Hutch is the overarching protagonist of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and the tritagonist of its video game adaption.
Appearance[]
Hutch is a bipedal brown rabbit with four fingers on each of his hands. He is identified as either a Rex rabbit breed or a Flemish Giant rabbit. He wears Wallace's clothes, that being his woollen sweater and his slippers.
Personality[]
Hutch is similar to Wallace, but a rabbit. He's thus somewhat smart, and an inventor as well. He only says things that Wallace has said prior in either Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit or the original three shorts, usually out of context.[1]
Biography[]
Hutch was initially a regular rabbit, captured by Wallace and Gromit after Lady Tottington reported a major infestation of rabbits on her property. Wallace had an accident after attempting to use his Mind Manipulation-O-Matic to brainwash the captive rabbits, after which he inherits rabbit instincts, while Hutch gradually becomes humanoid and gains portions of Wallace's personalities and traits. Hutch did not instantly transform afterwards, however, and was only noticed after numerous citizen reports of rabbit activity. Wallace wrongfully deduced that Hutch is the perpetrator. and, as a consequence, has Gromit imprison Hutch in a cage. Being unable to repair Mind Manipulation-O-Matic himself as a result of the accident, Wallace discovers Hutch's possession of his intelligence and allows him to do so. In Wallace's absence, Hutch often just roams around Wallace's place.
After being trapped in a cage by Victor Quartermaine, Gromit managed to trigger Wallace's mechanisms while Hutch is in his bedroom, causing him to fall through comically before landing in Wallace's van while being dressed in Wallace's clothing. He inadvertently backs up the vehicle and frees Gromit from the cage before complementing on the latter. Hutch then assists Gromit by baiting the Monstrous Wallace with the vehicle, which eventually crashes into a tent, though he and Gromit both survive. After Wallace's supposed death, Hutch, who was still nearby and unaware, comments on cheese, which reminds Gromit of Wallace's habit, and he proceeds to revive him.
At the end of the film, Hutch was released into the "bunny sanctuary" at Tottington Hall along with other rabbits.
Trivia[]
- Hutch is larger than most regular rabbits in the film, but smaller than real life rabbits.
- In a deleted scene, Hutch is placed back into the Mind-O-Matic, with Wallace inside the BunVac as part of an attempt to restore the two back to their pre-accident selves. When Wallace and Gromit try the carrot test, Hutch refuses the carrot, but instead dives into a whole bowl full of carrots, revealing that he has been restored with his rabbit instincts.
- In another alternate ending, Wallace and Gromit set the rabbits free across the Yorkshire border, with Hutch following them out of the van driving a watermelon-shaped car.
- In another deleted scene, Hutch and Gromit do a recreation of the launch scene from the film, with one noticeable difference being the fact that Hutch simply falls through Wallace's pants.
- While Wallace's time as the Were-Rabbit was temporary, what happened to Hutch was permanent.
- In 2018, the head of the Hutch puppet was sold on Propstore as part of their entertainment memorabilia auction.
- Ben Whitehead voiced Hutch in the video game adaptation and later went on to voice and become the current voice actor of Wallace, the character Hutch is vocally and thematically based on.
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