Feathers McGraw is a villain in the Wallace & Gromit franchise, first appearing in The Wrong Trousers and reappearing in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
Background[]
Physical appearance[]
He is known as a robber and wears a red rubber glove to fool the authorities into making them think he is a chicken rather than a penguin.
Personality[]
Appearances[]
The Wrong Trousers[]
In his debut, Feathers rented out a room at Wallace's house. He then stole Gromit's room and drove him out by playing loud music. After Gromit was out of Feathers' way, he initiated an idea of a diamond heist using the Techno Trousers. He tampered with them so that they would respond to a remote control. After getting the Blue Diamond from the museum under his criminal chicken disguise, he revealed to Wallace that the criminal was him and proceeded to trap him inside a wardrobe with the Techno Trousers. Right after, when Gromit got to the scene with a bat, Feathers pulled out a pistol on him and got him to get into the wardrobe with Wallace. Whilst Gromit tinkered with the Techno Trousers to escape, Feathers attempted to make an escape with the Blue Diamond, soon using one of Wallace's model trains. After Gromit gets onto the train, he switched the tracks, causing Feathers to move away from the intended front dog door exit. After both Wallace and Gromit chase him on the train, Feathers flies off from hitting the shoe of the Techno Trousers and Gromit crashes into a kitchen cupboard, resulting in Feathers' capture as he lands in a milk bottle Gromit held. He was then handed to the zoo and put behind bars, giving Wallace enough reward money to pay off his bills and avoid lodgers in the future.
A Close Shave[]
When Gromit gets sent to prison, it says on his cell wall "Feathers was 'ere". Gromit also reads a book in which the spine read "A Penguin Classic", with a picture of Feathers. When Gromit plunges down the cliff during the Motorbike chase, Feathers can be seen in the background.
Cracking Contraptions[]
In "The Tellyscope", the Tellyscope accidentally gets tuned to a show called When Penguins Turn, showcasing Feathers with the title.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit[]
After Victor Quartermaine says "Eat carrot, bunny boy!" in the final battle, Feathers is seen standing in a urn on top of Tottington Hall.
A Matter of Loaf and Death[]
His face is seen on a wanted poster outside the zoo alongside a ladder and escape rope, suggesting that he has escaped yet again. When Piella Bakewell got eaten by the crocodiles, two penguins of his kind were seen in the background.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl[]
- Vengeance Most Fowl ignores the events of Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo and all other appearances that Feathers makes in other films in the franchise.
Feathers makes his long anticipated return in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
Video games[]
Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo[]
Feathers returns in this game and is shown to have taken all the zoo animals as slaves to make diamonds.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (video game)[]
Feathers appears in this game as one of the the characters that can be displayed on the screen in the minigame "Imagi-Matic". Four copies of his poster can also be seen in cabinets on the sides of the police station's entrance.
Other appearances[]
In the BBC One Christmas idents for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Feathers makes subtle cameos. In "Christmas Jumpers", he is seen on both a Christmas card and the Christmas tree as an ornament. In "Big Light-Up", he is seen both as a snow sculpture and a silhouette in 62 West Wallaby Street's window. In "Ice Sculpture", he is seen as Norbot's ice sculpture, complete with red rubber glove hat. He is also remoulded with the Blue Diamond. And in the character-less ident, the card and ornament reappear.
In a crossover trailer for The Traitors, the location from the character-less ident (with the aforementioned card and ornament) suddenly goes dark as Feathers pops up in a cloak. He then reveals himself and shushes the audience.
In Flushed Away, Feathers can be seen on an arcade fighting game in Ratropolis where he is fighting Preston. His picture is also seen amongst other imagery at the front of the Jammy Dodger.
In Shaun the Sheep Movie, a photo of Feathers can be seen on the board where Trumper keeps photos of all the animals he has captured, alongside other Aardman cameos of Vince from Rex the Runt and Creature Comforts animals.
In Early Man, Feathers can be spotted when the duck is flying the team into the stadium.[1] There is also a drawing of him wearing his red glove in the end credits.
In Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Feathers can briefly be seen in the background in his chicken disguise when the chickens prepare to break into a farm that has captured several chickens and put them in cages. After they prepare to strike, however, Feathers proceeds to hide.
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Trivia[]
- Feathers McGraw is the second Aardman villain to return for revenge after Mrs. Melisha Tweedy.
- Feathers' surname comes from a budgie Nick Park's sister had in his childhood called Toots McGraw.[2]
- The only time Feathers made a sound was frustrated noises whilst being locked up in The Wrong Trousers. He also shushes at the viewer in a Wallace & Gromit trailer for The Traitors.[3]
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