The Great Mouse Detective Is One Of The Best Sherlock Holmes Movies

gamerant.com:

In certain cases, the best adaptation of a legendary property isn’t an official one. A reverent homage can capture the spirit of its unofficial source material without using any of the proper names. The Incredibles is the best Fantastic Four movie, Thor: Ragnarok is the best He-Man movie, and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and Kingsman: The Secret Service are two of the greatest Bond movies ever made. And the 1986 Disney cartoon The Great Mouse Detective, which reimagines Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson as a pair of talking mice named Basil and Dr. Dawson, is one of the best Holmes adaptations.

The Great Mouse Detective was based on the Basil of Baker Street books by children’s author Eve Titus. In fact, the movie was originally produced under the title Basil of Baker Street, but the head of Disney at the time, Michael Eisner, allegedly changed the title to the more generic-sounding The Great Mouse Detective after complaining that the name Basil was “too English.” This was an unpopular decision among the crew working on the film, and animator Ed Gombert responded to the title change by passing around a fake interoffice memo with satirical title suggestions for Disney classics like The Little Deer Who Grew Up, The Girl with the See-through Shoes, and The Wonderful Elephant Who Could Really Fly (these joke titles later became a category on Jeopardy!).

This Disney Animated Sci-Fi Movie Is A New Twist On A Literary Classic

Narrated by Dawson, The Great Mouse Detective tells the story of an eight-year-old girl named Olivia whose father is kidnapped by a nefarious villain. Olivia bumps into Dawson, who helps her find the eccentric yet legendary “Great Mouse Detective.” They find the detective, Basil