The Thugs continue to moan.) To Ratigan – hic! Oop, dear… – to Ratigan… to Ratigan… to Ratigan, the world’s grea-tee-e-e-e-est-! ( Felicia swallows Batholomew with a loud gulp.) The Thugs in the Chorus moan, Ohhhh!, in terror, as an immense something approaches with thudding footsteps over a heavy instrumental.)īartholomew ( singing drunkenly) : Oh, Ratigan… oh, Ratigan… you’re the tops, and that’s that… ( Singing obliviously, as an enormous cat, Felicia, looms over him. You KNOW what happens when someone upsets me. I’m afraid that you have gone and upset me. Ratigan ( spoken) : SILENCE! ( Ratigan flings Batholomew out of the lair.) Oh, my dear Bartholomew. Second Thug ( spoken) : Yeah, a-a BIG mouse. You’re a mouse.įirst Thug ( spoken) : Yeah, that’s right. Third Thug ( spoken) : ’Course you’re not. Second Thug ( spoken) : I-it was just a slip of the tongue. Ratigan ( spoken) : What did you call me?įirst Thug ( spoken) : Oh, oh, he didn’t mean it, Professor! All will bow before me!īartholomew: To Ratigan, the world's greatest rat! Hic! This time, nothing, not even Basil, can stand in my way. Ratigan ( spoken) : But all that’s in the past. Ratigan ( spoken) : For years that insufferable pipsqueak has interfered with my plans. I’ve had my share of adversity, thanks to that miserable second-rate detective, Basil of Baker Street. Ratigan ( spoken) : Thank you… thank you… but it hasn’t all been champagne and caviar. Worse than the widows and orphans you drowned? My earlier crimes were fine for their times, That cunning display that made Londoners sob, The head that made headlines in every newspaper,Īnd wondrous things like the Tower Bridge Job, ( sung) From the brain that brought you the Big Ben Caper, Flaversham ( Thugs chuckling), it promises to be a night she will never forget - (chuckling ) her LAST night - and my FIRST - as Supreme Ruler of All MOUSEDOM! Ratigan ( spoken) : Tomorrow evening our beloved monarch celebrates her Diamond Jubilee annnd, with the enthusiastic help of our good friend, Mr. Thugs ( cheering and clapping) : Yea! Aha! Ratigan ( spoken) : My friends! We are about to embark on the most odious, the most evil, the most diabolical scheme of my illustrious career - a crime to top all crimes, a crime that will live in infamy! Once Bartholomew has been consumed, the henchmen resume their singing (mostly out of fear due to Ratigan giving the implied threat of feeding them to Felicia next if they didn't), and the song ends with them smashing their wine glasses together as Ratigan displays his signature grin. Enraged, Ratigan flings the henchman out his lair and has him devoured by Felicia. The henchmen sing their praises again, but the song is interrupted when Bartholomew, a mouse who had made himself extremely drunk throughout the song, loudly calls Ratigan the 'world's greatest rat'. It then changes to his henchmen singing their admiration of their evil leader before switching to Ratigan lamenting over Basil's constant interference with his plans, before wickedly claiming that not even Basil can stand in his way this time. The song begins with Ratigan mentioning his earlier crimes, and that his current plan will be even more wicked than before. This song was included on the VHS, Disney Sing Along Songs: Be Our Guest. This song also includes a special appearance by Bill the Lizard from Alice in Wonderland. " The World's Greatest Criminal Mind" is a song featured in Disney's The Great Mouse Detective.
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