Details

Release year: 1993

Storyline

Gromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.

Top credits

Directors

Nick Park

Writers

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Awards

1 win & 0 nominations

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Did you know

• The filmmakers of Toy Story (1995) have indicated in interviews that the moving-van chase scene at the end of the film was partially inspired by the toy train chase scene from this film. The Pixar animators considered the toy train sequence to have set a standard for action which they had to surpass in this full-length computer animated film.

• In an effort to get Gromit out of the house, the penguin plays very loud music. One tune is "How Much is That Doggie in the Window?" and another is "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" which indicates that he's just been released from prison. The first tune was since been replaced by a second playing of Yellow Ribbon due to an issue with licensing. Gromit's Birthday Card no longer plays 'Happy Birthday' for the same reason and has been replaced by 'For He's A Jolly Good Fellow'.

• The headline of Gromit's paper at the beginning reads "Moon Cheese Shares Soar". Mostly likely a reference to Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out (1989) the original W&G short, in which Wallace and Gromit go to the moon in search of cheese. Another reference includes wall art resembling three fish but which are actually three spaceships from Grand Day Out.