Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers

Name: The Wrong Trousers
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy
Released: 1993-12-17
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Peter Sallis

Original title: The Wrong Trousers

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8.3/10

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Peter Hawkins and Peter Sallis in Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993)

Animal Adventure Buddy Comedy Farce Slapstick Stop Motion Animation Animation Comedy Crime Family Mystery

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.

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IMDb RATING

8.3/10

62K

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Won 1 Oscar
- 14 wins & 1 nomination total

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10/10

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.

Trivia
The filmmakers of Toy Story (1995) have indicated in interviews that the moving-van chase scene at the end of the film was partially inspired by the toy train chase scene from this film. The Pixar animators considered the toy train sequence to have set a standard for action which they had to surpass in this full-length computer animated film.

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. The original broadcast version hasn't received an official release since 1999.