She uses the cable as a belt and parts with Roddy as she parkours safely to the ground. She uses the Master Cable to zipline from the hideout, only to have Roddy hitch a ride on her. When the pair are trapped in The Toad's ice machine, she devises a plan to get out using a paper clip for the lock and unscrewing the top of the tube, somehow trapping Whitey and Spike inside. ![]() She proves she can take care of herself as she beats up the lackeys, only to be stopped by Whitey. She hides him on the ship when she hears The Toad's cronies coming for her, though he gives the location away on accident. Roddy at first thinks she is a male captain, but she corrects him when he calls her "Mister Captain Skipper Thingy" with Miss Captain Skipper Thingy. When Roddy arrives in the sewer city, he is directed by an elderly pirate cook to Rita and her ship, The Jammy Dodger. Her family seems to know how dangerous the job is, as they honour when she comes home and seem gleefully she is safe. When Rita's father had to take a break from the action (because of an accident where he literally broke every bone in his body) working in a dangerous part of the drain, Rita takes on the job of providing for her family. Rita lives for the moment and believes that taking chances is an essential part of life. Malone, as a scavenger on the old family boat, the Jammy Dodger (before it was sunk). Rita has spent most of her life, working with her father, Mr. She wears a turquoise knit shirt with orange lines, a cable as a belt (before, a regular brown belt until The Toad steals it back), flag pants adorned on London (with blue striped panties underneath), and brown cap shoes. It also bugged me that at the end of the film Roddy had become Rita’s first (only) mate i.e.Rita is a teenaged female mouse with pale brown fur, light green eyes, and fire-red hair. This may seem like nitpicking, but it bugged me that the way the female character helped the male character out was by being his chump whereas the male character helped her in return by an act of dashing noble chivalry. Roddy duly rescues her, in a heroic manly stunt that beats any of the grudging (or downright non-consensual) assistance that he ever weaselled out of her. On the other hand, Rita does find herself in need of rescuing and doesn’t have a lot of choice other than to wait for him to come to her aid – she is, of course, tied up by the Toad so she can’t escape. He needed her, but he got her help by using or manipulating her, rather than having to wait for her to rescue him. ![]() He was wimpy and clumsy and totally out of his depth, but he “saved himself” by clinging onto Rita, mainly against her will, and therefore imposing himself upon her rather than actually being rescued by her. Rita was certainly, as mentioned, resourceful and kick-ass, but she never actually saved or rescued Roddy. It was also nice that Rita and Roddy didn’t end up as boy- and girl-friend – it was hinted at the end that this might happen later, but there was mercifully no actual kissing, sighing, mooning, falling into each other’s arms or other annoying romantics. She however has other concerns, as she has stolen a ruby from The Toad, needing the money to help support her parents, her uncountable siblings and assorted other family members – and the henchrats are in hot pursuit.įeminist analysis: it was of course really great to see a strong, female lead. ![]() ![]() In the sewers, he discovers a rat city, complete with an evil toad supervillain. He meets resourceful, kick-ass rat pirate Rita (who has Kate Winslet’s voice), the only rat in the sewer who might be able to get him back home. When his family go away on holiday, an invading rat takes over the house and Roddy gets flushed down the toilet… Roddy is a spoiled only-rat who lives as a pampered pet in a gilt cage (literally) in Kensington. This is a CG animation by Aardman, which consequently has an actual story as well as some great lines, and plenty of toilet humour.
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