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4 unusual facts about Wallace and Gromit


Frontier Developments

The company also made games for the Wallace and Gromit franchise, and has released Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo, and a tie-in game for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Gustav Mesmer

More recently, his work has been featured in the 2005 Kunstkoln art fair in Cologne, Germany, and in an episode of Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention.

Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention

We visit the home of iconic inventor Trevor Baylis - the man who revolutionised the radio - and visit 'George', one of the first walking humanoid robots ever built, as he is brought to life for the first time in sixty years by his creator, Tony Sale.

During the episode Wallace accidentally locks Gromit in the rocket from A Grand Day Out and he didn't look at the Auto-lock Sign, Wallace had made the rocket shoot off with Gromit inside who phones him to get his attention but Wallace's cup had rested on another button which reads "Self Destruct" and Wallace is shocked to find his rocket was missing ("Hey! What have you done with me rocket?").


Angry Dad: The Movie

Cultural references in the episode include Pixar Animation Studios, Toy Story, Wallace and Gromit, Kung Fu Panda, Ms. Pac-Man, SpongeBob SquarePants and the 68th Golden Globe Award ceremony.

Biffo the Bear

As the issue was edited by Nick Park (creator of Wallace and Gromit), animals in the zoo could be seen that bore a close resemblance to that of his 1989 short film, Creature Comforts.

Jackboots on Whitehall

While The Guardian praised the "impressive all-star vocal cast" in Jackboots on Whitehall, and called it a "labour of love" by its writer-directors, concluded it was "amiably intentioned but desperately weak in terms of script" comparing it unfavourably with Wallace and Gromit and Team America.


see also

Close Shave

See A Close Shave for the half-hour short featuring Wallace and Gromit.

Montacute House

The fictional location for the earlier Wallace and Gromit film The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Tottington Hall, was also based on Montacute House.