# Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit \[no open spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283 "2005-10-08T04:51:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/61 "2005-10-18T01:19:15Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > One of my favorite scenes in the whole series is when Feathers removes his “disguise” and Wallace is stunned. “It’s YOU!” Good stuff. > > I quite like Wallace. I usually don’t like it when humor comes from people acting dumb, but Wallace has an innocence about him that makes him likable. Sort of like Bertie Wooster. I think it helps that he’s not just dumb. He’s actually quite smart, in a very limited fashion. The mechanical pants from The Wrong Trousers, for example, are a brilliant invention that work perfectly, until they’re hijacked for evil. ---
**Author:** ![Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fromage_A_Trois)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/62 "2005-10-19T13:02:49Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Also, “East of Edam” and “Grated Expectations”. I didn’t catch any other book titles, did anyone else? **Swiss Cheese Family Robinson** was another I noticed I also loved the various homages (should that be fromages?) to other films, even the previous shorts. I particularly liked the car underground, just like in **The Italian Job**. I’ll have to get it on DVD as soon as it’s released. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/63 "2005-10-22T23:34:32Z")
Just saw this movie today; very, very pleased with it and quite relieved to see that the alliance with Dreamworks hasn’t ruined anything - the cinematography was noticeably superior to the previous W&G films, but this might just be the natural process of improvement at Aardman. All of the book titles on the shelf were cheese-related. Loved the little jokes that were in there just for the grown-ups. I have a question though, that probably belongs in a spoiler tag: Am I just imagining a reference to Muttley (Dick Dastardly’s dog) - during the dogfight in the planes, I thought I heard the characteristic Muttley wheezy snicker ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/64 "2005-10-23T00:51:35Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I think it helps that he’s not just dumb. He’s actually quite smart, in a very limited fashion. The mechanical pants from The Wrong Trousers, for example, are a brilliant invention that work perfectly, until they’re hijacked for evil. I can’t believe I’m about to nitpick this, but… Wallace did not invent the Wrong Trousers - they were NASA surplus; he just bought them as a birthday present for Gromit. I do agree that Wallace and Gromit are examples of the difference between clever and wise. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/65 "2005-10-23T03:58:07Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I have to say I didn’t realize in the shorts how unobservant Wallace was. I used to think of W & G as a team but it looks like G is the real player… On a similar note, I think this is the first time we’ve seen Gromit actually trying to communicate something to Wallace. I was a little surprised that Wallace figured out what he was “saying” so quickly. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/66 "2005-10-23T09:24:42Z")
Cracking film, Grommit… Anybody else spot this one? The name of the barber’s shop - _A Close Shave_ > [@Rayne Man](#): > > Actually, unlike Stinking Bishop, Wensleydale is just a generic name for a type of cheese (rather like Cheddar) . It is made in several “fromageries” and was always quite popular in the UK. So I don’t think the story of the film saving a particular company from bankruptcy can be true. -url=http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm\_1578558.html]One news story referring to a creamery which escaped closure - although whether it was saved solely by the film is questionable! I also remember hearing that Wensleydale was rejected by the EU for protected status within the past few years - on the grounds that the cheese doesn’t use a specific manufacturing process. So anyone can sell any cheese and call it Wensleydale, as long as it’s made in that valley. > [@Mangetout](#): > > Am I just imagining a reference to Muttley (Dick Dastardly’s dog) - during the dogfight in the planes, I thought I heard the characteristic Muttley wheezy snicker I spotted that, too. Also: [spoiler]The reference to Indiana Jones - the fight scene on top of the speeding tank. Just before the money ran out. The one I’m not sure whether I was imagining was whether there was a Star Wars reference in the same scene.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283/67 "2005-10-24T01:01:45Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Cracking film, Grommit… > > I spotted that, too. Also: > > [spoiler]The reference to Indiana Jones - the fight scene on top of the speeding tank. Just before the money ran out. > > The one I’m not sure whether I was imagining was whether there was a Star Wars reference in the same scene.[/spoiler] I don’t think those were references to those specific works, but that those bits referenced the same adventure serials parodied / homaged (is that a word?) by the works mentioned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-no-open-spoilers/325283.md?page=3)