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| “ | Jonathan Brisby was killed today while helping with the Plan. It is four years since our departure from NIMH, and our world is changing. We cannot stay here much longer. Jonathan was a dear friend. I am lost, knowing how to help his widow. She knows nothing of us, or the Plan. Perhaps best that I do nothing at present. I shall miss him. Jonathan, wherever you are, your thoughts must comfort her tonight. She'll be waiting, and you will not return. Farewell...my friend. | „ |
| ~ Nicodemus' opening narration. |
| “ | Courage of the heart is very rare. The stone has a power when it's there. | „ |
| ~ Nicodemus |
Nicodemus is one of the two overarching protagonists (alongside Johnathan Brisby) of the 1971 children’s novel Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and its 1982 animated film adaptation The Secret of NIMH.
He was voiced by Derek Jacobi.
History
Nicodemus was the wise, old, and magical leader and ruler of the rats who escaped from NIHM. The rats of NIHM were experimented on until they eventually developed human level intellect. Nicodemus became the most intellectually gifted among his kind so when the rats escaped their cages Nicodemus was made their leader.
Nicodemus gives Mrs. Brisby a mystical charm of his and offers to save her family to repay the kindness of her husband, Jonathan Brisby, who was interested in helping the rats escape NIMH. Unfortunately, later in the film, Nicodemus dies in his attempt to save the Brisby family when Jenner sabotages the moving of their house by cutting the ropes being used to transport it, which causes him to be crushed by the falling debris. However, his legacy and memory would live on afterwards when Justin took up the mantle and ultimately lead them to Thorn Valley where they could live independently and not have to steal from humans to survive like he intended for them.
Quotes
| “ | In the beginning, we were ordinary street rats... stealing our daily bread and living off the efforts of man's work. We were captured, put in cages and sent to a place called NIMH. There were many animals there... in cages. They were put through the most unspeakable tortures to satisfy some scientific curiosity. Often at night I would hear them crying out in anguish. Twenty rats and eleven mice were given injections. our world began changing... Then, one night, I looked upon the words under the cage door... and understood them. We had become intelligent. We could read. The miracle was kept secret from the scientists. And in the quiet of the night, we escaped through the ventilation system. The mice were blown away... sucked down dark air-shafts to their deaths. All, except two... Jonathan, and Mr. Ages. We were trapped by a locked door on the roof. It was Jonathan who made possible the unlocking of the door. | „ |
| ~ Nicodemus reveals to Mrs. Brisby about the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health). |
Gallery
External Links
- Nicodemus on the Pure Good Wiki
- Nicodemus on the Don Bluth Wiki