It is a familiar trope of detective stories, “the butler did
it.” Sometimes the butler is the antagonist, sometimes it is someone else, but
that poor butler is always the first one to be suspected. In Disney’s The Aristocats, that suspicion is well
founded. The butler, Edgar, really did do it when he realized that Duchess and
her three kittens were destined to get Madame’s fortune instead of himself. As
Duchess and her kittens attempt to return to Madame via a sort of Incredible
Journey accompanied by that dashing tomcat Thomas O’Malley, Edgar settles in to
enjoy his future fortune, but this is a Disney film, so there is only one way
this one can end. With our protagonists living happily ever after!
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