History WesternAnimation / WallaceAndGromit

* RidingIntoTheSunset: Spoofed in ''The Wrong Trousers'', which ends with the techno-trousers walking off into the sunset. Played straight with ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'', which ends with the duo (and Fluffles) driving off into it.

%%* RidingIntoTheSunset

* SkewedPriorities: In the "Anoraknophobia" comic, Wallace gets very badly sidetracked by his discovery that the villains' organisation has a name that doesn't match the acronym.

* BritishBrevity: Americans who are aware of the franchise might be surprised to know that in over 25 years, there have been only ''six'' (main) installments, and only one of those six is feature-length. However, this is less to do with it being British and more to do with the agonisingly slow process of stop-motion animation. It also has to do with Creator/PeterSallis' declining health and decision to retire from acting in the early 2010s.
** Of course, there are two SpinOff TV Series, "Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions" and "Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention". However, "Cracking Contraptions" consists of only 10 shorts and "World of Invention" only has six episodes, falling into this trope again.

* BritishBrevity: Americans who are aware of the franchise might be surprised to know that in over 25 years, there have been only ''six'' installments, and only one of those six is feature-length. However, this is less to do with it being British and more to do with the agonisingly slow process of stop-motion animation. It also has to do with Creator/PeterSallis' declining health and decision to retire from acting in the early 2010s.

* CatchPhrase:

* AbsentMindedProfessor: Wallace. Oh, so much.

* AsideGlance: Gromit. All the time.

* BeleagueredAssistant: Gromit, who takes it in his stride.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Wallace on three occasions.

* GirlOfTheWeek: All of Wallace's love interests.

* NoMouth: Gromit

* In 2022, it was confirmed that production has begun on a new feature-length film, with Nick Park on board as director. According to [[https://www.aardman.com/latest-news/wallace-gromit-new-film-announcement the official announcement]], the film, which is slated to release in 2024, revolves around Gromit battling a rogue "Smart Gnome" that Wallace invents.

* In 2022, it was confirmed that production has begun on a new film, with Nick Park on board as director. According to [[https://www.aardman.com/latest-news/wallace-gromit-new-film-announcement the official announcement]], the film, which is slated to release in 2024, revolves around Gromit battling a rogue "Smart Gnome" that Wallace invents.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Many of Wallace's inventions fall into this category, often to an ''absurd'' degree. For example, his "Telly-scope" invention involves launching a tennis ball through a complicated Rube Goldberg-type mechanism which ultimately physically moves the telly closer so that Wallace can press the power button, as opposed to, say, simply launching the tennis ball at the power button or just ''using the remote that came with the telly''. Naturally, this tendency for complication often results in spectacular and hilarious failures.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Gromit, who takes it in his stride.

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: The exact time ([[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield and place]]) in which the shorts take place has never been specified, with modern living conditions and fashion at a roughly 1950s level, but with technology that is occasionally far more advanced, albeit in a [[{{Zeerust}} distinctly old-school]], almost DieselPunk style. In one particularly amusing instance, Wallace, a brilliant inventor who can build a fully functional ''rocket'' in his garage almost single-handedly, is shown using an ''abacus'' to check his math in addition to a calculator. One could pass this up to Wallace simply being a cracking good inventor, if it weren't for the occasional appearance of other advanced technology like the moon robot in ''A Grand Day Out'', the LaserHallway in ''The Wrong Trousers'' or the factory equipment and [[spoiler:[[RobotDog Preston]]]] in ''A Close Shave''. The [[MinimalistCast absence of any other onscreen humans]] until ''A Close Shave'' and the WorldLimitedToThePlot does little to clarify matters much.

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: Starting with ''A Close Shave'', Wallace and Gromit started taking up odd jobs that coincidentally collides with the plot of the films. They were window washers in ''A Close Shave'', humane pest controllers in ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'', and bakers in ''A Matter of Loaf and Death''.

[[caption-width-right:350:All's well that ends well, eh, lad?]]

->''"Cracking cheese, Gromit!"''

* ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'' : A spin-off series about Shaun from ''A Close Shave''.
** ''WesternAnimation/TimmyTime'' The SpinOff of the spin-off, wrap your head around that one.

In 2003, Frontier Developments released a video game known as ''VideoGame/WallaceAndGromitInProjectZoo'', which saw the return of Feathers [=McGraw=] as the villain in an original storyline; it was SoOkayItsAverage in most respects. In the spring/summer of 2009, Creator/TelltaleGames released a series of four episodic Wallace & Gromit adventure games, collectively ''VideoGame/WallaceAndGromitsGrandAdventures'', for the PC and Xbox Live Arcade. The games are notable for successfully replicating the look and feel of the shorts, to the point of having fingerprints and other clay modeling details visible on the characters.

* AnachronismStew: Wallace and Gromit seems to be set in a ''[[ComicBook/TheBeano Beanotown]]''-type timewarp where technology and fashion remains much as it did in the 1950s, yet more modern inventions such as laser-security systems and remote controls are also present. Wallace mentions that the titular Wrong Trousers are "ex-NASA" technology, which seems to confirm that the setting is ''at least'' the 1960s onwards, and the relatively rustic, old-fashioned nature of much of the setting seems congruent with a '60s British setting, but much of the other technology that we see (not just from Wallace) is far more advanced than the '60s would allow. Furthermore, the announcement for the 2024 film describes lists a "Smart Gnome" as the main villain, playing on the rise of smart devices in TheNewTens. A number of pop-culture references from later decades have also been made in the films. Of course, this being ''Wallace & Gromit'', you can chalk it all up to RuleOfFunny.

* BritishBrevity: Americans who are aware of the franchise might be surprised to know that in over 25 years, there have been only ''six'' installments, and only one of those six is feature-length. However, this is less to do with it being British and more to do with the agonisingly slow process of stop-motion animation. It also has to do with Peter Sallis' declining health and decision to retire from acting in the early 2010s.

* VocalEvolution: Ben Whitehead has taken over as Wallace in many side projects. His voice has become a much better replicant of Peter Sallis compared to how he was in ''Grand Adventures'' series.

* In 2022, it was confirmed that production has begun on a new film, with Nick Park on board as director.

* AnachronismStew: Wallace and Gromit seems to be set in a ''[[ComicBook/TheBeano Beanotown]]''-type timewarp where technology and fashion remains much as it did in the 1950s, yet more modern inventions such as laser-security systems and remote controls are also present. Wallace mentions that the titular Wrong Trousers are "ex-NASA" technology, which seems to confirm that the setting is ''at least'' the 1960s onwards, and the relatively rustic, old-fashioned nature of much of the setting seems congruent with a '60s British setting, but much of the other technology that we see (not just from Wallace) is far more advanced than the '60s would allow. A number of pop-culture references from later decades have also been made in the films. Of course, this being ''Wallace & Gromit'', you can chalk it all up to RuleOfFunny.

In 2003, Frontier Developments released a video game known as ''VideoGame/WallaceAndGromitInProjectZoo'''', which saw the return of Feathers [=McGraw=] as the villain in an original storyline; it was SoOkayItsAverage in most respects. In the spring/summer of 2009, Creator/TelltaleGames released a series of four episodic Wallace & Gromit adventure games, collectively ''VideoGame/WallaceAndGromitsGrandAdventures'', for the PC and Xbox Live Arcade. The games are notable for successfully replicating the look and feel of the shorts, to the point of having fingerprints and other clay modeling details visible on the characters.

* ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'' : A spin-off series about Shaun from ''A CloseShave