The chemistry was so obvious. I especially loved how Justin respected Mrs Brisby as an equal despite not being genetically altered, supported her decision to drug Dragon although he didn’t agree with it and never once doubted her courage.

I love 3:46 - 3:50 always thought it was cute how Mrs. Brisby gets all flustered when she's caught calling Justin's eyes beautiful

I saw this when I was four. I ship them!!

There were going to be more scenes including a kiss one, but it never made the final cut.

@@mercenaryknight5419 Really? Bummer, but I guess it worked out in the end.

Well, in the books, they did get married ^^

I liked the 2nd one. 1st one is definitely the better one but I did like the 2nd one

@@kahootissecretlymaya1439 Really!? In which book?

@@dianadoraen7864 I dunno :,) but somebody pointed it out in the comments!

@@kahootissecretlymaya1439 No they didn’t! Justin died saving Brutus and another rat from the cyanide gas.

How romantic feeling ♥️♥️

Yeah, but he knew. ;)

@@raymondbrereton3298Of course

@@raymondbrereton3298 In The Rescuers Down Under (Monaguebilly785's Style) Timmy Brisby as Bernard Jenny Mcbride as Miss Bianca Basil Of Baker Street as Jake Fievel Mousekewitz as Cody Stella (Balto 3) as Marahute Jenner as Percival C McLeach Fluffy (Rugrats) as Joanna Mrs Brisby and Justin as Cody's Parents Mr Ages as Chairmouse Mike and Sulley (Monsters Inc) as The Rangers

In the original script Justin had a girlfriend. I guess they wanted to give her some hint of a romantic relationship. It was pretty sad heavy story add to the fact her character was a widow raising 4 kids by herself. They needed lighten it up a bit.

My type of guy

I have a manager that's like that at work. We need more people like that in the world. Less dictators and dickheads

He's the Captain of the Guard. His entire job is to be the absolute best physical combatant in the colony.

I know.

How rude.

Ikr

No. He has the heart of a true Prince

@@SnazzyjazzBro That too

Justin think he’s in love with Elizabeth Brisby.

@@raymondbrereton3298That’s Jonathan’s wife

True

Shape theory is one of the most common ways animators convey personality. Jenner is all sharp angles mixed with a vaguely serpentine way of moving. Justin is solid and dependable, lots of rectangles and other solid shapes comprise his outline. Brutus is the reluctant but genuinely good-hearted character, the ovals and circles that make up his outline and his somewhat clumsy way of thumping about imply a guy who isn't the brightest but is a good person, despite being played for a fool. You can see it in every animated film, pretty much. Google search shape theory in animation for way more examples, it might be animation 101 but it's still fascinating.

Reminds me when the Avatar movie had to change to just last air bender since that other film with the blue aliens was also called Avatar

Even more interesting, the change was made pretty late in production, after all the lines had been recorded, so it fell to the audio editing team to work their magic and splice all the times the name was mentioned from Frisby to Brisby. And they did an incredible job, you can't even tell the splices are there.

Yup 🤘💜

Agree. I love Brisby’s appearance because she’s cute but also pretty looking. Her red cape gives off that classic heroic adventurer cape look like in the Lord of the Rings and her blue eyes and face give off a feeling of innocence, kindness, shyness, and beauty. Also, Brisby’s voice is very soft and timid which fits her character because she’s a timid yet kind little mouse. Unlike Mickey, Miss Bianca, Basil, and Despereaux who are outspoken fearless mice, Brisby captures how a mouse really acts.

@@seasonembrace3624 Avatar was the biggest movie of all time and people barely remember it.

Same! I hate forced love interests or forced love at first sight. They were both on a mission and it was much more realistic for them to still have that subtle mutual interest while also sticking to solving their major conflicts.

Do love that Brisby has to catch her self when she calls him Beautiful 😂

also man this film even today still looks gorgeous thanks to Don-Bluth's artistic talent here . Still holds up on a visual level. And also this film is also pretty atmospheric.

Absolutely not! Justin fell in love with his old friend of wife Mrs Brisby.

I wish the major studio would pencil draw animation again

Don Bluth wanted to return to the style used in the golden age of animation, which Disney had long turned away from, so this movie is kind of like Don Bluth's middle finger to Disney.

Yes, I do love the animation in Don Bluth's masterpiece. 40+ years later and it still holds up. I remember saying to myself after watching it for the first time, "It's definitely one of the best animated films I've ever seen". And I'm one of those people that want 2D hand drawn animation to come back to the big screen. Btw, Mrs Brisby and Justin make a cute couple.

@@brodielarson9096Ouch

​@@brodielarson9096There needs to be another Don Bluth-type person to rejuvenate golden age hand-drawn Disney animation.

Because, "They have Wayzzzzzzzz!"🦉

@@ANTZPound4PoundThey’re rats. Super smart, intelligent rats.

I did know that and I read the book when I was a kid. 😀👍🐭

Even I knew that.

I’ve heard and I liked the movie I watched on tubi two weeks ago it’s a pretty good movie. Probably one of Don Burth’s best. About the original actress of Ms. Brisby, it was sad that she passed on, I’ve heard that she committed suicide. If only she got mental help, it would’ve been prevented, she was a great one heaven rest her soul, she reminds me of Eva Gabor

I know, I read that book in middle school, it’s the whole reason I watched this movie

@@cockerspanielfan56 RIP Elizabeth Hartman who voice mrs. Brisby in the film.

Now that I would pay to see!

My wish since childhood

Too bad Don gave up years ago.

Oh my GOD that would have been AMAZING. It's exactly the sort of story and setting he's at his best with, the light fantasy elements, the animal characters, the dark and frightening moments, the memorable characters... God, what could have been. I totally can picture it in my head.

Omg that would be amazing

Well, that’s Don Bluth for you.

Yeah like you can see the attraction but he's still respecting that she's Jonathan's wife

Rest in peace Elizabeth Hartman. You’ll live in our hearts forever.

They did... And it was NOT good.

@TheFartBall A prequel/reboot? I haven’t heard of it. Are you thinking of the sequel about Timothy?

@@ziriebenton6659I think he is

Fucking jesus goddamned christ on a rocket powered bobsled *_NO_* NO reboots, NO fistfucking the corpse of nostalgia for everything its worth. This movie is a perfect animated film and you want Hollywood to put their greasy, greedy fucking hands on it? Are you an imbecile? Good Christ man, how often do these "Prequel/Reboots" succeed compared to how often they are absolute failures? Here's a hint, it's nearly always. Leave it the hell alone. Let it be a wonderful movie that had it's time and gracefully moved on. Not everything from our respective childhoods needs to be brought back from the dead by Hollywood's loathsome necromancers and it's corpse puppeted about so they can suck as many dollars out of it as they can.

Yep 😂

Well…sure, they respect each other, but they also have more important priorities at hand. Mrs. Brisby needed to save her son, and Justin needed to save his people, so there wasn’t really time for romance in this movie. But I doubt that it would just stay a friendship if the movie had a longer running time, it’s heavily implied that they are attracted to each other. And the only reason why this is less common is because romance usually either drives the plot or it takes a back seat and comes back later. In fact, their moment of flirting and then back to platonic relationship is actually an unnecessary distraction to me. It doesn’t really add anything to the main storyline.

He shared theme to Disney’s Mulan, family, sci-fi fantasy and several halloweens films.

Same.

I think that Nicodemus was the Great Owl

Nobody sees the Great Owl! ... lol

It'd be like saying you went to the Dragon for help.

“No one has ever _seen the Owl…_ and lived to tell about it!”

No mouse or even if a rat from that bush would ever meet the owl cause Owls do eat mice and possibly rats for a night snack

❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

they were making the moves on EACH OTHER 😂😂 don't think we don't see you batting your eyelashes, mrs. brisby!

​@@IsisNiko 😂😂😂

He is not. He respects Johnathan Brisby too much to try and seduce his wife. They have mutual chemistry which they acknowledge and understand but don't act upon, and frankly I wish there were more examples of this sort of platonic male/female friendship in media. It's executed perfectly.

Look up shape theory in animation, it's very interesting. Shape and movement give us a huge amount of information about a character before they even say a word.

😆

Well actually, Mrs. Brisby: 0:39

That would be interesting, but the problem is they're two separate species. Despite their similarities, rats and mice are two very different animals.

I know right

and I wish that they had did that at the end

She did in book 3

@@mikemcghin5394 nice

It’s cute and I loved it, but felt unnecessary to the main plot. Either the flirting should become something later in the story, or just don’t include it.

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Me too :'c

Why lol

@@beebbeeb3148 I don't know it was just was funny to me for some reason😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Exactly. Mr. Ages is too rude to say so.

Justin you featherhead get your hands off me!! 😠

@@hairltabbjr94 okay okay it's just a joke

You were named after the rat? Cool!

@@ariadnefrolich7243 I was embarrassed at first, but then I watched the movie & it all made sense.

Justin softly holding Mr. Ages: Reveal thy name.

Disney-current owner (they bought MGM).