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'''This page is about the animated film ''The Secret of NIMH''. If you are looking for the article about the book or its literary sequels, see ''[[Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]]''.'''
 
'''''The Secret of NIMH''''' is [[Don Bluth]]'s first feature-length film; it is based ''[[Adaptation Distillation|very]]'' [[Adaptation Distillation|loosely]] on Robert C. O'Brien's Newbery Medal Award-winning novel ''[[Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]]''.
 
Mrs. [[Writing Around Trademarks|Brisby]] is a widowed mouse and mother of four living near a farm. With spring fast approaching and the frost melting from the ground, her family has to move in order to avoid the farmer's plow—but one of the children, Timothy, has come down with pneumonia and can't be moved for a few weeks. Taking the advice of an all-knowing owl, Mrs. Brisby seeks the aid of the Rats of NIMH, a group of escaped lab rats that were rendered super-intelligent via experimental drugs. After meeting with the rats' leader, Nicodemus, Mrs. Brisby finds out that her late husband Jonathan had been a good friend of the rats—and died while helping the rats carry out a plan to leave the human world behind. Nicodemus agrees to help Mrs. Brisby move her home, but some of the other rats have plans of their own...
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* [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome]]: The amulet Nicodemus gives Ms. Brisby.
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Jeremy the Crow can't resist "sparklies."
* [[Barefoot Cartoon AnimalsAnimal]]s: Most of the rats, with Nicodemus as [[The One Who Wears Shoes]].
* [[Beard of Evil]]: Jenner has one.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Jeremy, a lonely compassionate crow that just wants to help out and find love; unfortunately, he is also a hapless klutz, tending to cause more problems than he solves. He's constantly reprimanded by [[Beware the Nice Ones|Mrs. Brisby]] until she eventually gets rid of him by having him see to [[You! Get Me Coffee!|trivial minor duties]], both of which he fails miserably with too. Perhaps a crueler example than a lot of Bluth's other examples, since Jeremy does not have involvement in the final climax and thus doesn't get to redeem himself (though he does get his "Mrs. Right" at the end of it all).
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