? (last lines) Wallace: What's wrong with Wenslydale? Talking of which, all the more for us and not a sheep to worry us.

(Lifts the cover tray to discover Shaun eating the cheese) Wallace: Get off me cheese! Get off!!! Get o... Gromit? Gromit! Go for 'im! Oh! (Shaun swallows and bleats, before the screen switches to credits) (to Gromit after he escapes from the jail with the help of Wallace and the sheep) Wallace: I suppose you'll have to skip the country now. A fugitive ay? You'll be hunted down like... well, a dog. Wendolene: I'm sorry about this. Wallace: For what? Wendolene: Nothing. Just stay away from me, from my shop, and my silly, silly windows. Wendolene: He's malfunctioning. Wendolene: Malfunctioning. Preston is a cyber dog. Wallace: Cyber what? Wendolene: A robot. (Preston's robotic arm punches through the machine and opens a door) Daddy created him for good but, he's turned out evil. Wallace: Have you been peckish during the night? Only someone has been at me cheese. Wallace: Is this place yours? Wendolene: Mm-hmm.

My father left it to me. Along with his debuts, and a few other things. Wendolene: Oh, I want no more of this rustling. It wasn't so bad when it was just the wool, but... this is evil! Daddy didn't create you for this. You're suppose to protect me! (Preston locks her away with Shaun on the back of the truck) Wendolene: Let me out! You're not going to turn me into dog meat! (the sheep climbed on top of Wallace in order to help Gromit escape from prison) Wallace: (as they pull Gromit to safety) Oh, brillant teamwork, lads! Wallace: (he slips on a bar of soap lying on the pavement and all the sheep come crashing down, bleating) Oh! Wallace: (seeing Preston operate a replica of Wallace's Wash-O-Matic) Where'd you get that from? That's MY machine! I've gotten a patent pending on that! History | Wallace and Gromit A Grand Day Out Half hour short A Grand Day Out was finally finished and transmitted on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve, 1990 - 6 years after production began!

The iconic voice of Wallace was provided by Peter Sallis, who had helped Nick out as a favor during his time as a student. Peter helped to direct and shape the character, but once he had recorded the voice he heard nothing more. Naturally, he was very surprised to hear from Nick 6 years later with a transmission date! 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... Dec, 1993 The Wrong Trousers 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. 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. The Wrong Trousers was aired on Boxing Day 1993 by the BBC, following on from A Grand Day Out on Christmas Day - a true television event! The film received great critical acclaim for being even more accomplished than its predecessor - a sharper plot, wittier script, and even more stylish and lovingly detailed. The Wrong Trousers went on to win over forty top international awards including the Academy Awards®, and has become one of the most successful animated short films ever made. Dec, 1995 A Close Shave After the immense success of The Wrong Trousers, the pressure was on Aardman to produce another film to rival its predecessor. The successful partnership of Nick Park and Bob Baker teamed up once more and started working on new ideas, and it was decided that this time round there would be a love story…with sheep rustling and a robot dog!

A Close Shave turned out to be an entirely different production compared with the other two adventures - it was more dramatic (the airplane, the chase, the sheep!) and had been shot with a bigger crew in a shorter time frame. In fact, with more people to direct in this production, Nick Park hardly had any time to animate! 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®! Oct, 1996 Wallace & Gromit left in the back of New York Taxi 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! Oct, 2002 Cracking Contraptions 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. Cracking Contraptions formed into a series of ten stop-motion animations varying from 1 to 3 minutes in length, which were released online in October 2002 and were also broadcast on BBC One throughout Christmas. Each episode featured one of Wallace's new inventions and Gromit's skeptical reaction to it! You can watch the whole series of Cracking Contraptions on Wallace and Gromit's YouTube channel! Jul, 2003 All Aboard the Kangoo-Matic!

In 2003 Wallace and Gromit teamed up with Renault to create a limited edition car, designed to make travelling more pleasurable with a list of inventive equipment and intelligent extras! 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! Oct, 2005 The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 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! The Curse of the Were-Rabbit took 5 years to develop from concept to premiere and was shot entirely in Britain, but it seems like the hard work all paid off. The movie was released in over 3,000 theatres worldwide on October 14, 2005 and remained number one at the box office worldwide for three weeks in a row. The final production features an all-star cast: Peter Sallis (the voice of Wallace) is joined in the film by Ralph Fiennes (as Victor Quartermaine), Helena Bonham Carter (as Lady Campanula Tottington) and Peter Kay (as PC Mackintosh). The Curse of the Were-Rabbit has been a great success with public and press across the world. Along with many other prestigious awards, it earned Nick Park a fourth Oscar® and "Best Animated Feature" at the Academy Awards®.

Oct, 2005 PG Tips Drinkers! 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! Oct, 2005 Aardman Warehouse Fire 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. 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! Jul, 2007 Gromit replaces Nipper on HMV logo 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." 2008 Worldwide Wensleydale Ambassadors 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. 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. Aug, 2008 Harvey Nichols Promotion 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! Dec, 2008 A Matter of Loaf and Death After the great success of Wallace and Gromit's previous adventures, it was announced on October 3rd 2007 that the famous duo would return to the small screen in a brand new baking-themed adventure for Christmas 2008! 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. 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®. Mar, 2009 A World of Cracking Ideas 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. 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. Mar, 2009 Energy Efficiency with Npower In March 2009 Wallace and Gromit teamed up with Npower to promote energy efficiency in the home!

As a topic well-known to Wallace since the conversion of his home into a wind powered 'Top Bun' bakery, he and Gromit seemed to be the perfect team to get the message across in a series of TV ads, posters and an online game! Nov, 2009 Children in Need 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! The clip launched on the BBC to promote the appeal in the run up to the annual event on BBC1 on Friday 20 November 2009. Nov, 2009 20 years of Wallace & Gromit On November 4th 2009, Aardman celebrated 20 years since Wallace and Gromit made their first TV outing in “A Grand Day Out”.

To commemorate the occasion, our favourite animated duo hijacked the Google homepage doodle for the day, laying out their workbench to spell out the name of the famous search engine. 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! Dec, 2009 It wouldn't be Christmas without... 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. Nov, 2010 Wallace & Gromit Christmas Stamps In winter 2010 Wallace and Gromit were immortalised on 600 million Christmas stamps in the UK! Each stamp featured the nation’s favourite animated duo going about their Christmas duties including posting their Christmas cards, decorating the tree and trying on their tasteful Christmas jumpers!

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! As well as stamps, fans also had the opportunity to buy collector’s edition packs and merchandise, plus make themselves into an Aardman character using a special online tool! Dec, 2010 Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention TV Show 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. The series of six episodes was first broadcast on BBC One in the UK on November 3rd 2010 before being distributed around the globe.

It was supported by a live UK roadshow, online game, downloadable DIY kits and a nation-wide competition, extending the viewer’s experience across multiple platforms and went on to win the company its first BAFTA for New Media. Feb, 2011 Nick Park makes an appearance in The Simpsons 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! Sep, 2011 Chocolate Makeover 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!

Jan, 2012 Chat-O-Matic Released 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. May, 2012 World of Invention Exhibition Tours Australia 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. Taking place in a life-sized 62 West Wallaby street, the exhibition welcomed visitors into the world of wacky inventions including theTelly-scope II, the Blend-o-matic, the Thinking Cap and the Karaoke Disco Shower, as well as Wallace’s half half-baked ideas – from the Chocolate Teapot to the Ice Hot Water Bottle.

The exhibition landed at Scienceworks in Melbourne in May, and then made its way to the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney in December, with over 100,000 visitors walking through Wallace and Gromit’s front door! Jul, 2012 Musical Marvels at the Proms 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. They also played at the Sydney Opera house in December 2012! Jun, 2012 Summer of Celebration with the National Trust In 2012, the National Trust and Wallace and Gromit joined forces as two National Treasures to deliver a Summer of Celebrations in the UK!

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. Dec, 2012 Keeping in Touch at Christmas with Hangouts In Christmas 2012, Wallace and Gromit starred in an ad for Google Hangouts to help families stay in touch over the holiday period! The ad showed them logging on to celebrate Christmas with their woolly friend Shaun the Sheep, Ginger from Chicken Run as well as Trixie and Captain Cuddlepuss from Creature Comforts – the first time that a mixture of Aardman characters have ever appeared in the same film! Apr, 2013 Thrill-o-matic Blackpool pleasure beach 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. Visit the Blackpool Pleasure Beach website to book your tickets, and don’t forget to pick up a stick of cheese rock while you’re there! Jul, 2013 Gromit Unleashed 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. After the trail ended, all 80 Gromit sculptures took up residence together for a grand exhibition in Bristol, where over 25,000 visitors queued for up to 6 hours to see the hounds.

The Gromits then went under the hammer in October 2013 at a grand charity auction, hosted by auctioneer Tim Wonnacott, where an astonishing £2.3 million was raised. To date, Gromit Unleashed has helped raise £5 million for Bristol Children’s Hospital, and it’s still going strong! Mar, 2014 Holidays at Home with Visit England 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... May, 2014 Wallace & Gromit From the Drawing Board 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. Jul, 2014 Gromit Unleashed in Hong Kong In July 2014, 70 Gromit sculptures came together for the first time outside the UK to create an exhibition at ELEMENTS mall in Hong Kong! 'The Greatest Dog Show on Earth' in Hong Kong featured a display of 5ft and 3ft high decorated Gromit sculptures on an ornate, two-tier carousel band (and a 4m high Gromit as the centrepiece!) 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. Oct, 2015 New Website & Youtube Channel In summer of 2015, WallaceandGromit.com got a spring clean to allow fans to celebrate all the classic moments from our duo’s long history. They also have their very own dedicated YouTube channel , showcasing clips from their classic adventures, promotional partners and a look behind the scenes on the production of their films! Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave Review | Wizard Dojo Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave Review 1 Reply By 1995, Wallace & Gromit had etched their place in the history of animation and in British popular culture. After the acclaimed “The Wrong Trousers,” the popularity of Wallace and Gromit reached new heights. The third adventure of the cheese-loving inventor and his mime-like dog would be A Close Shave, and it ended up receiving similar acclaim to its predecessor. In A Close Shave, Wallace and Gromit are now running a window cleaning service.

During one night, a sheep escapes from the back of a truck, where other rustled sheep are being held captive. The stray sheep sneaks into the house of Wallace and Gromit, while the truck’s driver, a sinister dog named Preston, takes note of their window cleaning advertisement. The next day, Wallace and Gromit are asked to clean the windows of a wool shop owned by a woman named Wendolene. Wallace is instantly smitten with Wendolene, but unbeknownst to him, Wendolene is the owner of the dog Preston, and is the unwilling accomplice of his sheep rustling schemes. Preston is determined to find the missing sheep (whom Wallace later names “Shaun”), and eventually frames Gromit for his crimes. A Close Shave boasted the most detailed plot for the series up to that point. The two prior shorts only included one additional character to Wallace and Gromit themselves (the cooker robot in A Grand Day Out, and Feathers McGraw in The Wrong Trousers), both of which were silent.

Wendolene is the first character aside from Wallace to speak in the series, and she is joined by Shaun, Preston, and an army of sheep as part of A Close Shave’s more extensive cast. The story proves to be a lot of fun, with the additional characters helping to differentiate it from its predecessors, as well as giving the animators even more to work with. As is the norm for the series, A Close Shave is impeccably animated. The thirty minute short pays homage to action and horror films, and rivals The Wrong Trousers in its absurd attention to detail. Every moment of the film displays the hardwork and craftsmanship that went into every frame, with the action scenes in particular having you scratch your head in wonder how they could ever be made through the process of stop-motion. Much like its predecessor, the climactic action scenes are truly something to behold. A Close Shave goes toe-to-toe with The Wrong Trousers, and manages to recreate many of the elements that made the duo’s previous two shorts such delights. The plot is still simple and cartoonish, but the delightful animation turns it into something more.

It seems whenever the names Wallace & Gromit show up, you can expect Aardman to bring their very best. Preston | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Capture Shaun along with the other sheep and Wendolene and turn them into meat. Type of Villain Artificial Inteligence Preston is the main antagonist of the 1995 Wallace and Gromit short film, A Close Shave. Preston was a robotic dog created by a scientist to help with his wool factory. After the scientist died, Preston took care of his daughter, Wendolene, who now owns the wool factory and shop. However, Preston went rogue and made a scheme to steal sheep and turn them into his own brand of dog food. He had a huge, diabolical machine that would grind the live sheep to meat and dispense them into cans. The newspaper mentions that some of the sheep were killed on the spot instead of stolen, most likely due to Preston's violent temper. When Gromit tried to unveil his plot, Preston framed the other dog for his own thefts and killings. With Gromit in jail, Preston had free range over the clueless Wallace and the nonthreatening Wendolene .

Preston's plan was eventually foiled by Shaun , who broke Gromit out of jail. Preston was sucked into his own grinding machine while trying to use it on Wallace and Wendolene, and was crushed into pieces. He was eventually reassembled, and seemingly restored to his original, kinder nature. Gallery Add a photo to this gallery Trivia Preston is most likely a parody of The Terminator . Both their fates are similar, Preston is crushed by a machine and Terminator by a press. Preston is considered to be one of most evil Aardman villains as well as Trumper , Mrs. Tweedy and Piella Bakewell although he is the only one of these four to redeem themselves. His true robotic form resembles Mechagodzilla . Like the original Mechagodzilla too, he also wore a fake skin disguise to conceal his true identity. He is also similar to Long Eared Jack as both were thought to be real animals but only to be discovered as robots near the end of their films. However whilst Jack was being controlled by Carols , Preston had a mind of his own.

In the film, when Preston turns on Wendolene, she tells him "Daddy didn't create you for this!" Overshadowing his eventual reveal as a robot. Preston is seen happily smiling on the painting of him and Wendolene's father, implying that the death of his creator made him bitter and selfish. Wallace and Gromit | All The Tropes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia All The Tropes Wiki File:Walace and grommit.png This series of four short animated films and a full-length movie -- all done using old-fashioned stop-motion animation -- is about a kindhearted but clueless Lancashire-accented inventor, his long-suffering sentient dog, and his love for cheese. Produced by Nick Park for Aardman Studios , the series has won fans and accolades on both sides of the Atlantic, including numerous Oscars, and is a rare example of British suburban life visible in media exported to America. The films are, in order: Edit A Grand Day Out (short - 1989). Wherein Wallace and Gromit realise that they're out of cheese and the shops are closed. The solution?

Build a rocket in the basement and take a trip to the moon... which, as everyone knows, is made of cheese. While there, they have an encounter with a coin-operated robot who's desperate to go skiing. The Wrong Trousers (short - 1993). Wherein Wallace takes in a boarder, a silently menacing penguin named Feathers McGraw, who has sinister plans for both his landlord and Gromit's new birthday present: a pair of "techno-trousers" for automatic walkies. Chaos, naturally, ensues. ("It's the wrong trousers, Gromit, and they've gone wrong!") A Close Shave (short - 1995). Wherein Wallace's crush Wendolene turns out to have ties to the local wool shortage, leading to Gromit being imprisoned for sheep-rustling, forcing Wallace to stage a daring jailbreak with the help of a woolly jumper-wearing lamb named Shaun. The three must face the real Big Bad in a final showdown for all the yarn. Shaun later got his own Spin-Off called Shaun the Sheep . Cracking Contraptions (short-shorts - 2002).

A series of 5-minute films showcasing Wallace's latest wacky inventions. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (feature-length - 2005). Wherein the combination of a vegetable-growing contest and Wallace's latest invention accidentally unleashes a giant rampaging parody of ancient Hammer Horror cliches on their unsuspecting village... oh, also a giant half-man, half-bunny . This received a Licensed Game adaptation and is noted as being, possibly, the only horror film in existence to feature a vegetarian monster. A Matter of Loaf and Death (short - 2008). Wherein the two run a bakery, and Wallace falls in love though Gromit has his suspicions. Can you blame him? Aired on Christmas Day 2008, it was the top-rated programme of the day (ahead of Doctor Who 's "The Next Doctor"). In 2003, Frontier Developments released a video game known as Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo, which saw the return of Feathers McGraw as the villain in an original storyline; it was So Okay It's Average in most respects.

In the spring/summer of 2009, Telltale Games released a series of four episodic Wallace & Gromit adventure games, collectively Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, for the PC and Xbox Live Arcade. The games are notable for successfully replicating the look and feel of the shorts, to the point of having fingerprints and other clay modeling details visible on the characters. The Grand Adventures episodes are, in order: Edit Fright of the Bumblebees, in which Wallace's attempts to get into the honey business result in giant bees terrorizing the town. The Last Resort, in which a rainy day prompts Wallace to construct a basement beach resort that becomes the site of a closed-circle murder thumping mystery. Muzzled!, in which traveling philanthropist Monty Muzzle holds a fundraising fair to rebuild the local dog shelter... but Wallace and Gromit discover his intentions aren't exactly charitable. The Bogey Man, in which Wallace tries to dodge a marriage proposal by joining the Prickly Thicket country club, and ends up in a game with much higher stakes than he bargained for.

In 2010, BBC One commissioned a television program, Wallace and Gromit's World of Inventions, an educational program about famous or revolutionary inventions, hosted by the two. It begin airing in November with the episode Nature Knows Best. See also its spin-off series Shaun the Sheep and Timmy Time , the Spin-Off of the spin-off. These animations provide examples of: Black Widow : Piella Bakewell. Blessed Are the Cheesemakers : Wallace's cheese obsession. The producers have great fun referencing the most bizarre and obscure cheese names possible. This namedropping, in fact, saved Wensleydale cheese, which was right on the cusp of disappearing before Wallace and Gromit created a new demand for it. Bottomless Magazines : At the end of The Wrong Trousers, Gromit chases McGraw on a model train - by rapid-fire laying of track from an inexhaustible box. In the same scene, McGraw's revolver never seems to run out of bullets. Brand X / Bland-Name Product : Everything from Smug Fridges and Duck Matches to Sud-U-Like Soap and Ay-Up! Magazine .

Played with inasmuch as Wallace and Gromit are working as window-cleaners when they meet Wendolene; "Windolene" is a cleaning product sold for cleaning glass. The "Bake-O-Lite Balloon" was a genuine ad campaign for the Nimble loaf, which has since been incorporated into Hovis. Break the Cutie : Fluffles comes pre-broken, evident from the trembling. Bungling Inventor : Wallace, natch. In one of the comics, we encounter another three named Derek, Derrick and Eric. They invent a wind-up mobile phone, an automatic winder that you have to wind up, and a key to wind up the automatic winder. Mind you, in another one of the comics Wallace invents an indestructible shoe that eventually nearly destroys the Earth because he couldn't find his slippers.

The "Cheese Lover's Yearbook" features, as well as the creations of the original shorts: the Recyc-O-Matic, which worked fine until he gave it arms and it ran amok in the town centre eating everything in its path; the Automatic Dairy Maker, which was scrapped after it turned out the "Creamy Wallaby" cheese it produced caused some people to come out in a grassy rash; and the Push-Button Gardener, which raked up all the leaves and dumped them on the living room carpet. Butt Monkey : The local grocer, Mr. Paneer, in Grand Adventures. No matter what kind of crazy plot Wallace and Gromit are caught up in, it always ends up inconveniencing him somehow. He lampshades this in the final episode. Poor Gromit falls into this all too often... (usually thanks to Wallace's stupidity). Though to balance it out Wallace himself often gets it pretty bad too. The Cameo : In "Curse of the Were-Rabbit," there's two portraits of Nick Park and Steve Box (blink and you'll miss it) in the parsonage before the door slams shut. Cartoon Bomb : In Loaf and Death.

Not only is it your classic cannonball-with-a-fuse, but it has "BOMB" written on it in large white letters. Cue Wallace: "Oh, Gromit! It's a bomb! " Cartoon Cheese : Averted in A Grand Day Out, as moon cheese doesn't look anything like typical "orange-y swiss" cartoon cheese. More like cheddar. Wallace names several terrestrial cheeses in an unsuccessful attempt to determine what moon cheese tastes like, and finally concludes, "It's like no cheese I've ever tasted." Catch Phrase : "CheeeeEEEEeeeeeeeese!" (with Wallace's trademark excited hands). Also, once things inevitably fall apart, Wallace's "GROMIT! HELP! DO SOMETHING!," or the less emphatic "Gromit! Do something, lad!" There's no ceiling on how many times Wallace will say this in a single episode. Chekhov's Gun : In any of the times we see one of the many To the Batpole segments in the opening, it will usually play a crucial role in the climax. Claymation Civilized Animal : Gromit is usually depicted as walking upright, and is capable of creating and operating complex machinery.

Generally he's shown to be significantly more shrewd and sensible than his master. However, despite all of this, everyone treats him the same as you treat any dog. He has both a room in the house and a kennel in the yard, and walks on two or four legs as the plot requires. He's also been shown to eat from a dog dish or at a human table on different occasions. Fluffles in Loaf and Death is similarly capable, though she's generally shown on all fours for much of the film. Notably, her moments of bipedalism happen either out of the sight of her abusive master, or at the film's end when she finally stands up to her and remains bipedal for the rest of the film. Feathers McGraw is apparently capable of showing up and renting rooms from humans, but the film still ends with him at the zoo. Continuity Nod : Frequent and gleeful, starting with a running gag in which the headlines on the paper Wallace is reading or a news bulletin on TV in a short reference events of an earlier short. Wallace's dough-inflated-trousers looked a little like a pair he'd owned previously...

A lot of the phrases Hutch in "Were-Wallace" mode spouts in Were-Rabbit are quotes from previous entries. The baker murdered at the start of Loaf and Death can be seen on an ad for his bakery in A Close Shave. When Gromit is put in prison in A Close Shave, there's graffiti on the wall reading "Feathers Woz 'Ere". When Piella crashes into the zoo at the start of Loaf and Death, to the right of the gate is a poster saying "One Of Our Penguins Is Missing" , complete with a picture of what looks like Feathers McGraw. To the left of the gate is a ladder propped against the inside of the wall -- with a rope made of sheets hanging down the outside. At least one item from a previous short is hidden in every episode of the Telltale Games episodes. At the beginning of The Wrong Trousers, Gromit reads a newspaper which bears a headline, Moon Cheese Shares Soar. When Wallace leaves Gromit alone in the van in Were-Rabbit, he's parked outside a hairdressers called A Close Shave.

There is a "have you seen this chicken?" poster with Feathers McGraw in the Were-Rabbit licensed game. Gold Digger Gone Horribly Wrong : About 1/3 of Wallace's inventions, due to accidents (e.g. The Rabbit Rehabilitator), or misuse (e.g. the Power Trousers). Gone Horribly Right : Another 1/3 of Wallace's inventions. (e.g. the time Wallace wanted to pump up some honeybees with Muscle-Gro to make them super-efficient honey-producers, and wound up making giant bees that rampaged all over town) Hammerspace : As befitting the trope, the Telltale Wallace & Gromit games feature this, truly reaching a ridiculous point when Wallace uproots incredibly large flowers and somehow stuffs them into his pockets. Hikikomori - Mr. Gabberly, although he is willing to shout at people quite a bit. His hobby thus far seems to be raising birds. Homemade Inventions : The series trademark, and the propellant for most of the plots. Cracking Contraptions is exclusively about these. Human Ladder : Well, sort of. It's a Sheep Ladder, in A Close Shave.

Human-to-Werewolf Footprints : Reversed in Were-Rabbit. Originally they thought that the were-rabbit prints were leading to the basement and that the pet bunny was the culprit. Then Gromit closes the door and sees that not only do the prints continue past the basement door, they change into human prints as they lead towards Wallace's bedroom. Hurricane of Puns : Ooh yeah. Besides the canine-themed titles of the books Gromit reads constantly, in Loaf and Death there's a a play on bakery words every so often. The climax of Were-Rabbit is also very groan-heavy. Not to mention all of the cheese-themed classic titles behind which Wallace's secret cheese dish is hidden. Rube Goldberg Device : Wallace's method of invention has been described by Nick Park as the equivalent of cracking a nut with a sledgehammer. Serious Business : The veg competition in Were-Rabbit. Wallace's business ventures always take otherwise mundane concepts such as window washing or baking to a ludicrous extreme to accommodate the previously mentioned Rube Goldberg Device methods he feels are necessary to do the job. Shout-Out : Most of Aardman's work use this with amazing frequency.

Wrong Trousers contains an extended spoof of heist movies, just as Were-Rabbit parodies a number of horror tropes. Individual shout outs are so numerous as to take up a ridiculous entry length, but viewers paying close attention are well rewarded. Spin-Off : Shaun the Sheep got his own TV series. And then Timmy from that series got his own Spin-Off in the form of Timmy Time . Station Ident : To mark the showing of Loaf and Death, BBC 1 ran a number of specially-filmed 'Wallace and Gromit' idents during Christmas 2008. This was done way back in 1995, with several Christmas-themed idents for BBC 2 . Strangely Effective Disguise : Everyone assumes Feathers McGraw to be a chicken rather than a penguin just from him putting a rubber glove on his head. Particularly played for laughs when even the intelligent and perceptive Gromit does a Double Take when he takes it off. Even funnier considering Wallace was renting a room out to Feathers and interacting with him frequently, and yet doesn't recognize him with the glove on and reacts in total surprise when Feathers pulls the glove off.

Super Multi-Purpose Room : Basically every room in Wallace's house has built-in intricate mechanisms and contraptions to help Wallace and Gromit wake up, get dressed, effortlessly get seated for breakfast, get the breakfast prepared, get into their car, and and and ... See To the Batpole Suspiciously Specific Denial : In Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Hutch, in the middle of rambling about cheese, inventing, cheese , how cracking he thinks things are, eh, Gromit?, and cheese , says "I'm Wallace" for no apparent reason. Perhaps he's vaguely aware that someone's been tinkering with his thinker, and trying to reassure himself? Technology Porn : Wallace's inventions- elaborate, ridiculous, and oh so fun to watch. Take That : Gromit is trying to dispose of a bomb at the end of Loaf and Death. He goes to one window--there are cute little ducks in the pond underneath. He goes to another window--nuns collecting charity for kittens. He goes to a third--the Yorkshire border. He prepares to throw.

Take the Wheel : In A Matter of Loaf and Death, Wallace hands the wheel off to his dog while he makes a death-defying leap to save a bread heiress. And when Wallace says it, he means it literally . Apparently that particular incarnation of the ever changing Wallacemobile has a socket for the steering wheel on either side. Hopefully the peddles are replicated on both sides as well. Title Drop : In The Wrong Trousers, Wallace himself yells the title once he realizes he's wearing them. In A Close Shave when Gromit programs the machine to give Preston a "Close Shave". Too Dumb to Live : Wallace has been close to death far too often, mostly due to his absent-mindedness, and not paying attention to Gromit's warnings. Torches and Pitchforks : In Curse of the Wererabbit, when the wererabbit is loose at the festival, a booth selling "farm supplies," places a new sign reading "mob supplies." To the Batpole : A Close Shave, the feature film Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and A Matter of Loaf and Death all feature our heroes suiting up via a Heath Robinson-esque process, depicted in all its absurd detail.

A Close Shave had Wallace going through a similar scene; Gromit then simply walks through a door from the kitchen, rolling his eyes. An earlier example is established in The Wrong Trousers: Wallace apparently begins every day with his bed tilting up and dropping him into a trapdoor from his upstairs bedroom to a chair at the dining room table, with mechanical arms providing a costume change. Both of these examples are intended as direct references to Gerry Anderson and Thunderbirds . There is also a Tracey Island gag involving a rotating fishpond. Trademark Favorite Food : Cheese, particularly Wensleydale, is Wallace's favorite, but he's also pretty enthusiastic about toast. Trailers Always Spoil : One TV ad for Were-Rabbit completely spoiled that Wallace is the Were-Rabbit. The Vicar Violent Glaswegian : Duncan McBiscuit from Grand Adventures. The Voiceless : All of the non-human characters, except for when the rabbits howl at the moon, and cry when Wallace is believed dead in Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Gromit himself makes a few audible yelps and growls in The Wrong Trousers" Hutch in Were-Rabbit is another exception.

Visual Pun : In Curse of the Were-Rabbit, PC Mackinstosh blurts out that titular character isn't dead, the festival comes to a screeching halt, everyone is standing there in Stunned Silence , and a piece of cotton candy tumbles by . What Could Have Been : DreamWorks apparently attempted to replace Peter Sallis with an American actor. Aardman disliked this request, but they came to a compromise to cast well-known British actors like Helena Bonham Carter, while keeping Sallis in the title role. The amount of Executive Meddling over the course of that film and Flushed Away led to Aardman jumping ship as the latter film released into the wild. Where the Hell Is Springfield? : The name of the town is never given, though freeze-framing reveals Wallace's post is addressed to Wigan. A poster in Loaf And Death also shows a performance of Carmen taking place at the "Wigan Palais". And the van in Wererabbit has a Wigan A-Z. Who's on First? : The hare you'll find is much bigger. Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs? : Wallace has currently worked on-screen as a window cleaner, an exterminator, a baker and a television presenter.

In the Grand Adventures games, a beekeeper, runner of an indoor holiday resort, ice-cream vendor and detective. Wounded Gazelle Gambit : Piella pulls a quite unnerving one on Gromit, biting her own arm. Notes

Question: In the 1995, Wallace and Gromit film, "A Close Shave", what is the name of Wendoline's robot dog?
Answer: PRESTON