Welcome to another episode of Mental Health Multiverse: A podcast where we mindfully break down your pop culture favs and discuss them through the lens of self care, mental health, and personal development.

This week on MHM we are talking about a rarely talked about the villain from “The Great Mouse Detective,” RATIGAN! HB & LB agree that this is one of Disney’s most underrated movies and think it deserves more attention and appreciation…

As always, in addition to discussing our memories and experiences with the film as a whole, we also delve into Ratigan’s motivations, personality traits, background, and manipulative nature, highlighting the dark themes and complex dynamics in the movie. We also relate Ratigan's behavior to real-life experiences with volatile personalities, discussing the mental health implications, and consider whether a redemption arc is possible for such a character.

Questions, themes, and topics we touch on include:

• Ratigan’s iconic voice actor

• The dark threads of Disney

• This movie’s ties and parallels to Sherlock Holmes

• Dealing with a volatile, unpredictable caregiver/parent

• Healing from growing up with hypervigilance

Resources:

• Minor Sherlock Holmes Characters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Sherlock_Holmes_characters

• The Professor’s Portrait: https://great-mouse-detective.fandom.com/wiki/Professor_Padraic_Ratigan

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Heather (HB): Heather is an inclusive fitness coach helping self-proclaimed nerds who feel like they don’t “fit in” in fitness create healthier habits by using pop culture and fandom to make fitness more accessible and fun.

Marisa (LB): Marisa is a trauma-informed perfectionism recovery coach helping people turn down the volume on the inner critic and turn up the volume on their compassionate inner voice to help them become the kind, understanding adult they needed growing up.