The Great Mouse Detective

The Great Mouse Detective1986

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 Flave… more »



[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]

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