Tony Toponi is a main character of the An American Tail movie series, with the exception of the second film. 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). The Mott Street Maulers attack the marker, but Tony and Bridget survive the destruction and Tony realizes that Fievel has gone missing, but Fievel was revealed to be safe and unharmed and then, Bridget remembers that Honest John knows every mouse in the city and they all try to find Honest John. Crazy Credits He is voiced in every appearance by Pat Musick (besides the silent cameos). 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. The song was first published in the form most commonly used today (with water spout, etc.) 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. Ratigan (The Great Mouse Detective) as Hades. In The Mystery of the Night Monster, Tony works as a newsboy but wants to be a reporter for the Daily Nibbler. His friendship with Fievel and his family carries into the direct-to-video sequels. Later, Fievel returns to his family, and Tony and Bridget kiss and fall into a puddle. 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). Mama, however, is much more down to Earth and isn't afraid to tell Papa when she thinks his stories are nothing but fairy tales. The only nice cat Fievel meets, and one of his best friends. Basil and Dr. Dawson (The Great Mouse Detective) as Pain and Panic. This issue gained some debate since. Tony Toponi is the tetartagonist from An American Tail. leaves his friends in danger to save himself. Between 1998 and 2015 she appeared in this form on the cover of the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of An American Tail despite looking different in the actual film, for unknown reasons. | On An American Tail, Bridget appears with brown fur with tan tone around her eyes and on her freckled muzzle. An American Tail Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. He and his parents were seen as they moved to a discarded teapot in Green River, which he was last seen in full. He has apparently been looking for Fievel all night and, after a little casual talking, decides to help Fievel out. Tony doesnt make any official appearances until later in the DTV sequels in the late 1990s. Ends up as head matron to Cat R. Waul's saloon, and shows Tanya the glamor of stardom. His fur becomes a more grayish-brown color than regular brown, and the fur on his face and neck becomes off-white, and his whiskers are gone. 1 Favourite. She's also one of the craftiest reporters New York's mice have ever known, and her work for the Daily Nibbler is legendary. She's embarrassed to have Fievel tag along with her, afraid he'll make her look less professional. He is among those who finds out that Honest John can't help find Fievel's family, as John only knows every voting mouse in New York. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (also known as An American Tail II: Fievel Goes West or An American Tail II) is a 1991 British-American animated comedy Western film produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio and released by Universal Pictures. there are no cats in America, and the streets are paved with cheese. He's a fearless child, but his youthful curiosity often gets him into a lot of trouble, and he gets separated from his family on multiple occasions. New York City Soon enough, the cats have been given the boot and the mice are celebrating. 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. Cholena, however, doesn't return the feelings, and spends most of the movie snubbing his advances. Likes | Slingshot However, what he discovers under the city is a tribe of Native American mice who were driven underground by prejudiced European immigrants. You need to be logged in to continue. ", Left to right: Toplofty, Grasping and O'Bloat. Character information Relatives While Tony Toponi is Italian, he speaks with a New York accent. Granted, this may be justified as he is wearing a fake rat nose. She's never a huge part of the plot, and often is inserted just to look cute. An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster. Though the other workers ridicule his idea, Tony believes that Fievel has a decent idea. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is the 1991 first sequel to An American Tail. Tony and Bridget in Fievel Goes West Tony and Bridget with their baby, escaping a cat. It is stated that he helped get Tanya her job as Reed Daley's secretary. Uploaded by When he catches up with Fievel, he agrees to help him find his family. Cast: Fievel Mousekewitz (An American Tail) as Hercules. It can be assumed that she and Tony have started a family by then, and moved to Green River. . To help Fievel find his family (originally) Tony's surname comes from the Italian word for mouse, "topo". He's largely absent from Fievel Goes West except for some blink-and-you-miss-it cameos, but he comes back in full main character status in the direct to video sequels. Tony slowly, but surely, climbs Bridget's stage (grabbing a flower as a gift) and, upon Bridget losing her crowd, gives her the flower. ChulaCactus Cat GangChief McBrusqueMr. This was Erica Yohn's final film appearance before her death on January 27, 2019. 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. Inspiration We can say cat here! Fate However, the treasure turns out to be the lost Lenape tribe. Break the Cutie: Fievel goes through a lot of trauma in the first film. Like Fievel, he has dark brown fur with tan fur around his eyes and muzzle. An American Tail Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Cholena, however, doesn't return the feelings, and spends most of the movie snubbing his advances. Later, at a market, Tony becomes smitten with a female mouse named Bridget, who is protesting against the cat attacks and she eventually becomes smitten with him too. They only get peace when they take the initiative to actually drive the cats away. She's last seen riding on Henri's back with Fievel at the end of the film as they check out the newly built Statue of Liberty. Phillip Glasser reprises his role as the voice of Fievel Mousekewitz. I'll tell ya what Filly! After being hugged by Fievel, the two young mice set out to find Fievel's family. Tony, assumed to be a few years older, only appears as a background character in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West as a cameo. Bridget | Fievel and his friend Tony Toponi find a map that they believe points to a treasure buried somewhere beneath Old New York, and the plucky rodent is determined to find it. Big Brother Instinct: Fievel, most notably in the first 5 minutes of the first movie. Tony slowly, but surely, climbs Bridget's stage (grabbing a flower as a gift) and, upon Bridget losing her crowd, gives her the flower. Tony begrudgingly follows Fievel's plan to wait there while Fievel goes to get Nellie. A retired law dog that Fievel idolizes before he moves out west. The film premiered in the United Kingdom on November 16, 1998, and was released in the United States and Canada on February 15, 2000. He is voiced in most appearance by Pat Musick (except Fievel Goes West). The color of his shirt changed to dirt light blue, the fur on his face and neck becomes off-white, his head hair becomes dark brown rather than black, and his fur becomes a more grayish-brown color than regular brown. Hearing that Fievel wants to escape, he says "You and me both". Japanese studioTMS-Kyokuichi Corporationwas the overseas animation studio for the film. A rich uptown mouse who is committed to ridding New York of its cat menace, and finally gets an idea on how to accomplish this from one of Fievel's fairy tales. Fievel doesn't get his happy ending until he all but gives up on life. Tony is later seen with Fievel, freaking out because the two of them are an hour late to the meeting at Chelsea Pier. In second shot, his shirt is changed to dark blue and his hat belt appears black, revealing his gold buttons, which carries to the third shot. He then takes Tanya under his wing, entitling her as "The Diva" and having her perform at a saloon for his gang, withMiss Kittyto be her mentor. Tony sings "Who Will? 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! Tony is last seen saying "I don't hear no one thanking me here! Good This is similar to Nancy Cartwright playing Bart Simpson. He helps Fievel and Nellie Brie out on a few occasions, but is still for the most part a side character. Alas, all good things must come to an end, as the Mott Street Maulers promptly attack the market and destroy everything. Tony's surname comes from the Italian word for mouse, "topo". The next day, Tony is next seen calling out Fievel's name near Orphan Alley while Gussie tries to keep the others' spirits up by saying that they will find Fievel. He was voiced by Pat Musick. Despite the current situation, Tony and Bridget stay behind to search for Fievel, as he didn't show up. When the mice are sitting in the audience/mouse trap, Tanya begins singing "The Star Spangled Banner". ", as the only singing number given to Tony, Tony tells Papa Mousekewitz that Filly is actually "Fievel". $2.55. If you can help us with this wiki please sign up and help us! In a early process before production, Tony was designed younger. Later, at a wake for Mickey O'Hare, Tony is mostly silent until Gussie Mausheimer arrives. The hero, a little mouse named Fievel, is washed overboard in a storm, and his search for his family, who believe he is dead and therefore aren't looking for him, forms the bulk of the film. A tiny roach who works for Warren as an accountant. Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo) as Pegasus. 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. 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. Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. She's assumed to be about the same age as Tony. She has a beautiful singing voice, which didn't "fit in" well with her New York neighbors (as Mama Mousekewitz prepared some of the food they throw as the family dinner, but this is just because her "audience" was a bunch of humans who most likely interpreted her singing as musical squeaking, not to mention it was late at night when some of them were probably trying to sleep). Interestingly, Tony is absent from the rally at Mausheimer Park. Chapter 13. Fievel Goes West starts there, but transitions to way out west after the opening act. GreenRiver85. Connections Background information Bernard (The Rescuers) as Zeus. Warren T. Rat (actually a cat himself) dresses as a rat to fool the mice into buying into his protection racket against the cats. At the beginning of the film it is shown that Tanya wants to be a famous singer, but her talents go unappreciated. Fievel Goes West is where he saw the most character development. We have free speech! an american tail: the treasure of manhattan island kisscartoon an american tail: the treasure of manhattan island kisscartoon Tony wishes to (recklessly) jump in and fight off the cats to rescue everyone trapped in the cages, but Fievel wisely points out they'll just get stomped. He is of Italian descent and has a girlfriend named Bridget. 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. However, their joy is short-lived, as Chelsea Pier actually does light on fire, causing the mice to run in fear. that Warren T. is really a cat in disguise and the leader of the cats terrorizing New York. He meets her while she's giving a speech on the unfairness of the way cats mistreat mice. They are Jewish-Russian mice who are forced to escape persecution after their village is destroyed in a pogrom by Cossack cats. (Tony Toponi turns around and is happy to see his little friend.) 1991 Impel An American Tail: Fievel Goes West - [Base] #2 Tanya Mousekewitz. Tanya is Fievel's older sister. 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). 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. ToponiPullaookNewshoundNewshawk Dan KuensterLinda MillerAnne Marie BardwellMichael Cedeno Occupation Later, at the market (where both Tony and Fievel walk straight over Fievel's family without even knowing), Tony states he has a plan all worked out to find Fievel's family; however, Tony soon becomes smitten with a female mouse named Bridget, who is protesting the cat attacks, thus causing the search to go into a grinding halt. Zackzilla's Nostalgia Museum He introduces himself and, upon Fievel doing the same, gives him an American name: Philly. The infant being held by his dad, Tony Toponi, in a crowd. Then again, the calico he encountered may have been one of those rare male calicos, we wanted to have at least one "good" oneand that's Tiger. The audience knows that if they'd just let it go, things would have worked out just fine, but the mice don't know that. Dislikes in 1962, and its earliest publication was in 1947. Her personality is explored mainly in Fievel Goes West, where we learn she wants to be a famous singer and actress. Bridget then joins Fievel and Tony as they leave to find Honest John (unknowingly missing Fievel's family again). . It'snever shown that the Sicilian mouse reunited with Tony throughout the franchise. Tanya Mousekewitz (An American Tail) as Megara. Not only that but they don't seem to have a problem letting their son go out on dangerous adventures in the sequels. 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." It's not clear if they moved elsewhere or, Taken to the extreme with Warren T. Rat, who at one point is dwarfed by the fat rat at the sweatshop, and later is shown. Also, they set sail from Hamburg, which was the departure point for more than four million immigrants from 1830 to 1914. 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. until we find out he's not a rat at all but a cat, the same size as the rest of the cats in his gang, when he was really the leader of the Mott Street Maulers. 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. She is . When Tony is attacked by Scuttlebutt, Tanya comes to Tony's aid by punching Scuttlebutt right in the face. Though Mr. Mousekewitz believes that Fievel died on the way to America, Tony reveals that Fievel has indeed survived and Bridget gives Fievel's family the final shred of evidence that proves Tony right- Fievel's hat. His friendship with Fievel and his family carries into the direct-to-video sequels. When he asks Fievel why he didn't tell him what time it was, Fievel says "But Tony, I can't tell time!" Neither speak in this film. When adding her sarcastic comments to family arguments, she is told "Tanya, don't help!" Either way, they're no longer a threat. The character . Originally just a random member of Waul's gang, he becomes a bigger threat in Fievel's American Tails. How's it going? on March 15, 2022. It was alleged by fans that Tony's role was arguably limited because of his marriage with Bridget, but the main reason for his limited appearance is possibly because of his voice actress, Pat Musick, voiced different characters for at least 12 shows while the movie was in production between 1990 and 1991. Though he is male, he is voiced by a female actor, Pat Musick. Kind, streetwise, helpful, slightly sarcastic, handsome, and brave. A crooked rat with a stranglehold on the mice of New York. Papa Mousekewitz | Cholena is the daughter of the Chief of an underground tribe of Native American mice, who fled underground with the arrival of European settlers in Manhattan. 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. Tony's role was limited as a background cameo in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) and was absent in Fievel's American Tails (1992) because of Pat Musick 's acting difficulties during those periods. He was voiced by Pat Musick. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. Later, Tony and Fievel realize that they're late to the meeting at Chelsea Pier and in a rush, Tony leaves Fievel behind. Her original voice actress, Cathianne Blore, was in poor health at the time the direct-to-video sequels were produced, battling cancer, causing her role to be dropped from the direct-to-video sequels indefinitely. By. 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