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* "I should think so too—" ''Slam!'' "Hey!"
* When Feathers forces Gromit and Wallace into the closet and locks them inside, Gromit opens up the front panel on the Techno-Trousers to hotwire them. The panel happens to be roughly belt-buckle level, and Wallace indignantly tells him to "watch where you're puttin' them paws!"
** As the Techno-Trousers start stomping when Gromit hot-wires them, Wallace's main concern is [[SkewedPriorities ruining the woodwork of the wardrobe they're locked in. It was nearly new, after all.]]
-->'''Wallace''': (''dismayed'') There goes me knotty pine!

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* When Feathers reverses Wallace, in the trousers into a wardrobe, Wallace is protesting for some moments until Feathers opens the door (in order to also lock Gromit inside):
--> Wallace:
"I should think so too—" ''Slam!'' (Door slams shut again) "Hey!"
* When Feathers forces Gromit and Wallace into the closet and locks them inside, Gromit opens up the front panel on the Techno-Trousers to hotwire them.them as part of an escape plan. The panel happens to be roughly belt-buckle level, and Wallace indignantly tells him to "watch where you're puttin' them paws!"
** As the Techno-Trousers start stomping when Gromit hot-wires them, Wallace's main concern is [[SkewedPriorities ruining the woodwork of the wardrobe they're locked in. It was After all, as he shouted at Feathers, it is nearly new, after all.new.]]
-->'''Wallace''': (''dismayed'') There "There goes me knotty pine! pine!"
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** In the same advert, among the snapshots of Wallace and Gromit traveling, Gromit is seen refusing to go into a theater that was featuring ''Theatre/{{Cats}}''.
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** Also, as Wallace starts walking around town, he is seen jumping high into the air yelling, "[[OopNorth Lummy day!]]"[[note]]Typically misheard (and captioned) as, "Lovely day!" The expression is repeated in ''Were-Rabbit'', but more slowly so that audiences (and caption writers) hear it correctly.[[/note]]

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** Also, as Wallace starts walking around town, he is seen jumping high into the air yelling, "[[OopNorth Lummy day!]]"[[note]]Typically misheard (and captioned) as, "Lovely day!" The expression is repeated in ''Were-Rabbit'', but more slowly so slowly--and with the speaker directly in front of the canera--so that audiences (and caption writers) hear it correctly.[[/note]]



** Wallace takes a while to cotton on, [[CloudCuckoolander despite being kidnapped by him]]: 'Good grief! It's you!?' Even [[OnlySaneMan Gromit]] looks genuinely surprised when Feathers drops his 'act'.

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** Wallace takes a while to cotton on, [[CloudCuckoolander despite being kidnapped by him]]: 'Good grief! It's you!?' Even [[OnlySaneMan Gromit]] looks genuinely surprised when he sees Feathers drops his 'act'.wearing the "disguise".



* When Feathers sets out to commit his heist, he accidentally sets off Wallace's device for getting out of bed...with Gromit in the bed. Cue Gromit getting forced into Wallace's clothing, then splattered in the face with a spoonful of jam. When the toaster pops up empty with nothing to stop the incoming jam, Gromit simply gives a resigned look to the camera.

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* When Feathers sets out to commit his heist, he accidentally sets off Wallace's device for getting out of bed...with Gromit in the bed. Cue Gromit getting forced into Wallace's clothing, clothing while backwards, then splattered in the face with a spoonful of jam. When the toaster pops up empty with nothing to stop the incoming jam, a jam-covered Gromit simply gives a resigned look to the camera.



** As the Techno-Trousers start stomping when Gromit hot-wires them, Wallace's main concern is [[SkewedPriorities ruining the woodwork of the wardrobe they're locked in.]]

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** As the Techno-Trousers start stomping when Gromit hot-wires them, Wallace's main concern is [[SkewedPriorities ruining the woodwork of the wardrobe they're locked in. It was nearly new, after all.]]



* Throughout the entire short, the musical cues just up the ante and make every ludicrous action seem incredibly dramatic. Sweeping melodramatic soap opera music as Wallace gets swept away from his beloved by a herd of sheep. Salutary flying ace music as Gromit bombards Preston's truck with a porridge cannon. Huge, overblown dramatic cues for mundane things. And of course, as mentioned below, the greatest scene in cinema history.

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* Throughout the entire short, the musical cues just up the ante and make every ludicrous action seem incredibly dramatic. Sweeping melodramatic soap opera music as Wallace gets swept away from his beloved Wendolene by a herd of sheep. Salutary flying ace music as Gromit bombards Preston's truck with a porridge cannon. Huge, overblown dramatic cues for mundane things. And of course, as mentioned below, the greatest scene in cinema history.



* Wallace seeing his new sheep with no fleece left and deciding to name him Shaun.

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* Wallace seeing his the new sheep with no fleece left sheep, recently lightly shorn, and deciding to name him Shaun.



** Wallace, with the ladder propped on his motorcycle, manages to open the back of Preston's truck, only to wind up hanging on to it for dear life and putting the bike on the front wheel. The entire herd of sheep waddle out of the truck, over Wallace and the ladder, and all pile up on the bike! With the weight of everyone forcing the bike back down on both wheels, Wallace yells down at the herd below to "get yourselves organized down there!". A moment later, Preston does a double-take as he looks in the side-mirror and sees the sheep and Wallace in a perfect jet-ski style formation on the motorbike. [[spoiler:(Shortly afterwards, they see Gromit flying overhead and salute him in unison).]]

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** Later, during the great chase, Wallace, with the ladder propped on his motorcycle, manages to open the back of Preston's truck, only to wind up hanging on to it for dear life and putting the bike on the front wheel. The entire herd of sheep waddle out of the truck, over Wallace and the ladder, and all pile up on the bike! With the weight of everyone forcing the bike back down on both wheels, Wallace yells down at the herd below to "get yourselves organized down there!". A moment later, Preston does a double-take as he looks in the side-mirror and sees the sheep and Wallace in a perfect jet-ski style formation on the motorbike. [[spoiler:(Shortly afterwards, they see Gromit flying overhead and salute him in unison).]]



** Look carefully while Wallace tries to organize the herd and you'll see ''Shaun driving the motorcycle''!

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** Look carefully while Wallace tries to organize the herd herd, and you'll see ''Shaun driving the motorcycle''!
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** The Autochef itself is funny enough. One of it’s first lines is literally just “YUMYUMYUMYUM.”

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** The Autochef itself is funny enough. One of it’s its first lines is literally just “YUMYUMYUMYUM.”

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* "I should think so too—" ''Slam!'' "Hey!"



-->'''Wallace:''' Sorry, Gromit! That was a bit thick!
-->(''Gromit shoots a DeathGlare at Wallace'')

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-->'''Wallace:''' Sorry, Gromit! That was a bit thick!
-->(''Gromit
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(''Gromit
shoots a DeathGlare at Wallace'')



** Wallace and the entire herd of sheep are chasing Preston's truck, all on ''one'' motorcycle. Wallace yells for them to "get yourselves organized down there!". A moment later, Preston does a double-take as he looks in the side-mirror and sees the sheep and Wallace in a perfect jet-ski style formation on the motorbike. [[spoiler:(Shortly afterwards they see Gromit flying overhead and salute him in unison).]]

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** Wallace and Wallace, with the entire herd ladder propped on his motorcycle, manages to open the back of sheep are chasing Preston's truck, only to wind up hanging on to it for dear life and putting the bike on the front wheel. The entire herd of sheep waddle out of the truck, over Wallace and the ladder, and all pile up on ''one'' motorcycle. the bike! With the weight of everyone forcing the bike back down on both wheels, Wallace yells for them down at the herd below to "get yourselves organized down there!". A moment later, Preston does a double-take as he looks in the side-mirror and sees the sheep and Wallace in a perfect jet-ski style formation on the motorbike. [[spoiler:(Shortly afterwards afterwards, they see Gromit flying overhead and salute him in unison).]]



* Preston grabbing the propeller of Gromit's plane when it comes at him, causing everything ([[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand even the music]]) to stop for a full second before the plane starts spinning violently, catapulting Gromit out.

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* Preston grabbing the propeller of Gromit's plane when it comes at him, causing everything ([[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand even the music]]) to stop for a full second second, before the plane starts spinning violently, catapulting Gromit out.



* During the climax, Shaun rides an anvil directly towards Wendolene, Wallace, Gromit and Preston while they-and a flock of sheep-are all on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom. This gem happens:

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* During the climax, Shaun rides an anvil directly towards Wendolene, Wallace, Gromit and Preston while they-and they—and a flock of sheep-are sheep—are all on a ConveyorBeltOfDoom. This gem happens:



'''Wallace:''' Where?

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'''Wallace:''' Where?Where? ''(sees Shaun incoming)'' Agh!



* Wallace learning the dangers of TemptingFate at the end: "All the more for us, and not a sheep to worry us!" *pulls the lid off his cheese to find Shaun eating all of it*

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* Wallace learning the dangers of TemptingFate at the end: "All the more for us, and not a sheep to worry us!" *pulls He then pulls the lid off his cheese container to find Shaun eating all of it*it.
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** Before that, Wallace is sitting deep in thought at the drawing board, flipping over several pages of rejects... only for the viewer to see that he's just been playing noughts and crosses[[note]]"Tic tac toe" for Americans.[[/note]] against himself the entire time.

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** Before that, Wallace is sitting deep in thought at the drawing board, flipping over several pages of rejects... only for the viewer to see that he's just been playing [[TabletopGame/TicTacToe noughts and crosses[[note]]"Tic crosses]][[note]]"Tic tac toe" for Americans.[[/note]] against himself the entire time.
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-->'''Wallace:''' Get off me cheese! Gerroff!
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Those Two Bad Guys is not a trope anymore.


-->'''[[SingleMindedTwins Cleethorpes and Clitheroe]]:''' [[BlatantLies Napoleon and Queenie's polite, erudite twins, whose hobbies include translating the works of Thomas à Kempis back into Latin.]] OR: [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Two complete and utter nutters.]] (Delete as applicable.)

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-->'''[[SingleMindedTwins Cleethorpes and Clitheroe]]:''' [[BlatantLies Napoleon and Queenie's polite, erudite twins, whose hobbies include translating the works of Thomas à Kempis back into Latin.]] OR: [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Two complete and utter nutters.]] nutters. (Delete as applicable.)

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* Gromit's [[DeadpanSnarker snarky typewritten commentary]] throughout the ''Cheese Lover's Yearbook''.
-->'''Wallace:''' Just relieved to have gotten out of it in one piece.\\
'''Gromit:''' Instead of several hundred, like Preston.
* The comics even managed to have some fun with the cast pages.
-->'''[[SingleMindedTwins Cleethorpes and Clitheroe]]:''' [[BlatantLies Napoleon and Queenie's polite, erudite twins, whose hobbies include translating the works of Thomas à Kempis back into Latin.]] OR: [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Two complete and utter nutters.]] (Delete as applicable.)
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* Shortly after, the robot spots Wallace and Gromit's rocket and writes them a parking ticket, [[SarcasmMode as they do on the moon]].


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* Having missed its chance to go skiing on Earth, the cooker robot is left heartbroken. It grabs a picnic blanket that was blown away by the rocket's blastoff and blows its nose... somehow.
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* During the chase sequence, the duo wait for blast-off, only for Wallace to panic when he remembers and shrieks "THE FUSE! YOU FORGOT TO LIGHT THE FUSE!" while waving his fists even more erratically than usual. In a rare role reversal, Gromit just gives off an uncharacteristically dopey "Whoops" look.
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** "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Gromit! There's a bomb in my pants!]]"

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** "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Gromit! There's I've got a bomb in my pants!]]"
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* Preston being made into [[spoiler:literal mixed nuts and bolts]].
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** And then Wallace hits his head on it anyway trying to get up.

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** And then Wallace [[ForgotToMindTheirHead hits his head on it it]] anyway trying to get up.
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* When Feathers forces Gromit and Wallace into the closet and locks them inside, Gromit opens up the front panel on the Techno-Trousers to hotwire them. The panel happens to be roughly belt-buckle level, and Wallace indignantly tells him to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "watch where you're puttin' them paws!"]]

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* When Feathers forces Gromit and Wallace into the closet and locks them inside, Gromit opens up the front panel on the Techno-Trousers to hotwire them. The panel happens to be roughly belt-buckle level, and Wallace indignantly tells him to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "watch where you're puttin' them paws!"]]paws!"
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* In "Tellyscope", Wallace has installed a telescoping shaft on the TV so that he can reach the buttons without leaving his chair, and it is triggered by launching a tennis ball into a hole and onto the mechanism. When there are no more balls left to change the channel, Gromit simply hands Wallace the TV remote... only for Wallace to launch it into the hole instead of using it normally, causing the TV to shoot and pin him against the wall.

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* In "Tellyscope", Wallace has installed a telescoping shaft on the TV so that he can reach the buttons without leaving his chair, and it is triggered by launching a tennis ball into a hole and onto the mechanism. When there are no more balls left to change the channel, Gromit simply hands Wallace the TV remote... only for that Wallace to launch it launches into the hole instead of using it normally, causing a string of malfunctions that ends with the TV to shoot shooting and pin him pinning Wallace against the wall.
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* In "Tellyscope", Wallace has installed a telescoping shaft on the TV so that he can reach the buttons without leaving his chair, and it is triggered by launching a tennis ball into a hole and onto the mechanism. When there are no more balls left to change the channel, Gromit simply hands Wallace the TV remote... only for Wallace to launch it into the hole instead of using it normally, causing the TV to shoot and pin him against the wall.
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* Having returned from the walkies, Gromit just sits knitting crossly. Wallace asks him how it went, completely oblivious to his "I don't want to talk about it expression".
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!!A Matter of Loaf and Death

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!!A Matter of Loaf and Death!!WesternAnimation/AMatterOfLoafAndDeath

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** As the Techno-Trousers start stomping, Wallace's main concern is [[SkewedPriorities ruining the woodwork of the wardrobe they're locked in.]]

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** As the Techno-Trousers start stomping, stomping when Gromit hot-wires them, Wallace's main concern is [[SkewedPriorities ruining the woodwork of the wardrobe they're locked in.]]]]
-->'''Wallace''': (''dismayed'') There goes me knotty pine!

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* When Feathers sets out to commit his heist, he accidentally sets off Wallace's device for getting out of bed...with Gromit in the bed. Cue Gromit getting forced into Wallace's clothing, then splattered in the face with a spoonful of jam. When the toaster pops up empty with nothing to stop the incoming jam, Grommit simply gives a resigned look to the camera.

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* When Feathers sets out to commit his heist, he accidentally sets off Wallace's device for getting out of bed...with Gromit in the bed. Cue Gromit getting forced into Wallace's clothing, then splattered in the face with a spoonful of jam. When the toaster pops up empty with nothing to stop the incoming jam, Grommit Gromit simply gives a resigned look to the camera.



** As the Techno-Trousers start stomping, Wallace's main concern is [[SkewedPriorities ruining the woodwork of the wardrobe they're locked in.]]



* Gromit getting pelted with soap suds while cleaning the town clock, courtesy of a modified porridge gun.
-->'''Wallace:''' Sorry, Gromit! That was a bit thick!
-->(''Gromit shoots a DeathGlare at Wallace'')



** Wallace and the entire herd of sheep are chasing Preston's truck, all on ''one'' motorcycle. Wallace yells for them to "get yourselves organized down there!". A moment later, Preston does a double-take as he looks in the side-mirror and see the sheep and Wallace in a perfect jet-ski style formation on the motorbike. [[spoiler:(Shortly afterwards they see Gromit flying overhead and salute him in unison).]]

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** Wallace and the entire herd of sheep are chasing Preston's truck, all on ''one'' motorcycle. Wallace yells for them to "get yourselves organized down there!". A moment later, Preston does a double-take as he looks in the side-mirror and see sees the sheep and Wallace in a perfect jet-ski style formation on the motorbike. [[spoiler:(Shortly afterwards they see Gromit flying overhead and salute him in unison).]]
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** The locations which Wallace lists, while reading the magazine, include; Lancashire, Cheddar, Wensleydale, Philadelphia, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Tesco!]][[note]]A large supermarket Chain in the UK.[[/note]]

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** The locations which Wallace lists, while reading the magazine, include; Lancashire, Cheddar, Wensleydale, Philadelphia, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Tesco!]][[note]]A large supermarket Chain chain in the UK.[[/note]]



* [[SeriousBusiness "No crackers Gromit! We've forgotten the crackers!"]] ''*DUN-DUN! DUN! DUN!*''

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* [[SeriousBusiness "No crackers Gromit! We've forgotten the crackers!"]] ''*DUN-DUN! (''DUN-DUN! DUN! DUN!*''DUN!'')



* Rats with sunglasses.
* ''*creepy space noises*... *toast*''
* The robot gluing a piece of cheese back.

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* Rats with The rats in the basement watching the rocket launching, and then pulling out sunglasses.
* ''*creepy (''creepy space noises*... *toast*''
noises... '''toast''''')
* The robot gluing a piece of a cheese back.stalagmite back that Wallace had earlier cut and eaten.



* The fact that the moon robot literally has to tune in his own thought bubbles.

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* The fact that the moon robot literally has to tune in ''tune in'' his own thought bubbles.bubbles, like an old-timey radio.



* The premise alone! Just try saying it out loud without cracking up at it's sheer lunacy.

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* The premise alone! Just try saying it out loud without cracking up at it's its sheer lunacy.
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** The locations which Wallace lists, while reading the magazine, include; Lancashire, Cheddar, Wensleydale, Philadelphia, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Tesco]] [[note]]Tesco is a Super Market Chain in the UK[[/note]]!

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** The locations which Wallace lists, while reading the magazine, include; Lancashire, Cheddar, Wensleydale, Philadelphia, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Tesco]] [[note]]Tesco is a Super Market Tesco!]][[note]]A large supermarket Chain in the UK[[/note]]!UK.[[/note]]
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* "There's no use pre-barricading about the bush."

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* "There's no use pre-barricading prevaricating about the bush."
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* The fact that the rocket has a ''parking break'', which Gromit forgets to take off when the rocket is about to launch.

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* The fact that the rocket has a ''parking break'', brake'', which Gromit forgets to take off when the rocket is about to launch.
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* The montage of Feathers McGraw keeping Gromit awake at night with having the radio on too loud. It's easy to feel sorry for poor Gromit, as the penguin is basically trying to force him out of the house by doing that as well as depriving him of any sleep he might have easily gotten, but the funny aspect of it is the music itself. It gets more humorous every time the scene changes and seems to roll perfectly with the opening shots.

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* The montage of Feathers McGraw [=McGraw=] keeping Gromit awake at night with having the radio on too loud. It's easy to feel sorry for poor Gromit, as the penguin is basically trying to force him out of the house by doing that as well as depriving him of any sleep he might have easily gotten, but the funny aspect of it is the music itself. It gets more humorous every time the scene changes and seems to roll perfectly with the opening shots.
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* The montage of Feathers McGraw keeping Gromit awake at night with having the radio on too loud. It's easy to feel sorry for poor Gromit, as the penguin is basically trying to force him out of the house by doing that as well as depriving him of any sleep he might have easily gotten, but the funny aspect of it is the music itself. It gets more humorous every time the scene changes and seems to roll perfectly with the opening shots.
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** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JiRFG8r_Mg jaunty orchestral piece]] that accompanies the scene really adds to the hilarity.
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** The locations which Wallace lists, while reading the magazine, include; Lancashire, Cheddar, Wensleydale, Philadelphia and ultimately: Tescos.

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** The locations which Wallace lists, while reading the magazine, include; Lancashire, Cheddar, Wensleydale, Philadelphia Philadelphia, and ultimately: Tescos.[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Tesco]] [[note]]Tesco is a Super Market Chain in the UK[[/note]]!
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** The locations which Wallace lists, while reading the magazine, include; Lancashire, Cheddar, Wensleydale, Philadelphia and ultimately: Tescos.

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