Tony Toponiis amajor character of the An American Tail movie series. UsefulNotes/Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, UsefulNotes/The Renaissance Age of Animation, UsefulNotes/Academy Award for Best Original Song, Around the World in 80 Days (Burbank Animation), The first movie sees cats regularly trying to eat the mice. (Tony Toponi turns around and is happy to see his little friend.) She looks and acts a little different in every sequel; in Fievel Goes West she is shy and wants to be a singer, in The Treasure of Manhattan Island she is spunky and sarcastic (although this began to show in Fievel's American Tails), and in The Mystery of the Night Monster her personality is much the same, but she tries to act more adult, partly because she has a deep crush on newspaper editor Reed Daley. Tony is last seen saying "I don't hear no one thanking me here! Animators When he catches up with Fievel, he agrees to help him find his family. In the Japanese dub from the movie, he was voiced by Mayumi Tanaka. Inspiration This name is never mentioned again in the sequels, however. 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). According to storyboards, their names are Roc (the fat one with black hair), Pee Wee (the gray one in the orange hat), and Noodles (the bald one with glasses). 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. He is later seen sleeping in a bunk above Fievel. Mama Mousekewitz | Later, Tony asks Fievel what Gussie's doing in the other part of town, and it is soon revealed that the ongoing killing of the mice have become unacceptable and makes an alliance of the mice to get rid of the cats and soon realize that Honest John can't help find Fievel's family as he only knows every voting mouse in New York. However, what he discovers under the city is a tribe of Native American mice who were driven underground by prejudiced European immigrants. Early concept art of Tony (as a childlike prototype) and Fievel. Rookie cards, autographs and more. Deviation Actions. It can be assumed that she and Tony have started a family by then, and moved to Green River. inspires the giant mouse-shaped "secret weapon" used to drive away the cats in the film's climax. Other names ", which was co-opted by the Nazis in the 1930's and '40's, Fievel does manage to find them after all, no one could have survived being thrown off of a ship in the middle of the sea, keep missing each other when they're nearby, there's no way Fievel could have survived, push him into a mud puddle, throw straw at him so he can make a bed. Tony Toponi's shirt and hat frequently changes colors during cameo shots. Armadillos were not found very far north of Texas in the 1800s. She's assumed to be about the same age as Tony. She sits on stage at Gussie Mausheimer's rally and was possibly one of the key figures in the building of the Giant Mouse of Minsk. Her cameo appearance is cheaply done in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, as the texture palette on her dress and floral headwear are completely dark blue. She's finally proven right late in the film, when the Mousekewitz's meet Tony and Bridget. Early concept art of Tony (as a childlike prototype) and Fievel. Interestingly, Tony is absent from the rally at Mausheimer Park. In his search to find his family, he discovered America.''. Tony hopes the "treasure" hinted at in the map will solve his financial woes. It is stated that he helped get Tanya her job as Reed Daley's secretary. on the Internet. Voice Phillip Glasser reprises his role as the voice of Fievel Mousekewitz. Published: Aug 26, 2022. The Mousekewitz family follows them because Tanya believes that they're looking for Fievel. 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. Soon enough, the cats have been given the boot and the mice are celebrating. 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. Believing in the American dream, they head to New York City by boat because "there are no cats in America, and the streets are paved with cheese." Quickly realizing that something isn't right, Tony finds that Fievel has gone missing; however, Fievel is safe and unharmed. | Here's Tony Toponi, one of Fievel Mousekewitz's best friends alongside Tiger. Very slender, tall young mouse, blue shirt with a red scarf on the neck, brown pants with feet-straps, red hat, black hair, barefoot Luckily, Tony and Bridget survive the destruction. An American TailAn American Tail: Fievel Goes West (cameo)An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan IslandAn American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster The show had a focus on promoting reading, and frequently the solution to an episode's conflict was found by Fievel reading. He helps Fievel and Nellie Brie out on a few occasions, but is still for the most part a side character. It is stated that he helped get Tanya her job as Reed Daley's secretary. She is continuing to follow her dream of being a singer, and she takes after school singing lessons, as well as putting on a concert orchestrated by Cat R. Waul in The Legend of Mouse Hollow (despite the fact that she found out he tried to eat her family in Fievel Goes West and should know better by now). 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. The double subversion comes in the fact that this terrifies the cats even further than the Giant Mouse if it had worked properly, and the cats book it as fast as they can. If you can help us with this wiki please sign up and help us! A sequel to An American Tail (1986), the film follows the story of the Mousekewitzes, a family of Jewish-Ukrainian mice who emigrate . New York City 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. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan. Character information 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 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. Appearance He and Bridget are completely absent from Fievel's American Tails, owing to those reasons. Done on purpose in Fievel and Tiger's song, to show their friendship as equals. 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. An American Tail Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Comment. Role conflict in the later sequels Tony spends the rest of the film trying unsuccessfully to flirt with Cholena and helping out Fievel and the gang. When Fievel falls asleep next to Yasha, Tony shares a group hug with Tiger, Tanya, Mama, and Papa. In the song "There Are No Cats In America", it is suggested that he is possibly related to the large Sicilian mouse . If you look real close at her feet when she was singing Dreams to Dream, it looks like Tanya is wearing black flats. Forgiveness . 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. Ratigan (The Great Mouse Detective) as Hades. He has apparently been looking for Fievel all night and, after a little casual talking, decides to help Fievel out. Tiger's ex girlfriend who leaves him to go west and have real adventures. revealing that it leads to a treasure. This was also Elaine Bilstad's final film appearance before her death on January 30, 1999. Brats with Slingshots: Tony Toponi, when he shoots Warren's disguise off. This was her oldest incarnation, as in later sequels she is aged down again. 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. 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. 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. Though they are presumed to be scared away by Gussie and Tiger when they tried to take Fievel away from his family, they just taunt him for looking for his family, turn them into mouse burgers when they had fulfilled their purpose. Bridget is the Irish girlfriend of Tony Toponi in the movie An American Tail. 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. Yet again the song also. Philly's thinking, Bridget, fighting cats | Chula with Amy Irving as Miss Kitty with web pages Along with Tiger, Tony catches Mousey as she attempts to escape back into the sewers and the evil poodle is apprehended by the Dog High Council. Later, in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, he wears a backpack, the color of his shirt reversed to light blue, the color of his pants are reversed to brown with the feet-straps removed, and his head hair becomes dark brown rather than black. It is the third film in the An American Tail series, the first to be released direct-to-video, and the first in the series to use digital ink and paint. After Fievel frees everyone Tony takes it upon himself to help Fievel . Personality Fievel then crafts an escape plan based off of a story he heard. By. His friendship with Fievel carries into the direct-to-video sequels. He emits sparks from his antennae when excited. Basil and Dr. Dawson (The Great Mouse Detective) as Pain and Panic. He mentions being from Sicily on occasion and it is assumed he is an orphan. Once arriving in America, all mice immediately discover that there are indeed cats in America. after the can goes down the last waterfall, his voice is sped up. Background information Tony is later seen with Fievel, freaking out because the two of them are an hour late to the meeting at Chelsea Pier. Also, they set sail from Hamburg, which was the departure point for more than four million immigrants from 1830 to 1914. The Giant Mouse of Minsk story is strongly reminiscent of the Golem of Prague story from Jewish folklore. Tony Toponi is the tetartagonist from An American Tail. The reason for Tonys role limitation was because of his actress, Pat Musick, had largely stepped away from acting to take care of her daughter, Mae Whitman (who was just born), and only appeared in a handful of productions during that period. They live under a house in a Jewish district of Shostka (Russian empire, now in Ukraine). 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. Tiger | Bridget (girlfriend)Gussie MausheimerHonest JohnTigerTanya MousekewitzPapa MousekewitzMama Mousekewitz, Cat R. WaulT.R. Alas, all good things must come to an end, as the Mott Street Maulers promptly attack the market and destroy everything. Explaining Fievel's plight to his love interest, Bridget remembers that Honest John, a local politician, knows every mouse in the city. Warren T. Rat, the cats' Cat R. Waul, Cactus Cat Gang, Chief McBrusque, Mr. He meets Fievel at Moe's sweatshop and, after Fievel helps him escape, he agrees to help Fievel find his family. 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 first seen giving a speech in a back alley, imploring any mouse listening to get together and do something about the cats. Soundtracks. Tony has a job at the cheese factory, but gets in trouble for coming in late and is docked a week's pay. Tanya has a job as a secretary at The Daily Nibbler in this film, a job Tony helped her get. Grasping, Toplofty, and O'Bloat, Scuttlebutt, Twitch, Outlaws Madame Mousey The song was first published in the form most commonly used today (with water spout, etc.) Fievel is the main character of the series. Cat R. Waul's tarantula sidekick who gleefully obeys Waul's orders, and has fun doing it too. Just remember, Fievel: one man's sunset is another man's dawn. He appears to be in his mid teens. But later, when she hears Tony and Bridget calling "Philly! Fievel doesn't get his happy ending until he all but gives up on life. It can be assumed that she and Tony have started a family by then, and moved to Green River. 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. Okay, that last one is specific to immigrant, terrorizing them into paying a protection racket. Character Tony Toponi. Tonys baby is a very minor character who appeared in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and the nameless infant child of Tony Toponi and Bridget. A group of vicious cats that are responsible for the Mousekewitz family moving to America. After retconning the first sequel, the child fades completely. She instantly wins over the cats with her song "The Girl You Left Behind". 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. He meets Fievel at Moe's sweatshop and, after Fievel helps him escape, he agrees to help Fievel find his family. 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?" 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