", this is how she realizes they're calling for Fievel. Fievel is naturally confused as to Tony's sudden change in behavior, but is blocked out as both Bridget and Tony share a tender moment. In the film Tony has to deal with new adult responsibilities, and he wishes to be rich. | She is . Characters can be seen going through Monument Valley (on the Utah/Arizona border) when they are supposed to be on their way to Green River (Wyoming). Just remember, Fievel: one man's sunset is another man's dawn. Bridget then joins Fievel and Tony as they leave to find Honest John (unknowingly missing Fievel's family again). 2 of 2 found this interesting | Share this Chapter 13. When An American Tail was put in official production in 1985, he was redesigned as a young adult so he would be a helpful brotherly figure to Fievel Mousekewitz. In honor of the 35th anniversary of An American Tail, the 30th anniversary of Fievel Goes West, and the 21st anniversaries of the direct-to-video sequels. "Fievel? He didn't really have an appearance in this sequel,But I see a mice married with a girl that looks like Bridget with a infant,Those mice almost look exactly . Luckily, Tony and Bridget survive the destruction. His appearance changes in Fievel Goes West, except the texture palette on his clothing frequently changes throughout his cameo appearance. Cats attacking, danger, losing Fievel It aired for one season in 1992, and continued Fievel's adventures from the film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. She appears alongside Tony in a few cameos in Fievel Goes West, always with a child in her arms. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West She appears alongside Tony in a few cameos in Fievel Goes West, always with a child in her arms. Tony personally takes part in firing a few shots off at the retreating cats. Despite the current situation, Tony and Bridget stay behind to search for Fievel, as he didn't show up. Tanya is a secondary character in the first film, who only features prominently in a few scenes. On the plus side, Papa is the mouse equivalent of. Bernard (The Rescuers) as Zeus. An evil British cat who schemes to eat all the mice of Green River by luring them there with the promise that out west, cats are nice to mice. 3 from . We see more of her teasing her brother in some episodes, but the two still have a strong bond. She sits on stage at Gussie Mausheimer's rally and was possibly one of the key figures in the building of the Giant Mouse of Minsk. Fate Tony slowly, but surely, climbs Bridget's stage (grabbing a flower as a gift) and, upon Bridget losing her crowd, gives her the flower. Basil and Dr. Dawson (The Great Mouse Detective) as Pain and Panic. Tanya's personality has become sassy and sarcastic in this movie, and she gets very jealous of her brother getting to go on adventures all the time. She is conspicuously missing from the direct-to-video sequels. Papa Mousekewitz | Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. It is evident that Bridget, being politically active, knows people in high places. Break the Cutie: Fievel goes through a lot of trauma in the first film. In the film Tony has to deal with new adult responsibilities, and he wishes to be rich. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. At first it seems the only apparent reason for this was to educate kids about how immigration worked at the time. He instead develops a crush on a Native American girl named Cholena. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail. Weapons Watch. When he catches up with Fievel, he agrees to help him find his family. Kind, streetwise, helpful, slightly sarcastic, handsome, and brave. Tony Toponis hat is usually red in the first and third installment (alongside his limited appearance in the second film), but in. Slingshot In his search to find his family, he discovered America.''. But this incident is likely what led to her becoming an activist against the unfair mistreatment mice suffered from at the hands of the cats of New York. Her personality is explored mainly in Fievel Goes West, where we learn she wants to be a famous singer and actress. BF5 / ATT: Fievel Goes West 13. Along with Tiger, Tony catches Mousey as she attempts to escape back into the sewers and the evil poodle is apprehended by the Dog High Council. At Castle Garden, Tanya's name was changed to Tilly when she went through immigration to sound more Americanized. 1 Favourite. While retaining Dom DeLuise throughout the film series, the film reunites the voice cast of Nehemiah Persoff and Erica Yohn from both An American Tail (1986) and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Pat Musick from An American Tail with the return of her character Tony Toponi, and introduces Elaine Bilstad, Ren Auberjonois, David Carradine, John Kassir, Ron Perlman, Tony Jay and Richard Karron. An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (also known as An American Tail 3: The Treasure of Manhattan Island) is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated film produced by Universal Cartoon Studios and directed by Larry Latham. After the praise she has received by her "public", Tanya becomes somewhat delusional from her fame, and she doesn't listen to her brother's warnings that Waul is bad news. Hearing that Fievel wants to escape, he says "You and me both". She was sad to leave him behind in New York, but at the end of the comic they would have been reunited when he moves to Green River. This issue gained some debate since. Oooh, that name's gotta go! He is the editor of the Daily Nibbler, a fast-talking and charismatic boss who's constantly at odds with Nellie Brie over whether her ideas for reports will sell newspapers. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/AnAmericanTail. Warren's overall goal was to line his pockets and stay in power over the mouse populace of New York by having them pay him to dissuade the Mott Street Maulers from killing the mice, only to let the Maulers devour a mouse every once in a while to maintain his, In order to get the mice to trust him, Warren. Her personality varies from movie to movie, however, as does her appearance. Much similar to Tanya's animation issues on Fievel's American Tails, Tony's streamline is limited as well, with the feet-straps of his patched trousers and his whiskers removed. The song was first published in the form most commonly used today (with water spout, etc.) Later, Tony and Fievel realize that they're late to the meeting at Chelsea Pier and in a rush, Tony leaves Fievel behind. ", Left to right: Toplofty, Grasping and O'Bloat. $2.55. His hat is blue (with the strip and button reversed), and his hair is slightly darker in The Mystery of the Night Monster. He meets Fievel at Moe's sweatshop and, after Fievel helps him escape, he agrees to help Fievel find his family. In the last scene, Tony is with Tiger and the Mousekewitz family enjoying a day at the beach. Cat R. Waul's tarantula sidekick who gleefully obeys Waul's orders, and has fun doing it too. He is seen alongside Bridget, who is carrying their baby. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Though he is male, he is voiced by a female actor, Pat Musick. In the West, Wylie Burp is surrounded by the . Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo) as Pegasus. A retired law dog that Fievel idolizes before he moves out west. He was partially seen with his parents while they and the crowd are on the giant mousetrap. Warren T. Rat (actually a cat himself) dresses as a rat to fool the mice into buying into his protection racket against the cats. You can find the Tony Toponi gallery here. After pointing out that she is "the richest mouse in New York", Tony asks Fievel "What's she doing slumming in this part of town?" Phillip Glasser reprises his role as the voice of Fievel Mousekewitz. Later, at a wake for Mickey O'Hare, Tony is mostly silent until Gussie Mausheimer arrives. Like Fievel, he has dark brown fur with tan fur around his eyes and muzzle. He also has black hair (he is one of the only male characters in the series to have a unique hairstyle and not just fur on his head). | Later, Fievel returns to his family, and Tony and Bridget kiss and fall into a puddle. What's even more bizarre is in the first track of the "Fievel and Friends" album , he DOES mention having an accent. During the Great Fire caused by Warren T. Rat on the pier where Fievel gets lost, Bridget finds Fievel's hat, and later when she and Tony run into the Mousekewitz family, she shows it to Mama, proving Fievel is alive. She's embarrassed to have Fievel tag along with her, afraid he'll make her look less professional. Cast: Fievel Mousekewitz (An American Tail) as Hercules. They live under a house in a Jewish district of Shostka (Russian empire, now in Ukraine). Miss Kitty | After retconning the first sequel, the child fades completely. An American Tail: Fievel and Tanya Go West With the main voice talents of: August Marturo as Fievel Mousekewitz Cathy Cavadini as Tanya and Yasha Mousekewitz Jim Cummings as Tiger Pat Musick as Tony Toponi Lloyd Battista as Papa Mousekewitz Jane Singer as Mama Mousekewitz Jon Lovitz as T.R. It'snever shown that the Sicilian mouse reunited with Tony throughout the franchise. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home. Tanya is given a much larger role in the sequel. The original script, when the Mousekewitzes arrive at Ellis Island, one of the mice preceeding them in the checkin line is a woman with a bundled baby. The moment the mice have got the Giant Mouse stopped, they get the call to release it. Tony slowly, but surely, climbs Bridget's stage (grabbing a flower as a gift) and, upon Bridget losing her crowd, gives her the flower. Once arriving in America, all mice immediately discover that there are indeed cats in America. Rookie cards, autographs and more. Tony Toponi (An American Tail) as Philoctetes. Tony Toponi's shirt and hat frequently changes colors during cameo shots. Throughout the rest of the film, whenever Tanya begs her father to look for Fievel, it turns out Fievel is nearby but they don't see each other. Tanya is a dreamer, much like her brother. Tiger | She's never a huge part of the plot, and often is inserted just to look cute. For those who don't know about Tony, you can learn all about him in the link below: Her parents were killed by cats in 1884, whether she was in Ireland or New York at the time is unknown. Saw a sequel five years later with Fievel Goes West, in which the Mousekewitz family, still dirt poor and at the mercy of ever-more-sophisticated cats, flee New York for the Wild West (made without Bluth's involvement, but with Spielberg still on board), and a short-lived TV series in the same setting (Fievel's American Tails), and two additional DTV sequels (The Treasure of Manhattan Island and Mystery of the Night Monster) that played fast and loose with the established continuity, and had no involvement from the original creators. A chubby politician who has a tendency to be drunk. In the Japanese dub from the movie, he was voiced by Mayumi Tanaka. Tony is later seen with Fievel, freaking out because the two of them are an hour late to the meeting at Chelsea Pier. Alas, all good things must come to an end, as the Mott Street Maulers promptly attack the market and destroy everything. November 21, 1991. . As he begins to leave, he asks Fievel if he has a clue as to where his family is; however, Fievel has already run off, leaving Tony shouting for him, clearly worried. Tanya later has her doubts about leaving Russia after the cat attack, but goes along with her family to America anyway. Warren T. Rat, the cats' Cat R. Waul, Cactus Cat Gang, Chief McBrusque, Mr. It's not likely the song was sung circa 1885, when the movie was set. Tony spends the rest of the film trying unsuccessfully to flirt with Cholena and helping out Fievel and the gang. Soon enough, the cats have been given the boot and the mice are celebrating. Wylie Burp | Bridget soon discovers Fievel's hat, abandoned, and they search more worriedly than ever. His friendship with Fievel and his family carries into the direct-to-video sequels. At one point in the movie, T.R. in 1962, and its earliest publication was in 1947. Originally just a random member of Waul's gang, he becomes a bigger threat in Fievel's American Tails. Since this event is retconned, Tony's future concept remains unclear. At the beginning of the film Tanya gets a babushka for Hannukah (actual Jewish holiday) while Fievel gets his hat. Believing in the American dream, they head to New York City by boat because "there are no cats in America, and the streets are paved with cheese." The attack on the mouse village in Russia and a couple of background phrases overheard at Ellis Island are shout outs to, The Sicilian mouse's backstory (his mother was killed while pleading for leniency from the local mob boss) is pretty much the same as the prologue of. Bridget is a vocal Irish mouse rights activist who befriends Fievel and becomes Tony Toponi's girlfriend, ultimately becoming instrumental in helping Fievel find his family in An American Tail. Nearly every calico cat is female, so calico males are actually very rare. Tanya's hopes are dashed when Nellie Brie and Reed get together at the end of the movie, and in the final scene where the family is at the beach, she laments that her life has no meaning and is ignored, particularly by Mama. His friendship with Fievel carries into the direct-to-video sequels. Interestingly, Tony is absent from the rally at Mausheimer Park. He may be based on Artful Dodger from the classic book, Tony is known to be significantly well-liked by fans since. Bridget (girlfriend)Gussie MausheimerHonest JohnTigerTanya MousekewitzPapa MousekewitzMama Mousekewitz, Cat R. WaulT.R. Big Brother Instinct: Fievel, most notably in the first 5 minutes of the first movie. In Fievel's American Tails she looks almost the same, but streamlined to make her cheaper to animate (with only one tuft of hair in the front, and her cheek tufts missing). As Gussie states that Warren is through, the cats make one last play of desperation- burning down Chelsea Pier. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is the 1991 first sequel to An American Tail. This irritates Papa, who is in mourning. He's also Wicked Cultured and planned to spare Tanya from the fate of the other mice because he liked her singing voice. How's it going? Armadillos were not found very far north of Texas in the 1800s. As Gussie states that Warren is through, the cats make one last play of desperation- burning down Chelsea Pier. They move to Green River with the other New York mice after escaping a cat attack by riding a roller skate, settling down in a discarded teapot. Fievel's baby sister. In a rush, Tony leaves Fievel behind, which (in some respects) is a good thing. He meets Fievel at Moe's sweatshop and, after Fievel helps him escape, he agrees to help Fievel find his family. In An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, Tony, appearing young again, is one of Fievel's best friends, though Bridget is strangely absent. They also won't listen to Fievel when he warns them about Cat R. Waul's evil plans in the second movie. that Warren T. is really a cat in disguise and the leader of the cats terrorizing New York. She seems to be the only mouse to ever wear shoes, though it has a related continuity mistake, as sometimes, her feet are bare like those of the other mice. Tony is last seen saying "I don't hear no one thanking me here! He helps Fievel and Nellie Brie out on a few occasions, but is still for the most part a side character. inspires the giant mouse-shaped "secret weapon" used to drive away the cats in the film's climax. . He is of Italian descent and has a girlfriend named Bridget. Relatives She was also much closer to Fievel's age. 2 from . Click here to login or here to sign up. When the cats were about to dine on some of the mice, Tony is forced to break his promise to wait and flood the sewer to rescue the mice. Mr. and Mrs. Toponi (parents; deceased)Bridget (wife)Unnamed son He emits sparks from his antennae when excited. This was also Elaine Bilstad's final film appearance before her death on January 30, 1999. Voiced by: Pat Musick. Applies to all the mice. He is greedy, selling poor little children like Fievel into sweatshops in exchange for their salary, and running a protection racket on the mice offering them protection from the cats in exchange for money. After being hugged by Fievel, the two young mice set out to find Fievel's family. Tony is the second mouse to leave the sweatshop (Fievel being the first). Done on purpose in Fievel and Tiger's song, to show their friendship as equals. But later, when she hears Tony and Bridget calling "Philly! Warren's solution to dealing with the mice after he's exposed as a cat. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. 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