Wallace and Gromit

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Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series of three British animated films by Nick Park of Aardman Animation. All the characters were made from moulded plasticine [1] on wire frames, and filmed with stop motion animation. This process is sometimes known as "claymation" because clay is occasionally used.

Wallace is a hare-brained inventor, cheese enthusiast (especially for Wensleydale cheese) and owner of the dog Gromit who appears to be rather more intelligent than his master. All the speaking characters have Yorkshire accents, Wallace being voiced by veteran actor Peter Sallis.

A Grand Day Out
The Wrong Trousers
A Close Shave

A series of 10 short (2½ minute) Wallace and Gromit animations entitled Cracking Contraptions has appeared on the World Wide Web and subsequently on a limited-edition Region 2 DVD. Each episode features one of Wallace's new inventions and Gromit's sceptical reaction to it.

The Soccamatic
The Tellyscope
The Auto Chef
The Snoozatron
The Turbo Diner
The Bully Proof Vest
The 525 Crackervac
A Christmas Cardomatic
The Snowmanotron
Shopper 13

The success of Aardman's movie Chicken Run means that a Wallace and Gromit movie is in the cards; in fact, the Contraption shorts were made by the new team of animators, to familiarize themselves with the characters. Its original working title was The Great Vegetable Plot, but this has been changed to Curse of the Wererabbit. Whatever the final title may be, it is set for a 2005 release.

Park has consistently turned down requests for an ongoing television series because of the time and effort required for even a single episode.

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Gromit also refers to a chess engine. See Gromit (chess).