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* MistakenForProfound: While Major Crum and Constable Dibbins are arguing, Wallace notices and reads aloud an advertisement for a two-flavored pie. The two mistake this as a proposal that they work together.
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* ChekhovsGag: The joke book Mr. Paneer keeps on hand can be used several times while the player is puttering around Prickly Thicket golf club, and Duncan becomes HelplessWithLaughter every time a joke is read. Gromit brings the book to Mr. Paneer during the final golf tournament, making Duncan laugh again so Gromit can swipe the measuring putter and use it and the map to find the last hole.


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** When the basement starts flooding, Wallace tries to hold the leak with his bare hands. He tells Gromit to fetch his spanner[[note]]"wrench" in American English[[/note]] while he stands with his finger in the dike (a reference to the legend of the Little Dutch boy who saved a town by staying all night using his finger to stop a small hole).

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* APlotInDeed: A great deal of Episode 4's plot revolves around searching for (and later, [[spoiler:competing for the right to preserve or destroy]]) the lost deed to Prickly Thicket's golf course.

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* APlotInDeed: A great deal Shortly after Wallace is inducted into the Prickly Thicket golf club, Constable Dibbins announces he's shutting the club down because it doesn't have a golf course, which is required by one of Episode 4's plot revolves around searching the bylaws. The club ''does'' have a golf course, but the deed to it has been rendered inaccessible due to a complex security system, prompting Wallace to take on the task of cracking the security and recovering the deed. [[spoiler: The deed troubles don't end once the deed is found, though: it turns out that the golf course covers much of town, including Wallace's own home— forcing Wallace to run for (and later, [[spoiler:competing for chairman in order to gain the right to preserve or destroy]]) destroy the lost deed to Prickly Thicket's golf course.and save the town.]]
* RamblingOldManMonologue: Major Crum launches into stories about his background in the military during most of his appearances, at the slightest provocation.

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* MisterMuffykins: Poodgie-Woo and Tinkie-Wee, two Cavalier King Charles Spaniel-lookalikes owned by Wallace's snobbish, histrionic neighbor Miss Flitt. These yappers behave when their owner is around, but otherwise they are vicious and inconsolable.

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* MisterMuffykins: Poodgie-Woo and Tinkie-Wee, two Cavalier King Charles Spaniel-lookalikes owned by Wallace's snobbish, histrionic neighbor Miss Flitt. These yappers behave when their owner is around, but otherwise they are vicious and inconsolable.uncontrollable.



* NoodleIncident: During "Fright of the Bumblebees", Mrs. Gabberly mentions two more unexplained incidents she's lived through: hedgehog riots and a cheese famine.



** A squirrel that lives near the duo's house has the tendency to steal from them.

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** A squirrel that lives near the duo's house (called Mr. Nutter) has the tendency to steal from them.

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* ShoutOut: "Loads of dogs around here this week. [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Even an Irish Wolfhound.]] [[FurryConfusion Shoulda seen the size of him!]] [[CallBack Went for me pork scratchings on top shelf!]]"

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** Wallace says that solving mysteries with the Deduct-O-Matic should be "[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes elementary, dear Gromit.]]"
** When Wallace runs the Deduct-O-Matic, one of the possible answers is "[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Crunchy Frog.]]"
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"Loads of dogs around here this week. [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Even an Irish Wolfhound.]] [[FurryConfusion Shoulda seen the size of him!]] [[CallBack Went for me pork scratchings on top shelf!]]"
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** A squirrel that leaves near the duo's house has the tendency to steal from them.

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** A squirrel that leaves lives near the duo's house has the tendency to steal from them.
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* UnplannedStaycation: In the second episode "The Last Resort", Wallace and Gromit's planned vacation to Blackpool gets rained out, so Wallace tries to turn their flooded basement into an indoor beach. Wallace is then inspired to transform their house into an indoor beach resort for the rest of the community to have fun at.

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* UnplannedStaycation: In the second episode "The Last Resort", Wallace and Gromit's planned vacation to Blackpool gets rained out, so Wallace tries to turn their flooded basement into an indoor beach. Wallace is then inspired to transform their house into an indoor beach resort for the rest of the community to have fun at.
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* UnplannedStaycation: In the second episode "The Last Resort", Wallace and Gromit's planned vacation to Blackpool gets rained out, so Wallace tries to turn their flooded basement into an indoor beach. Wallace is then inspired to transform their house into an indoor beach resort for the rest of the community to have fun at.
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* FooledByTheSound: In "The Last Resort", Wallace's stomach [[GrowlingGut growls loudly]] from looking at boxes of Stilton, which Mr. Paneer, Felicity Flitt, and Duncan [=McBiscuit=] mistake for thunder.
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* CanonForeigner: The series introduces a recurring cast that doesn't show up in the main ''Wallace and Gromit'' series. Among others: Mr. Paneer, grocery store merchant and cheese seller, Wallace's neighbor Ms. Flitt, and newspaper stand owner Mrs. Gabberly.


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* MinimalistCast: The series runs off the main cast of Wallace, Gromit, Mr. Paneer, Ms. Flitt, Mr. and Mrs. Gabberly, P.C. Dibbins, Duncan [=McBiscuit=], and Major Crum, with single-episode appearances from Monty Muzzle (in the third game) and Prudence Flitt (in the fourth). This is most notable in the fourth game, when Wallace is invited to join a golf club, which is made up of most of the existing male cast.
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: Every episode the duo have to face a new threat.

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* BerserkButton: Miss Flitt's dogs won't let ''anyone'' touch their chew toy. [[spoiler:Duncan [=McBiscuit=] found this out the hard way.]]

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Miss Flitt's dogs won't let ''anyone'' touch their chew toy. [[spoiler:Duncan [=McBiscuit=] found this out the hard way.]]]]
** Miss Flitt can't stand mushrooms.
** Prudence Flitt despises golf.
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* TheCakeIsALie: Muzzler's gumball-counting game promises an unspecified prize to anyone who wins. Muzzler never expected anyone to win so he never actually had a prize prepared. When Mr Paneer wins, Muzzler tries to spin a yarn about the "prize" being the memories of the experience and victory.

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* TheCakeIsALie: Muzzler's Muzzle's gumball-counting game promises an unspecified prize to anyone who wins. Muzzler Muzzle never expected anyone to win so he never actually had a prize prepared. When Mr Paneer wins, Muzzler Muzzle tries to spin a yarn about the "prize" being the memories of the experience and victory.
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* TheCakeIsALie: Muzzler's gumball-counting game promises an unspecified prize to anyone who wins. Muzzler never expected anyone to win so he never actually had a prize prepared. When Mr Paneer wins, Muzzler tries to spin a yarn about the "prize" being the memories of the experience and victory.
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* OhNoNotAgain: When one of the strays faints, [[spoiler:Muzzle]] bitterly complains about "another" dead dog and how he hadn't even had time to work this one.
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* BookEnds: "The Last Resort" opens and closes with Gromit using a gas cylinder to propel himself across a water hazard to save Wallace.


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* ImprovisedJetPack: Gas cylinders are used in a few puzzles to propel a character when normal movement is impossible.

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