Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TheMerch: It was this short that really chained off the series' popularity with toy companies. While Gromit naturally proved merchandisable, kids were even more eager to scoop up plush toys and backpacks of Shaun.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Trivia migration
Deleted line(s) 30 (click to see context) :
* CreatorBacklash: Nick Park has admitted that he wasn't happy with the way the short turned out, claiming that too many cut scenes depicting Wendoline's backstory dampened his ambitions for DarkerAndEdgier short.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
* ChekhovsGun: The porridge gun.
to:
* ChekhovsGun: The porridge gun. At the beginning, Wallace and Gromit clean windows with the aid of a gun that shoots soapy water. Near the end, it gets repurposed as an offensive weapon that fires globs of porridge.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DarkerAndEdgier: Unrequited love, sheep rustling, blackmail, [[spoiler: attempted murder, implied ''actual'' murder]]... and WordOfGod says that it was originally supposed to be ''even darker!'' Of corse, because this is Wallace & Gromit, it's all played as ridiculously as possible.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* CreatorBacklash: Nick Park has admitted that he wasn't happy with the way the short turned out, claiming that too many cut scenes depicting Wendoline's backstory dampened his ambitions for DarkerAndEdgier short.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
example indentation
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* ContinuityNod: When Gromit is put in prison, there's graffiti on the wall reading "[[WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers Feathers Woz 'Ere]]".
to:
* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** When Gromit is put in prison, there's graffiti on the wall reading "[[WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers Feathers Woz 'Ere]]".
** When Gromit is put in prison, there's graffiti on the wall reading "[[WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers Feathers Woz 'Ere]]".
Changed line(s) 44 (click to see context) from:
* MeaningfulName: Wallace and Gromit give Shaun his name after he is accidentally shorn.
to:
* MeaningfulName: MeaningfulName:
** Wallace and Gromit give Shaun his name after he is accidentally shorn.
** Wallace and Gromit give Shaun his name after he is accidentally shorn.
Changed line(s) 64 (click to see context) from:
* ThingOMatic: The Knit-o-Matic machine.
to:
* ThingOMatic: ThingOMatic:
** The Knit-o-Matic machine.
** The Knit-o-Matic machine.
Changed line(s) 68,69 (click to see context) from:
* ToTheBatpole: Wallace has a ludicrously complicated set of slides and machines to transport himself from his armchair to his motorbike and get dressed for work. Gromit then simply walks into the garage through a door from the kitchen, rolling his eyes.
** Wallace's method of getting to the motorbike is a huge nod towards the old Thunderbirds show. As is the flipping pond when they leave the garage.
** Wallace's method of getting to the motorbike is a huge nod towards the old Thunderbirds show. As is the flipping pond when they leave the garage.
to:
* ToTheBatpole: Wallace has a ludicrously complicated set of slides and machines to transport himself from his armchair to his motorbike and get dressed for work. Gromit (Gromit then simply walks into the garage through a door from the kitchen, rolling his eyes.
**eyes.) Wallace's method of getting to the motorbike is a huge nod towards the old Thunderbirds show. As is the flipping pond when they leave the garage.
**
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 44 (click to see context) from:
* MeaningfulName: Preston gets [[spoiler:pressed on!]]
to:
* MeaningfulName: Wallace and Gromit give Shaun his name after he is accidentally shorn.
** Preston gets [[spoiler:pressed on!]]
** Preston gets [[spoiler:pressed on!]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
I have to give props to the sharp-eyed viewer who spotted this one
Added DiffLines:
* FreezeFrameBonus: Just before Gromit crashes off the cliff in the detached side-car, Feathers [=McGraw=] briefly appears at the side of the path.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 52 (click to see context) from:
* PunnyName: Shaun.
to:
* PunnyName: Shaun.Shaun rhymes with "shorn" (as in "sheared") in non-rhotic varieties of English.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Tropes should be listed by their actual name to avoid confusion. Trope names should not be spoilered; there\'s no point having an example if you can\'t say what it\'s an example *of*.
Changed line(s) 28 (click to see context) from:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Wallace saves Wendolene, but true love is thwarted as he discovers she is allergic to cheese..]]
to:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Wallace saves Wendolene, but true love is thwarted as he discovers she is allergic to cheese..cheese.]]
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
* [[spoiler: [[NotEvenHuman Not Even Canine]]: Preston is a robot!]]
to:
* [[spoiler: [[NotEvenHuman Not Even Canine]]: Preston NotEvenHuman: [[spoiler:Preston is a robot!]]
Changed line(s) 53,54 (click to see context) from:
* [[spoiler:RobotDog: Preston]]
* [[spoiler:RoboticReveal: When Preston is put into the sheep-shearing device, sparks fly, and the RobotDog emerges stripped to the metal.]]
* [[spoiler:RoboticReveal: When Preston is put into the sheep-shearing device, sparks fly, and the RobotDog emerges stripped to the metal.]]
to:
* [[spoiler:RobotDog: Preston]]
RobotDog: [[spoiler:Preston]]
*[[spoiler:RoboticReveal: When RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:When Preston is put into the sheep-shearing device, sparks fly, and the RobotDog emerges stripped to the metal.]]
*
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 28 (click to see context) from:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Wallace saves Wendolene, but true love is thwarted as he discovers she is allergic to cheese. Even ''Wensleydale''.]]
to:
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Wallace saves Wendolene, but true love is thwarted as he discovers she is allergic to cheese. Even ''Wensleydale''.cheese..]]
Changed line(s) 44 (click to see context) from:
* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: Wendolene seems perfect for Wallace, until he discovers [[spoiler:she is allergic to cheese. Even ''Wensleydale''.]]
to:
* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: Wendolene seems perfect for Wallace, until he discovers [[spoiler:she is allergic to cheese. Even ''Wensleydale''.]]
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
* [[spoiler:NotEvenHuman: Preston is a robot!]]
to:
* [[spoiler:NotEvenHuman: [[spoiler: [[NotEvenHuman Not Even Canine]]: Preston is a robot!]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Shaun and the other sheep in general.
Added DiffLines:
* NotWhatISignedOnFor: Wendolene tries to back out of being Preston's rustling partner when she discovers that he plans to grind the sheep into dog food and sell it.
-->'''Wendolene''': "It wasn't so bad when it was just the wool, but... this is ''evil''!"
-->'''Wendolene''': "It wasn't so bad when it was just the wool, but... this is ''evil''!"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Super Strength
Added DiffLines:
* SuperStrength: Preston is exceptionally strong, able to snap a wooden staff in two almost effortlessly [[spoiler:and break out of the Knit-o-Matic when he is stripped down to his robotic shell.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 52 (click to see context) from:
* ShoutOut: Lots of clever thematic ones to the Tim Burton ''Batman'' films and the two ''Terminator'' films in the climactic scenes. Also, the sequence of Wallace going through the automated process of getting dressed into his window-washing overalls is a big {{Homage}} to ''{{Thunderbirds}}''.
to:
* ShoutOut: Lots of clever thematic ones to the Tim Burton ''Batman'' films and the two ''Terminator'' films in the climactic scenes. Also, the sequence of Wallace going through the automated process of getting dressed into his window-washing overalls is a big {{Homage}} to ''{{Thunderbirds}}''.''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Tempting Fate played for laughs at the end
Added DiffLines:
* TemptingFate: Played for laughs. At the end, Wallace and Gromit sit down to have some cheese, with Wallace remarking "and not a sheep to worry us" as he goes to lift the food cover. Guess who he finds munching on their snack.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 34 (click to see context) from:
* Foreshadowing: When Wendolene points out the portrait of her inventor father holding a spanner, Preston is also predominantly in the picture, [[spoiler:foreshadowing the fact that her father actually built him]].
to:
* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: When Wendolene points out the portrait of her inventor father holding a spanner, Preston is also predominantly in the picture, [[spoiler:foreshadowing the fact that her father actually built him]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Funny Background Event
Added DiffLines:
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During Wallace and Wendolene's first meeting, Gromit is cleaning the windows on a bungee cord in the background, which then gets more hilarious when Preston disrupts his operation, leaving him bouncing up and down helplessly, before finally just hanging there upside down with his arms folded.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Sort of a meaningful name, and foreshadowing
Added DiffLines:
* EvilCounterpart: In many ways, Preston is an evil version of Gromit.
Added DiffLines:
* Foreshadowing: When Wendolene points out the portrait of her inventor father holding a spanner, Preston is also predominantly in the picture, [[spoiler:foreshadowing the fact that her father actually built him]].
Added DiffLines:
* MeaningfulName: Preston gets [[spoiler:pressed on!]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Another Shout Out
Changed line(s) 48 (click to see context) from:
* ShoutOut: Lots of clever thematic ones to the Tim Burton ''Batman'' films and ''Terminator 2'' in the climactic scenes.
to:
* ShoutOut: Lots of clever thematic ones to the Tim Burton ''Batman'' films and ''Terminator 2'' the two ''Terminator'' films in the climactic scenes.scenes. Also, the sequence of Wallace going through the automated process of getting dressed into his window-washing overalls is a big {{Homage}} to ''{{Thunderbirds}}''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 50 (click to see context) from:
* SilentSnarker: ...and it's remarkable how expressive he is considering he is always portrayed without a ''mouth'', leaving his ''eyebrows'' to convey all of his emotions.
to:
* SilentSnarker: ...and it's remarkable how expressive he is considering he is always portrayed without a ''mouth'', leaving the rest of his ''eyebrows'' face to convey all of his emotions.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 58 (click to see context) from:
** Wallace's method of getting to the motorbike is, of course, a huge nod towards the old Thunderbirds show. As is the flipping pond when they leave the garage.
to:
** Wallace's method of getting to the motorbike is, of course, is a huge nod towards the old Thunderbirds show. As is the flipping pond when they leave the garage.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 51 (click to see context) from:
* SkewedSenseOfPriorities: Played for laughs with Wallace, who is more outraged that [[spoiler:Preston stole his knitting machine]] and then impressed by [[spoiler:Preston also having built a giant meat grinding machine]] than the fact that [[spoiler:he and the others are about to be fed into said machines]].
to:
* SkewedSenseOfPriorities: SkewedPriorities: Played for laughs with Wallace, who is more outraged that [[spoiler:Preston stole his knitting machine]] and then impressed by [[spoiler:Preston also having built a giant meat grinding machine]] than the fact that [[spoiler:he and the others are about to be fed into said machines]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Wallace and Gromit have a series of three models of the rocket from ''A Grand Day Out'' on their wall instead of the more traditional ducks.
Added DiffLines:
* ShoutOut: Lots of clever thematic ones to the Tim Burton ''Batman'' films and ''Terminator 2'' in the climactic scenes.
Added DiffLines:
* SkewedSenseOfPriorities: Played for laughs with Wallace, who is more outraged that [[spoiler:Preston stole his knitting machine]] and then impressed by [[spoiler:Preston also having built a giant meat grinding machine]] than the fact that [[spoiler:he and the others are about to be fed into said machines]].
Added DiffLines:
** And later we see [[spoiler:Preston's Mutton-o-Matic]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Wallace's method of getting to the motorbike is, of course, a huge nod towards the old Thunderbirds show. As is the flipping pond when they leave the garage.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
British Accents is not a trope.
Deleted line(s) 21 (click to see context) :
* BritishAccents: Wallace has a distinctive OopNorth accent.
Changed line(s) 44 (click to see context) from:
* TheParody: Of wrongfully-accused/prison-break movies.
to:
* TheParody: {{Parody}}: Of wrongfully-accused/prison-break movies.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DoppelgangerDating: Wendolene looks remarkably like Wallace in a dress and a wig, shares many of his mannerisms, and has a faithful canine companion. She's not an inventor herself, but her father was.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
from trope pages
* AccidentalHandHold
* BecomingPartOfTheImage: The villain frames Gromit for the sheep kidnappings by tricking him into sticking his head through a picture of a butcher in front of Shaun the sheep, and then taking a very incriminating photograph.
* CoolSidecar: The sidecar of Wallace and Gromit's motorcycle can double as an aeroplane. It also comes with a retractable rapid-fire cannon that the heroes usually use to shoot soapy water up onto windows they're cleaning from ground level, but during the climax Gromit loads it with [[EdibleAmmunition porridge]] to fight the villain.
Changed line(s) 27 (click to see context) from:
* FingerTwitchingRevival: Or, robotic-foot-twitching.
to:
* EdibleAmmunition: The porridge cannon.
* FingerTwitchingRevival:Or, [[spoiler:Or, robotic-foot-twitching.]]
* {{Frameup}}: Gromit is framed as a sheep-rustler.
* GeniusBookClub: In prison, Gromit passes the time by reading ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'' (by, according to the cover, Fido Dogstoevsky).
* FingerTwitchingRevival:
* {{Frameup}}: Gromit is framed as a sheep-rustler.
* GeniusBookClub: In prison, Gromit passes the time by reading ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'' (by, according to the cover, Fido Dogstoevsky).
Added DiffLines:
* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: Wendolene seems perfect for Wallace, until he discovers [[spoiler:she is allergic to cheese. Even ''Wensleydale''.]]
Added DiffLines:
* [[spoiler:NotEvenHuman: Preston is a robot!]]
* OrchestralBombing: When Gromit attacks in his sidecar-aeroplane, it plays out like a scene from war movie, with the soundtrack to match.
* OrchestralBombing: When Gromit attacks in his sidecar-aeroplane, it plays out like a scene from war movie, with the soundtrack to match.
Added DiffLines:
* [[spoiler:RobotDog: Preston]]
* [[spoiler:RoboticReveal: When Preston is put into the sheep-shearing device, sparks fly, and the RobotDog emerges stripped to the metal.]]
* [[spoiler:RoboticReveal: When Preston is put into the sheep-shearing device, sparks fly, and the RobotDog emerges stripped to the metal.]]
Added DiffLines:
* ThingOMatic: The Knit-o-Matic machine.
Added DiffLines:
* TotemPoleTrench
Added DiffLines:
* WeDontNeedRoads: The sidecar of Wallace and Gromit's motorcycle can double as an aeroplane.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
from the trope page
Changed line(s) 40 (click to see context) from:
* ToTheBatpole: A sequence featuring our heroes suiting up via a Heath Robinson-esque process, depicted in all its absurd detail.
to:
* ToTheBatpole: A sequence featuring our heroes suiting up via Wallace has a Heath Robinson-esque process, depicted in all its absurd detail.ludicrously complicated set of slides and machines to transport himself from his armchair to his motorbike and get dressed for work. Gromit then simply walks into the garage through a door from the kitchen, rolling his eyes.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added DiffLines:
''A Close Shave'' is the third short film featuring Franchise/WallaceAndGromit.
Wallace's crush Wendolene turns out to have ties to the local wool shortage, leading to Gromit being imprisoned for sheep-rustling, forcing Wallace to stage a daring jailbreak with the help of a woolly jumper-wearing lamb named Shaun. The three must face the real villain in a final showdown for all the yarn.
Released in 1995, it won the 1995 AcademyAward for Animated Short Film.
Shaun later got his own {{Spinoff}} called ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep''.
!!This film provides examples of:
* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:Preston, the villain, was once a good robot dog that according to Wendolene suddently became evil.]]
* BeleagueredAssistant: Gromit, who takes it in his stride.
* BigOlUnibrow: Gromit never speaks, so this is the only way you know what he's feeling. It's really incredible, the emotion you can wring out of an artfully-squashed bit of plasticine...
-->'''Wallace:''' "We've tested this on Gromit. Haven't we, lad?"\\
'''Gromit:''' ''(eyebrows rise mournfully)'' *nods*
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Wallace saves Wendolene, but true love is thwarted as he discovers she is allergic to cheese. Even ''Wensleydale''.]]
* BlessedAreTheCheesemakers: Wallace's cheese obsession. The producers have great fun referencing the most bizarre and obscure cheese names possible.
* BrandX: Played with inasmuch as Wallace and Gromit are working as window-cleaners when they meet Wendolene; "Windolene" is a cleaning product sold for cleaning glass.
* BritishAccents: Wallace has a distinctive OopNorth accent.
* BunglingInventor: Wallace.
* CivilizedAnimal: Gromit is usually depicted as walking upright, and is capable of creating and operating complex machinery. Generally he's shown to be ''significantly'' more shrewd and sensible than his master. However, despite all of this, everyone treats him the same as you treat ''any'' dog.
* ContinuityNod: When Gromit is put in prison, there's graffiti on the wall reading "[[WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers Feathers Woz 'Ere]]".
* ConveyorBeltODoom: Features in the climax.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Wallace saves Wendolene, but true love is thwarted as he discovers she is allergic to cheese. Even ''Wensleydale''.]]
* {{Duck}}
-->'''Wallace''': Where?...Aah! (Ducks)
* FingerTwitchingRevival: Or, robotic-foot-twitching.
* GirlOfTheWeek: Wendolene.
* HumanLadder: Well, sort of. It's a Sheep Ladder.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Gromit.
* IntellectualAnimal / SpeechImpairedAnimal: Gromit.
* NoMouth: Gromit
* PackedHero: The villain intends to do this to the heroes, complete with ConveyorBeltODoom into a machine which produces canned dog food. [[spoiler:In the end it is the villain who gets crushed up and delivered into the cans. Not as gruesome as it sounds, since the villain is really a robot]].
* TheParody: Of wrongfully-accused/prison-break movies.
* PunnyName: Shaun.
* SilentPartner: Gromit, who is also...
* SilentSnarker: ...and it's remarkable how expressive he is considering he is always portrayed without a ''mouth'', leaving his ''eyebrows'' to convey all of his emotions.
* StopMotion
* TitleDrop: When Gromit programs the Knit-o-Matic machine to give Preston a "Close Shave".
* ToTheBatpole: A sequence featuring our heroes suiting up via a Heath Robinson-esque process, depicted in all its absurd detail.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheese, particularly Wensleydale, is Wallace's favorite.
----
Wallace's crush Wendolene turns out to have ties to the local wool shortage, leading to Gromit being imprisoned for sheep-rustling, forcing Wallace to stage a daring jailbreak with the help of a woolly jumper-wearing lamb named Shaun. The three must face the real villain in a final showdown for all the yarn.
Released in 1995, it won the 1995 AcademyAward for Animated Short Film.
Shaun later got his own {{Spinoff}} called ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep''.
!!This film provides examples of:
* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:Preston, the villain, was once a good robot dog that according to Wendolene suddently became evil.]]
* BeleagueredAssistant: Gromit, who takes it in his stride.
* BigOlUnibrow: Gromit never speaks, so this is the only way you know what he's feeling. It's really incredible, the emotion you can wring out of an artfully-squashed bit of plasticine...
-->'''Wallace:''' "We've tested this on Gromit. Haven't we, lad?"\\
'''Gromit:''' ''(eyebrows rise mournfully)'' *nods*
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Wallace saves Wendolene, but true love is thwarted as he discovers she is allergic to cheese. Even ''Wensleydale''.]]
* BlessedAreTheCheesemakers: Wallace's cheese obsession. The producers have great fun referencing the most bizarre and obscure cheese names possible.
* BrandX: Played with inasmuch as Wallace and Gromit are working as window-cleaners when they meet Wendolene; "Windolene" is a cleaning product sold for cleaning glass.
* BritishAccents: Wallace has a distinctive OopNorth accent.
* BunglingInventor: Wallace.
* CivilizedAnimal: Gromit is usually depicted as walking upright, and is capable of creating and operating complex machinery. Generally he's shown to be ''significantly'' more shrewd and sensible than his master. However, despite all of this, everyone treats him the same as you treat ''any'' dog.
* ContinuityNod: When Gromit is put in prison, there's graffiti on the wall reading "[[WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers Feathers Woz 'Ere]]".
* ConveyorBeltODoom: Features in the climax.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Wallace saves Wendolene, but true love is thwarted as he discovers she is allergic to cheese. Even ''Wensleydale''.]]
* {{Duck}}
-->'''Wallace''': Where?...Aah! (Ducks)
* FingerTwitchingRevival: Or, robotic-foot-twitching.
* GirlOfTheWeek: Wendolene.
* HumanLadder: Well, sort of. It's a Sheep Ladder.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Gromit.
* IntellectualAnimal / SpeechImpairedAnimal: Gromit.
* NoMouth: Gromit
* PackedHero: The villain intends to do this to the heroes, complete with ConveyorBeltODoom into a machine which produces canned dog food. [[spoiler:In the end it is the villain who gets crushed up and delivered into the cans. Not as gruesome as it sounds, since the villain is really a robot]].
* TheParody: Of wrongfully-accused/prison-break movies.
* PunnyName: Shaun.
* SilentPartner: Gromit, who is also...
* SilentSnarker: ...and it's remarkable how expressive he is considering he is always portrayed without a ''mouth'', leaving his ''eyebrows'' to convey all of his emotions.
* StopMotion
* TitleDrop: When Gromit programs the Knit-o-Matic machine to give Preston a "Close Shave".
* ToTheBatpole: A sequence featuring our heroes suiting up via a Heath Robinson-esque process, depicted in all its absurd detail.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheese, particularly Wensleydale, is Wallace's favorite.
----
