The Wrong Trousers
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop-motion animated short film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit. It is the second film featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his dog Gromit, following A Grand Day Out (1989). In the short film, a villainous penguin named Feathers McGraw uses Wallace and Gromit's robot "Techno Trousers" to take a diamond.
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers premiered in the United States on December 17, 1993, and the United Kingdom on December 26, 1993. It was commercially successful and won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It also inspired a charity fundraising day, known as "Wrong Trousers Day", one of several events. A sequel, A Close Shave, was released in 1995.
- Directed by Nick Park. Produced by Christopher Moll. Written by Nick Park, Bob Baker and Brian Sibley.
Dialogue
[edit]- Wallace: [of the trapdoor that slid him out of bed onto the kitchen chair in the morning] Well, that went as well as could be expected, didn't it, hmm? Though I might have to make a small adjustment to the drop. A touch painful on re-entry.
- Wallace: [to Gromit] I think you'll find this present a valuable addition to our modern lifestyle. [he unwraps the present] They're techno-trousers, ex-NASA. Fantastic for walkies.
- Wallace: [upon falling into the techno-trousers in the morning] It's the wrong trousers! The wrong trousers! What have you done with the controls, Gromit? [the techno-trousers begins to walk out of the house] Now, that'll do. Just hold on a minute. Stop it! Gromit! Stop these confounded things! This isn't funny, Gromit! The joke's over! Get me out of these trousers! [the trousers bounces] Lummy day!
- Wallace: Woah! It's the wrong trousers, Gromit, and they've gone wrong! Stop them, Gromit! Stop them! Help me! Gr-Gromit! The trousers have gone haywire! Get me out!!! Help!!!!!
- Wallace: Oh, I'm tired. A good doze, that's what I need. Get me strength back. What a - What a shocking calam-calam-calamity- [falls asleep, snoring]
- Wallace: [after Feathers Mcgraw has pulled off his chicken disguise] Good grief! It's you!
- Wallace: Hang in there, Gromit! Everything's under control!
- [Last lines]
- Wallace: Ha, all's well that ends well. That's what I say. Ooh, I do like a bit of gorgonzola.
Taglines
[edit]- From the Oscar-winning creators of Creature Comforts and A Grand Day Out.
- Winner of the 1993 Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
- From the creators of Chicken Run.
Cast
[edit]- Peter Sallis as Wallace
