The Wrong Trousers

The Wrong Trousers (1993) is an Aardman claymation film you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Nick Park, the half-hour short won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his silent but far cleverer dog Gromit share a quiet home until a new lodger arrives: a penguin. Wallace rents out Gromit's old bedroom to the stranger, and the dog's jealousy turns out to be justified. The boarder has his eye on a pair of techno trousers Wallace built for walking the dog. In truth the penguin is a wanted criminal, and he needs those mechanical legs for a bold museum heist. Gromit is the only one who can see through the con.

This is the second outing for the famous pair, and many still call it the best. The climactic chase across a toy train track became a stop-motion benchmark, dissected frame by frame in film schools. Peter Sallis voices Wallace. Stream The Wrong Trousers (1993) online on iFILM.