Ratso (The Ugly Duckling And Me)

Ratso is one of two main protagonists of 2006 animated film The Ugly Duckilng And Me.
== Biography ==
At the beginning of the cartoon, Ratso shows himself on the stage, posing his friend Weslie as the longest worm in the world (which, of course, isn't true). Everyone takes him at laughs and he decides to visit an amusement park, where his cousin Ernie is supposed to show him on the stage. But Weslie refuces to leave. Ratso puts him in his bag. But at this moment he meets a female rat named Phillis, who pursues him. He escapes and goes to the amusement park by the train. But he accidentally finds himself in a bird nest full of eggs and is accidentally thrown away with one of these eggs. Later, an ugly duckling hatches out of this egg. Ratso is forced to adopt the duckling, who soon begins to be abused by every other chick on the poultry yard. Ratso wants to escape but he cannot get rid of the duckling, who constantly calls him Mama (later, Ugly does begin to call him Dad). So, Ratso throws Ugly on the stage in front of lots of hens, and Ugly doesn't know what to do. Other chichen begin to hurt him, and he begins to chaotically run on the stage, which is seen by Ratso. Understanding that Ugly is the star he needs, Ratso returns and saves Ugly and decides to take him to the amusement park and lets Weslie go. During their way, Ratso and Ugly accidentally save a female duck from being eaten by a fox. Then they decide to stay in an abandoned Volkswagen Beetle where they sleep there. The next morning Ugly wakes up as a teenager, and Ratso explains him how teenagers usually act. They meet Jessie, the same duck they saved prior. Ugly immediately falls in love in her and convinces his foster father to take her with them (although Ratso himself doesn't like this idea). Later, they have to cross a river, and Ratso nearly drowns, but Ugly saves him. Their journey continues until one night, when Ugly begins to dance, and Jessie laughs at him, failing to understand that it is what he's going to show on the amusement park. This leads Ugly to be abused on Jessie, much to Ratso's happiness. Soon they reach the amusement park, where they are attacked by Ratso's enemy Phillis, and later by a cat. Ugly tries to save Ratso, but fails. Turns out that the cat is Ratso's cousin Ernie. Soon, Ugly is going to perform on stage, however, everyone starts laughing at his ugliness, much to his sorrow and Ratso's remorse. Phillis intervenes and abducts Ugly, forcing Ratso to return to the poulty yard. Ratso, Jessie and Ernie try to save Ugly, but are captured themselves. The next day, Ratso is lead away and Ugly mourns him. Other rats bully Ratso. Seing the priest (whom he sees as a torturer with an axe at first). But in the last moment Ugly manages to get out of his cage (turning into a beautiful sworn and indirectly rescuing all the other Phillis's captives in process) and tries to stop what he believes to be an execution. But it turns out that Phillis wants to forcibly marry Ratso just for attention. Ugly hurts her, making her fall into the wedding cake, much to everyone's happiness. Ratso blesses Ugly's and Jessie's wedding and wants everyone to have fun.
== Personality ==
Although at first he appears as a self-centered anti-hero, he later slowly changes with Ugly's indirect help. He becomes more and more kind (although he was a bit affable even before). He raises Ugly as his own son (even if initially out of selfish goals) and even goes to rescue him more than once. He also becomes more kind to Jessie and even blesses her wedding with his foster son.
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