GMD 2: ANB Trailer

“The Great Mouse Detective 2: A New Beginning”
Unofficial Theatrical Trailer

(The Walt Disney Pictures & Shining Star Studios logos appear for a few seconds, & then we fade into black.  Black-&-white “stock footage” from the end of the original “Great Mouse Detective” begins to play, starting with the fade-in & close-up on the newspaper clipping on Basil’s fireplace mantle & continuing with the animation used during the speaking of the following characters’ lines.)

DAWSON:
To be thanked by the Queen herself...Oh, how very thrilling...eh, Basil?

BASIL:
All in a day’s work, Doctor.

HIRAM:
Oh, my, we’re late to catch our train!

OLIVIA:
Goodbye, Basil.  I’ll...I’ll never forget you.

BASIL:
Nor I you...

OLIVIA:
Goodbye, Dr. Dawson.

DAWSON:
Goodbye, my dear.

OLIVIA:
Goodbye...

BASIL:
Now, who could that be?

LADY MOUSEWELL:
I-Is this the home of the famous Basil Of Baker Street?

DAWSON:
Indeed, it is, miss!

BASIL:
Ah, allow me to introduce my trusted associate, Dr. Dawson, with whom I do all my cases!  Isn’t...that...right, Doctor?

DAWSON:
Why, yes!  Yes!  By all means!

(We fade into black once more.  After a moment or two, text in golden script appears on the screen, displaying the written words of the lines spoken in voiceover, & in between these intervals, we see the images that are described in parentheses below.)

NARRATOR:
A month has passed after the Flaversham Case...

(Close-up of Basil’s right paw holding a black-&-white Polaroid photograph of Olivia & Hiram having fun at a carnival in Scotland with their family members.)

NARRATOR:
...but the adventures of Basil, Dawson, the Flavershams, & everyone else involved in the detective’s greatest escapade are far from over.

(We fade into black, before cutting to an image of Olivia looking up at her father with a puzzled expression.)

HIRAM (offscreen):
I’ve been thinking, Olivia...

(Shot of Hiram looking at his daughter as he holds a suitcase in his right paw.)

HIRAM:
...that maybe it’s time we go back to the toy shop in London.

(Shot of Olivia sporting a dreamy, nostalgic look on her face.)

OLIVIA:
We’re coming home...

(Black-out.  Shot of the Flavershams’ tiny car driving through the streets of London, followed by several moving vans.)

(Black-out.  The Narrator speaks, with text in golden script displaying his spoken words.)

NARRATOR:
The Flavershams have returned to London...

(Shot of Olivia, Hiram, & Cousin Timmy in the dilapidated remains of their toy shop, which has really gone to Hades since they left for Scotland last month.)

(Black-out.  The Narrator speaks, with the same text in golden script displaying his words.)

NARRATOR:
...but not to the lives they once knew.

(Black-out.  Olivia & Cousin Timmy are squabbling & playing “tug-of-war” with a piece of cheese, but Hiram snatches it away from them.  He holds the cheese up before them, gazing down at the two mouselings with a stern glare.)

HIRAM:
I don’t want you two rugrats fighting!  In these dark & dismal times, we all have to get along & stick together!

(As they stand before Hiram on the toy shop floor, Olivia & Cousin Timmy frown & cast downcast gazes to the floor, looking guilty.)

(Black-out.  The Narrator speaks, with the same text in golden script displaying his words.)

NARRATOR:
Things are not going well for the Flavershams...

(Shot of Hiram standing outside the toy shop, vainly trying to get passers-by to come into the building, as Olivia & Cousin Timmy watch him from behind the big glass window.)

HIRAM:
Are you interested in buyin’ toys? Please, sir, have pity on a poor, starvin’ family!

(Shot of Olivia & Timmy behind the shop window, turning to face each other with sad, sorrowful gazes.)

(Black-out.  The Narrator speaks, with the same text in golden script displaying his words.)

NARRATOR:
It will take a miracle for their lives to improve...

(Shot of Olivia singing & dancing in her bedroom in accompaniment with the steps performed by her newly-repaired dancing doll as it waltzes across her big table, providing the tinny back-up melody to her tune...)

OLIVIA:
Please send a miracle
Answer this prayer
For me...

(Black-out.  The Narrator speaks, with the same text in golden script displaying his words.)

NARRATOR:
...& that’s where Basil Of Baker Street comes in.

(Shot of Dr. Dawson & Mrs. Judson looking at Basil with bewildered expressions.)

BASIL (offscreen):
The Flavershams are dear friends to us.

(Shot of Basil putting on his invertness cape & deerstalker hat.)

BASIL:
If they’re going to make it through their difficult situation, they’re going to need a lot of help.  And I know just how to give it to them!

(Black-out.  Shot of Olivia looking at Basil’s letter, followed by a close-up of the paw-written text on the note.)

BASIL (voiceover):
I have seen you & your family in your struggles during the past several days...And I want to help make things better for all of you.

(Shot of Olivia glancing at the letter, then lifting her head up towards the camera & sporting a wide smile.)

BASIL (voiceover):
I feel it would be a most wonderful idea if you & your loved ones could take lodgings with me & Dr. Dawson at Baker Street while we help you get back on your feet again.

(Black-out.  The Narrator speaks, with the same text in golden script displaying his words.)

NARRATOR:
This summer...

(Shot of Olivia [holding a suitcase in her paw] rushing into Basil’s arms for a big hug on the front porch of the detective’s remodeled house, as Cousin Timmy, Hiram, Dr. Dawson, & Mrs. Judson watch on with sweet smiles & adoring expressions.)

(Black-out.  The Narrator speaks, with the same text in golden script displaying his words.)

NARRATOR:
...prepare for some VERY big changes.

(The image of Basil & Olivia hugging with the others around them suddenly changes.  Almost as soon as the shot begins, the camera pans toward Basil, Olivia, & the others as they suddenly look up towards the camera & sport frightened, terrified expressions, screaming fearfully.)

(As we cut to a wide shot of the porch, Basil, the Flavershams, Dawson, & Judson scramble for cover as two familiar shadows fall upon them.)

(The camera cuts to a shot revealing the Reformed Ratigan [dressed in his royal garb, clutching a suitcase] & Fidget [smiling as he presents gift baskets & glass bottles of soda pop in his wings] as they stand on the porch, looking positively harmless.)

REFORMED RATIGAN (acting amused about the others’ reactions to his presence):
Wait, now, what’s all the hullabaloo about?

FIDGET:
Are we havin’ a party? (cut to a close-up shot of him as he holds up the gift baskets & pop bottles) Don’t worry, I brought goodie bags & Rodent’s Delight for everyone!

REFORMED RATIGAN (whispering aside to Fidget, as the camera pans back to reveal him in the frame):
Fidget, I believe you know that those “presents” were meant for our gracious hosts.

(Ratigan smiles & gestures out with outstretched arms & palms to the unseen Flavershams, Basil, Dawson, & Judson.  Fidget stares at his boss cluelessly.)

FIDGET:
So it is a party?

REFORMED RATIGAN (quite annoyed with Fidget):
No, it is NOT a party!

FIDGET:
Then why did you tell me to bring these?

REFORMED RATIGAN:
Fidget, we’ve already gone through this! (the two start arguing & squabbling, & Ratigan only becomes more irritated & exasperated with his minion) Oh, for heaven’s sakes, Fidget, will you ever shut up & listen to me for just one second?!

FIDGET (after a beat):
I just did right now.

(Ratigan turns to glare at Fidget, who smiles sheepishly & titters.  At this point, the underscore of a techno song plays, continuing throughout the trailer until otherwise noted.)

(Shot of Mrs. Judson standing in front of the kitchen door, crossing her arms & looking crossly at Ratigan.)

REFORMED RATIGAN (offscreen):
You need some assistance cleaning the kitchen, Mrs. Judson? Well, allow me to present a most delightful method of helping you get the job done!

(Shot of Ratigan tying sponges onto the soles of his feet, dunking them into a bucket of sudsy water, & doing an elaborate skating routine as he sponge-scrubs the kitchen floor to the strains of a shortened version of Strauss’ “The Blue Danube”.)

(As soon he finishes his routine with an attempt at a triple Lutz, Ratigan suddenly slips on some water on the floor, causing his sponge-skates to take him on a wild ride all around the kitchen...before he finally screams as he slides into the wall & crashes.)

(The “Blue Danube” stops playing at this point, & Mrs. Judson—once sporting a concerned look on her face—winces as she hears Ratigan utter the next line.)

REFORMED RATIGAN (offscreen):
Oh, goodness gracious!  My back!

(Shot of the Baker Street Family [Olivia, Timmy, Hiram, Basil, Dawson, Mrs. Judson, the Reformed Ratigan, & Fidget] high-fiving each other & running towards the camera with adventurous expressions.  From this point on—unless otherwise noted—the Narrator speaks in voiceover.)

NARRATOR:
This summer...

(Shot of Olivia smiling & posing cutely in one of the new outfits that Basil has bought for her as one of his homecoming presents.)

NARRATOR:
...join Olivia...

(Shot of Hiram as he presents an orphan mouseling with a brand-new toy.)

NARRATOR:
...Hiram...

(Shot of Cousin Timmy offering a bouquet of multicolored paper flowers & making kissy-faces in front of a dressmaker’s dummy [dolled up like a pretty girl mouseling].)

NARRATOR:
...Cousin Timmy...

(Shot of Basil scrutinizing for clues on the cobblestone streets of Mouse London with his magnifying glass, all decked out in his mouse detective uniform.)

NARRATOR:
...Basil Of Baker Street...

(Shot of Dr. Dawson losing control of his bicycle in Regents Park, careening off the dusty park path, & going on a crazy ride across the green, as surprised rodents stop their leisurely activities & watch the runaway mouse.)

NARRATOR:
...Dr. Dawson...

(Shot of Mrs. Judson rapidly whirling two bottles of cleaning fluid in her paws like pistols & swiftly posing to “fire” them as she strikes a Western-style pose & sports an adventurous smile for the camera, a twinkle of light briefly showing on the glass of her spectacles.)

NARRATOR:
...Mrs. Judson...

(Shot of the Reformed Ratigan matching wits at chess with the movie director Cecil B. DeMont.)

NARRATOR:
...Ratigan...(Ratigan stops the chess game momentarily to put a fist to his mouth & clear his throat)...er, the Reformed Ratigan...(Ratigan smiles & goes back to the game)

(Shot of Fidget making funny faces at the camera.)

NARRATOR:
...& Fidget...

(Fidget pulls out his big ears & lets them snap back into place, sporting a goofy grin.)

(Shot of the Baker Street Family, now with the pregnant Victoria, boarding their makeshift airship & ascending into the night sky.)

NARRATOR:
...as they embark on the ultimate adventure of their lives...

(Shot of the Baker Street Family chasing Mouses Fiennes & the League Of Villains in their airships through the London skies.)

NARRATOR:
...& change the course of rodent history forever...

(Shot of Basil fighting Eunice & Shellington Batly on the rooftops of London during the climactic battle at the end, dodging their fierce moves & striking back with deft attacks of his own.)

NARRATOR:
Get ready for action...

(Basil manages to punch Shellington Batly in the face, knocking him out.)

(Shot of Fidget flying Olivia on his back through the winding twists & turns of a human’s hedge maze, as they hurry to avoid Eunice, Shellington, & the levitating Adrienne Ratburn [who are rapidly gaining up on them].)

NARRATOR:
...danger...

(Fidget & Olivia swoop down to avoid a low-lying tree branch & then make their escape, but Eunice, Shellington, & Adrienne notice it too late & all collide right into the branch.)

(Shot of the Baker Street Family, now with Victoria, whooping & cheering in delight as they ride their van down the wild & wacky rollercoaster leading to the Rat Trap Family Restaurant.)

NARRATOR:
...excitement...

(Different shots of all the members of the Baker Street Family having fun in the various sections of the human’s toy store.)

NARRATOR:
...nonstop fun...

(Shot of the Baker Street Family dancing with the German mice to the strains of “The Schottish” on the stage of the Rat Trap Family Restaurant.)

NARRATOR:
...musical merriment...

(Shot of Miriam, Manchester Maurice, & the ghost of Bartholomew in jazz outfits, performing an elaborate dance as they sing “Finally Free”.)

BARTHOLOMEW / MAURICE / MIRIAM (singing in unison):
If...we...didn't have Mouses,
We'd be so full of glee
If we didn't have Mouses,
We'd be the happiest blokes in history...

(Shot of Basil & Dawson trying to scurry away from the path of the giant runaway Ferris wheel at the human’s toy store.)

NARRATOR:
...thrills...

(Shot of Basil & Victoria falling out of the boat into the lake at the secret glade in Regents Park, before resurfacing & shivering like crazy.)

NARRATOR:
...chills...

(Shot of Olivia sitting up in bed as she hugs Hiram, crying against him & cuddling her face in his shirtfront to hide her tears.)

NARRATOR:
...drama...

(Shot of Basil & Victoria sharing a tender hug, followed by a shot of them kissing at their wedding.)

NARRATOR:
...romance...

(Shot from the final battle scene of Madame Ratburn gathering psychic power, as her body & eyes glow a pale blue.)

NARRATOR:
...magic...

(Madame Ratburn extends her paws out & fires a blast of psychic energy at some of Mouses Fiennes’ thugs, knocking them flat to the ground.)

(Shot of Basil [holding his magnifying glass & kit of detective tools], the Baker Street Family, & Toby wandering the streets of Mouse London on a foggy morning, looking around for clues.)

NARRATOR:
...mystery...

(Shot of the Baker Street Family watching with awed & amazed expressions as the crystal cave they are standing in begins to shimmer & sparkle with dazzling rainbow light.)

NARRATOR:
...& wonder...

(Shot of Olivia, Timmy, Hiram, Ratigan, Fidget, Basil, Dawson, Mrs. Judson, & Victoria gathering together in a tight circle & putting their right hands into the space between them to commence their official “family paw-shake”.)

NARRATOR:
...as Walt Disney Pictures & Shining Star Studios bring you...

(The rest of the Baker Street Family puts their right paws together with the others’, until everyone has done the act.)

NARRATOR:
...a sequel unlike any other...

(The Baker Street Family clasp their paws together, & with that, everyone lifts their arms all at once, raising their conjoined mass of hands high into the air in a single, swift movement.  At this point, a powerful burst of bright light explodes before the camera, followed by the film’s logo, which momentarily shines with a glossy gleam as the image on the screen fades into black behind it.)

NARRATOR:
“The Great Mouse Detective 2: A New Beginning”.  Coming to theaters this June.