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Easiest to start with are the shorts. I feel it's pretty valid to assume the release years = where they fall on the W&G timeline (although I have seen some people online believe a different order, possibly due to how some of the DVDs' layouts). I'm going to stick with the release years and say as follows:

A Grand Day Out (AGO)

The Wrong Trousers (TWT)

A Close Shave (ACS)

I believe there is a theory that AGO could be a dream sequence, possibly hinted at by the rocket wallpaper seen in TWT opening. But, wherever or not its considered canon, I feel safe to say, this is defintely number one.

Side note, I have begun headcanoning that Gromit is the dog equivalent of being in his teenage years in AGO - I mean, this clip alone just gives that bored 13-14 teen energy, waiting for Dad to get back with the crackers so they can go to space already:

Where Cracking Contraptions go on the timeline sort of depends. I definitely put it before The Curse of the Were Rabbit because CoWR definitely gives the impression that this happens later than the shorts. We also know that Shopper 13 happens after ACS and not long after, considering the duo still has Shaun and he's not grown his fleece back in full. And Tellyscope definitely takes after TWT, considering Wallace's reaction to 'When Penguins Turn'.

But I say it depends on whether you think the episodes of Cracking Contraptions take place as one block of time together (so following the order of the episodes) or if you think of them as snapshots of Wallace and Gromit's life, spread out over time, meaning they could take place alongside either TWT or ACS.

To keep it simple, though, I would lump them together and put the after ACS, with CoWR following after.

Titan magazines started debuting the comics after the release of CoWR. As I only recall memories of reading them/screenshots I've seen online, I feel I would also put them as taking place perhaps after the film, just because we do see some CoWR characters pop up on occasions, although, you can make the same argument I made with CC and say some of the adventures happened before and some after. But definitely after ACS, considering we see Wendolene pop up in more than one of the comics and the duo already know her (and, from the wiki, one storyline where Preston is turned back evil). Plus, there's even a comic where Feathers breaks out, holds Gromit hostage and forces Wallace to work for him - I assume treated as non-canon now (but I never got to read part two of that plotline, gosh damn it!).

4. Cracking Contraptions (CC)

5. The Curse of the Were Rabbit (CoWR)

We also see a few adverts pop up around this time (The DFS, the National Trust Jubilee, Yorkshire Tea and so on, just the name a few). A number of these feature Lady Tottington herself and/or Tottington Hall, so I would place these ads as after CoWR. As I don't think we could say for deifntely if they took place before or after the comics (more than likely would have happened simulantously), I would probably lump them together to save the hassle of figuring that out.

Onto the games now, Telltale's Grand Adventures is widely assumed to take place after CoWR, and, seeing as we see Turbo Chef repurposed as a Mixer, I'll say most certainly after CC, too. Somehow, I've always assumed the GA came before A Matter of Loaf and Death, when in actuality, they were released in 2009, a year after AMoLD, 2008 (and the mistake I made is now the timeline I follow in my Vindictive series, but tbf, that series is a complete canon divergence, so I say I'm allowed to go off script 😂).

While it's designed to exist outside any timeline, if we were to include it, interestingly, I would put the PowerWash Simulator Wallace and Gromit DLC right before AMoLD. Assuming it does take place in the W&G timeline, I based this decision solely on the fact that in the first level, we see the Bake-A-Lite clock on the wall. Gromit would have absolutely, a hundred percent, completely canon, chucked that clock right into the trash can as soon as AMoLD was done.

We've known since TWT how this one can hold a grudge

Also, while we do see the AMoLD style of van in the fourth level, the house very much does not have a baker's windmill attached (but that would have been a fun level to do ngl!). Sooo yes, I argue Powerwash is just before Wallace started building all the baking contraptions (people are welcome to argue against that though).

The Big Fix Up does also feature the W&G duo interacting with the real world. But, with the reveal of just who Bernard Grubb is, it's safe to assume this game comes after AMoLD. I would place it after GA just as a personal preference and seeing as the release was much later, but it can take either or before really.

A while back, I also made a poll asking where people put Vengeance Most Fowl in the timeline, considering the film depicts a much older Mackintosh, but no sign of Fluffles. Most of you voted VMF comes after AMoLD (and that Fluffles is just off on her own adventures elsewhere, either attending Dogwarts or with a new lady companion, Lady Tottington or Wendolene perhaps).

With that, I would therefore continue the list as:

And then a blasted sheep comes to ruin all my hard work 🤣

6. Comics and Ads

7. PowerWash

8. A Matter of Loaf and Death (AMoLD)

9. Grand Adventures (GA)

10. The Big Fix Up

11. Vengeance Most Fowl (VMF)

Shaun's a weird one. Because we, of course, know the series has to take place after ACS, because a) he's older in the series and b) ACS is his literal debut.

But we also know from the first STS Movie that Shaun grew up on the farm, with the Farmer, Bitzer and the flock. Yet, the flock do not seem to be the same flock depicted in ACS (I feel we would have noticed Shirley amongst them otherwise). We also see the ACS jumper return in a Christmas special - yet it fits Shaun perfectly, despite him being obviously older.

There was a theory that perhaps the Shaun we know in the STS series is a descendant of the ACS Shaun - mainly brought by the fact that the W&G seems to be depicted as the late 50s-60ish era, yet, STS is mostly set in the modern era, with modern tech like phones clearly shown.

But then VMF comes in and shows us the Farmer clearly existing around the same time as Wallace - and now my head hurts! 😭

For the sake of my own sanity, it's best to assume the W&G universe is a kind of Beanotown where it can be both the late 50s, etc., and modern times.

It's been a while since I've watched the whole STS (have rewatched 1-3, as they're the ones I have on Prime), so I won't get into the nuts and bolts of where each season lies in the timeline. I also still have yet to watch Farmageddon, or the Llama special, so I can't be too specific with those.

But, as a millienial growing up watching the show, it is quite fun to see how throughout the show, the technology mimics the time (the first series still featuring things like Polaroids, which would still have been in use around that time, even though digital cameras were becoming the norm) and then the first movie having more modern phones and a whole social media campaign segement as the Farmer becomes Mr X.

I think, with that, we could say that the early STS series took place either simultaneously with CoWR or just after (probably more likely simultaneously or just after the Titan comics). With the series starting before AMoLD, I would assume the first series started before that film, too. Farmageddon would need to take place a lot later, so more likely after GA. But, seeing as it was released before the Big Fix Up, I will place it in the timeline before that game. I will also be assuming the new Beast of Mossy Bottom comes after VMF.

I will leave it to the STS fans here to be more accurate with where individual seasons of STS fall in the timeline, but here's what I would imagine the timeline to be:

A Grand Day Out

The Wrong Trousers

A Close Shave

Cracking Contraptions

Curse of the Were Rabbit

STS Series (Start)

Comics and Ads

PowerWash

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Grand Adventures

STS 1st Movie

Farmageddon

The Big Fix Up

Vengeance Most Fowl

The Beast of Mossy Bottom

If Shaun threw a spanner in the works, then the Chicken Run series is a wrecking ball - I don't even know where to start! I do believe, if what I've seen with the Easter Eggs in the Eggstraction game (having no switch, I can't really confirm more than what I've seen others post about), then Dawn of the Nugget possibly takes after AMoLD (if the theories around Reginald are true). Where though...er....

I think I'm beginning to flag, so I will, for now, leave the Chicken Run series out of it 😅, along with films Flushed Away, Arthur Christmas and Robin Robin (at least we can be assured where films like Early Man and Pirates! would fall, eh? 🤣).

I feel I have also missed a ton of W&G stuff out, but the good thing about Tumblr is that I can always do a reblog if I find out more info down the road (and others can reblog and add their own timelines too!).

Thank you for getting it to end, so sorry it was such a long-winded reply, I needed to gather my thoughts and work it all out in my head 🤣

Timmy’s mom is the exact opposite of any MIL stereotype. If she learned Timmy has a partner or at least a crush and he brings that partner/crush home, the first thing she’d say is “Welcome to the family”

I’m also currently playing around with the hc that she has a double life as a secret agent. Think of her as the sheep version of Perry the Platypus lol.

She got that job in the first place after ACS bc she doesn’t want to see any other animals getting harmed like her loved ones and she kept it a secret all this time cuz it’s a dangerous job and she wants to keep her flock safe from all the criminals she deals with

Timmy’s mom is the type to hustle someone when playing a game of pool. She acts modest/pretends to not know how to play but when her opponent gets cocky, she obliterates them

Timmy’s mom in the beginning: ”accidentally” uses the wrong side of the cue

Timmy’s mom after her opponent says 100 pounds a ball: Timmy, be a love and bring out mummy’s special stick~

Hazel almost immediately gained a crush on Lexi when she saw her. It was like a love at first sight kind of thing. You know that scene in Despicable Me 2 where Margo saw Antonio for the first time? Exactly like that

Nuts was also a little TOO protective of Hazel when she and Lexi started seeing each other

Remembering that Nuts has a grandpa in the comics and now I’m imagining him being a senile, Willy Wonka type sheep for some reason

Shirley’s basically a demigoddess. I wanna say her dad (MASSIVE jerk/deadbeat btw) is like the god of shepherds or smth and has magic wool, hence why Shirley conveniently has anything the flock needs and why Shirleyverse happened

Nuts thinks he was named after food. He only realizes the truth when he names his kid with Shirley after a nut. And then Shaun and Hazel have to explain that he was named “Nuts” cuz of his eyes and weird personality

Nuts is the type to bring flashcards with pick-up lines on them when on a date only to drop them all over the place

The flock, the chickens, and Mower Mouth each gave the Farmer the equivalent of the silent treatment after the events of “Farm Park”. Dirty looks, uncooperative behavior (only listening/talking to Bitzer) and keeping their distance until Bitzer told him to apologize

Additional hc: You guys ever see that scene in Dumbo where the kids were teasing Dumbo and then his mom basically went wild animal and started spanking one of the boys? And then she got locked up and called a “mad elephant”? Something very similar happened with Timmy’s mom and that’s why she wasn’t near Timmy in the episode. Like, she saw the kid overfeeding Timmy and chasing him, got pissed (as she should), and went towards the parents to try to get them to control their child. But as soon as the Farmer saw her scolding the parents, he took her away and put her in the barn

The Wizard of Oz is one of Nuts’ favorite movies

When Hazel gets feelings for/starts dating Lexi, she goes to Timmy’s mom for advice. Not only does she have more experience in a relationship, but she ALSO fell in love with someone from the rival farm

Timmy’s mom sings like a British Jessica Rabbit

Shirley can do this