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{{quote|'''Basil''': Elementary, my dear Dawson.}}

A long since out-of-print children's book series written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone about Basil of Baker Street, the [[Sherlock Holmes]] of the [[Mouse World]], and his personal biographer, Dr. David Q. Dawson. [[Adaptation Displacement|Not as well known as its]] [[Animated Adaptation]], ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]''.

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== Series-wide: ==
* [[Adaptation Displacement]]
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Basil is quite able to hold his own in a fight against multiple opponents.
* [[Barefoot Cartoon Animal]]s: While mostly averted in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'', Galdone's illustrations show a lack of shoes for any of the characters.
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Throughout the series but averted in '''Basil and the Pygmy Cats'''  {{spoiler|since, you know, the cats are the same size as the mice.}}
* [[Dreadful Musician]]: Sort of. While Basil can't play the violin like [[Sherlock Holmes|his mentor]] to save his life, he is quite good at playing the flute.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Ratigan
* [[Great Detective]]: Basil
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Each book has a Cast of Characters section in the front.
* [[Master of Disguise]]: Basil
* [[Narrator]]: Dawson throughout the series but the role is taken over temporarily for one chapter of '''Basil in Mexico''' by {{spoiler|Basil since at the time Dawson was kidnapped by Ratigan.}}
* [[Police Are Useless]]
* [[Private Detective]]: Basil
* [[Sherlock Scan]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: Plenty of shoutouts throughout the series to Titus' other mouse-related series, Anatole and of course, to [[Sherlock Holmes|The Canon]] itself.
* [[Sidekick]]: Dawson
* [[The Watson]]: Dawson
* [[Tuckerization]]: Titus has a habit of naming fictional characters after real life Sherlockians, including Vincent Starrett and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's son, Adrian.
* [[Victorian London]]


==  Basil of Baker Street ==
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Harry Hawkins, Sam Stilton
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Averted. Titus quotes the often missaid line in Robert Burns' "To a Mouse" correctly.
* [[GPS Evidence]]: How Basil and Dawson manage to find The Terrible Three.
* [[Location Theme Naming]]: Basil and Dawson sign the Greymouse Inn registry as "Captain Baker" and "Mr. Street".
* [[The Magnificent]]: Barney the Bank Robber, Clarence the Crook, Freddie the Forger, Percy the Pickpocket
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Angela and Agatha Proudfoot


==  Basil and the Lost Colony ==
* [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti]]: The Adorable Snowmouse
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Flora and Fauna Faversham
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The Sealed Mousehole Mystery


==  Basil and the Pygmy Cats ==
* [[Doppelganger]]: The characters note Basil's uncanny resemblance to the deceased Prince Semloh. (Whether this is a case of [[Identical Grandson]] or [[Famous Ancestor]] isn't explained.)
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: This book ''loves'' this trope. Elyod, Nairda, Semloh, Relda.
* [[The Magnificent]]: Elyod the Good, Semloh the Poet Prince


==  Basil in Mexico ==


==  Basil in the Wild West ==

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