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* ''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.
* ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit|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 [[Our Werebeasts Are Different|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").
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In 2010, [[The BBC|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
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* [[Absent-Minded Professor]] - Wallace. Oh, so much.
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: The antagonist of ''A Close Shave'',
* [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!]]: in ''Were-Rabbit'', on hearing that their vegetables will be used as bait to attract the Were-Rabbit, Mrs. Mulch flees with her Pumpkin, whilst the townsfolk yell at her "Come back! Come back!". The Were-Rabbit then approaches, prompting her to about turn. Cue villagers now yelling "Go away! Go away!"
* [[As You Wish]]: Early on in ''Curse of the Were-Rabbit'', Wallace makes a playful "rabbit paws" gesture in Lady Tottington's direction. She smiles and repeats it back. {{spoiler|Later, after carrying her away from the mob and back to the greenhouse, the Were
* [[Art Evolution]]: The models in ''A Grand Day Out'' were very different in design to the models we know now - just look at [https://web.archive.org/web/20130412200636/http://www.mojomovie.com/images/cache/screen_image_314215.jpg Wallace] in particular.
* [[Animation Bump]]: The first short, ''A Grand Day Out'', was mostly made by Nick Park himself, with Aardman Animations only coming in when the film was half complete. When compared to ''The Wrong Trousers'' (the first one with a lot of Aardman work), there is a world of difference in animation between the two.
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* [[Ass in a Lion Skin]]: Feathers McGraw, who simply wears a red glove on his head during jobs to convince others he is a chicken. He's currently the article image.
* [[Background Halo]]: Lady Tottington gets one, along with a set of background ''wings'', when she advocates trapping the were-rabbit humanely. Lord Victor Quartermaine, who wants to just shoot it, gets a pair of background horns.
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: As evidenced by ''A Grand Day Out''. Granted, [[Toon Physics|they are stop-motion characters in an animated film]] on a moon made of cheese,
* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: Gromit, who takes it in his stride.
* [[Big Ol' Unibrow]]: Gromit never speaks ([[Captain Obvious|because he is a dog]]), so this is the ONLY way you know what he's feeling. It's really incredible, the emotion you can wring out of an artfully-squashed bit of
{{quote|'''Wallace:''' "We've tested this on Gromit. Haven't we, lad?"
'''Gromit:''' ''(eyebrows rise mournfully)'' *nods*
* [[Bigger on the Inside]]: The house in ''Loaf and Death''. Somehow, a full bakery factory with machines, chutes and cogs manages to fit into the dimensions of a small two-story house - which still has room for a kitchen, dining room and bedrooms.
* [[Bindle Stick]]: Gromit carries one in ''The Wrong Trousers''
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Piella Bakewell in ''Loaf and Death''.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: ''A Close Shave,''
* [[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.
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** 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 [[It Makes Sense in Context|dough-inflated-trousers]] looked a little like a pair he'd owned
** A lot of the phrases {{spoiler|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''.
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{{quote|Wallace: I'm in bread myself!
[[[Aside Glance]] from Gromit] }}
** Towards the end of ''Were-Rabbit'' Wallace is left clothes-less after {{spoiler|transforming back to human}}, so he grabs a handy cheese box to hold front of his private bits. The box has a "
** Lady Tottingham inviting Wallace to see her secret garden is probably the most risque.
* [[Girl of the Week]]: All of Wallace's love interests.
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* [[The Voiceless]]: All of the non-human characters, except for when the rabbits howl at the moon, and cry when {{spoiler|Wallace is believed dead}} in ''Curse of the Were-Rabbit''. Gromit himself makes a few audible yelps and growls in ''The Wrong Trousers"
** {{spoiler|Hutch}} in ''Were-Rabbit'' is another exception.
* [[Visual Pun]]: In ''Curse of the Were-Rabbit'', [[Punny Name|PC
* [[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.
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