Andrew McBride
NAME: Andrew Zachary McBride
AGE: 38
BIRTHPLACE:
OCCUPATION: Photographer
FAVORITE QUOTES: “Smile, everyone!”
“Mind if I take your picture for the Illustrated London Mouse?”
“Say ‘cheese’!”
“Could all of you just hold still?!”
FANFIC APPEARANCES: “Ratigan’s Story”, “The Baker Street Family Chronicles”, “Ratigan To The Rescue”, “The Face In The Mirror”, “The Hound Of The Wickervilles”, “From The Casebook Of Basil Of Baker Street”, “The Adventure Of The Wedding Song”, “The Adventure Of The Speckled Band”, “When The Roads Are Smooth Again”, “Blue Hawaii”, “The Power Of One”, “Hello, Livvy!”, “Around The World In A Week”, “Fatherhood”, “Only Time”, “Baker Street Tales”, etc. (There’s too many to list!)
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Tall, & thin. Has sandy-tan fur, short brown hair, a small brown nose, bright brown eyes, whiskers, & curvy pink ears. Wears a flowered Hawaiian shirt, blue jeans, small glasses, & brown sandals.
MARITAL STATUS: Married (to Sally McBride); heterosexual
CHILDREN: Julie McBride (daughter), Jane McBride (daughter), Eliza McBride (daughter), Gadget McBride (daughter)
NATIONALITY: British
VOICE ACTOR: Sam Neill (Hear my voice!)
CHARACTER MODELS: Alexander Ratigan (Jenny M. Stead’s character), Dale (from “Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers”)
FAVORITE THINGS: Taking pictures, namely
WHEREABOUTS: With his family at Lower 221B
RELIGION: Methodist-Christian
BORN: September 11, 1859
DIED: Not deceased yet, but will die on June 19, 1954 (of old age)
SPECIES: Common domestic mouse
CHARACTER DESIGNER: Anastasia Ashworth
BLOOD TYPE: A+
HEALTH PROBLEMS / DISABILITIES / ILLNESSES SUFFERED: Colds, the sniffles, a few bloody / broken noses (after being punched by some celebrities)
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Virgo
EDUCATION: Graduated from Manchester College (with a degree in Professional Photography)
ODD HABITS: Taking pictures of certain rodents at inappropriate moments
NOTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Has taken countless photos for many famous people, including Princess & Queen Mousetoria; has promoted many movies & TV shows; has won many awards for his photo collections; discovered a rare flower on an island
TALENTS: Is an excellent photographer; not a bad singer, either
EXTRACURRICULAR: His “Rainbows” collection is his most famous; took a prize-winning photo for his wife’s article on a mysterious young Afghan girl; has helped chronicle many of the Baker Street Family’s adventures just by taking pictures; his favorite TV show is “Up Close With Nature”; served as a soda jerk during his high school days; his favorite cheese is Bleu; is fond of pop music videos; is allergic to table pepper
HEIGHT: 2 inches
WEIGHT: 109 oz.
FAVORITE COLORS: All the colors of the rainbow
PRIZED POSSESSIONS: His camera, his folders of photos, his photography books, his darkroom
LIKES: Taking pictures, spending time with his family, going on adventures
DISLIKES: Getting punched in the face, villains, being disobeyed by his daughters
PASTIMES: Taking pictures, spending time with his family, going on adventures
FAMILY: Upton McBride (father), Wendy McBride (mother), Christina McBride (sister), Richie McBride (brother)
BIO: Andrew McBride, the youngest of 3 siblings (including a sister & a half-brother) was born to Upton McBride (an architect) & his wife Wendy (a schoolteacher) in
In 1879, shortly after moving to
Like his beloved wife, Andrew is a sweet-tempered, warm-hearted fellow, kind & friendly to everyone he meets; while no Arthurian knight, he is good-natured to a fault & as decent a lad as you would meet on a May morning. The thing everyone loves most about Andrew, though, is his good sense of humor; he loves telling jokes almost as much as he does hearing them, & he enjoys comedy of all sorts. However, there is a downside to this otherwise-darling aspect of his personality—being the least clever member of the Baker Street Family, Andrew tends to be goofy & dim-witted most of the time, much to the chagrin of his wife Sally.
However, Andrew makes up for his naivety with his adventurous spirit, as he is always willing to tag along on some escapade involving his family. Good thing he always brings his beloved camera along to capture the moments...*wink*
Andrew McBride is a decent mouse, & may be approached without caution.
Back in 2003, I had just finished reading a GMD story called “My Fellow Detective” for inspiration for my own stories, & since the only thing I could do to make characters back in those days was to parody or pilfer, I lifted the character of Alexander Ratigan (not pictured so as not to violate copyright) from the story & put him in my own GMD adventures; my version of the character, even after he was scrapped & replaced with Andrew McBride (long story there), was a photographer, but his personality was modeled after that of everyone’s favorite chipmunk Dale (pictured above), for his lovable goofiness & sense of pluckiness.