Is he the best villain ever? The beloved Wallace & Gromit baddie has become a tattoo parlour favourite. How did this silent penguin capture the heart of a nation?
Feathers tattoos soar amid Oscar bid
Is he the best villain ever? The beloved Wallace & Gromit baddie has become a tattoo parlour favourite. How did this silent penguin capture the heart of a nation?
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Wallace and Gromit have done it again. The cartoon duo's new film Vengeance Most Fowl has received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.
Vengeance Most Fowl features the return of the characters' greatest foe, the penguin Feathers McGraw.
Feathers is not only lighting up the screen. The BBC reports that there has been a wave of people getting the evil penguin inked on their bodies.
Somehow this clay penguin has become one of the most popular villains of all time, despite appearing on screen for just over five minutes in 31 years.
Feathers has a special appeal and can be compared to classic film villains. Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Parks was inspired by Mrs Danvers, the spooky housekeeper in Alfred Hitchcock's film Rebecca.
McGraw is quietly clever. His silence allows him to keep his thoughts and emotions to himself. We can never know what he is thinking or plotting.
In the wacky world of Wallace & Gromit, McGraw stands as a single point of seriousness. This makes him all the more terrifying.
Is he the best villain ever?
Yes! Feathers McGraw is a cute, unassuming penguin who never speaks. This makes his cool head and cold heart all the more powerful.
No! The greatest villains let us into their minds, they are able to tell us about their aims and thoughts. Silent Feathers lacks this depth.
Feathers tattoos soar amid Oscar bid
