The Rat
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The Rat is the climax's antagonist from Lady and the Tramp.
Role in Film
Lady first encounters the rat while she is running happily in the back yard. She sees the rat, growls, and chases after him, causing the rodent to scatter through a hole in the fence. The rat has a bigger antagonistic role in the climax of the film when he comes back to Jim Dear and Darling's house through the fence hole, while Lady is tied to her doghouse on a rainy night. While Lady barks at the rat, Aunt Sarah tells her to shush. Tramp hears Lady's barks and she tells him that there's a rat in the house. Tramp follows the rat to the baby's room just in time before he can harm the baby. The two engage in a fight, until at one point the rat gets in the baby's crib, about to kill the baby. Tramp chases the rat to the back of a couch, while overturning the baby's crib by accident, causing the infant to cry. Tramp corners the rat on the couch and finally kills him.
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Trivia
- The Rat is the only Lady and the Tramp antagonist that doesn't make any sound whatsoever other than a few squeaks, while it was being attacked by Tramp.
- It is never outright stated that the Rat wants to harm the baby. However, it is implied as it sneaks into the baby's room, and at one point jumps into the baby's crib, but is thrown out by Tramp.
- In an early script, the Rat's name was Herman.
- The Rat was animated by Wolfgang Reitherman who also animated Monstro, the climax's antagonist of Pinocchio.
- The Rat, Si & Am, and the Stray Dogs were the only Disney Villains who didn't have redemption.
- The Rat was the only villain to die at the end.
- The Rat's gender is unclear, perhaps male since he was named Herman in the early script.
- The Rat was often confused to be the movie's secondary antagonist.
- The Rat's eyes are yellow.
- The Rat's breed might be a Brown Rat.
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