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* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:Piella]] hates all bakers because [[spoiler:she gained too much weight from eating baked goods and lost her job (Which required her to be light enough to fly a small hot air balloon) as a result]].
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* BombDisposal: Gromit needs to dispose of a bomb. First he tries RelocatingTheExplosion, but everywhere he turns there's a BusFullOfInnocents. Eventually, [[spoiler:he smothers the bomb in bread dough]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Piella Bakewell apparently loses it after her plot to kill Wallace is foiled. She tries to fly away in the old Bake-O-Lite balloon, despite her growing too heavy to fly the balloon being the reason she was fired in the first place, and she babbles "They can't drop me, I'm the Bake-O-Lite Girl!" even as she descends into a pit of hungry crocodiles at the zoo, which is followed by the sound of Piella being eaten alive.]]
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* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Piella Bakewell. Wallace recognizes her as the spokeswoman for Bake-O-Lite Bread, but she was fired as the "Bake-O-Lite Girl" when she became too heavy to fly the balloon they used in advertising.
* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath: At the end, Wallace sees or imagines [[spoiler:a thin Piella as she looked long ago]] do this.
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''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' is the fourth short film featuring Franchise/WallaceAndGromit.
Wallace and Gromit run a bakery, and Wallace falls in love though Gromit has his suspicions. Can you blame him?
Aired on Christmas Day 2008, it was the top-rated programme of the day (ahead of that year's ''Series/DoctorWho'' Christmas special).
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* AccidentalHandHold: When Wallace and Piella are feeding ducks, their hands meet in the bag of bread.
* BedsheetLadder: Part of a FunnyBackgroundEvent at the zoo.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Gromit.
* 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...
* BiggerOnTheInside: Somehow, a full bakery factory with machines, chutes and cogs manages to fit into the dimensions of a small two-story house -- which still has room for a kitchen, dining room and bedrooms.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Piella Bakewell.
* BlackWidow: Piella Bakewell.
* BrandX: The "Bake-O-Lite Balloon" was a genuine ad campaign for the ''Nimble'' loaf, which has since been incorporated into ''Hovis''.
* BreakTheCutie: Fluffles comes pre-broken, evident from the trembling.
* BritishAccents: Wallace has a distinctive OopNorth accent.
* BunglingInventor: Wallace.
* CartoonBomb: Not only is it your classic cannonball-with-a-fuse, but it has "BOMB" written on it in large white letters. Cue Wallace: "Oh, Gromit! It's a bomb!"
* 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.
** Fluffles is similarly capable, though she's generally shown on all fours for much of the film. [[spoiler:Notably, her moments of bipedalism happen either out of the sight of her abusive master, or at the film's end when she finally stands up to her and remains bipedal for the rest of the film.]]
* ContinuityNod:
** The baker murdered at the start can be seen on an ad for his bakery in ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave''.
** When Piella crashes into the zoo, to the right of the gate is a poster saying "One Of Our Penguins Is Missing", complete with a picture of what looks like [[WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers Feathers McGraw]]. To the left of the gate is a ladder propped against the inside of the wall -- with a rope made of sheets hanging down the outside.
** Wallace's [[ItMakesSenseInContext dough-inflated-trousers]] looked a little like [[WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers a pair he'd owned previously]]...
* CuteMute: Fluffles
* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler: Piella]] has murdered 12 bakers, Fluffles is visibly terrified of her mistress (which implies abuse) and [[spoiler: Piella herself dies at the end]].
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Piella turns out to be a serial killer, then dies.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: Literally in the case of Fluffles.
* DramaticThunder: Piella's house.
* EpiphanyTherapy: Fluffles
* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:We get to see Wallace's ''buttocks''.]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Wallace and Piella are feeding ducks. Their hands meet in the bag of bread and then it cuts to loaves of bread rising.
**
--->'''Wallace:''' I'm in bread myself!\\
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* HurricaneOfPuns: Mostly baking-related.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Gromit.
* ImpactSilhouette: Wallace
* IntellectualAnimal / SpeechImpairedAnimal: Gromit and Fluffles, though they both make barely audible whining sounds at points.
* KickTheDog: A literal, yet surprisingly subtle example. Piella kicks Fluffles ''twice'' before her true nature is revealed, yet both times the action could be interpreted as her nudging the poodle to greet Wallace. Of course, Fluffles' [[BreakTheCutie downcast]] personality gives the game away to the audience, but not to [[TooDumbToLive Wallace]].
* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: Locking Gromit in the balloon storeroom.
* MoodWhiplash
* NoMouth: Gromit
* OopNorth: Specifically, Oop in Lancashire (though Wallace's accent is actually Yorkshire). Kept vague until ''Loaf and Death'', when Gromit [[spoiler:tries to dispose of a bomb by throwing it]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Roses across the Yorkshire border]].
* {{Parody}}: Of serial killer movies.
* PunnyName: Piella Bakewell
* 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.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When Wallace and Piella touch, we're treated to a shot of bread rising.
* StopMotion
* TakeThat: Gromit is trying to dispose of a bomb. He goes to one window--there are cute little ducks in the pond underneath. He goes to another window--nuns collecting charity for kittens. He goes to a third--the Yorkshire border. He prepares to throw.
* TakeTheWheel: Wallace hands the wheel off to his dog while he makes a death-defying leap to save a bread heiress. And when Wallace says it, he means it [[RemovableSteeringWheel literally]]. Apparently that particular incarnation of the ever changing [[{{Thememobile}} Wallacemobile]] has a socket for the steering wheel on either side. Hopefully the pedals are replicated on both sides as well...
* ToTheBatpole: Our heroes suit up via a Heath Robinson-esque process, depicted in all its absurd detail.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheese, particularly Wensleydale, is Wallace's favorite, but he's also pretty enthusiastic about toast.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The name of the town is never given, but the Yorkshire border is prominently featured in one scene and a poster advertising a performance of ''Carmen'' indicates that it's in the vicinity of Wigan.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Piella pulls a quite unnerving one on Gromit, biting her own arm.
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Wallace and Gromit run a bakery, and Wallace falls in love though Gromit has his suspicions. Can you blame him?
Aired on Christmas Day 2008, it was the top-rated programme of the day (ahead of that year's ''Series/DoctorWho'' Christmas special).
!!This film provides examples of:
* AccidentalHandHold: When Wallace and Piella are feeding ducks, their hands meet in the bag of bread.
* BedsheetLadder: Part of a FunnyBackgroundEvent at the zoo.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Gromit.
* 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...
* BiggerOnTheInside: Somehow, a full bakery factory with machines, chutes and cogs manages to fit into the dimensions of a small two-story house -- which still has room for a kitchen, dining room and bedrooms.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Piella Bakewell.
* BlackWidow: Piella Bakewell.
* BrandX: The "Bake-O-Lite Balloon" was a genuine ad campaign for the ''Nimble'' loaf, which has since been incorporated into ''Hovis''.
* BreakTheCutie: Fluffles comes pre-broken, evident from the trembling.
* BritishAccents: Wallace has a distinctive OopNorth accent.
* BunglingInventor: Wallace.
* CartoonBomb: Not only is it your classic cannonball-with-a-fuse, but it has "BOMB" written on it in large white letters. Cue Wallace: "Oh, Gromit! It's a bomb!"
* 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.
** Fluffles is similarly capable, though she's generally shown on all fours for much of the film. [[spoiler:Notably, her moments of bipedalism happen either out of the sight of her abusive master, or at the film's end when she finally stands up to her and remains bipedal for the rest of the film.]]
* ContinuityNod:
** The baker murdered at the start can be seen on an ad for his bakery in ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave''.
** When Piella crashes into the zoo, to the right of the gate is a poster saying "One Of Our Penguins Is Missing", complete with a picture of what looks like [[WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers Feathers McGraw]]. To the left of the gate is a ladder propped against the inside of the wall -- with a rope made of sheets hanging down the outside.
** Wallace's [[ItMakesSenseInContext dough-inflated-trousers]] looked a little like [[WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers a pair he'd owned previously]]...
* CuteMute: Fluffles
* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler: Piella]] has murdered 12 bakers, Fluffles is visibly terrified of her mistress (which implies abuse) and [[spoiler: Piella herself dies at the end]].
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Piella turns out to be a serial killer, then dies.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: Literally in the case of Fluffles.
* DramaticThunder: Piella's house.
* EpiphanyTherapy: Fluffles
* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:We get to see Wallace's ''buttocks''.]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Wallace and Piella are feeding ducks. Their hands meet in the bag of bread and then it cuts to loaves of bread rising.
**
--->'''Wallace:''' I'm in bread myself!\\
[AsideGlance from Gromit]
* HurricaneOfPuns: Mostly baking-related.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Gromit.
* ImpactSilhouette: Wallace
* IntellectualAnimal / SpeechImpairedAnimal: Gromit and Fluffles, though they both make barely audible whining sounds at points.
* KickTheDog: A literal, yet surprisingly subtle example. Piella kicks Fluffles ''twice'' before her true nature is revealed, yet both times the action could be interpreted as her nudging the poodle to greet Wallace. Of course, Fluffles' [[BreakTheCutie downcast]] personality gives the game away to the audience, but not to [[TooDumbToLive Wallace]].
* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: Locking Gromit in the balloon storeroom.
* MoodWhiplash
* NoMouth: Gromit
* OopNorth: Specifically, Oop in Lancashire (though Wallace's accent is actually Yorkshire). Kept vague until ''Loaf and Death'', when Gromit [[spoiler:tries to dispose of a bomb by throwing it]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Roses across the Yorkshire border]].
* {{Parody}}: Of serial killer movies.
* PunnyName: Piella Bakewell
* 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.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When Wallace and Piella touch, we're treated to a shot of bread rising.
* StopMotion
* TakeThat: Gromit is trying to dispose of a bomb. He goes to one window--there are cute little ducks in the pond underneath. He goes to another window--nuns collecting charity for kittens. He goes to a third--the Yorkshire border. He prepares to throw.
* TakeTheWheel: Wallace hands the wheel off to his dog while he makes a death-defying leap to save a bread heiress. And when Wallace says it, he means it [[RemovableSteeringWheel literally]]. Apparently that particular incarnation of the ever changing [[{{Thememobile}} Wallacemobile]] has a socket for the steering wheel on either side. Hopefully the pedals are replicated on both sides as well...
* ToTheBatpole: Our heroes suit up via a Heath Robinson-esque process, depicted in all its absurd detail.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheese, particularly Wensleydale, is Wallace's favorite, but he's also pretty enthusiastic about toast.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The name of the town is never given, but the Yorkshire border is prominently featured in one scene and a poster advertising a performance of ''Carmen'' indicates that it's in the vicinity of Wigan.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Piella pulls a quite unnerving one on Gromit, biting her own arm.
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