Wendolene Ramsbottom is Wallace's first love interest and the owner of Wendolene's Wools in A Close Shave.
Background[]
Physical appearance[]
Wendolene seems to be an older woman. She wears white earrings, brown shoes, a green dress, a yellow or orange cardigan, a pink coat, and blue eye shadow. She also has brown hair, which she wears in a bob-cut. Her head looks similar to Wallace.
Personality[]
She is sweet, but also timid and shy.
Appearances[]
A Close Shave[]
Wendolene ran a wool shop called Wendolene's Wools, which was passed down to her by her late inventor father and was aided by her dog Preston, who had been left by her father to protect her.
One day, she called upon Wallace and Gromit to wash the windows of her shop, with Wallace falling in love with her.
After Gromit was arrested for sheep rustling, she came to Wallace's home and asked him to stay away from her shop, stating that she's no good for him and that she's sorry about Gromit.
It was later revealed to the duo that she had been sheep rustling with Preston to get wool for the shop due to wool rationing. She was now being forced by Preston to rustle sheep to be made into dog food as well. When she attempted to stand up to Preston to put a stop to the rustling, he turned against her and forced her into their van with Shaun and his flock. The duo went after the van and Wallace freed the sheep, but they later all fell back into the van with him. Preston brought Wendolene, Wallace, and the flock back to the wool shop and put them (sans Shaun, who escaped) into his version of Wallace's Knit-O-Matic.
She later revealed to Wallace that Preston was a robot created by her father to be good, but turned out evil. Preston attempted to attack Wendolene and the others, but a jumper made from his fur cover was placed on him, averting his vision and causing him to touch a lever that sent Wendolene, Wallace, and the flock towards a mincing machine, with Gromit knocking Preston into the conveyer belt leading to it instead. Wallace accidentally sent himself, Wendolene, and the flock onto the conveyor belt, but Shaun swung forward and sent Preston into the machine, which jammed it.
Sometime later, Wendolene visited Wallace to thank him for restoring Preston and making him good again. Wallace then invited Wendolene to have cheese with him, but she turned the offer down and revealed that she was allergic to cheese. She then bid farewell to him and left with Preston.
Other appearances[]
In Wallace & Gromit: Cheese Lover's Yearbook, after the events of A Close Shave, Wallace still tries to make things work with Wendolene in spite of her cheese allergy. They attend The Cheese Society's annual dinner and dance together and also meet up at both the Grand Firework Display and for Boxing Day with Gromit, Shaun and Preston II. Wallace even mentions wanting to propose to her in his New Year's resolutions.
Wendolene plays a role in the Wallace & Gromit audiobook Crackers in Space, being instead played by Jane Horrocks.
In Cracking Contraptions "The Snoozatron", Wendolene can be spotted on a book called "Wendy's House" when Wallace turns on his lamp.
In Flushed Away, Wendolene can be spotted on a photo frame in Tabitha's house.
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Trivia[]
- According to Wallace & Gromit: Cheese Lover's Yearbook, Wendolene's birthday is 28 December.
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