The Wrong Trousers

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Wallace & Gromit - The Wrong Trousers is an animated film by Nick Park and his company Aardman Animations in 1993 He is the second extended production of the studio with the two figures according to Wallace & Gromit -. . Everything cheese of 1989, the film was Stop -Motion technology created, the figures are made of plasticine.

Action

The somewhat eccentric inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit live in a cozy house in a small English town. At Gromit's birthday turns out again that master Wallace has no good sense of his companions: he not only gives him just a brand new dog collar, but also a techno - trousers. This fully automatic programmable metal structure involves basically only use for Wallace, as it can save the walkies walking with Gromit now. However, one can go up using the suction cups of the device even on smooth walls.

Meanwhile, a lot of bills will be paid, but money is tight. Therefore Wallace takes on a shady penguin as a lodger, who brazenly implants itself into Gromit's room. Gromit is quickly suspicious, especially since sound does a penguin something popular to wanted at Wallace. Gromit secretly searched the room of the oblique bird and discovered his plan: he wants the help of Wallace and the Wrong Trousers rob a museum.

But Gromit can not prevent the robbery. The penguin bundled the sleeping at night Wallace in his pants and removed the manual control. Wallace now robbed, sleeping and remotely controlled by the penguin in the museum a valuable diamond. While the alarm is triggered the building and Wallace wakes up, but he can not do anything. It was only back home revealed to him the penguin his true identity as a notorious criminals and locks Wallace, still in the dismantled pants in a closet. Also Gromit is set by Penguin there. The bird escapes.

Now Gromit uses his technical understanding to reactivate the pants. Wallace and Gromit manages to break out of the closet. In a chase on the toy railway of Wallace they can ask the penguin finally. Wallace and Gromit get a reward for the capture of the penguin and the criminal bird lands back behind bars at the zoo. The pants, thrown by the two protagonists in the trash, set up his own at the end, and wanders off into the sunset.

Awards

The short film won both the 1994 Oscar for best animated short film as well as a BAFTA Award. He also won in several other smaller film festivals awards.