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Contains some animated violence, murder mystery elements.
The main antagonist, Piella Bakewell, is a serial killer, in which she has killed 12 bakers (In her mansion, each kill is signified by a baker's hat representing the baker she has killed). Initially, she starts out as a friendly, kind person. She starts a romantic relationship with Wallace, who is smitten with her. However, Gromit discovers that she is actually a serial killer, and her actual intentions are to kill Wallace, and become her 13th victim.
At the beginning of the film, a baker is killed by an unknown culprit and is bludgeoned to death with his own rolling pin.
Piella and her dog, Flufflles, nearly get eaten by crocodiles at the zoo.
During her relationship with Wallace, Piella intentionally hurts herself in front of Gromit and blames Gromit for her injury to get Wallace to berate at him.
Piella treats her dog, Fluffles, very badly.
Due to Piella interrupting his relationship with Wallace and modifying the house to make it look girlish, Gromit goes on a fit of rage and nearly goes to a point of destroying the decorations.
Wallace gets a bomb stuck to his pants, and enters a state of panic as he begs Gromit to find a way to get rid of the bomb. Gromit and Fluffles inflate Wallace's pants with dough at high pressure, As the bomb explodes, a huge explosion destroys part of the factory, but does not kill Wallace.
Towards the end of the film, Piella, in a hot air balloon, due to her weight, descends to her doom in a crocodile den in the zoo and we hear off-screen that she is eaten and killed by crocodiles, indicated by a burp sound, though nothing graphic is shown.
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This is the only scene where Gromit acts aggressivly (smashing flowers and shaking his fists) This uncharacteristic behavour may shock long time fans and frighten younger veiwers.
Theme of serial killing may be a little intense for younger viewers, as the antagonist, a serial killer, who has an arbitrary loathing for bakers, wishes to complete her "baker's dozen" by claiming her 13th victim (i.e. Wallace). In typical comedic fashion however, she is unsuccessful.
Children may also be upset or frightened by the antagonist's various attempts to kill Wallace. |
