The Great Mouse Detective/Home media

Home media

 * Despite its financial success at the box office, The Great Mouse Detective does not come out on home video until after its re-release in 1992, when it was part of their Walt Disney Classics line; the film was re-issued on VHS in 1999, and on VHS and DVD in 2002. These home media releases all contain the 1992 re-issue title print (The Adventures of The Great Mouse Detective).
 * In April 13, 2010, the restored special edition of the film was released on DVD, but unlike all previous home media releases (which contain the 1992 re-issue title print, The Adventures of The Great Mouse Detective), this edition contains the digitally-restored original 1986 release. This edition was also released on Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital Download in October 9, 2012.
 * In anticipation of an upcoming spin-off series of 8 approx. entirely-animated theatrical short films, an upcoming entirely-animated TV series adaptation based on the movie itself, and the movie's upcoming entirely-animated theatrical motion picture spin-off (Ratigan's Crazy Cheese Chase), "Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment" has plans to re-issue the movie itself directly to DVD & Blu-ray Disc and Movie Download, when being part of the Walt Disney Special Editions line of DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and "Digital Download" releases around August 15, 2017.