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The Great Mouse Detective is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Ron Clements released in USA on 2 july 1986 with Barrie Ingham

The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

The Great Mouse Detective
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Basil of Baker Street

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Worse! For years I've tried to capture him, and I've come close, so very close, but each time he's narrowly evaded my grasp. Not a corner of London is safe while Ratigan is at large. There's no evil scheme he wouldn't concoct, no depravity he wouldn't commit! Who knows what dastardly scheme that that villain may be plotting even as we speak?

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [to Olivia, trying to control his rage] Young lady, you are most definitely not accompanying us. AND THAT IS FINAL! [later, as they sneak out with Olivia] And not a word out of you. Is that clear?

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Remember, Dawson, we're low-life ruffians.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook There's always a chance, Doctor, as long as one can think.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [in an almost friendly tone] Ratigan, no one can have a higher opinion of you than I have. [furiously] And I think that you're a slimy, contemptible sewer rat!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [when setting off Ratigan's dastardly death trap] The angle of the trajectory multiplied by the square root of an isosceles triangle...[mumbling]...dividing Guttermeg's principle of opposing forces in motion [more mumbling] and adjusting for the difference in equilibrium... Dawson, at the exact moment I tell you, we must release the triggering mechanism! Get ready, Dawson, steady... now!


Prof. Ratigan

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Poor Basil. Oh, he is in for a surprise!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook My friends! We are about to embark on the most odious, the most evil, the most diabolical scheme of my illustrious career! A crime to top all crimes, a crime that will live in infamy! [The henchmen cheered. Ratigan holds up a newspaper featuring the Queen's picture on the front page.] Tomorrow evening, our beloved monarch celebrates her Diamond Jubilee. And...with the enthusiastic help of our good friend, Mr. Flaversham... [The henchmen chuckle] it promises to be a night she will never forget! [burns her picture with his cigarette. The henchmen gasp in terror] Her last night...and my first, as supreme ruler of all mousedom! [The henchmen cheer.]

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [Rubbing his head, irritated] How dare that idiot Basil poke his stupid nose into my wonderful scheme and foul up everything!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook You don't know what a delightful dilemma it was, trying to decide on the most appropriate method for your demise. Oh, I had so many ingenious ideas I didn't know which to choose. So I decided to use them all. [the camera zooms out to show many various weapons aimed at the mousetrap] Marvelous, isn't it? Oh, ho, but, here, let me show you how it works. Picture this, first, a sprightly tune I've recorded especially for you. As the song plays, the cord tightens, and when the song ends, the metal ball is released, rolling along its merry way until... [gestures to mousetrap] Snap! [gestures to gun] Boom! [gestures to crossbow] Twang! [gestures to axe] Thunk! [gestures to anvil] Splat! And so ends the short, undistinguished career of Basil of Baker Street.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Now, you will remember to smile for the camera, won't you?

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Fidget, you delightful little maniac!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Bravo, Basil! A marvelous performance. Though frankly, I expected you 15 minutes earlier. Trouble with the chemistry set, old boy?

Facebook Share this quote on facebook There's no escape this time, Basil!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Stay where you are. Or the girl dies!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Oh, I love it when I'm nasty.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [looks above the doorway to another barrel, where Fidget, the bat, is hanging from the faucet, sleeping] Fidget? [Fidget doesn't wake up, so Rattigan screams in his ear.] Fidget! [Startled, Fidget falls from his perch and rolls down the stairs at Rattigan's feet.] Bright and alert as always. [hands Fidget a list] Here's the list. You know what to do, and no mistakes!

The Queen

Facebook Share this quote on facebook (reading Ratigan's letter) "To our beloved Queen, this gift we send, as her sixty-year reign.... comes to an end?"

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Ah, I just adore Jubilees.

Olivia

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [to Fidget] Stop! Lemme go! You ugly old thing! Help, lemme out! Lemme out!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [after the fight's over with Fidget, door closes, and the cupboard door, Olivia was put in, creaks open with big mess.] Dad, where are you?! [goes to a window] Father... where are you?! Papa! [echoing noise] DADDY!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [to Ratigan] Just wait! Basil's smarter than you! He's going to put you in jail. [tugs on his tail to accent her next few insults.] He's not afraid of a big, old, ugly, rat like youǃ

Dialogue

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Dawson: [in voiceover] It was the eve of our good Queen's diamond jubilee, and the year her majesty's government came.... to the very brink of disaster. She-- [chuckling] I'm getting ahead of myself! My name is Dr. David Q. Dawson, most recently of the Queen's 66th regiment. I had just arrived in London after lengthy service in Afghanistan, and was anxious to find a quiet place--preferably dry--where I could rest and find a little peace. Little did I know, that my life was about to change forever.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Dawson: Excuse me, but is this the residence of Basil of Baker Street?
Mrs. Judson: [deep sigh] I'm afraid that it is.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Dawson: Now, wait just a moment. How the deuce did you know that I was a doctor?
Basil: [grabs his pistol from Dawson and picks up one of bullets] A surgeon, to be exact. Just returned from military duty in Afghanistan. [blows a dust off the bullet and places it in his pistol, then closes it and looks at Dawson] Am I right?
Dawson: Why, ha-ha, yes. [yanks his left jacket lapel to declare his name] Major David Q. Dawson. But how could you possibly--?
Basil: Quite simple, really. [picks up Dawson's left arm to eye a stitch on his coat sleeve cuff] You've sewn your torn cuff together with a Lambert stitch, which, of course.... [puts his right arm around Dawson] ....only a surgeon uses. [then taps Dawson's right cheek gently until rushes to a couch and stacks a few colorful round pillows] And the thread is a unique form of cat-gut, easily distinguished by its peculiar.... [whispers to Olivia] ....pungency, found only in the Afghan provinces. [gets his pistol ready to be shot to the pillows]
Dawson: Amazing!
Basil: Actually, it's elementary, my dear Dawson.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Dawson: [to Olivia; on Fidget] The scoundrel's quite gone.
Basil: Ah, but not for long, Miss Flamhammer!
Olivia: Flaversham!
Basil: [shrugs] Whatever.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Basil: Now, hurry along, Dawson! We must be off to Toby's.
Dawson: Toby's?
Basil: Oh, you must meet him, he's just the chap for this.
Dawson: You- You want me to come?
Basil: Hah! I should think a stout-hearted army mouse like you would surely leap at the chance for adventure!
Dawson: [chuckles] Well, I am rather curious.
Olivia: Wait for me! I'm coming, too! [her hat and scarf knocks over Basil's violin in the process. He dives down to catch it]
Basil: What?! Certainly not! [sets the violin back on the chair] This is no business for children.
Olivia: Are we going to take a cab?
Basil: [puts his hand on his forehead with a sigh as Olivia puts several crumpets into her pocket] My dear, I don't think that you understand. It will be quite dangerous. [sits on his violin, snapping it in two] Really?! Why, you--?! Look what-- [restrains himself] Young lady, you are most definitely not accompanying us.... [screams bloody murder in major anger] ....AND THAT IS FINAL!!!ǃ
[Later, as they sneak out into Sherlock Holmes' house, with Olivia right beside them]
Basil: [whispers to Olivia] And not a word out of you. Is that clear?

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [Hiram is programming the robot; Ratigan arrives from the shadows]
Ratigan: [chuckles evilly] Quite an ingenious scheme, eh, Flaversham? And aren't you proud to be a part of it?
Hiram: This whole thing, i-i-i-it's monstrous!
Ratigan: We will have our little device ready by tomorrow evening, won't we? [holds up his handbell] You know what happens if you.... fail.
Hiram: [angry] I don't care!
[Flaversham pulls the levers of the robot in serious anger, causing it to go haywire until it falls apart and spatters a drop of oil onto Ratigan's jacket, which he wipes off with his handkerchief.
Hiram: You can do what you want with me! I won't be a part of this-this.... this evil any longer.
[brief pause]
Ratigan: [shrugs] Oh, very well. If that is your decision. [noticed the wind-up doll Hiram made for Olivia as her birthday gift] Oh, by the way, I'm taking the liberty of having your daughter brought here. [he winds up the doll to let it dance]
Hiram: Olivia?
Ratigan: Yes. [he lets go of the wind-up doll to let it dance] Yes. I would spend many a sleepless night if anything unfortunate were to befall her.
Hiram: [understands what Ratigan is saying] Y-You wouldn't!
[Ratigan picks up the wind-up doll and squeezes it so hard that its head pops off.]
Ratigan: [after a tense silence, then screams bloody murder] FINISH IT, FLAVERSHAM!!!!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Henchmen: [singing] Oh, Ratigan! Oh, Ratigan! You're tops, and that's that! To Ratigan! To Ratigan!
Bartholomew: [drunkly singing] To Rattigan, 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?! [Bartholomew hiccups] What did you call me?!
Henchman #1: Oh, he didn't mean it, professor!
Bill the Lizard: It was just a slip of the tongue!
Ratigan: [seizing Bartholomew] I AM NOT A RAT!!!!
Henchman #2: 'Course you're not. You're a mouse!
Henchman #1: Yeah, that's right. A mouse!
Bill the Lizard: Yeah, a big mouse!
Ratigan: [screams bloody murder] SILENCE!!!!
[Ratigan throws Bartholomew out of the hideout.]
Ratigan: Oh, my dear Bartholomew. I'm afraid that 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 his handbell. 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: [drunkly singing] Oh, Ratigan. Oh, Ratigan. You're the tops, and that's that. [hiccups] Whoops, oh, 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 with 2 removing their hats and placing them over their hearts and one shedding a tear.]
Ratigan: [hugging Felicia] Oh, Felicia, my precious, my baby. [fatherly] Did Daddy's little honey-bun enjoy her tasty treat?
[Felicia burps. Ratigan's smile slowly collapses into a look of slight dismay. He soon regains his smile and turns back to his henchmen.]
Ratigan: I trust that there will be no further interruptions.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Basil: [after Toby has picked up Fidget's scent] Miss Flamchester!
Olivia and Dawson: Flaversham!
Basil: Whatever. [hooks up Toby's leash, to Olivia] Your father is as good as found.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Ratigan: Ah, the uniforms! Oh, Fidget, I knew I could rely on you. Now, you didn't forget anything, did you?
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, but I knew I had it!
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 still] 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?! [furious] 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. [pokes Fidget's nose playfully]
Fidget: You mean, you're not mad? I'm glad that you're taking it so well.
[Ratigan takes Fidget behind a wall. His handbell 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 ol' furball! [he breaks free, but Felicia catches him and stuffs him into her mouth] Really? Open up! Open up, I say! Oh! Ay! Ah! Ooh! You're hurting my wing!
Ratigan: How dare that idiot Basil pokes his stupid nose into my wonderful scheme and fouls up everything!
Fidget: [inside Felicia's mouth] Let me out! Let me out! [opens Felicia's mouth and still struggling for help] Help! [Felicia puts Fidget backs in her mouth with her finger]
Ratigan: Oh, I can just see that insufferable grin on his smug face! [realizes something] Yes. Yes, I can just see it. [claps his hands to his cat] 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. 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.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Basil: [enraged] Ratigan, so help me.... [screams bloody murder] ....I'LL SEE YOU BEHIND BARS YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ratigan: [also enraged] You fool! Isn't it clear to you that the superior mind has triumphed?! I'VE WON!! [He, Fidget, and the rest of their posse start laughing at Basil. Basil steels himself against the jeering and pointing, but after a few moments, he slumps, defeated and broken-hearted, and hangs his head as the cruel laughter continues and Ratigan points at him] Ooh, I love it, I love it, I love it!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [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]
Dawson: Basil?
Basil: [groans]
Dawson: Basil?!
Basil: Oh, how could I have ever 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 over Ratigan's continued 'So Long' with repeating the song: "Goodbye So Soon".]
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, screaming bloody murder] THAT'S ENOUGH!!!! [The record resumes playing, startling 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, starts grinning] Yes, ha-ha-ha, yes! We.... We'll set the trap off.... NOW!!
Dawson: Basil, wait! I didn't mean that 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 mutters] 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 axhead 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.]

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [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? Are you serious? 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...." (she becomes confused at the last words) "....comes to an end"?
[Fidget and the henchmen open the box to reveal an exact duplicate of the Queen.]
The Mouse Queen: How extraordinary.
[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, is it not, Your Majesty?
The Mouse Queen: [annoyed in serious shock] Professor Ratigan! Really?! [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 receiver while Fidget and the henchmen seize the Queen.]
The Mouse Queen: [glares at Ratigan and his gang] Ooooh, how dare you!
Ratigan: Take her away. [rings his handbell, dooming the Queen to be a meal for Felicia]
The Mouse Queen: Let go of me, you ruffians!
Fidget: Move along, honey!
The Mouse Queen: You fiends! [then bursts into tears] Traitors!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [Ratigan reads an extremely long list of laws he intends to pass as the Queen's Royal Consort]
Ratigan: Item 96: [chuckles] A heavy tax shall be levied against all parasites and spongers, such as the elderly, the infirm, and especially little children.
Crippled Old Mouse: That's 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: [screams bloody murder] 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 gently to get it going again.]
Robot Queen: Most assuredly.... you insidious fiend!
Ratigan: [horrified] What?
Robot Queen: You're not my royal consort!
Ratigan: [to the crowd] What a sense of humor.
Robot Queen: You're a cheap fraud and impostor!
Ratigan: [aside, whispering] 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 that 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 that you wouldn't commit, either.
[The Robot Queen rapidly starts flailing and falling apart until little remains but a pile of scrap metal and 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: [screams bloody murder] DON'T SAY IT!!!!
Basil: [reveals himself, then also screams bloody murder in serious anger] SEWER RAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ratigan: [screaming bloody murder in serious anger, also, upon hearing Basil]
Basil: Arrest that fiend!
[Ratigan sees in serious horror that Basil is behind him.]

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Olivia: [to Ratigan] Just wait! Basil's smarter than you! He's going to put you in jail. [tugs on his tail to accent her next few insults] He's not afraid of a big, old, ugly rat like youǃ
Ratigan: [being much stronger, easily takes his tail back.] Would you kindly sit down and.... [screams bloody murder to cause Olivia to fall backwards on the deck] ....SHUT UP?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Fidget: We have to lighten the load! [looks pointedly at Olivia]
Ratigan: [mockingly] Ohh. You want to lighten the load? Excellent idea!
[Ratigan grabs Fidget and tosses him overboard]
Fidget: [as he pitifully flutters in the air] No! Not me! Wait, I can't fly! I can't fly! [falls towards the river]

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Ratigan: [screams bloody murder in serious triumphant and jumps up and down after knocking Basil off the clock hand, seemingly to his death] I'VE WON!!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!!
Basil: [from down below] On the contrary! The game's not over yet!

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Olivia: [hugs Basil] Goodbye, Basil. [sniffles a bit] I'll never forget you.
[Basil smiles at Olivia and leans down and puts his hands on her shoulders.]
Basil: Nor I you, Miss--Miss Flangerhanger. [Olivia stares for a moment, then shakes her head, a smile on her face]
Dawson: [chuckles] Whatever.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Dawson: [closing lines in voiceover] From that time on, Basil and I were a close team, and over the years we had many cases together. But I shall always look back on that first with the most fondness: My introduction to Basil of Baker Street: The Great Mouse Detective.