The Secret of NIMH 3: Return to Thorn Valley

The Secret of NIMH 3: Return to Thorn Valley is the sequel to The Secret of NIMH and The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue.

Plot
The story starts one day at Thorn Valley, Timothy Brisby is married to Jenny McBride and they are expecting babies. Just as soon as Mrs. Brisby and Auntie Shrew came for a visit, they informed Tim about Justin and Mr. Ages’ discovery of the manuscript discovered by Nicodemus. By the time Tim met with them, it shows that the final page in the manuscript of Nicodemus written the final part of the prophecy that involves Tim and his older siblings Teresa, Martin and Cynthia to protect all innocence of Thorn Valley and others near and far from it form all evil including those of NIMH.

Just as Tim was getting ready to leave, Martin arrived from India with some refugee mice led by Dalaque and his daughter and Martin’s fiancé Sabina and were accompanied by a Péngyǒu a bodyguard to Martin after being rescued from being taken from China and about to be delivered to NIMH for experiment testing, Timothy then showed Martin the final prophecy predicted by Nicodemus. Soon, Tim, Martin, Justin, Mr. Ages, Brutus, Mrs. Brisby, Sabina, Jenny, Jeremy, Cecil and Péngyǒu begin their search for the Brisby Sisters. Later, they took off on their flying machine leaving Auntie Shrew to look after things in Thorn Valley.

At last, they arrive in the woods of Montana where they meet with Cynthia along with Lucas Benson and his uncle Milo along with their animal friends, Phillip and Philomena, the pair of pheasants who’re rescued from hunting season, and Cyrus who was rescued from being taken to NIMH. That night, Timothy and Martin explained Cynthia the prophecy from Nicodemus that involves the three of them including their eldest sister Teresa to protect all innocence of Thorn Valley and others near and far from in from every evil including those of NIMH as Lucas and Sebina offered them to help along with Jeremy, Cecil, Péngyǒu, Phillip, Philomena and Cyrus.

When dawn came, Tim, Martin, Cynthia, Lucas, Justin, Brutus, Jeremy, Cecil, Péngyǒu, Phillip, Philomena and Cyrus rescued the animals in crates from being taken to NIMH. Just as every last animal is rescued, Cynthia and Lucas lead most of the animals to a safe distance deep in the woods and far away from evil scientists from NIMH while Martin gives the others the direction to Thorn Valley for refuge and protection from harm as Justin trusts their plan. At last, they continued their journey and began their search for Teresa Brisby.

Soon, Timothy was checking up on Jenny while Sebina and Cynthia were watching over her. At last, they arrived in South Dakota from where Teresa found her new home as they set out. During the search, Martin was a bit left out when Tim offered to show him about heroism and what it takes to share trust with others including Justin and Mr. Ages. Finally, Mrs. Brisby encouraged Martin to trust his heart as Tim did when he once saved him from NIMH.

By the time the search goes by, the group were overrun by warriors of lakota mice. Just as Teresa embraced seeing her brothers, sister and mother again, she and Dakota along with their emperor scorpion friend Fernando led them to the village where they met Dakota’s father and leader of the tribe, Chief Tatanka as Teresa and Dakota showed everyone around the village. That night as soon as Tim, Martin and Cynthia told Teresa about the prophecy, they were given the Stone by Justin in hopes to use its power wisely while Aniyo the medicine mouse foretold the tribe’s history of Nicodemus from many centuries ago.

Just as everyone rests up, Jenny went into labor and is getting ready to give birth. With Tim comforting her, Martin, Cynthia, Lucas and Dakota support her condition along with Mrs. Brisby. As Sabina was able to deliver the babies, Jenny gave birth to triplets named Abraham, Curtis and Elizabeth, known as Abe, Curt and Beth, it was the proudest moment for Mrs. Brisby to meet her own grandchildren. As soon as a Lakota scout came and informed Tatanka about the truckload of animals about to be taken to NIMH as Tim, Martin, Teresa, Cynthia, Lucas and Dakota left to investigate with Justin, Brutus, Jeremy, Cecil, Péngyǒu, Phillip, Cyrus and Fernando, leaving Mrs. Brisby, Auntie Shrew, Sabina, Philomena and Mr. Ages watching over Jenny and the babies.

Soon, they came just in time to rescue the animals from being taken from their habitats to NIMH. With the situations planned carefully, they pick the locks to free the animals from their cages. Suddenly as Lucas accidentally startled Fernando, Martin risked his life to save Lucas from getting stung by his venom as he was brought back to village and Dakota treats his wounds with his remedy while Mr. Ages prepares the medicine to help stabilize him. As morning came, Timothy was relieved that Martin was back on his feet. With the Brisby Siblings together again, they gathered Dakota, Chief Tatanka, Aniyo and their tribe including Fernando, who was forgiven by Martin and they all set out back to Thorn Valley.

The moment they returned, everyone rejoiced that the Brisby Siblings arrived in Thorn Valley and Troy and Helen McBride were happy to meet their newborn grandchildren. Just as Martin finished his part time job with Big Joey, he met with Dalaque working on the blueprints for the cargo blimp in hopes to carry many animals of any size to bring them to the wilds of their habitat, zoos, circuses or brought safely to Thorn Valley for refuge and trained with Tim, Lucas, Dakota, Teresa, Cynthia, Justin, Brutus and Péngyǒu to be ready to stop any evil of NIMH.

Suddenly, a scout came back from the woodlands of Colorado and informed Justin and Tim about more animals taken from their habitats by poachers working for NIMH. Without a moment to lose, they gathered Martin, Sebina, Teresa, Dakota, Cynthia, Lucas and their animal friends and started saving many animals as some returned to their homes and others were brought to Thorn Valley. Soon, Martin begins to see many good people trying to save animals as well as he and his friends are.

Once all the group saved many animal habitats from one continent to another, Timothy got his friends together, gathering many few animals from each on their way straight back to Thorn Valley for refuge. As soon as they reach the destination not too far from NIMH, they begin to see a couple of teenagers trying to put NIMH out of business for experimenting on animals. By the time everyone’s back in Thorn Valley, no one would take Martin’s word to help any good people on account of exposing Thorn Valley to the world including NIMH.

That night while everyone’s asleep, Martin looked around and plans to leave Thorn Valley when Tim, Teresa, Cynthia, Jenny, Sebina, Lucas and Dakota join them as they gathered Jeremy, Cecil, Cyrus, Phillip and Fernando join them on their flying machine to make their way to seek help from the Great Owl in hopes to find a way to put a stop to NIMH for good.

Soon, they came to the Great Owl for his wisdom to put an end to the evils of NIMH. So with that, the Great Owl told them that they must expose NIMH to all good people from their evil ways. By the time Tim, Martin, Teresa, Cynthia and their friends set out to NIMH, Justin, Mr. Ages, Brutus and Milo Benson met with them and offered to help as Martin and Justin made up with each other for their own mistakes.

At last, they were able to reach NIMH without getting caught by either Dr. Valentine or any of his scientists. With the strategy planned carefully, Timothy has an idea as he, Lucas, Dakota, Martin, Cecil, Cyrus, Phillip and Fernando went inside the labs freeing the animals while Justin, Brutus and Péngyǒu guard their backs, leaving Milo and Mr. Ages watch the cargo blimp. Suddenly, Dr. Valentine found the animals escaped as Martin worked on the computer for live images and sent it to the police as all the animals of NIMH were brought safely in the cargo blimp. Just as soon as everyone took off, NIMH began to crumble. After it was burned to the ground, Dr. Valentine and his scientist were arrested for all charges and animal abuse.

Once everyone returns to Thorn Valley, everyone cheers for Timothy and his friends for their bravery. With NIMH brought down for good, there was a new statue made in honor of Tim, Martin, Teresa and Brisby with their father on the writing saying “Jonathan Brisby and Sons and Daughters” as Mrs. Brisby was very proud of all her children with a brighter future to come.

Cast

 * Jesse McCartney as Timothy Brisby
 * John DiMaggio as Jeremy
 * Judge Reinhold as Justin
 * Paul Dobson as Mr. Ages
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Brutus
 * Hayden Panettiere as Jenny "McBride" Brisby
 * Taye Diggs as Cecil
 * Phillip Van Dyke as Martin Brisby
 * Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Sabina, Martin's Indian fiancé.
 * Alfred Molina as Dalaque, Sabina's father.
 * Jet Li as Péngyǒu, a martial artist kung fu fighting chinese crocodile lizard.
 * Whitney Claire Kaufman as Cynthia Brisby
 * T.J. Miller as Lucas Benson, Cynthia's boyfriend.
 * J. K. Simmons as Milo Benson, Lucas’ uncle and hermit mouse of Montana.
 * Patrick Warburton as Phillip, a paranoid pheasant who hates hunters with guns and yearns to fly.
 * Wanda Sykes as Philomena, Phillip's mate who takes no chances of having chicks until he and his mate are settled in a safe home.
 * Steve Buscemi as Cyrus, a wise cracking caecilian.
 * Vanessa Hudgens as Teresa Brisby
 * Tatanka Means as Dakota, Teresa's Lakota fiancé.
 * Rodney A. Grant as Chief Tatanka, Dakota's father and leader of the Lakota Mice.
 * Wes Studi as Aniyo, a Lakota medicine mouse.
 * Danny Trejo as Fernando, a loyal and protective emperor scorpion.
 * Danny DeVito as Big Joey, Martin’s employer and owner of the buffet restaurant who is good hearted and understanding.
 * Debi Mae West as Mrs. Brisby
 * Rachel House as Auntie Shrew
 * Tress MacNeille as Helen McBride
 * Jeff Bennett as Troy McBride
 * James Earl Jones as the Great Owl and the narrator

Transcript

 * The Secret of NIMH 3: Return to Thorn Valley/Transcript