>>107703543The rats stood upright and had a much more usually cartoon lifestyle, which was a mini version of Paris made out of garbage bits. Like Jerry from Tom and Jerry. Bird's whole thing was to make them into mostly normal rats, that did not build elaborate tiny mouse houses, ran on all four feet, And people were instantly repulsed by them.
Also the original story was Remy was an actual chef in a restaurant, which took time away from his family. The story was originally meant to be how he could not balance his work life from his home life and stayed away from his family too much.
