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The Wrong Trousers

  • 1993
  • TV-PG
  • 29m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
55K
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The Wrong Trousers (1993)
AnimationShortComedy

Gromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.Gromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.Gromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.

  • Director
    • Nick Park
  • Writers
    • Nick Park
    • Bob Baker
    • Brian Sibley
  • Star
    • Peter Sallis
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    55K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nick Park
    • Writers
      • Nick Park
      • Bob Baker
      • Brian Sibley
    • Star
      • Peter Sallis
    • 119User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 14 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Peter Sallis
    Peter Sallis
    • Wallace
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Nick Park
    • Writers
      • Nick Park(characters)
      • Bob Baker
      • Brian Sibley(additional contributions by)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In one scene, Gromit is reading "The Republic" by Pluto. The actual author is Plato; Pluto is Mickey Mouse's dog.
    • Goofs
      During the train chase, Feathers McGraw fired his revolver 7 times without reloading. Most revolvers only carry 6 rounds.
    • Quotes

      Wallace: It's the wrong trousers Gromit! And they've gone wrong!

    • 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.
    • 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 The music the penguin is playing to annoy Gromit has been replaced by organ music.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.
    • Connections
      Featured in What's Up Doc?: Episode #2.14 (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
      Written by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown

    User reviews119

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    10/10
    A true mile stone of animation
    Nick Park's hysterical plasticine duo Wallace and Gromit are back in this, their second outing, pitting themselves against the plotting penguine whose devious nature is taking advantage of Wallace's niavity. However, the ever suspicious Gromit is seeing through the Penguine's frosty exterior and sets out to uncover his secret scheming shadowy plan. The Wrong Trousers is the best so far from Peter Lord and Nick Park, putting even the outstanding Chicken Run and Close Shave in it's shadow. The characterisation is simply electrical. The ever suffering but mute Gromit and the clumsy well meaning Wallace muddle their way to stopping a truely outstanding criminal genius penguine (whose pesona is portrayed with such subtlety and effect that the cute bird becomes the very essence of evil). Park and Lord's pace and cinematography in this animation medium are truely world leading, climaxing in the mad mayhem of a train-set chase through their house. The plot is simple yet full of nuances and details (check out the headline's on Wallace's newspaper and the wall paper in Gromit's bedroom)raising this above even the best that that big studios can produce. A film almost without fault which pays homage to the greatest and most farciscal works of the great Ealing comedy era (there is something sinister happening but, it isn't that sinister really). Watch this film and let the quality and clarity of the humour seep into your soul. A true mile-stone of animation which deserved it's oscar like no other animation ever will.
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    • Release date
      • December 17, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Aardman Animations
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wallace & Gromit: Los pantalones equivocados
    • Production companies
      • Aardman Animations
      • BBC Bristol
      • Wallace & Gromit
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    • Runtime
      29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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