History Literature / BasilOfBakerStreet

** Plenty of shoutouts throughout the series to Titus' other mouse-related series, Anatole (and of course, to [[Literature/SherlockHolmes The Canon]] itself.
** Also to Basil Rathbone who played Sherlock Holmes in numerous films and a radio series.

* Awesome, Dear Boy!: Basil worships Sherlock Holmes in a hero like fashion, and takes his status as the Sherlock Holmes of the Animal Kingdom with all the seriousness it deserves. He leads by example, and refuses to back down when and where it matters most.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Each book has a Cast of Characters section in the front.

* EvilCounterpart: Ratigan

* {{Narrator}}: Dawson throughout the series but the role is taken over temporarily for one chapter of ''Basil in Mexico'' by [[spoiler:Basil since at the time Dawson was kidnapped by Ratigan.]]

** Plenty of shoutouts throughout the series to Titus' other mouse-related series, Anatole and of course, to [[Literature/SherlockHolmes The Canon]] itself.

* {{Sidekick}}: Dawson

%%* TheWatson: Dawson

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* ShoutOut: Plenty of shoutouts throughout the series to Titus' other mouse-related series, Anatole and of course, to [[Literature/SherlockHolmes The Canon]] itself.

[[caption-width-right:169:Wait, ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' was based off of ''books'' plural?]]

Children's book series written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone about Basil of Baker Street, the Literature/SherlockHolmes of the MouseWorld, and his personal biographer, Dr. David Q. Dawson. [[AdaptationDisplacement Not as well known as its]] AnimatedAdaptation, ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective''. It was out-of-print for a number of years, but the entire series was republished in May of 2016 by Aladdin.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: While mostly averted in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Galdone's illustrations show a lack of shoes for any of the characters.

* VictorianLondon
* TheWatson: Dawson

A long since out-of-print children's book series written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone about Basil of Baker Street, the Literature/SherlockHolmes of the MouseWorld, and his personal biographer, Dr. David Q. Dawson. [[AdaptationDisplacement Not as well known as its]] AnimatedAdaptation, ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective''.

* BeamMeUpScotty: Averted. Titus quotes the often missaid line in Robert Burns' "To a Mouse" correctly.

* BarefootCartoonAnimals: While mostly averted in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Galdone's illustrations show a lack of shoes for any of the characters.

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* CatsAreMean: Throughout the series but averted in '''Basil and the Pygmy Cats''' [[spoiler: since, you know, the cats are the same size as the mice.]]

* {{Narrator}}: Dawson throughout the series but the role is taken over temporarily for one chapter of '''Basil in Mexico''' by [[spoiler:Basil since at the time Dawson was kidnapped by Ratigan.]]

* TheWatson: Dawson

* AlliterativeName: Harry Hawkins, Sam Stilton

* TheMagnificent: Barney the Bank Robber, Clarence the Crook, Freddie the Forger, Percy the Pickpocket
* ThemeTwinNaming: Angela and Agatha Proudfoot

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Adorable Snowmouse
* ThemeTwinNaming: Flora and Fauna Faversham
* NoodleIncident: The Sealed Mousehole Mystery

* TheMagnificent: Elyod the Good, Semloh the Poet Prince

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A long since out-of-print children's book series written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone about Basil of Baker Street, the SherlockHolmes of the MouseWorld, and his personal biographer, Dr. David Q. Dawson. [[AdaptationDisplacement Not as well known as its]] AnimatedAdaptation, ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective''.

* DreadfulMusician: Sort of. While Basil can't play the violin like [[SherlockHolmes his mentor]] to save his life, he is quite good at playing the flute.

* ShoutOut: Plenty of shoutouts throughout the series to Titus' other mouse-related series, Anatole and of course, to [[SherlockHolmes The Canon]] itself.

* AdaptationDisplacement

[[caption-width-right:169:Wait, ''DisneyTheGreatMouseDetective'' was based off of ''books'' plural?]]

[[caption-width-right:169:Wait, TheGreatMouseDetective was based off of ''books'' plural?]]

* BarefootFunnyAnimals: While mostly averted in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Galdone's illustrations show a lack of shoes for any of the characters.