Roderick "Roddy" St. James

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Roderick "Roddy" St. James
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Roddy St. James is a fictional rat, the main character, in the computer animated film Flushed Away.

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Roddy is a cultured pet rat who resides in a posh flat in the London district of Kensington. Roddy's life is one of non-stop leisure (he begins the film by staging everything from volleyball and golf games to movie premieres with his owner's dolls). However, he is visibly lonely despite his perceived freedom. His personality is initially standoffish, nervous to the point of cowardice and self-centred, but he grows throughout the film to be brave and loyal to his friend Rita. Roddy is clearly very intelligent, though more naive and a lot less cunning and resourceful than Rita. A lot of the film's comedic moments centre around Roddy's clumsiness and subsequent apologising when inadvertently destroying his surroundings. Though despite these outbursts of almost Clouseau-level uncoordination, he is also apparently an excellent dancer. His name is probably a nod to late actor Roddy McDowell

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