Detective Rat

Detective Rat is is a 1996 animated short film produced by Beauty and the Beast Animation Studios and released on October 18, 1996 by Michael Shires Pictures.

Synopsis
Remy Rat takes on the role of "Johnny Eyeball, Private Eye" as he takes on the case of the missing "Al."

Plot
Remy Rat is hired to solve a mystery of a missing "Al." He searches the city for clues, but constantly runs into a city sheriff (who is portrayed by Ralph Tube) who tells him to let the police handle it. A car chase occurs and the drivers ram into a haystack. It turns out that Al is actually the city sheriff who is supposed to get married to the woman who hires Remy Rat to find him.

Voice Cast:

 * Stephen Fry as Johnny Eyeball
 * Jason Alexander as Al Muldoon (uncredited)
 * Lena Headey as The Dame (uncredited)
 * Wallace Shawn as Crayon Man (uncredited)
 * Frank Welker as Mortician (uncredited)
 * Paul Kandel as Narrator (uncredited)

Production

 * The animation is produced by Beauty and the Beast Animation Studios, Reynolds Webb Studios and Assistant Animation by Crest Animation Productions.

Home video releases
VHS
 * Shiresland Peter Pan

DVD
 * Shiresland Peter Pan
 * Remy Rat DVD Collection - Running Amok!
 * Remy Rat Treasures - The Chronic Rat - Volume 7
 * Remy's 789th Birthday - Disc 2

Sound Effects Used

 * Sound Ideas, HORN, FOG - LOW FOG HORN/Valentino Foghorn
 * Disney Comical Male Screaming
 * Disney - WATER SPLASH
 * Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - CLOSE 03
 * Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - OPEN 04
 * Disney Cymbal Crash
 * Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BIRD - LIGHT TWITTERING OF BIRDS
 * Sound Ideas, HEAD SHAKE, CARTOON - THROAT GARBLE, SHORT
 * H-B CRASH, CARTOON - HEAVY METAL JUNK CRASH
 * Hollywoodedge, Metal Junk Crash CRT033509
 * Hollywoodedge, Metal Crash Car Heav PE1052006
 * Disney Big Junk Crash
 * Hollywoodedge, Long Stretch Pop CRT049308
 * Sound Ideas, AUTO, TIRE SQUEAL - SQUEAL AROUND CORNER
 * Disney Ricochet
 * Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - CRAZY BASS DRUM AND CYMBAL CRASH, MUSIC, PERCUSSION 02
 * Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - MACHINE GUN BULLET RICOCHETS OF CONCRETE
 * Looney Tunes Cartoon Fall Sound
 * Sound Ideas, TELEPHONE BOOTH - DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE
 * Disney Poof Sound
 * Sound Ideas, BOOK - TURN THREE PAGES
 * Sound Ideas, CRASH, DOOR - KICK IN DOOR, BREAK
 * Sound Ideas, AUTO, CARTOON - BROWN'S ZOOM BY
 * Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BIG LONG CAR SKID
 * Hollywoodedge, Car Door OCFull Size PE075401
 * Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - WHISTLE, MANY BLASTS, CLOSE UP
 * EMI, Steam Trains - Express Passing
 * Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE PASS BY FAST
 * Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - TEMPLE BLOCK RUN UP 02
 * Car Door Open 2
 * Car Door Close 2
 * Sound Ideas, AUTO, DRIVING - GET IN, START UP, SQUEAL AWAY
 * Sound Ideas, AUTO, SKID - BRAKE SKID, TIRE 02