Toby (The Great Mouse Detective)

Toby is a Basset Hound and is a supporting character from Disney's 1986 feature film, The Great Mouse Detective. He belongs to Sherlock Holmes, who lives above Basil.
==Role in the film==
In the movie, Toby is the dog of Sherlock Holmes, who lives above Basil of Baker Street. Although he is Holmes' dog, he helps Basil solve cases, too, and is perhaps Basil's most loyal friend (next to Dr. Dawson). When Basil, Olivia, and Dr. Dawson go to find Toby, Olivia and Dr. Dawson both ask who Toby is and then he appears as Basil calls him. Basil introduces Dr. Dawson to Toby first, to which Toby sniffs Dawson and growls at him, but Basil tells Toby to back down. Then Toby smells Olivia and immediately takes a good liking to her and she gives him one of Mrs. Judson's cheese crumpets to eat and she also rubs his belly. Then Basil asks Toby to sniff out Fidget the bat's hat in order to find Fidget, who will lead them to find Olivia's father, who was kidnapped by Fidget earlier in the film. After Toby sniffs out Fidget, Basil, Dr. Dawson and Olivia climb on him and he takes them to a toy shop in town, where Fidget is stealing stuff for his boss, Professor Ratigan.
When they arrive, Toby's howl warns Fidget, who hides. Toby allows Basil and Olivia to get off, but he growls at Dr. Dawson and sneezes, causing Dawson to tumble into Basil. Then Basil tells Toby to sit, but he remains to stand; however, when Olivia tells Toby to sit, Toby obeys and sits. Later on, as Fidget tries to escape out the door with Olivia in his bag, Toby growls at him, but Fidget manages to take another exit. Toby then takes Basil and Dawson back to Baker Street.
Later on, when Basil and Dawson discover that Fidget has been drinking beer from a pub where the sewer connects to the waterfront, Toby takes them to the waterfront and Basil tells him to stay put to (which he does). After escaping Ratigan's traps and rescuing Olivia, Basil calls for Toby to take them to Buckingham Palace, where Ratigan and his henchmen are trying to kill the Queen and rule the kingdom. They arrive just in time for Basil to save the Queen Mouse from being fed to Ratigan's cat, Felicia, and Toby chases Felicia away. Toby tries to catch Felicia but she manages to escape over a brick wall, only to be mauled by royal guard dogs on the other side.
After the case is solved and Ratigan and his henchmen are defeated, Toby is last seen listening to Basil's next case, in which a lady mouse has lost her ring.
==Trivia==
*In a comic, The Sideshow Sea Beast, even though Toby appeared in the comic, he made a minor appearance bringing Olivia and Fidget to the carnival and enjoys caramel apples with them in the end.
*Toby's barks are the same ones heard from Pongo in 101 Dalmatians, Sam from Summer Magic, and Old Yeller from the movie of the same name. Additionally, his howling is the same as Trusty from Lady and the Tramp, and his snarl is also the same as Copper and Chief from The Fox and the Hound.
*The scene where Toby (accidentally) scares the horse wagon comes from Lady and the Tramp.
*In the 96-page book version of The Great Mouse Detective, Toby has the ability to talk, unlike his film counterpart who only barks, growls, or howls.
*Toby and Felicia are the only "real" animals in the movie, in the sense that they are non-anthropomorphic, do not speak, and behave like normal cats or dogs.
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
Great-mouse-detective-disneyscreencaps.com-2656.jpg|Toby's first appearance.
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Great-mouse-detective-disneyscreencaps.com-2855.jpg|Toby point!
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Great-mouse-detective-disneyscreencaps.com-7026.jpg|Basil: "To Buckingham Palace!"
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Great-mouse-detective-disneyscreencaps.com-7130.jpg|Toby charges toward Felicia
Great-mouse-detective-disneyscreencaps.com-7135.jpg|Toby chases after Felicia
Great-mouse-detective-disneyscreencaps.com-7346.jpg|Toby hot on Felicia's trail
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Great-mouse-detective-disneyscreencaps.com-8424.jpg|Toby listens to Basil's next case
===Miscellaneous===
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Toby Concept Art 2.jpg|Production cel of Toby.
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Toby Concept Art 4.jpeg|Production cel of Toby and Olivia
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File:DSA talisman toby.png|Toby talisman in Disney Sorcerer's Arena
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