History WesternAnimation / AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest

-->'''Cat R. Waul:''' FREEZE, YOU MISERABLE VERMIN!!! ''(shoots madly at the mice)''

* AesopAmnesia: You'd think that Fievel would learn not to go wandering off on a transportation device he's not familiar with after what happened in the first movie. But he does, and once again gets separated from his family. You'd also think his mother would not jump to the conclusion that he's dead right away after he turned out to be alive the last time he got separated from them. She does (though Papa assures her that Fievel will come back).

* AllJustADream: Done at the beginning where Fievel shoots a bunch of cats and gets a badge from Wylie Burp. A DreamWithinADream if you think about it.
* AnimationBump: Say what you will about the sequel, but you have to admit that the animation was of amazing quality, even at the time it was released--it was even better than most of the '''Disney''' films out at the time.

* CousinOliver: Yasha Mousekewitz is somewhat elevated to this in ''Fievel Goes West'' and the series ''Fievel's American Tails'', despite having been in the first movie (she inexplicably disappears halfway through). In all the other movies she's mostly [[LivingProp not much more than a prop]].
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: After Fievel reunites with his family halfway through the movie, he tries to warn the mice population about Cat R. waul's plot. Unfortunately, no one, not even his own family, believes him. He was right. Fortunately, Fievel managed to enlist the help of Tiger and Wylie to stop the plan.

* EyePop: Made into a weapon by Wylie Burp. Used [[MoreDakka on full auto]] later in the movie.

* FalseFlagOperation: Cat R. Waul's plan--the main story starts when the cat gang terrorize all the mice in New York, leading to them taking refuge in the sewers where they meet a cowboy mouse (actually Cat R. Waul using a marionette) who convinces them that Green River is a utopia where cats and mice get along. It works and hundreds of mice--including Fievel's family--move out West where the cats maintain the facade to not only get Cat R. Waul's business up and running but also to put themselves in a perfect position to kill all the mice at once so they can eat them.
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: A mixed example. While there are some revolvers, those only get aimed at inanimate objects or aimed so badly they don't come close to hitting anyone. When the cats (and one dog) have their shoot-out, it's with slingshots that use bullet and ricochet sound effects. Cat R. Waul has a revolver that's mounted and used like a {{BFG}}, as it's too large for the cats to hold.

** [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar PUSSY PUSSY!]]

** The conductor's IronicEcho, "Next stop: mouth, throat, stomach, intestine, and- you guessed it- Green River."

* HeKnowsTooMuch: When Fievel accidentally discovers Cat R. Waults' plan to trick the mice into believing they are good and eating them when their guard is down, instead of eating him, he has his lackey knock him off of the train into the badlands, in hopes that he won't be able to find his way to Green River and likely die. [[spoiler: Thankfully Fievel manages to get back to his family again.]]

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Fievel imagines to have these. That is, he doesn't even aim.

* InstantRoast: Native American mice shoot fire crackers at a hawk, blowing it out of the sky, and a few seconds later some mice are shown carrying a fully-cooked and beheaded roasted hawk.

** It's also how Tiger catches the train--briefly--while being chased by a dog.

* RibbonCuttingCeremony: The opening ceremony for Cat R. Waul's saloon is a trap: cutting the ribbon would have triggered a giant mousetrap on the stands where the mice were sitting.

* SequelGoesForeign: It follows this (though technically still in the same country there's a world of difference between New York and Green River).

** Plus, how could they not notice that the cats in Green River are the same ones who attacked them in New York? (Also add on how they fell for the obvious puppet ploy early in the film, including Car R. Waul even forgetting to control it whilst favourably describing himself.)

* VillainousBreakdown: Cat R. Waul is very much calm and cool when the heroes arrive to take him down -- he just calmly sics his men on them. But when the heroes expose his mousetrap for all to see, he loses it.

''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' is the first sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''. The film was not directed by Creator/DonBluth, due to stated CreativeDifferences with Creator/StevenSpielberg, but was instead directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells. It is the first Creator/{{Amblimation}} film released by Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment. It was released on November 22, 1991.

* AgeLift: Tanya is aged up in this film, whereas she was closer to Fievel's age in tbe first film.

* GiantSpider: Creator/JonLovitz.

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Because of having different directors and a different animation team working on it, it differs considerably from the first film, in both look and tone, becoming more comedic and light-hearted. The later direct-to-video sequels throw a veil doubt over the canonicity of this film, with the Mousekewitz family living ''back'' in New York and Fievel mentioning he "dreamed" that he moved west, but the truth of the matter seems to have been left up to {{Fanon}}.

In it, picking up some years after the events of the first film, the Mousekewitz family is disillusioned with living in New York, with the final straw being a cat attack on their alley home. After the villain, Cat R. Waul, tricks them and a crowd of other mice into buying train tickets to a small town in the West via using a mouse puppet, the family boards a train to the Wild West. But, echoing the tone of disillusionment in the first film, it turns out the town of Green River is a DyingTown, and Cat R. Waul had more nefarious motives for bringing the mice there. Fievel is the only one who overheard Waul's plans, but the only one who will believe him is a washed up former hero sheriff, Wylie Burp.

Also features none other than [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]] himself in his final acting job. Also of note, this film spawned a very short-lived animated series, ''WesternAnimation/FievelsAmericanTails''.

* BodyWipe:
** "The Case of the Hiccups": where Papa sends Fievel to bed, his arm fills the screen and the scene fades to the school.
** "That's What Friends Are For": near the beginning where Fievel and Tiger are chasing Chula, Both Fievel and Chula's mouths fill the screen then Tiger's stomach.
** "Bell The Cats": one close to the beginning where Tiger is being chased by a dog; done with his purple shirt. And another close to the end where the all the cats were being chased by dogs; one of the dog's ears fill the screen.

Also features none other than [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]] himself in his final acting job. Also of note, this film spawned a very short-lived animated series, ''Fievel's American Tails''.

** There's also Creator/JonLovitz as the psychotic spider Chula.

* VocalDissonance: As Fievel rides through the desert in a sage bush some wild animals sing "''Series/{{Rawhide}}''" theme version of Film/TheBluesBrothers. A baby bird in particular sing the ''Ride'em in Rawhide'' part with Dan Aykroyd's voice.

Also features none other than [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]] himself in his final acting job.

''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' is the first sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''. The film was not directed by Creator/DonBluth, due to stated CreativeDifferences with Creator/StevenSpielberg, but was instead directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells. It is the first Amblimation film, released by Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment. It was released on November 22, 1991.

Because of having different directors and a different animation team working on it, it differs considerably from the first film, in both look and tone, becoming more comedic and light-hearted. The later direct-to-video sequels throw a veil doubt over the canonicity of this film, with the Mousekewitz family living ''back'' in New York with Fievel mentioning he "dreamed" he moved west, but the truth of the matter seems to have been left up to {{Fanon}}.

In it, picking up some years after the events of the first film, the Mousekewitz family is disillusioned with living in New York, with the final straw being a cat attack on their alley home. After the villain, Cat R. Waul, tricks them and a crowd of other mice into buying train tickets to a small town in the West via using a mouse puppet, the family boards a train to the Wild West. But, echoing the tone of disillusionment in the first film, it turns out the town of Green River is a DyingTown, and Cat R. Waul had more nefarious motives for bringing the mice there.

Because of having different directors and a different animation team working on it, it differs considerably from the first film, in both look and tone. The later direct-to-video sequels throw a veil doubt over the canonicity of this film, with the Mousekewitz family living ''back'' in New York with Fievel mentioning he "dreamed" he moved west, but the truth of the matter seems to have been left up to {{Fanon}}.

''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' is the first sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', released in 1991. The film was not directed by Creator/DonBluth, due to stated CreativeDifferences with Creator/StevenSpielberg, but was instead directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells. It is the first Amblimation film, released by Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment. It was released on November 22, 1991.

''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' is the first sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', released in 1991.

* GiantSpider: Creator/JonLovitz

* AllJustADream: Done within at the beginning where Fievel shoots a bunch of cats and gets a badge from Wylie Burp. A DreamWithinADream if you think about it.

* AnimationBump: Say what you will about ''Fievel Goes West'', but you have to admit that the animation was of amazing quality, even at the time it was released--it was even better than most of the '''Disney''' films out at the time.

* AllJustADream: Done within ''Fievel Goes West'' itself at the beginning where Fievel shoots a bunch of cats and gets a badge from Wylie Burp. A DreamWithinADream if you think about it.

* BabiesEverAfter: Tony and Bridget's ''Fievel Goes West'' cameos where they're seen with a baby.
* BadassLongcoat: In ''Fievel Goes West'', Fievel, Tiger and Wylie Burp all wear one for the final showdown with Cat R. Waul.
* BalloonBelly: In ''Fievel Goes West'', when Tiger is told to suck in his chest, and he instead deflates like a balloon.

* BeYourself: It's what both Fievel and Tanya learn by the end of ''Fievel Goes West'', and it's shown that they've learned it more through action than words; i.e. Tanya washing her makeup off and Fievel turning his hat right-side-in so it's blue again and not a cowboy hat. Tiger goes back to acting like a cat once he saved the day.

* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: In ''Fievel Goes West'' when Fievel is chased into a hole by a hawk, we see only his eyes, and the eyes of an angry scorpion.

** Tony and Bridget can be seen very briefly in a few scenes in ''Fievel Goes West''. The most noticeable examples are during the early cat attack sequence, and when the mice arrive in Green River and move in. They can also be seen in the crowd in the sewer, and in the audience sitting in the giant mousetrap, but in those scenes they are extremely OffModel and thus can't really be distinguished without using freeze-frame.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Cat R. Waul gets either what could be seen as this (see GagBoobs) or AndIMustScream in ''Fievel Goes West''.

* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Fievel Goes West'' gives Tanya and Tiger a great deal more CharacterDevelopment than the first film did, and isn't exclusively focused on Fievel (despite his name being in the title).

* DemotedToExtra: Tony and Bridget in ''Fievel Goes West''.

* DesertSkull: In ''Fievel Goes West'', Tiger runs into a buffalo skeleton that seems to come to life when he's not looking. Turns out it's being manipulated by native mice, who then capture Tiger.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: ''Fievel Goes West'' is a mixed example. While there are some revolvers, those only get aimed at inanimate objects or aimed so badly they don't come close to hitting anyone. When the cats (and one dog) have their shoot-out, it's with slingshots that use bullet and ricochet sound effects. Cat R. Waul has a revolver that's mounted and used like a {{BFG}}, as it's too large for the cats to hold.

* GiantSpider: Creator/JonLovitz in ''Fievel Goes West''
* GodGuise: In ''Fievel Goes West'', Tiger is worshiped by a tribe of Native American mice because he bears a striking resemblance to a rock formation.

* InjunCountry: Played somewhat offensively straight in ''Fievel Goes West''.

* JustTheWayYouAre: This is the moral of Tanya Mousekewitz's subplot in ''Fievel Goes West''. She gets a makeover so she can sing at Waul's saloon, but after discovering Waul is actually evil and tried to kill every mouse in Green River, she remembers what her friend Miss Kitty told her, that the real woman is what's underneath the mask, and she washes her make-up off.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Tanya can break glass with her singing voice in ''Fievel Goes West''.

* PluckyComicRelief: Tiger in ''Fievel Goes West''. Tony Toponi takes over the job in the other sequels.
* PoliticiansKissBabies: In ''Fievel Goes West'', Cat R. Waul kisses Yasha to convince the mice that he's harmless. This is made more effective since Waul is of course a cat, and Yasha is a mouse who he easily could have eaten.

* RibbonCuttingCeremony: In ''Fievel Goes West'', the opening ceremony for Cat R. Waul's saloon is a trap: cutting the ribbon would have triggered a giant mousetrap on the stands where the mice were sitting.
* RightOutOfMyClothes: Cat R. Waul does a Pain-Powered Leap out of his suit, in ''Fievel Goes West''.
* RuleOfFunny: Tiger dancing to "Putting on the Ritz" with a skeleton for a few seconds, Tiger turning into a poodle at the mention of a dog, Tiger deflating like a balloon and falling off a cliff to a long farting sound...''Fievel Goes West'' had way more moments like these than the first movie. Most if not all had to do with Tiger.

* StockFootage: Some celebrating mice at the end of ''Fievel Goes West'' are actually reused mice from "There Are No Cats in America" from the first movie.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer for ''Fievel Goes West'' didn't spoil itself so much, but the fact that it was included at the beginning of every VHS release of the first movie after 1991 meant that it revealed the ending of ''An American Tail'' before the movie even started.

* TrainEscape: Tiger escapes a pack of dogs by hopping on the back of a train in ''Fievel Goes West''. That whole scene is very ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' in spirit.
* UndersideRide: In ''Fievel Goes West'', there's a train car for mice beneath the real train cars.
* VagueAge: Figuring out how old Fievel and Tanya are can be very confusing. Tanya, for example, suddenly looks much older than Fievel in ''Fievel Goes West'', while in the first movie, she looked around the same age as Fievel. And if we are to believe it's been a few years since the first movie, why is Yasha still a baby?

* YoungGun: Fievel daydreams about being a Young Gun at the beginning of ''Fievel Goes West'', complete with his hero Wylie Burp telling him to 'get out while he still can', and Fievel blatantly disobeying him and shooting out a gang of villainous cats.

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