The Wrong Trousers (1993)

Wallace is used by a criminal penguin in a robbery involving mechanical trousers.

Director:

Nick Park

Writers:

Nick Park, Bob Baker,

Stars:

Peter Sallis

Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Peter Sallis	...	Wallace (voice)

Storyline

Plasticine animation of Wallace and Gromit, inventors of all manner of useful devices. Gromit (a dog) finds himself being pushed out of his room and home by a new lodger who is actually a ruthless criminal (and a small penguin). The penguin is planning a robbery and needs to use Wallace and his mechanical remote controlled trousers to pull off the raid. However, Gromit is wise to the penguin and comes to the rescue.

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Plot Keywords:

penguin | robbery | trousers | inventor | wallace and gromit | 

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Taglines:

From the Oscar-winning creator of Creature Comforts and A Grand Day Out.

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Crime | Family

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Aardman Animations

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 December 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

As Calças Erradas

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aardman Animations, BBC Bristol, Wallace & Gromit

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as Dolby Stereo)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Feathers sweats during the diamond heist, the animators needed a bigger model. The one used through the rest of the film was a lot smaller.

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Goofs

Gromit suddenly gains a watch on his right arm, when looking at the calendar, it's not seen before or afterwards.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Wallace: Ah, but I do like a bit of gorgonzola!

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits sequence, the Techno-Trousers walk down the street, still stuck in a dustbin. The sun sets until the sequence fades to black.

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Connections

Referenced in Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (Allegro)"
(uncredited)
Written by J.S. Bach

User Reviews

Wonderful – Gromit steals the show and the penguin is superbly sinister!

In order to help make ends meet Wallace decides to rent out their spare room. However the new lodger takes Gromit's room and puts him out in the dog house. Meanwhile Wallace continues work on a pair of remote controlled trousers. But is the new lodger as innocent a chicken as he appears? Wallace finds himself part of a major jewel robbery – can Gromit return in time to save him?

The second of the adventures of Wallace & Gromit sees the animation greatly improve and the comedy oh so very sharp and funny. The basic plot is a little silly but very well crafted considering this is a short film – I wish many `proper' films had plots this clever and imaginative. It is also absolutely a wonder to watch – even when I wasn't laughing I was easily charmed by the wit and imagination of the whole thing.

The animation is superb, Wallace is as good as ever and Gromit is much more fully developed and is easily the star. The penguin however threatens to steal the show as well as the jewel. How can a plastercine penguin with a glove on it's head that likes listening to organ music be threatening? Well it can – here he snaps his head round and stares with such menace that it's frightening! They all work well together but Gromit takes the film by a nose.

With all those brain dead kids cartoons around on TV this should be treasured. Adults will love it as there is plenty of detail for them to enjoy and kids will totally fall for the rich comedy and well animated characters. A wonderful little gem.