For those who don't know about Tony, you can learn all about him in the link below: Tanya is much the same personality-wise in the short-lived animated series, with the same voice actress and general look but different. Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo) as Pegasus. Tony opts to bring the map to Dr. Dithering, and he translates it. She is first seen giving a speech in a back alley, imploring any mouse listening to get together and do something about the cats. He then teams up with Fievel and trains Tiger to take his place. Don Bluth Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. The camera pans past the house belonging to the human Moskowitz family to reveal a tiny duplicate house inhabited by the Mousekewitz family. Ends up as head matron to Cat R. Waul's saloon, and shows Tanya the glamor of stardom. Eventually, Fievel follows his father's fiddling and the Mousekewitzes are made whole. 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. Much similar to Tanya's animation issues on Fievel's American Tails, Tony's streamline is limited as well, with the feet-straps of his patched trousers and his whiskers removed. Bridget is the Irish girlfriend of Tony Toponi in the movie An American Tail. 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. The original script, when the Mousekewitzes arrive at Ellis Island, one of the mice preceeding them in the checkin line is a woman with a bundled baby. 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. 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. 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. Background information He was partially seen with his parents while they and the crowd are on the giant mousetrap. Madame Mousey (pronounced 'Moo-say') is a small french poodle, who fled her owner to cause some trouble on her own. revealing that it leads to a treasure. 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. leaves his friends in danger to save himself. Early concept art of Tony (as a childlike prototype) and Fievel. When the famous cowboy Clint Mousewood comes to town to take out Sweet William's gang, she develops a huge crush on him despite that he's much older than she is (very similar to her crush on Reed Daley in the 4th film), and although Clint is probably quite aware of her feelings he does not returns them, and leaves town at the end of the episode. To help Fievel find his family (originally) However, the cats fail and the secret weapon is released. After moving to Green River, Cat R. Waul finds her singing the song "Dreams to Dream" in the streets, and is instantly entranced by her voice before even seeing her. In the comic book adaptation she is given a love interest, Willie, who does not appear in the film and may have been cut. When Fievel rides the tumbleweed he goes past armadillos. 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. When he catches up with Fievel, he agrees to help him find his family. 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, John Kassir, Ron Perlman, Tony Jay and Richard Karron. She appears alongside Tony in a few cameos in Fievel Goes West, always with a child in her arms. Despite her personality change, she still cares for her brother. Fievel's baby sister. | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster. 3 from . He aided the other mice in the plan to get rid out of the Mott Street Maulers. This was her oldest incarnation, as in later sequels she is aged down again. Tony Toponi | Philly's thinking, Bridget, fighting cats ), ''Meet Fievel. Search the history of over 797 billion Saw a sequel five years later with Fievel Goes West, in which the Mousekewitz family, still dirt poor and at the mercy of ever-more-sophisticated cats, flee New York for the Wild West (made without Bluth's involvement, but with Spielberg still on board), and a short-lived TV series in the same setting (Fievel's American Tails), and two additional DTV sequels (The Treasure of Manhattan Island and Mystery of the Night Monster) that played fast and loose with the established continuity, and had no involvement from the original creators. Tony is seen again fighting against the other cats and realizes that Warren T. Rat is the leader of the cats and Tony demolishes Warren's disguise, revealing him to be a cat and not a rat. Bridget then joins Fievel and Tony as they leave to find Honest John (unknowingly missing Fievel's family again). His friendship with Fievel and his family carries into the direct-to-video sequels. In the Japanese dub from the movie, he was voiced by Mayumi Tanaka. Tony still tries to balance this with having fun with Fievel. 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. The 3rd film's revelation that the 2nd film never actually happened (it was all a dream Fievel had) helps to explain the discrepency: he dreamt that Tanya's age had doubled: his subconscious nonupled the age difference between them from one year to nine years. [1] However in the first illustrated story it explicitly said "Tanya was eight" when Fievel was seven.[2]. Tony personally takes part in firing a few shots off at the retreating cats. Luckily, Tony and Bridget survive the destruction. Warren T. Rat (actually a cat himself) dresses as a rat to fool the mice into buying into his protection racket against the cats. Tony Toponi is a main character of the An American Tail movie series, with the exception of film 2. She wears a professional dress, and tries to act more adult, partly because of the crush she has on editor Reed Daley. 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. Forgiveness . He mentions being from Sicily on occasion and it is assumed he is an orphan. Like Fievel, he has dark brown fur with tan fur around his eyes and muzzle. Though the other workers ridicule his idea, Tony believes that Fievel has a decent idea. Tony is later seen with Fievel, freaking out because the two of them are an hour late to the meeting at Chelsea Pier. 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 introduces himself and, upon Fievel doing the same, gives him an American name: Philly. The American Tail series consist of 4 animated movies. Tony, assumed to be a few years older, only appears as a background character in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West as a cameo. 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). Tanya has a job as a secretary at The Daily Nibbler in this film, a job Tony helped her get. Tony Toponi. 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. It aired for one season in 1992, and continued Fievel's adventures from the film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. He is later seen sleeping in a bunk above Fievel. 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. In An American Tail, she wears a red babushka (headscarf), a blue blouse with a navy jumper dress and frilly white pantalettes. He has apparently been looking for Fievel all night and, after a little casual talking, decides to help Fievel out. Tony ends up being promoted to a part-time reporter along with his paperboy job. 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. 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. Here's Tony Toponi, one of Fievel Mousekewitz's best friends alongside Tiger. Tanya Mousekewitz is the eldest child of Mama and Papa Mousekewitz and the older sister of Fievel and Yasha. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail. 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. 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?" Trivia Tony, assumed to be a few years older, only appears as a background character in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West as a cameo. In a rush, Tony leaves Fievel behind, which (in some respects) is a good thing. Though the other workers ridicule his idea, Tony believes that Fievel has a decent idea. 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. ", this is how she realizes they're calling for Fievel. Tony Toponi's shirt and hat frequently changes colors during cameo shots. After being hugged by Fievel, the two young mice set out to find Fievel's family. He meets Fievel at Moe's sweatshop and, after Fievel helps him escape, he agrees to help Fievel find his family. -M-NUva. When he asks Fievel why he didn't tell him what time it was, Fievel says "But Tony, I can't tell time!" Connections 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. . revealing that it leads to a treasure. It's not likely the song was sung circa 1885, when the movie was set. Fievel's protector and guide Her parents were killed by cats in 1884, whether she was in Ireland or New York at the time is unknown. 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. Later, at a wake for Mickey O'Hare, Tony is mostly silent until Gussie Mausheimer arrives. A tiny roach who works for Warren as an accountant. She is voiced by Amy Green in An American Tail, Cathy Cavadini in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and Fievel's American Tails, and Lacey Chabert in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island and An American Tail: The . He instead develops a crush on a Native American girl named Cholena. 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