Thugs (The Great Mouse Detective)

The Thugs are the henchmen of Professor Ratigan and the tertiary antagonists of Disney's 1986 film, The Great Mouse Detective.
==Appearances==
===The Great Mouse Detective===
In the movie, the thugs are Ratigan's henchmen. All are mice (except for two, one who is a lizard and Fidget who is a bat). They are very loyal to Ratigan, and will do anything to help him, including overthrowing the Queen and becoming ruler and guards of Mousedom. Ratigan's thugs love to drink and sing about their boss, and they also boo Basil of Baker Street, who has interfered with their boss' plans. During the song, one of the thugs (named Bartholomew) accidentally calls Ratigan a rat, angering him. Despite three of the thugs, including the lizard, defending Bartholomew, aware that he was merely too drunk, Ratigan has him fed to his cat, Felicia, while the thugs watched sadly. They soon recover and sing about their boss again, crowning him with a crown, awaiting to help him succeed with his evil plan. Later on, when Basil and Dawson sneak into the lair, Ratigan's bat henchman, Fidget, dresses up as Olivia (the girl they're looking for) and, when Dawson taps on the bottle Olivia is in, Fidget turns around and smacks his lips, and the thugs and Ratigan appear and laugh at Basil and Dawson in their pirate disguises. The thugs then tie Basil and Dawson in a trap and leave for Buckingham Palace dressed in guard uniforms. At the palace, the thugs manage to ambush the real Queen's Guards and enter the Queen's room, delivering her a present (which is a Robot Version of herself) and then Ratigan appears and orders his thugs to take the Queen away, which they do. The thugs act like the real Queen's guards during her speech, during which, they manage to fool the crowd with the Robot Queen, which announces Ratigan as her new Royal Councilor. The lizard thug manages to give notes for Olivia's father, Mr. Flaversham, to read into the robot Queen's speaker voice to say to the crowd. Luckily, Basil, Dawson, and Olivia manage to escape the trap and bottle and manage to arrive at the palace and save the Queen and fight off Ratigan's thugs and tie them up, where they are arrested. Despite having rifles with bayonets, they don't use them on any of the mice attacking them. Their fates for the remainder of the movie remains unknown.
===Cameos===
The Thugs appear in a cameo role in the television programs Quack Pack and Darkwing Duck. They were also seen in a crowd shot in Mickey's House of Villains.
==Trivia==
*They were all voiced by the late Walker Edmiston (who also played Enik in the Land of the Lost TV series, Zuni Fetish Doll in Trilogy of Terror, one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, Willie the Giant in An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players, one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron, Catso in Runaway Ralph and Fire Lord Azulon in Avatar: The Last Airbender), the late Wayne Allwine (who also played one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron and one of the Hun Army in Mulan), Tony Anselmo (who also voiced one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron, one of the Hun Army in Mulan, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone and one of the Shadow Demons in The Princess and the Frog), the late Val Bettin (who also voiced one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice) Jim Cummings (who also played one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron, Harold in The Little Mermaid, Crocodiles in The Rescuers Down Under, James in Rock-a-Doodle, Razoul in Disney's Aladdin, Ed and half of the singing voice of Scar in Disney's The Lion King, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Nessus and Pyros in Disney's Hercules, Grigori Rasputin's singing voice in Anastasia, Jacques in Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, one of the Hun Army in Disney's Mulan, one of Ruber's Minions in Quest for Camelot, Dennis in Disney's Tarzan, Steele in Balto, Sierra in The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire, Hernán Cortés, the Cook, Warrior, Male Villager and Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, one of the Poachers in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Pete in A Goofy Movie, one of the Pirate Crew in Return to Neverland, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Pirates in Treasure Planet, one of the Wildebeests in The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone, one of the Thugs in The Return of Jafar, Budzo in Zambezia, General Plastro in the Army Men franchise, Hondo Ohnaka in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Bering in Brother Bear 2, the Bears in Sing and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), Michael Bell, Fred Tatasciore, Peter Renaday (who also played Ezra in The Haunted Mansion, one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron, General Tragg, Don Turtelli and Leatherhead ("Night of the Rogues" only) in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, one of the Hun Army in Mulan, Kingpin in Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin, Sean Keanan in Dead Rising, Al Mualim in Assassin's Creed, one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog and Sir George in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien), the late James Almanzar (who also voiced one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice and one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron), the late Brian Bedford (who also voiced one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice and one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron), Jack Angel, the late Bill Hunter, Paul Eiding, the late Michael Rye (who also played Mayor in Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Grownups in Hugo the Hippo, one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron and Ranger Jones in Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears), the late Bernard Erhard (who also played one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Cryotek in	Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Thief in ("'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy" only) in the 1987 The Smurfs cartoon, one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron, Sludge Monster from the Earth's Core and Mr. Buckston in	A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Pest in Yo Yogi! and one of the Wolves in Rover Dangerfield), Christopher Lloyd (who also played Grigori Rasputin in Anastasia, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Reggie Shand in Walk Like a Man, The Hacker in Cyberchase, Merlock in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron, Lord Imaru in The Secret Treasure of Machu Picchu by Golden Films, Mr. Clipboard in Foodfight!, Bill Crowley in I Am Not A Serial Killer, Dr. Heep in Baby Geniuses, Kruge in the Star Trek universe and Switchblade Sam in Dennis the Menace), the late Pat Buttram, Bill Farmer, the late Mickey Rooney (who also played one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron, Flip in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland and Gus in Night at the Museum), Brian Drummond, Dan Castellaneta, the late Bob Hoskins (who also played Mr. Smee in Hook and one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron), Gary Schwartz (who also played Heavy, Demoman and Monoculus in Team Fortress 2 and one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron), Philip Proctor, the late George Lindsey (who also played one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Trigger in Disney's Robin Hood, one of the Horned King's Army in The Black Cauldron and one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice), and Charles Fleischer (who also played Greasy, Psycho, Benny the Cab, and Roger Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit).
*One of Ratigan's thugs is Bill the Lizard from Alice in Wonderland.
*Ned and Shorty, from Eckhart, both have a physical likeness to Ratigan's henchmen. It is likely that the artists drew inspiration from them.
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