Tanya is a secondary character in the first film, who only features prominently in a few scenes. 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). Comment. Like Fievel, he has dark brown fur with tan fur around his eyes and muzzle. 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. 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. Notably the Toponi family disappeared in majority during Fievel Goes West as Pat Musick had no involvement, causing her character, Tony Toponi, to be mostly written off, as well as completely in Fievel's American Tails. 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. They also won't listen to Fievel when he warns them about Cat R. Waul's evil plans in the second movie. Tony opts to bring the map to Dr. Dithering, and he translates it. ChulaCactus Cat GangChief McBrusqueMr. revealing that it leads to a treasure. He is later seen sleeping in a bunk above Fievel. Soon enough, the cats have been given the boot and the mice are celebrating. Don Bluth Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. the mice just barely stop their Giant Mouse of Minsk from being released too early. Most strangely in a scene near the end, Tony and his wife and baby only made one shot on the giant mousetrap with the crowd when Tanya appeared to save them, while in all other shots, they are missing from the crowd. 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. Tony is later seen with Fievel, freaking out because the two of them are an hour late to the meeting at Chelsea Pier. 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. Voiced by: Pat Musick. This was her oldest incarnation, as in later sequels she is aged down again. 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. Tony Toponi (An American Tail) as Philoctetes. Oooh, that name's gotta go! 3 from . The song was first published in the form most commonly used today (with water spout, etc.) His friendship with Fievel and his family carries into the direct-to-video sequels. He was voiced by the late Dom DeLuise . Fate Early concept art of Tony (as a childlike prototype) and Fievel. An American Tail Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Her personality varies from movie to movie, however, as does her appearance. In the last scene, Tony is with Tiger and the Mousekewitz family enjoying a day at the beach. It can be assumed that she and Tony have started a family by then, and moved to Green River. Tony is later seen fighting off the cats when they show up early to the mouse base at Chelsea Pier. The animators even forgot about her halfway through the first movie. An archeologist from the Museum of Natural History that Tony worked for once, who deciphers the map Fievel and Tony find and accompanies their expedition for the 'treasure' under Manhattan that appears on the map. He appears to be in his mid teens. Reed Daley doesn't return the feelings though, and ignores her. Hearing that Fievel wants to escape, he says "You and me both". We have free speech! We see more of her teasing her brother in some episodes, but the two still have a strong bond. An American Tail - burning the homes Part 2, An American Tail - opening credits Part 2, An American Tail - talking about america Part 2. She's embarrassed to have Fievel tag along with her, afraid he'll make her look less professional. A streetwise orphan that Fievel befriends in the first film while imprisoned in a sweat shop. Her parents were killed by cats in 1884, whether she was in Ireland or New York at the time is unknown. | Appearance $2.55. The only reason he wasn't fired was because Papa Mousekewitz convinced Grasping that Tony would be obedient from then on. Gussie soon reveals that the ongoing killings of mice (thanks due to the cats) have become unacceptable and proposes an alliance made of all of the mice in New York (who will meet at a rally in a local park) in an effort to get rid of the cats. This prequel first premiered in the United Kingdom in November 16, 1998. Tony, assumed to be a few years older, only appears as a background character in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West as a cameo. "Pardon the expression but you looked like something the cat dragged in you know?". Ratigan (The Great Mouse Detective) as Hades. 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. 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. 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. Bridget is an Irish mouse-rights activist who Tony meets and falls in love with. Neither speak in this film. 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. However, they do this right before the cats show up. Very slender, tall young mouse, blue shirt with a red scarf on the neck, brown pants with feet-straps, red hat, black hair, barefoot 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. At one point in the movie, T.R. Fievel soon reveals Warren T. as the leader of the cats and, when Warren's list of demands includes Fievel, Tony promptly demolishes his disguise, revealing Warren T. to be a cat and not a rat! 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. Search the history of over 797 billion Bridget is the Irish girlfriend of Tony Toponi in the movie An American Tail. 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. Cholena, however, doesn't return the feelings, and spends most of the movie snubbing his advances. 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. Tony is first seen being yelled at by an angry Moe, who tells him to get back to work. When Fievel rides the tumbleweed he goes past armadillos. They live under a house in a Jewish district of Shostka (Russian empire, now in Ukraine). He mentions being from Sicily on occasion and it is assumed he is an orphan. Grasping, Toplofty, and O'Bloat, Scuttlebutt, Twitch, Outlaws Madame Mousey Tonys appearance is slightly changed in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island. Can't find a movie or TV show? Mr. and Mrs. Toponi (parents; deceased)Bridget (wife)Unnamed son Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise and Cathy Cavadini were the only actors from the film to reprise their roles, as Fievel, Tiger and Tanya respectively. Fievel and Tanya Mousekewitz's voices were performed byThomas DekkerandLacey Chabert, replacing the previous voice actorsPhillip Glasser, Amy Green from the 1986 film, andCathy Cavadinifrom bothFievel Goes Westand the TV seriesFievel's American Tails. An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster. They only get peace when they take the initiative to actually drive the cats away. Cat cat cat, and double-cat!!". Granted, this may be justified as he is wearing a fake rat nose. 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. Warren's solution to dealing with the mice after he's exposed as a cat. Tony's surname comes from the Italian word for mouse, "topo". He meets Fievel at a sweatshop and, after Fievel helps him escape, he agrees to help Fievel find his family. shoot off Warren T. Rat's fake nose, exposing him as a cat in disguise. Inspiration Scuttlebutt takes this harshly, as he goes straight for Tony at the end and smacks him into a wall. Alas, all good things must come to an end, as the Mott Street Maulers promptly attack the market and destroy everything. 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. Connections In An American Tail: Fievel Goes West(pictured), she was much older (trading cards released at the time of the movie claim she is sixteen, although the novelization of the first movie claimed she was eight, a year older than Fievel) and her age range from Fievel wasincreased. This irritates Papa, who is in mourning. Role conflict in the later sequels In the film Tony has to deal with new adult responsibilities, and he wishes to be rich. In fourth shot, both his shirt, hat and his head hair are changed to green, as his red scarf is strangely replaced with a white bow tie, notably another mouse (slightly older and not having head hair, setting between him and Bridget) is wearing a dirt-colored scarf and hat and a dark blue shirt (switching without audience looking). She's also one of the craftiest reporters New York's mice have ever known, and her work for the Daily Nibbler is legendary. Tanya has a job as a secretary at The Daily Nibbler in this film, a job Tony helped her get. But later, when she hears Tony and Bridget calling "Philly! He mentions being from Sicily on occasion and it is assumed he is an orphan. A streetwise orphan that Fievel befriends in the first film while imprisoned in a sweat shop. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place. He emits sparks from his antennae when excited. 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. | Though he is male, he is voiced by a female actor, Pat Musick. GreenRiver85. His hat is blue (with the strip and button reversed), and his hair is slightly darker in The Mystery of the Night Monster. Tony hopes the "treasure" hinted at in the map will solve his financial woes. Bernard (The Rescuers) as Zeus. The film premiered in the United Kingdom on November 16, 1998, and was released in the United States and Canada on February 15, 2000. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Pat Musick Shes a cheerful, optimistic and caring young female mouse who is well known for having faith that Fievel was alive when her parents refused to believe it in An American Tail. On An American Tail, Bridget appears with brown fur with tan tone around her eyes and on her freckled muzzle. At Castle Garden, Tanya's name was changed to Tilly when she went through immigration to sound more Americanized. Background information 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). TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This issue gained some debate since. It'snever shown that the Sicilian mouse reunited with Tony throughout the franchise. In An American Tail, she wears a red babushka (headscarf), a blue blouse with a navy jumper dress and frilly white pantalettes. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. You can find Tanya Mousekewitz's gallery here. 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. Tony Toponi November 21, 1991. . 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. Very slender, tall young mouse, blue shirt with a red scarf on the neck, brown pants with feet-straps, red hat, black hair, barefoot, To help Fievel find his family (originally), Philly's thinking, Bridget, fighting cats, He and Bridget kiss at the reunion of Fievel and his family, "Pardon the expression but you looked like something the cat dragged in you know?". 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. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is the 1991 first sequel to An American Tail. Chula is chasing Fievel and singing a taunting, sadistic version of the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" song. She also takes an immediate liking to Fievel, and agrees at once to help him, bringing them both to Tammany Hall. Tony is the second mouse to leave the sweatshop (Fievel being the first). She is first seen giving a speech in a back alley, imploring any mouse listening to get together and do something about the cats. Well, she did build the mechanical 'Manhattan Monster'. He was voiced by Pat Musick. After Fievel frees everyone Tony takes it upon himself to help Fievel . Despite her personality change, she still cares for her brother. She's assumed to be about the same age as Tony. Though the other workers ridicule his idea, Tony believes that Fievel has a decent idea. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan. 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. that Warren T. is really a cat in disguise and the leader of the cats terrorizing New York. Tony slowly, but surely, climbs Bridget's stage (grabbing a flower as a gift) and, upon Bridget losing her crowd, gives her the flower. Aug 26, 2022 8 min read. Alignment However, the treasure turns out to be the lost Lenape tribe. 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. Tony Toponi | 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). When the mice are sitting in the audience/mouse trap, Tanya begins singing "The Star Spangled Banner". In a early process before production, Tony was designed younger. He helps Fievel and Nellie Brie out on a few occasions, but is still for the most part a side character. The Mousekewitz family follows them because Tanya believes that they're looking for Fievel. When Miss Kitty is applying blush to Tanya's cheeks, blue eyeshadow suddenly appears on Tanya's eyes as blush is being applied to her right cheek. Chapter 13. This name is never mentioned again in the sequels, however. ", as the only singing number given to Tony, Tony tells Papa Mousekewitz that Filly is actually "Fievel". Since this event is retconned, Tony's future concept remains unclear. Tanya Mousekewitz (An American Tail) as Megara. The only nice cat Fievel meets, and one of his best friends. Chula with Amy Irving as Miss Kitty with 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! 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