Roddy St. James

Roderick "Roddy" St. James is the main protagonist of Flushed Away. He is a rat who now lives in the sewers after he lost himself from his owner Tabitha. He is also Rita Malone's boyfriend. He is based on the nonfiction human Sam O'Kane.
He was voiced by Hugh Jackman, who also played Wolverine in the live-action X-Men film franchise, Gabriel Van Helsing in Van Helsing, Bunnymund in Rise of the Guardians, and Phineas Taylor Barnum in The Greatest Showman. In the Japanese dub from the movie, he is voiced by Yasunori Matsumoto, who also voiced Dug in Disney/Pixar's Up and Chance in Homeward Bound.
==Biography==
Roddy is a rat who used to live in a posh house in Kensington, England with his owner Tabitha. One day, Tabitha along with her parents went on holiday so Roddy had the house to himself. But soon enough another rat named Sid ends up in the house and takes a liking to the place and decides to stay there much to Roddy's dismay. 
Determined to get rid of Sid, Roddy lures him to the toilet, claiming it to be a Jacuzzi. However Sid is aware of what's going on and retaliates by pushing Roddy into the toilet and flushing him down to the sewers. When there, he meets and befriends a rat named Rita Malone who agrees to help him get back to his home in return for one of his rubies since the one she had was fake.
After defeating the Toad (who tried to wipe out all the rats living in the sewers), Roddy stays with Rita in the sewers and lets Sid take his place as Tabitha's pet.
==Personality==
Roddy was initially pretentious, cowardly, and pampered possibly brought on by being spoiled all of his life by Tabitha, the very rich girl who raised him. 
Despite being a rat, Roddy had an extremely sophisticated upbringing and spoke with fluency and sophistication in his mannerisms; however, he was also a very lonely individual as he grew up in a cage all of his life, cut off from his own kind and growing up with no family. 
As the film begins to progress Roddy became assertively more loyal, brave, courageous, and protective rat, even protecting the entire colony of rats from being killed by The Toad. After saving everyone's lives Roddy was praised as a hero for his selfless deeds and finally became part of a family.
==Appearance==
Roddy is a rat with smooth, light tan fur and frizzy brown hair. He wears a black tuxedo (he eventually takes off his blazer and bowtie) and black shoes. When Roddy first arrived in the sewer, he saw life in new eyes.
==Trivia==
*The part where Roddy shoots something at the disc tray is a parody of James Bond.
*In the opening of the film, there are many references to other films if the viewer goes frame by frame during the scene where Roddy is looking for a DVD.
*While Roddy was getting dressed in the opening of the film, a Wolverine costume and Wallace suit was seen in his closet which is a nod to the actor and the company who created the film.
*The scene where Roddy annoys Rita by repeatedly saying "goodnight" may be a reference to a scene in .
*The original trailer reveals that Roddy was not alone but had two butlers or companion gerbils, Gilbert and Sullivan, while their owners only have American accents rather than Britten. Then later they meet Sid during daylight instead of during the night.
**Despite this confusion to most fans who have seen it, the idea was scrapped and used for a video game instead, because this movie was about Roddy feeling ignorant for being lonely without any friends and family but rather pretend with those dolls. which was why at the end Roddy decided to stay with Rita then reuniting with his owners. Which was why the movie wasn't successful.
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