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** During the opening credits, the camera pans over a series of photographs. One of them shows Gromit graduating from [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Dogwarts University"]].
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Despite an enormous amount of innuendo whenever the two of them are both on screen, Wallace and Lady Tottington do not end up together.]]

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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Despite an enormous amount of innuendo whenever the two of them are both on screen, Wallace and Lady Tottington do not end up together.together, though they do ultimately create a nature preserve for bunnies.]]
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* IronicEcho: Victor's dog Phillip refuses to let Gromit step out of Wallace's car so that he can assist him during his duel with Victor. After Wallace transforms into the Were-Rabbit, Phillip begs for Gromit to let him inside his car. Gromit refuses to do so.

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* IronicEcho: A rare non-verbal example; Victor's dog Phillip refuses to let Gromit step out of Wallace's car so that he can assist him during his duel with Victor. After Wallace transforms into the Were-Rabbit, Phillip begs for Gromit to let him inside his car. Gromit refuses to do so.
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** Later, a collective one from Gromit, Wallace, and a group of rabbits when Gromit accidentally lets go of a rope he was holding onto.

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** Later, [[MassOhCrap a collective one from Gromit, Wallace, and a group of rabbits when rabbits]] after Wallace and Gromit accidentally lets high-five, only to discover that Gromit let go of a the rope he was holding onto.
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** When Gromit notices Wallace turning into the Were-Rabbit, Wallace says [[BugsBunny "What's up Doc?"]]

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** When Gromit notices Wallace [[spoiler:Wallace]] turning into the Were-Rabbit, Wallace says [[BugsBunny [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "What's up Doc?"]]
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** When Gromit notices Wallace turning into the Were-Rabbit, Wallace says [[BugsBunny "What's up Doc?"]]
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'''Lord Victor''': A bu- (Thunder; Victor slams the shutters of a nearby window shut, annoyed) What ''kind'' of bullet?

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'''Lord Victor''': A bu- bu-- (Thunder; Victor slams the shutters of a nearby window shut, annoyed) What ''kind'' of bullet?



* FacePalm: Gromit, oh so many times.

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* FacePalm: Gromit, oh so many times.Gromit's common reaction to the foolishness surrounding him.



* [[spoiler:LittleBitBeastly: Midway through the film, Wallace is suddenly sporting rabbit ears. Somehow he doesn't notice until Gromit points it out to him, at which point he concedes it's "a bit odd" but [[RefugeInAudacity simply dismisses it as a side-effect of the vegetable diet Gromit has him on]].]]

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* [[spoiler:LittleBitBeastly: Midway LittleBitBeastly: [[spoiler:Midway through the film, Wallace is suddenly sporting rabbit ears. Somehow he doesn't notice until Gromit points it out to him, at which point he concedes it's "a bit odd" but [[RefugeInAudacity simply dismisses it as a side-effect of the vegetable diet Gromit has him on]].]]



'''Wallace:''' Oh, grand. We take cheque or cash-
-->'''Victor:''' No, you idiot! ''Toupée'' My hair is in your machine!\\

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'''Wallace:''' Oh, grand. We take cheque or cash-
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'''Victor:'''
No, you idiot! ''Toupée'' ''Toupée!'' My hair is in your machine!\\

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'''Reverend Hedges''': A bullet. (Thunder)\\
'''Lord Victor''': A bullet? (Thunder; Victor slams the shutters of a nearby window shut, annoyed) What ''kind'' of bullet?

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'''Reverend Hedges''': A bullet. bullet! (Thunder)\\
'''Lord Victor''': A bullet? bu- (Thunder; Victor slams the shutters of a nearby window shut, annoyed) What ''kind'' of bullet?



* FacePalm: Gromit, oh so many times.



** Towards the end, Wallace finds himself clothes-less, so he grabs a handy cheese box to hold front of his private bits. The box has a "Contains nuts" label on it.

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** Towards the end, Wallace finds himself clothes-less, so he grabs a handy cheese box to hold front of his private bits. The box has a "Contains "May contain nuts" label on it.



---> '''Lady Tottington:''' Please...call me Totty.



* ItsPersonal: Victor is the one of of the few who knows the real identity of the Were-Rabbit and makes it clear to Lady Tottington that this trope is the real reason why he wants the creature killed.

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* ItsPersonal: Victor is the one of of the few who knows the real identity of the Were-Rabbit and makes it clear to Lady Tottington that this trope is the real reason why he wants the creature killed.



* ManHug: Wallace and Gromit give one another one after Wallace awakens from nearly dying.

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* [[spoiler:LittleBitBeastly: Midway through the film, Wallace is suddenly sporting rabbit ears. Somehow he doesn't notice until Gromit points it out to him, at which point he concedes it's "a bit odd" but [[RefugeInAudacity simply dismisses it as a side-effect of the vegetable diet Gromit has him on]].]]
* ManHug: Wallace and Gromit give one another exchange one after Wallace [[spoiler:Wallace awakens from nearly dying.dying]].



** If you [[FreezeFrameBonus look closely]] the first time they start up the van you can actually see an A-Z of Wigan on the dashboard, implying it takes place at least close to said city.



'''Reverend Hedges''': A bullet.\\

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'''Reverend Hedges''': A bullet.\\bullet!\\



* RedHerring: The Were-Rabbit is initially hinted to be [[spoiler:Hutch, the rabbit victim of the mind manipulation machine. However, Gromit soon discovers, to his horror, that the Were-Rabbit is actually the human victim of the mind manipulation machine.]]

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* RedHerring: The Were-Rabbit is initially hinted to be [[spoiler:Hutch, the rabbit victim of the mind manipulation machine. However, Gromit soon discovers, to his horror, that the Were-Rabbit is actually the human ''human'' victim of the mind manipulation machine.]]



* SilverBullet: Spoofed. A were-rabbit can only be killed with a ''gold'' bullet -- 24 carat.

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* SilverBullet: Spoofed. A were-rabbit can only be killed with a ''gold'' bullet -- 24 carat.[[IncrediblyLamePun carat]].



* WhichMe: [[spoiler:Wallace starts referring to Hutch in the first person after he takes on his personality. For instance, when Lady Tottington rings the doorbell, Hutch goes to answer it and Wallace says, "I'm already answering the door!"]]

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* WhichMe: [[spoiler:Wallace starts referring to Hutch in the first person after he takes on his personality. For instance, when Lady Tottington rings the doorbell, Wallace panicks that he can't see her with his rabbit ears. Hutch goes to answer it it, and Wallace says, "I'm shouts, "I already answering the door!"]]''am''!"]]



'''Wallace:''' Oh, grand. We take cheque, cash or money order.
-->'''Victor:''' My hair is in your machine.\\

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'''Wallace:''' Oh, grand. We take cheque, cash cheque or money order.
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-->'''Victor:''' No, you idiot! ''Toupée'' My hair is in your machine.\\machine!\\
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* ChekhovsBoomerang: the "female rabbit". First Wallace and Gromit attempt to catch the were-rabbit with it, and then Gromit leads the were-rabbit away from Victor with it. Finally, Gromit dresses Victor in it to decoy the mob.

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* BigNo: Victor yells this in frustration [[spoiler:when Gromit uses his plane to take the bullet meant for Were-Rabbit Wallace.]]

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* BigNo: BigNo:
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Victor yells this in frustration [[spoiler:when when Gromit uses [[spoiler:uses his plane to take the bullet meant for Were-Rabbit Wallace.]]Wallace]].



** At one point, when Gromit disguises himself as a female Were-Rabbit to lure the Were-Rabbit [[spoiler:Wallace]] to safety, the Were-Rabbit pinches the female Were-Rabbit's tail.
** Towards the end, Wallace is left clothes-less after [[spoiler:transforming back to human]], so he grabs a handy cheese box to hold front of his private bits. The box has a "Contains nuts" label on it.

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** At one point, when Gromit disguises himself as a female Were-Rabbit to lure the Were-Rabbit [[spoiler:Wallace]] to safety, the Were-Rabbit pinches the female Were-Rabbit's tail.
** Towards the end, Wallace is left clothes-less after [[spoiler:transforming back to human]], finds himself clothes-less, so he grabs a handy cheese box to hold front of his private bits. The box has a "Contains nuts" label on it.



* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: During the climax, Were-Wallace jumps onto Gromit's falling plane to break it's fall. [[DisneyDeath He gets better though.]]]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: During [[spoiler:During the climax, Were-Wallace jumps onto Gromit's falling plane to break it's its fall. [[DisneyDeath He gets better though.]]]]



** Later, a collective one from Gromit, [[spoiler:Were-Rabbit Wallace,]] and a group of rabbits when Gromit accidentally lets go of a rope he was holding onto.
** The Were-Rabbit [[spoiler: (Wallace)]] emits a LoudGulp as Victor Quartermaine takes aim at him during the final fight scene.

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** Later, a collective one from Gromit, [[spoiler:Were-Rabbit Wallace,]] Wallace, and a group of rabbits when Gromit accidentally lets go of a rope he was holding onto.
** The Were-Rabbit [[spoiler: (Wallace)]] emits a LoudGulp as Victor Quartermaine takes aim at him during the final fight scene.
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** At one point, when Gromit disguises himself as a female Were-Rabbit to lure the Were-Rabbit [[spoiler:Wallace]] to safety, the Were-Rabbit pinches the female Were-Rabbit's tail.
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** Later, a collective one from Gromit, [[spoiler:Were-Rabbit Wallace,]] and a group of rabbits when Gromit accidentally lets go of a rope he was holding onto.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: During the climax, Were-Wallace jumps onto Gromit's falling plane to break it's fall. [[DisneyDeath He gets better though.]]]]
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** Before that, when [[spoiler:Were-Rabbit Wallace just broke off the pipe he's climbing from, sending him tumbling down to the cotton candy machine.]]
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*** WordOfGod was that it was an intentional CallBack to their third short "A Close Shave".
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* IronicEcho: Victor's dog Phillip refuses to let Gromit step out of Wallace's car so that he can assist him during his duel with Victor. After Wallace transforms into the Were-Rabbit, Phillip begs for Gromit to let him inside his car. Gromit refuses to do so.
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler:As Gromit finishes building the bigger cage for Hutch, whom they believe to be the real Were-Rabbit, he leaves the basement and closes the door... only to reveal more footprints behind it.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, when the Mind-Manipulation-O-Matic begins to go wrong, [[spoiler: Wallace hops like a rabbit.]]
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* HumiliationConga: At the end, Victor gets smacked by Lady Tottington with a giant carrot, stuffed into a rabbit suit, sent out to be chased away by the mob, and bitten on the tail of the suit by Phillip.
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* BaitAndSwitch: At first the movie cleverly fools you into thinking that Potch is the Were-Rabbit, but as it turns out [[spoiler: Potch is simply a Were-Wallace. The real Were-Rabbit was Wallace.]]

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* BaitAndSwitch: At first the movie cleverly fools you into thinking that Potch Hutch is the Were-Rabbit, but as it turns out [[spoiler: Potch Hutch is simply a Were-Wallace. The real Were-Rabbit was Wallace.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: At first the movie cleverly fools you into thinking that Potch is the Were-Rabbit, but as it turns out [[spoiler: Potch is simply a Were-Wallace. The real Were-Rabbit was Wallace.]]
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* RedHerring: The Were-Rabbit is initially hinted to be [[spoiler:Hutch, the rabbit victim of the mind manipulation machine. However, Gromit soon discovers, to his horror, that the Were-Rabbit is actually the human victim of the mind manipulation machine.]]
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* SeriousBusiness: The veg competition.

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* SeriousBusiness: The veg competition. It's Wallace and Gromit so the monster isn't gonna kill anybody, so to keep the tension/plot going, the townspeople take the competition ''super'' seriously. PlayedForLaughs and lampshaded to hell and back. At one point PC Macintosh just flat out says that the whole thing is more trouble than it's worth.

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* 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).



* HurricaneOfPuns:

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* HurricaneOfPuns:HurricaneOfPuns: More like a perfect storm of puns.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Despite an enormous amount of innuendo whenever the two of them are both on screen, Wallace and Lady Tottingham do not end up together.]]

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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Despite an enormous amount of innuendo whenever the two of them are both on screen, Wallace and Lady Tottingham Tottington do not end up together.]]



** Lady Tottingham inviting Wallace to see her secret garden is probably the most risqué.

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** Lady Tottingham Tottington inviting Wallace to see her secret garden is probably the most risqué.



* ParentalBonus: Besides a number of sophisticated jokes, Lady Tottingham's nickname "Totty" is British slang for an attractive woman.

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* ParentalBonus: Besides a number of sophisticated jokes, Lady Tottingham's Tottington's nickname "Totty" is British slang for an attractive woman.
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* AccidentalPublicConfession:"The beast isn't actually dead yet!?!"

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* AccidentalPublicConfession:"The AccidentalPublicConfession: "The beast isn't actually dead yet!?!"

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* AccidentalPublicConfession:
--->The beast isn't actually dead yet!?!\\

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* AccidentalPublicConfession:
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AccidentalPublicConfession:"The beast isn't actually dead yet!?!\\ yet!?!"

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* AccidentalPublicConfession:The Beast isn't actually dead yet!?!\\

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* AccidentalPublicConfession:The Beast AccidentalPublicConfession:
--->The beast
isn't actually dead yet!?!\\

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