Why did Ratigan hate being called a rat?
In the original book series, Ratigan really was a mouse, but because of his bulk size and height, he was often mistaken for a rat. This insulted him greatly. In the film, Disney decided to make him a rat that wants to blend in with the mouse community, and no one dared to call him what he really was. The voice of Fidget sounds so familiar! Where have I heard it from? The gravel-sounding voice of the evil peg-legged bat belongs to Candy Candido (1913-1999), a veteran actor whom lent his talent in other Disney animated films such as Peter Pan (1953), Sleeping Beauty (1959), and Robin Hood (1973). Candido’s voice was changed to a higher recording speed for Fidget, yet it appears normal for one of the drunken mice in the bar scene who yells, “Get off the stage, you eight-legged bum!” to an octopus.
