Gromit Puppet

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

20889

Title

Gromit Puppet

Description

The plush soft Gromit puppet sits on its hind legs. The eyes are coloured white and black. The toy has a felt-covered, black plastic nose and long brown ears. The arms are hollow to allow fingers to be inserted and a short brown tail.

Artist / maker

Born to play

Date

1990

Size

15 x 8cm

Type

Toy

Location

Museum of Childhood

Accession number

MC517.2001

Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series consisting of four British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. All the characters are made from molded plasticine modeling clay on metal armatures, and filmed with stop motion animation. Wallace is an absent-minded inventor and a lover of cheese, while Gromit is his silent but intelligent pet dog who expresses himself through his facial expressions and body language.

Wallace and Gromit appeared in their first stop-motion animated film, A Grand Day Out, in 1989. The characters were so successful that further films were produced, as well as a huge range of merchandise.

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