The Wrong Trousers (1993) - The Internet Animation Database

The Wrong Trousers

Release Date : December 3, 1993

Cumulative rating:	(4 ratings submitted)

Associated Studio(s)

BBC Bristol

Synopsis

In order to make ends meet, Wallace rents Gromit's room out to a penguin. But he soon finds out that the penguin only wants to use one of Wallace's inventions for his own nefarious deeds.

Characters

Wallace
(Voice: Peter Sallis)

Gromit

Credits

Music Sources

Hill, Patty and Mildred J. Hill : "Happy Birthday to You "

Rodgers, Richard and Oscar Hammerstein II : "Happy Talk "

Levine, Irwin and L. Russell Brown : "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree "

Merrill, Bob : "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? "

Awards

Won the 1993 Academy Award (Oscar): Best Animated Short Film (Nick Park)

Won the 1994 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA): Best Animated Film (Nick Park)

Won the 1994 Hiroshima International Animation Festival Prize: Category G - Longer Than 15 Minutes But Within 30 Minutes (Nick Park)

Broadcasters

BBC Two (Original broadcast network)

Cut Scenes

Though the short has no censor cuts, The Wrong Trousers does have music alterations. Orignally Gromit's birthday card played "Happy Birthday to You" and later, later 2 pieces of organ music (including a rendition of "How Much is The Doggy in The Window?", which Wallace hums later) on the radio. Nowadays, the short features Gromit's birthday card playing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and the two pieces of organ music on the radio following the organ rendition of "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree" are replaced by 2 different pieces, and Wallace humming "How Much is That Doggy in the Window?" was removed.