Fievel's American Tails facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Fievel's American Tails
Created by	David Kirschner
Directed by	Larry Jacobs
Voices of	Phillip Glasser Dom DeLuise Susan Silo Lloyd Battista Cathy Cavadini Dan Castellaneta Gerrit Graham Kenneth Mars
Theme music composer	Hank Saroyan Robert Irving
Composer(s)	Milan Kymlicka
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith
Production company(s)	Amblimation (Amblin Television) Nelvana Universal Cartoon Studios
Distributor	MCA TV
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 12 (1992-09-12) – December 5, 1992 (1992-12-05)

Fievel's American Tails is an American/Canadian animated television series, produced by Amblimation, Nelvana, and Universal Cartoon Studios. It aired on CBS for one season in 1992, and continued Fievel's adventures from the film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise and Cathy Cavadini were the only actors from the film to reprise their roles, as Fievel, Tiger and Tanya respectively.

The show had a focus on promoting reading, and frequently the solution to an episode's conflict was found by Fievel reading. The character also appeared in public-service messages sponsored by the nonprofit Reading Is Fundamental.

After its abandonment for over two decades, NBCUniversal regained rights to the series in 2020.

Characters

• Fievel Mousekewitz: The main protagonist, a little mouse who is always looking for adventures.
• Tanya Mousekewitz: Fievel and Yasha's older sister who has dreams of being a great singer.
• Yasha Mousekewitz: Tanya and Fievel's baby sister.
• Papa Mousekewitz: Tanya, Fievel, and Yasha's father, a famous violin maker who always gives his Jewish Russian family wise advice. Papa's real name is Bernard and he is Aunt Sophie's brother in "Aunt Sophie's Visit".
• Mama Mousekewitz: Tanya, Fievel, and Yasha's mother, a strict, practical, and realistic homemaker who tries to keep her family safe from Cat R. Waul, Chula, and Sweet William's gang.
• Tiger: The goofy cowardly Orange tabby cat who is Fievel's best friend. Tiger is a vegetarian who often eats fish. Tiger met Fievel and is family in An American Tail. He later moved out west to Green River, Utah with Fievel's family and his girlfriend Miss Kitty in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.
• Cat R. Waul: The main antagonist, a gentleman-like cat who is Fievel's nemesis.
• T. R. Chula: Cat R. Waul's tarantula sidekick. A caricature of Butch Cassidy.
• Sweet William: Fievel's other nemesis.
• Slim and Feloneous: Sweet William's two dim-witted alley cat sidekicks.
• Jack: One of Fievel's school mates from Australia.
• Jorge: Another one of Fievel's school mates.
• Mr. J. M. Schimmel: The rat who owns the mouse-sized general store in Green River. He is also Sydney’s father and is Austrian-American as revealed in "Law and Disorder".
• Clint Mousewood: One of Fievel's heroes and Tanya's one-sided crush – from "Mail Order Mayhem". A caricature of Clint Eastwood.
• Hambone: The dog guard on the train – from "The Gift".
• Sydney Schimmel: One of Fievel's more spoiled classmate. First appears in Law and Disorder. He is Mr. J. M. Schimmel's son.
• Sophie Mousekewitz: Tanya, Fievel, and Yasha's aunt from Russia. She visits the Mousekewitzs from "Aunt Sophie's Visit". She is also Papa's sister and Mama's sister-in-law.
• Dr. Travis T. Hiprocates: A traveling doctor that gave away hiccup sweets – from "A Case of the Hiccups". A caricature of Sigmond Freud.
• Miss Kitty: Tiger's girlfriend from "Law and Disorder". A caricature of Dorothy Gibson.
• Mr. Ironside: The school teacher, probably a mole and British-American as revealed in "The Legend of Mouse Hollow".
• Dog: The dog who guards the jail house.
• Lorna Holcombe: A girl in Fievel's class – from "A Case of the Hiccups".
• Patty Paris: The baker. A caricature of Ona Munson's Belle Watling from Gone with the Wind.

Cast

• Phillip Glasser as Fievel
• Dom DeLuise as Tiger
• Lloyd Battista as Papa
• Susan Silo as Mama
• Cathy Cavadini as Tanya and Yasha
• Dan Castellaneta as T. R. Chula, Mr. Schimmel, Slim and Felonious
• 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
• Carlos Carrasco as Jorge
• Alex Dent as Fernando
• Danny Mann as Dog
• Lisa Picotte as Lorna Holcomb
• Paige Gosney as Sidney
• Roland Thomson as Jack

Episodes