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Basil and Roger mannerisms

posted 17 years ago by brinatello_j78
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Hello!
I'm bringing this subject up because it was a bit of Trivia I submitted months ago and it hasn't been added to the list yet! I'm starting to wonder if it's something IMDb doesn't agree with, so I wanted to ask everyone's opinion.

I've always thought Basil has a lot of similar mannerisms to Roger Radcliffe from "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," and it's appropriate to say this when Roger is also British! They also look alike; if Basil were human, he'd probably have the same features as Roger! Well, let me paste the bit of Trivia I submitted and you tell me if you agree or disagree with it:

In the scene where Ratigan teases Basil about his sailor costume ("Oh, by the way, Basil, I just love your disguise!"), Basil stands stiffly with brows lowered, pouted lips, and fists curled at his sides while Ratigan prances around him. Basil's stance is exactly mirrored from Roger Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) when Cruella DeVille shouts at him ("Why, you horrid man!") while he, in turn, remains perfectly still.

I studied the scene very closely and it sure does look like Basil is doing the same stiffly pose that Roger does when both of their enemies are hassling them. Let me know what you think!

[–] trisp 17 years ago

I think you're on to something there. Good observation.

"HOPSCOTCH!"

[–] whatsitsgalore 17 years ago

I agree that if Basil were turned human by, say, Merlin or someone like that, he would look a lot like Roger. His hair would probably stick up a bit more, but otherwise, they'd look quite a bit alike.

And they both smoke a pipe.

Baker Street
http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disbasil/bakerst.html

[–] Sybran 14 years ago

exactly what I thought, particularly in the scene with the sailor disguise

Let's go inconspicuously...through the window.

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[–] whatsitsgalore 13 years ago

Although both Eric and Basil hold the girl close, I really don't think they loook like the same footage, any more than Toby licking Olivia's face looks like Max licking Ariel's face. Which it doesn't.

Basil of Baker Street
http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/basil/bakerst.html

[–] brinatello_j78 13 years ago

Large_Eyes, you were probably reading that from my fansite, "The Game's Afoot!" What I meant by that scene was it was identical character movement of a girl falling into a guy's chest and they pause briefly to look at one another. I wasn't saying it was the exact movement frame by frame and exact facial expressions. I was just saying that's what it reminded me of. Olivia briefly looks at Basil, Ariel briefly looks at Eric and Jasmine briefly looks at Aladdin. That's all. I didn't mean to confuse anyone.

[–] VanDerShippen 12 years ago

I guess that since the budget for GMD was so tiny, they had to "recycle" some scenes from earlier movies.

In "Robin Hood", "Aristocats" and "The Jungle Book", there are some dancing scenes that seem eerily similar to each other as well.