An American Tail

Continuity mistake: During "There Are No Cats in America" Papa finishes singing his piece, holding a blue hat in his right hand. But the hat vanishes between shots, right before the first chorus begins. (00:12:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Fievel is wandering the streets alone, he finds a small piece of cheese on the ground. But the number of holes in the cheese changes with every shot, right before it gets snatched up by another passerby. (00:30:20)

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Continuity mistake: During the rally at Mausheimer Park, Fievel steps up to the podium and whispers a plan into Gussie's megaphone. When Honest John asks to hear it, Gussie can be seen holding the megaphone's handle with three fingers as she speaks to him. But once the shot changes, she suddenly has only two fingers on the handle. (00:45:20)

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Continuity mistake: After Fievel sinks his teeth into Warren T. Rat's left arm from behind a mirror, he howls in pain. In this shot, the reflection of Warren T.'s teeth isn't reversed like it should be. (00:51:25)

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Revealing mistake: During "Never Say Never" Henri instructs Chantal to fly Fievel to immigration where he should be able to find his family. At one point during this shot, Henri's right wing casts no shadow on the Statue of Liberty - only an outline of the wing's shadow is visible. (00:23:25)

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning when Tanya is looking into a mirror admiring her new orange headscarf, she turns completely around towards the dining room between shots. (00:03:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Henri and Fievel land upon the Statue of Liberty during "Never Say Never", the statue's tablet is positioned right up against the cloak. But one shot later the tablet is extended far out into the air instead. (00:22:10)

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Continuity mistake: In the sewer where Fievel is trying to evade the cats - at the point where he's on a roller skate heading downhill into the path of a live bear trap - several notches on the skate's belt disappear between shots. (00:52:10)

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Continuity mistake: Between the overhead and underwater views of an apple falling into a barrel of herring, the barrel's wooden cover completely changes shape. It's missing a large triangular-shaped section in the shot where Papa makes his appearance. (00:10:25)

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Continuity mistake: During the storm, Fievel gets carried off on a bar of soap. Upon making his way to the staircase he's seen five steps down below the swinging door, ducking for cover as a wave crashes into the lower deck seconds later. But after the wave passes by, he looks up at the swinging door from the sixth step instead - having not moved from his place through it all. (00:16:15)

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Continuity mistake: When the Giant Mouse of Minsk is racing towards the other cats huddled at end of the pier, Warren T. Rat is briefly missing his nightcap in one shot. (01:04:20)

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Continuity mistake: Throughout the orphan alley scene, from the point where Fievel gets taunted by a gang of bullies until he hears Papa's violin in the distance, the slanted window in the background is broken in different places from one shot to the other. At one point is has no visible breaks anywhere at all. (01:08:30)

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Continuity mistake: As Fievel is gazing into the barrel of herring, an apple core falls in. The apple casts no reflection as it falls into the water, whereas Fievel's shadow is visible. (00:10:25)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Tiger and his friends are playing poker at a round table, the leader (who says "Ante up, boys") is seen wearing a different colored shirt between shots. At first it's purple, but in the close-up shot it briefly changes over to black. (00:50:25)

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Continuity mistake: In the opening verse of "There Are No Cats in America," Papa finishes telling his story and an elderly mouse faints, dropping her sewing needles and yarn to the floor. But when the chorus begins in the following shot, she's suddenly holding them again. (00:12:10)

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Continuity mistake: In the initial scene where Papa is handing out Hanukkah gifts, he gives Fievel a family heirloom: his blue hat. But as Papa drops the hat onto Fievel's head, the direction of its bill changes between shots. (00:04:15)

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Continuity mistake: Before Digit jumps out from Warren T. Rat's pocket, he pushes out all kinds of accessories such as pencils and playing cards. But when Warren T. looks in the mirror trying to figure out how to make an extra fifty cents, the items reappear - sticking out of his pocket again. (00:25:20)

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Continuity mistake: Throughout the entire scene involving Fievel being locked in a cage and singing "A Duo" along with Tiger, his blue hat is nowhere to be found. But after the floor mirror's glass shatters, he and Tiger are locked in a handshake and, all of a sudden, the hat is now tucked under his belt. (00:58:30)

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Continuity mistake: After Gussie outlines a secret weapon plan to get rid of the cats, she walks over to the clock and moves its hands to 6:00. But right before the scene ends, the hands are positioned at 5:00 instead. (00:53:40)

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Continuity mistake: During the storm, Fievel makes his way to the staircase and climbs a rope onto the fourth step. Suddenly a torrent of water rushes in from the deck above, forcing him to take cover. When Fievel emerges to look at some washed-up fish down on the floor below, the rope is nowhere to be seen - but it soon reappears a few shots later when Papa chases after him. (00:16:05)

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Gussie: We awe going to have a wawwy.
Honest John: A wawwy? What's a wawwy?
Gussie: You know. A wawwy. A wawge gathewing of mice fow a weason.
Honest John: Oh. A rally.
Gussie: That's what I said. A wawwy.

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Trivia: Fievel was named after Steven Spielberg's grandfather.

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Question: Why didn't Tiger go with Fievel after he released him from the cage and Warren T. Rat threw him out of the Maulers?

Answer: Warren T. grabbed Tiger and told him he was fired.Tiger did eventually leave some time after that though.

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