In An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, she was much older likely in her early teens and her age range from Fievel was increased. 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. At first it seems the only apparent reason for this was to educate kids about how immigration worked at the time. It's about then that she met Tony Toponi. 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. The Mousekewitz family is processed through the mouse version of Castle Garden, Ellis Island's lesser known nineteenth century predecessor. revealing that it leads to a treasure. When her parents agree to let her accompany Fievel and Tony and take Cholena back home to protect her from the police, she is thrilled at finally getting to participate in an adventure. An American Tail - burning the homes Part 2, An American Tail - opening credits Part 2, An American Tail - talking about america Part 2, An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster, An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, An American Tail: A Musical Adventure with Fievel and Friends, A Musical Adventure With Fievel and Friends, Grandma Mousekewitz (grandmother; deceased), Grandpa Mousekewitz (grandfather; deceased), Great Grandpa Mousekewitz (great-grandfather; deceased), Cavadini was not the first choice to voice Tanya; she originally only auditioned to sing. He is first seen when he and his parents were getting away in a roller skate from the cat attack, then the Toponi family were seen in a crowd in the sewer. When he asks Fievel why he didn't tell him what time it was, Fievel says "But Tony, I can't tell time!" The show had a focus on promoting reading, and frequently the solution to an episode's conflict was found by Fievel reading. As Gussie states that Warren is through, the cats make one last play of desperation- burning down Chelsea Pier. Seeing Waul try to put the mice of Green River into a giant mouse trap during the film's climax snaps her out of it though, and by the end of the film she realizes she can still be beautiful by being herself, washing her makeup off. Perhaps the scene where she is most prominent is where she sang the heartwarming but distant duet "Somewhere Out There" with her brother Fievel when they were separated. after the can goes down the last waterfall, his voice is sped up. When many more mice, including Fievel's parents and baby sister, are soon captured by Mousey's gang, he and Fievel sneak into the sewers to save them. Appearance 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). 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. Tony still tries to balance this with having fun with Fievel. ", Left to right: Toplofty, Grasping and O'Bloat. Tonys inconsistency in the third movie (shown on right) is one of the several controversial glitches in franchise history, disregarding the respect from the original film (shown on left). Tonys appearance is slightly changed in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island. She is as hard hit as the rest of her family by Fievel's apparent death but she never loses hope that he survived falling off the ship somehow. Though the three Orphan Alley bullies are presumed to be scared away by Gussie and Tiger when they tried to take Fievel away from his family, shove him into a puddle and throw hay at him so he can make a bed, right after Fievel assumes that his family isn't coming to find him. Tony's previous work experience with archaeologist Dr. Dithering gets the plot moving along after Tony takes Fievel to an abandoned subway and they discover an ancient Lenape map. Originally just a random member of Waul's gang, he becomes a bigger threat in Fievel's American Tails. In An American Tail, Tony wears a light blue shirt and patched-up brown pants with feet-straps on the bottom, a red scarf and a dark red hat with a yellow strip on it. Tony spends the rest of the film trying unsuccessfully to flirt with Cholena and helping out Fievel and the gang. At one point Madame Mousey gives him a faulty tip on the Night Monster story which leads Nellie and Fievel into a trap at an abandoned house, but luckily Tony comes to the rescue by dropping a chandelier on the mechanical Night Monster. It's not likely the song was sung circa 1885, when the movie was set. He aided the other mice in the plan to get rid out of the Mott Street Maulers. While retainingDom DeLuisethroughout the film series, the film reunites the voice cast ofNehemiah PersoffandErica Yohnfrom bothAn American Tail(1986) andAn American Tail: Fievel Goes West,Pat MusickfromAn American Tailwith the return of her character Tony Toponi, and introduces Elaine Bilstad,Ren Auberjonois,David Carradine,John Kassir,Ron Perlman,Tony JayandRichard Karron. 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?" Dislikes She tries to use her ties with the mouse politicians in New York to help find Fievel's family. The subversion comes from them having to stop the release of the Giant Mouse before it's ready, and soon as they stop it, the mice now have to release it. Be the first one to, An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, an-american-tail-the-treasure-of-manhattan-island, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Universal Family & Home Entertainment Production, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Bridget soon discovers Fievel's hat, abandoned, and they search more worriedly than ever. Neither speak in this film. Tony Toponi: Hey, Philly. When the Chelsea Pier catches fire, all the mice escape, but Tony and Bridget stay behind to find Fievel and only find his hat and he reveales to Fievel's family that Fievel did indeed survived. Done on purpose in Fievel and Tiger's song, to show their friendship as equals. This is arguably because of Tony's role limitation in this film from Pat Musick's involvement with several other works at the time, causing the staff not to confirm (as unfocused) the exact palette for the character. In the song "There Are No Cats In America", it is suggested that he is possibly related to the large Sicilian mouse that sings the second verse, as they are both of Italian descent. When An American Tail was put in official production in 1985, he was redesigned as a young adult (assuming around 15-17) so he would be a helpful brotherly figure to Fievel Mousekewitz. Granted, this may be justified as he is wearing a fake rat nose. An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster. This was her oldest incarnation, as in later sequels she is aged down again. New York City On An American Tail, Bridget appears with brown fur with tan tone around her eyes and on her freckled muzzle. At the beginning of the film it is shown that Tanya wants to be a famous singer, but her talents go unappreciated. He also gets his only singing part in the movies during the song "Who Will". In the climax he gets attacked by Scuttlebutt in a fight but is rescued by Tanya. 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. Luckily, Tony and Bridget survive the destruction. She has a very short-fused temper, and starts her own gang of cats in the sewer. He's also a vegetarian, so he never eats mice. Artful Dodger The double subversion comes in the fact that this terrifies the cats even further than the Giant Mouse if it had worked properly, and the cats book it as fast as they can. A chubby politician who has a tendency to be drunk. When Fievel rides the tumbleweed he goes past armadillos. In the West, Wylie Burp is surrounded by the . However, what he discovers under the city is a tribe of Native American mice who were driven underground by prejudiced European immigrants. shoot off Warren T. Rat's fake nose, exposing him as a cat in disguise. Bernard (The Rescuers) as Zeus. It can be assumed that she and Tony have started a family by then, and moved to Green River. During the sequence showing the mice are sitting in the audience/mousetrap, Tony, Bridget, and their baby only made a one-second view with the crowd, while in all other shots, they are missing from the crowd. When a ferocious, mouse-nabbing creature puts fear into the hearts of New York City's rodents, Fievel and his friends team up with a reporter to chase after the scoop of the century and -- just maybe -- get a close-up look at the bad guy himself! Soon enough, the cats have been given the boot and the mice are celebrating. Quote Kind, streetwise, helpful, slightly sarcastic, handsome, and brave. Search the history of over 797 billion Cat R. Waul's tarantula sidekick who gleefully obeys Waul's orders, and has fun doing it too. Alternate Versions He meets Fievel at Moe's sweatshop and, after Fievel helps him escape, he agrees to help Fievel find his family. Tony first meets Fievel when he elaborates an . He is seen alongside Bridget, who is carrying their baby. Tony Toponi (An American Tail) as Philoctetes. It can be assumed that she and Tony have started a family by then, and moved to Green River. Login to create it. He appears An American Tail and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. Tony begrudgingly follows Fievel's plan to wait there while Fievel goes to get Nellie. Speaking of which, they don't seem to mind the underage Tanya getting a job as a saloon singer at a bar full of cats either. Scuttlebutt takes this harshly, as he goes straight for Tony at the end and smacks him into a wall. When the mice are sitting in the audience/mouse trap, Tanya begins singing "The Star Spangled Banner". He is generally dissatisfied with his job, but seems to be too afraid to quit. Tanya is Fievel's older sister. Fate Tony, Bridget, and their baby escape in a roller skate from a cat attack. Nellie Brie is a no-nonsense, down to Earth reporter with a mind for facts. He gets separated from . Later, at a wake for Mickey O'Hare, Tony is mostly silent until Gussie Mausheimer arrives. 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 . He and Bridget are completely absent from Fievel's American Tails, as the character couldn't be recasted due to Musick's personal reasons, which Tony had yet to return until later in Treasure of Manhattan Island in 1998. Her cameo appearance is cheaply done in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, as the texture palette on her dress and floral headwear are completely dark blue. Fievel then crafts an escape plan based off of a story he heard. Although she normally wears her regular outfit with her babushka (seen in one of Fievel's dreams), she instead wears her work outfit, consisting of a slimmer, professional-looking white blouse and purple ankle-length skirt, with a large blue bow on her blouse. He appears to be in his mid teens. The only reason he wasn't fired was because Papa Mousekewitz convinced Grasping that Tony would be obedient from then on. Yet again the song also. You need to be logged in to continue. Bridget is soon smitten with Tony and (thanks due to Fievel), the two would-be lovers end up kissing. When he asks Fievel why he didn't tell him what time it was, Fievel says "But Tony, I can't tell time!" She dropped her red babushka for a long ponytail and an orange and brown dress. His friendship with Fievel and his family carries into the direct-to-video sequels. Fievel's American Tails is an animated television series, produced by Amblimation, Nelvana, and Universal Cartoon Studios.It aired on CBS for one season in 1992, and continued Fievel's adventures from the film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. 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. Basil and Dr. Dawson (The Great Mouse Detective) as Pain and Panic. Ends up as head matron to Cat R. Waul's saloon, and shows Tanya the glamor of stardom. In the opening Hanukkah scene, Papa tells Fievel and Tanya the story of "the giant mouse of Minsk," who was "so big he frightened all the cats." These are the main characters of the four An American Tail movies and the series Fievel's American Tails. 1991 Impel An American Tail: Fievel Goes West - [Base] #2 Tanya Mousekewitz. An American Tail The Treasure Of Manhattan Island, An American Tail The Mystery Of The Night Monster, Her personality is different in every movie. She forms a sisterly bond with Cholena when she is brought to the surface, helping make a dress for her and showing her around New York. Quickly realizing that something isn't right, Tony finds that Fievel has gone missing; however, Fievel is safe and unharmed. Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise and Cathy Cavadini were the only actors from the film to reprise their roles, as Fievel, Tiger and Tanya respectively. The reason for Tonys role limitation was because of his actress, Pat Musick, had largely stepped away from acting to take care of her daughter, Mae Whitman (who was just born), and only appeared in a handful of productions during that period. She instantly wins over the cats with her song "The Girl You Left Behind". 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. He's also Wicked Cultured and planned to spare Tanya from the fate of the other mice because he liked her singing voice. Tonys baby is a very minor character who appeared in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and the nameless infant child of Tony Toponi and Bridget. Quickly realizing that something isn't right, Tony finds that Fievel has gone missing; however, Fievel is safe and unharmed. She's finally proven right late in the film, when the Mousekewitz's meet Tony and Bridget. After Fievel frees everyone Tony takes it upon himself to help Fievel . Cast: Fievel Mousekewitz (An American Tail) as Hercules. Pat Musick His appearance is completely downgraded in Fievel Goes West, with several color changes to his clothing in different shots due to being a background cameo in said sequel. In An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, Tony, in his mid teens again, is one of Fievel's best friends, though Bridget is strangely absent. 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. When they do, it starts falling apart and making horrific mechanical noises. "This is America! ", only for Bridget to kiss him and cause him to fall with her into a puddle. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/AnAmericanTail. ", only for Bridget to kiss him and cause him to fall with her into a puddle. Her trading card may possibly allude to this as well. 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. Aug 26, 2022 8 min read. According to storyboards, their names are Roc (the fat one with black hair), Pee Wee (the gray one in the orange hat), and Noodles (the bald one with glasses). Armadillos were not found very far north of Texas in the 1800s. Tony is later seen with Fievel, freaking out because the two of them are an hour late to the meeting at Chelsea Pier. Luckily, Tony and Bridget survive the destruction. The Mousekewitz family follows them because Tanya believes that they're looking for Fievel. In a rush, Tony leaves Fievel behind, which (in some respects) is a good thing. Warren T. Rat, the cats' Cat R. Waul, Cactus Cat Gang, Chief McBrusque, Mr. Contents 1 Background 1.1 Physical Appearance 1.2 Personality 2 Appearance 2.1 An American Tail 2.2 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West 2.3 Fievel's American Tails 3 Direct-to-Video Sequels 4 Gallery 5 Trivia Background Physical Appearance Tanya Mousekewitz is a mouse who is Fievel's older sister, the tritagonist of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and a supporting character in all four same franchises. Quotes 2 of 2 found this interesting | Share this Fievel Goes West starts there, but transitions to way out west after the opening act. It is the first theatrical sequel to any Don Bluth film (as there was no such thing as films going directly to video at the time of its release), the second and last being All Dogs Go to Heaven 2. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Role conflict in the later sequels Drawing inspiration from the story Papa Mousekawitz told Fievel, the mice build a 'secwet weapon': a machine, based on the legendary Giant Mouse of Minsk, to frighten Warren T. and his gang of cats out of America. When the mice have been captured by Mousey's gang, and he and Fievel sneak into the sewers to save them, Tony begrudgingly follows Fievel's plan rather than jumping in to rescue everyone trapped in the cages, but when Fievel and Nellie get stuck fighting Madame Mousey at the Daily Nibbler office he gets tired of waiting and floods the sewer to rescue the mice. This is similar to Nancy Cartwright playing Bart Simpson. You can find Tanya Mousekewitz's gallery here. Rookie cards, autographs and more. Inspiration 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." They live under a house in a Jewish district of Shostka (Russian empire, now in Ukraine). 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. 3 from . Philly, Bridget (girlfriend), Gussie Mausheimer, Honest John, Tiger, Tanya Mousekewitz, Papa Mousekewitz Mama Mousekewitz, Cholena Though the other workers ridicule his idea, Tony believes that Fievel has a decent idea. She's never a huge part of the plot, and often is inserted just to look cute. Bridget | Tony is last seen saying "I don't hear no one thanking me here! Bridget soon discovers Fievel's hat, abandoned, and they search more worriedly than ever. In a rush, Tony leaves Fievel behind, which (in some respects) is a good thing. After returning Cholena back to the cave while being in potential danger in Manhattan, Cholena thankfully kisses Tony goodbye as he "blushes". 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