The Great Mouse Detective - Big Ben Chase

Taken from 1992 VHS of "The Great Mouse Detective" (Canadian Copy).

[@Eric_1991]

I always loved this scene. Ratigan always portrayed himself as a sophisticated, intelligent, calm villain, with the occasional outburst of anger, but now he’s had it. Gone full bestial. Definitely one of the underrated and under appreciated Disney movies. I know there’s be no point of a sequel without Ratigan, but I still would’ve loved to have seen one.

[@osmanyousif7849]

I thought it would be a sequel on his new mission at the end.

[@mnomadvfx]

It is great and all, but this scene is so clearly a rip off of the clock tower in Lupin Castle of Cagliostro which came a few years earlier. Clearly they were fans of Miyazaki long before Pixar came along.

[@frankmarchetta4744]

@@mnomadvfx So, that was also a great climax.

[@MartyFox]

It’s almost a little bit tragic. It’s clear throughout the movie that Ratigan is a riff raff street rat who wants nothing more than respect from mouse society. And now, after Basil dashes his last greatest scheme, he becomes the creature he tried so hard to avoid.

[@ZukoHalliwell]

@@mnomadvfx It's also based on the showdown between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls.

[@isaacstevenson2960]

I gotta say for a mid 80’s movie, the CGI in Big Ben has aged surprisingly well

[@cameroncampbell6635]

It’s more impressive when you learn this was the first time it was ever used

[@BryonYoungblood]

And the fact it doesn’t even SEEM like CG makes it all that more impressive on top of the fact that it was their first attempt to do it!

[@SFAPowerhouse]

Every Renissance had to start somewhere.... This film laid the ground work, and then, Who Framed Roger Rabbit lit the fuel tank for the Disney Renissance!

[@norakbubbles]

This is most likely THE most underrated Disney movie ever created. The voice actors, animators, and composers put their hearts and souls into making this movie and it came out this amazing. I really wish it had more attention

[@LITTLE1994]

This, along with Brave Little Toaster.

[@Grapejuice187able]

YES 👏👏 THANK YOU!

[@otakuwolf4ever985]

Sadly this movie came out when Disney's popularity had hit an all-time low. So it didn't get the recognition it deserves.

[@williamv4339]

It is definitely underrated, same with treasure planet

[@jessicaspading6712]

Knowing that most Disney movies didn’t do so well in the 60s-80s.But this one is so dang good it just doesn’t deserve to be treated as underrated.It’s a huge favorite for me .So it’ll always remain in my top favs always.A true golden Disney Gem.

[@ArchTeryx00]

Ratigan shedding the trappings of civilization and going full on Edward Hyde is actually pretty damn terrifying. That's what a No Holds Barred Beatdown looks like, kids.

[@mnomadvfx]

Less Hyde than Count Cagliostro no longer playing games with Lupin as it was in the scene this was clearly based on.

[@ArchTeryx00]

@@mnomadvfx Good catch! I never made that connection.

[@SFAPowerhouse]

Great analogy.....Jekyll and Hyde! Very good, man!

[@alejandromolina7270]

Ratigan releasing his rat side scared me as a kid.

[@thischannelisnowdeadsorry]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who was scared by that!

[@loonflam8910]

Understandable.

[@LITTLE1994]

I was never scared. I laughed at his reaction.

[@theicchamp06]

That's what happens when your arch nemesis always gets in your way.

[@dencamp6685]

Me too Ratagin is my favorite Villain

[@Takerfan-nr5bk]

I can see that Ratigan has also taken some inspirations from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. When he's introduced, he is shown to be a charismatic and civilized gentleman (even though he's a crime lord) like Jekyll. But in this scene, when Ratigan notices Basil and Olivia escaping, he becomes an insane bloodthirsty psychopath like Hyde. Another reason why he's on my list of my favorite Disney villains.

[@jeffreygao3956]

He even smashes like Hulk.

[@Regenmacher175]

He's just fed up with losing to Basil.

[@deathstrokeclanrules8562]

I could see DC's Penguin having a similar mannerism in that regard to Ratigan. At first he's Burgess Meredith, but by the end he's Danny Devito.

[@magallanesagustin4952]

@@deathstrokeclanrules8562 I'd love to see Colin Farrell's Penguin being like this.

[@jorgetomedeandradealves8565]

@@deathstrokeclanrules8562 RATIGAN AND BASIL ARE BASED ON SHERLOCK HOLMES AND PROFESSOR JAMES MORIARTY

[@billnumber3324]

This was a hell of a climax. The suspense kept building, the music was fantastic, and the showdown between Basil and Ratigan was very satisfying.

[@valerianmandrake]

Isn't it? I think all the elements combined make it really cathartic. Don't know about you but I got multiple goosebumps! The score is incredible on its own as well, it kicks my ass so hard. Hahhaah

[@twist58]

Now I see why Vincent Price cited Professor Ratigan as his most favorite character he’s ever played in his many horror roles of his career. Starting off as a suave gentleman, only to transform into the ruthless rat he really is.

[@ezrastardust3124]

That moment when it sinks in that, at his core, Ratigan is really just a wild animal Still gives me chills

[@hannahbg1852]

Exactly.

[@hobomike6935]

@@hannahbg1852 when someone says the great mouse detective was a terrible movie 1:15

[@hannahbg1852]

@@hobomike6935 Bruh

[@scoutart1508]

Now imagine an evil woman when it hits her core she becomes a wild antichrist devil witch with red eyes, that would be mind blowing 🤯 (though I’m not that religious, but elements count)

[@ezrastardust3124]

@@scoutart1508 I need to see that happen in an animated film

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

That quick, three level zoom shot on Ratigan so perfectly and subconsciously conveys the snapping of what little restraint and civility he has left. All that exists from then on is the monster he's tried (and failed) to conceal the whole film.

[@ZephyrBW]

That panic in your heart when he’s coming for blood

[@kathrynhill5796]

Ratigan’s animator, Glen Keane, did a phenomenal job making the villainous rat incredibly bulky and monstrous in this climatic fight scene on top of Big Ben.

[@DerekBoldiene360]

This movie is so underrated.

[@rhianc2887]

No everyone loves this movie

[@DerekBoldiene360]

@@rhianc2887 I love this movie.

[@piratevirus227]

@@DerekBoldiene360 same here

[@rhianc2887]

@@DerekBoldiene360 same

[@NK-tl3mn]

I like this film too.

[@alexanderpytko5394]

This scene was the very first time that Disney had ever used CGI in one of their motion pictures. CGI was brand new at this time.

[@LITTLE1994]

Definitely brand new by 1986. It didn't get into wider use until the '90s.

[@marshroanoke]

it was actually used briefly in the little mermaid

[@alexanderpytko5394]

@@marshroanoke Yeah, I know. For like when the ship makes it's appearance at the beginning of the movie and a few other times. It was also used in "Oliver & Company."

[@Eric_1991]

@@marshroanoke perhaps, but this came out in 1986, Little Mermaid came out in 1989

[@ZakWolf]

@@alexanderpytko5394 "Oliver & Company" had a LOT of CGI!

[@skullton3292]

Something I like here is that Ratigon's goal has clearly changed from "use Olivia as a hostage to escape" to "Kill Basil at all costs", he shows no regard for his own life during this scene. When Ratigan and Basil are falling Basil tries to grab on to something while Ratigan drags him down, when they're falling together Ratigan looks at Basil and grabs him, even when he falls to his death he grabs Bails as a last effort to drag him down with him. Ratigan completely ignores the extremely dangerous situation he's in to just focus on Killing Basil, most villains would probably try to make a deal with Basil to get out of the situation alive and then try to kill him but not Ratigan. Ratigan is just out for blood in this scene.

[@PixarShark]

I love how they perfectly set up the danger for Basil in this scene. His strength has always been his intelligence. Ratigan has always tried to keep himself classy and meet him on that playing field, but here he snaps and you suddenly realize how PHYSICALLY outmatched Basil is in comparison to him. He’s so much smaller, Ratigan is on the no holds barred attack and you **know** he’s out to kill Basil. Basil’s smarts may not be enough to save him this time and you very much feel that throughout the scene.

[@Cartooncountdown]

Can you imagine if this was a stage in kingdom hearts

[@LITTLE1994]

It kind of was in the original game, using the one from Peter Pan.

[@TwilightLink77]

@@LITTLE1994 I think RT meant inside Big Ben.

[@theparrishshow9803]

That would scare the hell out of me

[@thepowerofIandI]

Such a missed opportunity.

[@stephvandykeozzy]

I can picture it myself. Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Basil fighting Ratigan on the minute hand of Big Ben.

[@darthstarkiller1912]

Still such an intense scene. Plus the fact that to them, falling off Big Ben would be like falling off an airplane. One of the best fights in Disney history.

[@valerianmandrake]

I wouldn't call it a 'fight', more like brutal assault.

[@1987AnimeBoy]

0:47 "PROFESSOR RATIGAN, 1897! GOT HIS CAPE STUCK BETWEEN THE GEARS OF BIG BEN! NO CAPES!!! "

[@TwilightLink77]

Little did she know he actually tore it off of himself.

[@1987AnimeBoy]

@@TwilightLink77 It doesn't change the fact that he got inconvenienced by Basil sticking his cape between the gears.

[@thomasbailey3385]

Clever reference! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ponyj0]

I really like this climax as it honestly was a unique way they ended the battle. Even though Basil is pretty much helpless to stand a chance of fighting Ratigan it was really neat that the balloon didn't save him before the final wind up hit from Ratigan or catch him as he's falling like most Disney stories/other films would've done with the protagonist. This scene always stood out to me cause it was literally brains vs brawn and even while getting the shit beaten out of him and not getting saved by other characters he managed to hang onto the broken flying machine and win (which by the way I love how they paced the scene so it made it look like he was actually going to fall to his death). For me it's just a very smart and unique way they handled this scene and avoided cliches that most other films would've done.

[@EldritchCentipede]

Fun fact: Ratigan survived in the books. With Ratigan being my favorite villain I’m accepting it as canon for the movie lol

[@mariodobrev3105]

How is this possible?The evil guys in every movie die at the end of the movie.

[@g1keitorin765]

How the fuck did a small guy like him survive a 315-foot drop

[@LITTLE1994]

He actually survived that insane drop??

[@matthewferrantino9521]

There are BOOKS?!

[@NaythriticGD]

@@g1keitorin765 Terminal velocity thats probably how

[@LITTLE1994]

This scene is one of those things why I love old Disney movies: save the villain moment for last. Those CGI was super new at the time. I can't help but laugh how Ratigan charged and dived straight at Basil like a hunting Eeveelution, on the edge! His scream, sounds like Ganondorf. But the shot of the part when the two fell or 1:59, look at the streets below. The real Big Ben (now called Elizabeth Tower) is only 315 ft high, but this made it look like its MILES high!

[@Dragonrose36]

Well, to a mouse, it is.

[@DamonNomad82]

In proportion to the characters involved, it would be the equivalent of over a mile drop to a human. If we assume a height of 2 inches/5 cm for Basil, as opposed to a 5 foot/60 inch/150cm tall human, that would make the drop 30 times larger for him. 315 feet x 30 = 9,450 feet or approximately 1.79 miles/2.86 km!

[@darthstarkiller1912]

@@DamonNomad82 That's the kinda height for falling off a plane!

[@hobomike6935]

for an animal as small as a mouse, 315 feet looks like several miles I would assume.

[@theparrishshow9803]

I love how they build the tension in the beginning with barely any music

[@timesnewlogan2032]

When you make a villain so angry that he tears his cape, you KNOW things are about to get so much worse.

[@richmondlandersenfells2238]

I remember General Zod!

[@CarrionCrow993]

This has to be the most awesome kids Disney showdown ever. Rattigan literally ripping off his anthropomorphism and turning into a wild beast was epic.

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

0:11 That’s CGI quality inside Big Ben

[@alexanderpytko5394]

It was the first time Disney had ever used it, too.

[@elijahkelley7616]

It still holds up really well I actually find it kinda interesting to look at CGI from the 70s and 80s, which is one reason why I love the movie Tron so much

[@NK-tl3mn]

Doesn't look very CGI to me.

[@NK-tl3mn]

@Cody Fortier If only that's what CGI today looked more like.

[@jediskunk67]

1:15 scared the hell outta me as a kid!

[@robbyosborne9708]

I can see why. Ratigan went monster mode.

[@hayleyyeager8008]

The music during the fight inside big ben is amazing!!!!

[@ZakWolf]

Agreed! Probably one of the best Disney music scores yet!

[@hayleyyeager8008]

@@ZakWolf Imagine this movie as a Disney live action!!!!

[@ZakWolf]

@@hayleyyeager8008 Good grief no! Unless if Disney wants to do a different kind of adaptation of Eve Titus's old "Basil of Baker Street" books in live-action/CGI, then that would be neat to see compared to just remaking this.

[@TwilightLink77]

@@ZakWolf I think that’s what he meant.

[@TwilightLink77]

@@ZakWolf Because they could reuse the designs of this film in live action cgi for a adaptation of the Basil books.

[@shannonmcelroy8454]

This is one of my favorite climaxes in any film. The dark, cramped, spaces, the foreboding music, the characters being driven to their limits, they really knew how to utilize the size of their characters to their advantage by using the clock tower setting.

[@valerianmandrake]

Driven to the limits, I love that

[@Banjo-Oz]

I can still remember the "holy SHIT this is amazing!" feeling of watching this as a kid in the cinema when Ratigan was running up those gears in quasi-3D.

[@danielvarga3598]

Great movie from my childhood. Heartbreaking scenes, wonderfull drawings, a demonic antagonist and his evil hounds, and the all movie is one of the best commercial to New York.

[@anotheruselessaccountlol904]

Fun Fact: There's actually comics of this movie. In one called "The Rouge's Revenge" (or "The Diamond Trap"), it shows that Ratigan survived the fall. How? He used his cape as a parachute and landed on a carriage.

[@LunaKey]

Where can I find these comics?

[@anotheruselessaccountlol904]

@@LunaKey Here's the source. Unfortunately it's a bit blurry so that's a shame. greatmousedetective.webs.com/img/diamondtrap01.html

[@mariodobrev3105]

How is this possible?The evil guys in every movie die at the end of the movie.

[@Bright_Star_Queen]

Aaaa really? He survived? I had a feeling he survived 😫

[@moriahmanwaring755]

But he tore off his cape at the beginning of this scene when it was stuck in the gear

[@christopheralbistur2133]

Fighting Professor Ratigan at Big Ben tower would be a perfect boss fight in Kingdom Hearts!

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

Vincent Price was great Ratigan

[@willrobinson3662]

Yeah. It’s a shame that Vincent Price passed away in 1993.

[@freshprince374]

That’s the year when I was born.

[@benrobson3442]

he also played ZigZag for The Thief and the Cobbler

[@elijahkelley7616]

For sure

[@rickymoore4722]

@@willrobinson3662 If you look at 3:06 that is Ratigan’s Death

[@dannygonzales7209]

Just like Sherlock Holmes and Professor James Moriarty fall together but Sherlock Holmes was alive from A Game of Shadows movie.

[@ostriak1218]

That's right

[@katerinaaqu]

Yeah both were inspired, if I recall correctly by an attempt of Connan Doyle planning a death scene for Sherlock Holmes but he was forced to bring him back because of the huge public reactions to it.

[@scotthamp384]

This part was based off of the ending of The Final Problem, except it wasn't until The Empty House story where Holmes returns

[@billnumber3324]

Holy cow you're right, I never made that connection.

[@katiemurphy4371]

that was exactly the Sherlock Holmes was alive! In Sherlock Holmes the game of shadows!

[@darkstarmoonshadow8892]

Disney will never be like this again such nostalgia I'm thrown back every time I see the classics

[@matthewbuckley7757]

Same here while Disney films today can still be good they will never hold a candle to the darker and more tense Disney movies from the old days.

[@iandanielcassidy8126]

@@matthewbuckley7757 Walt Disney said "If you can dream it, you can do it, and don't let anybody say you can't". This is my biggest dream goal of bringing the 2-D animated style from Disney once again and I'll be a movie director as well.

[@matthewbuckley7757]

@@iandanielcassidy8126 I hope it works out for you. That’s great passion and dream you have 😊

[@iandanielcassidy8126]

@@matthewbuckley7757 it'll come true and that's I really want for my dream job in tire of the world.

[@matthewbuckley7757]

@@iandanielcassidy8126 I wish you the best of luck and you have my support. Do your best and have fun 😊👍

[@seanleeboboyo4943]

3:05-3:06 Basil was saved by Big Ben! 🕙🐭⚔️🐀 In order to survive the fall, Basil used his flying device.

[@fullmetalgamer6062]

0:47 No capes!

[@anthonyjat1964]

As a film student, this is definitely one of the most bad ass scenes of all time, I love the way the film is shot from the clocktower to the unsure face of basel

[@damianfalton5267]

We have domestic rats at home, and just to do them justice, they're the cutest things ever, cuddly and delicate, nothing to do with Ratigan! That being said, he's deliciously terrifying in this scene, just as are satisfying Basil's helpless expressions. The villain's shift from haughty and stylish to bestial and unleashed is striking at wish, but the passage for the hero from proud and defying to fearful and slumped in front of his enemy is also notably well done.

[@zacariasdelalcazar8873]

I've heard everyone who keeps domesticated rodents as pets say that they're nothing like feral rodents, which are hostile and disease-ridden. Throughout the movie, of course, they've made it clear that despite his façade, Ratigan is one of the latter, a SEWER RAT. The disparity is thus well-taken.

[@Kevin-xv9pm]

The clock struck 10. The evil rat fell down (but the mouse detective survived anyway). Hickory Dickory Dock.

[@carlossoto1715]

Something tells me this was the moment Disney’s fate was being determined. Basil of Baker Street would’ve been the last hero they’d have created, with Ratigan destroying him as an analogy for the studio sinking into despair given the failure of the Black Cauldron, following on from some financial shortcomings up to that point. They both fall to their doom, accounting for the darkness being overcome as Basil rises up and gives hope for the studio to push on, giving us the Renaissance that followed.

[@scotthamp384]

Vincent Price was a good actor, one way or the other Here's a little tidbit: the guy who did the voice of Dawson went on to do the voice of the sultan in The Return of Jafar, Aladdin the TV show and Aladdin and the King of Thieves

[@stephvandykeozzy]

Love this movie. Plus, I don’t know why the part when Ratigan attacks Basil is my favorite. For some reason it is.

[@darkstarmoonshadow8892]

IKR

[@valerianmandrake]

@Steph V.D. It might be the aspect of loss of control. Throughout the film, Basil is in control and has the upper hand (well except during the part where he is trapped), but here, he is clearly physcially overpowered and loses that control over the situation. Just like Ratigan goes psycho and loses control as well, just in a different way. I also love the contrast of the controlled ticking clock vs. the chaos that ensues in that environment.

[@GoldenLatias6]

Must be because he's showing his true colors. How you probably saw him.

[@tobyg9495]

When I first saw The Great Mouse Detective, I was hoping Ratigan would survive so he could appear as an antagonist on an animated series based on the film, hopefully as a comedic cartoon villain whose cruelty is considerably toned down compared to the monster he is in the film.

[@tmid2four7]

i wish theres a series in this film but not 😭

[@janisaherrera4597]

In the Italian comic he survives by using the remain of his cape as a parachute then starts plotting for his revenge on Basil. So your wish can be granted if our Disney overlords grants it. So a toast to you, buddy.👍

[@syther872007]

I always got the chills in the beginning especially when Ratigan got behind Basil. The music was so good creating the suspense… on what’s going to happen next.

[@denisgauthier9191]

Basil survived the fall but Ratigan didn’t and that’s good

[@jagirl966]

That's in reference to Reichenbach Falls. Moriarty and Sherlock tumbled to their supposed deaths, but Sherlock survived.

[@denisgauthier9191]

@@jagirl966 fascinating I didn’t know that until now

[@hobomike6935]

It’s possible Ratigan survived the fall, since the terminal velocity of a rat (which weighs less than a pound) isn’t always enough to kill one. This is why smaller animals, like insects, can fall huge distances without serious repercussions. However he likely drowned if he missed the concrete, or took injuries.

[@denisgauthier9191]

@@hobomike6935 Ratigan didn’t survive the fall Basil did

[@hobomike6935]

@@denisgauthier9191 oh ok then

[@Carpatouille]

Disney villains sure do love to die in falls

[@blackcattheultimatemoonwal4935]

Basil outsmarted Ratigan, by grabbing his bell from the inside of his pocket. That was a clever move.

[@1andonlyzara]

Love this movie, love this scene, there is no way Basil could ever pedal fast enough for that propeller to gain enough lift. lol

[@broden4838]

Terrifying deaths in animation history: 1986 version 1. Lt. Paptimus Scirocco (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam) 2. Prof. Ratigan (The Great Mouse Detective) 3. Col. Muska (Castle in the Sky)

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

I dunno if being stabbed by a watermelon slice counts as terrifying.

[@williamclark7976]

BASIL: “Closer, Dawson! Closer!” OLIVIA: “Daddy, I can’t reach! I can’t reach!” 1:34

[@MM-NolascoPH]

They are inspired by the clockwork tower fight scene from a pre-Studio Ghibli film, Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro.

[@lauriefaithprescott]

One of my fave scenes of this whole film!!!!

[@darkstarmoonshadow8892]

Yup this the toy store the chemistry and the pub are mine

[@dannyfoxboi]

This and the "set the trap off now!" scene are my two favorites! ^^

[@JoeManza]

Ratigan carried a bell to call his pet cat, yet it was the sound of a bigger bell that did him in. Can you say “ironic”?

[@alextepe4309]

I like how despite that the fight In the climax is very one sided between the hero and the villain, that the hero still beats the odds and triumphs at the end.

[@katiehickey4539]

Olivia to Basil; My hero!

[@majorgeneralexcaperr2583]

3:05 gave me goose flesh lol

[@jamescoppock4448]

german boi I laughed at that part 🤣

[@Tsubahi]

Marvelous scene! And it even has violence, too! 😳

[@conorsirishnature998]

Given that rats cannot die from falling because their terminal velocity is so low, ratigan is probably still out there

[@sammoverley3852]

2:50 I'VE WON big ben: SHUT UP 3:05

[@asherikamichaela8425]

Ngl, this scene scared me as a kid. I legit thought Basil was gonna die. Still pretty intense all these years later, despite having seen the full movie multiple times. 😆

[@ZakWolf]

LOL at the animation of Ratigan running at 1:29 - 1:32; he runs kind of like a horse there!

[@jimgahn9188]

3:06- It’s 10 o’clock. Cue Big Ben.

[@LITTLE1994]

Wouldn't you believe they call it Elizabeth Tower now?

[@michaelpontbriant6160]

(3:16 - 3:20 & 3:35 - 3:50) an excellent spin on Sherlock’s Reichenbach falls

[@alexglass2927]

Olivia is so cute!!! She is so also the cutest Disney character in my opinion like Marie, Judy Hopps, and the mice in Zootopia!!! 😍

[@katiemurphy4371]

Olivia is the cutest little girl mouse 🐭 that she is so cute and adorable and looks lovely and beautiful and gorgeous in the movie even Judy hops from Zootopia.😍

[@gsimon123]

Normally I didn't like "cute" characters in Disney movies when I was a kid. They always annoyed me. However, Olivia was always great and I was genuinely scared for her every time I watched this movie. I was right there with Basil becoming her buddy at the end. I also loved how she was the only one who could get through to Toby when even Basil couldn't haha! I think she is a great character because they gave her those little personality quirks. She acted like a real girl and not JUST a cute-character stereotype.

[@samanthacoutts4678]

Ratigan is one of my favorite Disney villains!

[@titidupont6482]

it's a shame we didn't see Olivia's face from her father Dawson when Basil appeared from the clouds and met their eyes I would have liked to see their surprise 😊

[@JackDavidson-ot4lx]

1:23 best animation for its time

[@user-ki6ce8iy5o]

This scene is way scarier than any horror movie i've ever scene

[@valerianmandrake]

It's the first horror movie I watched when I was 4 😂

[@caseyhandy3755]

Rip Vincent price aka Ratigan from the great mouse detective.

[@darkstarmoonshadow8892]

Vincent Price is among the best known actors to play/voice villains he Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, and Tony Jay

[@greywillowgaming2366]

RIP to most of them. Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Candy Candido, Vincent Price and Alan Young who I just found out was the voice of Scrooge McDuck for a good while during the animated Disney era.

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

@@darkstarmoonshadow8892 and with Hans Conried and David Ogden Stiers

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

1:59 Don’t look down!

[@thiagoefs13]

This Big Ben scene reminds one of the movie Spider Man (2014) where Peter Parker tries to save Gwen from the fall, after defeating the Green Goblin. Ratigan died similar to Gwen.

[@Dragonrose36]

Foreshadowing at 1:39.

[@henrymanley4116]

How?

[@Dragonrose36]

@@henrymanley4116 Ratigan scurries over the bell hammer. The striking of the hour causes him to fall to his death.

[@henrymanley4116]

@@Dragonrose36 Oh yeah, good point

[@jmsg_PR]

Wow! Your right! Nice attention to detail.

[@ivantheterrible2594]

This scene to me always remained strongly in my mind as a child. It's sort of like we were seeing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Ratigan in the climax. I guess he finally lost it and was willing to do whatever it took to kill Basil.

[@mkaplan1383]

2:08 Basil: [Visualizing his final fight with Ratigan; thinking] His advantage: My injury. My advantage: His rage [Ratigan attacks and grapple Basil, Basil breaks free, exchanging blows] Incoming assault feral... but experienced. Use his momentum to counter. [Basil starts to block and counter Ratigan punches and punches him in the face] Ratigan: [Visualizing the same fight with Basil; thinking] Come now, you really think you're the only one that can play this game? [Ratigan takes punch from Basil and locks his left arm while hitting Basil' injured right shoulder] Chop arm, target weakness. [Swings Basil into the opposite clock hand] Follow with haymaker. Basil: [Countering Ratigan's haymakers] Ah, there we find the boxing champion of Cambridge. [Punches Ratigan] Ratigan: Competent, but predictable. [Blocks and catches Basil's left arm] Now, allow me to reply [Blocks Basil's right punch and slashes his injured shoulder] Basil: Arsenal running dry, adjust strategy. [Basil tries to kick at Ratigan's feet, he counters, and starts to overpower Basil with fury claw slashes] Ratigan: [Uppercut slashes Basil closer to the clock hand edge] Wound taking its toll. [Slashes Basil arm and his back, unable to block Ratigan's assaults] Basil: As I feared. Injury makes defense untenable. [Basil attempts to block but fails] Prognosis: Increasingly negative [Ratigan sends a hook slash across Basil even closer, and uppercuts him over the edge. Basil grabs the edge of the clock hand dangling above Big Ben] Ratigan: Let's not waste anymore of one another's time. We both know how this ends. [Ratigan finishes Basil off with a downward slashes, causing Basil to fall to his doom] [Cuts back to Basil hiding at 2:08] Basil: Conclusion: Inevitable. Unless...[ Fight plays out as described up to Basil's final move at 3:02.]

[@ChanChan-jk8pc]

Honestly the best scene of all Disney movies. Sit at the edge of your seat

[@amanthy]

Ratigan is such a underrated Villain

[@caseyhandy3755]

The great mouse detective came out to theaters in 1986.

[@TwilightLink77]

And the eve of the Disney Renaissance era.

[@twist58]

It’s competition that same year was Don Bluth’s own mouse-centered film An American Tail. I was more inclined with Great Mouse Detective.

[@WanderingRoe]

The scene where Ratigan snaps is the most exciting in the movie 👏

[@madiganmcguinn5058]

For an evil rat for a vilan he is one of the most civil and gentlemanly villian to children that I've ever seen for a insane evil rat like ratigan

[@madiganmcguinn5058]

But he's definitely still damn evil and scary in this scene with he's creepy smile 😬🤐

[@valerianmandrake]

Right? He KINDLY asks Olivia to shut up. That's really courteous of him!

[@lucasmouraquaresma]

Ratigan freaks out like a beast

[@BayareaGuy06]

R.I.P. Vincent Price (1911-1993) (Professor Ratigan), Barrie Ingham (1932-2015) (Basil), Alan Young (1919-2016) (Flaversham) and Val Bettin (1923-2021) (Dawson).

[@pepsidude8919]

This is one of my favorite animated Disney films and I still have this movie on both VHS and DVD too! I also like how Dawson still wore his Rat Trap outfit from when he and Basil were at that bar earlier in the movie since Dawson continued to wear it up until near the end of the movie once Ratigan was defeated and Olivia was saved even though he didn't have the hat and the eyepatch from earlier. In the next sequence when everyone was back at Basil's house on Baker Street, I noticed Dawson was back in his regular clothes by then.

[@alexanderwells4402]

This scene starts is when Basil puts Ratigan's cape in the gears which causes him to choke afterwards Ratigan kicks Olivia and landed on one of the gears and about to squash her but Basil saved her just in time and heads outside to help Dawson and Flaversham to reach her hand but Ratigan shows up and grabbed Basil but Olivia is recused by Mr. Flaversham

[@cinder8787]

Yep I almost died by one of the gears but how great basil saving me and reaching me to my dad

[@kitsune0626]

I only got to see this movie once as a kid and this was the part I remembered most

[@EditorOfSL]

We have eyes, let us watch it for ourselves, please! 🤦‍♀️

[@paintkim9211]

Ratigan looks like Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde

[@TheImaginator972]

One of the most greatest Disney Climatic fight in animated history, for real I watched this scene many times.

[@lucasmouraquaresma]

Ratigan gets angry with a werewolf-like expression

[@ImperialKnight770]

This is when Ratigan finally had enough of Basil

[@disneyvillainrocket1]

Ratigan’s anger reminds me of super shredder’s transformation in the 2012 tmnt series

[@ZakWolf]

(3:51) The Doug Walker edit: "Dawson, don't bring the balloons too close to my propell-" *POP!* "AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"

[@-Mopo]

the moment kid me saw basil rising from the clouds was probably the first recorded pogchamp in history

[@alexglass2927]

This part is so intense!!! 😮

[@nickwerner7983]

0:44 DYUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

[@tobythedog1408]

YaY! Basil survived! Toby is happy!

[@dencamp6685]

(Ratigan) AAAAAAAAAGGGGGH! THERE IS NO ESCAPE THIS TIME BASIL!

[@valerianmandrake]

Vincent Price doesn't even sound human anymore when he says that.

[@katiemurphy4371]

(katie) GET AWAY FROM HIM RATIGAN YOU BIG FAT COWARD!

[@dencamp6685]

I agree.

[@loonflam8910]

1:14 chills everytime

[@lucasmouraquaresma]

Basil takes off the tiny bell from Ratigan

[@Gitfiddle]

Beautiful animation.

[@Oscar-pf2dm]

Disney was in a bad spot and they made this movie with great effort to get funding for The Little Mermaid, so thats probably why it's overshadowed because immediately afterwards, came the Disney Renaissance.

[@kenbeimer]

I can't believe I kind of remembered Basil got safe up with that thing. I almost forgot all about this movie.