Professor Ratigan

**Professor Padraic Ratigan** is an antagonist in With Pearl and Ruby Glowing. He is based on the character Professor Ratigan from animated Disney film *The Great Mouse Detective* (1986).

## Biography

Very little is known about Ratigan's past other than he was committed (whether officially or not) to a psychiatric facility at some point (meeting Bruno Madrigal in the process). For years, he presented as a charming and cultured professor of criminology at Calisota University and was well-respected by local law enforcement, having even helped them with some cases. But there was much more to Ratigan than everyone believed. In reality, he was one of the most prolific rapists in the entire series, having assaulted over twenty people (official number currently unknown) and targeted many more. Ratigan was also affiliated with numerous criminal organizations, and also a member of the inner circle of trafficking organization, the Ark, where he was known as **Mr. Rat**. Using his connections to organized crime and law enforcement, he was able to evade detection for years.

Ratigan primarily targeted men, favouring geniuses and prodigies. However, he has assaulted at least one DFAB nonbinary person and one trans girl, indicating that he only targeted females and non-binary people if they presented as masculine enough for him, as seen with Lisa Loud. Regardless, Ratigan views all of his victims as "his liaisons", belonging to him even when he as lost interest in them. They live their lives after the assault because he "allows" them to, showing an awful possessive and controlling nature. Of all his victims, he has a shown a particular obsession with detective Basil Baker, viewing him as above all his other victims, calling him "*Perfect. Exquisite. Beautiful*".

His modus operandi with his victims was to establish contact and gain their trust, using his sophistication and knowledge to appeal to his targets, before isolating and assaulting them. He also keeps tabs on them after the assault to ensure they don't attempt to expose him, even preparing plots to eliminate them should they try. He keeps a scrapbook containing information and trinkets from his victims, like trophies. By working in the university and having access to the Gifted Children program run by Mayu Sugimori, he was able to place himself closer to his preferred victims in those with high intelligence.

Sometime after the corrupt cops were caught, Ratigan, who was on God's Will First's radar for being gay, gave up the names of Riley, Wilbur, Wallace, and Gromit in exchange for them not harming him. GWF kidnapped those people and others, but after they were apprehended, the leader Judge Hopkins told the police that Ratigan helped them out, which finally exposed his crimes to the authorities and general public. Several of his victims gave up his name and he fled his apartment in order to evade the authorities. Ratigan is currently hiding in the Ark's main headquarters.

## Victims

* Basil Baker (erotic obsession)
* Remy Algernon
* Riley Anderson
* Wilbur Robinson
* Manolo Sanchez
* Peter Parker
* Fiddleford McGucket
* Monty McQueen
* Noah Tamboli
* Milo Thatch
* Kenning Flugslys
* Beck Oliver
* Lisa Loud
* Zack Martin
* Ernesto de la Cruz (murdered)
* Pyrrha Nikos (murdered)
* Clemont Limone
* Sherlock Holmes
* Gromit Herbertson
* Tang Qi
* Wallace Herbertson
* Cody Martin (attempted)
* Cornelius Robinson (attempted)
* Ian Lightfoot (targeted, briefly)
* Ruby Rose (attempted)

## Trivia

* His Ark codename "Mr. Rat" is ironic considering that in canon he didn't like to be called a rat (even though he was one).
* In *Loose Lips,* it's revealed that he sold Noah and the rest of the Total Drama contestants to the Ark.