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{{Short description|British claymation comedy franchise}}
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{{Infobox media franchise
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| creator = [[Nick Park]]
| origin = ''[[A Grand Day Out]]'' {{Small|(1989)}}
| owner = [[Aardman Animations]]
| years = 1989–present
| books =
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| comics = [[Wallace & Gromit#List of comics|List of comic books]]
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*'''Main series'''
** ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit|The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'' {{Small|(2005)}}
** ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl|Vengeance Most Fowl]]'' {{Small|(2024)}}
*'''Spin-offs'''
** ''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]'' {{Small|(2015)}}
** ''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]'' {{Small|(2019)}}
}}
| shorts = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[A Grand Day Out]]'' {{Small|(1989)}}
* ''[[The Wrong Trousers]]'' {{Small|(1993)}}
* ''[[A Close Shave]]'' {{Small|(1995)}}
* ''[[A Matter of Loaf and Death]]'' {{Small|(2008)}}
}}
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| web_series = ''[[List of Shaun the Sheep episodes#Shaun the Sheep 3D (2012)|Shaun the Sheep 3D]]'' {{Small|(2012)}}
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* ''[[Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions]]'' {{Small|(2002)}}
* ''[[Shaun the Sheep]]'' {{Small|(2007–present)}}
* ''[[Timmy Time]]'' {{Small|(2009–2012)}}
* ''[[Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention]]'' {{Small|(2010)}}
* ''[[List of Shaun the Sheep episodes#Shaun the Sheep Championsheeps (2012)|Shaun the Sheep Championsheeps]]'' {{Small|(2012)}}
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| tv_specials = {{Plainlist|
* ''Timmy Time: Timmy's Christmas Surprise'' {{Small|(2011)}}
* ''Timmy Time: Timmy's Seaside Rescue'' {{Small|(2012)}}
* ''[[Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas]]'' {{Small|(2015)}}
* ''Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas'' {{Small|(2021)}}
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* ''Wallace And Gromit Alive on Stage in a Grand Night Out'' {{Small|(1997)}}
* ''Shaun's Big Show'' {{Small|(2011)}}
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| video_games = [[Wallace & Gromit#List of video games|List of video games]]
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'''''Wallace & Gromit''''' is a British [[claymation]] comedy [[media franchise|franchise]] created by [[Nick Park]] and produced by [[Aardman Animations]]. The series centres on Wallace, a good-natured, eccentric, cheese-loving bachelor inventor, and Gromit, his loyal and intelligent [[anthropomorphic]] dog. It consists of four [[short films]], two [[feature-length film]]s, and numerous spin-offs and TV adaptations. The first short film, ''[[A Grand Day Out]]'', was finished and released in 1989. Wallace has been voiced by [[Peter Sallis]] and [[Ben Whitehead]]. While Wallace speaks very often, Gromit is largely silent and has no dialogue, communicating through [[facial expression]]s and [[body language]].<ref>Gromit occasionally makes dog-like noises, such as barks and yelps.{{cite web|url=http://www.siegler.net/gromit/|title=Gromit Speaks|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>
Because of their popularity, the characters have been described as positive international cultural icons of both modern British culture and British people in general. [[BBC News]] called them "some of the best-known and best-loved stars to come out of the UK".<ref name=youngs>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4295048.stm Wallace and Gromit's cracking careers]. By Ian Youngs. [[BBC News]]. Published 10 October 2005.</ref> ''Icons'' has said they have done "more to improve the image of the English world-wide than any officially appointed ambassadors".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090101211807/http://www.icons.org.uk/nom/nominations/wallacegromit Wallace and Gromit nominations]. [http://www.icons.org.uk/ icons.org.uk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728035436/http://www.icons.org.uk/ |date=28 July 2017 }}. Retrieved 7 June 2009.</ref>
Park has stated that he was inspired by his childhood through the 1950s and 1960s in [[Lancashire]] in [[Northern England]]. The setting is deliberately ambiguous: the overall style resembles the 1960s, but numerous anachronisms abound, such as the use of 21st-century technology. Although [[Wigan]] is seen at the end of Wallace's [[alliterative]] home address on his letters, his accent comes from the [[Holme Valley]] of [[West Yorkshire]] and he is especially fond of [[Wensleydale cheese]] (from North Yorkshire).
Their films have been widely praised, with the first three short films, ''[[A Grand Day Out]]'' (1989), ''[[The Wrong Trousers]]'' (1993) and ''[[A Close Shave]]'' (1995) earning 100% on ''[[Rotten Tomatoes]]''; the feature film ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'' (2005) has also received acclaim. The film is the [[List of highest-grossing animated films#Stop motion animation|second-highest-grossing stop-motion animated film]], outgrossed only by ''[[Chicken Run]]'' (2000), another creation of Park's. A fourth short film, ''[[A Matter of Loaf and Death]]'', was released in 2008. A second full-length feature film, ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl]]'' — marking the return of the penguin [[Feathers McGraw]], the villain from ''The Wrong Trousers'' — was released in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=From Feathers McGraw to Mr Burns: kids' TV's all-time evillest villains |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/12/from-feathers-mcgraw-to-mr-burns-kids-tvs-all-time-evillest-villains |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> The franchise has received [[Nick Park#Awards and nominations|numerous accolades]], including seven [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTAs]], three [[Academy Awards]] and a [[Peabody Award]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/wallace-gromit/| title = Peabody Awards: Wallace & Gromit}}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Wallace, Gromit, and creator Nick Park.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Creator [[Nick Park]] with his characters in 2005 promoting ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'']]
The first short film, ''[[A Grand Day Out]]'', was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] in 1991. The short films ''[[The Wrong Trousers]]'' and ''[[A Close Shave]]'' followed. The full-length feature ''[[The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'' was released in 2005. The latter three each earned Academy Awards.
In January 2007, a five-film deal with [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] and Aardman fell through after three films, due to creative differences, as well as the box office failure of ''[[Flushed Away]]''. Park said later that DreamWorks executives wanted to [[Americanize|Americanise]] the very British Wallace and Gromit after test screenings, which would have tarnished some of the duo's [[nostalgic]] charm. The fourth ''Wallace & Gromit'' short, ''[[A Matter of Loaf and Death]]'', was Park's first production since the end of the DreamWorks deal. It was the most-watched television programme in the UK in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/dec/26/wallace-and-gromit-lead-bbc-to-christmas-ratings-victory|title=Wallace and Gromit lead BBC to Christmas ratings victory|work=The Guardian|access-date=26 December 2008|___location=London|first=James| last=Robinson|date=26 December 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090106120125/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/26/wallace-and-gromit-lead-bbc-to-christmas-ratings-victory| archive-date= 6 January 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' won the 2008 [[BAFTA Award]] for Best Short Animation and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2010.<ref name="Film Winners in 2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-nominations-in-2009,657,BA.html|title=Film Winners in 2009|publisher=BAFTA|access-date=8 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211183707/http://bafta.org/awards/film/film-nominations-in-2009,657,BA.html|archive-date=11 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, [[Peter Lord]] stated that there were no plans at the moment for a new short film, and Park announced in the following year that the declining health of Wallace's voice actor, [[Peter Sallis]], had the possibility of preventing any future films despite the availability of [[Ben Whitehead]].<ref name="Wallace and Gromit may possibly end due to Peter Sallis's health">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a571482/wallace-and-gromit-may-end-due-to-peter-salliss-health.html#~oEyRyxHuo5pZ0o|title=Wallace and Gromit may end due to Peter Sallis's health|last=Eames|first=Tom|date=16 May 2014|work=Digital Spy|access-date=16 May 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Wallace and Gromit Preston 20211015.jpg|thumb|right|Wallace and Gromit bronze sculpture in Park's home town of [[Preston, Lancashire]], England]]
In May 2017, Lord stated that more projects with the characters were likely while speaking at an animation event in [[Stuttgart]], Germany. He said, "When Nick [Park]'s not drawing cavemen, he's drawing Wallace & Gromit ... I absolutely assume he will do another, but not a feature. I think he found it was too much. I think he liked the half-hour format."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/aardmans-peter-lord-absolutely-assumes-more-wallace-gromit-161712308.html|title=Aardman's Peter Lord "Absolutely Assumes" There Will Be More 'Wallace & Gromit'|last=Giardina|first=Carolyn|date=4 May 2017}}</ref>
Sallis died on 2 June 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jun/05/peter-sallis-actor-wallace-and-gromit-dies|title=Actor Peter Sallis dies aged 96|last=Rawlinson|first=Kevin|date=5 June 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Park said to ''Radio Times'': "[Sallis] was such a special one-off person with such unique qualities, it would be hard to fill his shoes but I think he'd want us to carry on and I've got more Wallace and Gromit ideas."<ref>{{cite web|first=Susanna|last=Lazarus|date=26 January 2018|title=Nick Park keen to make more Wallace and Gromit|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/film/2018-01-26/nick-park-keen-to-make-more-wallace-and-gromit/}}</ref> In 2019, Park announced that a new ''Wallace & Gromit'' project is in development. "I can't give too much away because it would spoil it really, but it's Wallace & Gromit up to their old antics."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nick-park-new-wallace-gromit-project-works-1212493|title=New 'Wallace & Gromit' Project in Works, Says Nick Park|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=21 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nick-park-new-wallace-gromit-project-works-1212493/|title=Nick Park: New 'Wallace & Gromit' Project in the Works|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com|date=21 May 2019}}</ref> In May 2020, Aardman announced the release of ''The Big Fix Up'', a Wallace & Gromit story in the form of an [[augmented reality]] (AR) [[mobile app]]. It features the voices of [[Miriam Margolyes]], [[Isy Suttie]] and [[Jim Carter (actor)|Jim Carter]] and was released on 18 January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aardman.com/aardman-and-fictioneers-to-bring-fans-an-augmented-wallace-gromit-story-this-autumn/|title=Aardman and Fictioneers bring fans an augmented Wallace & Gromit story this December|date=26 May 2020|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116001150/https://www.aardman.com/aardman-and-fictioneers-to-bring-fans-an-augmented-wallace-gromit-story-this-autumn/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aardman.com/aardman-fictioneers-voice-cast-big-fix-up/|title=Aardman and Fictioneers announce cast for the Big Fix up|date=29 June 2020|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116003547/https://www.aardman.com/aardman-fictioneers-voice-cast-big-fix-up/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In September 2021, a bronze bench statue of ''Wallace & Gromit'' was unveiled in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], Lancashire, Park's home town.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2021-09-10/cheese-wallace-and-gromit-statue-unveiled-in-preston| title = ITV: "Bronze statue of Wallace and Gromit unveiled" 10 September 2021| date = 10 September 2021}}</ref> A statue of Feathers McGraw was later added as part of an extension in February 2025.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwywyl84v5eo| title = BBC: "Statue of Wallace and Gromit villain unveiled" 20 February 2025| date = 20 February 2025}}</ref> In January 2022, a new film, ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl]]'', was announced, which debuted first on the BBC on Christmas Day 2024, and was released worldwide 3 January 2025 on [[Netflix]] and has been nominated for an Academy Award for best animated feature film.<ref>{{cite web|title=New 'Wallace and Gromit' Movie to Premiere On Netflix In 2024 and Here's the First Synopsis |url=https://collider.com/new-wallace-and-gromit-movie-netflix-2024-nick-park/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|first=Jack|last=King|date=20 January 2022|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref>
==Overview==
{{Main|List of Wallace & Gromit characters}}
[[File:Wallace and gromit.jpg|thumb|250px|Wallace, with his dog Gromit, the main characters of the franchise]]
===Wallace===
Wallace lives, along with his pet dog Gromit, at No. 62 West Wallaby Street that is in a part of [[Wigan]] in [[Greater Manchester]], England.
He usually wears brown woollen trousers, a white shirt with detachable sleeves, and a red tie under a green [[v-neck|vee-necked]] knitted [[sleeveless sweater]]. He is fond of cheese, especially [[Wensleydale cheese|Wensleydale]], with crackers.<ref name="wensleydale">{{cite news|url=http://www.wallaceandgromit.net/wensleydale.php|title=Not even Wensleydale?|work=wallaceandgromit.net|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006041635/https://www.wallaceandgromit.net/wensleydale.php|archive-date=6 October 2018}}</ref><ref>Wallace has trouble dropping through a trapdoor into his dining room in ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' and has to go on a salad-heavy diet</ref>
Nick Park, his creator, said: "He's a very self-contained figure. A very homely sort who doesn't mind the odd adventure." He is loosely based on Park's father and Park has never made it clear as to whether Wallace is the character's forename or surname, preferring to leave this ambiguous.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041010182055/http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/wallace.asp Wallace & Gromit – Wallace]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/forum/2314009.stm |title=Talking Point | Ask Wallace and Gromit creator: Nick Park |work=BBC News|date=15 October 2002 |access-date=20 July 2009}}</ref><ref>see: special features on the ''Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Collection'' DVD and blu-ray releases</ref>
Wallace was voiced by [[Peter Sallis]] until his retirement in 2010, being succeeded by [[Ben Whitehead]] since 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/wallace-gromit-world-invention |publisher=[[Common Sense Media]] |title=Wallace & Gromit: World of Invention – Movie Review |date=13 March 2012 |accessdate=2013-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/aug/29/wallac-gromit-world-inventions|title=Wallace & Gromit to present BBC One science and inventions show|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=29 August 2009|accessdate=2013-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees Review |url=http://betax1.justadventure.com/reviews/WGGA_Ep1_FrightBees/FrightBees.shtm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709124015/http://betax1.justadventure.com/reviews/WGGA_Ep1_FrightBees/FrightBees.shtm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-09 |publisher=[[Just Adventure]] |accessdate=2012-05-20 |date=6 May 2009 }}</ref>
Wallace is an inveterate inventor, creating [[Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions|elaborate contraptions]] that often do not work wholly as intended. Their appearance is similar to the illustrations of [[W. Heath Robinson]] and [[Rube Goldberg]], where Nick Park has said of Wallace that all his inventions are designed around the principle of using a "sledge-hammer to crack a nut".<ref>{{cite news |title=Wallace and Gromit world recreated in £2m exhibition at Science Museum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/mar/26/wallace-gromit-science-museum |access-date=14 May 2025 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Some of Wallace's contraptions are based on real-life inventions. For example, his method of waking up in the morning uses a bed that tips up to wake up its owner, an invention that was exhibited at the [[Great Exhibition]] of 1851 by [[Theophilus Carter]].
Wallace has had three romantic interests. The first was wool shop owner Wendolene Ramsbottom,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0004598/|title=Wendolene Ramsbottom (Character)|publisher=IMDb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529081857/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0004598/|archive-date=29 May 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> which ended quickly when Wendolene told Wallace that she was allergic to some cheese. The second was Lady Campanula Tottington in ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'', whom Wallace fondly calls "Totty". In ''A Matter of Loaf & Death'', Wallace becomes engaged to Piella Bakewell, who turns out to be a serial killer of bakers.<ref>{{cite web |author=A Close Shave |url=http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/films/loafanddeath/characters.html |title=Characters |publisher=Wallace and Gromit |access-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708152422/http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/films/loafanddeath/characters.html |archive-date=8 July 2009 }}</ref>
===Gromit===
{{further|List of Wallace & Gromit characters#Gromit}}
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| source = —''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's entry for Gromit placing the dog first in their list of "the 50 best animated movie characters".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/50-greatest-animated-characters-2 |title=The 50 Best Animated Movie Characters | 50. Mickey Mouse |work=Empire |access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref>
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Gromit is a dog, with a cream-coloured short-hair [[fur|coat]] and oversized floppy dark brown ears, who is Wallace's pet and best friend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/characters/gromit.html|title=Wallace & Gromit – Characters – Gromit|publisher=Wallaceandgromit.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016052908/http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/characters/gromit.html|archive-date=16 October 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=20 July 2009}}</ref> He is very intelligent, having graduated from "Dogwarts University" ("Dogwarts" being a pun on "[[Hogwarts]]", the wizard school from the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books) with a [[British undergraduate degree classification|double first]] in Engineering for Dogs.<ref>Wallace & Gromit: Annual 2007</ref> He likes knitting, playing chess, reading the newspaper, tea and cooking. His prized possessions include his alarm clock, dog bone, brush, and a framed photo of himself with Wallace. He is very handy with electronic equipment and an excellent aeroplane pilot. He often threatens the plans of the antagonists he and Wallace encounter in their adventures. Sometimes, Gromit ignores Wallace's orders, such as in ''A Close Shave'' and ''Shopper 13'', where Wallace orders him to get rid of Shaun but Gromit does not. Gromit's birthday is 12 February.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wallaceandgromit.com/news/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-gromit|title=20 Things You Might Not Know About Gromit|website=wallaceandgromit.com|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709101219/https://wallaceandgromit.com/news/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-gromit|url-status=dead}}</ref> In ''[[The Wrong Trousers]]'', he is seen circling the date on a calendar.
Gromit has no visible mouth and expresses himself through facial expressions and body language. [[Peter Hawkins]] originally intended to voice Gromit, but Park dropped the idea when he realised how Gromit's thoughts and feelings could be known through movement with some canine noises on rare occasions.<ref>{{cite book |author=Andy Lane |title=The World of Wallace and Gromit |year=2004 |publisher=BoxTree |page=43 |isbn=9780752215587}}</ref><ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|author=Nigel Farndale|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3831833/Wallace-and-Gromit-one-man-and-his-dog.html|title=Wallace and Gromit: one man and his dog|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=18 December 2008|access-date=18 December 2008|___location=London}}</ref> Many critics believe that Gromit's silence makes him the perfect [[straight man]], with a [[pantomime]] expressiveness that drew favourable comparisons to [[Buster Keaton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-1200523132/|title=Review: 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Felperin|first=Leslie|date=16 September 2005|access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref> He does at times make dog-like noises, such as yelps and growling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siegler.net/gromit/|title=Gromit Speaks|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> According to the fortieth anniversary documentary ''[[A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman]]'', Gromit was originally supposed to be a cat, but the idea was dropped as Park realised that animating a dog was easier.
Generally speaking, Gromit's tastes are more in vogue than those of Wallace; this being one of the many ways they contrast with each other as characters. Gromit seems to have a significant interest in encyclopaedic, classical and philosophical literature, and popular culture, including film and music. ''Electronics for Dogs'' has been a firm favourite since ''[[A Grand Day Out]]'', and in ''[[The Wrong Trousers]]'' Gromit's bookshelves feature titles such as ''Kites'', ''Sticks'', ''Sheep'', ''Penguins'', ''Rockets'', ''Bones'' and ''Stars'', while he is seen reading ''The Republic'', by Pluto (a nod to the [[Pluto (Disney)|Disney character of the same name]] and a pun on [[Plato]]) and ''Crime and Punishment'', by Fido Dogstoyevsky (a pun on [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]). Gromit's various possessions make extensive use of puns: ''[[A Matter of Loaf and Death]]'' features "''Pup Fiction''" (''[[Pulp Fiction]]''), "''The Dogfather''" (''[[The Godfather]]''), "''Where Beagles Dare''" (''[[Where Eagles Dare]]''), "''Bite Club''" (''[[Fight Club]]'') and "''The Bone Identity''" (''[[The Bourne Identity (novel)|The Bourne Identity]]'') all as book titles, and "''Citizen Canine''" (''[[Citizen Kane]]'') as a film poster. In ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl|Vengeance Most Fowl]]'', he is shown reading ''A Room of One's Own'', by "Virginia Woof" (a pun on [[Virginia Woolf]]), and ''Paradise Lost'', by "John Stilton" (a pun on [[John Milton]]). His taste in music has been shown to cover [[Bach]] (presumably punning on "bark"), "Poochini" (a play on [[Puccini]]), "McFlea" ([[McFly]]), "The Beagles" ([[the Beatles]]), "Red Hot Chili Puppies" ([[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]), "[[Puppy Love (Paul Anka song)|Puppy Love]]" by Doggy Osmond ([[Puppy Love (Paul Anka song)#Donny Osmond version|Donny Osmond]]), "The Hound of Music" ([[The Sound of Music (soundtrack)|The Sound of Music]]) and [[Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song)|"Walkies on the Wild Side" by Rod Lead]].
Gromit gains his own love interest in ''[[A Matter of Loaf and Death]]'', when he becomes attached to Fluffles, a poodle.
[[NASA]] named one of its new prototype [[Mars]] explorer robots after Gromit in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |title=NASA's new robots show their stuff: Gromit, K-9 have the smarts to travel on the moon, Mars |author=David Perlman |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=4 October 2005 |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/04/MNGM7F25CD1.DTL |access-date=4 October 2005 |archive-date=16 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216233338/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/04/MNGM7F25CD1.DTL |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 1 April 2007, [[HMV]] announced that Gromit would stand in for [[Nipper]] for a three-month period, promoting children's DVDs in its UK stores.<ref>{{cite news
|title = Gromit steps into HMV logo role
|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6516235.stm
|work=BBC News|date = 1 April 2007
|access-date = 31 October 2007}}</ref>
===Location===
[[File:Wg postal code2.jpg|thumb|Gromit sorts the post at his house where he hopes to find a [[birthday card]] (scene from ''[[The Wrong Trousers]]'').]]
Although not overtly setting the series in any particular town, Nick Park had previously hinted that its milieu was inspired by thoughts of 1950s [[Wigan]], reinforced by an ''A–Z Wigan'' being displayed on Wallace's Anti-Pesto van in ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''.<ref name=wigan>{{cite web
|title = A cracking town, Gromit
|url = http://www.wigantoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=66&ArticleID=1255444
|publisher = Wigan Today
|date=16 November 2005
|access-date=31 October 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071020192538/http://www.wigantoday.net/wigan-news/A-cracking-town-Gromit.1255444.jp |archive-date = 20 October 2007}}</ref> In ''The Wrong Trousers'', Gromit picks up a letter at the Wallace & Gromit residence addressed to "62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan".<ref name=wigan/> The address includes a postcode of WG7 3FU, though this does not match any street in the United Kingdom; Wigan postcodes begin with the letters [[WN postcode area|WN]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Mail's online Address finder |url=http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/addressfinder |access-date=5 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105202811/http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/addressfinder/ |archive-date=5 January 2009 }}</ref> This address can be seen in the ''Cracking Contraptions'' episode "Shopper 13".
Wallace's accent (voiced by [[Peter Sallis]]) comes from the [[Holme Valley]] of [[West Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/accent-of-yorkshire-1-2476068|title=Accent of Yorkshire|access-date=5 March 2017|newspaper=The Yorkshire Post|date=14 November 2007|archive-date=6 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306132035/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/accent-of-yorkshire-1-2476068|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the ''Cracking Contraptions'' episode "[[The Soccamatic]]", Wallace says to Gromit, "How do you like my [[Preston North End]] soccamatic, Gromit?". The episode references famous English footballers of the 1950s and '60s, including [[Nobby Stiles]], [[Tom Finney]] and [[Bill Shankly]] (all of whom played for Preston in their careers) as well as [[Geoff Hurst]] and [[Stanley Matthews]].
The nostalgic quality of ''Wallace & Gromit''{{'s}} world has been compared to 1950s [[Beanotown]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3831833/Wallace-and-Gromit-one-man-and-his-dog.html | ___location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Nigel | last=Farndale | title=Wallace and Gromit: one man and his dog | date=18 December 2008}}</ref>
==Filmography==
=== Main series ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; width:99%"
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | U.K. release date
! scope="col" | Director(s)
! scope="col" | Screenwriter(s)
! scope="col" | Story by
! scope="col" | Producer(s)
|-
! colspan="6" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Short films
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[A Grand Day Out]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 4 November 1989
| rowspan="4" |[[Nick Park]]
| colspan="2" |Nick Park and Steve Rushton
| Rob Copeland
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[The Wrong Trousers]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 26 December 1993
| colspan="2" |Nick Park, [[Bob Baker (scriptwriter)|Bob Baker]] and [[Brian Sibley]]
| [[Chris Moll|Christopher Moll]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[A Close Shave]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 24 December 1995
| colspan="2" |Bob Baker and Nick Park
| [[Carla Shelley]] and Michael Rose
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[A Matter of Loaf and Death]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 25 December 2008
| colspan="2" |Nick Park and Bob Baker
| Steve Pegram
|-
! colspan="6" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Feature films
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit|The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 7 October 2005
| Nick Park and [[Steve Box]]
| colspan=2| Nick Park, Steve Box, [[Mark Burton (filmmaker)|Mark Burton]] and Bob Baker
| Claire Jennings, Carla Shelley, [[Peter Lord]], [[David Sproxton]] and Nick Park
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl|Vengeance Most Fowl]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 25 December 2024
| Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham
| Mark Burton
| Nick Park and Mark Burton
| Richard Beek
|-
|}
=== Spin-off films ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; width:99%"
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Original release/air date
! scope="col" | Director(s)
! scope="col" | Screenwriter(s)
! scope="col" | Story by
! scope="col" | Producer(s)
|-
! colspan="6" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Short films
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''Timmy Time: Timmy's Christmas Surprise''
| style="text-align:left" |12 December 2011
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''Timmy Time: Timmy's Seaside Rescue''
| style="text-align:left"| 13 July 2012
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 26 December 2015
|Jay Grace
| colspan="2" | [[Nick Vincent Murphy]], Lee Pressman and Richard Starzak
|Paul Kewley and John Woolley
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/shaun-sheep-flocks-bbc-2021-105458924.html|title = 'Shaun the Sheep' Flocks to the BBC & Netflix for a 2021 Christmas Special| date=6 February 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Watch the trailer for Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas |url=https://www.aardman.com/shaun-sheep-flight-before-christmas-trailer/ |website=Aardman Animations |access-date=30 November 2021 |date=5 November 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130164721/https://www.aardman.com/shaun-sheep-flight-before-christmas-trailer/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left" | 3 December 2021
| Steve Cox
| colspan="2" | Mark Burton and Giles Pilbrow
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
! colspan="6" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Feature films
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 6 February 2015
| colspan="3" |[[Mark Burton (filmmaker)|Mark Burton]] and [[Richard Starzak]]
| Paul Kewley and Julie Lockhart
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]''
| style="text-align:left" | 18 October 2019
| Will Becher and Richard Phelan
| Mark Burton and Jon Brown
| Richard Starzak
| Paul Kewley
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" |''Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom''<ref>{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Jordan |title=Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom Movie Announced By Aardman — Due In 2026 |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/shaun-the-sheep-the-beast-of-mossy-bottom-movie-announced-by-aardman-due-in-2026/ |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=24 May 2025 |date=7 May 2025}}</ref>
| style="text-align:left" | 2026
| Steve Cox and Matthew Walker
| colspan="2" | Mark Burton and Giles Pilbrow
| Richard Beek
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |'''List indicator'''
*<small>An empty cell indicates the information is not available for the film.</small>
|}
===Television series===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="2" | Originally aired
! rowspan="2" | Series
! rowspan="2" | Episodes
|-
! First aired
! Last aired
|-
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Main series
|-
|''[[Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions]]''
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 15 October 2002
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
|-
|''[[Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | 3 November 2010
| style="text-align:center;" | 8 December 2010
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
|-
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Spin-offs
|-
|''[[Shaun the Sheep]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | 5 March 2007
| style="text-align:center;" | 17 March 2020
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" |[[List of Shaun the Sheep episodes|170]]
|-
|''[[Timmy Time]]''
| style="text-align:center;" | 6 April 2009
| style="text-align:center;" | 13 July 2012
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" |[[List of Timmy Time episodes|78]]
|-
| ''[[List of Shaun the Sheep episodes#Shaun the Sheep 3D (2012)|Shaun the Sheep 3D]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 March 2012
| style="text-align:center;"| 13 June 2012
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 15
|-
| ''[[List of Shaun the Sheep episodes#Shaun the Sheep Championsheeps (2012)|Shaun The Sheep Championsheeps]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 July 2012
| style="text-align:center;"| 13 July 2012
| style="text-align:center;"| 21
|}
== Box office and reception ==
===Box
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align: center"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Film
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Budget
! scope="col" colspan="3" class=sortable | Box office gross
! scope="col" colspan="2" class=sortable | All time ranking
! scope="col" rowspan="2" class=unsortable | {{nowrap|{{Abbr|Ref(s).|References}}}}
|-
! scope="col" | U.S. and Canada
! scope="col" | Other territories
! scope="col" | Worldwide
! scope="col" | U.S. and Canada
! scope="col" | Worldwide
|-
|''Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation''†
| $2 million
| $1,002,002
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| $1,002,002
| #9,098
| #15,771
|<ref name="boxofficemojo.com">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wallisandgromit.htm|title=Wallace and Gromit (1996) – Box Office Mojo|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telepathy.co.uk/aardman/showcase/info/i_close02.html|title=Aardman Animations – A Close Shave|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Wallace-and-Gromit-The-Best-of-Aardman-Animation-(1996)|title=Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation (1996) – Financial Information|website=The Numbers|access-date=2020-01-30|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626183818/https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Wallace-and-Gromit-The-Best-of-Aardman-Animation-(1996)|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''
| $30 million
| $56,068,547
| $138,000,274
| $192,611,171
| #1,663
| #956
|<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=wallaceandgromit05.htm|title=Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) – Box Office Mojo|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/uk/?yr=2005&wk=41&p=new|title=United Kingdom Box Office|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Wallace-and-Gromit-The-Curse-of-the-Were-Rabbit|title=Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) – Financial Information|website=The Numbers|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]''
| rowspan="2" | $25 million
| $19,375,982
| $86,833,396
| $106,209,378
| #3,946
| #1,813
|<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/legend-shaun-smash-benchmarks-as-studiocanal-universal-music-group-explore-synergies-exclusive-1201592926/|title='Legend', 'Shaun', Smash Benchmarks; Studiocanal, UMG Explore Synergies – Variety|first=John|last=Hopewell|work=Variety|date=14 September 2015|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="boxofficemojo1">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=UK&id=shaunthesheep.htm|title=Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) – International Box Office Results – Box Office Mojo|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="boxofficemojo2">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=shaunthesheep.htm|title=Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) – International Box Office Results – Box Office Mojo|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
|''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]''
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| $43,100,248
| $43,100,248
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| #3,218
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6193408/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref><ref name="boxofficemojo3">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6193408/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019) – International Box Office Results – Box Office Mojo|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
| ''Timmy's Cinema Adventure''^
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| $84,581
| $84,581
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| #23,697
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3701953029/|title = Timmy's Cinema Adventure}}</ref>
|-style="font-weight: bold"
|-
| ''Timmy's Cinema Adventure: Christmas Edition''^
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| $34,574
| $34,574
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| #26,985
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Timmys-Cinema-Adventure-Christmas-Edition-(2021-United-Kingdom)#tab=summary | title=Timmy's Cinema Adventure: Christmas Edition (2021) – Financial Information }}</ref>
|-
| ''Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas''
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| $2,027,525
| $2,027,525
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt15857304/?ref_=bo_se_r_4|title=Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|-
|''Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl''
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| $191,452
| $191,452
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt17163970/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | '''Total'''
! $82 million
! $85.4 million
! $345.7 million
! $421.2 million
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align:left;" |'''List indicators'''
*<small>TBA, To be ascertained.</small>
*<small>A dark-grey cell indicates the information is not available for the film.</small>
*<small>† U.S.-only, limited release</small>
*<small>^ UK-only, limited release</small>
|}
===Critical and public reception===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! Film
![[Rotten Tomatoes]]
![[Metacritic]]
![[CinemaScore]]<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web|title=CinemaScore|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|publisher=CinemaScore|access-date=24 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|archive-date=20 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|''[[A Grand Day Out]]''
| 100% (21 reviews)<ref name="RTAGrandDayOut">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_grand_day_out_with_wallace_and_gromit/|title=A Grand Day Out|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref>
| colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
|''[[The Wrong Trousers]]''
| 100% (28 reviews)<ref name="RTTheWrongTrousers">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wallace_and_gromit_the_wrong_trousers/|title=The Wrong Trousers|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|''[[A Close Shave]]''
| 100% (21 reviews)<ref name="RTACloseShave">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wallace_and_gromit_in_a_close_shave/|title=A Close Shave|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''
| 95% (184 reviews)<ref name="RTWallaceAndGromitMovie">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wallace_and_gromit_the_curse_of_the_were_rabbit/|title=Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref>
| 87 (35 reviews)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit|title=Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005): Reviews|website=Metacritic|access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | B+<ref name="CinemaScore"/>
|-
|''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]''
| 99% (169 reviews)<ref name="RTShaun">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shaun_the_sheep_movie/|title=Shaun the Sheep|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref>
| 81 (30 reviews)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/shaun-the-sheep-movie|title=Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015): Reviews|website=Metacritic|access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref>
|-
|''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]''
| 96% (82 reviews)<ref name="RTShaun2">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shaun_the_sheep_movie_farmageddon|title=A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmaggedon|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref>
| 79 (17 reviews)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-shaun-the-sheep-movie-farmageddon|title=Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Movie|website=Metacritic|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
| ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl]]''
| 100% (131 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wallace_and_gromit_vengeance_most_fowl|title=Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref>
| 83 (31 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/wallace-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl/|title=Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Reviews|website=www.metacritic.com}}</ref>
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |'''List indicator'''
*<small>A dark-grey cell indicates the information is not available for the film.</small>
|}
===Academy Awards===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:214px;" | Award
! colspan="6" | Main series
! colspan="2" | Spin-offs
|-
! style="width:130px;" |''A Grand Day Out''<ref>{{cite web|title=The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1991|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=12 March 2017|date=25 March 1991}}</ref>
! style="width:130px;" |''The Wrong Trousers''<ref>{{cite web|title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=12 March 2017|date=21 March 1994}}</ref>
! style="width:130px;" |''A Close Shave''<ref>{{cite web|title=The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=12 March 2017|date=25 March 1996}}</ref>
! style="width:130px;" |''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''<ref>{{cite web|title=The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/78th-winners.html|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=12 March 2017|date=5 March 2006}}</ref>
! style="width:130px;" |''A Matter of Loaf and Death''<ref>{{cite web|title=The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/81st-winners.html|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=12 March 2017|date=22 February 2009}}</ref>
! style="width:130px;" |''Vengeance Most Fowl''<ref>{{cite web|title=The 97th Academy Awards (2025) Nominees and Winners|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2025|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=January 23, 2025|date=23 January 2025}}</ref>
! style="width:130px;" |''Shaun the Sheep Movie''<ref>{{cite web|title=The 88th Academy Awards (2016) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/88th-winners.html|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=12 March 2017|date=28 February 2016}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
! style="width:130px;" |''A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon''<ref>{{cite web|title=The 93rd Academy Awards (2021) Nominees and Winners|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021|publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=15 April 2021|date=15 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
|'''[[Academy Award for Best Animated Short|Animated Short]]'''
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| {{Won}}
| {{Won}}
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| {{nom}}
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|'''[[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Animated Feature]]'''
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| {{Won}}
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| {{nom}}
| {{Nominated}}
| {{Nominated}}
|}
==Production==
===Stop motion technique===
The ''Wallace
[[File:Wallace and Gromit The Wrong Trousers set.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Museum set from ''The Wrong Trousers'', on display at the [[National Media Museum]] in Bradford, West Yorkshire]]
Some effects, particularly the fire, smoke and floating bunnies in ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'', proved impossible to create in stop motion and were rendered by [[computer animation]] specialists MPC film.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.moving-picture.com/film/filmography/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-warerabbit|title=Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Ware-rabbit|last=Anon|work=MPC official website|publisher=MPC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725235804/http://www.moving-picture.com/film/filmography/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-warerabbit|archive-date=25 July 2015|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref> MPC film studied the set for three months to create clay-like animation to match the stop-motion production. By paying close attention to detail, MPC was able to make the animated bunnies blend in with the clay bunnies. Adding imperfections such as fingerprints along with texture to the animated bunnies helped enhance the effect. MPC's collaboration resulted in over 700 effects to aid the film along with colouring to match the visuals.<ref name=":0"/>
Most models were destroyed in the [[Aardman Animations#History|2005 Aardman studio fire]], but some still exist, such as a small-scale model for the Cooker from ''A Grand Day Out'' and Feathers McGraw trapped in a bottle from ''The Wrong Trousers''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/@WallaceAndGromitOfficial/shorts|title=The official ''Wallace & Gromit'' YouTube channel's YouTube Shorts page.}}</ref> The set and several props from the museum featured in the latter short film survived as well, as they were being kept at the [[National Science and Media Museum]] in [[Bradford]], West Yorkshire, before the fire occurred. In 2008, a set from ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'', which was produced after the fire, was displayed at the [[We The Curious]] science centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/animateit.html|title=At-Bristol Animate It|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021090120/http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/animateit.html|archive-date=2009-10-21}}</ref>
===Music===
The music featured in every film was written by British film composer [[Julian Nott]]. The theme song was used to wake up astronauts aboard space shuttle mission [[STS-132#Wake-up calls|STS-132]] in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-132/html/ndxpage1.html|title=STS-132 wakeup calls|publisher=[[NASA]]|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-date=7 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507000135/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-132/html/ndxpage1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Other media==
===Video games===
A ''Wallace & Gromit'' interactive CD-ROM game from 1996, named ''Wallace & Gromit Fun Pack'', was released for the [[Personal computer|PC]], containing the ''Crackin' Compendium'' with three mini-games based on the three original animated shorts as well as brief video clips. The other program<!-- computer code is always spelt 'program' --> in the Fun Pack the ''Customise-O-Matic'' contained wallpapers, screen savers and sounds that could be assigned as system sounds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/forum/read/13196/1 |title=Wallace & Gromit – Forum – Wallace and Gromit to star in their own episodic video game! |publisher=Wallaceandgromit.com |access-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629210055/http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/forum/read/13196/1 |archive-date=29 June 2009 }}</ref> A sequel ''Fun Pack 2'' was released in 2000 featuring enhanced graphics and two new games as well as a remake of the Great Train Game.
The characters were associated with a 144-issue fortnightly digest called Techno Quest, published by Eaglemoss Publications starting in 1997. It was designed to get children interested in science and technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aaronlee.co.uk/2011/07/the-forgotten-science-relic-techno-quest/|title=The forgotten science relic: Techno Quest|date=25 July 2011|access-date=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124030830/http://aaronlee.co.uk/2011/07/the-forgotten-science-relic-techno-quest/|archive-date=24 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1997, an animated screensaver themed video game entitled ''Wallace & Gromit Cracking Animator'' was released. Screensaver games were made by Dibase.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dibase.co.uk/clients|title=Clients – Dibase|website=dibase.co.uk|access-date=15 August 2016|archive-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827141306/http://www.dibase.co.uk/clients|url-status=dead}}</ref> Players could create their own multimedia animations through the collation of things like sound effects, sets, characters and props. Players could manipulate the facial movements of characters to synchronise their expressions with dialogue.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/game/5711|title=Adventure Legends|website=LegendsWorld.net|access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref> Players could choose to make their finished creation their screensaver, or choose one of the pre-made screensaver games.<ref name="auto"/> The ''[[Boston Herald]]'' offered a rating of 2.5 stars, noting that creativity is limited.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 October 1998|title=Cracking good CD for Wallace & Gromit fans.|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56348106.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914081715/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56348106.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>
In September 2003, ''[[Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo]]'' was released for the [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[GameCube]], and [[Microsoft Windows]]. This separate story sees the duo take on Feathers McGraw (of ''The Wrong Trousers'') again. Still obsessed with diamonds, he escapes from the penguin enclosure of West Wallaby Zoo, where he was "imprisoned" at the end of ''The Wrong Trousers'', and takes over the entire zoo, kidnapping young animals and forcing their parents to work for him, helping him turn the zoo into a diamond mine.
In 2005, a video game of ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (video game)|The Curse of The Were-Rabbit]]'' was released for [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], following the plot of the film as Wallace and Gromit work as vermin-catchers, protecting customers' vegetable gardens from rabbits, using a "BunGun".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.ps2.ign.com/objects/744/744424.html |title=Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit PlayStation 2 |website=IGN |access-date=26 December 2010 |archive-date=30 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130072001/http://uk.ps2.ign.com/objects/744/744424.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gameplay for the Project Zoo involve players exclusively controlling Gromit, as Wallace functions as a helper [[non-player character]], but in ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'', gameplay shifts between the two, and includes two-player cooperative play.<ref name="uk.gamespot.com">{{cite web |url=http://uk.gamespot.com/ps2/action/wallacegromitcurseofthewererabbit/index.html |title=Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit for PS2 – Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit Playstation 2 – Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit PS2 Game |publisher=Uk.gamespot.com |access-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327160615/http://uk.gamespot.com/ps2/action/wallacegromitcurseofthewererabbit/index.html |archive-date=27 March 2009 }}</ref> Both games were developed by [[Frontier Developments]] with the assistance of Aardman, with Peter Sallis reprising his role as Wallace. ''Project Zoo'' was published by [[BAM! Entertainment]], while ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' was published by [[Konami]].<ref name="uk.gamespot.com"/>
In July 2008, developer [[Telltale Games]] announced a new series of [[episodic video game]]s based on the characters, called ''[[Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=5444131|title='Wallace & Gromit' to become episodic video game|publisher=ABC News|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> The first episode in ''Grand Adventures'', "Fright of the Bumblebees", was released on 23 March 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telltale.com/community/blogs/id-430/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430005640/http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-430|url-status=dead|title=Party time! Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures has launched!|archive-date=30 April 2009|website=www.telltale.com}}</ref> The second episode, "The Last Resort", was released on 5 May 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telltale.com/community/blogs/id-448/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510001217/http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-448|url-status=dead|title=Wallace & Gromit in The Last Resort – play it now!|archive-date=10 May 2009|website=www.telltale.com}}</ref> Two more episodes, "Muzzled!" and "The Bogey Man", were released in later 2009. The four episodes have separately been released on [[Xbox Live Arcade]] for the [[Xbox 360]].
On 25 July 2024, a ''Wallace & Gromit''-themed course was added to the [[virtual reality game]] ''Walkabout Mini Golf'' as [[downloadable content]] (DLC).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erl |first1=Josef |title=The new Wallace & Gromit DLC for Walkabout Mini Golf VR is out now |url=https://mixed-news.com/en/wallace-gromit-are-coming-to-walkabout-mini-golf-vr-in-new-dlc/ |website=MixedX |access-date=5 August 2024 |date=26 July 2024}}</ref> A DLC pack based on the franchise was added to ''[[PowerWash Simulator]]'' on 4 March 2025.<ref>{{cite web | last=Romano | first=Sal | title=PowerWash Simulator DLC ‘Wallace & Gromit Special Pack’ announced | website=Gematsu | date=January 9, 2025 | url=https://www.gematsu.com/2025/01/powerwash-simulator-dlc-wallace-gromit-special-pack-announced | access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>
====List of video games====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Title !! Release date !! Platform(s)
|-
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Main series
|-
| Wallace & Gromit Fun Pack || 1996 || scope="row" rowspan="3" | [[PC game|PC]]
|-
| Wallace & Gromit Cracking Animator|| 1997
|-
| Wallace & Gromit Fun Pack 2 || 1999
|-
| ''[[Project Zoo]]'' || 3 October 2003 || [[PlayStation 2]], [[GameCube]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[Windows]]
|-
| ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (video game)|The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'' ||7 October 2005 || PlayStation 2, Xbox, [[Mobile phone|Mobile]]
|-
| '' Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were Rabbit (Interactive DVD Game)'' || 7 November 2005
| DVD
|-
| ''[[Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures|Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees]]'' || 23 March 2009 || PC, [[Xbox 360]]
|-
| ''Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Episode 2: The Last Resort'' || 5 May 2009 || PC, Xbox 360, [[iOS]]
|-
| ''Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Episode 3: Muzzled!'' || 15 June 2009 || scope="row" rowspan="2" | PC, Xbox 360
|-
| ''Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Episode 4: The Bogey Man'' || 30 July 2009
|-
| ''Wallace & Gromit: The Big Fix up'' || 18 January 2021 || [[iOS]], Android
|-
| ''[[Wallace & Gromit in The Grand Getaway|The Grand Getaway]]'' || 7 December 2023 || [[Meta Quest 2|Meta Quest 2 VR]]
|-
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Shaun the Sheep series
|-
| ''[[Shaun the Sheep (video game)|Shaun the Sheep]]'' || 26 September 2008 || scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[Nintendo DS]]
|-
| ''Off His Head'' || 23 October 2009
|-
| ''Home Sheep Home'' || 2011 || scope="row" rowspan="2" | iOS
|-
| ''Home Sheep Home 2'' || 2011
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Maker|Shaun's Mossy Mole Mischief]]'' || June 2016 ||[[Wii U]], [[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
| ''Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition'' || October 2019<br>26 May 2023 (re-release)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKa38q5Psh4|title=Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition|date=27 April 2023 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>|| [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X and Series S]], [[PlayStation 4]] & [[PlayStation 5]]
|-
| ''[[RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch|RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch — Shaun the Sheep]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://atari.com/blogs/newsroom/atari%C2%AE-partners-with-aardman%C2%AE-to-bring-popular-shaun-the-sheep-and-friends-to-hit-mobile-game-rollercoaster-tycoon%C2%AE-touch%E2%84%A2|title=Atari Partners with Aardman to Bring Popular Shaun the Sheep and Friends to Hit Mobile Game RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch|access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Bu6Yo44Z-EE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210215111237/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu6Yo44Z-EE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu6Yo44Z-EE| title = Shaun the Sheep Arrives in RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || 28 January 2021 || iOS
|-
| Untitled ''The Sandbox'' game || {{TBA}} || iOS, [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
|-
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | ''Timmy Time'' series
|-
| ''Timmy Time'' || 19 August 2011 || Nintendo DS
|}
There are also several interactive games on the official ''Wallace & Gromit'', ''Shaun the Sheep'' and ''Timmy Time'' websites.
===Comic===
British publisher [[Titan Magazines]] started producing a monthly ''Wallace & Gromit'' comic after the debut of ''Curse of the Were-Rabbit''. The characters still run Anti-Pesto, and both Shaun and Feathers McGraw have appeared in the comic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.titanmagazines.co.uk/app?service=external/Product&sp=l109 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816232328/http://www.titanmagazines.co.uk/app?service=external%2FProduct&sp=l109 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 August 2007 |title=Wallace And Gromit Issue 26 @ Titan Magazines |publisher=Titanmagazines.co.uk |access-date=20 July 2009 }}</ref>
The two characters appeared in the monthly ''[[BeanoMAX]]'' comic until its closure in June 2013, and now appear every four weeks in ''[[The Beano]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beano.com/beano-max/issue-79|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628023756/http://beano.com/beano-max/issue-79|url-status=dead|title=Issue 79 – The Beano|date=28 June 2013|archive-date=28 June 2013}}</ref> They are heavily featured in 'Aardmag', the free online magazine that is unofficial but supported by Aardman Animations.<ref name=hamilton>[http://www.62westwallabystreet.co.uk/ 62 West Wallaby Street fansite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408215827/http://www.62westwallabystreet.co.uk/ |date=8 April 2015 }}. By Seb Hamilton.</ref> Nick Park guest-edited the 70th birthday issue of ''The Beano'' weekly, and so this issue contained numerous ''Wallace & Gromit'' references.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/forum/read/13115/1 |title=Wallace & Gromit – Forum – Wallace & Gromit Celebrate 70 Years of the Beano! |publisher=Wallaceandgromit.com |access-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708144250/http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/forum/read/13115/1 |archive-date=8 July 2009 }}</ref>
On 17 May 2010, they began appearing daily in ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/the-sun-signs-up-wallace-and-gromit/3013502.article |title=The Sun signs up Wallace & Gromit |access-date=25 May 2010}}</ref> It is credited to Titan and Aardman, with scripts written by Richy Chandler, Robert Etherington, Mike Garley, Ned Hartley, Rik Hoskin, David Leach, Luke Paton, J.P. Rutter, Rona Simpson and Gordon Volke, art by Sylvia Bennion, Jay Clarke, Jimmy Hansen, Viv Heath, Mychailo Kazybrid and Brian Williamson. It replaced ''George and Lynne''. A graphic novel compiling all 311 daily strips was released on 8 October 2013, and a second volume followed on 4 November 2014.<ref>[http://titan-comics.com/c/91-wallace-gromit-the-complete-newspaper-strips-colle/ Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Strips Collection @ Titan Comics]. Titan-comics.com (8 October 2013). Retrieved 1 January 2014.</ref> A third volume was released on 25 March 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://titan-comics.com/c/250-wallace-gromit-the-complete-newspaper-strips-colle/|title=Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Strips Collection Vol. 3 @ Titan Comics|website=titan-comics.com}}</ref> and a fourth volume was released on 9 September 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://titan-comics.com/c/310-wallace-gromit-the-complete-newspaper-strips-colle/|title = Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Strips Collection Vol. 4 @ Titan Comics}}</ref>
====List of comics====
{{Dynamic list}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Number !! Title !! Publisher !! Run !! Issues
|-
| 1 || ''Wallace & Gromit Comic'' || [[Titan Magazines]] || 2005–07 || 26
|-
| 2 || ''Shaun the Sheep Comic'' || Titan Magazines || 2007–08 || 19
|-
| 3 || ''Wallace & Gromit'' || [[D. C. Thomson & Co.]] || 2013–15|| {{N/A}}
|-
| 4 || ''Wallace & Gromit'' || [[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]] || 2010–13 ||
|}
;List of graphic novels
*''The Lost Slipper'', 1997
*''The Lost Slipper and Curse of the Ramsbottoms'', 1998
*''Anoraknophobia'', 1998
*''Crackers in Space'', 1999
*''A Grand Day Out'', 1999
*''Catch of the Day'', 2002
*''The Whippet Vanishes'', 2004
*''A Pier Too Far'', 2004
*''The Bootiful Game'', 2005
*''Plots in Space'', 2007
*''A Grand Day Out'', 2009
*''The Wrong Trousers'', 2010
*''The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection'', 2013
*''The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection, Volume 2'', 2014
*''The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection, Volume 3'', 2015
*''The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection, Volume 4'', 2015
===Theatre===
In November 1997, the characters appeared in a play called ''Wallace And Gromit™ Alive on Stage in a Grand Night Out''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cix.co.uk/~shutters/reviews/97097.htm|title=Review of Wallace And Gromit (TM) Alive on Stage in a Grand Night Out|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref> This show featured Feathers McGraw escaping prison and hypnotising Wendolene to assist in his planned revenge on the duo, culminating in a showdown involving Shaun the Sheep donning the Techno-Trousers.
On 9 March 2011, Shaun the Sheep made its live theatre début in ''Shaun's Big Show''.<ref>{{cite web | author=BWW News Desk | url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/SHAUNS-BIG-SHOW-Debuts-at-StokeonTrents-Regent-Theatre-Mar-9-13-20110222 | title=SHAUN'S BIG SHOW Debuts at Stoke-on-Trent's Regent Theatre, Mar. 9 -13 | publisher=BroadwayWorld.com | date=22 February 2011 | access-date=28 April 2011}}</ref> The 100-minute-long musical/dance show features all the regular characters, including Bitzer, Shirley and Timmy.
In 2015, Shaun starred in [[Snow White|''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'']] [[pantomime]] at [[Bristol Hippodrome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.bristolpost.co.uk/star-Shaun-Sheep-joins-Bristol-panto-line/story-27947670-detail/story.html|title=A star is Shaun: Sheep joins Bristol panto line-up|date=8 October 2015}} {{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Additional crew==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Film
! Executive producer(s)
! Composer
! Editor
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''
| Michael Rose and Cecil Kramer
| [[Julian Nott]]
| David McCormick<br />and Gregory Perler
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]''
| Peter Lord, Nick Park, David Sproxton, Olivier Courson and Ron Halpern
| [[Ilan Eshkeri]]
| rowspan="2"|Sim Evan-Jones
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]''
| Mark Burton, Richard Starzak, Peter Lord, Nick Park, Carla Shelley, David Sproxton, Didier Lupfer and Ron Halpern
| [[Tom Howe (musician)|Tom Howe]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl]]''
| Peter Lord, Nick Park, Carla Shelley, Mark Burton and Sarah Cox
| [[Lorne Balfe]] and [[Julian Nott]]
| Dan Hembery
|}
==Promotional appearances==
In 2003, [[Aardman]] produced a cinematic commercial for the [[Renault Kangoo]] starring Wallace and Gromit. The commercial, entitled "The Kangoo-matic", played in front of several summer blockbusters in top British cinemas. Later ''Wallace & Gromit'' commercials were made for [[Jacob's]] Cream Crackers, energy supplier [[Npower (United Kingdom)|Npower]] and beverage [[PG Tips]].
The duo were used to promote a [[Harvey Nichols]] store that opened in Bristol (where Aardman is based) in 2008. The pictures show them, and Lady Tottington from ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', wearing designer clothes and items.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7582111.stm|title=Wallace given designer trousers|work=BBC News|date=26 August 2008|access-date=26 August 2008}}</ref> They were used to prevent a [[Wensleydale cheese]] factory from shutting down because of financial difficulties after a member of staff came up with the idea of using Wallace and Gromit as mascots, as Wensleydale is one of Wallace's favourite cheeses.<ref name="wensleydale"/><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/dailydish/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=1781/ | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | title=Wallace and Gromit Boost Cheese Sales | first=Karen | last=Reardanz | date=15 November 2005}}</ref>
On 28 March 2009, [[The Science Museum]] in London opened an exhibition called "Wallace & Gromit present a World of Cracking Ideas". The family-orientated show, open until 1 November 2009,<ref name="Exhibition">{{cite web |author=Samoys – 3 October 2009 |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/museums-attractions/event/128603/wallace-gromit-present-a-world-of-cracking-ideas |title=Wallace & Gromit Present: A World of Cracking Ideas at Science Museum – Museums & Attractions – Time Out London |work=Time Out |access-date=3 September 2012 |archive-date=17 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017034229/http://www.timeout.com/london/museums-attractions/event/128603/wallace-gromit-present-a-world-of-cracking-ideas |url-status=dead }}</ref> hoped to inspire children to be inventive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_KKEilibAs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/8_KKEilibAs| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Wallace & Gromit show hopes to inspire young inventors |date=26 March 2009 |via=YouTube |access-date=3 September 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Wallace and Gromit were featured in many exhibition-exclusive videos, as well as one announcing the opening of the exhibition.<ref name="Exhibition"/>
[[File:Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic.JPG|thumb|right|[[Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic]] dark ride at [[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]] in Blackpool, Lancashire]]
In December 2010, Wallace and Gromit featured on [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–2019#2010|series of UK postage stamps]] issued by the [[Royal Mail]] for Christmas.<ref name="Stamps">{{cite news |title=Wallace and Gromit to appear on Christmas stamps |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/sep/21/wallace-gromit-christmas-stamps |access-date=26 September 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> The same month, Nick Park appeared on BBC Radio 4's ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' and announced that he was working with [[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]] to build a theme park ride based on the characters.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Cracking-boost-for-Blackpool-Gromit.6667525.jp | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419195040/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Cracking-boost-for-Blackpool-Gromit.6667525.jp | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 April 2013 | newspaper=Blackpool Gazette | title=Cracking boost for Blackpool Gromit! | date=21 December 2010 | first=Alex | last=Ross }}</ref> [[Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic]] [[dark ride]] was opened by Park at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/2012/08/wallace-and-gromit-head-to-the.html|publisher=[[Coventry Telegraph]]|title=Wallace And Gromit Head To The Beach|date=15 August 2012|access-date=10 October 2023|archive-date=19 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519060302/http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/2012/08/wallace-and-gromit-head-to-the.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Wallace and Gromit appeared in a one-minute special for the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]] called ''[[Jubilee Bunt-a-thon]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9245612/Wallace-and-Gromit-in-Queens-Diamond-Jubilee-film.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9245612/Wallace-and-Gromit-in-Queens-Diamond-Jubilee-film.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | ___location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Wallace and Gromit in Queen's Diamond Jubilee film | date=4 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wallaceandgromit.com/news/wallace-gromit-celebrate-jubilee-national-trust|title=Wallace & Gromit Celebrate the Jubilee with the National Trust!|website=wallaceandgromit.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-27|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127214827/https://wallaceandgromit.com/news/wallace-gromit-celebrate-jubilee-national-trust|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, Wallace and Gromit featured on an advert saying "Inventing For Britain" which was part of a poster campaign to promote British trade and business aboard in the year they hosted the Olympics.
In August 2012, they presented an edition of [[The BBC Proms]], ''[[Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels]]'', as Prom 20 of the 2012 season.<ref name="mixnmojo">{{cite web|url=http://www.mixnmojo.com/news/Telltale-tidbits | publisher=[[The International House of Mojo]] | title=Telltale tidbits|date=28 August 2012|access-date=29 August 2012}}</ref> Because of its popularity, ''Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels'' became a full touring show in 2013. It premièred at [[Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre#Melbourne Convention Centre|The Plenary]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia on 9 February 2013. It was performed at other venues throughout 2013, with ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' screened at each performance.<ref name="tour">{{cite web|url=http://mixnmojo.com/news/2013-Mojo-Tidbits | publisher=[[The International House of Mojo]] | title=2013 Mojo Tidbits |date=10 February 2012 |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref>
In 2013 and 2014, the pair appeared in a nationwide TV, press and cinema campaign promoting the British government's "Holidays at Home are Great" directive, called ''Wallace & Gromit's Great UK Adventure''.<ref>[http://www.yourgreatadventure.co.uk/ Home | UK Holidays | Holidays at Home are Great] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518053301/http://www.yourgreatadventure.co.uk/ |date=18 May 2013 }}. Your Great Adventure. Retrieved 1 January 2014.</ref>
In December 2019, they appeared in a [[DFS Furniture]] advert created by Krow to celebrate their 30th anniversary. [[Helena Bonham Carter]] reprised her role as Lady Tottington with new dialogue for the advert.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/dfs-the-grand-sofa-caper-krow/1669422|title=DFS "The grand sofa caper" by Krow|publisher=Campaign Live|date=20 December 2019|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>
From 29 November to 31 December 2024, a six-minute ''Wallace & Gromit'' animation was projected onto London's [[Battersea Power Station]] every evening, as part of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s Shot on iPhone marketing campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/29/wallace-and-gromit-shot-on-iphone/ |title=Shot on iPhone: Wallace & Gromit on Display at Apple's UK Headquarters |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=29 November 2024 |website=[[MacRumors]] |access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref>
In 2025, ''Wallace & Gromit'' entered into a partnership with gravy brand [[Bisto]]. Characters from the films featured on Bisto products, with consumers offered the chance to win a [[Synthetic diamond|lab-grown blue diamond]] worth £1,500. A [[pop-up restaurant|pop-up gravy restaurant]] called "''The Gravy Boat''" also opened in [[Paddington]], [[London]], offering a gravy-themed three course menu and "meet and greet" opportunities for diners to meet Wallace, Gromit and Feathers McGraw.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.talkingretail.com/products-news/grocery/bisto-reveals-new-partnership-with-wallace-gromit-30-01-2025/|title=Bisto reveals new partnership with Wallace & Gromit
|last=Thompson|first=Johanna|date=30 January 2025|work=Talking Retail|accessdate=11 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/24924692.eat-greet-gravy-boat-pop-paddington-basin/|title=Eat and greet Gravy Boat pop up at Paddington Basin|last=Thompson|first=Johanna|date=10 February 2025|work=[[Ham & High]]|accessdate=11 February 2025}}</ref>
==Charity==
[[File:Bark at ‘EE Gromit Bristol.jpg|thumb|upright|The "Bark at 'Ee" sculpture, one of 80 giant fibreglass sculptures of Gromit decorated for the [[Bristol Children's Hospital]] Charity]]
''Wallace & Gromit'' spearheaded the fundraising for two children's charities:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aardman.com/about-us/charity/ |title=Aardman – Charity |publisher=Aardman.com |access-date=3 September 2012 |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331012333/https://www.aardman.com/about-us/charity/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wallaceandgromitfoundation.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031210005844/http://www.wallaceandgromitfoundation.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2003 |title=Help Sick Children in the UK | Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation charity |publisher=Wallaceandgromitfoundation.org |date=28 August 2012 |access-date=3 September 2012 }}</ref> which supports children's hospices and hospitals in the United Kingdom, and Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal,<ref>{{cite web|author=Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal |url=http://www.grandappeal.org.uk |title=Bristol Charity |publisher=The Grand Appeal |access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref> the [[Bristol Children's Hospital]] charity.
In July 2013, 80 giant fibreglass decorated sculptures of Gromit were distributed around Bristol as part of a Nick Park-inspired project to raise funds for the charity. The project was named [[Gromit Unleashed]], and the sculptures were decorated by a range of artists and celebrities including [[Joanna Lumley]], [[Peter Blake (artist)|Sir Peter Blake]], [[Trevor Baylis]] and [[Jools Holland]].<ref name="BBCBristol03">{{cite news|last=Staff|title=Second giant Gromit sculpture vandalised in Bristol|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-23124517|access-date=11 July 2013|newspaper=BBC Bristol News|date=1 July 2013}}</ref> A similar project featuring [[Shaun the Sheep]] called [[Shaun in the City]] took place in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandappeal.org.uk/trails-exhibitions/shaun-city/|title = Shaun in the City}}</ref> [[Gromit Unleashed 2]], also featuring Wallace & Shaun took place in 2018. In 2020, ''Gromit Unleashed: The Grand Adventure'' in [[The Mall, Cribbs Causeway]] featured 15 sculptures of Wallace, Gromit, Shaun and Feathers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristols-much-loved-gromit-unleashed-4607649|title = Gromit Unleashed trail is returning to Bristol|date = 15 October 2020}}</ref> A further sculpture trail will take place in July and August 2025.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-66581413 | title=New Bristol Wallace and Gromit trail announced for 2025 | work=BBC News | date=23 August 2023 }}</ref>
==Theme park ride==
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A theme park ride called ''Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic'' opened at [[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]] on 29 April 2013 by creator Nick Park, [[Amanda Thompson (businesswoman)|Amanda Thompson]], [[Nick Thompson (businessman)|Nick Thompson]], Nick Farmer and Merlin Crossingham.
The ride, which cost £5.25 million to make, was created by Blackpool Pleasure Beach design in association with Aardman Animations. The cars on the ride are designed on one of Wallace's slippers, so that, when a rider is seated, it is as if they are sitting inside a large slipper. The ride lasts almost four minutes, and features scenes from ''A Grand Day Out'', ''The Wrong Trousers'', ''A Close Shave'', ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' and ''A Matter of Loaf and Death'' along with some archive audio and some newly recorded lines from Ben Whitehead as the voice of Wallace.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/attraction/wallace-and-gromits-thrill-o-matic/|title=Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic|access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122132203/https://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/attraction/wallace-and-gromits-thrill-o-matic/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Spin-offs ==
=== ''Shaun the Sheep'' (2007–present) ===
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In 2007, a spin-off series ''Shaun the Sheep'' was created for the character of Shaun, first introduced in 1995's ''[[A Close Shave]]''. In the series, Shaun lives with his flock at Mossy Bottom Farm, a traditional small northern English farm. In each episode, their latest attempt to add excitement to their dull mundane life as livestock somehow snowballs into a fantastic sitcom-style escapade, most often with the help of their fascination with human doings and devices. This usually brings them into conflict—and often into partnership—with the farm sheepdog Bitzer, while they all are simultaneously trying to avoid discovery by the Farmer. Following the success of the series, two series of 1-minute shorts were created – ''Mossy Bottom Shorts'' and ''Championsheeps''—followed by a television special ''[[The Farmer's Llamas]]'' (2015) and two feature films, ''[[Shaun the Sheep Movie]]'' (2015) and ''[[A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon]]'' (2019). A third feature film, ''Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom'', is scheduled for a theatrical release in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Jordan |title=Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom Movie Announced By Aardman — Due In 2026 |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/shaun-the-sheep-the-beast-of-mossy-bottom-movie-announced-by-aardman-due-in-2026/ |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=24 May 2025 |date=7 May 2025}}</ref>
=== ''Timmy Time'' (2009–12) ===
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In 2009, a spin-off of ''Shaun the Sheep'', ''Timmy Time'', was created centring on the character of the same name. In the series, Timmy and his friends<ref name="Screenhead">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/timmy-time-bbc-series/|title=Timmy Time BBC Series|publisher=Screenhead.com|access-date=23 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201110919/http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/timmy-time-bbc-series/|archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> have to learn to share, make friends and accept their mistakes.<ref name="Cbeebies">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/about/programmes/timmy.shtml|title=Timmy Time|publisher=BBC – CBeebies|access-date=23 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121042629/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/about/programmes/timmy.shtml|archive-date=21 January 2009}}</ref> They are supervised by two teachers, Harriet the Heron and Osbourne the Owl. The show is aimed at pre-school-aged children which the company described as "a natural step for Aardman".<ref name="licensing">{{cite web|url=http://www.licensing.biz/brand-profiles/39/Timmy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409121837/http://www.licensing.biz/brand-profiles/39/Timmy|archive-date=9 April 2009|title=Timmy Tales|last=Loveday|first=Samantha|publisher=Licensing.biz|access-date=23 January 2009}}</ref>
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