The Wrong Trousers (1993)

Wallace lets out his spare room to a penguin. The penguin and Gromit, Wallace's dog, immediately don't see eye-to-eye. Meanwhile, Wallace has invented a giant pair of robotic trousers, designed to take Gromit for walks.

Director:

Nick Park

Writers:

Nick Park, Bob Baker

Stars:

Peter Sallis, Peter Hawkins

Won 1 Oscar. Another 12 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:

robbery | inventor | wallace and gromit | clay animation | penguin | 

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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 | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

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

When the penguin uses the remote to get Wallace out of bed, the sheets are all crumpled up, but in the next shot they're neatly spread over the bed again.

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Quotes

Wallace: [to Feathers McGraw] Good grief. It's you. Now, get me out of those trousers.

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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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Alternate Versions

In the original broadcast version Gromit's birthday card plays "Happy Birthday". When released on DVD it plays "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow". The music the penguin is playing to annoy Gromit has been replaced by organ music. The reason for the music change is due to copyright issues.

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Connections

Referenced in 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005)

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Soundtracks

The Honors March
(uncredited)
Written by John Philip Sousa

User Reviews

a modern classic

In my opinion, Wallace & Gromit are to modern animation what Bugs Bunny was to classic cartoons: they truly set the standards. Following "Creature Comforts", Nick Park made "The Wrong Trousers". W&G take in a penguin as a boarder, and the little guy soon becomes Wallace's favorite. Gromit decides to leave, but then it turns out that this is no ordinary penguin.

I think that my favorite scene was Wallace "walking" around in the trousers; they must have had fun filming that scene. Watching these cartoons, one can see that "Chicken Run" was coming eventually. All in all, this is a cartoon that you can't afford to miss. Perfect.

Details

Official Sites:

Aardman Animations

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 December 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Wrong Trousers

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