Doctor Dolittle (1967)

Dr. John Dolittle, an Englishman from a small village in the United Kingdom, specializes in providing medical care for and verbally conversing with various Fauna. Because of his care for animals, his practice with patients has fallen by the wayside. Dolittle helps a seal escape a circus by dressing her as a human. When it's observed that he pushes her into the ocean, Dolittle's newfound business in communicating with and helping animals, finds him placed in an insane asylum. Dolittle's closest friends, both animal and human, come to the rescue when he is placed on trial for suspected murder. After freeing him from captivity, together with Dolittle – Emma Fairfax, and the animal friends – escape and set sail on a boat to find a legendary creature, the Great Pink Sea Snail. The team discovers the snail on a reclusive island, after a run-in with the indigenous tribe that lives there. Dolittle is surprised to find that the people are fluent in English, due to their studies of various novels that wash ashore. After their discovery, the Great Pink Sea Snail carries Emma, and the animals back to England. Though Emma expresses her love for him, Dolittle insists she returns to her home. Dolittle resolves to studying the islanders, and in finding another mythical animal called the Giant Luna Moth. After time has passed, Emma returns to the island with the animals to relay good news: Doctor Dolittle has been proven innocent, and can return home. The group begins their voyage, with Dolittle riding the back of the giant moth.^[1]

Eddie Murphy/Kyla Pratt film series

Dolittle (2020)

In the 19th century England, Dr. John Dolittle lives in the solitude of his mansion, following the death of his beloved wife. His only companionship is a vast array of exotic animals, that come to him for help since he has the unique ability of being able to speak to them. When a young Queen Alexandria Victoria becomes gravely ill, and after being convinced by his animal friends that he needs to begin making human connections again, Dolittle agrees. Upon meeting the Queen, he discovers that she has accidentally eaten a deadly nightshade in her tea that was placed in her tea by someone to kill her. Leaving behind some of his animals to watch over her, Dolittle sets sail with the rest of his animal crew, on a grand adventure to a legendary island to find that has the cure. Along the way he evades his lifelong rival Dr. Blair Müdfly, and becomes imprisoned by his father-in-law, the pirate-king Rassouli. After some time the king decides to honor the memory of his daughter and sets Dolittle and his friends free, providing them with his personal ship for their journey. Arriving at the island, Dolittle and his animal friends find the mythical dragon known as Ginko-Who-Soars. Initially attacking, Ginko collapses in pain. Dolittle discovers blockage in her bowels from the previous invaders that she has eaten. With Dolittle's help, she is relieved of her pain. The dragon guides them to the tree that his deceased wife had once told him about, which provides Dolittle with the cure. He and his entourage of animals return to the Queen, just in time to save her life. One of his friends, a stick insect, he had left behind to watch after the Queen reveals that one of the royal chairmen named Lord Thomas Badgley, was the culprit that attempted to assassinate her with the poison in her drink. Queen Victoria has him arrested for treason. Having once again found purpose and learning to cope with the sadness he feels in coping with the passing of his wife, Dolittle reopens his animal sanctuary and officially hires his young apprentice, Tommy Stubbins.^[8][9]

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