''Fievel's American Tails'' is an

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, produced by Amblimation,

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, and

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. It aired on CBS for one season in 1992, and continued Fievel's adventures from the film '' An American Tail: Fievel Goes West''.

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and

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were the only actors from the film to reprise their roles, as Fievel, Tiger and Tanya respectively. One character, Wylie Burp, is written off from this show following the respect of James Stewart's retirement. Another character, Tony Toponi, is written off following Pat Musick's then-current parenting of her daughter

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, as Tony could not reappear until the DTV sequels in the late 1990s. He only made cameos in ''Fievel Goes West'' owing to that respect. The show had a focus on promoting reading, and frequently the solution to an episode's conflict was found by Fievel reading. The character also appeared in public-service messages sponsored by the nonprofit Reading Is Fundamental. After its abandonment for over two decades,

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regained rights to the series in 2020.

Characters

* Fievel Mousekewitz: The main protagonist, a little mouse who is always looking for adventures. * Tanya Mousekewitz: Fievel and Yasha's older sister who has dreams of being a great singer. * Yasha Mousekewitz: Tanya and Fievel's baby sister. * Papa Mousekewitz: Tanya, Fievel, and Yasha's father, a famous violin maker who always gives his

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family wise advice. Papa's real name is Bernard and he is Aunt Sophie's older brother in "Aunt Sophie's Visit", which was wiped from the DTV sequels. * Mama Mousekewitz: Tanya, Fievel, and Yasha's mother, a strict, practical, and realistic homemaker who tries to keep her family safe from Cat R. Waul, Chula, and Sweet William's gang. * Tiger: The goofy cowardly Orange tabby cat who is Fievel's best friend. Tiger is a vegetarian who often eats fish. Tiger met Fievel and his family in ''

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''. He later moved out west to

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with Fievel's family and his girlfriend Miss Kitty in '' An American Tail: Fievel Goes West''. * Cat R. Waul: The main antagonist, a gentleman-like cat who is Fievel's nemesis. * T. R. Chula: Cat R. Waul's

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sidekick and a caricature of

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. * Sweet William: An evil outlaw cat who is Fievel's other nemesis. * Slim and Feloneous: Sweet William's two dim-witted alley cat sidekicks. * Jack: One of Fievel's school mates from Australia. * Jorge: Another one of Fievel's school mates. * Mr. J. M. Schimmel: The prairie dog who owns the mouse-sized general store in Green River. He is also Sidney's father and is Austrian-American as revealed in "Law and Disorder". * Clint Mousewood: One of Fievel's heroes and Tanya's one-sided crush – from "Mail Order Mayhem". A caricature of

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. * Hambone: The dog guard on the train – from "The Gift". * Sidney Schimmel: One of Fievel's more spoiled classmate. First appears in Law and Disorder. He is Mr. J. M. Schimmel's son. * Sophie Mousekewitz: Tanya, Fievel, and Yasha's aunt from Russia. She visits the Mousekewitzs from "Aunt Sophie's Visit". She is also Papa's younger sister and Mama's sister-in-law. * Dr. Travis T. Hiprocates: A traveling doctor that gave away hiccup sweets – from "A Case of the Hiccups". A caricature of

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. * Miss Kitty: Tiger's girlfriend from "Law and Disorder". A caricature of

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. * Mr. Ironside: The school teacher, probably a mole and

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as revealed in "The Legend of Mouse Hollow". * Dog: The dog who guards the jail house. * Lorna Holcombe: A girl in Fievel's class – from "A Case of the Hiccups". * Patty Paris: The baker. A caricature of

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's Belle Watling from '' Gone with the Wind''.

Cast

as Fievel *

as Tiger *

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as Papa, originally voiced by Nehemiah Persoff *

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as Mama, originally voiced by

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as Tanya and Yasha *

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as T. R. Chula, Mr. Schimmel, Slim and Felonious. T.R. Chula was voiced by Jon Lovitz in the original film role * Gerrit Graham as Cat R. Waul.

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was briefly considered to reprise his role as Cat R. Waul from the film but Graham took over the role. *

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as Sweet William * Hal Rayle as Clint Mousewood * Arthur Burghardt as Hambone * Cynthia Ferrer as Miss Kitty, originally voiced by

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* Patricia Parris as Aunt Sophie * Carlos Carrasco as Jorge * Alex Dent as Fernando * Danny Mann as Dog * Lisa Picotte as Lorna Holcomb * Paige Gosney as Sidney * Roland Thomson as Jack

Episodes

Home media

In 1993 and 1994, MCA/Universal Home Video released twelve episodes on six VHS video-cassettes, two Laserdisc volumes. These have been the only

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releases of the cartoon, at least in the United States. In the

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, 12 episodes were released on six video-cassettes in 1995, but were in a different episode order to the United States and Vol. 4 features the only episode that hasn't been released in the United States. Episodes have been released on

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, and

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. In 2020,

regained the long-abandoned series and streamed it on

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References

External links

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