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=== The entire series: ===
=== The entire series: ===
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Tanya.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Tanya.
* [[Dueling Movies]]: ''An American Tail'' and ''[[The Great Mouse Detective (Disney)|The Great Mouse Detective]]''. (Sort of; that movie came out in the summer, while ''Tail'' was released for the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season, though things were tense as Disney watched how well ''AAT'' would do in comparison to ''GMD''.) ''An American Tail'' won and became the highest grossing animated film in history up to that point, but that isn't to say ''The Great Mouse Detective'' wasn't successful. Still, it's been said that this was the movie that gave Disney the kick in the pants it needed to improve its animated films.
* [[Dueling Movies]]: ''An American Tail'' and ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]''. (Sort of; that movie came out in the summer, while ''Tail'' was released for the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season, though things were tense as Disney watched how well ''AAT'' would do in comparison to ''GMD''.) ''An American Tail'' won and became the highest grossing animated film in history up to that point, but that isn't to say ''The Great Mouse Detective'' wasn't successful. Still, it's been said that this was the movie that gave Disney the kick in the pants it needed to improve its animated films.
** ''Fievel Goes West'' with ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and The Beast]]''. Sadly, you can already kinda tell how well that went.
** ''Fievel Goes West'' with ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''. Sadly, you can already kinda tell how well that went.
*** It beat out ''[[Rock a Doodle]]'' though, which was in theaters at the same time. It's tragically ironic when a sequel to a Bluth movie out-does an actual Bluth movie.
*** It beat out ''[[Rock-a-Doodle]]'' though, which was in theaters at the same time. It's tragically ironic when a sequel to a Bluth movie out-does an actual Bluth movie.
* [[Fake Russian]]: Fievel's voice actor wasn't even remotely Russian, and neither was Tanya's. And Papa's voice actor, Nehemiah Persoff, was born in Palestine (well, it was Palestine when he was born).
* [[Fake Russian]]: Fievel's voice actor wasn't even remotely Russian, and neither was Tanya's. And Papa's voice actor, Nehemiah Persoff, was born in Palestine (well, it was Palestine when he was born).
** [[Fake Nationality]]: Christopher Plummer plays a French pigeon, as well.
** [[Fake Nationality]]: Christopher Plummer plays a French pigeon, as well.
* [[Hey It's That Voice]]:
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** ''An American Tail'': [[The Sound of Music|Christopher Plummer]] is Henri the pigeon architect. Who knew a French accent could make a voice so unrecognizable? There's also Dom de Luise as Tiger and Madeline Kahn as Gussie Mausheimer.
** ''An American Tail'': [[The Sound of Music|Christopher Plummer]] is Henri the pigeon architect. Who knew a French accent could make a voice so unrecognizable? There's also Dom de Luise as Tiger and Madeline Kahn as Gussie Mausheimer.
*** Digit sounds like [[The Land Before Time|Petrie]]?!
*** Digit sounds like [[The Land Before Time|Petrie]]?!
*** Gussie is voiced by Madeline Kahn, reprising her [[Blazing Saddles|Lili Von Schtupp]] voice.
*** Gussie is voiced by Madeline Kahn, reprising her [[Blazing Saddles|Lili Von Schtupp]] voice.
** ''Fievel Goes West'': In addition to [[Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|John Cleese]], [[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|Cathy Cavadini]], Dom De Luise, Amy Irving and Jon Lovitz appearing in ''Fievel Goes West'', [[Jimmy Stewart]], veteran of classic Westerns and avid friend to dogs, lends his voice and his final performance to the Western-genre sequel as Sheriff Wylie Burp, an over the hill, wiser than his years hound.
** ''Fievel Goes West'': In addition to [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|John Cleese]], [[The Powerpuff Girls|Cathy Cavadini]], Dom De Luise, Amy Irving and Jon Lovitz appearing in ''Fievel Goes West'', [[Jimmy Stewart]], veteran of classic Westerns and avid friend to dogs, lends his voice and his final performance to the Western-genre sequel as Sheriff Wylie Burp, an over the hill, wiser than his years hound.
** ''Fievel's American Tails'': Phillip Glasser, Dom de Luise and Cathy Cavadini reprise the roles of Fievel, Tiger and Tanya respectively.
** ''Fievel's American Tails'': Phillip Glasser, Dom de Luise and Cathy Cavadini reprise the roles of Fievel, Tiger and Tanya respectively.
** ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'': Interestingly they managed to at least do well in the voice acting department with ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island''. In addition to returning voice actors from previous movies (Dom De Luise and Pat Musick return as Tiger and Tony respectively), it also features the vocal talents of Thomas Dekker, [[Tony Jay]], Ron Perlman, and David Carradine as Cholena's father.
** ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'': Interestingly they managed to at least do well in the voice acting department with ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island''. In addition to returning voice actors from previous movies (Dom De Luise and Pat Musick return as Tiger and Tony respectively), it also features the vocal talents of Thomas Dekker, [[Tony Jay]], Ron Perlman, and David Carradine as Cholena's father.
*** Sherman Howard, best known to [[DCAU]] fans as the voice of Derek Powers/Blight in ''[[Batman Beyond (Animation)|Batman Beyond]]'', provides the voice of Chief McBrusque.
*** Sherman Howard, best known to [[DCAU]] fans as the voice of Derek Powers/Blight in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', provides the voice of Chief McBrusque.
** ''The Mystery of the Night Monster'': Includes most of the same voice talents from the previous movie, in addition to [[Lacey Chabert]] as Tanya and [[Candi Milo]] as Madame Mousey.
** ''The Mystery of the Night Monster'': Includes most of the same voice talents from the previous movie, in addition to [[Lacey Chabert]] as Tanya and [[Candi Milo]] as Madame Mousey.
** In the Japanese dub:
** In the Japanese dub:
*** Fievel [[Akemi Okamura|is]] [[One Piece (Manga)|Nami]] (and also overlaps with [[Relationship Voice Actor]] with [[Mayumi Tanaka|Tony's Japanese VA]] since both voice actresses reunited years later, [[One Piece (Manga)|except Fievel as a girl and Tony's sidekick and Tony as the main character, and with another crew member named Tony to boot!]])
*** Fievel [[Akemi Okamura|is]] [[One Piece|Nami]] (and also overlaps with [[Relationship Voice Actor]] with [[Mayumi Tanaka|Tony's Japanese VA]] since both voice actresses reunited years later, [[One Piece|except Fievel as a girl and Tony's sidekick and Tony as the main character, and with another crew member named Tony to boot!]])
*** Tanya [[Maria Kawamura|is]] [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Anime)|Beltorchika Irma]]
*** Tanya [[Maria Kawamura|is]] [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Beltorchika Irma]]
*** Yasha [[Taeko Kawata|is]] [[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Suzu Fujibayashi]]
*** Yasha [[Taeko Kawata|is]] [[Tales of Phantasia|Suzu Fujibayashi]]
*** Tiger [[Kenji Utsumi|is]] [[Fist of the North Star (Manga)|Raoh]]
*** Tiger [[Kenji Utsumi|is]] [[Fist of the North Star|Raoh]]
*** Tony [[Mayumi Tanaka|is]] [[One Piece (Manga)|Monkey D. Luffy]] and [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Krillin]] ([[Relationship Voice Actor|see Fievel above]])
*** Tony [[Mayumi Tanaka|is]] [[One Piece|Monkey D. Luffy]] and [[Dragon Ball|Krillin]] ([[Relationship Voice Actor|see Fievel above]])


=== ''An American Tail'' ===
=== ''An American Tail'' ===
* [[Cross Dressing Voices]]: Tony Toponi is actually voiced by a woman, Pat Musick.
* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: Tony Toponi is actually voiced by a woman, Pat Musick.
* [[The Danza]]: It's quite possible that Fievel's nickname 'Philly' was chosen because of the name of his voice actor, Phillip Glasser.
* [[The Danza]]: It's quite possible that Fievel's nickname 'Philly' was chosen because of the name of his voice actor, Phillip Glasser.
* [[Fake Irish]]: Bridget's voice actress.
* [[Fake Irish]]: Bridget's voice actress.
* [[Non Singing Voice]]: During the song ''Somewhere Out There'', Betsy Cathcart replaces Amy Green as Tanya's voice actress. Averted with Fievel, leading to the [[Narm Charm]] noted in the YMMV tab.
* [[Non-Singing Voice]]: During the song ''Somewhere Out There'', Betsy Cathcart replaces Amy Green as Tanya's voice actress. Averted with Fievel, leading to the [[Narm Charm]] noted in the YMMV tab.


=== ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' and ''Fievel's American Tails'' ===
=== ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' and ''Fievel's American Tails'' ===
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* [[No Export for You]]: In an odd and ironic inversion of this trope, the DVD release of ''Fievel's American Tails'' and the ''An American Tail'' video game for the Playstation2 are available in Europe, but ''not'' America.
* [[No Export for You]]: In an odd and ironic inversion of this trope, the DVD release of ''Fievel's American Tails'' and the ''An American Tail'' video game for the Playstation2 are available in Europe, but ''not'' America.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Most of the voice actors from the first movie reprised their roles, but Tanya was voiced instead by Cathy Cavadini.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Most of the voice actors from the first movie reprised their roles, but Tanya was voiced instead by Cathy Cavadini.
** In ''Fievel's American Tails'' Cat R. Waul is voiced by Gerrit Graham, and Chula is voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]] (and as a consequence sounds like [[The Simpsons (Animation)|Krusty the Clown]]).
** In ''Fievel's American Tails'' Cat R. Waul is voiced by Gerrit Graham, and Chula is voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]] (and as a consequence sounds like [[The Simpsons (animation)|Krusty the Clown]]).


=== The direct-to-video sequels ===
=== The direct-to-video sequels ===
* [[Non Singing Voice]]: Cholena's different voice actress sings "Anywhere in Your Dreams", though it's not very obvious.
* [[Non-Singing Voice]]: Cholena's different voice actress sings "Anywhere in Your Dreams", though it's not very obvious.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Fievel's voice actor changes to Thomas Dekker in the DTV movies, because Phillip Glasser was too old by then.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Fievel's voice actor changes to Thomas Dekker in the DTV movies, because Phillip Glasser was too old by then.
** And of course Tanya almost never had the same voice actress twice. Cathy Cavadini returned to voice her in ''Fievel's American Tails'' but that was it.
** And of course Tanya almost never had the same voice actress twice. Cathy Cavadini returned to voice her in ''Fievel's American Tails'' but that was it.
** Luckily averted with Tony, Tiger and Papa though, which is one of the good things these movies have going for them.
** Luckily averted with Tony, Tiger and Papa though, which is one of the good things these movies have going for them.


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Latest revision as of 16:53, 26 March 2020


The entire series:

  • Dawson Casting: Tanya.
  • Dueling Movies: An American Tail and The Great Mouse Detective. (Sort of; that movie came out in the summer, while Tail was released for the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season, though things were tense as Disney watched how well AAT would do in comparison to GMD.) An American Tail won and became the highest grossing animated film in history up to that point, but that isn't to say The Great Mouse Detective wasn't successful. Still, it's been said that this was the movie that gave Disney the kick in the pants it needed to improve its animated films.
    • Fievel Goes West with Beauty and the Beast. Sadly, you can already kinda tell how well that went.
      • It beat out Rock-a-Doodle though, which was in theaters at the same time. It's tragically ironic when a sequel to a Bluth movie out-does an actual Bluth movie.
  • Fake Russian: Fievel's voice actor wasn't even remotely Russian, and neither was Tanya's. And Papa's voice actor, Nehemiah Persoff, was born in Palestine (well, it was Palestine when he was born).
  • Hey, It's That Voice!:

An American Tail

  • Cross-Dressing Voices: Tony Toponi is actually voiced by a woman, Pat Musick.
  • The Danza: It's quite possible that Fievel's nickname 'Philly' was chosen because of the name of his voice actor, Phillip Glasser.
  • Fake Irish: Bridget's voice actress.
  • Non-Singing Voice: During the song Somewhere Out There, Betsy Cathcart replaces Amy Green as Tanya's voice actress. Averted with Fievel, leading to the Narm Charm noted in the YMMV tab.

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and Fievel's American Tails

  • Keep Circulating the Tapes: Fievel's American Tails, which is doubtful to be released on DVD anytime soon. All 13 episodes were released on VHS in the early 90's though.
  • No Export for You: In an odd and ironic inversion of this trope, the DVD release of Fievel's American Tails and the An American Tail video game for the Playstation2 are available in Europe, but not America.
  • The Other Darrin: Most of the voice actors from the first movie reprised their roles, but Tanya was voiced instead by Cathy Cavadini.

The direct-to-video sequels

  • Non-Singing Voice: Cholena's different voice actress sings "Anywhere in Your Dreams", though it's not very obvious.
  • The Other Darrin: Fievel's voice actor changes to Thomas Dekker in the DTV movies, because Phillip Glasser was too old by then.
    • And of course Tanya almost never had the same voice actress twice. Cathy Cavadini returned to voice her in Fievel's American Tails but that was it.
    • Luckily averted with Tony, Tiger and Papa though, which is one of the good things these movies have going for them.
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