Peter-No-Tail in Americat

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'''''Peter-No-Tail in Americat''''' (Swedish '''''Pelle Svanslös i Amerikatt'''''), is a 1985 Swedish [[animation]] based on the stories about the tail-less cat ''[[Pelle Svanslös]]'' by [[Gösta Knutsson]]. The cartoon is a sequel to the 1981 cartoon ''[[Peter-No-Tail]]'', and is known in Sweden for its extremely [[Surrealism|surreal]] content.

== Premise ==

Peter-No-Tail (Pelle Svanslös) is a cat who was born without a tail.{{citation needed|reason=In the books he lost it as a kitten|date=May 2012}} He compensates this by studying hard and, much to the dismay of his arch-rival Magnus (Måns), he receives a fancy university degree very few cats in the university town [[Uppsala]], [[Sweden]] have obtained. In the movie, he is visited by his [[United States of America|American]] relative Pelle Swanson who invites him to visit his new home country [[United States of America|America]] - in the movie called ''Americat''. There everything is bigger; even the rats are much fatter.

The movie is mainly about what happens to someone from another country who is not used to the life in a big city. Nevertheless, Peter-No-Tail ís still a kind-hearted cat to everyone even if the other cats are not nice to him. Everything seems possible in America, even the prospect of finally having a proper tail and a sweetheart to call one's own.

The movie has many [[surrealism|surreal]] elements, such as Peter encountering extremely large [[ghetto]]-rats who tries to eat him, encounters with an all cat mob, the famous church of [[Uppsala]] turns into a huge cat and a Native American cat who uses magic to give him a long, golden tail, earning him the nickname of "Peter Gold-Tail."

{| class=toccolours cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:95%;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Character
!English voice
!Swedish voice
|-
| Pelle Svanslös
| [[Bruce Reitherman]]
| [[Erik Lindgren]]
|-
| Maja Gräddnos
| [[Fiona Fullerton]]
| [[Ewa Fröling]]
|-
| Eleka Måns
| [[Michael Crawford]]
| [[Ernst-Hugo Järegård]]
|-
| Bill
| [[Clarence Nash]]
| [[Carl Billquist]]
|-
| Bull
| [[Terry-Thomas]]
| [[Björn Gustafson]]
|-
| Pelle Swanson
| [[Basil Rathbone]]
| [[Stellan Skarsgård]]
|-
| Filadelfia Fille
| [[Diana Chesney]]
| [[Mille Schmidt]]
|-
| Gammel-Maja I Domkyrkotornet
| [[Eve Brenner]]
| [[Agneta Prytz]]
|-
| Gullan Från Arkadien
| [[Eleanor Audley]]
| [[Lena-Pia Bernhardsson]]
|-
| Laban Från Observatorielunden
| [[Sebastian Cabot (skådespelare)]]
| [[Charlie Elvegård]]
|-
| Murre Från Skogstibble
| [[Norman Alden]]
| [[Åke Lagergren]]
|-
| Rickard Från Rickomberga
| [[Luis Van Rooten]]
| [[Nils Eklund]]
|-
| Fritz
| [[Barrie Ingham]]
| [[Jan Sjödin]]
|-
| Frida
| [[Susanne Pollatschek]]
| [[Gunilla Norling]]
|-
| Sångernas Katterna
| [[David Hyde Pierce]]
| [[Michael Cederberg]]
|-
| Sångernas Katterna
| [[Patrick McGoohan]]
| [[Jörgen Lötgård]]
|-
| Sångernas Katterna
| [[Steve Martin]]
| [[Jesper Rönndahl]]
|-
| Sångernas Katterna
| [[Wayne Allwine]]
| [[Hasse Alatalo]]
|-
| Skolans Mannen Som Katten
| [[Alan Young]]
| [[Hans Lindgren]]
|-
| Bygga Som Mannen Som Katten
| [[Alan Young]]
| [[Hans Lindgren]]
|-
| Lodjuret
| [[Sterling Holloway]]
| [[Jan Nygren]]
|-
| Ett Råttan
| [[Lord Tim Hudson]]
| [[Eddie Axberg]]
|-
| Ett Råttan
| [[Thurl Ravenscroft]]
| [[Fredrik Lindström]]
|-
| Ett Råttan
| [[Paul Winchell]]
| [[Daniel Breitholtz]]
|-
| Flickan Som Katt
| [[Darleen Carr]]
| [[Barbro Lindgren]]
|-
| Kapten Som Katt
| [[Jim Cummings]]
| [[Åke Lundqvist]]
|-
| Piloter Som Katt,Taxichefen Som Katt
| [[John Fiedler]]
| [[Dan Johannesson]]
|-
| Piloter Som Katt,Polis Som Katt
| [[Jim Cummings]]
| [[Lars Haldenberg]]
|-
| Piloter Som Katt
| [[April Winchell]]
| [[Monica Forsberg]]
|-
| Piloter Som Katt
| [[Jennifer Hale]]
| [[Myrra Malmberg]]
|-
| Piloter Som Katt
| [[Tress MacNeille]]
| [[Charlotte Lauterbach]]
|-
| Piloter Som Katt
| [[Rob Paulsen]]
| [[Stig Ossian Ericson]]
|-
| Piloter Som Katt
| [[Scarlett Johansson]]
| [[Margareta Sjödin]]
|-
| Cowboy Som Katt,Mannen Som Katt
| [[Danny Elfman]]
| [[Niklas Hjulström]]
|-
| Cowboy Som Katt,Mannen Som Katt,Indianer
| [[Samuel E. Wright]]
| [[Jojje Wadenius]]
|-
| Cowboy Som Katt,Mannen Som Katt,Indianer
| [[Bill Fagerbakke]]
| [[Ted Gärdestad]]
|-
| Indianer Som Frun Katt
| [[Catherine O'Hara]]
| [[Sara Sommerfeld]]
|-
| Lille Ungen Som Katt
| [[Roddy McDowall]]
| [[Kajsa Dandenell]]
|-
| Lodjuret Som Ungen
| [[Reginald Owen]]
| [[Thomas Funck]]
|-
| Mannen Som Katt
| [[Pinto Colvig]]
| [[Philip Zandén]]
|}

== See also ==

* [[W:Peter-No-Tail in Americat|Peter-No-Tail in Americat]] on [[Wikipedia]]

==External links==

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089793/ Peter-No-Tail in Americat] on the [[W:IMDb|IMDb]]

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'''''Peter-No-Tail''''' (Swedish '''Pelle Svanslös'''), is a 1981 Swedish film about a cat who does not have a tail. He is born on a farm in the Swedish countryside, but the farm's owner is greedy and believes that more cats will cost too much money. He orders one of the workers to have Peter drowned, but the worker can't bring himself to do it. He puts Peter in the car of a family who rents a house close to the farm on the summer vacation. He is taken care of by the family, who is living in [[Uppsala]]. Without a tail, he becomes the talk of the town among the other cats, and especially Måns, who teases him cruelly. Måns' rough and silly courting of Molly Silk-Nose does not impress her, since she becomes interested in the kind and gentle Peter. But Måns won't give up that easy...

The film is animated and is based on the novel by [[Gösta Knutsson]]. [[Class discrimination]], [[bullying]] and [[racism]] plays a big part of the story, much like in the books since Peter is at times looked down on for being a "country cat" who is accused by Måns of threatening the livelihoods of the town cats. In the original Swedish dub Måns is played by [[Ernst-Hugo Järegård]].

A sequel is called ''[[Peter-No-Tail in Americat]]''. In one part of the story, Peter has a dream in which Native American magic is used to give him a long, golden tail, earning him the nickname of "Peter Gold-Tail." By the end of that movie Peter saves Måns life, and in the end Måns becomes his friend.

{| class=toccolours cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:95%;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Character
!English voice
!Swedish voice
|-
| Pelle Svanslös
| [[Bruce Reitherman]]
| [[Mats Åhlfeldt]]
|-
| Maja Gräddnos
| [[Fiona Fullerton]]
| [[Ewa Fröling]]
|-
| Elaka Måns
| [[Michael Crawford]]
| [[Ernst-Hugo Järegård]]
|-
| Bill/Stövlarna
| [[Clarence Nash]]
| [[Carl Billquist]]
|-
| Bull
| [[Terry-Thomas]]
| [[Björn Gustafson]]
|-
| Gammel-Maja i Domkyrkotornet
| [[Martha Wentworth]]
| [[Wallis Grahn]]
|-
| Gullan Från Arkadien
| [[Eleanor Audley]]
| [[Lena-Pia Bernhardsson]]
|-
| Laban Från Observatorielunden/En Råttan
| [[Sebastian Cabot (skådespelare)|Sebastian Cabot]]
| [[Charlie Elvegård]]
|-
| Murre Från Skogstibble/Kalle Huggorm
| [[Norman Alden]]
| [[Åke Lagergren]]
|-
| Rickard Från Rickomberga
| [[Luis Van Rooten]]
| [[Nils Eklund]]
|-
| Fritz
| [[Barrie Ingham]]
| [[Jan Sjödin]]
|-
| Frida
| [[Susanne Pollatschek]]
| [[Gunilla Norling]]
|-
| Den Tjocka Råttan
| [[Bob Newhart]]
| [[Eddie Axberg]]
|-
| Kråkan
| [[Wayne Robson]]
| [[Gunnar Ernblad]]
|-
| Birgitta
| [[Cate Bauer]]
| [[Kajsa Bratt]]
|-
| Olle
| [[Rod Taylor]]
| [[Niklas Rygert]]
|-
| Mamma
| [[Barbara Luddy]]
| [[Helena Brodin]]
|-
| Pappa
| [[Larry Roberts]]
| [[Axel Düberg]]
|-
| Ladugårdsförmannen
| [[Chris Sanders]]
| [[Sture Hovstadius]]
|-
| Mannen
| [[Kevin McDonald]]
| [[Henrik Olsson]]
|-
| Lastbilsmanen
| [[Brian Blessed]]
| [[Bosse Pettersson]]
|-
| Lastbilsmanen
| [[Wayne Knight]]
| [[Hans Rosenfeldt]]
|-
| Pojken
| [[Tony Goldwyn]]
| [[Anders Eldeman]]
|-
| Flickan
| [[Daveigh Chase]]
| [[Susanne Tellinger]]
|-
| Brandmanen
| [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]]
| [[Rickard Olsson]]
|-
| Sångernas Katten
| [[David Hyde Pierce]]
| [[Michael Cederberg]]
|-
| Sångernas Katten
| [[Patrick McGoohan]]
| [[Jörgen Lötgård]]
|-
| Sångernas Katten
| [[Steve Martin]]
| [[Jesper Rönndahl]]
|-
| Sångernas Katten
| [[Wayne Allwine]]
| [[Hasse Alatalo]]
|-
| Liten Som Katten
| [[Roddy McDowall]]
| [[Kajsa Dandenell]]
|-
| Igelkott
| [[Tim Allen]]
| [[Christer Lundberg]]
|}

== See also ==

* [[W:Peter-No-Tail|Peter-No-Tail]] on [[Wikipedia]]

==External links==

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082892/ Peter-No-Tail] on the [[W:IMDb|IMDb]]

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