History WesternAnimation / AnAmericanTailTheTreasureOfManhattanIsland

* AwardBaitSong:[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8nryp_anywhere-in-your-dreams_animals "Anywhere in Your Dreams"]], sung by Cholena and Fievel, which may also act as a ShipTease between the two.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The film is more on par with the original than the LighterAndSofter tone of ''Fievel Goes West'', with this movie having themes of racism and politics. It also features police brutality in a scene where the police mice beat up a factory worker mouse.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The film is more on par with the original than the Lighter & Softer tone of Fievel Goes West with the themes of racism and politics. It also features police brutality in a scene where the police mice beat up a factory worker mouse.

* DirtyCop: Chief [=McBrusque=] and his force.

* ContinuityNod: Fievel reminds Papa why they came to America from Russia at the beginning of the third movie, and Mama [[NeverLiveItDown still hasn't let Papa forget about being wrong]] when he said there were no cats in America.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The villains don't even get PutOnABus like most ''An American Tail'' villains do. Though their lackeys Scuttlebutt and [=McBrusque=] avert this and become the only ''An American Tail'' villains to be KilledOffForReal.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: The film is more on par with the original than the Lighter & Softer tone of Fievel Goes West with the themes of Racism and politics. It also features police brutality in a scene where the police mice beat up a factory worker mouse.

* ShamingTheMob: Papa manages to stop the riot in the third movie by doing this.

* TorchesAndPitchforks: An angry mob led by Chief Mcbrusque hunts down Cholena in the third movie after being convinced that her being a Native American makes her a threat.

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Cited nearly word for word by Fievel when he persuades an Indian Chief to let her daughter live among the Europeans for a time and see if they've changed their ways. Things later [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly wrong]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A very literal example. Tony appears in the DTV sequels and in the third film, ''The Treasure Of Manhattan Island'', he has a LoveInterest in the shape of Cholena. But wait... where is Bridget? She was his girlfriend in the first film and ''Fievel Goes West'' actually featured a cameo of the two, as a newly married couple, with a child no less.

* AwardBaitSong: ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'' has [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8nryp_anywhere-in-your-dreams_animals "Anywhere in Your Dreams"]] sung by Cholena and Fievel, which may also act as a ShipTease between the two.

* Darker&Edgier: The film is more on par with the original than the Lighter & Softer tone of Fievel Goes West with the themes of Racism and politics. It also features police brutality in a scene where the police mice beat up a factory worker mouse.

* DirtyCop: Chief [=McBrusque=] and his force in the third movie.

* Darker & Edgier: The film is more on par with the original than the Lighter & Softer tone of Fievel Goes West with the themes of Racism and politics. It also features police brutality in a scene where the police mice beat up a factory worker mouse.

The film itself involves Fievel and his friend Tony happening upon an encoded treasure map while exploring a subway station. When they bring it to an archaeologist, he concludes that it was written by Native American mice who lived among the Lenape tribe before European mice arrived. He organizes an expedition with Fievel, Tony, a shady rat named Scuttlebutt, and Fievel's feline friend Tiger to explore the tunnels beneath New York, whereupon they find the remnants of the Lenape mouse tribe living in an underground village. Fievel befriends TheChiefsDaughter, Cholena, and convinces her father to let them bring her to the surface to show her that European mice have become more tolerant. Scuttlebutt informs the evil factory owners (that Fievel's father now works for), who also collude with the corrupt police force, of the expedition's findings. The villains decide they want to invade the Lenape settlement to steal their supposed treasure for themselves. The film begins to take a darker turn as the factory owners whip their workers into a racist panic over the presence of subterranean Native American mice beneath their feet, and an angry mob goes on the hunt for Cholena.

The film itself involves Fievel and his friend Tony happening upon an encoded treasure map while exploring a subway station. When they bring it to an archeologist, he concludes that it was written by Native American mice who lived among the Lenape tribe before European mice arrived. He organizes an expedition with Fievel, Tony, a shady rat named Scuttlebutt, and Fievel's feline friend Tiger to explore the tunnels beneath New York, whereupon they find the remnants of the Lenape mouse tribe living in an underground village. Fievel befriends TheChiefsDaughter, Cholena, and convinces her father to let them bring her to the surface to show her that European mice have become more tolerant. Scuttlebutt informs the evil factory owners (that Fievel's father now works for), who also collude with the corrupt police force, of the expedition's findings. The villains decide they want to invade the Lenape settlement to steal their supposed treasure for themselves. The film begins to take a darker turn as the factory owners whip their workers into a racist panic over the presence of subterranean Native American mice beneath their feet, and an angry mob goes on the hunt for Cholena.

* {{Retcon}}: Fievel apparently ''dreamed'' the entirety of ''Fievel Goes West'' (unless it's just some sort of ShoutOut or {{Foreshadowing}}, as {{Fanon}} followers are wont to argue).

* DeathCourse: In ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'', Fievel and his friends pass through a DeathCourse while exploring underground caverns on their way to the hideout of an underground tribe of Native American mice. Later on in the film some corrupt policemen are tricked into going through the death course themselves. There are noticibly fewer of them after they come out the other side.

* DiscontinuityNod: Given the fact that they said ''Fievel Goes West'' was a dream in the third movie, Tiger hissing at the angry mob of mice and then accidentally yelling "Woof! Woof!", correcting himself by going "Oops, wrong species!" is almost insulting, as it could also be interpreted as a TakeThat.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: In ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'', Scuttlebutt and Chief [=McBrusque=] actually die, by falling into a deep underground chasm and being drowned by a flood of water.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: In ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'', as the police are savagely beating down a protester with their clubs, we only see their shadows.
* InjunCountry: Done in ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'', but with respect.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Those villains from ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island''. They don't even get PutOnABus like most ''An American Tail'' villains do. Though their lackeys Scuttlebutt and [=McBrusque=] avert this and become the only ''An American Tail'' villains to be KilledOffForReal.]]

* MistakenForAfterlife: In ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'', Fievel and Tony fall into a deep tunnel when the ground caves in beneath them, and Tony thinks they're dead because he sees a tunnel of light ahead of him (the hole they fell through).

* {{Retcon}}: In ''The Treasure of Manhatten Island'', Fievel ''dreamed'' the entirety of ''Fievel Goes West''.

* StayInTheKitchen: Addressed directly in ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island''. Mama and Papa agree to let Fievel go on the treasure-hunting expedition, but when Tanya wants to go they flat-out refuse. Tanya then complains that her brother always gets to go on adventures while she's stuck at home doing laundry.
* TooImportantToWalk: The three villains of ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'', who get carried around on a sofa by their servants.

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Cited nearly word for word by Fievel in ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'' when he persuades an Indian Chief to let her daughter live among the Europeans for a time and see if they've changed their ways. Things later [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly wrong]].

* WhiteMansBurden: Played straight in ''The Treasure Of Manhattan Island'', when Fievel becomes disillusioned and severely guilt-tripped upon learning what the Europeans had done to the Native Americans, and he takes it upon himself to demonstrate that the European mice aren't so bad...which really doesn't work.

* BeneathTheEarth: The subterranean tribe of Native American mice in ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island''.

* TheCameo: In the third movie Fievel and his friends are shown riding on Henri the pigeon for a few seconds during a montage.
* TheChiefsDaughter: Cholena in ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island''.

''An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island'' is the third movie in the ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' franchise. It is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated film produced by Universal Cartoon Studios, animated in Japan by Creator/TMSEntertainment and released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. It is also the second of the three "sequels" of the series. The film first premiered in the United Kingdom in 1998 before being properly released in the United States in 2000.

* WhiteMansBurden: Played straight in ''The Treasure Of Manhattan Island'', when Fievel becomes disillusioned and severely guilt-tripped upon learning what the Europeans had done to the Native Americans, and he takes it upon himself to demonstrate that the European mice aren't so bad...which really doesn't work.

The film itself involves Fievel and his friend Tony happening upon an encoded treasure map while exploring a subway station. When they bring it to an archeologist, he concludes that it was written by Native American mice who lived among the Lenape tribe before European mice arrived. He organizes an expedition with Fievel, Tony, a shady rat named Scuttlebutt, and Fievel's feline friend Tiger to explore the tunnels beneath New York, whereupon they find the remnants of the Lenape mouse tribe living in an underground village. Fievel befriends TheChiefsDaughter, Cholena, and convinces her father to let them bring her to the surface to show her that European mice have become more tolerant. Scuttlebutt informs the evil factory owners that Fievel's father now works for, who also collude with the corrupt police force. The villains decide they want to invade the Lenape settlement to steal their supposed treasure for themselves. The film begins to take a darker turn as the factory owners whip their workers into a racist panic over the presence of subterranean Native American mice beneath their feet, and an angry mob goes on the hunt for Cholena.

The film itself involves Fievel and his friend Tony happening upon an encoded treasure map while exploring a subway station. When they bring it to an archeologist, he concludes that it was written by Native American mice who lived among the Lenape tribe before European mice arrived. He organizes an expedition with Fievel, Tony, a shady rat named Scuttlebutt, and Fievel's feline friend Tiger to explore the tunnels beneath New York, whereupon they find the remnants of the Lenape tribe living in an underground village. Fievel befriends TheChiefsDaughter, Cholena, and convinces her father to let them bring her to the surface to show her that European mice have become more tolerant. Scuttlebutt informs the evil factory owners that Fievel's father now works for, who also collude with the corrupt police force. The villains decide they want to invade the Lenape settlement to steal their supposed treasure for themselves. The film begins to take a darker turn as the factory owners whip their workers into a racist panic over the presence of subterranean Native American mice beneath their feet, and an angry mob goes on the hunt for Cholena.

The film itself involves Fievel and his friend Tony happening upon an encoded treasure map while exploring a subway station. When they bring it to an archeologist, he concludes that it was written by Native American mice who lived among the Lenape tribe before European mice arrived. He organizes an expedition with Fievel, Tony, a shady rat named Scuttlebutt, and Fievel's feline friend Tiger to explore the tunnels beneath New York, whereupon they find the remnants of the Lenape tribe living in an underground village. Fievel befriends TheChiefsDaughter, Cholena, and convinces her father to let them bring her to the surface. Of course, Scuttlebutt informs the evil factory owners that Fievel's father now works for and they decide they want to invade the Lenape settlement to collect treasure for themselves; the film begins to take a darker turn as the factory owners whip their workers into a racist frenzy over the subterranean Native American mice, and an angry mob goes on the hunt for Cholena.

* CatapultNightmare: Fievel wakes up from one at the beginning of ''The Mystery of the Night Monster''.

* DerangedAnimation: Fievel's nightmare at the beginning of ''Mystery of the Night Monster'' includes being chased through a DisneyAcidSequence by a demonic cat with a mousetrap at the end of its tongue.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Fievel]] has one in ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island''.

* DreamSequence: Done a lot in ''The Mystery of the Night Monster'' when Fievel keeps having nightmares.

* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: Tony Toponi becomes a paperboy in ''An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster'', though he really wants to be a reporter and when he becomes discouraged and his rant begins to show it. * in a flat monotone voice* "Hey, get your paper here, whoop-dee-do paper here..." When someone passes him by he yells "Fine! So stay ignorant!"
* FloatingAdviceReminder: In ''Mystery of the Night Monster'', as Fievel cowers before the mechanical "night monster" he gets a vision of his mentor Nellie Brie's floating head, telling him it's alright to be afraid sometimes, but not to let the fear win.

* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Nellie Brie does this while on an undercover report.

* LittleMissSnarker: Tanya, in these movies.
* MinionMaracas: Madame Mousey does this to Fievel after he calls her a rat.

* NightmareRetardant: Invoked in-universe in ''The Mystery of the Night Monster'' when it's revealed what the 'monster' actually is.
* NightmareSequence: Fievel's nightmares in the fourth movie, which are inspired by the exaggerated news stories about the Manhattan Monster eating up helpless mice.
* OhGodWithTheVerbing: One of Madame Mousey's cat underlings talks like Jerry Lewis.
* OldTimeyBathingSuit: The Mousekewitz's along with Tony wear these at the beach at the end of ''The Mystery of the Night Monster''.
* PepTalkSong: "Get the Facts", sung by Nellie Brie to help Fievel get over his fears.

* PsychoPoodle: In ''The Mystery of the Night Monster'', the BigBad is a miniature poodle named Madame Mousey, who despises rodents because [[IAmNotWeasel she is often mistaken for one]], and so plots to get rid of the NiceMice by kidnapping them and giving them to the [[CatsAreMean cats]].

* TeamHandStack: Done at the end of the song "Who Will?" by Fievel, Nellie and Tony. Tiger joins in, but has to use his finger because he's so much bigger.
* TheyDo: Nellie Brie and Reed Daley.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: In ''The Treasure Of Manhattan Island'' as they reach the native village, Scuttlebutt becomes the target of an amorous, huge female mouse. Later said mouse finds out that he's a bad guy and [[BewareTheNiceOnes promptly kick his ass]].

* AwardBaitSong: ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island'' has [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8nryp_anywhere-in-your-dreams_animals "Anywhere in Your Dreams"]] sung by Cholena and Fievel, which may also act as a ShipTease between the two. ''The Mystery of the Night Monster'' has "Who Will", featuring singer Susan Boyd (Nellie's voice actress) being TheCastShowOff with her great singing voice.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Nellie Brie and Reed Daley end the 4th movie this way after having been at odds throughout the entire movie. This comes much to Tanya's dismay, who spent the movie crushing on Reed.
* BabyCarriage: In ''The Mystery of the Night Monster''.
** Although the sequence itself turns out to be AllJustADream.
* BadCopIncompetentCop: Played straight in ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island''.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Reed Daley and Nellie Brie.

* BulletSeed: Fievel uses this against cops in ''The Treasure of Manhattan Island''.

** Twitch, one of Madame Mousey's minions in ''The Mystery of the Night Monster''. He even gets all four of his legs dislocated during her VillainSong.

The film itself involves Fievel and his friend Tony happening upon an encoded treasure map while exploring a subway station. When they bring it to an archeologist, he concludes that it was written by Native American mice who lived among the Lenape tribe before European mice arrived. He organizes an expedition with Fievel, Tony, a shady rat named Scuttlebutt, and Fievel's feline friend Tiger to explore the tunnels beneath New York, whereupon they find the remnants of the Lenape tribe living in an underground village. Fievel befriends the ChiefsDaughter, Cholena, and convinces her father to let them bring her to the surface. Of course, Scuttlebutt informs the evil factory owners that Fievel's father now works for and they decide they want to invade the Lenape settlement to collect treasure for themselves; the film begins to take a darker turn as the factory owners whip their workers into a racist frenzy over the subterranean Native American mice, and an angry mob goes on the hunt for Cholena.

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