The Great Mouse Detective

The Great Mouse Detective

The Great Mouse Detective is a 1986 Disney animated feature film based on Eve Titus' stories. Young Olivia Flaversham is celebrating her birthday with her toymaker father Hiram. Suddenly, a bat with a broken wing and pegged leg bursts into the Flaversham's house, kidnapping Hiram. Olivia searches to find the famed detective Basil of Baker Street, but gets lost. A surgeon named Dr. Dawson stumbles upon Olivia and helps her find the Great Mouse Detective, who then sets out to find Olivia's father, and in the process stop the London crimelord Professor Ratigan from enacting his evil plan to take over Mousedom.

Year:
1986
1,150 Views

Henchmen:
[singing] Oh, Ratigan! Oh, Ratigan! You're tops, and that's that! To Ratigan! To Ratigan!

Bartholomew:
[drunk] To Ratigan, the world's greatest rat! [hiccups]

[Ratigan spits out a mouthful of wine in shock, gasping. The henchmen turn around, gasping in terror.]

Ratigan:
WHAT WAS [turns to Bartholomew] THAT?! What did you call me?!

Henchman #1:
Oh, he didn't mean it, professor!

Lizard Henchmen:
It was just a slip of the tongue!

Ratigan:
I AM NOT A RAT!!!!

Henchman #2:
'Course you're not. You're a mouse!

Hencman #1:
Yeah, that's right. A mouse!

Lizard Henchman:
Yeah, a big mouse!

Ratigan:
[screams bloody murder] SILENCE!!!

[Ratigan thrown Bartholomew out of the hideout.]

Ratigan:
Oh, my dear Bartholomew. I'm afraid you've gone and upset me. [Pulls a small bell out of his pocket] You know what happens when someone upsets me...

[The henchmen watch from the door, frightened as Ratigan rings the bell. They then look up and gasp in terror. Felicia, Ratigan's pet cat, hears the ringing of the bell and slowly walks up to Bartholomew]

Bartholomew:
[singing] Oh, Ratigan. Oh, Ratigan. You're the tops, and that's that. [hiccups] Whoops, dear. To Ratigan. To Ratigan. To Ratigan, the world's greatest-

[The henchmen tremble and gasp in fear as they see Bartholomew being eaten, while Ratigan nonchalantly smokes and watches. A gulp is heard. The henchmen quietly mourn their lost friend]

Ratigan:
[hugging Felicia] Oh, Felicia, my precious, my baby. Did Daddy's little honey-bun enjoy her tasty treat?

[Felicia burps. Ratigan's smile slowly collapses into a look of disgust. He turns back to his henchmen]

Ratigan:
I trust that there will be no further interruptions.

Ratigan:
Ah, the uniforms! Oh, Fidget, I knew I could rely on you. Now, you didn't forget anything?

Fidget:
No problem. I took care of everything. Everything on the list. [tries to display the list, but finds it's not there] Uh oh.

Ratigan:
What's wrong?

Fidget:
[searching himself, to no avail] The list, I, uh, uh, oh....

Ratigan:
Where's the list?

Fidget:
Well, you see, it was.... It was like this; [reenacting I was in the toy store, getting the uniforms, when I heard a 'Aroo! Aroo!'

Ratigan:
[irritated] You're not coming through.

Fidget:
[reenacting stil] A dog came. I ran I had a baby bonnet, girl in the bag, and Basil chased me!

Ratigan:
[shocked] What? BASIL ON THE CASE?! [yelling with fury] WHY, YOU GIBBERING LITTLE--! [groans as he holds his anger in and looks as if he's about to explode, then calms down and picks Fidget up] Oh, my dear Fidget. You have been hanging upside down too long.

Fidget:
You mean, you're not mad? I'm glad you're taking it so well.

[Ratigan takes Fidget behind a wall. A bell is heard ringing and screaming soon follows. Cut to Felicia holding a struggling Fidget in her paw, about to eat him]

Fidget:
Not me, you idiot! No, stop, you stupid furball! [He breaks free, but Felicia catches him and stuffs him into her mouth] Open up! Oh! Ay! Ah! Ooh! You're hurting my wing!

Ratigan:
How dare that idiot Basil pokes his stupid nose into my wonderful scheme and foul up everything!

Fidget:
[inside Felicia's mouth] Let me out! Let me out! Help!

Ratigan:
Oh, I can just see that insufferable grin on his smug face. [realizes something] Yes. Yes, I can just see it. Felicia, release him.

Fidget:
[inside Felicia's mouth] I'm too young to die!

[Felicia sulks for a moment, then spits out a battered Fidget]

Ratigan:
[holding Fidget up by his cheeks] Fidget, you delightful little maniac. You've presented me with a singular opportunity. [drops Fidget, feigning a look of concern] Poor Basil. Oh, he's in for a little surprise.

[Both Basil and Dawson are trapped by Ratigan, about to be mousetrapped, shot by a gun and arrow, chopped in half, and then crushed by an anvil, and Ratigan has just left for Buckingham Palace]

Basil:
How could I have been so blind?

Dawson:
Well, we all make mistakes, but we can't let that stop us. We have to.

Basil:
Ratigan's proved he's more clever than I. He never would have walked into such an obvious trap.

Dawson:
Oh, pull yourself together. You can stop that villain.

[The record begins to skip.]

Dawson:
Basil, the record!

Basil:
It's finally happened! I've been outwitted!

Dawson:
Basil, please!

Basil:
Beaten! Duped! Made a fool of! So ridiculed and belittled!

Dawson:
[finally loses his temper and screams bloody murder] THAT'S ENOUGH!!!!

[The record resumes playing.]

Dawson:
Dash it all, Basil. The Queen's in danger. Olivia's counting on us. We're about to be horribly splattered, and all you can do is lie there feeling sorry for yourself. I know you can save us, but if you've given up, then why don't we just set it off now and be done with it?!

Basil:
[weak chuckle] Set it off now. [slight pause, as his eyes go wide, and he realizes something] Set it.... off.... now? [suddenly regains his old confidence] Yes, ha-ha-ha, yes, we'll set the trap off NOW!!!!

Dawson:
Basil, wait. I didn't mean we'd--

[The marble starts falling as the record's done.]

Basil:
Angle of the trajectory, multiplied by the square root of an isosceles triangle.... [mutters] ....dividing Guttermeg's principle of opposing forces in motion, [continues to check himself] and adjusting for the difference in equilibrium.... [all this while the marble has been rolling closer and closer to their demise] Dawson, at the exact moment I tell you, we must release the triggering mechanism. Get ready Dawson, steady.... NOW!!!!

[Dawson screams and the trigger is released, but the bar traps the marble precisely, stopping the bar. A spring pops off, hits the gun which misfires into the crossbow. The bow is offset, hitting the axehead off and causing it to chop the mousetrap in half, freeing the two. Finally, the anvil crashes down, burying the ax, shaking the ground, and causing Olivia's bottle to shake and pop her out. Basil then whips off his disguise, and puts his detective outfit back on.]

Basil:
[very much better] Thank you, Dawson. [catches Olivia] Smile everyone!

[Their pictures are taken]

[At Buckingham Palace, the Mouse queen is preparing for her speech. Outside, the two guards at the door are knocked out by Ratigan's henchmen, dressed as the guards]

Henchman 1:
[As the other henchmen moves the box to the door] Psst! Over here. Come on. Over here.

[They knock on the door]

The Mouse Queen:
Come in.

Henchman 2:
Uh, begging your Majesty's pardon? A present has just arrived in honor of your jubilee.

The Mouse Queen:
A present? Oh, how wonderful! Oh, I just adore jubilees.

Fidget:
[Hands the queen a note] Here you are, sweetheart.

The Mouse Queen:
Have you been with us long? (reads the note sent with the present) "To our beloved Queen, this gift we send as her 60 year reign comes to an end"?

[Fidget and the henchmen open the box to reveal an exact duplicate of the Queen.]

The Mouse Queen:
How interesting.

[The Robot Queen activates and chases the real Queen around the room.]

The Mouse Queen:
Good gracious!

[The Robot Queen stops. We see Ratigan at the door with Hiram Flaversham at the controls]

Ratigan:
Amazing likeness, isn't it, Your Majesty?

The Mouse Queen:
Professor Ratigan! [To Ratigan's henchmen] Guards! Seize this despicable creature!

[Fidget and the henchmen do nothing except grin. Ratigan takes control of the Robot Queen]

Ratigan:
[As the Queen] Guards, seize this despicable creature.

[Ratigan cackles into the reciever while Fidget and the henchmen seize the Queen]

The Mouse Queen:
How dare you!

Ratigan:
Take her away. [Rings his bell, dooming the Queen to be a meal for Felicia]

The Mouse Queen:
Let go of me, you fiends!

Fidget:
Move along, honey!

The Mouse Queen:
You ruffians! [crying] Traitors!

[Ratigan reads an extremely long list of laws he intends to pass as the Queen's Royal Consort]

Ratigan:
Item 96: A heavy tax shall be levied against all parasites and spongers, such as the elderly, the infirm, and especially little children.

Crippled Old Mouse:
This is ridiculous! You're insane!

Ratigan:
Perhaps I haven't made myself clear.

[Ratigan grabs the crippled old mouse's crutch, jumps up on stage and snaps it in 2.]

Ratigan:
I have the power!

Robot Queen:
Of course you do.

Ratigan:
I am supreme!

Robot Queen:
Only you.

Ratigan:
THIS IS MY KINGDOM!!!! [laughs maniacally, then calms down] That is, of course, with your Highness's permission.

[The Robot Queen doesn't respond. Ratigan slaps it to get it going again]

Robot Queen:
Most assuredly.... you insidious fiend!

Ratigan:
[shocked] What?

Robot Queen:
You're not my royal consort!

Ratigan:
[to the crowd] What a sense of humour.

Robot Queen:
You're a cheap fraud and impostor!

Ratigan:
[aside] Flaversham!

[Cut to backstage, where we see Basil at the controls of the robot, Olivia and her father reunited and Fidget and the rest of Ratigan's minions tied up by Dawson and the real Queen]

Basil:
[controlling the Robot Queen] A corrupt, vicious, demented, lowlife scoundrel! There's no evil scheme you wouldn't concoct.

[The Robot Queen's head springs up and bites Ratigan on the nose. Ratigan tries in vain to keep the robot down]

Robot Queen:
No depravity you wouldn't commit.

[The Robot Queen rapidly starts flailing and falling apart until little remains but a pair of eyes and a set of teeth on a spring.]

Basil:
[Controlling the Robot Queen] You, Professor....

Robot Queen:
[as Ratigan starts to grow infuriated, seeing through the insults] ....are none other than a foul stenchus rodentus, commonly known as a--!

Ratigan:
DON'T SAY IT!

Basil:
[reveals himself] SEWER RAT!!!

Ratigan:
[screaming in anger upon hearing Basil]

Basil:
Arrest that fiend!

[Ratigan sees that Basil is behind him]


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