Cat R. Waul

Cat R. Waul is the main antagonist in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and Fievel's American Tails, in truth He is a minor antagonist in the alternative verse and the new hero in Fievel's American Tails 2. He was an evil cat and the leader of the Cactus Cat Gang. Waul is a cat of wealth and class, who loves to eat mice, and dislikes humans, especially his buxom owner. His main goal is to turn the mice from Green River, except Tanya Mousekewitz, into mouseburgers.

### An American Tail Fievel Goes West

His plan was to orchestrate a cat attack on the mice of New York and then entice them in the sewers in order to trick them into moving out west using a mouse cowpoke marionette. Once gaining their trust and making them think Green River was a place where cats and mice peacefully coexist in harmony, he was going to kill them all with a giant mouse trap at the grand opening of his saloon and turn them into "mouse burgers." Fievel heard about his devious plot on the train, and he was pulled down to Cat R. Waul's paw. The boss tortures him with butter sauce and is about to eat him, but he realizes that his family will miss him and look for him if he eats the young mouse, so he decides to let him go. He told his spider lackey, T.R. Chula to give him "The Flying Ahhh!" and make it good, and Fievel is kicked off the train.

Later, while selecting someone to sing on stage at his saloon, Cat R. Waul was poked in the butt with a fork by Fievel, and he flew through the roof where he was cuddled and smothered by his owner's bosom. He sees Fievel and tries to eat him again, but he hears Tanya's beautiful singing voice while she sings "Dreams to Dream". Rather than eat her he decided to keep her alive and puts her on stage. Later, when he is about to unleash the giant mouse trap at the grand opening of his saloon, Fievel, Tiger and the former sheriff Wylie Burp show up to save the day. At one point in the ensuing shoot-out Cat R. Waul had the mice cornered and was about to shoot them, but Fievel had him and his gang in the giant mouse trap, and Cat R. Waul, Chula, and other members of the cactus cat gang were catapulted out of town and into a mail bag. Cat R. Waul swore vengeance, but was pulled into the train and cuddled again by his owner affectionately after being stripped of his regular attire and adorned in a baby bonnet, bow, and booties.

### Fievel's American Tails

Cat R. Waul is the main antagonist of *Fievel's American Tails*. In this show, he's returned to Green River to carry out more evil deeds, usually trying to trick the mice of Green River into falling for one of his traps. But he is easily defeated. His appearance is mainly unchanged, although his eyes are blue instead of green like in the movie. His base of operations seems to be out of a funeral parlor, where no humans are ever seen. By this time he's lost control of his gang, with Chula the only one still following his orders through allegiance alone. He sometimes convinces Sweet William and his gang to participate in his schemes, but when the schemes go awry they turn on him immediately. He actually comes very close to devouring the entire Mousekewitz family at the end of "Little Mouse on the Prairie", only to be stopped by Sweet William's gang beating him up over being cheated in a gambling game.

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#### An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

"Look out behind you, kid!" Wylie Burp" Pay attention. Keep it clean and tidy...""Plenty of violence, but no eating.""Right. Carry on, chaps.""Jolly, jolly good...""Now for my part...""On the frontier, cats and mice help each other.""The anointed leader of cats, Mr. Cat R. Waul, is the most enlightened, intelligent, sophisticated"charming, non-narcissistic, debonair, suave, dashing...""renaissance cats you could... ever wish to meet.""Jolly, jolly good. Anybody still like some tickets, y'all?" (Meowing)"Which would you rather have: The crouton or the entire caesar salad? Of course, we will eat the mice, but only after we have exploited their labors.""We are nice to the mice... because it is intelligent to be so. If we talk sweetly, they will come in droves. If we hiss, they will run and we will have to chase them...""An unnecessary expenditure of calories."One-Eye: So when do we take the big bite, boss? Chula: When do we get to eat them? When, when, when?"When my empire at Green River is complete... and when we have a better mousetrap..."One-Eye, Frenchy, Earless & Chula: Mouseburgers!"Yes, mouseburgers indeed.""Music, please.""To aid the digestion."Waul taking a bite into the sandwich"What do we have here? It appears to be a young pioneer.""Now, the feline in me would like to...""...devour this tender morsel.""but the shrewd businessman in me knows..."" if I do, the other mice will miss him and come looking for him.""But the gourmet in me quivers at the thought...""of Mouse Tartar.""But, the entrepreneur prefers not to be inundated...""by suspicious mice that could jeopardize my plan.""So I must exercise... ""both willpower and finesse.""Scamper back to your parents, little mouse.""and Do be careful. It's frightfully hazardous out there.""Give him the Flying "Ahh", and make it good.""Please, please, there's no need for such...""...a bleak assessment of your situation.""After all, what are neighbors for?""A cup of Sugar,""A saucer of Cream,""A pail of Water, perhaps.""I'd like to share a vision. A vision of a better world.""A world where cats and mice,""live and work side by side.""A world where mothers raise their mouselings...""without fear.""Where musicians receive their proper due. Where young mousettes fulfill their every, dream.""Will you help me build this world?""So, what's your problem?""Being nice to these mice...""It's driving me nuts!""Get on with it, you morons!""After the saloon is finished tomorrow, we announce that we are going to have a special ceremony.""We invite all of the mice... ""und" seat them in the stands.""Und" when the sun goes down...""Snappo! MouseBurgers..."MouseBurgers!""Let Me Hear That Again!""MouseBurgers!!""Let The Saliva Floooow!!!""MouseBurgers!!!""Next...""Terrible! Terrible!""Truly, utterly appalling! ""I must have a voice to match the opulence""of this sal-""OON!""Humans...""Yuck!""So shiny and Bleagh!""Right!""I want the subversive who attempted to assassinate me found."Chula: I just loooooove finding subversives!Chula: Hey, boss, what's a subversive?"Someone who doesn't have long to live.""Well, well... ""if it isn't my little friend...""From the Train."Fievel Mousekewitz: Cat R. Waul!I heard what you said about mouseburgers.I'm gonna tell everyone.Fievel's American Tails Series

Fievel Goes West (Alternative)