Toon Talk Special: Go the Distance: Disney's 50 Greatest Heroes (Part 2 of 2) - May 4, 2007

Toon Talk Special: Go the Distance: Disney's 50 Greatest Heroes (Part 2 of 2)
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ON THE CASE

These three crack gumshoes have what it takes to get the job done - and done well.

BASIL OF BAKER STREET

Film: The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Voice Actor: Barrie Ingham
Sidekick: Elementary: Dr. Dawson
Quote: “There’s always a chance, Doctor, as long as one can think.�?
DVD: Available

This pint-size doppelganger of his upstairs neighbor has the brains, cunning and elan to solve even the hardest of cases. So when he is charged with the task to thwart the evil schemes of his nasty nemesis, you know that he will prevail - he truly is the great mouse detective, after all.

EDDIE VALIANT

Film: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Actor: Bob Hoskins
Sidekick: That wascally wabbit (OK, not that one)
Quote: “You crazy rabbit! I’m out there risking my neck for you, and what are you doing? Singing and dancing!?�?
DVD: Available

A drunken, washed-up has-been of a private dick finds redemption when he is corralled into a twisted plot filled with murder, sex, corruption and … toons! He solves the case while juggling clues, weasels and one particularly curvaceous red herring - not to mention a certain hair-brained hare.

DICK TRACY

Film: Dick Tracy (1990)
Actor: Warren Beatty
Sidekick: The Kid
Quote: “Is the enemy of my enemy my friend, or is the enemy of my friend my enemy, or the enemy of my enemy my enemy?�?
DVD: Available

The funny papers’ ultimate crime fighter, armed with a two-way wristwatch radio, a lantern jaw and a yellow fedora and trench coat ensemble, bursts onto the silver screen in all his four color glory. Tangling with a rogues gallery of epic size, this Dick never falters form his straight and narrow line of duty.