
Calling him stupid and delusional, she told him to drop the matter and forced him to say that he was imagining things. These declarations were dismissed by his wife who told him to drop the matter. Talking to himself, he declared that Ginger was the group's leader and that they were well organized. Tweedy observed the chickens making yet another plot to escape. Tweedy and his canines, culminating in Ginger being locked in the bunker again. Tweedy locks Ginger in a coal bunker, then tells the other hens that "NO CHICKEN ESCAPES FROM TWEEDY'S FARM!" This threat did not stop the chickens from trying to make several more escape attempts. Unfortunately, the commotion catches the attention of his wife, who is not happy and orders him to deal with the matter immediately. Since Ginger is the only one outside the fence, the dogs chase her whilst Mr. They soon catch Ginger and some of the other hens attempting to escape. Tweedy and his two dogs are shown patrolling the fence around the chicken coop like prison officers, looking for signs of trouble. Tweedy refuses to listen to him.Īt the start of the film, Mr. Tweedy who suspects/knows that the chickens are planning to escape, but Mrs. For this reason, he follows her orders no matter how unreasonable or foolish they may seem. Tweedy is terrified of his wife and her short temper. Tweedy acting like the prison warder and his wife the warden.


Melisha Tweedy run their egg farm more akin to a prison or boot camp, with Mr.

Tweedy is one of the two owners and the main worker on Tweedy's farm, North England. He is also short and slightly overweight, compared to his wife who’s taller and thinner. He also has short brunette hair and has brown eyes. Tweedy wears a dark green shirt and dark green pants, a brown vest, a yellow dress shirt, and a blue scarf around his neck. He also shows that he can stand up to his wife, but only after becoming fed up with her abuse. Despite his obnoxious and abusive nature, he eventually turned out to be a happy and calm man when in a pleasant mood. This grudge was evident when he vengefully chose her to demonstrate the pie machine, claiming "I've got a score to settle with you.". He’s also shown to be especially disparaging and contemptuous towards Ginger, the leader of the flock as she repeatedly embarrassed him in front of his wife and likely caused the abuse to get worse. He also appears to have a genuine dislike for the chickens that he usually farms, as he shouted aggressively towards the onlooking hens after he trapped Ginger in a coal bin, similar to a prison warden demoralizing his inmates who attempted an escape.

Tweedy appears to have more mechanical skills, as he was able to rebuild the pie machine himself, albeit with some complications initially. It was this lack of wits that allowed him to understand that the chickens were actually very plotting and organized whereas his wife disregarded them as "the most stupid creatures on this planet". While he’s generally absentminded, Tweedy is rather "simple, not stupid" instead of outwardly dumb. Tweedy resents her and only lets her get her way because he is too loyal to call her out until the end. Tweedy treats him more as if a servant than an equal partner and repeatedly undermines his self-worth, as well as references to his ancestors as poor worthless nothings. Tweedy does call his wife by the term of endearment "love", indicating that there may be some love between them, though not much). There is certainly no love lost between the two of them (though at a random moment in the film, Mr. He’s dominated by his abusive wife, Melisha Tweedy, whom he’s afraid of her verbal abuse and sometimes physical outrages against her husband. Tweedy is a bumbling, clumsy, obstinate, pertinacious and ill-tempered individual. Oh, madame! This makes you look like a vision, like a dream. Nick: Or this little number that's all the rage in the most fashionable coops in Paris. Nick: Right you are, miss! How about this quality, hand-crafted tea set?įetcher: Or this necklace and pendant?
