The sight gags in Nick Park ’s Wallace and Gromit films are all part of their charm, from Gromit’s vinyl collection (mostly Bach) to his highbrow reading matter (Crime and Punishment by Fido Dogstoyevsky, The Republic by Pluto…) to his alma mater (where else would a clever canine graduate from but Dogwarts University?).

Have you seen this chicken?” asked the wanted poster in “The Wrong Trousers,” the first Wallace & Gromit film to win an Academy Award and the debut of Feathers McGraw, felonious penguin and master of disguise—a red rubber glove on his head was enough for Feathers to pass as poultry,