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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Children's book series written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone about Basil of Baker Street, the Sherlock Holmes of the Mouse World, and his personal biographer, Dr. David Q. Dawson. Not as well known as its Animated Adaptation, The Great Mouse Detective. It was out-of-print for a number of years, but the entire series was republished in May of 2016 by Aladdin. |
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Mysterious Middle Initial: The "Q." in Dr. David Q. Dawson, which is never explained. |
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Noodle Incident |
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Noodle Incident: The Sealed Mousehole Mystery. |
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Sherlock Scan |
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Sherlock Scan |
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Narrator |
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Narrator: Dawson throughout the series, but the role is taken over temporarily for one chapter of Basil in Mexico by Basil since at the time Dawson was kidnapped by Ratigan. |
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Cats Are Mean |
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Cats Are Mean: Throughout the series but averted in Basil and the Pygmy Cats since, you know, the cats are the same size as the mice. |
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Police Are Useless |
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Police Are Useless |
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Canon Welding |
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Canon Welding: Basil in the Wild West states that Basil's cousin is the title character of the Anatole series by the same author. |
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The Watson |
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The Watson: Dr. David Q. Dawson is a literal case, being the mouse equivalent of Dr. John H. Watson. |
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Sdrawkcab Name |
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Sdrawkcab Name: This book loves this trope. Elyod, Nairda, Semloh, Relda. |
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Private Detective |
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Private Detective: Basil |
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GPS Evidence |
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GPS Evidence: How Basil and Dawson manage to find The Terrible Three. |
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Theme Twin Naming |
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Theme Twin Naming: Flora and Fauna Faversham. |
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Victorian London |
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Victorian London: The books' setting. |
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Tuckerization |
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Tuckerization: Titus has a habit of naming fictional characters after real life Sherlockians, including Vincent Starrett and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's son, Adrian. |
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Big Bad |
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Big Bad: Professor Padraic Ratigan, who serves as the lead villain for the first four books. |
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Barefoot Cartoon Animal |
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Barefoot Cartoon Animal: While mostly averted in The Great Mouse Detective, Galdone's illustrations show a lack of shoes for any of the characters. |
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Evil Counterpart |
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Evil Counterpart: Ratigan is Basil's. |
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Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti |
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Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: The Adorable Snowmouse. |
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Location Theme Naming |
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Location Theme Naming: Basil and Dawson sign the Greymouse Inn registry as "Captain Baker" and "Mr. Street". Genius Bonus: "Captain Basil" was one of Holmes's aliases in the original stories. |
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Detective Animal |
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Detective Animal: Basil, being a mouse who's learned from observing Sherlock Holmes. |
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"No Peeking!" Request |
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"No Peeking!" Request: Hiram tells Olivia not to peek while he gets her present out. She takes a small peep, but not long enough to actually see what he's doing. |
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Genius Bonus |
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Genius Bonus: "Captain Basil" was one of Holmes's aliases in the original stories. |
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Sweet Tooth |
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Sweet Tooth: The Proudfoot twins have an affinity for sweets, particularly French chocolate. Their kidnappers lure them into their clutches by exploiting this. |
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Alliterative Name |
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Alliterative Name: Harry Hawkins, Sam Stilton. |
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Badass Bookworm |
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Badass Bookworm: Basil is quite able to hold his own in a fight against multiple opponents. |
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Doppelgänger |
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Doppelgänger: The characters note Basil's uncanny resemblance to the deceased Prince Semloh. (Whether this is a case of Identical Grandson or Famous Ancestor isn't explained.) |
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Shout-Out |
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Shout-Out: Plenty of shoutouts throughout the series to Titus' other mouse-related series, Anatole (and of course, to The Canon itself. Also to Basil Rathbone who played Sherlock Holmes in numerous films and a radio series. |
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Dreadful Musician |
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Dreadful Musician: Sort of. While Basil can't play the violin like his mentor to save his life, he is quite good at playing the flute. |
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Awesome, Dear Boy |
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Awesome, Dear Boy: Basil worships Sherlock Holmes in a hero like fashion, and takes his status as the Sherlock Holmes of the Animal Kingdom with all the seriousness it deserves. He leads by example, and refuses to back down when and where it matters most. |
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Sidekick |
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Sidekick: Dawson to Basil. |
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Great Detective |
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Great Detective: Basil |
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Master of Disguise |
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Master of Disguise: Basil |
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The Magnificent |
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The Magnificent: Elyod the Good, Semloh the Poet Prince. |
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