When he narrates the start of An American Tail: The Illustrated Story in 1986 he is ~107 years old and speaking to his great-grandchild. 5 An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island.6 An American Tail: The Mystery Of The Night Monster.7.1 See also References in Other Media.įievel is usually dressed in a red sweatshirt or tunic with a sash around his waist and a pair of blue pants.His sleeves are long and often cover his hands, particularly in the first film. He is usually seen wearing his blue trademark hat, a Russian Kasket Cap, which is somewhat big for him. His attire has only changed during An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. In the aforementioned film, Fievel wears a yellow bandana around his neck and his blue hat can be altered into a white cowboy hat. It remains as that until the very end of the movie, when Fievel has finished a talk with Wylie Burp. Physically he has dark brown fur with light brown fur on his face, chest and belly. The exact shades of his fur differ somewhat from film to film. The film where Fievel gets the biggest redesign is Fievel Goes West, where his head his rounder, he has blue eyes, and pink pads on the bottom of his feet. You can help An American Tail Wiki by expanding it. An American Tailįievel first appeared in An American Tail. He is first seen in his home in Shotska, Russia. He receives his trademark hat as a Hanukkah present from his father. Fievel goes west stuck in tumbleweed gif tv#Īt first, Fievel claims that the hat is too big, but his mother says that he'll grow.In the West, Wylie Burp is surrounded by the Cactus Cat Gang, hopelessly outnumbered, but refuses to back down. Calling himself 'Philly the Kid', Fievel Mousekewitz rushes to his aid. Wylie insists that it is too tough and that Fievel try to get out while he still can. However, Fievel refuses to let Wylie go down alone. He whips out his pistols and starts shooting at the cats, quickly disarming them and causing them to flee. Grateful for being rescued, Wylie thanks Fievel and hands him a badge. Wylie warns Fievel, who promptly turns around and fires a shot. Mama Mousekewitz is heard calling Fievel for his supper. Fievel's bullet turns into a cork tied to his gun, which changes to a toy gun. The rest of the scenery changes from the West to New York and Fievel's adventure is shown to have just been his imagination.Īt their home, Tanya Mousekewitz is singing ' Somewhere Out There' out the window. However, their human neighbors throw fruit and vegetables in her direction, much to her dismay. However, Papa urges her to keep singing, hoping that they'll throw something for dessert. One vegetable flies through the window and splatters onto a wall. Mama scoops some of it onto a plate and sighs that this is another night without cheese as she serves it up.įievel, still acting like a cowboy, bursts in saying his come to 'rustle himself up some grub'. Mama is displeased by his lateness, but Fievel claims that he had to save Wylie Burp, who was surrounded by the Cactus Cat Gang. Mama calls that a tall tale and sends him to wash his hands, despite Fievel's objection that he washed yesterday. Papa sighs that he thought things would be better in America. In Russia his violin skills were famous or at least to the point where they didn't go hungry. Fievel jokes that they should get Tanya to sing again. Tanya says that one day he'll see and that she'll be a big star and people will come from miles around. Tanya tries getting Mama to tell him off. However, before she has a chance to respond, a train passes outside, causing the room to shake. Food and furniture topple over and the room goes dark as the candle goes out. Papa relights the candle and questions why America is called the land of opportunity 'The opportunity for children to play in dirty streets? The opportunity to never see the sun shine?' And with Fievel's birthday coming, they have no money for presents. Tanya jokes that she could sing in front of the gift shop and maybe people would throw presents. Papa laughs that he is blessed to have such fine children and thinks that maybe things will get better.įievel hears Tiger outside and rushes to the window.

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