An American Tail (1986)

Share this quote on facebook I'm your guard, Tiger. Don't make any sudden moves, 'cause I'm crafty and I'm quick. I've got the instincts of a cat. What am I saying? I am a cat!

Share this quote on facebook You lost your family? Oh, dear. That's terrible. I lost my family, too. Years ago, I mean. [sobs] 8 brothers. 10 sisters. 3 fathers.

Share this quote on facebook Listen... I like mice-- [Fievel cries] Oh, no. Not like that. You see, I don't eat red meat at all. I'm a vegetarian. Oh, a little fish now and then, but what I really like is a nice piece of... shh... broccoli.

Share this quote on facebook (after Warren fires him) Good. I'm glad. I never liked you. And besides, your music stinks!

Share this quote on facebook Hey, Filly! I been lookin' all over for ya! [chuckles] Pardon the expression, but ah, you look like somethin' the cat dragged in. [chuckles again]

Share this quote on facebook Stick with me, kid. [Fievel holds on tightly to Tony's arm] Hey, hey, hey! What, are we engaged or something?

Share this quote on facebook Remember what Shakespeare said, and I quote: "Opportunity knocks but...er, but..err... but... but... but once! Taken at the tide, 'twill lead to fortune. If denied, 'twill never return."

Share this quote on facebook [After his false nose has been shot off by Tony] Disregard the nose! What's in a nose? For a nose by any other name would smell as sweet--[Tony knocks off his false ears]

Share this quote on facebook Hey, come on! Who are ya gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?

Share this quote on facebook Don't worry, gentlemen. There are plenty of mice in Hong Kong.

Share this quote on facebook Hey, I wonder how you say "trust me" in Chinese.

Share this quote on facebook Papa, why'd they change my name to Tilly?

Share this quote on facebook Fievel, this is the last time I take you to America.

Share this quote on facebook We'll be alright. As long as we're together, we'll be alright.

Share this quote on facebook Ah, so, Mr. Curious, you've discovered the herring.

Share this quote on facebook Fievel, you'll get hurt!

Share this quote on facebook This is America! We have free speech! We can say "cat" here! Cat, cat, cat, and double-cat!

Share this quote on facebook Today was the wowst day evewr. Those cats are kiwwing eveweone. They don't even know the diffewences between wich and power! The wetches.

Share this quote on facebook As you know, I have dedicated my wife to hewping those who awe wess fowtunate than myself....er, that's evewyone. And now, I need you to help me.

Share this quote on facebook We must have a wawwy. You know, a wawwy. A warge gathewing of mice fow a weason.

Share this quote on facebook Money is not evewething. I know because I have money, and I have evewething. But what awe they worth without fweedom?

Share this quote on facebook Wewease the secwet weapon!

Share this quote on facebook [At the wake of Mickey O'Hare - he is rather intoxicated] Poor lad. So young. He never had a chance to vote. Well, he'll vote from now on. I'll see to that. [Shakily writes Mickey's name on a notebook under "Ghost Votes"]

Share this quote on facebook Qu'est-ce que c'est? A little immigrant. Now they are coming by bottle.

Share this quote on facebook Now, are you ready to go and find your family?

Share this quote on facebook Mama: Fievel, Tanya, will you stop that twirling, twirling? I mean it!
Papa: But Mama, it's Hanukkah.
Mama: For you, every night is Hanukkah.

Share this quote on facebook Papa: For Tanya, a new babushka. Happy Hanukkah.
Tanya: Oh, Papa, thank you.
Mama: You have only one parent?
Tanya: Thank you, Mama.

Share this quote on facebook [Warren is playing the violin]
Warren: Rats! This nose, this nose keeps getting in the way.
Digit: You could stop playing.
Warren: That's funny. I've never known a cockroach with good taste, but I've known plenty that taste... (Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!) ...good.
Digit: [nervously] Heh-heh. Play, play, play!

Share this quote on facebook Henri: Where is your Papa, your Mama, huh?
Fievel: I don't know. They were on a boat to America.
Henri: Then you are in luck, my little immigrant. This is America.
Fievel: America. But I thought it was bigger.
Henri: Oh, it is bigger. All of that is also America.

Share this quote on facebook Henri: I know, my little immigrant. You want to find your family. And you will.
Fievel: But how? They're so far away, and it's so big. I'll never find them anyway.
Henri: J'me excuse pardonnez, but did you say never? So young, and you've already lost hope! This is America, the place to find hope. If you give up now, you will never find your family. So never say never.

Share this quote on facebook Henri: Now, are you ready to go find your family?
Fievel: Yes!
Henri: Chantal! Take my little friend to Immigration. You will find your family there. Everyone goes through Immigration. I would take you there myself, but then I would never finish my statue.
Fievel: [amused] Henri, you said "never"!
Henri: Oh, so I did!

Share this quote on facebook Fievel: I'm looking for my family.
Warren: Hey, you've come to the right fella, kid. I know exactly where they are. Follow me.
Fievel: But Henri said I would find them here.
Warren: Have it your way, kid. But remember what Shakespeare said, and I quote: "Opportunity knocks but... uh, but...”
Digit: Psst! Once.
Warren: "... but-but-but once! Taken at the tide, t'will lead to fortune. If denied, t'will never return."
Fievel: Do you really know where my family is?
Warren: Heh-heh. Trust me, kid, trust me.

Share this quote on facebook Papa: Ah, so, Mr. Curious, you've discovered the herring.
Fievel: Herring? I thought they were fish.
Papa: [laughs] But, Fievel, herring are fish.
Fievel: Really, Papa?
Papa: Oh, yes. In the ocean, there are many kinds of fish, and herring is one of them.
Fievel: All kinds?
Papa: Yes. Tiny fishes, not so tiny fishes, fishes as big as this boat.
Fievel: Wow! Let's go up and see the fish!

Share this quote on facebook Mama: Well, Mr. There-Are-No-Whats-In-America? Hmm?
Papa: Cats. [laughs sheepishly]

Share this quote on facebook Digit: Would you please put out that filthy thing? I'm suffocating down here!
Warren: You don't like it? Hey, you know you're not the only cockroach in New York City. There are millions of roaches who give their left feet to work for Warren T. Rat.
Digit: Good! Fire me! I'm fed up with that filthy smoke in this pocket! I've seen kitchen shelves cleaner than this place! Look at my suit!

Share this quote on facebook Warren: Tiger, how did he get away?!
Tiger: He overpowered me.
Warren: You're fired!
Tiger: Good. I'm glad. I never liked you! And besides, your music stinks!

Share this quote on facebook Papa: In America, there are mouse holes in every wall.
Mama: Who says?
Papa, Tanya, and Fievel: Everyone!
Papa: In America, there are bread crumbs on every floor.
Mama: You're talking nonsense!
Papa: In America, you can say anything you want, but most important, [whispers] and this I know for a fact, in America, there are no cats.

Share this quote on facebook Gussie: We must have a wawwy.
Honest John: A wawwy? What's a wawwy?
Gussie: You know, a wawwy-- A warge gathewing of mice for a weason.
Honest John: Oh, a rally!
Gussie: That's what I said! A wawwy.

Share this quote on facebook Warren: Just throw down that kid!
Tony: Oh, yeah? [knocks off Warren's fake nose with his slingshot] Bullseye!
[the crowd murmurs]
Warren: Disregard the nose. What's in a nose? A nose by any other name would smell as sweet--
[Tony knocks off Warren's fake ears]
Crowd: Great whiskers! He's a cat! [other voices] Hey! A cat! A cat! Cat!
Warren: Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute. Who are you gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?

Share this quote on facebook Warren: If music be the food of love, play on, McDuff, play on.
Digit: [miserably] I don't know which is worse, the music or the Shakespeare?

Share this quote on facebook Tiger: [playing cards] I got it! I got it! I got it! Rummy!
Cat: Tiger, for the hundredth time, we're playing poker.
Tiger: [chuckles nervously] I knew that. I knew that, but who can concentrate with all that, you know, noise?
Cat 2: Hey, Tiger, when the boss plays, it's culture.

Share this quote on facebook [Fievel sees Warren's true form from behind the mirror]
Fievel: Warren T.!
Warren: [laughs, but sees Fievel and gasps] You!
Fievel: You're not a rat, you're a cat!
Warren: How'd you get in here? Come here, you little--
[he grabs Fievel, but Fievel bites him, pushes the mirror on him, and runs off]
Warren: Gentlemen, cat's out of the bag. [throws the mirror off him and to the ground] Get me that mouse!

Share this quote on facebook Fievel: I want to get out of here.
Tony: [chuckles] You and me both.
Fievel: I have to find my family.
Noodles: Oh, shut up! Go to sleep.
Pee Wee: [offscreen] Pipe down.
Roc: [offscreen] Oh, be quiet!
Fievel: I wish we had that mouse with the long hair. She could drop her hair out the window, and we can all climb down.
Worker: Sure. Out the window.
Pee Wee: Oh, fairy tales!
Tony: Wait a minute. This kid may have something. Tony Toponi's the name. Put her there, eh--
Fievel: Fievel. Fievel Mousekewitz.
Tony: Fievel? Ooh! That name's got to go. Hey, I'll tell you what, though. Filly!
Fievel: [giggles] Filly?
Tony: Yeah, fits you perfect. Hey, Filly. You got any idea where your family is? Filly! Filly Mousekewitz! Hey, Filly! Sheesh!

Share this quote on facebook Roc: Hey, what's your story
Fievel: I'm looking for my family.
Pee Wee: Hey, fellas! He's looking for his family.
Roc and Pee Wee: [mockingly] He's looking for his family!
Noodles: I stopped that a long time ago.
Pee Wee: At least you know who they are.
Roc: Why are you looking for them? They should be lookin'...
Roc, Pee Wee, and Noodles: ...for you!
Noodles: They don't care. Forget 'em.
Fievel: [angry] You're right! They don't care, and if they did, they would have found me! Well, if they don't care, I don't care! I hope I never see them again!
Pee Wee: Yeah! Forget 'em! You're one of us now!
Roc: Here. Make yourself a bed.
[They toss hay over Fievel.]
Roc: Ha-ha-ha! Pitiful.
Fievel: [tearfully] I'll never find them again, anyway. Never. Never. Never. This is my home now.

Share this quote on facebook Mouse Cop: We've got to do something about them cats.
Honest John: Besides paying Warren T. Rat for no protection.

Share this quote on facebook Mama: Oh, my little boy, back from the dead. America, what a place.
Papa: My Fievel. I thought I would never see you again. [sniffles]
Fievel: Never say "Never", Papa.
Papa: Oh! [laughs] Oh, I nearly forgot. Here, Fievel, your hat.
[he drops the hat back on his son's head; this time, Fievel strains, and moves the hat up with his ears]
Mama: Your hat, it fits!
Papa: My son! Now, you are a mouse.

Share this quote on facebook Meet Fievel. In his search to find his family, he discovered America.