Wallace and Gromit

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

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Chess engine - Gromit (chess)

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

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Animated films - Motion picture - Nick Park - Aardman Animations - Plasticine - Stop motion - Claymation

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Wallace is a hare-brained inventor, cheese enthusiast (especially for Wensleydale cheese) and companion to the dog Gromit who appears to be rather more intelligent than his master. Wallace is voiced by veteran actor Peter Sallis; Gromit is mute, communicating by way of eloquent facial expressions (compare: Pluto).

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Inventor - Wensleydale cheese - Peter Sallis - Pluto

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Most of Wallace's inventions look not unlike the designs of Rube Goldberg and Heath Robinson, and Nick Park has said of Wallace that all his inventions are designed around the principle of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

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Rube Goldberg - Heath Robinson - Sledgehammer - Nut

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Some of Wallace's contraptions actually are based on a real-life invention. For example, Wallace's method of getting up in the morning incorporates a bed that tips over to wake up its owner, an invention that was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 by Theophilus Carter.

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Great Exhibition - 1851 - Theophilus Carter

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