An American Tail

Movie • 1986 • Adventure  

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A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
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Does the dog die?
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Are animals abused?
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Does a pet die?
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HappyMom
No but (some triggers that are normally on this website are missing from this movie's page; I apologize for using this slot): the little mouse is separated from his parents, he gets lost in the city and is trafficked. It may end well but the whole movie is sad and heartwrenching with a lot of downers until the end.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
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amwhite91
Honest John is clearly an alcoholic
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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KageECKSDEE
Not onscreen, but yes. There is a scene where Honest John is at a wake, and the body of the mouse the wake is being held for is shown onscreen.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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HappyMom
I don't know where to put this, but there is a VERY SCARY (for me as a child, I couldn't watch this for years) trojan rat that roars and gives off fireworks and smoke. It might as well be a mechanical dragon as it certainly doesn't seem related to the cute mice who made it. It's destroyed in the end by falling into the water.
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Are there spiders?
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Anonymous
Mice take the place of people.
Feivel is attacked by a horde of cocroaches in the New York City sewer. They are eaten by a lizard and he escapes.
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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amwhite91
An anthropomorphized cockroach and several realistic-looking cockroaches
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Anonymous
One of the cats has a golden tooth which would imply damage and maybe trigger
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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amwhite91
In the "There Are No Cats in America" song, the Italian mouse talks about how his mother was eaten by cats. Fievel's father's parents were also eaten by cats.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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HappyMom
A trojan rat that acts like a dragon bursts through a wooden shed. Even behind the shed it looks menacing.
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amwhite91
There is a bathtub scene though.
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Are there clowns?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone spit?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Anonymous
There are flashing lights in a scene near the end but the whole screen does not strobe.
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HappyMom
You see antisemitism take place, but you'd be hard pressed to call the movie antisemitic itself
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Is there hate speech?
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Anonymous
The film opens with a Progrom (Russian government sanctioned racial violence against Jews).
Several characters sre extatic that America suposedly doesn't have cats.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Anonymous
Feivel is separated from his family by a demon masquerading as a tidal wave.
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Is there blood/gore?
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