Fievel's American Tails is a children's cartoon television series which aired on CBS for one season in 1992. The series was produced by Amblin Television, Nelvana, and Universal Cartoon Studios, and is part of the An American Tail franchise. Fievel's American Tails was a continuation of Fievel's adventures after the film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.

Phillip Glasser (as Fievel Mousekewitz), Dom DeLuise (as Tiger), and Cathy Cavadini (as Tanya Mousekewitz) were the only actors from the film to reprise their roles from the film. One character (Wylie Burp) was written out of the series due to the retirement of actor James Stewart, while another character (Tony Toponi) was written out of the series to allow Pat Musick time away to raise her daughter, the now-actress Mae Whitman.

Fievel's American Tails had a focus on promoting reading, and the cartoon often depicted Fievel finding solutions to conflicts by reading books. In the early 1990s, the mouse character Fievel also appeared in public-service messages promoting book-reading that were sponsored by the nonprofit Reading Is Fundamental.

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 little 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 older 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 his 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 and a caricature of Butch Cassidy. Sweet William: An evil outlaw cat who is 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 ground squirrel who owns the mouse-sized general store in Green River. He is also Sidney'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. Appearing in "Mail Order Mayhem", he is a caricature of Clint Eastwood. Hambone: The dog guard on the train who appears in "The Gift". Sidney Schimmel: One of Fievel's more spoiled classmate, he 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 younger sister and Mama's sister-in-law. Dr. Travis T. Hiprocates: A traveling doctor that gave away hiccup sweets. Appearing in "A Case of the Hiccups", he is a caricature of Sigmund Freud. Miss Kitty: Tiger's girlfriend who appears in "Law and Disorder" and is 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 who appears in "A Case of the Hiccups". Patty Paris: The baker, she is 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, originally voiced by Nehemiah Persoff Susan Silo as Mama, originally voiced by Erica Yohn Cathy Cavadini as Tanya and Yasha Dan Castellaneta as T. R. Chula, Mr. Schimmel, Slim and Felonious. T.R. Chula was voiced by Jon Lovitz in the original film. Gerrit Graham as Cat R. Waul. John Cleese was briefly considered to reprise his role as Cat R. Waul from the film but Graham took over the role. Kenneth Mars as Sweet William Hal Rayle as Clint Mousewood Arthur Burghardt as Hambone Cynthia Ferrer as Miss Kitty, originally voiced by Amy Irving 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

Series overview

Home media In 1993 and 1994, MCA/Universal Home Video made twelve episodes available on either six VHS video-cassettes, or two Laserdisc volumes. These have been the only home video releases of the cartoon, at least in the United States. In the United Kingdom, 12 episodes were released on six video-cassettes in 1995, but were in a different episode order to the United States; VHS #4 of the UK release features the only episode that has not been released in the United States. Episodes have been released on DVD in France, Germany, and Italy, but not in the United States. In 2020, the series became available for streaming on Peacock; it was removed from Peacock in July, 2025.

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