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O'Brien's daughter, Jane Leslie Conly, wrote two other novels based on the rats of NIMH. Racso and the Rats of NIMH tells the story of a city rat who runs away to join the new colony, befriending Timothy, while saving the colony from a flood along the way. In R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH, the rats rescue two lost human children who in turn help to save the colony before winter.
In 1982, the animated film The Secret of NIMH was released, directed by Don Bluth. The film adds a mystical element completely absent from the novel, with Nicodemus portrayed as a wise, bearded old wizard with a magic seeing mirror and enchanted amulet, rather than middle-aged and with an eye patch. The character of Jenner is made a villain who kills Nicodemus, and Jenner along with a secondary villain, Sullivan, are killed in a sword fight. Additionally, Mrs. Frisby's name was changed to Brisby to avoid trademark infringement with the Frisbee. The crow Jeremy receives greater prominence as comic relief in the film than he has in the book.
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