History Awesome / WallaceAndGromit

* The fact that this film managed to make a plasticine penguin the villain of this piece and have it ''not be funny at all''. So much so that you're actually scared for Gromit when it looks like he's been caught spying on Feathers.

--->"I'll take THAT, if you don't mind, eh?"

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* A meta-example. ''Wensleydale Creamery'', a cheese manufacturer known for making Wallace's favorite cheese, Wensleydale.
** In the 1990s, sales of Wensleydale cheeses had fallen so low that production at risk of being suspended. But when Wallace mentioned Wensleydale in the animated shorts, sales of Wensleydale cheeses skyrocketed and saved the company! Animator Creator/NickPark said he picked the cheese solely because it had a good name that would be interesting to animate, but was unaware of the company's financial difficulties at the time.
** They contacted Creator/AardmanAnimations about a license for a special brand of Wensleydale cheese called, ''Wallace and Gromit Wensleydale'', which proved to be an enormous success. Wallace & Gromit continue to appear on Wensleydale cheese to this day.
** In 2005, in conjunction with the release of their full length animated film, ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', sales were increased by 23%.
** Wensleydale wasn't the only cheese that was saved by Wallace & Gromit. Stinking Bishop was brought to international attention thanks to the 2005 animated film. Demand for the cheese subsequently rose by 500%, forcing the cheesemaker to hire more staff and increase production.
* A meta-example to start things off: When ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' aired, it was the most watched program of that day, beating that year's ''Series/DoctorWho'' Christmas special. Let me repeat that. ''It beat Doctor Who.''
* The fact that Gromit is so expressive, despite making almost no sounds and in fact lacking a visible mouth, is a testament to just how good the animators at Creator/AardmanAnimations are.
* In terms of fan-made content, the first 3 shorts are given a Music/{{Pogo}} styled remix. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-txmYro2cM The result is rather well done and can definitely make anyone who's a fan of the shorts get nostalgic.]]

* A meta-example. ''Wensleydale Creamery'', a cheese manufacturer known for making Wensleydale cheese, was nearly bankruptcy, but when Wallace mentioned Wensleydale as his favorite cheese, sales of Wensleydale cheeses skyrocketed and saved the company! They even contacted Creator/AardmanAnimations about a license for a special brand of Wensleydale cheese called, ''Wallace and Gromit Wensleydale'', which proved to be an enormous success. When their feature film, ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', was released in 2005, sales of Wensleydale cheeses increased by 23%.

* A meta-example to start things off: When "A Matter of Loaf and Death" aired, it was the most watched program of that day, beating that year's ''Series/DoctorWho'' Christmas special. Let me repeat that. ''It beat Doctor Who.''

* A meta-example. Wensleydale Creamery, a cheese manufacturer known for making Wensleydale cheese, was nearly bankruptcy, but when Wallace mentioned Wensleydale as his favorite cheese, sales of Wensleydale cheeses skyrocketed and saved the company! They even contacted Creator/AardmanAnimations about a license for a special brand of Wensleydale cheese called, ''"Wallace and Gromit Wensleydale"'', which proved to be an enormous success. When ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', was released in 2005, sales of Wensleydale cheeses increased by 23%.

* A meta-example. Wensleydale Creamery, a cheese manufacturer known for making Wensleydale cheese, was nearly bankruptcy, but when Wallace mentioned Wensleydale as his favorite cheese, sales of Wensleydale cheeses skyrocketed and saved the company! They even contacted Creator/AardmanAnimations about a license for a special brand of Wensleydale cheese called, "Wallace and Gromit Wensleydale", which proved to be an enormous success. When WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit, was released in 2005, sales of Wensleydale cheeses was increased by 23%.

* A meta-example. Wensleydale Creamery, a cheese manufacturer known for making Wensleydale cheese, was nearly bankruptcy, but when Wallace mentioned Wensleydale as his favorite cheese, sales of Wensleydale cheeses skyrocketed and saved the company! They even contacted Aardman Animations about a license for a special brand of Wensleydale cheese called, "Wallace and Gromit Wensleydale", which proved to be an enormous success. When TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit, was released in 2005, sales of Wensleydale cheeses was increased by 23%.

* A meta-example. Wensleydale Creamery, a cheese manufacturer known for making Wensleydale cheese, was nearly bankruptcy, but when Wallace mentioned Wensleydale as his favorite cheese, sales of Wensleydale cheeses skyrocketed and saved the company! They even contacted Aardman Animations about a license for a special brand of Wensleydale cheese called, "Wallace and Gromit Wensleydale", which proved to be an enormous success. When the 2005 full-length Wallace and Gromit film, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, was released, sales of Wensleydale cheeses increased by 23%.

* A meta-example. Wensleydale cheese was in bankruptcy and nearly ended production, but when Wallace mentioned Wensleydale as his favorite cheese, sales skyrocketed and saved the company!

** The escape itself is awesome. Gromit receives a jigsaw in the post, so he sits at his table, sadly putting it together. [[spoiler:[[DoubleTake Then he looks at the finished jigsaw and is startled to see a message]]: "FRIDAY NIGHT 8PM BE READY. A FRIEND". A quick check of the calendar and clock reveals that that's exactly the current time and date. Then he turns to see Shaun standing at the window ready to break him out. With a circular saw.]] Oh god, yes!

* [[spoiler:After flying his monoplane through two walls (by retracting the wings), Gromit doesn't make the button in time for the third wall and loses the wings, flying directly towards Preston while losing altitude fast. What does he do? Activate the porridge cannon and shoot at the floor, ricocheting the shots directly into Preston.]]

* Shaun is practically made of this throughout the entire climax, coming to Gromit's aid many times as Preston nearly gains the upper hand. Bonus points for [[spoiler:riding an anvil ''directly towards the Mutton-O-Matic'' so as to knock Preston in]].
* After his [[spoiler: RoboticReveal]], a vengeful Preston makes a menacing bee line towards Shaun, who is rightfully terrified. Gromit, using his improvised bungee, quickly snatches Shaun away, giving Preston [[DeathGlare a look of "Don't you dare lay a paw on him!"]] as he does so.

* The ''{{Film/Aliens}}'' parody. [[MiniMecha You know the one.]] Yeah, it was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilariously funny]], but [[spoiler:Fluffles]] still managed to channel the spirit of Ripley.
** The MeaningfulEcho is especially awesome. Prior to the fight, [[spoiler: Piella had enough of Fluffles betraying her and gave her a vicious backhand. The first thing Fluffles does in the mech is smack Piella one back, with enough force to send her to the other side of the room for that matter. [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine Karma for an animal abuser at its finest.]]]]

** For extra catharsis points, Preston had largely been a remorseless stoic up until this point, Gromit's flyby attacks are the first time we see Preston panic.

*** Also, credit where credit is do: if it hadn't been for the moose head on the wall, [[BigDamnHeroes he would've ended the chase earlier when he caught back up on the kitchen trolley, net at the ready]].

* The rescue scene. Through a bizarre series of events, Wallace, Piella Bakewell, and Fluffles fall into a crocodile exibit in a zoo. Wallace manages to grab hold of the wall with his foot and catch Piella's ankle, but poor Fluffles ends up falling right into a crocodile's open mouth. Then, within literally seconds, Gromit hurtles over the wall, wraps the elastic string of Piella's sunhat around Piella's nose, uses that string to ''bungee jump'' into the crocodile's mouth (which he props open with a long loaf of bread to keep it from closing), and grabs Fluffles just in time for the elastic string to pull them both out. The crocodile's mouth closes too late, leaving it blinking in bewilderment as if to say "What the ''hell'' just happened?"

** The escape itself is awesome. Gromit receives a jigsaw in the post, so he sits at his table, sadly putting it together. [[spoiler:[[DoubleTake Then he looks at the finished jigsaw and is startled to see a message]]: "FRIDAY NIGHT 8PM BE READY. A FRIEND". Then he turns to see Shaun standing at the window ready to break him out. With a circular saw.]] Oh god, yes!

* The whole plot. It's the bank holidays, the stores are closed; and we're out of cheese! The horror! What to do? Fight your cheese withdrawal until the stores are open again? [[YouKeepUsingThatWord Inconceivable]]! Hey, the moon is up...

* After his [[spoiler: RoboticReveal]], a vengeful Preston makes a menacing bee line towards Shaun, who is rightfully terrified. Gromit, using his improvised bungee, quickly snatches Shaun away, giving Preston an epic DeathGlare as he does so.

* The whole plot of ''A Grand Day Out''. It's the bank holidays, the stores are closed; and we're out of cheese! The horror! What to do? Fight your cheese withdrawal until the stores are open again? [[YouKeepUsingThatWord Inconceivable]]! Hey, the moon is up...

* A meta-example. Wensleydale cheese was in bankruptcy and nearly ended production, but when Wallace mentioned Wensleydale as a favorite cheese, sales skyrocketed and saved the company!

* The rescue scene from "Loaf And Death." Through a bizarre series of events, Wallace, Piella Bakewell, and Fluffles fall into a crocodile exibit in a zoo. Wallace manages to grab hold of the wall with his foot and catch Piella's ankle, but poor Fluffles ends up falling right into a crocodile's open mouth. Then, within literally seconds, Gromit hurtles over the wall, wraps the elastic string of Piella's sunhat around Piella's nose, uses that string to ''bungee jump'' into the crocodile's mouth (which he props open with a long loaf of bread to keep it from closing), and grabs Fluffles just in time for the elastic string to pull them both out. The crocodile's mouth closes too late, leaving it blinking in bewilderment as if to say "What the ''hell'' just happened?"

* A meta-example to start things off: When ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' aired, it was the most watched program of that day, beating that year's ''Series/DoctorWho'' Christmas special. Let me repeat that. ''It beat Doctor Who.''
* The fact that Gromit is so expressive, despite making almost no sounds and in fact lacking a visible mouth, is a testament to just how good the animators at Aardman are.

--->"I'll have THAT, if you don't mind, eh?"

** At the beginning of the scene, Wallace, normally TheLoad, ends up stuck in his Tencho-Trousers standing on the caboose in the parallel track. As he rolls by Feathers, he snatches the penguin's gun out of his flipper.

* The moment after Feathers has pulled off the heist, and locked Wallace in the wardrobe. He turns around, and there's Gromit, with a rolling pin in hand, looking very cross. Of course, the next moment has Feathers pulling a gun, but still...''awesome''.

* Preston gets sucked into the Knit-O-Matic so Gromit adjusts the setting: '''[[TitleDrop Close Shave]]''' (Gromit [[BreakingTheFourthWall winks at the audience]].)