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Welcome to The Game's Afoot!, the definitive fansite for Disney's 26th underappreciated animated classic, The Great Mouse Detective (1986). Relive the exciting adventures of a clever mouse, Basil of Baker Street, and his arch-enemy, the notorious Professor Ratigan, in London 1897. This site contains the most comprehensive information and media on this underrated Disney gem. Be sure to sign Basil's Guestbook, feel free to contribute, and enjoy!

by 1paintitblack1 (2014)

02-14-2025 | Today is the anniversary of the US re-release of the film with the new title, The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective, on Friday, February 14, 1992! Updated and fixed a lot of 'dead' links to the Trailer page and also added images from the WDW EPCOT Festival of the Arts Chalk Full of Characters event. In the United Kingdom Pavilion section, you can see the aerial chase of Basil, Dr Dawson and Hiram Flaversham chasing after Professor Ratigan in his airship. Added to the Easter Eggs section of Miscellaneous!

 

02-07-2025 | Updated the Autographs section of the Miscellaneous page featuring Basil of Baker Street signed by Barrie Ingham. He simply wrote "Good Luck" as his message. Originally found at 10th Planet Events. Also, Happy Heavenly Birthday for Barrie for this upcoming February 10th!

01-31-2025 | Updated the Doorables section of Merchandise with two more images featuring Olivia Flaversham and Fidget the Bat. Basil had been previously showcased before with all three available through various online stores.

 

01-24-2025 | Updated the Odds and Ends section of Miscellaneous with recent news about List of 59 Disney Villains starring in new show at Hollywood Studios (by Blake Taylor). Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective has been included!

 

01-17-2025 | Updated Reviews with I Loved The Great Mouse Detective So Much by TheHumbleOscar. These videos have been a lot of fun to watch. They're always a wonderful thing to see for a Disney animated feature that was released nearly 40 years ago!

 

01-10-2025 | Updated the Christmas Ornaments section of Merchandise with some photos of all three of The Great Mouse Detective ornaments on my Christmas tree: A Curious Clue, 35th Anniversary Legacy Collection, and Sketchbook. We're getting ready to take the tree down and it put away for now, so here is how they look when hanging up on branches!

 

01-03-2025 | Starting the New Year with a very entertaining video added to the Reviews page of Audio & Video Galleries: RRRRATIGAN! TO RATIGAN! | 90's Kid Reacts To THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE | (review/commentary) by The Cat Pride Cinema.

12-27-2024 | The last update week of 2024! Updated Merchandise (page 2) at the Trading Cards section with images of The Great Mouse Detective 1992 Walt Disney Cards #127, #128, #129, #130, #131, and #132. These cards are hard to find when usually they surface the most on eBay. Hope you also have a Happy New Year!

 

12-20-2024 | Updated the Apparel section of Merchandise with an image and information on The Great Mouse Detective Teacup Christmas Very Merry Christmas Party Shirt. Made by Mynilo, this is an adorable design of the main characters inside a teacup. Found on Etsy for a limited time!

 

12-13-2024 |  "Why...a new Mousivarius!" For National Violin Day (December 13th), I updated the page of Basil's New Violin (Deleted Scene) with added text from the 'In House' script. MouseAvenger found two original drawings of Basil holding his new Mousivarius from the Flavershams and digitally colored them.

 

12-06-2024 | "I need an elf. Philanthropy is my game." Updated the Scenes page with a clip from the TV series, "Ed" (2000) episode "Charity Cases." Barrie Ingham (English voice actor of Basil) guest appeared as Leonard Prescott and he acts a bit like Santa Claus. It's fun to watch when there were subtle hints to Basil, his beloved animated character. December 6th is also St. Nicholas Day!


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