History WesternAnimation / ACloseShave

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Wallace's first scene with Wendolene is the first time he's ever shown actually contemplating the outcome of his actions, as opposed to his usual devil-may-care attitude with Gromit or one of his inventions. It's the first sign that he has feeling for her.

* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: Wendolene is clearly racked with remorse from having to assist Preston in rustling sheep and then framing Gromit for it. When she eventually draws the line, Preston throws her into the van with their kidnapped sheep to get minced.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Gromit.

** Wallace has one when his Wash-o-Matic/Knit-o-Matic starts malfunctioning in the middle of washing Shuan.

* OrchestralBombing: When Gromit attacks in his sidecar-aeroplane, it plays out like a scene from war movie, with the soundtrack to match.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:In the climax of the film, we get to see the Mutton-O-Matic, the meat mincer that Preston had intended to use to create his dog meat with. The machine ends up being his own undoing when Shaun knocks him into it with an anvil. Effectively turning Preston into his own dog food.]]

* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: It may be odd for fans of the ''Shaun the Sheep'' series seeing Shaun and the other sheep as fairly normal animals for the large part, with only milder occurances having similar FunnyAnimal intellect as Gromit. They're still comically destructive here, but it's mostly down to being {{Extreme Ominvore}}s rather than bumbling troublemakers.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Preston is thrown into the Knit-o-Matic, Wallace gleefully says "that'll teach him". Wendolene, on the other hand, is terrified, because she knows the end result will be [[spoiler:a ''very'' pissed-off ''robot'' dog]].

* BreakTheCutie: Gromit isn’t happy about being falsely accused of sheep rustling and the subsequent incarceration he was given, but he tries to make the best of this unfortunate situation...until he gets a package from Wallace in his cell, which consists of a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle with a flock of sheep design. The magnitude of this whole unfair situation finally comes crashing down on him and he weeps while pounding his fist on the box.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Preston's malfunctioning hide is disassembled in the Mutton-O-Matic, Wendolene rebuilds him to be a good dog again. The result however is a much more basic, pitiful looking robot running on wheels and powered by remote control. According to Wendolene however, his behaviour is just like his old self.]]

* OhCrap: Preston gets a few of these. [[spoiler:When Gromit starts firing porridge at him with the porridge gun. When he and Gromit land on the ConveyorBeltODoom that leads to the meat processor. And a third when Shaun knocks him off the conveyor with the anvil and into the processor.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Preston's malfunctioning hide is disassembled in the Mutton-O-Matic, Wallace rebuilds him to be a good dog again. The result however is a much more basic, pitiful looking robot running on wheels and powered by remote control. According to Wendolene however, his behaviour is just like his old self.]]

* {{Melodrama}}: The romance between Wallace and Wendolene plays out like a soap opera, especially when she comes to his house and tells him to stay away from her "silly, silly windows" while the music swells and [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight a flock of sheep much on everything in the background]].

--> '''Wallace''': Good grief! What's all this? Burglars?! Thieves?!"

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* FreezeFrameBonus: Just before Gromit crashes off the cliff in the detached side-car, Feathers [=McGraw=] briefly appears at the side of the path, and right after he activates the plane wings, can be seen about halfway up the cliff.

* KickTheDog: Subverted with the jigsaw puzzle of a flock of sheep that Gromit gets while in prison. As first, he things someone is playing a cruel prank on him, but it turns out [[spoiler:the puzzle contains a message from Wallace about coming to break him out]].

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Honestly, Wallace. After all the grief Gromit's gone through, did you have to send [[spoiler:your secret message]] on a jigsaw puzzle ""of a flock of '''SHEEP?!'''''

** The computer unit in the torso references Robby the Robot from ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''.

** Wallace and Shaun are both noticeably teary-eyed after reading the final verdict in the papers.

-->'''Wendolene:''' [[spoiler:Daddy didn't create you for this.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Gromit isn’t happy about being falsely accused of sheep rustling and the subsequent incarceration he was given, but he tries to make the best of this unfortunate situation...until he gets a package from Wallace in his cell, which consists of a jigsaw puzzle with a flock of sheep design. The magnitude of this whole unfair situation finally comes crashing down on him and he weeps while pounding his fist on the table.

-->'''Wendolene:''' Stop! [[spoiler:Daddy didn't create you for this!]]

* TheUnfettered: Preston, already TheStoic to a creepy level, is completely cold-blooded about rustling and mincing sheep, framing an innocent dog for it, and even throwing his guilt ridden owner into the mincer to keep her quiet, all for the sake of his own dog food franchise. Justified as [[spoiler: Preston is a malfunctioning cyborg following the goal of paying off his creator's debts to a psychotic tee]].

* 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.