History WesternAnimation / TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit

* DriverFacesPassenger: Wallace to Gromit while Gromit is operating the female rabbit puppet, causing him to [[LowClearance crash the puppet against the roof of a tunnel]] they're heading into.

* FreezeFrameBonus: It seems like every frame of animation has a joke in it somewhere. A notable example are the species names in "The Observer's Book of Monsters", by Claude Savagely: ''touristis trappus'' (Loch Ness Monster), ''enormyious flippus-floppus'' (Bigfoot), ''numerous pedulus udderis'' (were-cow), and, of course, ''carrotus apetitus giganticus'' (were-rabbit).

* MistakenForOwnMurderer: PlayedForLaughs. Gromit stuffs a woozy Victor into the lady rabbit costume, and shoves him out of the cheese tent to draw away the mob. Philip only sees the costume staggering around and Victor's calls for help. He believes that the Were-Rabbit ate his master and bites “it” on the butt. Victor's yell of pain is mistaken for a roar and the mob chases Victor out of the fair, Philip dangling from his behind.

* ChirpingCrickets: The constable accidentally repeating "The beast isn't actually dead yet?!" in [[MegaphoneGag his megaphone]] provokes a MassOhCrap at the fair. The heavy silence that follows is punctuated by a candy floss falling from its stick and rolling around like a tumbleweed. Then everybody panic.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted with Philip. He falls from Gromit's plane in the climax and his teeth deflate the bouncy castle (moon bounce in the USA) he lands on, but he survives.

* WormSign: Moving mounds of earth are preceding some of the Were-Rabbit's attacks.

* PrimalChestPound: The were-rabbit pounds his chest while howling at the Moon.

* RedplicaBaron: In the antepenultimate scene, Philip pursues Gromit on a fairgrounds. Gromit comes upon a ride called "Dog Fighters", enters it and flies out in a Sopwith Camel, but Philip follows close behind in Richthofen's Fokker Dr.I, somewhat similar to the setting of the Baron's final fight.

* TheVoiceless: All of the non-human characters, except for when the rabbits howl at the moon, cheer [[spoiler:when Gromit [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet in his plane]] that was meant for the Were-Rabbit]], and cry when [[spoiler:Wallace is believed dead]]; and Hutch when [[spoiler:he's become a were-Wallace]].

* WormSign: Preceding some of the Were-Rabbit's attacks.

* BaitAndSwitch: At first the movie cleverly fools you into thinking that Hutch is the Were-Rabbit, but as it turns out [[spoiler: Hutch is simply a Were-Wallace. The real Were-Rabbit was Wallace.]]

* BigDamnMovie: the first feature-length movie featuring Wallace and Gromit after three short films.

* CallBack:
** Upon witnessing the Were-Rabbit's transformation, Victor's toupée flies off, just as it did earlier when the Bun-Vac sucked it down a rabbit hole.
** Victor does it again when he mentions Lady Tottington having "a spot of rabbit bother" when it looks like the competition will have to be called off. He used the same words to Lady Tottington the first time we saw him.
** The dog-fight between Gromit and Philip, during which the plane stops because the coin has run out and another one has to be inserted, is one to the first short and Wallace and Gromit's fight with the coin-operated robot.
** Speaking of ''A Grand Day Out'', there are shots of the open cellar door showing the moon in the sky, which is almost exactly like a similar couple of shots in that short.

* ShoutOut: Several. The entire film's a Hammer Horror parody, even. They range from ''Dracula'' to ''Film/KingKong1933'' to ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', and so on.

* StopMotion

* EyelashFluttering: When Wallace and Gromit first show up to rid the Tottington manor of rabbits, Lady Tottington brushes off Victor's flirting and secretly bats her eyes at Wallace to show she likes him instead.

** When Gromit notices [[spoiler:Wallace]] turning into the Were-Rabbit, Wallace says [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "What's up, Dog?"]]

* NiceHat: Gromit gives one to Wallace [[spoiler:to hide his rabbit ears]] when Lady Tottington comes to the house.

* DumbassHasAPoint: On the morning after the second night of the Were-Rabbit running loose, Wallace scolds Gromit for not waiting for him to return with an alternative trap. While Gromit had only done it to try and stop the Were-Rabbit from going too far, [[spoiler:and at the time, neither of them were aware of the fact that Wallace is the Were-Rabbit]], Wallace is correct in that they aren't in a position where they have any time for distractions or pleasure-seeking, not to mention the state of jeopardy the vegetable competition is in because of it all.

** Two phrases [[spoiler:Hutch in "Were-Wallace" mode]] spouts are from ''WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers'' and ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave'', respectively.

** Every single phrase [[spoiler:Hutch in "Were-Wallace" mode]] spouts is, if it's not from earlier in this movie, a quote from previous entries.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Wallace accidentally creates the titular Were-Rabbit after an experiment to get the rabbits to stop eating vegetables GoesHorriblyWrong.

* AbortedArc: When Wallace is unable to repair the Mind-Manipulator-O-Matic, [[spoiler: Hutch]] begins doing so instead. Unfortunately they are interrupted, and it never comes into play again. [[spoiler: Wallace is instead cured of his kounanthropy by being exposed to the smell of Stinking Bishop, and Hutch retains Wallace's voice and personality.]]

!!This film provides examples of:

* AccidentalPublicConfession: Victor Quartermaine tries whispering bad news in the constable's ear, but the shocked constable blurts it out through the megaphone.
-->'''[[EgomaniacHunter Victor Quartermaine]]''': ''[whispering]'' Listen, I don't want to cause any [[MassOhCrap panic]], but the beast isn't actually dead yet.
-->'''Constable''' ''[through the megaphone]'': '''THE BEAST ISN'T ACTUALLY DEAD YET?!'''
-->(''StunnedSilence; Victor does a {{facepalm}}'')
-->'''Constable''': ''[through the megaphone]'' [[DidISayThatOutLoud Oops.]]
-->''[MassOhCrap]''

-->'''Reverend Hedges''': To kill such a beast would require nerves of steel and... (DramaticPause) a bullet. (Thunderclap)\\
'''Lord Victor''': A bullet? (Thunder)\\
'''Reverend Hedges''': A bullet! (Thunder)\\
'''Lord Victor''': A bu-- (Thunder plays again; Victor slams the shutters of a nearby window shut, annoyed) What ''kind'' of bullet?

--> '''Victor Quartermaine''': (on the were-rabbit, noticing the huge rabbit-shaped hole in the church window) It's a ''big'' fellow, perhaps... but a mortal creature of flesh and blood. A matter easily dealt with by a ''hunter''. (flourishes gun)

* FreezeFrameBonus: It seems like every frame of animation has a joke in it somewhere. A notable example are the species names in "The Observer's Book of Monsters", by Claude Savagely (see HurricaneOfPuns below): ''touristis trappus'' (Loch Ness Monster), ''enormyious flippus-floppus'' (Bigfoot), ''numerous pedulus udderis'' (were-cow), and, of course, ''carrotus apetitus giganticus'' (were-rabbit).

-->'''Victor''': I know your little secret, Pesto! I know exactly what's going on!
--> '''Wallace''': Your Lordship?
-->'''Victor''': Oh, yes. You think you can pilfer my filly, don't you? You think you can con an innocent woman out of her fortune!?!?
-->'''Wallace''': Who, me?
-->'''Victor''': Well, ''I'' got here first! I've spent a lot of time reeling in that fluffy-headed bunny-lover, and I'm not about to let some puddle-headed peasant poach her from me! ''Comprenez?!''

-->'''Victor Quartermaine''' ''[whispering]'': Constable, listen, I don't want to cause any panic, but the beast isn't actually dead yet.
-->'''Constable''' ''[through the megaphone]'': The beast isn't actually dead yet?!
-->''[StunnedSilence, Victor {{facepalm}}s]''
-->'''Constable''' ''[through the megaphone]'': Oops.
--> ''[cue the MassOhCrap]''

--->'''Wallace''': Ohhh [[GoshDangItToHeck dear]].

-->'''Lord Victor Quartermaine''': How on earth would those tiny-minded buffoons ever catch such a big rabbit?\\
'''Wallace''': Um... with a big trap!\\
''[FacePalm from Gromit. Hurrahs from everybody else.]''

-->'''Reverend Hedges''': To kill such a beast would require nerves of steel and... (DramaticPause) a bullet.\\
'''Lord Victor''': A bullet?\\
'''Reverend Hedges''': A bullet!\\
'''Lord Victor''': A bu--? [''pauses to close the curtains and shut out the DramaticThunder''] What ''kind'' of bullet?

-->'''Lady Tottington:''' No, Victor! You don’t understand! The hunt is off! We made a terrible mistake!\\
'''Victor Quartermaine:''' Oh, no, you commissioned me to rid you of [[spoiler:Pesto]], and that's just what I intend to do! (''covers his mouth as he realizes what he just said'')\\

'''Victor Quartermaine''': Argh... Oh, alright! So what if it is that blithering idiot? No one will ever believe you!

* WhosOnFirst: After Victor's wig is sucked up by the Bun-Vac 6000:
-->'''Victor:''' I want... toupée, please.\\
'''Wallace:''' Oh, grand. We take cheque or cash--\\
'''Victor:''' No! ''Toupée'', you idiot! My hair is in your machine!\\
'''Wallace:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Oh no, it's only rabbits in there. The hare, I think you'll find, is a much larger mammal]].

* HolyPipeOrgan: Spoofed. During the town meeting scene, the pipe organ in the church [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn continues to play dramatic stings after the Vicar is done talking.]] PC Mackintosh yells at the organist to stop and so she shuts the keyboard cover. Pipe organ music is then absent from the rest of the scene's background music.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Wallace accidentally creates the titular Were-Rabbit after an experiment to get the rabbits to stop eating vegetables [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes horribly wrong]].

* LamePunReaction:
** Victor is not impressed by the vicar's little joke about how many "carrots" are in the gold bullets needed to kill the Were-Rabbit.
** Gromit also rolls his eyes when Wallace makes a comment about the rabbits breeding like... you know.