Thread:AustinDR/@comment-36652967-20190604213704

What is the work?

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island is the third movie released in the American Tail franchise. It apparently takes place after film 1 and retcons film 2 by saying it was just a dream. The film begins with main character, mouse Fievel Mousekewitz and his cat friend Tiger exploring an underground train tunnel found by their mouse friend Tony. After this, Tony tries sneaking back to his job at a cheese production factory since he is late. There, he encounters the trio of CMs I will discuss.

Who are they?

Mr. Grasping (rat voiced by Ron Perlman), Mr. O'Bloat (rat), and Mr. Toplofty (mouse voiced by Tony Jay) are the three despicable owners of the factory that Tony works at.

What do they do?

Their first appearance shows them on a couch carried by servants (more like slaves) and looks like what the Celestial Dragons do in One Piece. They almost fire Tony, but Mr. Mousekewitz, Fievel's dad, convinces them not to only by appealing to their egos via saying fear will produce better workers.

In their next appearance, they are laughing with Dirty Cop Police Chief McBrusque over how they pay him to violently beat immigrants. Mr. Scuttlebutt, an assistant to archeologist Dr. Dithering, is revealed to be on the trio's payroll and tells the trio of a treasure map because he overheard Fievel and Tony discussing the train tunnel.

Later, we see a riot going on because of how Grasping, Toplofty, and O'Bloat force the mouse workers in the cheese factory work 3x harder for the same pay. To stop this, they have McBrusque violently beat a worker. It is dark; the beating is played dead seriously and the worker is left barely alive.

Eventually, Fievel and his friends discover a tribe of lenape Indians living in the train tunnel beneath NYC. The chief sends his daughter Cholena to explore the outside world with Fievel & co. The trio get wind of this and are immediately panicked. However, they come up with an idea: portray the Lenape Indians as enemies of both the workers and themselves to trick the workers into forgetting about work issues. Their song "Friends of the Working Mouse" has them sing about making the workers their slaves so they can rule like tyrants.

Mr. Grasping, Mr. Toplofty, and Mr. O'Bloat stir up fear in the workers about the Native Americans, leading to a massive mob. Dr. Dithering is almost executed, but Fievel's father talks sense into the crowd, convincing them that the business owners are the enemies. The workers attempt to go after the trio, but the trio order McBrusque to turn the Lenape camp sight into a burial ground.

McBrusque, his officers, and Scuttlebutt are defeated while trying to invade the Lenape campsite. The Lenape chief wants Fievel & co. to detonate a small gasoline bomb near the entrance to the train tunnel. McBrusque and Scuttlebutt try to attack them, but the bomb detonates, causing the two to die via falling into a chasm that is quickly overrun with water.

The end shows that Fievel's father formed a worker's union and forced Mr. Grasping, Mr. Toplofty, and Mr. O'Bloat to agree or otherwise face a strike and possible bankruptcy. While they do get off easy in this film, it is implied in the next film An American Tail: Mystery of the Night Monster, they put workers in a clothing factory in conditions that had no air or water, but they were taken down by investigative journalist Nellie Brie.

Redeeming Qualities?

None. They mention making a large donation to Dr. Dithering's museum only to get Scuttlebutt on their payroll so he ca find valuable objects for them. They show no care for one another and are disgusting, smug, and greedy. Mr. O'Bloat is more humorous than the other two, but he still happily goes along with the horrible crimes committed.

Heinous Standard?

I believe they count. The fact they are mice and not cats like Warren T. Cat from film 1 makes them more heinous to me. Plus, it's implied they have been ordering assaults on immigrants for yers in their dialogue with McBrusque.

Conclusion?

I think they count, but please put it on the subpages for people to decide. Thank you. 