| Submitter |
Name of Show |
Comments |
| Scott Saftler |
M*A*S*H |
Radar's mouse "Daisy" races a Marine unit's mouse
"Sluggo". Unfortunately, Winchester feeds some speed to "Daisy" with
near-disastrous effects. |
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Home Improvement |
"Judy's Rat," a lady who actually exists here in the East Bay of
SF, uses trained rats to wire schools for the internet. She used to have a web site
called, appropriately, www.judyrat.com, but it seems to have disappeared.
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Fawlty Towers "Basil the Rat" |
Basil Fawlty tries to keep Manuel's pet cinnamon rat ("a
Siberian Hamster," he called it. Thanks to Sue Naylor for the correction) out of the
kitchen during the health inspector's visit. |
| |
The Simpsons |
Homer, as the mayor's bodyguard, exposes a Mafia plot to feed the children
of Springfield rats' milk. |
| |
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |
Mice are studying the Earth to determine "The Meaning of Life, the
Universe and Everything," the answer to which, of course, is 42! |
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Cheers |
Lilith's pet lab rat is lost by Frasier. She was QUITE upset. |
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Jeopardy! |
The March 17, 2000 show had a category on "Symbolic
Rodents." |
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The Practice |
Rerun shown in March, 2000, where a rat visited the Boston
law firm. The poor guy was killed and an otherwise animal loving lawyer
admitted to being happy to see the "vermin" destroyed. |
| |
X-Files "Via Negativa" |
Rats attack man in jail cell. Or did they? |
| |
X-Files "Surekill" |
Investigation of a rat-exterminating company. Rats in a
dumpster are unceremoniously attacked. |
| Marilyn Saftler |
"Once Upon a Hamster" |
Canadian-based children's show with the Riverbank adventures of Hammy
Hamster and friends, among them a pretty little rat girl inexplicably referred to as
"Martha Mouse." See www.hammyhamster.com
for details, or check it out on Animal Planet at 6-7 AM Eastern Time (3-4 AM Pacific). |
| Various |
X-Files "Teso Dos Bichos" |
Lots of rats crawling out of a toilet. |
| zergling@my-dejanews.com |
The PSI Factor |
The story was a sort of a Pied Piper deal, with a high-pitched sound
emanating from the center of town, driving them out of there. |
| Mary Gentle |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
Buffy is cursed and transformed into a cute agouti doe. |
| Paghat the ratgirl (violet@drizzle.com) |
King Leo the Lion |
Character "Biggy Rat" |
| Annette Nordheim |
British series First Among Equals |
Each show opens with a shot of rats by the Thames River. |
| |
The Wind in the Willows |
A water rat named "Rat" |
| Ratbrat (timmles@cts.com) |
Transformers Next Generation |
The character "Rat Trap" is elected leader of the Transformers
when the gorilla disappears. (Another case of life imitating art?) |
| Debbie Ducommun (ratlady@sunset.net) |
"Rats Among Us" |
A Canadian film done in conjunction with the Discovery Channel. (Shameless
plug: See Debbie's web page at www.ratfanclub.org.) |
| Staffan Vilcans (Link to Staffan's
Home Page) |
"Lattjo Lajban" |
Swedish children's TV show called featuring two rats (Rummel and
Rabalder).
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"Married with Children" |
Buck the dog goes to heaven and is put on trial. He is defended by a rat. |
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"Fort Boyard" |
Game Show with rats. |
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"Hjarnkontoret" |
Swedish children's science show. |
| Daphne Tucker (ivy97@skybest.com) |
South Park |
A string of rats crawls out of the school window at the opening of the
show. |
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"The Simpsons" Christmas episode |
A rat wearing antlers sits at the bar. |
| Sue Wrightson (s.wrightson@virgin.net) |
South Park |
Rats are quite prominent, apparently showing up everytime Kenny dies to
chow down. |
| |
"Breathe" video (by Prodigy) |
Allegedly scary rat, but actually cute, so says Sue. |
| Skia Morgan (SkiaM@webtv.net) |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
Amy the Witch turns herself into a rat to escape a fire. Apparently she
can't change back, but Willow says that "she LOVES her little wheel" |
| Chshre Cat |
Star Trek Deep Space 9 |
A black hooded and an "almost dalmatian" marked rat shown in a
seedy storage bay. |
| Heather (graye79@juno.com) |
Pokemon |
There are two characters, named "Rattata" and
"Raticate". |
| Mathew Wright (headsortails@cwcom.net) |
"The Rat Race" |
TV show, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, which aired on
UK Horizons in April of 2000. |
| Rebecca (sydtyk@aol.com) |
"Twisted Tales" |
Animal Planet-produced show on animals with a bad rep. RMCA
show feature in the show. |
Great stat, Kirsten. Definitely ROTFLMAO when I read this!