The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop-motion animated short film directed by Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations, the second installment in their Wallace and Gromit series following A Grand Day Out. In the film, the inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit come into conflict with a villainous penguin, Feathers McGraw, who exploits a pair of robotic trousers built as a gift for Gromit in order to steal a diamond from the city museum. It debuted on BBC Two on 26 December 1993, received critical acclaim, particularly for its model-train chase sequence, and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1994. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Where did the idea of a penguin villain come from in The Wrong Trousers?
Writer Bob Baker suggested making a penguin from Nick Park's sketchbooks the villain.
Co-writer Bob Baker, who had written for Doctor Who, took ideas from Nick Park's sketchbooks and suggested making a drawing of a penguin the villain. That penguin became Feathers McGraw, the criminal who steals a blue diamond from the city museum.
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The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop motion animated short film directed by Nick Park and co-written by Park, Bob Baker, and Brian Sibley.
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The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop-motion animated short film directed by Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations, the second installment in their Wallace and Gromit series following A Grand Day Out.
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The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop motion animated short film directed by Nick Park and co-written by Park, Bob Baker, and Brian Sibley.
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The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop motion animated short film directed by Nick Park and co-written by Park, Bob Baker, and Brian Sibley.
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It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1994.
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The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop motion animated short film directed by Nick Park and co-written by Park, Bob Baker, and Brian Sibley.
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The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop motion animated short film directed by Nick Park and co-written by Park, Bob Baker, and Brian Sibley.
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