| "The Snoozatron" | |
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| Release date | 2002 |
| Running time | 2 minutes and 30 seconds |
| Previous episode | "The Turbo Diner" |
| Next episode | "The Soccamatic" |
The Snoozatron is a short film in the Cracking Contraptions series. The film features the invention of the Snoozatron, a device that helps one fall asleep.
Plot[]
Wallace is unable to sleep after eating too much cheese, so he activates his Snoozatron to remedy the problem. Gromit puts on his sheep costume and heads downstairs as the grabber's arms place a teddy bear and water bottle on Wallace's bed with the gramophone playing Braham's Lullaby. After Gromit reaches the dining room, a huge spring built into the floor repeatedly bounces him upward, through a trapdoor in the ceiling, and into Wallace's bedroom. Wallace counts sheep and soon falls asleep, but the mechanism continues to bounce Gromit up and down.
Trivia[]
- It is unknown why Wallace chose to use Gromit instead of Shaun.
- Gromit's Sheep outfit resembles Shaun before getting messy, cleaned up, and sheared.
- The Kitchen and Dining room have the same interior wallpaper as in The Wrong Trousers.
- The gramophone playing Brahms' Lullaby builds the music up to the episode's conclusion.
- Gromit bounces every 4 seconds. There are 500 Sheep on the count. That means if you do the math, Gromit bounces for about 2000 seconds or a good 33 minutes.
- When Wallace turns on his lamp, Wendolene can be seen in a book titled "Wendy's House".
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