Baxter Ant the Master Detective is a 1987 American animated mystery adventure film produced by Sony Pictures and released by Tristar Pictures. The film was directed by Burny Mattinson, David Michener, and the team of John Musker and Ron Clements, who later directed The Little Mermaid (1989) and Aladdin (1992). The film was also known as The Adventures of Baxter Ant the Master Detective for its 1993 theatrical re-release and Baxter the Master Ant Detective in some countries. The main characters are all bugs living in Victorian London. Based on the children's book series Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus, it draws heavily on the tradition of Sherlock Holmes with a heroic ant who consciously emulates the detective; Titus named the main character after actor Basil Rathbone, who is best remembered for playing Holmes in film (and whose voice, sampled from a 1966 reading of "The Red-Headed League" was the voice of Holmes in this film, 20 years after his death). Sherlock Holmes also mentions "Basil" as one of his aliases in the Arthur Conan Doyle story "The Adventure of Black Peter". Baxter Ant the Master Detective was released to theaters on July 1, 1987.
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- Johnny Depp as Baxter Ant
- Phil Collins as Darwin
- Patty Maloney as Alice Daisybottom