10 Facts About Fievel Mousekewitz

Fievel Mousekewitz is waylaid by conman Warren T Rat, who gains his trust and then sells him to a sweatshop.

Fievel Mousekewitz discovers that he is actually a cat in disguise, and the leader of the Maulers.

Papa returns Fievel Mousekewitz's hat, commenting that it now fits him and he has grown up into a mouse.

Bluth felt uncomfortable with the main character's name, thinking "Fievel Mousekewitz" was too foreign-sounding, and he felt audiences wouldn't remember it.

Fievel Mousekewitz decided to make a stylistic shift from the more angular "modern style" of animation of the time to a style similar to Disney animation from the 1940s, where the characters have a more soft and cuddly feel.

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Notable cuts include the Mousekewitzes' journey across Europe, a scene in which they first meet Tiger and he gets stuck up in a tree, an upbeat song that Fievel was planned to sing while imprisoned in the sweatshop, and a scene that gave greater explanation of the changing of names at Ellis Island.

Fievel Mousekewitz knew it would be difficult, but felt it was worth the sacrifice to work with Spielberg on a major project.

The theatrical sequel Fievel Mousekewitz Goes West, directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells and produced by Steven Spielberg and Robert Watts, was released in 1991 and follows the adventures of Fievel Mousekewitz and his family as they move from New York to the Wild West.

Fievel Mousekewitz would serve as the mascot for Spielberg's Amblimation animation production company in London, England, appearing in its production logo until the studio's dissolution in 1997.

In March 2000, Fievel became the official children's spokesman for UNICEF, with the organization's director of communications Craig Kornblau remarking that "Fievel Mousekewitz is a popular endearing character for children everywhere" and "his immigration experiences reflect the adventures and triumphs of all cultures and their children".