Never Say Never Again!

Welcome to the definitive fansite for An American Tail, Universal's breakthrough 1986 animated film which jumpstarted the animation industry! This site is dedicated to all four films as well as the short lived television series. Relive the adventures of Fievel Mousekewitz, his family, his journey to America and the friends and enemies he meets along the way, and connect with fellow fans in the forum.

2/06/10

There's quite an update today folks. It's been a long time coming. In one night written a summary and review for The Mystery of The Night Monster. Follow the link and read it for yourself! Also, look for some new screencaps in the photo album for the film as well. I now have summaries for every movie in the series. Wikipedia shall be forever vanquished from this site! It is somewhat bittersweet though. I'd love for them to make another sequel, if they actually did it right. But with Universal shutting down their animation department, who knows when or if we'll ever see that.

It's going to be hectic for me in the coming weeks and months, but I'll try my best to update the site and be vocal in the forum. I have ideas for new pages on the site now that The Tails is complete. Just stay tuned!

1/22/10

Yep, this site is in need of some updates, and it will be getting them soon, when I can watch "Mystery of the Night Monster" again. But in the meantime, an announcement. A moderator on the forum (Aaron, but goes by Wylie Burp on the forum itself), is practicing flash animation by making his own version of a third sequel to An American Tail! You may follow his progress through the forums or on his Deviantart page. Also, contact him if you feel like contributing. Got a good Tony Toponi impression? Can you sing like Tanya and hit those glass-shattering high notes? We've got a job for you!

1/05/10

Hope everyone had a great New Years! I've posted a review of the Fievel's American Tails episode "A Mouse Known as Zorrowitz". Also, I've got new pictures in Fievel's Playland and Merchandise as well as in the An American Tail album too! So go check those out! Site's still going strong in 2010, thanks to all of you!

12/29/09

Well, it's finally done! Tonight I finally finished that summary/review of The Treasure of Manhattan Island. It may not be the most well-liked movie of the series but as I say in my review, there's no harm in at least giving it a chance, I've seen much worse. Next up, I have a couple episodes of Fievel's American Tails to review. I won't be able to work on The Mystery of the Night Monster until I get my DVD back after winter break, I left it at my dorm. Oh well, gives you something to look forward to in 2010. Also, please don't be afraid to join the forum, things have been kinda quiet and I think we could use some new blood. All fans, hardcore or casual, are welcome!

12/18/09

My winter vacation has officially begun! So, provided I'm not lazy, expect a lot of new updates to the site real soon. And to keep your AAT-appetites satisfied, I've uploaded tons of new photos, in almost all of the albums. Have a look! I got permission from Skyline19 to upload some of his beautiful Tanya Mousekewitz art too, that's up in the fanart section. Look him up on Deviant Art if you like it, same goes with the rest of the fanart.

Also, I've cleaned out some of my less significant past site updates. I'll probably do that periodically, I'm still not sure about the fate of the past site update entries in the long run.

12/14/09

Happy six month anniversary to the site! It's looking much better than it did six months ago, but my work's still not over yet. In site news, this website's got it's very first affiliate! It's 'The Game's Afoot', an excellent fansite about The Great Mouse Detective, another personal favorite of mine. Us fans of animated mouse movies ought to stick together, right? So beneath the site updates on this very page you'll find a new section for affiliates. If you'd like to have a look at the site go right ahead, just click on the little picture. And keep checking back here for some updates real soon too. I'm about to get a lot more free time on my hands in the coming weeks.

 12/3/09

I decided to add a holiday decoration to the homepage to make it a bit more festive, also poking fun at McDonald's ironic Fievel Christmas stocking giveaway in 1986. Aww, what could be more in the spirit of Christmas than a cute and loveable Jewish mouse? In other news, there are new pictures in the gallery, including illustrations from the novelization of An American Tail. Just look for it under the An American Tail gallery. I was lucky enough to pick up the novelization a few years back at a used book sale. Once I have access to a scanner I'll probably make more scans.

11/21/09

Happy 23rd anniversary of An American Tail! 23 years ago today, An American Tail debuted in theaters, and the animation industry has never been the same. Here's hoping that this movie continues to inspire generations of fans for many more years to come..

10/15/09 

Another Fievel's American Tails review is up! This time it's for the episode "Mail Order Mayhem", the episode in which Tanya gets a crush on the lawmouse Clint Mousewood, who is fairly epic. Enjoy, and stay tuned for more soon!

9/24/09

A new review of an episode of Fievel's American Tails is now up, I was able to aquire another episode I hadn't previously seen! It's called "Law and Disorder" and features Miss Kitty's only appearance in the series. I should be getting "Fievel, The Lonesome Ranger" soon as well.

In the meantime, college has been pummeling me with stuff to do, just give me some time. Updates will still happen, and the forum of course will not be affected, so by all means go join and talk to fellow fans!

9/4/09

Read about the An American Tail Live Show from Universal Studios in the Music section, complete with a download! Also a review of Creep Crawl Flash's "No Cats". 

9/2/09

Added new cels and storyboards to the An American Tail album, and started a new album featuring merchandise and pictures from Fievel's Playland. All of this can be found in the photos section. The review of The Treasure of Manhattan Island is still in the middle of being written, I have a lot to say about that one.

8/1/09

All new summary of An American Tail is up. Come relive the nostalgia!! Fievel goes West is next in line. Special thanks to forum user Tanya for the new header.

7/22/09

I've renamed the site "Never Say Never Again!- An American Tail Fansite", we'll see if the name sticks. Also, I've just made the homepage a bit prettier (been needing to do that for a while).  The site will get progressively prettier as time goes on. I've started a new page with lyrics to all the songs from the movies. This page can be easily accessed through The Music page as well as by following various links throughout the site. Keep checking for new stuff in the photo's section and in the forums, which I might add has been bustling with activity in a way I hadn't predicted but am very happy with.

7/16/09

Happy belated one month anniversary! I've now completed a page on the series 'Fievel's American Tails', giving summaries for all of the 13 episodes and links to where you can watch some of them. You can access the page through The Tails page or through links on The Characters page. I haven't seen every episode so I was forced to rely on IMDB for some of them. If you have seen any I haven't, please contact me through the forums.

7/9/09

I've added a trivia section now, named "Get the Facts" after Nellie Brie's catchy tune, and I've been adding other little updates here and there over the past week. Also check the photos section and the forum, there have been recent additions there. I encourage everyone who finds this site and is a fan of An American Tail to join the forum.

6/30/09

Well, I tried to enhance the Characters page by having each picture of the character link up to their own little page with their profile, but come to find out Webs is giving me a twenty page limit. I don't have the spare money to pay them for more pages unfortunately, so I guess we're stuck with the one long characters page. I've got nine pages so far. Contacts might be disposable if I need one more. So I need to decide what to do with the eleven more pages I have. I may choose to enhance the Tails section and give each movie a page of its own. I can also do a page on Fievel's American Tails, and I was thinking of doing a quotes and a trivia page.  And that's only seven out of the eleven pages I have left, twelve if I need it.

6/14/09-

Just starting the site up! This is my first Webs account, so bear with me here, still heavily under construction, and I'm still trying to learn the ropes of working with this site. I want to create something to fill the major American Tail fansite void the internet has had since the last dusty old AAT fansite stopped being updated, probably around eight or nine years ago. I have a vast library of screenshots and media, I'll likely be filling this site with as much as I can legally get away with. So yeah, it ought to look way better than the humble page you see before you now, in a few months.

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