InfluenceMEDIUM
Sherlock Holmes influenced The Great Mouse Detective
Added by Media Influence Map · 23 October 2026
The influence
Sherlock Holmes
Short Story · 1887
The work it shaped
The Great Mouse Detective
Animation · 1986
The evidence
Basil of Baker Street is a mouse Sherlock Holmes living beneath 221B; Holmes and Watson appear in silhouette in the film, Holmes voiced by Basil Rathbone from a 1966 recording of The Red-Headed League.
Discussion
Support it, question it, or add a source. Everything here is public and stays with the connection.