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Fievel's American Tails
Fievel's American Tails title screen
Format	Animated series
Created by	David Kirschner
Starring	Phillip Glasser Dom DeLuise Susan Silo Lloyd Battista Cathy Cavadini Dan Castellaneta Gerrit Graham Kenneth Mars
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	30 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 12, 1992 – December 5, 1992

Fievel's American Tails is an animated television series, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, Don Bluth Television, Nelvana, and Universal Cartoon Studios. It aired for one season in 1992, and continued Fievel's adventures from the film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991).

In 1993 and 1994, MCA/Universal Home Video released eight episodes on four VHS video-cassettes and two Laserdisc volumes. These have been the only home video release of the cartoon, at least in the United States. In the United Kingdom, the 12-episode series was released on six video-cassettes in 1995. Episodes have been released on DVD in France, Germany, and Italy. Universal currently has no plans to release the show on DVD in the United States, as of November 19, 2009.

In 1996, cartoon broadcast in First Channel Russian Television (Russian: ОРТ) a dubbed in Russian, but with original titles and names. Repeat airings were broadcast in Spring 2002 and Winter 2005.

Don Bluth, the director of the original American Tail film, had no involvement with the series. Phillip Glasser and Dom DeLuise were the only two actors from the original film to reprise their roles, as Fievel and Tiger respectively. Cathy Cavadini, however, did reprise the role as Tanya, whom she voiced in the second film, taking over the role from Amy Green.

Episode list

13 half-hour episodes were produced:

1. Fievel, the Lonesome Ranger
2. Law and Disorder
3. Little Mouse on the Prairie
4. The Gift
5. A Case of the Hiccups
6. The Legend of Mouse Hollow
7. Babysitting Blues
8. The Lost Mother Lode
9. A Mouse Known as Zorrowitz
10. Mail Order Mayhem
11. Aunt Sophie's Visit
12. That's What Friends Are For
13. Bell the Cats

Notes

• Episodes marked with an * were released on home video in the United States (VHS & Laserdisc)
• Episodes marked with a ^ were released on home video in the United Kingdom (VHS & Laserdisc)
• Gerrit Graham previously worked with David Kirschner on Child's Play 2 and Steven Spielberg on Used Cars.

Characters

• Fievel Mousekewitz: A little mouse.
• Tanya Mousekewitz: Fievel's older sister.
• Yasha Mousekewitz: Fievel's baby sister.
• Papa Mousekewitz: Fievel's father
• Mama Mousekewitz: Fievel's mother
• Cat R. Waul: Fievel's arch-nemesis.
• Sweet William: One of Cat R. Waul cronies.
• Chula the Tarantula: Fievel's other arch-nemesis, and Cat R. Waul's sidekick.
• Jack: One of Fievel's school mates.
• Jorge: Another one of Fievel's school mates.
• Tiger: The only cat friend of the Jewish-Russian mouse family
• Mr. J. M. Schimmel: The rat who owns the mouse sized general store in Green River.
• Clint Mousewood: One of Fievel's heroes. – from "Mail Order Mayhem" A caricature of Clint Eastwood.
• Hambone: The dog guard on the train. – from "The Gift"
• Sidney: Jack's father.
• Aunt Sophie: A relative of the Mousekewitz family. – from "Aunt Sophie's Visit"
• Dr. Travis T. Hiprocates: A traveling doctor that gave away hiccup sweets. – from "A Case of the Hiccups"
• Miss Kitty: Tiger's girlfriend. – from "Law and Disorder"
• Mr. Ironside: The school teacher, probably a mole.
• Dog: The dog who guards the jail house.
• Lorna Holcombe: A girl in Fievel's class.
• Patty Paris: The baker.

Cast

• Phillip Glasser as Fievel
• Dom DeLuise as Tiger
• Susan Silo as Mama
• Lloyd Battista as Papa
• Cathy Cavadini as Tanya and Yasha
• Dan Castellaneta as Chula and Mr. Schimmel
• Gerrit Graham as Cat R. Waul
• Kenneth Mars as Sweet William
• Hal Rayle as Clint Mousewood
• Arthur Burghardt as Hambone
• Cynthia Ferrer as Miss Kitty
• Patricia Parris as Aunt Sophie
• Mayuko Aoki as Tanya (Japanese version)
• Machiko Soga as Yasha (Japanese version)

Credits

External links

• Fievel's American Tails at the Internet Movie Database
• Fievel's American Tails at TV.com

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