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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* RE: */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=Archives=&lt;br /&gt;
Old stuff can be found [[User talk:Equivamp/Archives|here]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Blocking Meepsheep==&lt;br /&gt;
Wait, so I'm not welcome here? Meepsheep wasn't making negative edits, as far as I saw. We're welcome there, as long as we're good; aren't we supposed to assume good faith? [[File:Scalesona.jpg|40x40px]][[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]] 10:22, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Meepsheep has been responsible for significant disruption of this wiki in the past few months, as he has [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Meepsheep/Archive|at Wikipedia]] and [[Wikia:c:sonic:Category:Sockpuppets of MeepSheep|several]] [[Wikiquote:Category:Wikiquote sockpuppets of Meepsheep|other]] [http://heroeswiki.com/User_talk:Meepsheep wikis]. Massive, continued proxy abuse, front page and template vandalism, you name it. I have reported this abuse to his ISP on more than one occasion. He is not welcome here, period. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:48, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:To answer your more general question: contributors to WikiFur are expected to remain neutral, and actions which call this neutrality into question are problematic. We ''cannot'' assume you are editing an article about a person in good faith if you are also making fun of them over at ED (or elsewhere). I have blocked at least one editor for this precise activity in the past. You really need to make a choice – do you want to be known as a person who fairly and dispassionately reports on the fandom and those within in, or one who publicly documents the weaknesses and failings of fellow fans for your own amusement? --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:00, 19 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I see. I hadn't realized wikifur was so inclusive, or that I'd ever made any negative edits to this wiki. [[File:Scalesona.jpg|40x40px]][[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]] 09:29, 20 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::It was not a matter of making negative edits to this wiki. It was purportedly editing in a neutral matter while at the same time spreading shit on ED. I hope that is clear? :-) --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:35, 20 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;quot;''We cannot assume you are editing an article about a person in good faith if you are also making fun of them''&amp;quot; This is a more challenging assumption to make, but I believe it's still possible to do so. In many cases, assumption is more of a policy or active effort rather than a mood. A lot of us can be very paranoid and mistrusting, but still follow that policy in contradiction to our intuitions. I think the most correct way to evaluate neutrality is to judge the edits themselves, rather than to judge the editor based on what you perceive them doing elsewhere. [[User talk:Tyciol|Ty]] 01:03, 26 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Templates on transcluded pages==&lt;br /&gt;
I just thought I'd point out that when you stick a template on a page that template also appears (in the exact same form) in any pages that it's transcluded in (so for example that info box you marked for merging was transcluded in the article proper, so therefore the template was too). The easiest way to fix that is to use [http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Kogenta/Infobox&amp;amp;curid=25143&amp;amp;diff=332878&amp;amp;oldid=332849 noinclude tags] like that-[[User:El, oh, el|El, oh, el]] 19:22, 21 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Bots==&lt;br /&gt;
Is there anyway to have a bot put ContributorU on user pages, at least the ones with a matching article name? Or, perhaps, one that puts welcome templates on the talk pages of new users? [[File:Scalesona.jpg|40x40px]][[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]] 19:53, 22 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Both of those are technically feasible, but the first would require writing a bot script and assumes they are the same person, while I'm not sure the second is a good idea in general. Welcomes are at best rather impersonal if you have a bot do them, and at worst end up looking stupid when you start welcoming vandals (faking the last admin to edit signing it only makes it worse, as seen at Wikia). --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:02, 22 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::All right. Just a thought I was wondering about. [[File:Scalesona.jpg|40x40px]][[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]] 20:11, 22 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==encyclopediadramatica.ch Unavailable?==&lt;br /&gt;
I've gotten a problem; whenever I type in encyclopediadramatica.ch since this morning, it takes me to Virgin Media advanced search ( Virgin Media is my current ISP ). Is anyone else having this problem? Or is VM blocking ED for no good reason? ( kind of like how AT&amp;amp;T blocked 4chan a little while ago ). But anyway, what is wrong with the site?  - [[User:Another n00b|Another n00b]] 10:32, 28 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The domain name does not officially exist, which is why Virgin Media search is coming up (presumably they're one of those who annoyingly take over such results for their own purposes). However, it is registered. This suggests that it has been blocked for some reason, perhaps due to [https://www.nic.ch/reg/index/view.html it's domain registrar's malware policy]. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:39, 28 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Questions==&lt;br /&gt;
What do you define the difference between a [[fursuit]] and an [[wikipedia:animal costume|animal costume]]? The subject has come up at [[wikipedia:Talk:Fursuit#Explanation of edits undone|Wikipedia's fursuit article]], but I'm a rather poor debater, and feel my opinion is pretty closed-minded. My opinion is that a fursuit is only a fursuit if associated with furry, otherwise, it's an animal or mascot costume. However, I know that some feel an animal costume is a fursuit, and the two are synonymous. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on this. [[File:Scalesona.jpg|40x40px]][[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]] 12:43, 28 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:As it happens I was already reading that discussion. I think my response would be much the same as yours - certainly, animal costumes existed, but they were not used for the same reasons, nor (apparently) called the same thing. I might respond there, but I'm a little busy at work now. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:49, 28 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Also, whenever I try to edit a section or add a new section, the wiki tries to replace the entire text with the section. Any thoughts on why this is? It may have something to do with the fact that I am using Internet Explorer, which gives me problems in general on this Wiki. [[File:Scalesona.jpg|40x40px]][[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]] 12:45, 28 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:What version of IE is it? Does it happen if you do turn off the advanced editing functions in [[Special:Preferences|preferences]] so that you no longer have the WikiEditor toolbar showing? --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:49, 28 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::It's the newest version. The only difference between the newest version and the older one (which I used on my PC) is that this allows me to edit, as long as I do not scroll down the page, whereas the older would simply lock up my computer if I even went to an edit page. The only way I am able to edit on this laptop I often use is by typing without scrolling too much, and then clicking the &amp;quot;Changes&amp;quot; tab, where it allows me to scroll down to click save. I have just turned off the advanced editing functions, and it still did it. [[File:Scalesona.jpg|40x40px]][[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]] 13:03, 28 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Twilightwolf4==&lt;br /&gt;
Can anyone revert this user discussion page back to the privious edits by Greenreaper considering there is evidence of this user history of recoloring artwork without the user permission. Not to mention she has been banned from DA for this recently. Original account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/twilightwolf4/ Twilightwolf4] The evasion account &lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/twilight-kun/ twilight-kun] The recent journal as well as previous journal confirms this fact. also this account [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hawkshadow741/ hawkshadow741] the comments give an idea of how many evasions she has made. though there is a lot more information about this user on deviantart considering she is banned from there as well for the same behavior.[[User:Tridragon|Tridragon]] 15:26, 29 June 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Disregard the email I just sent==&lt;br /&gt;
You took care of it. [[File:Scalesona.jpg|40x40px]][[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]] 21:44, 2 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Actually, now might be a good time to ask. I'd like to be able to fight vandalism with greater ease. And while it wouldn't have helped much in this last situation, would it be too much of me to request rollback privelages? [[File:Scalesona.jpg|40x40px]][[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]] 21:55, 2 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Sure. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:01, 2 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Wow, really? I was honestly expecting a &amp;quot;I'm sorry, but...&amp;quot; (Especially considering my recent ousting as an EDiot.) Thanks! [[File:Scalesona.jpg|40x40px]][[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]] 22:06, 2 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Just keep in mind [[Wikipedia:Vandalism#What is not vandalism|what is not vandalism]]. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:08, 2 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Finally got round to editing the Dinosaur page==&lt;br /&gt;
Hello Equivamp :3 I finally got round to fixing that damn Dinosaur page. I hope its up to standard and there are no errors. Please contact me via email if you spot anything that needs changing: Well_Tossed_Salad@hotmail.com. Sorry it took so long. I feel it might not contain enough information about its relation to the furry fandom however. Would it be possible to ask that people add that in a separate paragraph on that page, rather than removing the scientific information that I had added, as I have no doubt that it will fill with crud again if the facts are removed.[[User:Palaeofox|Palaeofox]] 10:11, 5 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Policy Question==&lt;br /&gt;
Do I need permission to write an article about somebody or could I create a stub based off of information on someone simply based off of their FurAffinity information? [[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:Equivamp|talk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:17, 14 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Anyone can start an article on any topic, unless a personal exclusion is in effect. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:32, 14 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Standard formatting==&lt;br /&gt;
Two things you may want to keep in mind:&lt;br /&gt;
*The entries in an external link list are bulleted with a &amp;quot;*&amp;quot; at the start.&lt;br /&gt;
*The standard category orders go: &amp;quot;People&amp;quot; -&amp;gt; Activity-related (&amp;quot;Artists&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Fursuiters&amp;quot;, etc) -&amp;gt; Species/character categories (&amp;quot;Wolf characters&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Second Life characters&amp;quot;, etc) -&amp;gt; Geographical categories -&amp;gt; Date-related categories. --[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 03:35, 16 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:'Kay. [[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:Equivamp|talk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:48, 16 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Hi==&lt;br /&gt;
Please '''stop''' edit warring, an admin has already corrected you! [[User:Ô|Ô]] 18:23, 17 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I also notice you are an ED user, classy. You shouldn't be on here for that reason alone! [[User:Ô|Ô]] 18:36, 17 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I am only trying to '''improve the site'''. Yes, I am new here, but it doesn't take long to see that WikiFur is going downhill. Also, ED users have done nothing but attack this site and the entire community! [[User:Ô|Ô]] 18:47, 17 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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'''See also:''' [[Talk:Felidae (novel)]], [[User talk:ô]], and [[Forum:Forum:Personal attacks by User:Equivamp]]''' &lt;br /&gt;
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'''TL;DR: Trolls trolling trolls'''&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Side Note: It's probably [[User:Meepsheep|Meepsheep]], considering both I.P.s are from Colorado.'''&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Update: It's Meepsheep.'''&lt;br /&gt;
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==ED article inaccuracies==&lt;br /&gt;
Can you please take a look at [[Talk:Encyclopædia_Dramatica_(.ch)#Inaccuracies]]? It concerns material you've added to the article. --[[User:Michaeldsuarez|Michaeldsuarez]] 14:51, 22 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Stop it==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;lt;[[User:Ô|o]]&amp;amp;gt; 23:10, 26 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==you==&lt;br /&gt;
get on yahoo. now.&lt;br /&gt;
:Apparently [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070831191103AAmbZLI you can access Messenger through Yahoo Mail] if you really want to. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:41, 27 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:We've had further conversation. This sort of thing happens every now and again in some cases. For the record, all I really told him about you was that you wouldn't respond well to vague threats - which was apparently correct. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:21, 27 July 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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i asked you politely to stop this shit, explaining why these info are unwanted,  what is your goal about this?{{unsigned|DarkDoomer}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=August=&lt;br /&gt;
==Obligatory &amp;quot;omg you like knights of the old republic?&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
Star Wars o/ Friend owns KotOR 1 and 2, though for some odd reason 2 is compatible with his machine but will only work without sound. --[[User:DW|DW]] 23:03, 6 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Re: Re:==&lt;br /&gt;
Like I said, Star Wars o/&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;and D&amp;amp;D-based rules o/&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; --[[User:DW|DW]] 23:52, 6 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==RE:==&lt;br /&gt;
Do I know you???? [[User:Mareep|Mareep]] 18:51, 22 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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ARE YOU MILKING ME??? I AM NOTE OF THE BOVINE VARIETY!!! I WANT A LAWYER [[User:Pants|Pants]] 01:14, 26 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Thanks ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for the [[User talk:79.193.32.144|warm welcome]]. I just didn't happen to be logged in after my browser had crashed several times trying to create that page! ;) --[[User:TlatoSMD|TlatoSMD]] 02:28, 28 August 2011 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Gadget Hackwrench</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* In furdom */&lt;/p&gt;
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[[File:GadgetHackwrench.jpg|thumb|right|Gadget, as she looked in the original 1989-1990 ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'' cartoon series.]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Gadget Hackwrench''' is a fictional cartoon mouse in the [[Disney]] animated television series ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''. Gadget was voice-acted by Tress MacNeille, who also portrayed Dot Warner and Babs Bunny, and is a regular guest voice actor on numerous other shows, including Futurama and The Simpsons.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Official character ==&lt;br /&gt;
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She first met Chip and Dale in the pilot episode, when Monterey Jack was seeking help from her recently deceased father, a famous mouse aviator named Geegaw Hackwrench. Having no other obligations or support, she joined the Rescue Rangers team, and lives with Chip, Dale, Monterey, and Zipper the Fly at their headquarters in a hollow tree in a city park. Both Chip and Dale are attracted to Gadget, and often compete for her attention, though she is portrayed as being blissfully ignorant of these advances.&lt;br /&gt;
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Gadget's main contribution as a member of the Rescue Rangers is as a mechanic and an inventor; she has the uncanny ability to take discarded and unrelated items and invent nearly anything with them. While her more complicated inventions don't always work exactly as she intends them (resulting in running gags in several episodes about phrases such as &amp;quot;It should...&amp;quot;), her improvised gadgetry does work when it is necessary. Like most eccentric inventors, she can become extremely focused on her work, and therefore oblivious to the world around her. However, Gadget is well aware of her attractive appearance and is at times willing to use it to her advantage when necessary, usually at the request of her friends.&lt;br /&gt;
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== In furdom ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Even for a copyrighted furry character, Gadget has an exceptionally large following of furry fans who often call themselves ''Gadgetphiles'' (or are called that by others). In fact, Gadget is so popular that the site [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage TVtropes.org] about tropes and archetypes in popular fiction applies a number of tropes to her regarding her popularity among viewers, fans, and furries&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, including [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnsembleDarkhorse ''Ensemble Darkhorse''] (because Disney themselves were surprised by her instant popularity), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FetishFuel ''Fetish Fuel''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JustHereForGodzilla ''Just Here for Godzilla''] (because a large percentage were and are fans of the ''Rescue Rangers'' series only because of Gadget), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LauncherOfAThousandShips ''Launcher Of A Thousand Ships''] (expressing the phenomenon that a character is so popular that fans will buy, watch, read etc. whatever includes the character), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice ''Ms Fanservice''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NerdsAreSexy ''Nerds Are Sexy''], and has even a trope named exclusively after her: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GadgeteerGenius ''Gadgeteer Genius''] , the advanced form of a ''Wrench Wench'' of technically-minded, engineering girls.&lt;br /&gt;
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Accordingly, fan art involving her, including erotic works, abounds on the net. A kind of counter-movement has emerged among other ''Rescue Rangers'' fans, calling themselves R.A.G.E (Rangerphiles Against Gadget Erotica).&lt;br /&gt;
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Notable furry artists depicting Gadget more or less frequently in mature to adult fan art include [[Nezuya]], [[AlexReynard]] and [[Wikipedia:shemale|shemale]] aka [[hermaphrodite|herm]] artist [[Neokat]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Gadget_Hackwrench ''Gadget Hackwrench''] on [http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Main_Page ''Ranger Wiki'']&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://anterras.net/IGA/ ''Internet Gadget Archive'']&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.tv.com/chip-n-dale-rescue-rangers/show/3236/summary.html ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TV.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.theacorncafe.org ''The Acorn Cafe: A little place for all things Rangery''], Rescue Rangers fan forum&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Mouse characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Gadget Hackwrench</title>
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[[File:GadgetHackwrench.jpg|thumb|right|Gadget, as she looked in the original 1989-1990 ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'' cartoon series.]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Gadget Hackwrench''' is a fictional cartoon mouse in the [[Disney]] animated television series ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''. Gadget was voice-acted by Tress MacNeille, who also portrayed Dot Warner and Babs Bunny, and is a regular guest voice actor on numerous other shows, including Futurama and The Simpsons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Official character ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She first met Chip and Dale in the pilot episode, when Monterey Jack was seeking help from her recently deceased father, a famous mouse aviator named Geegaw Hackwrench. Having no other obligations or support, she joined the Rescue Rangers team, and lives with Chip, Dale, Monterey, and Zipper the Fly at their headquarters in a hollow tree in a city park. Both Chip and Dale are attracted to Gadget, and often compete for her attention, though she is portrayed as being blissfully ignorant of these advances.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gadget's main contribution as a member of the Rescue Rangers is as a mechanic and an inventor; she has the uncanny ability to take discarded and unrelated items and invent nearly anything with them. While her more complicated inventions don't always work exactly as she intends them (resulting in running gags in several episodes about phrases such as &amp;quot;It should...&amp;quot;), her improvised gadgetry does work when it is necessary. Like most eccentric inventors, she can become extremely focused on her work, and therefore oblivious to the world around her. However, Gadget is well aware of her attractive appearance and is at times willing to use it to her advantage when necessary, usually at the request of her friends.&lt;br /&gt;
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== In furdom ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even for a copyrighted furry character, Gadget has an exceptionally large following of furry fans who often call themselves ''Gadgetphiles'' (or are called that by others). In fact, Gadget is so popular that the site [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage TVtropes.org] about tropes and archetypes in popular fiction applies a number of tropes to her regarding her popularity among viewers, fans, and furries&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, including [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnsembleDarkhorse ''Ensemble Darkhorse''] (because Disney themselves were surprised by her instant popularity), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FetishFuel ''Fetish Fuel''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JustHereForGodzilla ''Just Here for Godzilla''] (because a large percentage were and are fans of the ''Rescue Rangers'' series only because of Gadget), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LauncherOfAThousandShips ''Launcher Of A Thousand Ships''] (expressing the phenomenon that a character is so popular that fans will buy, watch, read etc. whatever includes the character), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice ''Ms Fanservice''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NerdsAreSexy ''Nerds Are Sexy''], and has even a trope named exclusively after her: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GadgeteerGenius ''Gadgeteer Genius''] , the advanced form of a ''Wrench Wench'' of technically-minded, engineering girls.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Accordingly, fan art involving her, including erotic works, abounds on the net. A kind of counter-movement has emerged among other ''Rescue Rangers'' fans, calling themselves R.A.G.E (Rangerphiles Against Gadget Erotica).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two notable furry artists depicting Gadget more or less frequently in mature to adult fan art include [[AlexReynard]] and [[Wikipedia:shemale|shemale]] aka [[hermaphrodite|herm]] artist [[Neokat]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Gadget_Hackwrench ''Gadget Hackwrench''] on [http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Main_Page ''Ranger Wiki'']&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://anterras.net/IGA/ ''Internet Gadget Archive'']&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.tv.com/chip-n-dale-rescue-rangers/show/3236/summary.html ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TV.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.theacorncafe.org ''The Acorn Cafe: A little place for all things Rangery''], Rescue Rangers fan forum&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mouse characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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character from &amp;quot;Chip'n'Dale's Rescue Rangers&amp;quot;, all copyrights belong to Disney and current licencees (Boom! Kids, perhaps?)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Licensing: ==&lt;br /&gt;
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character from &amp;quot;Chip'n'Dale's Rescue Rangers&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
== Licensing: ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{fursona}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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'''Gadget Hackwrench''' is a fictional cartoon mouse in the [[Disney]] animated television series ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''. Gadget was voice-acted by Tress MacNeille, who also portrayed Dot Warner and Babs Bunny, and is a regular guest voice actor on numerous other shows, including Futurama and The Simpsons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Official character ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She first met Chip and Dale in the pilot episode, when Monterey Jack was seeking help from her recently deceased father, a famous mouse aviator named Geegaw Hackwrench. Having no other obligations or support, she joined the Rescue Rangers team, and lives with Chip, Dale, Monterey, and Zipper the Fly at their headquarters in a hollow tree in a city park. Both Chip and Dale are attracted to Gadget, and often compete for her attention, though she is portrayed as being blissfully ignorant of these advances.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gadget's main contribution as a member of the Rescue Rangers is as a mechanic and an inventor; she has the uncanny ability to take discarded and unrelated items and invent nearly anything with them. While her more complicated inventions don't always work exactly as she intends them (resulting in running gags in several episodes about phrases such as &amp;quot;It should...&amp;quot;), her improvised gadgetry does work when it is necessary. Like most eccentric inventors, she can become extremely focused on her work, and therefore oblivious to the world around her. However, Gadget is well aware of her attractive appearance and is at times willing to use it to her advantage when necessary, usually at the request of her friends.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== In furdom ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even for a copyrighted furry character, Gadget has an exceptionally large following of furry fans who often call themselves ''Gadgetphiles'' (or are called that by others). In fact, Gadget is so popular that the site [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage TVtropes.org] about tropes and archetypes in popular fiction applies a number of tropes to her regarding her popularity among viewers, fans, and furries&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, including [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnsembleDarkhorse ''Ensemble Darkhorse''] (because Disney themselves were surprised by her instant popularity), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FetishFuel ''Fetish Fuel''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JustHereForGodzilla ''Just Here for Godzilla''] (because a large percentage were and are fans of the ''Rescue Rangers'' series only because of Gadget), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LauncherOfAThousandShips ''Launcher Of A Thousand Ships''] (expressing the phenomenon that a character is so popular that fans will buy, watch, read etc. whatever includes the character), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice ''Ms Fanservice''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NerdsAreSexy ''Nerds Are Sexy''], and has even a trope named exclusively after her: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GadgeteerGenius ''Gadgeteer Genius''] , the advanced form of a ''Wrench Wench'' of technically-minded, engineering girls.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Accordingly, fan art involving her, including erotic works, abounds on the net. A kind of counter-movement has emerged among other ''Rescue Rangers'' fans, calling themselves R.A.G.E (Rangerphiles Against Gadget Erotica).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two notable furry artists depicting Gadget more or less frequently in mature to adult fan art include [[AlexReynard]] and [[Wikipedia:shemale|shemale]] aka [[hermaphrodite|herm]] artist [[Neokat]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Gadget_Hackwrench ''Gadget Hackwrench''] on [http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Main_Page ''Ranger Wiki'']&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://anterras.net/IGA/ ''Internet Gadget Archive'']&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.tv.com/chip-n-dale-rescue-rangers/show/3236/summary.html ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TV.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.theacorncafe.org ''The Acorn Cafe: A little place for all things Rangery''], Rescue Rangers fan forum&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mouse characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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'''Gadget Hackwrench''' is a fictional cartoon mouse in the [[Disney]] animated television series ''[[Wikipedia:Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''. Gadget was voice-acted by Tress MacNeille, who also portrayed Dot Warner and Babs Bunny, and is a regular guest voice actor on numerous other shows, including Futurama and The Simpsons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Official character ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She first met Chip and Dale in the pilot episode, when Monterey Jack was seeking help from her recently deceased father, a famous mouse aviator named Geegaw Hackwrench. Having no other obligations or support, she joined the Rescue Rangers team, and lives with Chip, Dale, Monterey, and Zipper the Fly at their headquarters in a hollow tree in a city park. Both Chip and Dale are attracted to Gadget, and often compete for her attention, though she is portrayed as being blissfully ignorant of these advances.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gadget's main contribution as a member of the Rescue Rangers is as a mechanic and an inventor; she has the uncanny ability to take discarded and unrelated items and invent nearly anything with them. While her more complicated inventions don't always work exactly as she intends them (resulting in running gags in several episodes about phrases such as &amp;quot;It should...&amp;quot;), her improvised gadgetry does work when it is necessary. Like most eccentric inventors, she can become extremely focused on her work, and therefore oblivious to the world around her. However, Gadget is well aware of her attractive appearance and is at times willing to use it to her advantage when necessary, usually at the request of her friends.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== In furdom ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even for a copyrighted furry character, Gadget has an exceptionally large following of furry fans who often call themselves ''Gadgetphiles'' (or are called that by others). In fact, Gadget is so popular that the site [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage TVtropes.org] about tropes and archetypes in popular fiction applies a number of tropes to her regarding her popularity among viewers, fans, and furries&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, including [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnsembleDarkhorse ''Ensemble Darkhorse''] (because Disney themselves were surprised by her instant popularity), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FetishFuel ''Fetish Fuel''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JustHereForGodzilla ''Just Here for Godzilla''] (because a large percentage were and are fans of the ''Rescue Rangers'' series only because of Gadget), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LauncherOfAThousandShips ''Launcher Of A Thousand Ships''] (expressing the phenomenon that a character is so popular that fans will buy, watch, read etc. whatever includes the character), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice ''Ms Fanservice''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NerdsAreSexy ''Nerds Are Sexy''], and has even a trope named exclusively after her: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GadgeteerGenius ''Gadgeteer Genius''] , the advanced form of a ''Wrench Wench'' of technically-minded, engineering girls.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Accordingly, fan art involving her, including erotic works, abounds on the net. A kind of counter-movement has emerged among other ''Rescue Rangers'' fans, calling themselves R.A.G.E (Rangerphiles Against Gadget Erotica).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two notable furry artists depicting Gadget more or less frequently in mature to adult fan art include [[AlexReynard]] and [[Wikipedia:shemale|shemale]] aka [[hermaphrodite|herm]] artist [[Neokat]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Gadget_Hackwrench ''Gadget Hackwrench''] on [http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Main_Page ''Ranger Wiki'']&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://anterras.net/IGA/ ''Internet Gadget Archive'']&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.tv.com/chip-n-dale-rescue-rangers/show/3236/summary.html ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TV.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.theacorncafe.org ''The Acorn Cafe: A little place for all things Rangery''], Rescue Rangers fan forum&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mouse characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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'''Gadget Hackwrench''' is a fictional cartoon mouse in the [[Disney]] animated television series ''[[Wikipedia:Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''. Gadget was voice-acted by Tress MacNeille, who also portrayed Dot Warner and Babs Bunny, and is a regular guest voice actor on numerous other shows, including Futurama and The Simpsons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Official character ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She first met Chip and Dale in the pilot episode, when Monterey Jack was seeking help from her recently deceased father, a famous mouse aviator named Geegaw Hackwrench. Having no other obligations or support, she joined the Rescue Rangers team, and lives with Chip, Dale, Monterey, and Zipper the Fly at their headquarters in a hollow tree in a city park. Both Chip and Dale are attracted to Gadget, and often compete for her attention, though she is portrayed as being blissfully ignorant of these advances.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gadget's main contribution as a member of the Rescue Rangers is as a mechanic and an inventor; she has the uncanny ability to take discarded and unrelated items and invent nearly anything with them. While her more complicated inventions don't always work exactly as she intends them (resulting in running gags in several episodes about phrases such as &amp;quot;It should...&amp;quot;), her improvised gadgetry does work when it is necessary. Like most eccentric inventors, she can become extremely focused on her work, and therefore oblivious to the world around her. However, Gadget is well aware of her attractive appearance and is at times willing to use it to her advantage when necessary, usually at the request of her friends.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== In furdom ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even for a copyrighted furry character, Gadget has an exceptionally large following of furry fans who often call themselves ''Gadgetphiles'' (or are called that by others). In fact, Gadget is so popular that the site [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage TVtropes.org] about tropes and archetypes in popular fiction applies a number of tropes to her regarding her popularity among viewers, fans, and furries&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, including [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnsembleDarkhorse ''Ensemble Darkhorse''] (because Disney themselves were surprised by her instant popularity), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FetishFuel ''Fetish Fuel''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JustHereForGodzilla ''Just Here for Godzilla''] (because a large percentage were and are fans of the ''Rescue Rangers'' series only because of Gadget), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LauncherOfAThousandShips ''Launcher Of A Thousand Ships''] (expressing the phenomenon that a character is so popular that fans will buy, watch, read etc. whatever includes the character), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice ''Ms Fanservice''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NerdsAreSexy ''Nerds Are Sexy''], and has even a trope named exclusively after her: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GadgeteerGenius ''Gadgeteer Genius''] , the advanced form of a ''Wrench Wench'' of technically-minded, engineering girls.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Accordingly, fan art involving her, including erotic works, abounds on the net. A kind of counter-movement has emerged among other ''Rescue Rangers'' fans, calling themselves R.A.G.E (Rangerphiles Against Gadget Erotica).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two notable furry artists depicting Gadget more or less frequently in mature to adult fan art include [[AlexReynard]] and [[Wikipedia:shemale|shemale]] aka [[hermaphrodite|herm]] artist [[Neokat]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.tv.com/chip-n-dale-rescue-rangers/show/3236/summary.html ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TV.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.theacorncafe.org ''The Acorn Cafe: A little place for all things Rangery''], Rescue Rangers fan forum&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mouse characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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'''Gadget Hackwrench''' is a fictional cartoon mouse in the [[Disney]] animated television series ''[[Wikipedia:Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''. Gadget was voice-acted by Tress MacNeille, who also portrayed Dot Warner and Babs Bunny, and is a regular guest voice actor on numerous other shows, including Futurama and The Simpsons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Official character ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She first met Chip and Dale in the pilot episode, when Monterey Jack was seeking help from her recently deceased father, a famous mouse aviator named Geegaw Hackwrench. Having no other obligations or support, she joined the Rescue Rangers team, and lives with Chip, Dale, Monterey, and Zipper the Fly at their headquarters in a hollow tree in a city park. Both Chip and Dale are attracted to Gadget, and often compete for her attention, though she is portrayed as being blissfully ignorant of these advances.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gadget's main contribution as a member of the Rescue Rangers is as a mechanic and an inventor; she has the uncanny ability to take discarded and unrelated items and invent nearly anything with them. While her more complicated inventions don't always work exactly as she intends them (resulting in running gags in several episodes about phrases such as &amp;quot;It should...&amp;quot;), her improvised gadgetry does work when it is necessary. Like most eccentric inventors, she can become extremely focused on her work, and therefore oblivious to the world around her. However, Gadget is well aware of her attractive appearance and is at times willing to use it to her advantage when necessary, usually at the request of her friends.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== In furdom ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even for a copyrighted furry character, Gadget has an exceptionally large following of furry fans who often call themselves ''Gadgetphiles'' (or are called that by others). In fact, Gadget is so popular that the site [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage TVtropes.org] about tropes and archetypes in popular fiction applies a number of tropes to her regarding her popularity among viewers, fans, and furries&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, including [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnsembleDarkhorse ''Ensemble Darkhorse''] (because Disney themselves were surprised by her instant popularity), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FetishFuel ''Fetish Fuel''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JustHereForGodzilla ''Just Here for Godzilla''] (because a large percentage were and are fans of the ''Rescue Rangers'' series only because of Gadget), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LauncherOfAThousandShips ''Launcher Of A Thousand Ships''] (expressing the phenomenon that a character is so popular that fans will buy, watch, read etc. whatever includes the character), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice ''Ms Fanservice''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NerdsAreSexy ''Nerds Are Sexy''], and has even a trope named exclusively after her: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GadgeteerGenius ''Gadgeteer Genius''] , the advanced form of a ''Wrench Wench'' of technically-minded, engineering girls.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Accordingly, fan art involving her, including erotic works, abounds on the net. A kind of counter-movement has emerged among other ''Rescue Rangers'' fans, calling themselves R.A.G.E (Rangerphiles Against Gadget Erotica).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two notable furry artists depicting Gadget more or less frequently in mature to adult fan art include [[AlexReynard]] and [[Wikipedia:shemale|shemale]] aka [[hermaphrodite|herm]] artist [[Neokat]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.tv.com/chip-n-dale-rescue-rangers/show/3236/summary.html ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TV.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.theacorncafe.org ''The Acorn Cafe: A little place for all things Rangery''], Rescue Rangers fan forum&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Mouse characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Gadget Hackwrench</title>
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'''Gadget Hackwrench''' is a fictional cartoon mouse in the [[Disney]] animated television series ''[[Wikipedia:Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''. Gadget was voice-acted by Tress MacNeille, who also portrayed Dot Warner and Babs Bunny, and is a regular guest voice actor on numerous other shows, including Futurama and The Simpsons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Official character ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She first met Chip and Dale in the pilot episode, when Monterey Jack was seeking help from her recently deceased father, a famous mouse aviator named Geegaw Hackwrench. Having no other obligations or support, she joined the Rescue Rangers team, and lives with Chip, Dale, Monterey, and Zipper the Fly at their headquarters in a hollow tree in a city park. Both Chip and Dale are attracted to Gadget, and often compete for her attention, though she is portrayed as being blissfully ignorant of these advances.&lt;br /&gt;
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Gadget's main contribution as a member of the Rescue Rangers is as a mechanic and an inventor; she has the uncanny ability to take discarded and unrelated items and invent nearly anything with them. While her more complicated inventions don't always work exactly as she intends them (resulting in running gags in several episodes about phrases such as &amp;quot;It should...&amp;quot;), her improvised gadgetry does work when it is necessary. Like most eccentric inventors, she can become extremely focused on her work, and therefore oblivious to the world around her. However, Gadget is well aware of her attractive appearance and is at times willing to use it to her advantage when necessary, usually at the request of her friends.&lt;br /&gt;
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== In furdom ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even for a copyrighted furry character, Gadget has an exceptionally large following of furry fans who often call themselves ''Gadgetphiles'' (or are called that by others). In fact, Gadget is so popular that the site [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage TVtropes.org] about tropes and archetypes in popular fiction applies a number of tropes to her regarding her popularity among viewers, fans, and furries, including [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnsembleDarkhorse ''Ensemble Darkhorse''] (because Disney themselves were surprised by her instant popularity), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FetishFuel ''Fetish Fuel''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JustHereForGodzilla ''Just Here for Godzilla''] (because a large percentage were and are fans of the ''Rescue Rangers'' series only because of Gadget), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LauncherOfAThousandShips ''Launcher Of A Thousand Ships''] (expressing the phenomenon that a character is so popular that fans will buy, watch, read etc. whatever includes the character), [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MsFanservice ''Ms Fanservice''], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NerdsAreSexy ''Nerds Are Sexy''], and has even a trope named exclusively after her: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GadgeteerGenius ''Gadgeteer Genius''] , the advanced form of a ''Wrench Wench'' of technically-minded, engineering girls.&lt;br /&gt;
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Accordingly, fan art involving her, including erotic works, abounds on the net. A kind of counter-movement has emerged among other ''Rescue Rangers'' fans, calling themselves R.A.G.E (Rangerphiles Against Gadget Erotica).&lt;br /&gt;
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Two notable furry artists depicting Gadget more or less frequently in mature to adult fan art include [[AlexReynard]] and [[Wikipedia:shemale|shemale]] aka [[hermaphrodite|herm]] artist [[Neokat]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.tv.com/chip-n-dale-rescue-rangers/show/3236/summary.html ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TV.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ptitlemdd352g1ivwm ''Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers''] on TVtropes.org&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.theacorncafe.org ''The Acorn Cafe: A little place for all things Rangery''], Rescue Rangers fan forum&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Mouse characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>History of Fur Affinity</title>
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&lt;div&gt;The following is a history of [[Fur Affinity]] and its properties.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History==&lt;br /&gt;
'''[[Fur Affinity]]''' was launched on January 16, 2005 as an alternative to [[SheezyArt]] with the forum going live on that date and the main site being transferred a few days later from [[FurPawz]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''[http://www.sheezyart.com/journal/view/51100/ Furaffinity.org information]'' - launch of forum on Furaffinity.net. Posted on SheezyArt, 16 January 2005.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''[http://www.sheezyart.com/journal/view/54575/ FurAffinity - note re. transfer of mainsite and 400+ users]''. Posted on [[SheezyArt]], 21 January 2005.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During that time period, Sheezy abruptly changed policies to both remove adult art and take a stronger stance against users and their uploads. Warnings were supposedly issued from the site's service provider, advising SheezyArt that they were not permitted to host adult content on their site. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much of Sheezy's community was abandoned after the rules change took effect. This migration left many with few alternatives. Many of those burned by SheezyArt went on to sites such as Fur Affinity and [[y!Gallery]]; when the latter decided to ban [[anthro art]] in May 2006 to refocus on its core topic, Fur Affinity gained further traffic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Server problems of 2005 ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity suffered from major security holes and hacking during Summer 2005. The site was shut down on 1 August due to a disagreement between lead coder [[Jheryn]] and host provider [[Arcturus]], the primary administrators of the site. At that time Fur Affinity had 12,174 user accounts and nearly 100,000 submissions. Arcturus and his supporters went on to found [[ArtPlz]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks to the community, Fur Affinity was able to build a stronger, faster server than the site originally used for operation. Over the course of 2005, Fur Affinity raised $1,500 in donations towards the purchase of a new primary server, though it did not go online until the middle of 2006.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity returned to operation in December 2005 with a solid backbone and more efficient coding, though full operational status was not reached until December 10 due to a defect in the motherboard which powered the server. Over 10,000 submissions were made in the first 12 hours subsequent to Fur Affinity's official re-opening, including both art from returning users and pieces not previously posted.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Fur Affinity: United! ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{main|FA: United}}&lt;br /&gt;
In August 2007, Fur Affinity held its own [[furry convention]] titled Fur Affinity: United! (commonly abbreviated as FA:U) at the Ramada Newark Airport International (now Wyndham Garden Hotel Newark Airport) in [[Wikipedia:Newark, New Jersey|Newark, New Jersey]]. The convention drew 310 attendees, with 25 fursuiters participating in the fursuit parade. The convention was a success and a hit among con goers, so much that another one followed that next year on August 1-3 2008, meeting with an equal amount of success. Although no official announcements have been made regarding of a future FA:U, [[Dragoneer]] (among others) has confirmed that a FA:U 2009 is presently in the works.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=26880 Thread by D'hll'k on the FA forums with a response from Dragoneer himself&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The convention did not come without a flaw:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== 2007 breach ====&lt;br /&gt;
On 11 August 2007, The Dragoneer's admin account was compromised at [[FA: United‎]] when he used the hotel's unencrypted [[Wikipedia:Wi-fi|Wi-Fi]] connection to access it.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=11488 Thread by Preyfar on the FA forums about the August 2007 breach&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=11484&amp;amp;pid=195037#pid195037 Post by Preyfar on the FA forums with a more elaborate account of the 2007 breach&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;The first sign of trouble was a note left on the front page that announced the following:&lt;br /&gt;
{{q|''Administrator notice: We're sorry, our vaginas are currently full of sand. We're makin' pearls here, folks! :D! FA:U rocks. We all got handjobs from [[Glaide]] and [[Damaratus]]. -- hacked by [[jheryn]]''}}&lt;br /&gt;
Assurances were made that the password database had not been compromised, and the main site came back online 48 hours later. The FA forums were not affected.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 2008 hardware fault ===&lt;br /&gt;
On 1 July 2008, the main site of Fur Affinity was taken offline again due to a &amp;quot;server hardware fault&amp;quot;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22182 &amp;quot;Server Hardware Fault&amp;quot;] (2008, July 1). Dragoneer, Fur Affinity Forum.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; to be replaced by an image of Fender angrily stomping his computer followed by a notice about the failure and a link to that forum thread. By 7 July, Fur Affinity's members had donated $16,000-$18,000 to solve the issue,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;FA Forums: [http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22182&amp;amp;page=120 ''Server Hardware Fault''], page 120, post #1786 by [[Artie]] reads ''&amp;quot;$10,477.15 via Amazon, plus over $6,000 via PayPal. So, '''over $16,477.15 total''' so far.&amp;quot;'' on July 6th 2008, 5:35PM EST&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;FA Forums: [http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22411 ''Public Donation and Expenditures Log, Please.''], page 1, post #15 by [[Seppel]] (based on an official file published by Dragoneer [http://forums.furaffinity.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=3481&amp;amp;d=0 here]) reads ''&amp;quot;I checked the budget Dragoneer posted. $18,000 is more than twice FA has ever had. ''[...]'' $18,000 will go far. Very far.&amp;quot;'' (7 July 2008, 9:03AM EST)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and Dragoneer posted on the FA forums that a new server, an HP ProLiant quad-core Opteron code-named ''Trogdor'' had been ordered.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On July 14, the order for ''Trogdor'' was canceled due to confirmed issues with the vendor. The final hardware order was:&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Data Server''' - Dell Poweredge 2970 2U Server, 32GB RAM&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Storage Array''' - 14 1TB hard drives&lt;br /&gt;
*'''DB Server Upgrades''' - 24GB additional RAM&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Web Server''' - Sun Fire x4150 1U Server, 4GB RAM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity resumed operation on 5 August 2008 at 11:30pm EST in read-only mode. The site was stable again with all options and features prior to the outage by 9:20am EST the next day.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== July 2009 outage and IRC bans ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On 29 July 2009, Fur Affinity suffered a temporary service outage (later found to be due to a power failure caused by lightning&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://forums.furaffinity.net/showpost.php?p=1105765&amp;amp;postcount=3&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;). During the confusion, FA forum moderator [[Carenath]] accused members of the [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]] [[IRC]] channel #hackfurs of causing the outage, resulting in multiple people residing in both #furaffinity and #hackfurs being banned.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;(Chat logs truncated to remove noise. More bans than shown were handed out, but not all shown to maintain readability.)&lt;br /&gt;
00:40:24   &amp;lt;Carenath&amp;gt; *points a finger at #hackfurs*&lt;br /&gt;
00:41:14   &amp;lt;Carenath&amp;gt; Well, put two and two together... people in that channel,&lt;br /&gt;
			have axes to grind against FA and if it was an outside cause..&lt;br /&gt;
			I'd blame them first.&lt;br /&gt;
00:41:39   &amp;lt;Carenath&amp;gt; Meredith: they did it before.&lt;br /&gt;
00:42:37   * Pi (~pi@fur-9F1E9EA1.tcct.nmt.edu) has joined #furaffinity&lt;br /&gt;
00:42:38   * ChanServ sets ban on *!*pi@fur-9F1E9EA1.tcct.nmt.edu&lt;br /&gt;
00:42:38   * ChanServ has kicked Pi from #furaffinity (User has been banned from the channel)&lt;br /&gt;
00:44:26   &amp;lt;Carenath&amp;gt; Meredith: Im not an FA Admin.&lt;br /&gt;
00:44:58   &amp;lt;Carenath&amp;gt; FAF forum mod.&lt;br /&gt;
00:46:00   * ChanServ has kicked Meredith from #furaffinity (Requested (Pinkatron))&lt;br /&gt;
00:46:02   * Meredith (~arcturus@fur-71797932.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) has joined #furaffinity&lt;br /&gt;
00:46:02   * ChanServ sets ban on *!*arcturus@fur-71797932.hsd1.pa.comcast.net&lt;br /&gt;
00:46:02   * ChanServ has kicked Meredith from #furaffinity (User has been banned from the channel)&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; FA admin [[Pinkuh]] is believed to have performed the bans, due to the request notice on Meredith's kick message. Despite an admission that the accusation was mere speculation, Pinkuh did not revoke the bans until the following day. Carenath reported apologized for his remarks later.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Some who questioned the decision were temporarily banned from FurNet by network administrator [[Snowpony]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;23:52 -!- Snowpony [admin@alicorn.furnet.org] has joined #furaffinity&lt;br /&gt;
23:54 -!- Pi_ [~pi@u15354709.onlinehome-server.com] has quit [User has been banned from FurNet (Ban Evasion)]&lt;br /&gt;
23:56 -!- GHDA [~GHDA@pool-173-79-208-221.washdc.fios.verizon.net] has quit [User has been banned from FurNet (Trolling is bad m'kay?)]&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; who cited &amp;quot;trolling and previous conduct.&amp;quot; These bans were initially made without a reason, a violation of the FurNet code of conduct; those questioning them also received threats of being banned.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;01:38 &amp;lt; Snowpony&amp;gt; omiiko: for trolling and previous conduct.  That enough for you?&lt;br /&gt;
01:39 &amp;lt;+AFKobura&amp;gt; Snowpony apparently someone tried private message with the&lt;br /&gt;
      specific admin and they were turned away with a threat of being klined themselves&lt;br /&gt;
01:39 &amp;lt; Snowpony&amp;gt; AFKobura: and?&lt;br /&gt;
01:39 &amp;lt;+omiiko&amp;gt; Snowpony: I'd prefer if the Admins followed their own CoC and&lt;br /&gt;
      placed the ban reason in the actual *line&lt;br /&gt;
01:40 &amp;lt; Snowpony&amp;gt; omiiko: Sure - I'll go update the ban then.&lt;br /&gt;
01:44 &amp;lt; Snowpony&amp;gt; Bobbluejay: I've answered your questions - they can log back in 24 hours.&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== November 2009 outage ===&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity experienced an outage on November 30, 2009, when the site's ISP experienced technical difficulties due to broken fiber optic cables&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://community.livejournal.com/furaffinity/211143.html Oh, and you thought your cable outages were annoying?], by [[Net-Cat]] on {{lj-comm|furaffinity}}, originally posted November 30, 2009&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. By December 4th, the ISP still hadn't responded to the mails sent by FA staff about the issue, and on FA's twitter channel it was announced that the staff were to appear at the ISP's facility in person later that day to investigate the issue. FA's LiveJournal also announced tentative plans of switching to a new ISP to host FA, maybe even moving its server hardware to Canada.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Controversies==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Pornographic cub art ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
August 2006 saw the restart of an internal administrative debate over the presence of [[pornographic]] underage furry artwork (or &amp;quot;[[cub]] art&amp;quot;).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;[http://dragonmyr.deviantart.com/journal/10641590/ DA account reactivated -- FA Truths revealed]&amp;quot;''. Posted by [[Myr]] on November 6, 2006 and deleted several days after.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Such art was forbidden by the site's Terms of Service, which specified that &amp;quot;depictions of sexually immature characters in any sexual situation are not permitted on Fur Affinity&amp;quot;, but bans for this rule were not uniformly enforced. As with previous discussions, administrators could not come to an agreement on whether or not to modify site policy.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=4335&amp;amp;pid=63174#pid63174 Comment by The Dragoneer on previous attempts to solve the cub debate]. Posted on November 6, 2006.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Over the following months the issue developed into a public debate, with forum polls and discussion suggesting that the site's members were divided on the topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On November 5, it was announced that such work would be allowed, with the requirement of mandatory tagging. The main reasons given for this decision were that no actual minors were harmed during the artwork's creation, and that depictions of many other illegal activities, such as rape, murder, and drug use, were permitted. Conversely, work that depicted [[human]] children, including [[anime characters]], in sexual situations was forbidden.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=3965 ''FA Policy Notice - &amp;quot;Cub&amp;quot; Art'']&amp;quot;''. Posted by The Dragoneer on November 5, 2006.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Non-photorealistic art depicting minors is not longer forbidden (current policy on this point is merely that submissions &amp;quot;shall not violate the law of the United States of America, be it State or Federal.&amp;quot;) Some artists had threatened to leave the site if it was not forbidden, and some of these did so.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 2008 Thanksgiving banner ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:ThanksgivingFA.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Rednef and Fender's Thanksgiving banner]]&lt;br /&gt;
The November 2008 Thanksgiving banner featured pictures of Rednef and Fender depicted as immensely obese after a turkey meal, to the point of resembling [[inflation]] art. Some FA users complained about the nature of the image as being &amp;quot;tasteless&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;disgusting&amp;quot;, a &amp;quot;fucking fetish&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;shit&amp;quot;, etc...&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=31483 &amp;quot;''New Banner is tastless and disgusting'',&amp;quot; original 2008 Thanksgiving banner discussion]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Counter arguments against this initial argument, such as &amp;quot;there are fat people in real life&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;fat isn't necessarily a fetish&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;eating lots is kinda connected with this time of year&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;it's just up for a day anyway,&amp;quot; had no effect in dissuading the initial users, so after almost a dozen threads with neither the &amp;quot;for&amp;quot; nor &amp;quot;against&amp;quot; sides of the disagreement demonstrating any ability to come to an acceptable decision over the image, FA administrators replaced the image with the initial November Fall themed banner to stem the bad blood running though the archives and forum.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=31532&amp;amp;highlight=removed Thread discussing the banner removal]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By late Thanksgiving day, The banner was replaced with plain text reading &amp;quot;FurAffinity.net&amp;quot;; however new threads appeared complaining about the removal of the banner{{fact}} and, a few hours afterwards, it was reinstated and went on to serve its term the rest of the day.{{fact}} After which the November banner was put back in use.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Chewfox's appearance on Tyra Banks ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:''Main article'': ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'' and [[Chew Fox]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== April Fools Day ==&lt;br /&gt;
For [[wikipedia:April Fools Day|April Fools Day]] 2009, the homepage of Fur Affinity was snowing [[wikipedia:llama|llamas]]. In addition to this, two spoof additions joined the randomly displayed mini-advertisements, which featured [[wikipedia:Rick Astley|Rick Astley]] and [[wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]]. They linked to a [[wikipedia:Rickrolling|Rickroll]] and the [[wikipedia:Rickrolling#Barack_Roll|Barack Roll]] respectively. The banners were made by [[Hiro Judgement]] and [[Alexander Grey]], although they were not credited for the work. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{WikiFurSourced|Fur Affinity}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:History by website]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>History of Fur Affinity</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* November 2009 outage */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;The following is a history of [[Fur Affinity]] and its properties.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==History==&lt;br /&gt;
'''[[Fur Affinity]]''' was launched on January 16, 2005 as an alternative to [[SheezyArt]] with the forum going live on that date and the main site being transferred a few days later from [[FurPawz]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''[http://www.sheezyart.com/journal/view/51100/ Furaffinity.org information]'' - launch of forum on Furaffinity.net. Posted on SheezyArt, 16 January 2005.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''[http://www.sheezyart.com/journal/view/54575/ FurAffinity - note re. transfer of mainsite and 400+ users]''. Posted on [[SheezyArt]], 21 January 2005.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During that time period, Sheezy abruptly changed policies to both remove adult art and take a stronger stance against users and their uploads. Warnings were supposedly issued from the site's service provider, advising SheezyArt that they were not permitted to host adult content on their site. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much of Sheezy's community was abandoned after the rules change took effect. This migration left many with few alternatives. Many of those burned by SheezyArt went on to sites such as Fur Affinity and [[y!Gallery]]; when the latter decided to ban [[anthro art]] in May 2006 to refocus on its core topic, Fur Affinity gained further traffic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Server problems of 2005 ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity suffered from major security holes and hacking during Summer 2005. The site was shut down on 1 August due to a disagreement between lead coder [[Jheryn]] and host provider [[Arcturus]], the primary administrators of the site. At that time Fur Affinity had 12,174 user accounts and nearly 100,000 submissions. Arcturus and his supporters went on to found [[ArtPlz]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks to the community, Fur Affinity was able to build a stronger, faster server than the site originally used for operation. Over the course of 2005, Fur Affinity raised $1,500 in donations towards the purchase of a new primary server, though it did not go online until the middle of 2006.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity returned to operation in December 2005 with a solid backbone and more efficient coding, though full operational status was not reached until December 10 due to a defect in the motherboard which powered the server. Over 10,000 submissions were made in the first 12 hours subsequent to Fur Affinity's official re-opening, including both art from returning users and pieces not previously posted.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Fur Affinity: United! ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{main|FA: United}}&lt;br /&gt;
In August 2007, Fur Affinity held its own [[furry convention]] titled Fur Affinity: United! (commonly abbreviated as FA:U) at the Ramada Newark Airport International (now Wyndham Garden Hotel Newark Airport) in [[Wikipedia:Newark, New Jersey|Newark, New Jersey]]. The convention drew 310 attendees, with 25 fursuiters participating in the fursuit parade. The convention was a success and a hit among con goers, so much that another one followed that next year on August 1-3 2008, meeting with an equal amount of success. Although no official announcements have been made regarding of a future FA:U, [[Dragoneer]] (among others) has confirmed that a FA:U 2009 is presently in the works.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=26880 Thread by D'hll'k on the FA forums with a response from Dragoneer himself&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The convention did not come without a flaw:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== 2007 breach ====&lt;br /&gt;
On 11 August 2007, The Dragoneer's admin account was compromised at [[FA: United‎]] when he used the hotel's unencrypted [[Wikipedia:Wi-fi|Wi-Fi]] connection to access it.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=11488 Thread by Preyfar on the FA forums about the August 2007 breach&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=11484&amp;amp;pid=195037#pid195037 Post by Preyfar on the FA forums with a more elaborate account of the 2007 breach&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;The first sign of trouble was a note left on the front page that announced the following:&lt;br /&gt;
{{q|''Administrator notice: We're sorry, our vaginas are currently full of sand. We're makin' pearls here, folks! :D! FA:U rocks. We all got handjobs from [[Glaide]] and [[Damaratus]]. -- hacked by [[jheryn]]''}}&lt;br /&gt;
Assurances were made that the password database had not been compromised, and the main site came back online 48 hours later. The FA forums were not affected.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 2008 hardware fault ===&lt;br /&gt;
On 1 July 2008, the main site of Fur Affinity was taken offline again due to a &amp;quot;server hardware fault&amp;quot;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22182 &amp;quot;Server Hardware Fault&amp;quot;] (2008, July 1). Dragoneer, Fur Affinity Forum.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; to be replaced by an image of Fender angrily stomping his computer followed by a notice about the failure and a link to that forum thread. By 7 July, Fur Affinity's members had donated $16,000-$18,000 to solve the issue,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;FA Forums: [http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22182&amp;amp;page=120 ''Server Hardware Fault''], page 120, post #1786 by [[Artie]] reads ''&amp;quot;$10,477.15 via Amazon, plus over $6,000 via PayPal. So, '''over $16,477.15 total''' so far.&amp;quot;'' on July 6th 2008, 5:35PM EST&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;FA Forums: [http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22411 ''Public Donation and Expenditures Log, Please.''], page 1, post #15 by [[Seppel]] (based on an official file published by Dragoneer [http://forums.furaffinity.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=3481&amp;amp;d=0 here]) reads ''&amp;quot;I checked the budget Dragoneer posted. $18,000 is more than twice FA has ever had. ''[...]'' $18,000 will go far. Very far.&amp;quot;'' (7 July 2008, 9:03AM EST)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and Dragoneer posted on the FA forums that a new server, an HP ProLiant quad-core Opteron code-named ''Trogdor'' had been ordered.&lt;br /&gt;
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On July 14, the order for ''Trogdor'' was canceled due to confirmed issues with the vendor. The final hardware order was:&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Data Server''' - Dell Poweredge 2970 2U Server, 32GB RAM&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Storage Array''' - 14 1TB hard drives&lt;br /&gt;
*'''DB Server Upgrades''' - 24GB additional RAM&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Web Server''' - Sun Fire x4150 1U Server, 4GB RAM&lt;br /&gt;
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Fur Affinity resumed operation on 5 August 2008 at 11:30pm EST in read-only mode. The site was stable again with all options and features prior to the outage by 9:20am EST the next day.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 2009 outage and IRC bans ===&lt;br /&gt;
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On 29 July 2009, Fur Affinity suffered a temporary service outage (later found to be due to a power failure caused by lightning&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://forums.furaffinity.net/showpost.php?p=1105765&amp;amp;postcount=3&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;). During the confusion, FA forum moderator [[Carenath]] accused members of the [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]] [[IRC]] channel #hackfurs of causing the outage, resulting in multiple people residing in both #furaffinity and #hackfurs being banned.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;(Chat logs truncated to remove noise. More bans than shown were handed out, but not all shown to maintain readability.)&lt;br /&gt;
00:40:24   &amp;lt;Carenath&amp;gt; *points a finger at #hackfurs*&lt;br /&gt;
00:41:14   &amp;lt;Carenath&amp;gt; Well, put two and two together... people in that channel,&lt;br /&gt;
			have axes to grind against FA and if it was an outside cause..&lt;br /&gt;
			I'd blame them first.&lt;br /&gt;
00:41:39   &amp;lt;Carenath&amp;gt; Meredith: they did it before.&lt;br /&gt;
00:42:37   * Pi (~pi@fur-9F1E9EA1.tcct.nmt.edu) has joined #furaffinity&lt;br /&gt;
00:42:38   * ChanServ sets ban on *!*pi@fur-9F1E9EA1.tcct.nmt.edu&lt;br /&gt;
00:42:38   * ChanServ has kicked Pi from #furaffinity (User has been banned from the channel)&lt;br /&gt;
00:44:26   &amp;lt;Carenath&amp;gt; Meredith: Im not an FA Admin.&lt;br /&gt;
00:44:58   &amp;lt;Carenath&amp;gt; FAF forum mod.&lt;br /&gt;
00:46:00   * ChanServ has kicked Meredith from #furaffinity (Requested (Pinkatron))&lt;br /&gt;
00:46:02   * Meredith (~arcturus@fur-71797932.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) has joined #furaffinity&lt;br /&gt;
00:46:02   * ChanServ sets ban on *!*arcturus@fur-71797932.hsd1.pa.comcast.net&lt;br /&gt;
00:46:02   * ChanServ has kicked Meredith from #furaffinity (User has been banned from the channel)&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; FA admin [[Pinkuh]] is believed to have performed the bans, due to the request notice on Meredith's kick message. Despite an admission that the accusation was mere speculation, Pinkuh did not revoke the bans until the following day. Carenath reported apologized for his remarks later.&lt;br /&gt;
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Some who questioned the decision were temporarily banned from FurNet by network administrator [[Snowpony]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;23:52 -!- Snowpony [admin@alicorn.furnet.org] has joined #furaffinity&lt;br /&gt;
23:54 -!- Pi_ [~pi@u15354709.onlinehome-server.com] has quit [User has been banned from FurNet (Ban Evasion)]&lt;br /&gt;
23:56 -!- GHDA [~GHDA@pool-173-79-208-221.washdc.fios.verizon.net] has quit [User has been banned from FurNet (Trolling is bad m'kay?)]&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; who cited &amp;quot;trolling and previous conduct.&amp;quot; These bans were initially made without a reason, a violation of the FurNet code of conduct; those questioning them also received threats of being banned.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;01:38 &amp;lt; Snowpony&amp;gt; omiiko: for trolling and previous conduct.  That enough for you?&lt;br /&gt;
01:39 &amp;lt;+AFKobura&amp;gt; Snowpony apparently someone tried private message with the&lt;br /&gt;
      specific admin and they were turned away with a threat of being klined themselves&lt;br /&gt;
01:39 &amp;lt; Snowpony&amp;gt; AFKobura: and?&lt;br /&gt;
01:39 &amp;lt;+omiiko&amp;gt; Snowpony: I'd prefer if the Admins followed their own CoC and&lt;br /&gt;
      placed the ban reason in the actual *line&lt;br /&gt;
01:40 &amp;lt; Snowpony&amp;gt; omiiko: Sure - I'll go update the ban then.&lt;br /&gt;
01:44 &amp;lt; Snowpony&amp;gt; Bobbluejay: I've answered your questions - they can log back in 24 hours.&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== November 2009 outage ===&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity experienced an outage on November 30, 2009, when the site's ISP experienced technical difficulties due to broken fiber optic cables&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://community.livejournal.com/furaffinity/211143.html Oh, and you thought your cable outages were annoying?], by [[Net-Cat]] on {{lj-comm|furaffinity}}, originally posted November 30, 2009&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. By December 4th, the ISP still hadn't responded to the mails sent by FA staff about the issue, and on FA's twitter channel it was announced that the staff were to appear at the ISP's facility in person later that day to investigate the issue. FA's LiveJournal also announced tentative plans of switching to a new ISP to host FA, maybe even moving its server hardware to Canada.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Controversies==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Pornographic cub art ===&lt;br /&gt;
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August 2006 saw the restart of an internal administrative debate over the presence of [[pornographic]] underage furry artwork (or &amp;quot;[[cub]] art&amp;quot;).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;[http://dragonmyr.deviantart.com/journal/10641590/ DA account reactivated -- FA Truths revealed]&amp;quot;''. Posted by [[Myr]] on November 6, 2006 and deleted several days after.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Such art was forbidden by the site's Terms of Service, which specified that &amp;quot;depictions of sexually immature characters in any sexual situation are not permitted on Fur Affinity&amp;quot;, but bans for this rule were not uniformly enforced. As with previous discussions, administrators could not come to an agreement on whether or not to modify site policy.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=4335&amp;amp;pid=63174#pid63174 Comment by The Dragoneer on previous attempts to solve the cub debate]. Posted on November 6, 2006.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Over the following months the issue developed into a public debate, with forum polls and discussion suggesting that the site's members were divided on the topic.&lt;br /&gt;
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On November 5, it was announced that such work would be allowed, with the requirement of mandatory tagging. The main reasons given for this decision were that no actual minors were harmed during the artwork's creation, and that depictions of many other illegal activities, such as rape, murder, and drug use, were permitted. Conversely, work that depicted [[human]] children, including [[anime characters]], in sexual situations was forbidden.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=3965 ''FA Policy Notice - &amp;quot;Cub&amp;quot; Art'']&amp;quot;''. Posted by The Dragoneer on November 5, 2006.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Non-photorealistic art depicting minors is not longer forbidden (current policy on this point is merely that submissions &amp;quot;shall not violate the law of the United States of America, be it State or Federal.&amp;quot;) Some artists had threatened to leave the site if it was not forbidden, and some of these did so.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== 2008 Thanksgiving banner ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:ThanksgivingFA.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Rednef and Fender's Thanksgiving banner]]&lt;br /&gt;
The November 2008 Thanksgiving banner featured pictures of Rednef and Fender depicted as immensely obese after a turkey meal, to the point of resembling [[inflation]] art. Some FA users complained about the nature of the image as being &amp;quot;tasteless&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;disgusting&amp;quot;, a &amp;quot;fucking fetish&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;shit&amp;quot;, etc...&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=31483 &amp;quot;''New Banner is tastless and disgusting'',&amp;quot; original 2008 Thanksgiving banner discussion]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Counter arguments against this initial argument, such as &amp;quot;there are fat people in real life&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;fat isn't necessarily a fetish&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;eating lots is kinda connected with this time of year&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;it's just up for a day anyway,&amp;quot; had no effect in dissuading the initial users, so after almost a dozen threads with neither the &amp;quot;for&amp;quot; nor &amp;quot;against&amp;quot; sides of the disagreement demonstrating any ability to come to an acceptable decision over the image, FA administrators replaced the image with the initial November Fall themed banner to stem the bad blood running though the archives and forum.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=31532&amp;amp;highlight=removed Thread discussing the banner removal]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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By late Thanksgiving day, The banner was replaced with plain text reading &amp;quot;FurAffinity.net&amp;quot;; however new threads appeared complaining about the removal of the banner{{fact}} and, a few hours afterwards, it was reinstated and went on to serve its term the rest of the day.{{fact}} After which the November banner was put back in use.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Chewfox's appearance on Tyra Banks ===&lt;br /&gt;
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:''Main article'': ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'' and [[Chew Fox]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== April Fools Day ==&lt;br /&gt;
For [[wikipedia:April Fools Day|April Fools Day]] 2009, the homepage of Fur Affinity was snowing [[wikipedia:llama|llamas]]. In addition to this, two spoof additions joined the randomly displayed mini-advertisements, which featured [[wikipedia:Rick Astley|Rick Astley]] and [[wikipedia:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]]. They linked to a [[wikipedia:Rickrolling|Rickroll]] and the [[wikipedia:Rickrolling#Barack_Roll|Barack Roll]] respectively. The banners were made by [[Hiro Judgement]] and [[Alexander Grey]], although they were not credited for the work. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;:''Some talk has been moved from [[Talk:Fur Affinity]] to accompany the text.'' --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:26, 27 September 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
== Protected and artist listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Why is this article locked? It's not drama to report the facts, whither or not it's liked. {{unsigned|Honeymane}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:I will try to make this brief, but I'm not so sure how brief it will be. For that, I apologize in advance.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The intent behind adding a list of users who are leaving FurAffinity is moot, and does not have any worthwhile informational value behind it. The fact that numerous people plan on or have left FurAffinity is not relevant to FurAffinity's history. That is relevant to the individual's history. If one wishes to write in the individual's article, &amp;quot;In 2006, [he/she] left FurAffinity,&amp;quot; that is fine, because it is relevant to the individual. However, the fact that they left the FA community is not relevant to FA's global history.&lt;br /&gt;
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:What I will contest is relevant, however, is that this had become such a scandal to the FurAffinity community, and thus, deserves historical notation. (I understand how pretentious it is to say &amp;quot;historical notation&amp;quot; on a Wiki, but you get my point :) So, I have decided to protect this article to prevent others from adding in this information, since the influx of people adding things to the Wiki will be great, I'm sure.&lt;br /&gt;
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:I know I don't come around here very often to flex my administrative muscle, but seeing this drama explode and expand onto other places is just too much. I'd like to nip it in the bud where I can. [[User:Verix|Verix]] 06:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I've unprotected this article (before seeing this, I might add). People should be free to add and remove sections as they see fit. If there is a disagreement here over whether or not there should be a list of people leaving, they should argue that here and get consensus from WikiFur editors first.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Protection is appropriate in cases of vandalism. This is not, it is a disagreement on content. I appreciate your motives, verix, and I agree with your view in part, but I would ask you not to use your administrative powers to preserve your point of view. Contest it all you like, but on an equal footing. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:35, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::You've a point. However, I'd like to warn you that I believe there's going to be a rather large influx of edit battles soon to arise out of all of this-- people adding the list, deleting it, back and fourth, etc.-- so I admit I jumped the gun and protected it before I believed it got started. The polarization of FurAffinity is certainly causing its current drama to expand to other parts.&lt;br /&gt;
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::I agree with you, GreenReaper, and apologize for jumping the gun (and, essentially, using my own logic before consensus). But, again, I feel I must warn you that a rather large edit battle may arise, and we may have to protect the article again. [[User:Verix|Verix]] 06:38, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::It's not the first time we've had such things happen. What normally happens is there's lots of adding (and some removing), then a few days later people get bored, and then a week or so later someone comes around and cleans up, and we end up with an article with more useful information than we started with.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::My personal view is that numerous people leaving Fur Affinity over this decision '''is''' worth mentioning, but that it's not particularly relevant who the artists ''are'', except for those of particular prominence in the fandom. We could say something like &amp;quot;around 50 artists left over the new policy, including X and Y&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::For reference, I was looking at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Protection policy|Wikipedia's protection policy]] when unprotecting, which is quite clear on people not using protection to enforce a particular edit they made. Of course, we're not Wikipedia, but I think it's good advice in general. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Yep. Again, I agree, the list is irrelevant, which is why I deleted it, but also agree that the statistic of people leaving is relevant as well. It was overkill to protect it. (Most of this is just reiterating what you've said already, but I'd still just like to make my point clear.)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Hopefully, though, this will be the catalyst to bring me back to this thing so I can actually do my job as an admin, instead of just doing what I did here tonight when I find it relevant. Sorry for the knee-jerk. I'll make sure not to let it happen again. :) [[User:Verix|Verix]] 06:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::where should the list be posted? here? it maybe useful because alot of artist proflies are going to be in need of editting. and I forgot to sign again--[[User:142.177.139.173|142.177.139.173]] 07:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::Quite frankly, I'm not sure. Perhaps in an article dedicated to the actual event itself? (Although, in that regard, I'm not sure if the event even deserves it's own article. Perhaps it does, though, since its informative reach has even gone to the likes of Encyclopedia Dramatica.) I just don't really see a point to maintaining a list of artists who've left, since the intent seems more to document a counter-offensive and make a mountain out a molehill, rather than inform. But on my judgement, if one were to post the list of artists who left, it'd certainly be in an article about the situation itself, rather than the site. [[User:Verix|Verix]] 07:06, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::::I would agree that a list of the artists that have left would be overkill; I think the article would be better off with a notation of how many people have left, with maybe one or two &amp;quot;big guns&amp;quot; mentioned.  I don't think the situation merits its own entry; it's pretty much confined to Fur Affinity itself.  [[User:CarlFox|Carl Fox]] 08:24, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::::But really, how would you get those numbers with any sort of accuracy? How many artists have declared their intent to leave but never actually did. How many artists left the site quietly? There is no way to really get an accurate number which would be more speculation, especially if those artists decided to comeback after cooling down from their initial reaction.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::::I understand your reasoning, but there's just no way to have solid numbers -- and even as lead admin for FA, I don't have those numbers on hand. There are too many variables to consider, and even if I did have them I would not release them because all they would do is further the drama. At some point, the drama needs to stop, people need to let go and move on.--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 09:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::::::What we would like to do would be to quote a source which had done that research, and let the reader decide how accurate it was, based on the evidence they gave (which would probably include the names of those people they claimed to have left). For example, &amp;quot;A post on Place X stating that Y artists had left the site, including A and B&amp;quot;. If there is no source, of course, no exact figure could be given. Even rough figures would be useful - after all, there's a big difference between 5, 50 or 500 artists leaving. And no, I wouldn't expect you to be able to furnish such a list, or desire to do so - it would be something that one of the artists would do, if they bothered to (that they'd done at all it might be some indication of relevance in itself). --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::It is difficult of course to do such a thing, but I am trying to compose a list of artists who have left based on FA jounral's they've posted.&lt;br /&gt;
I attepted to leave a request on the FA LJ ask for anyone with information to post the artist's names, as I would assume that the majority of the people on there would have FA accounts and be watching people, and have prehaps seen other journals of people I do not watch, which state they are leaving/have left. However, I was told that such questions where too dramaic and was revolked from that Community. --[[User:142.177.139.173|142.177.139.173]] 22:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:There is the question of what constitutes an artist leaving.  Some have taken all their artwork down, others are leaving it up but won't be uploading anything new (and they could be subdivided into those who will still be checking in and those who won't).  Some are leaving temporarily until filters are in place.  And some are taking time out to see what happens and then decide whether to return or leave for good.&lt;br /&gt;
:Possibly relevant is that some users were still upset over a database upgrade about two weeks ago that caused all private mail messages to be lost.  For many it was no big deal, but some users had important information about trades, commissions, etc., that was lost as a result.  While not really related to the cub issue, it may have contributed to some user's overall impression of dissatisfaction with FA. --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 22:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::An excellent point--[[User:Honeymane|Honeymane]] 01:52, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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The issue of when the cub problems were brought up have occurred numerous times, starting well before August of 2006. The original issue exploded in the first iteration of Fur Affinity, brought up by myself, which originally lead to 8horns being banned and causing the cub rule to enter the TOS in the first place. It has been an ongoing issue on FA, and was started along with the site's birth, well before August 2006.&lt;br /&gt;
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It's been debated off and on with no clear resolution since I joined FA in mid-2005.--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 09:09, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Probably why it was so painful now. It's bad enough deciding things when a site is young. I've made what seemed to be appropriate changes to me, characterizing it as an ongoing discussion that restarted with no resolution. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:28, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::That fits much better. This is going to be an ongoing issue not merely with Fur Affinity, but the fandom as a whole. Where do the limits end and begin for freedom of speech, the fandom's image and the sexual nature that lurks behind (and in front) of the scenes? I don't like the change we made, but it was the only one I feel I could make. It's hard to tell where to draw the line when the fandom's proverbial &amp;quot;line&amp;quot; has been pushed so far back it's impossible to tell where it is anymore.--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 11:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::With regard to Fur Affinity, I don't see that any other choice was consistent with the site's initial promotion. If art of any rating depicting just about anything is allowed, then it becomes hard to justify being picky about a particular topic.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::As for image, I think it's possible to worry too much about it. The people that matter will either get into the fandom or not, but only if they hear about it at all first. Plenty do so through things like [[CSI]], and I don't see that as a bad thing, even if the portrayal is inaccurate. It's unfortunate when (e.g.) a hotel uses that kind of work as a reason not to continue a contract, but as we've seen with Anthrocon there is no guarantee of hotel stability even if you do try to run the cleanest of ships.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Personally, I dislike lines. They tend to divide people. The furry fandom is big enough that there are places you can go if you like X and other places to go if you don't like X. There is no real need for the fandom as a whole to take a stand on any particular issue. The whole ''reason'' there are different stands is that different segments of the fandom have different views, and you can't just cut a segment out of the pie and keep calling it the whole pie. Just pick out the mushrooms if you don't like 'em. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==24-Jul-07 outage==&lt;br /&gt;
(('''unverified claims follow, here for the record only'''))&lt;br /&gt;
Alkora Husky, the owner of FA domain name, attempted to sell it Dragoneer for $8000 even though Alkora only owns the domain and not any of the content on the site. Dragoneer got upset and removed Alkora from the admins; in retaliation, Alkora requested the site's hosting provider to pull the plug. As of Jul 25, the site is up and running normally. -- [[User:Wesha|Wesha]] 18:16, 25 July 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:See [[News:Fur Affinity access disrupted amid ownership dispute|Fur Affinity access disrupted amid ownership dispute]]. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:13, 25 July 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==2008 Outage==&lt;br /&gt;
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The section of this article discussing the 2008 Outage resembled an out-of-date news article more than an unbiased, basic presentation of facts, and I have pared it down as such. Who users PMed during the down time, what kind of issues FA had with buying the equipment, what the error message looked like etc are trivial details that are considerably &amp;quot;not encyclopedic&amp;quot;. I have left a few of these details to avoid being labeled a vandal, but IMHO it could use some more whittling. [[Special:Contributions/128.196.204.224|128.196.204.224]] 23:29, 31 August 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: In addition to this, I modified the &amp;quot;site run from/to&amp;quot; section. The site had a hardware failure, yes, but that did not shut down the entire community as the previous edit implies. The FA community exists beyond more than just the main site, and as such, this is simply misleading FUD. &lt;br /&gt;
:--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 23:57, 31 August 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::I'm not entirely happy with those edits. Yes, the forums were up, but that's like saying WikiFur's LiveJournal or Tapestries' website was up - the main deal was out of commission for more than a month. There is a precedent in the coverage of [[Yerf]], which went down for a couple of months in mid-2006, and was noted as such - and the expectations of uptime for Yerf were, by then, far less than for FA. Perhaps a reference footnote explaining the period of downtime would be suitable.&lt;br /&gt;
::I am surprised that you would want to [http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Fur_Affinity&amp;amp;diff=212990&amp;amp;oldid=212405 remove the CDW details], as this seems to remove part of the explanation for the length of the outage. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I removed the CDW details, not Preyfar. In either case, I still feel that such information is better suited to &amp;quot;news&amp;quot; than this particular article. And obviously, you or anyone else inclined to do so is free to put it back. I was merely making a bold suggestion. [[Special:Contributions/128.196.204.224|128.196.204.224]] 00:48, 1 September 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::If that's the case then why haven't every other prior minor and moderate outage been recorded on the site if you want to show we have had more downtime than Yerf? FA has had a turbulent period in the time leading up to the outright failure, no doubt. However, the way the site reads is that we &amp;quot;gave up&amp;quot; and shut down running the community for that month. I don't think it's quite accurate of a portrayal. That's not to discount the events of Failoutage, but I disagree with the portrayal. What we have posted here is still accurate, considering the community is both FA, the forums, the gaming wing and many other facilities that are a part of Fur Affinity.&lt;br /&gt;
:::As for the other... there were shipping delays. That's all matters in the end. And it wasn't just CDW, it as HP and DHL to the bone. Discussing the failings of the shipping companies could run into multiple paragraphs if the true events had been accurately described in the original entry, but it wasn't. If you want to show the reasons for the delays, just link that there were significant &amp;quot;shipping delays&amp;quot; out of Fa's control, and reference the posts on FA's forums that contain further details. Otherwise it just becomes filler to the article of what amounts to &amp;quot;Fur Affinity was offline for over a month due to catastrophic hardware failure and extended shipping delays in obtaining replacement parts.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:::--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 01:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== 2009 Outage ==&lt;br /&gt;
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This 2009 edit seems awfully biased. Aren't we aiming for neutrality? --[[User:IanKeith|IanKeith]] 19:30, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Pure facts. Feel free to point out where it seems biased and I'll adapt it. --[[User:Xenofur|Xenofur]] 19:59, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::We can't even begin without an account of supposed events from both sides of the story. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 20:29, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Are you available on IRC? I'd like to discuss what kind of sources you'd accept. --[[User:Xenofur|Xenofur]] 20:42, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Only noting this here for sake of paper trail: Situation discussed, article changed to be neutral and include sources. --[[User:Xenofur|Xenofur]] 22:13, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::See, now that doesn't read like a &amp;quot;HEY ITS FUN TO HATE ON FA&amp;quot; post, does it? The original addition to the article was painfully biased and blatantly anti-admins. --[[User:IanKeith|IanKeith]] 01:26, 30 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Down again ==&lt;br /&gt;
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It's down again. For how long by now? It's not mentioned in the article yet. --[[User:TlatoSMD|TlatoSMD]] 19:27, 30 November 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:It's been less than a day.  We don't need to note every short-term outage of Fur Affinity in the article.  --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 20:00, 30 November 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::It's three days now, and the FA twitter says that &amp;quot;thousands of websites&amp;quot; are affected by this outage which is an ISP issue.[http://twitter.com/furaffinity] According to FA LJ, they're currently looking for a new colocation because of this.[http://community.livejournal.com/furaffinity/] --[[User:TlatoSMD|TlatoSMD]] 20:08, 2 December 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::PS: FA LJ says it's even four days now, and that their ISP even keeps refusing to reply to them for all of those four days. --[[User:TlatoSMD|TlatoSMD]] 20:14, 2 December 2009 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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== Protected and artist listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Why is this article locked? It's not drama to report the facts, whither or not it's liked. {{unsigned|Honeymane}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:I will try to make this brief, but I'm not so sure how brief it will be. For that, I apologize in advance.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The intent behind adding a list of users who are leaving FurAffinity is moot, and does not have any worthwhile informational value behind it. The fact that numerous people plan on or have left FurAffinity is not relevant to FurAffinity's history. That is relevant to the individual's history. If one wishes to write in the individual's article, &amp;quot;In 2006, [he/she] left FurAffinity,&amp;quot; that is fine, because it is relevant to the individual. However, the fact that they left the FA community is not relevant to FA's global history.&lt;br /&gt;
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:What I will contest is relevant, however, is that this had become such a scandal to the FurAffinity community, and thus, deserves historical notation. (I understand how pretentious it is to say &amp;quot;historical notation&amp;quot; on a Wiki, but you get my point :) So, I have decided to protect this article to prevent others from adding in this information, since the influx of people adding things to the Wiki will be great, I'm sure.&lt;br /&gt;
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:I know I don't come around here very often to flex my administrative muscle, but seeing this drama explode and expand onto other places is just too much. I'd like to nip it in the bud where I can. [[User:Verix|Verix]] 06:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I've unprotected this article (before seeing this, I might add). People should be free to add and remove sections as they see fit. If there is a disagreement here over whether or not there should be a list of people leaving, they should argue that here and get consensus from WikiFur editors first.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Protection is appropriate in cases of vandalism. This is not, it is a disagreement on content. I appreciate your motives, verix, and I agree with your view in part, but I would ask you not to use your administrative powers to preserve your point of view. Contest it all you like, but on an equal footing. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:35, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::You've a point. However, I'd like to warn you that I believe there's going to be a rather large influx of edit battles soon to arise out of all of this-- people adding the list, deleting it, back and fourth, etc.-- so I admit I jumped the gun and protected it before I believed it got started. The polarization of FurAffinity is certainly causing its current drama to expand to other parts.&lt;br /&gt;
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::I agree with you, GreenReaper, and apologize for jumping the gun (and, essentially, using my own logic before consensus). But, again, I feel I must warn you that a rather large edit battle may arise, and we may have to protect the article again. [[User:Verix|Verix]] 06:38, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::It's not the first time we've had such things happen. What normally happens is there's lots of adding (and some removing), then a few days later people get bored, and then a week or so later someone comes around and cleans up, and we end up with an article with more useful information than we started with.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::My personal view is that numerous people leaving Fur Affinity over this decision '''is''' worth mentioning, but that it's not particularly relevant who the artists ''are'', except for those of particular prominence in the fandom. We could say something like &amp;quot;around 50 artists left over the new policy, including X and Y&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::For reference, I was looking at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Protection policy|Wikipedia's protection policy]] when unprotecting, which is quite clear on people not using protection to enforce a particular edit they made. Of course, we're not Wikipedia, but I think it's good advice in general. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Yep. Again, I agree, the list is irrelevant, which is why I deleted it, but also agree that the statistic of people leaving is relevant as well. It was overkill to protect it. (Most of this is just reiterating what you've said already, but I'd still just like to make my point clear.)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Hopefully, though, this will be the catalyst to bring me back to this thing so I can actually do my job as an admin, instead of just doing what I did here tonight when I find it relevant. Sorry for the knee-jerk. I'll make sure not to let it happen again. :) [[User:Verix|Verix]] 06:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::where should the list be posted? here? it maybe useful because alot of artist proflies are going to be in need of editting. and I forgot to sign again--[[User:142.177.139.173|142.177.139.173]] 07:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::Quite frankly, I'm not sure. Perhaps in an article dedicated to the actual event itself? (Although, in that regard, I'm not sure if the event even deserves it's own article. Perhaps it does, though, since its informative reach has even gone to the likes of Encyclopedia Dramatica.) I just don't really see a point to maintaining a list of artists who've left, since the intent seems more to document a counter-offensive and make a mountain out a molehill, rather than inform. But on my judgement, if one were to post the list of artists who left, it'd certainly be in an article about the situation itself, rather than the site. [[User:Verix|Verix]] 07:06, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::::I would agree that a list of the artists that have left would be overkill; I think the article would be better off with a notation of how many people have left, with maybe one or two &amp;quot;big guns&amp;quot; mentioned.  I don't think the situation merits its own entry; it's pretty much confined to Fur Affinity itself.  [[User:CarlFox|Carl Fox]] 08:24, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::::But really, how would you get those numbers with any sort of accuracy? How many artists have declared their intent to leave but never actually did. How many artists left the site quietly? There is no way to really get an accurate number which would be more speculation, especially if those artists decided to comeback after cooling down from their initial reaction.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::::I understand your reasoning, but there's just no way to have solid numbers -- and even as lead admin for FA, I don't have those numbers on hand. There are too many variables to consider, and even if I did have them I would not release them because all they would do is further the drama. At some point, the drama needs to stop, people need to let go and move on.--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 09:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::::::What we would like to do would be to quote a source which had done that research, and let the reader decide how accurate it was, based on the evidence they gave (which would probably include the names of those people they claimed to have left). For example, &amp;quot;A post on Place X stating that Y artists had left the site, including A and B&amp;quot;. If there is no source, of course, no exact figure could be given. Even rough figures would be useful - after all, there's a big difference between 5, 50 or 500 artists leaving. And no, I wouldn't expect you to be able to furnish such a list, or desire to do so - it would be something that one of the artists would do, if they bothered to (that they'd done at all it might be some indication of relevance in itself). --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::It is difficult of course to do such a thing, but I am trying to compose a list of artists who have left based on FA jounral's they've posted.&lt;br /&gt;
I attepted to leave a request on the FA LJ ask for anyone with information to post the artist's names, as I would assume that the majority of the people on there would have FA accounts and be watching people, and have prehaps seen other journals of people I do not watch, which state they are leaving/have left. However, I was told that such questions where too dramaic and was revolked from that Community. --[[User:142.177.139.173|142.177.139.173]] 22:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:There is the question of what constitutes an artist leaving.  Some have taken all their artwork down, others are leaving it up but won't be uploading anything new (and they could be subdivided into those who will still be checking in and those who won't).  Some are leaving temporarily until filters are in place.  And some are taking time out to see what happens and then decide whether to return or leave for good.&lt;br /&gt;
:Possibly relevant is that some users were still upset over a database upgrade about two weeks ago that caused all private mail messages to be lost.  For many it was no big deal, but some users had important information about trades, commissions, etc., that was lost as a result.  While not really related to the cub issue, it may have contributed to some user's overall impression of dissatisfaction with FA. --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 22:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::An excellent point--[[User:Honeymane|Honeymane]] 01:52, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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The issue of when the cub problems were brought up have occurred numerous times, starting well before August of 2006. The original issue exploded in the first iteration of Fur Affinity, brought up by myself, which originally lead to 8horns being banned and causing the cub rule to enter the TOS in the first place. It has been an ongoing issue on FA, and was started along with the site's birth, well before August 2006.&lt;br /&gt;
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It's been debated off and on with no clear resolution since I joined FA in mid-2005.--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 09:09, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Probably why it was so painful now. It's bad enough deciding things when a site is young. I've made what seemed to be appropriate changes to me, characterizing it as an ongoing discussion that restarted with no resolution. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:28, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::That fits much better. This is going to be an ongoing issue not merely with Fur Affinity, but the fandom as a whole. Where do the limits end and begin for freedom of speech, the fandom's image and the sexual nature that lurks behind (and in front) of the scenes? I don't like the change we made, but it was the only one I feel I could make. It's hard to tell where to draw the line when the fandom's proverbial &amp;quot;line&amp;quot; has been pushed so far back it's impossible to tell where it is anymore.--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 11:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::With regard to Fur Affinity, I don't see that any other choice was consistent with the site's initial promotion. If art of any rating depicting just about anything is allowed, then it becomes hard to justify being picky about a particular topic.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::As for image, I think it's possible to worry too much about it. The people that matter will either get into the fandom or not, but only if they hear about it at all first. Plenty do so through things like [[CSI]], and I don't see that as a bad thing, even if the portrayal is inaccurate. It's unfortunate when (e.g.) a hotel uses that kind of work as a reason not to continue a contract, but as we've seen with Anthrocon there is no guarantee of hotel stability even if you do try to run the cleanest of ships.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Personally, I dislike lines. They tend to divide people. The furry fandom is big enough that there are places you can go if you like X and other places to go if you don't like X. There is no real need for the fandom as a whole to take a stand on any particular issue. The whole ''reason'' there are different stands is that different segments of the fandom have different views, and you can't just cut a segment out of the pie and keep calling it the whole pie. Just pick out the mushrooms if you don't like 'em. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==24-Jul-07 outage==&lt;br /&gt;
(('''unverified claims follow, here for the record only'''))&lt;br /&gt;
Alkora Husky, the owner of FA domain name, attempted to sell it Dragoneer for $8000 even though Alkora only owns the domain and not any of the content on the site. Dragoneer got upset and removed Alkora from the admins; in retaliation, Alkora requested the site's hosting provider to pull the plug. As of Jul 25, the site is up and running normally. -- [[User:Wesha|Wesha]] 18:16, 25 July 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:See [[News:Fur Affinity access disrupted amid ownership dispute|Fur Affinity access disrupted amid ownership dispute]]. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:13, 25 July 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==2008 Outage==&lt;br /&gt;
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The section of this article discussing the 2008 Outage resembled an out-of-date news article more than an unbiased, basic presentation of facts, and I have pared it down as such. Who users PMed during the down time, what kind of issues FA had with buying the equipment, what the error message looked like etc are trivial details that are considerably &amp;quot;not encyclopedic&amp;quot;. I have left a few of these details to avoid being labeled a vandal, but IMHO it could use some more whittling. [[Special:Contributions/128.196.204.224|128.196.204.224]] 23:29, 31 August 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: In addition to this, I modified the &amp;quot;site run from/to&amp;quot; section. The site had a hardware failure, yes, but that did not shut down the entire community as the previous edit implies. The FA community exists beyond more than just the main site, and as such, this is simply misleading FUD. &lt;br /&gt;
:--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 23:57, 31 August 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::I'm not entirely happy with those edits. Yes, the forums were up, but that's like saying WikiFur's LiveJournal or Tapestries' website was up - the main deal was out of commission for more than a month. There is a precedent in the coverage of [[Yerf]], which went down for a couple of months in mid-2006, and was noted as such - and the expectations of uptime for Yerf were, by then, far less than for FA. Perhaps a reference footnote explaining the period of downtime would be suitable.&lt;br /&gt;
::I am surprised that you would want to [http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Fur_Affinity&amp;amp;diff=212990&amp;amp;oldid=212405 remove the CDW details], as this seems to remove part of the explanation for the length of the outage. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I removed the CDW details, not Preyfar. In either case, I still feel that such information is better suited to &amp;quot;news&amp;quot; than this particular article. And obviously, you or anyone else inclined to do so is free to put it back. I was merely making a bold suggestion. [[Special:Contributions/128.196.204.224|128.196.204.224]] 00:48, 1 September 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::If that's the case then why haven't every other prior minor and moderate outage been recorded on the site if you want to show we have had more downtime than Yerf? FA has had a turbulent period in the time leading up to the outright failure, no doubt. However, the way the site reads is that we &amp;quot;gave up&amp;quot; and shut down running the community for that month. I don't think it's quite accurate of a portrayal. That's not to discount the events of Failoutage, but I disagree with the portrayal. What we have posted here is still accurate, considering the community is both FA, the forums, the gaming wing and many other facilities that are a part of Fur Affinity.&lt;br /&gt;
:::As for the other... there were shipping delays. That's all matters in the end. And it wasn't just CDW, it as HP and DHL to the bone. Discussing the failings of the shipping companies could run into multiple paragraphs if the true events had been accurately described in the original entry, but it wasn't. If you want to show the reasons for the delays, just link that there were significant &amp;quot;shipping delays&amp;quot; out of Fa's control, and reference the posts on FA's forums that contain further details. Otherwise it just becomes filler to the article of what amounts to &amp;quot;Fur Affinity was offline for over a month due to catastrophic hardware failure and extended shipping delays in obtaining replacement parts.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:::--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 01:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== 2009 Outage ==&lt;br /&gt;
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This 2009 edit seems awfully biased. Aren't we aiming for neutrality? --[[User:IanKeith|IanKeith]] 19:30, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Pure facts. Feel free to point out where it seems biased and I'll adapt it. --[[User:Xenofur|Xenofur]] 19:59, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::We can't even begin without an account of supposed events from both sides of the story. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 20:29, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Are you available on IRC? I'd like to discuss what kind of sources you'd accept. --[[User:Xenofur|Xenofur]] 20:42, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Only noting this here for sake of paper trail: Situation discussed, article changed to be neutral and include sources. --[[User:Xenofur|Xenofur]] 22:13, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::See, now that doesn't read like a &amp;quot;HEY ITS FUN TO HATE ON FA&amp;quot; post, does it? The original addition to the article was painfully biased and blatantly anti-admins. --[[User:IanKeith|IanKeith]] 01:26, 30 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Down again ==&lt;br /&gt;
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It's down again. For how long by now? It's not mentioned in the article yet. --[[User:TlatoSMD|TlatoSMD]] 19:27, 30 November 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:It's been less than a day.  We don't need to note every short-term outage of Fur Affinity in the article.  --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 20:00, 30 November 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::It's three days now, and the FA twitter says that &amp;quot;thousands of websites&amp;quot; are affected by this outage which is an ISP issue.[http://twitter.com/furaffinity] According to FA LJ, they're currently looking for a new colocation because of this.[http://community.livejournal.com/furaffinity/] --[[User:TlatoSMD|TlatoSMD]] 20:08, 2 December 2009 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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== Protected and artist listings ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Why is this article locked? It's not drama to report the facts, whither or not it's liked. {{unsigned|Honeymane}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:I will try to make this brief, but I'm not so sure how brief it will be. For that, I apologize in advance.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The intent behind adding a list of users who are leaving FurAffinity is moot, and does not have any worthwhile informational value behind it. The fact that numerous people plan on or have left FurAffinity is not relevant to FurAffinity's history. That is relevant to the individual's history. If one wishes to write in the individual's article, &amp;quot;In 2006, [he/she] left FurAffinity,&amp;quot; that is fine, because it is relevant to the individual. However, the fact that they left the FA community is not relevant to FA's global history.&lt;br /&gt;
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:What I will contest is relevant, however, is that this had become such a scandal to the FurAffinity community, and thus, deserves historical notation. (I understand how pretentious it is to say &amp;quot;historical notation&amp;quot; on a Wiki, but you get my point :) So, I have decided to protect this article to prevent others from adding in this information, since the influx of people adding things to the Wiki will be great, I'm sure.&lt;br /&gt;
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:I know I don't come around here very often to flex my administrative muscle, but seeing this drama explode and expand onto other places is just too much. I'd like to nip it in the bud where I can. [[User:Verix|Verix]] 06:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I've unprotected this article (before seeing this, I might add). People should be free to add and remove sections as they see fit. If there is a disagreement here over whether or not there should be a list of people leaving, they should argue that here and get consensus from WikiFur editors first.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Protection is appropriate in cases of vandalism. This is not, it is a disagreement on content. I appreciate your motives, verix, and I agree with your view in part, but I would ask you not to use your administrative powers to preserve your point of view. Contest it all you like, but on an equal footing. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:35, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::You've a point. However, I'd like to warn you that I believe there's going to be a rather large influx of edit battles soon to arise out of all of this-- people adding the list, deleting it, back and fourth, etc.-- so I admit I jumped the gun and protected it before I believed it got started. The polarization of FurAffinity is certainly causing its current drama to expand to other parts.&lt;br /&gt;
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::I agree with you, GreenReaper, and apologize for jumping the gun (and, essentially, using my own logic before consensus). But, again, I feel I must warn you that a rather large edit battle may arise, and we may have to protect the article again. [[User:Verix|Verix]] 06:38, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::It's not the first time we've had such things happen. What normally happens is there's lots of adding (and some removing), then a few days later people get bored, and then a week or so later someone comes around and cleans up, and we end up with an article with more useful information than we started with.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::My personal view is that numerous people leaving Fur Affinity over this decision '''is''' worth mentioning, but that it's not particularly relevant who the artists ''are'', except for those of particular prominence in the fandom. We could say something like &amp;quot;around 50 artists left over the new policy, including X and Y&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::For reference, I was looking at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Protection policy|Wikipedia's protection policy]] when unprotecting, which is quite clear on people not using protection to enforce a particular edit they made. Of course, we're not Wikipedia, but I think it's good advice in general. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Yep. Again, I agree, the list is irrelevant, which is why I deleted it, but also agree that the statistic of people leaving is relevant as well. It was overkill to protect it. (Most of this is just reiterating what you've said already, but I'd still just like to make my point clear.)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Hopefully, though, this will be the catalyst to bring me back to this thing so I can actually do my job as an admin, instead of just doing what I did here tonight when I find it relevant. Sorry for the knee-jerk. I'll make sure not to let it happen again. :) [[User:Verix|Verix]] 06:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::where should the list be posted? here? it maybe useful because alot of artist proflies are going to be in need of editting. and I forgot to sign again--[[User:142.177.139.173|142.177.139.173]] 07:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::Quite frankly, I'm not sure. Perhaps in an article dedicated to the actual event itself? (Although, in that regard, I'm not sure if the event even deserves it's own article. Perhaps it does, though, since its informative reach has even gone to the likes of Encyclopedia Dramatica.) I just don't really see a point to maintaining a list of artists who've left, since the intent seems more to document a counter-offensive and make a mountain out a molehill, rather than inform. But on my judgement, if one were to post the list of artists who left, it'd certainly be in an article about the situation itself, rather than the site. [[User:Verix|Verix]] 07:06, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::::I would agree that a list of the artists that have left would be overkill; I think the article would be better off with a notation of how many people have left, with maybe one or two &amp;quot;big guns&amp;quot; mentioned.  I don't think the situation merits its own entry; it's pretty much confined to Fur Affinity itself.  [[User:CarlFox|Carl Fox]] 08:24, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::::But really, how would you get those numbers with any sort of accuracy? How many artists have declared their intent to leave but never actually did. How many artists left the site quietly? There is no way to really get an accurate number which would be more speculation, especially if those artists decided to comeback after cooling down from their initial reaction.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::::I understand your reasoning, but there's just no way to have solid numbers -- and even as lead admin for FA, I don't have those numbers on hand. There are too many variables to consider, and even if I did have them I would not release them because all they would do is further the drama. At some point, the drama needs to stop, people need to let go and move on.--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 09:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::::::What we would like to do would be to quote a source which had done that research, and let the reader decide how accurate it was, based on the evidence they gave (which would probably include the names of those people they claimed to have left). For example, &amp;quot;A post on Place X stating that Y artists had left the site, including A and B&amp;quot;. If there is no source, of course, no exact figure could be given. Even rough figures would be useful - after all, there's a big difference between 5, 50 or 500 artists leaving. And no, I wouldn't expect you to be able to furnish such a list, or desire to do so - it would be something that one of the artists would do, if they bothered to (that they'd done at all it might be some indication of relevance in itself). --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::It is difficult of course to do such a thing, but I am trying to compose a list of artists who have left based on FA jounral's they've posted.&lt;br /&gt;
I attepted to leave a request on the FA LJ ask for anyone with information to post the artist's names, as I would assume that the majority of the people on there would have FA accounts and be watching people, and have prehaps seen other journals of people I do not watch, which state they are leaving/have left. However, I was told that such questions where too dramaic and was revolked from that Community. --[[User:142.177.139.173|142.177.139.173]] 22:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:There is the question of what constitutes an artist leaving.  Some have taken all their artwork down, others are leaving it up but won't be uploading anything new (and they could be subdivided into those who will still be checking in and those who won't).  Some are leaving temporarily until filters are in place.  And some are taking time out to see what happens and then decide whether to return or leave for good.&lt;br /&gt;
:Possibly relevant is that some users were still upset over a database upgrade about two weeks ago that caused all private mail messages to be lost.  For many it was no big deal, but some users had important information about trades, commissions, etc., that was lost as a result.  While not really related to the cub issue, it may have contributed to some user's overall impression of dissatisfaction with FA. --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 22:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::An excellent point--[[User:Honeymane|Honeymane]] 01:52, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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The issue of when the cub problems were brought up have occurred numerous times, starting well before August of 2006. The original issue exploded in the first iteration of Fur Affinity, brought up by myself, which originally lead to 8horns being banned and causing the cub rule to enter the TOS in the first place. It has been an ongoing issue on FA, and was started along with the site's birth, well before August 2006.&lt;br /&gt;
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It's been debated off and on with no clear resolution since I joined FA in mid-2005.--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 09:09, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Probably why it was so painful now. It's bad enough deciding things when a site is young. I've made what seemed to be appropriate changes to me, characterizing it as an ongoing discussion that restarted with no resolution. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:28, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::That fits much better. This is going to be an ongoing issue not merely with Fur Affinity, but the fandom as a whole. Where do the limits end and begin for freedom of speech, the fandom's image and the sexual nature that lurks behind (and in front) of the scenes? I don't like the change we made, but it was the only one I feel I could make. It's hard to tell where to draw the line when the fandom's proverbial &amp;quot;line&amp;quot; has been pushed so far back it's impossible to tell where it is anymore.--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 11:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::With regard to Fur Affinity, I don't see that any other choice was consistent with the site's initial promotion. If art of any rating depicting just about anything is allowed, then it becomes hard to justify being picky about a particular topic.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::As for image, I think it's possible to worry too much about it. The people that matter will either get into the fandom or not, but only if they hear about it at all first. Plenty do so through things like [[CSI]], and I don't see that as a bad thing, even if the portrayal is inaccurate. It's unfortunate when (e.g.) a hotel uses that kind of work as a reason not to continue a contract, but as we've seen with Anthrocon there is no guarantee of hotel stability even if you do try to run the cleanest of ships.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Personally, I dislike lines. They tend to divide people. The furry fandom is big enough that there are places you can go if you like X and other places to go if you don't like X. There is no real need for the fandom as a whole to take a stand on any particular issue. The whole ''reason'' there are different stands is that different segments of the fandom have different views, and you can't just cut a segment out of the pie and keep calling it the whole pie. Just pick out the mushrooms if you don't like 'em. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==24-Jul-07 outage==&lt;br /&gt;
(('''unverified claims follow, here for the record only'''))&lt;br /&gt;
Alkora Husky, the owner of FA domain name, attempted to sell it Dragoneer for $8000 even though Alkora only owns the domain and not any of the content on the site. Dragoneer got upset and removed Alkora from the admins; in retaliation, Alkora requested the site's hosting provider to pull the plug. As of Jul 25, the site is up and running normally. -- [[User:Wesha|Wesha]] 18:16, 25 July 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:See [[News:Fur Affinity access disrupted amid ownership dispute|Fur Affinity access disrupted amid ownership dispute]]. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:13, 25 July 2007 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==2008 Outage==&lt;br /&gt;
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The section of this article discussing the 2008 Outage resembled an out-of-date news article more than an unbiased, basic presentation of facts, and I have pared it down as such. Who users PMed during the down time, what kind of issues FA had with buying the equipment, what the error message looked like etc are trivial details that are considerably &amp;quot;not encyclopedic&amp;quot;. I have left a few of these details to avoid being labeled a vandal, but IMHO it could use some more whittling. [[Special:Contributions/128.196.204.224|128.196.204.224]] 23:29, 31 August 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: In addition to this, I modified the &amp;quot;site run from/to&amp;quot; section. The site had a hardware failure, yes, but that did not shut down the entire community as the previous edit implies. The FA community exists beyond more than just the main site, and as such, this is simply misleading FUD. &lt;br /&gt;
:--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 23:57, 31 August 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::I'm not entirely happy with those edits. Yes, the forums were up, but that's like saying WikiFur's LiveJournal or Tapestries' website was up - the main deal was out of commission for more than a month. There is a precedent in the coverage of [[Yerf]], which went down for a couple of months in mid-2006, and was noted as such - and the expectations of uptime for Yerf were, by then, far less than for FA. Perhaps a reference footnote explaining the period of downtime would be suitable.&lt;br /&gt;
::I am surprised that you would want to [http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Fur_Affinity&amp;amp;diff=212990&amp;amp;oldid=212405 remove the CDW details], as this seems to remove part of the explanation for the length of the outage. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::I removed the CDW details, not Preyfar. In either case, I still feel that such information is better suited to &amp;quot;news&amp;quot; than this particular article. And obviously, you or anyone else inclined to do so is free to put it back. I was merely making a bold suggestion. [[Special:Contributions/128.196.204.224|128.196.204.224]] 00:48, 1 September 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::If that's the case then why haven't every other prior minor and moderate outage been recorded on the site if you want to show we have had more downtime than Yerf? FA has had a turbulent period in the time leading up to the outright failure, no doubt. However, the way the site reads is that we &amp;quot;gave up&amp;quot; and shut down running the community for that month. I don't think it's quite accurate of a portrayal. That's not to discount the events of Failoutage, but I disagree with the portrayal. What we have posted here is still accurate, considering the community is both FA, the forums, the gaming wing and many other facilities that are a part of Fur Affinity.&lt;br /&gt;
:::As for the other... there were shipping delays. That's all matters in the end. And it wasn't just CDW, it as HP and DHL to the bone. Discussing the failings of the shipping companies could run into multiple paragraphs if the true events had been accurately described in the original entry, but it wasn't. If you want to show the reasons for the delays, just link that there were significant &amp;quot;shipping delays&amp;quot; out of Fa's control, and reference the posts on FA's forums that contain further details. Otherwise it just becomes filler to the article of what amounts to &amp;quot;Fur Affinity was offline for over a month due to catastrophic hardware failure and extended shipping delays in obtaining replacement parts.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:::--[[User:Preyfar|Preyfar]] 01:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== 2009 Outage ==&lt;br /&gt;
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This 2009 edit seems awfully biased. Aren't we aiming for neutrality? --[[User:IanKeith|IanKeith]] 19:30, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Pure facts. Feel free to point out where it seems biased and I'll adapt it. --[[User:Xenofur|Xenofur]] 19:59, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::We can't even begin without an account of supposed events from both sides of the story. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 20:29, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Are you available on IRC? I'd like to discuss what kind of sources you'd accept. --[[User:Xenofur|Xenofur]] 20:42, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Only noting this here for sake of paper trail: Situation discussed, article changed to be neutral and include sources. --[[User:Xenofur|Xenofur]] 22:13, 29 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::See, now that doesn't read like a &amp;quot;HEY ITS FUN TO HATE ON FA&amp;quot; post, does it? The original addition to the article was painfully biased and blatantly anti-admins. --[[User:IanKeith|IanKeith]] 01:26, 30 July 2009 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Down again ==&lt;br /&gt;
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It's down again. For how long by now? It's not mentioned in the article yet. --[[User:TlatoSMD|TlatoSMD]] 19:27, 30 November 2009 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Brushwell Clinton</title>
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'''Brushwell Clinton''' (aka '''Boris''', aka '''Brenys''', aka '''Esprit''', aka '''Aquamarine''', aka '''Cathode''', aka '''TheBee''', aka formerly '''Ploughshare''') is a Scottish [[fur]] who lives in Glasgow, UK. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He is a [[furry writer]], although his work is mainly private. &lt;br /&gt;
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His specialist subjects are [[Wikipedia:Meme|memetics]], the cultures of the [[furry fandom]], [[Wikipedia:psychology|psychology]], and revolutionary literature. His company, '''Brownfeather Ltd''', is registered as a limited company in the Republic of Restoration, is owned and operated by Restoration Holdings, and makes up the telecommunications infrastructure of the micronation.&lt;br /&gt;
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He is the owner and founder of the IRC channel [[Medfurs|#medfurs]] on [[AnthroChat]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Fursonas ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Brushwell Clinton is a brown-feathered [[Gryphon]]. He wears a brown faux-leather jacket, under which is a simple shirt and tie. His lower body is clad with light-golden-brown full-length trousers, and on his foot-talons he wears black [[Wikipedia:Dr. Martens|Dr. Martens]] workboots. A little brown mouse called '''Brenys''' sits on his shoulder, as he is one of Brushwell's alternate fursonas.&lt;br /&gt;
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Other alternate fursonas of his are '''Boris''' (a Soviet Russian coon, see [[Soviet Furs]]), '''Esprit''' (an orca), '''Aquamarine''' (a three-foot high [[Nazi Furs|Nazi penguin]], and '''Cathode''' (a polar bear). He also occasionally turns into '''TheBee'''. For some time, he had the cockroach fursona '''Ploughshare''' until he found out that nick had been taken by somebody else.&lt;br /&gt;
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Brushwell's left leg is somewhat bent due to a permanent disability, and he walks with a crutch, as does Brushwell in [[real life]].&lt;br /&gt;
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* [http://www.brownfeather.net/ Brownfeather Ltd], Brushwell Clinton's web hosting company (offline)&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://brushwell.deviantart.com/ Brushwell Clinton] on [[deviantART]]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>The Walt Disney Company</title>
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'''Disney''', in the furry fandom, refers to the '''Walt Disney Company''' and its associated stylized artwork.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 by animation pioneer Walter &amp;quot;Walt&amp;quot; Disney, his brother Roy (father of current board member Roy Disney), and Ub Iwerks.  Beginning with Pegleg Pete, and expanding to include such characters as the now-forgotten Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Disney and Iwerks' brainchild Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Dippy Dawg (later Goofy), and Horace Horsecollar, Disney dove into the early 1920's and depression-era animations continuing in the tradition of [[Felix the Cat]]. In 1934, [[Donald Duck]] was added to the cast, soon joined by his newphews [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] created by comic strip artist [[Wikipedia:Al Taliaferro|Al Taliaferro]], as well as a very long list of characters developed into a whole Duck universe by animator and comic artist [[Carl Barks]], starting with Donald's tightwad Scottish uncle [[Scrooge McDuck]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Disney established themselves as a major animation presence with their first feature-length film in Technicolor, 1937's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.'' Unlike rival Fleischer, which was later absorbed by Paramount, Disney has grown ever larger and more influential over the years. Furry animator [[Don Bluth]] started out at Disney before he went on his own, creating furry favorites such as [[The Secret of NIMH]], [[An American Tail]], or [[The Land Before Time]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Controversy ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Controversies around Disney as a corporation ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Disney has long been scorned by many for their habitual tendency generally to soften or even drastically alter the stories on which their animated films are based.  Also, some are annoyed by the consistent visual attractiveness of most Disney characters. Still, it may be argued that no Disney villain, no matter how attractive, can be mistaken for a hero with respect to their actions and motives.  Another perception by many is that Disney has long been (especially recently) more about quantity than quality--that saleability is more important than solid content.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Walt Disney and Nazi Germany ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Political controversies also surrounded Walt Disney as a person. His interest in Medieval German folktales of which he adapted a number into his cartoons gave rise to rumors of personal sympathies for Nazi Germany and anti-Semitism during the 1930s, until Disney started to make anti-Nazi cartoons during World War II commissioned by the government. After the war, these rumors of Nazi sympathies regained currency when Disney worked closely together with former Nazi Germany top scientist [[Wikipedia:Wernher von Braun|Wernher von Braun]] (who had constructed the [[Wikipedia:V-2 rocket|V1 and V2 rockets]] devastating London during the war) in order to popularize von Braun's visions of space travel in American society.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Walt Disney and anti-Communism ===&lt;br /&gt;
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After the war, Walt Disney as an outspoken anti-Communist also showed no inhibitions in cooperating with the [[Wikipedia:House Un-American Activities Committee|House Un-American Activities Committee]] during the controversial [[Wikipedia:McCarthyism|McCarthy witch hunts]] and testify against many of his Hollywood colleagues.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Influential films ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]], being the first Disney film with an all-animal cast, bears mentioning as an influential film in furry fandom, but 1994's [[The Lion King]] stands out bar-none as the most popular. It could not have come at a better time, as the emerging furry fandom was finding its way onto the then-infant graphical internet. Many other Disney films are also known for their influences on Furry Fandom, including [[The Adventures of Robin Hood]] (the first Disney animated film with an entirely &amp;quot;funny animal&amp;quot; cast) and the more recent [[Brother Bear]] (with its themes of human-to-non-human [[transformation]] and animal spirit guides).&lt;br /&gt;
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Beauty and the Beast could be also be considered of interest to the furry community, as Belle has to fall in love with the prince in his 'beast' form, although she is unaware he is a prince.&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wikipedia:Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Company]] at [[Wikipedia]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wikipedia:Walt Disney|Walt Disney]] at [[Wikipedia]]&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Disney''', in the furry fandom, refers to the '''Walt Disney Company''' and its associated stylized artwork.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 by animation pioneer Walter &amp;quot;Walt&amp;quot; Disney, his brother Roy (father of current board member Roy Disney), and Ub Iwerks.  Beginning with Pegleg Pete, and expanding to include such characters as the now-forgotten Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Disney and Iwerks' brainchild Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Dippy Dawg (later Goofy), and Horace Horsecollar, Disney dove into the early 1920's and depression-era animations continuing in the tradition of [[Felix the Cat]]. In 1934, [[Donald Duck]] was added to the cast, soon joined by his newphews [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] created by comic strip artist [[Wikipedia:Al Taliaferro|Al Taliaferro]], as well as a very long list of characters developed into a whole Duck universe by animator and comic artist [[Carl Barks]], starting with Donald's tightwad Scottish uncle [[Scrooge McDuck]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Disney established themselves as a major animation presence with their first feature-length film in Technicolor, 1937's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.'' Unlike rival Fleischer, which was later absorbed by Paramount, Disney has grown ever larger and more influential over the years.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Controversy ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Controversies around Disney as a corporation ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Disney has long been scorned by many for their habitual tendency generally to soften or even drastically alter the stories on which their animated films are based.  Also, some are annoyed by the consistent visual attractiveness of most Disney characters. Still, it may be argued that no Disney villain, no matter how attractive, can be mistaken for a hero with respect to their actions and motives.  Another perception by many is that Disney has long been (especially recently) more about quantity than quality--that saleability is more important than solid content.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Walt Disney and Nazi Germany ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Political controversies also surrounded Walt Disney as a person. His interest in Medieval German folktales of which he adapted a number into his cartoons gave rise to rumors of personal sympathies for Nazi Germany and anti-Semitism during the 1930s, until Disney started to make anti-Nazi cartoons during World War II commissioned by the government. After the war, these rumors of Nazi sympathies regained currency when Disney worked closely together with former Nazi Germany top scientist [[Wikipedia:Wernher von Braun|Wernher von Braun]] (who had constructed the [[Wikipedia:V-2 rocket|V1 and V2 rockets]] devastating London during the war) in order to popularize von Braun's visions of space travel in American society.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Walt Disney and anti-Communism ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After the war, Walt Disney as an outspoken anti-Communist also showed no inhibitions in cooperating with the [[Wikipedia:House Un-American Activities Committee|House Un-American Activities Committee]] during the controversial [[Wikipedia:McCarthyism|McCarthy witch hunts]] and testify against many of his Hollywood colleagues.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Influential films ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]], being the first Disney film with an all-animal cast, bears mentioning as an influential film in furry fandom, but 1994's [[The Lion King]] stands out bar-none as the most popular. It could not have come at a better time, as the emerging furry fandom was finding its way onto the then-infant graphical internet. Many other Disney films are also known for their influences on Furry Fandom, including [[The Adventures of Robin Hood]] (the first Disney animated film with an entirely &amp;quot;funny animal&amp;quot; cast) and the more recent [[Brother Bear]] (with its themes of human-to-non-human [[transformation]] and animal spirit guides).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beauty and the Beast could be also be considered of interest to the furry community, as Belle has to fall in love with the prince in his 'beast' form, although she is unaware he is a prince.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wikipedia:Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Company]] at [[Wikipedia]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wikipedia:Walt Disney|Walt Disney]] at [[Wikipedia]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Companies]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Studios]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>An American Tail</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:AnAmericanTailPoster.jpg|right|250px]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theaters on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is separated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandising ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' and a complete ''Back to the Future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items. It wasn't until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video sequels, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a Bluth-typical feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-old.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (German, PAL)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-French.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (French, SECAM)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-laserdisc.jpg|1988 laserdisc release&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-new.jpg|2002 re-release on VHS and DVD&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack &amp;amp; audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Fievel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Fievel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-old.jpg|1980s soundtrack released on LP and MC&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-new.JPG|Recent CD soundtrack&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-audioplay.jpg|German ''An American Tail'' audio play on MC&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandising [[plushie]] of Fievel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Fievel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Fievel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Fievel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Fievel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-SEARS.JPG|1986 Feivel plushie made by SEARS&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-Universal.JPG|Mid-1990s UNIVERSAL Feivel plushie (large)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-tshirt.JPG|thumb|UNIVERSAL merchandising T-shirt with Bluth-style Feivel]]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandising T-shirt with a Bluth-style Fievel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
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From 1986 through 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandising deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Fievel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-stocking.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-picture-books.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' picture books. From l-r, top-bottom: ''Escape from the Catsacks'' (blue), ''Fievel's Boat Trip'' (pink), ''The Mott Street Maulers'' (green), ''Little Lost Fievel'' (rose), ''Tony and Fievel'' (turquoise), ''Fievel's Friends'' (yellow)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Video games ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the 1990s, Sound Source Interactive sold ''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM for Windows95 and Macintosh which was basically a 2D walkthrough through Bluth's movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2006, Red Ant Enterprises released a 3D game associated with Bluth's movie for the Playstation 2.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-moviebook.jpg|''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-3D.jpg|2006 ''An American Tail'' in 3D for Playstation 2&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trading sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Netherlands, and Portugal, [[Wikipedia:Panini (stickers)|Panini]] sold an ''American Tail'' sticker album with screenshots from the movie as trading stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-sticker-album.jpg|''An American Tail'' sticker album (German) by PANINI&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-sticker-album-Spain.jpeg|''An American Tail'' sticker album (Portuguese)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beside the above-mentioned plushie, the SEARS catalogue for 1987/'88 also included ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets, as well as a pyjama for toddlers.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets-ad.jpg|1980s SEARS ad for ''An American Tail'' bedsheets&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets.JPG|''An American Tail'' bedsheets in detail&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-pyjama.jpg|''An American Tail'' pyjama by SEARS&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Movies]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1986 births]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>The Walt Disney Company</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Disney1968stamp.jpg|right|1968 Walt Disney U.S. postage stamp]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Disney''', in the furry fandom, refers to the '''Walt Disney Company''' and its associated stylized artwork.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 by animation pioneer Walter &amp;quot;Walt&amp;quot; Disney, his brother Roy (father of current board member Roy Disney), and Ub Iwerks.  Beginning with Pegleg Pete, and expanding to include such characters as the now-forgotten Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Disney and Iwerks' brainchild Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Dippy Dawg (later Goofy), and Horace Horsecollar, Disney dove into the early 1920's and depression-era animations continuing in the tradition of [[Felix the Cat]]. In 1934, [[Donald Duck]] was added to the cast, soon joined by his newphews [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] created by comic strip artist [[Wikipedia:Al Taliaferro|Al Taliaferro]], as well as a very long list of characters developed into a whole Duck universe by animator and comic artist [[Carl Barks]], starting with Donald's tightwad Scottish uncle [[Scrooge McDuck]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Disney established themselves as a major animation presence with their first feature-length film in Technicolor, 1937's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.'' Unlike rival Fleischer, which was later absorbed by Paramount, Disney has grown ever larger and more influential over the years.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Controversy ==&lt;br /&gt;
Disney has long been scorned by many for their habitual tendency generally to soften or even drastically alter the stories on which their animated films are based.  Also, some are annoyed by the consistent visual attractiveness of most Disney characters. Still, it may be argued that no Disney villain, no matter how attractive, can be mistaken for a hero with respect to their actions and motives.  Another perception by many is that Disney has long been (especially recently) more about quantity than quality--that saleability is more important than solid content. &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
== Influential films ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]], being the first Disney film with an all-animal cast, bears mentioning as an influential film in furry fandom, but 1994's [[The Lion King]] stands out bar-none as the most popular. It could not have come at a better time, as the emerging furry fandom was finding its way onto the then-infant graphical internet. Many other Disney films are also known for their influences on Furry Fandom, including [[The Adventures of Robin Hood]] (the first Disney animated film with an entirely &amp;quot;funny animal&amp;quot; cast) and the more recent [[Brother Bear]] (with its themes of human-to-non-human [[transformation]] and animal spirit guides).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beauty and the Beast could be also be considered of interest to the furry community, as Belle has to fall in love with the prince in his 'beast' form, although she is unaware he is a prince.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wikipedia:Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Company]] at [[Wikipedia]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wikipedia:Walt Disney|Walt Disney]] at [[Wikipedia]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Companies]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Studios]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>An American Tail</title>
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'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theaters on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is separated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandising ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' and a complete ''Back to the Future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items. It wasn't until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video sequels, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a Bluth-typical feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-old.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (German, PAL)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-French.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (French, SECAM)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-laserdisc.jpg|1988 laserdisc release&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-new.jpg|2002 re-release on VHS and DVD&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack &amp;amp; audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Fievel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Fievel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-old.jpg|1980s soundtrack released on LP and MC&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-new.JPG|Recent CD soundtrack&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-audioplay.jpg|German ''An American Tail'' audio play on MC&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandising [[plushie]] of Fievel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Fievel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Fievel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Fievel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Fievel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-SEARS.JPG|1986 Feivel plushie made by SEARS&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-Universal.JPG|Mid-1990s UNIVERSAL Feivel plushie (large)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-tshirt.JPG|thumb|UNIVERSAL merchandising T-shirt with Bluth-style Feivel]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandising T-shirt with a Bluth-style Fievel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From 1986 through 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandising deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Fievel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-stocking.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-picture-books.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' picture books. From l-r, top-bottom: ''Escape from the Catsacks'' (blue), ''Fievel's Boat Trip'' (pink), ''The Mott Street Maulers'' (green), ''Little Lost Fievel'' (rose), ''Tony and Fievel'' (turquoise), ''Fievel's Friends'' (yellow)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Video games ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the 1990s, Sound Source Interactive sold ''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM for Windows95 and Macintosh which was basically a 2D walkthrough through Bluth's movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2006, Red Ant Enterprises released a 3D game associated with Bluth's movie for the Playstation 2.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-moviebook.jpg|''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-3D.jpg|2006 ''An American Tail'' in 3D for Playstation 2&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-sticker-album.jpg|thumb|150px|''An American Tail'' sticker album (German) by PANINI]]&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trading sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain, [[Wikipedia:Panini (stickers)|Panini]] sold an ''American Tail'' sticker album with screenshots from the movie as trading stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beside the above-mentioned plushie, the SEARS catalogue for 1987/'88 also included ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets, as well as a pyjama for toddlers.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets-ad.jpg|1980s SEARS ad for ''An American Tail'' bedsheets&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets.JPG|''An American Tail'' bedsheets in detail&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-pyjama.jpg|''An American Tail'' pyjama by SEARS&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Wikipedia}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{DEFAULTSORT:American Tail, An}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Movies]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1986 births]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>//en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail</id>
		<title>An American Tail</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail"/>
				<updated>2008-08-09T15:32:29Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* Bedsheets */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:AnAmericanTailPoster.jpg|right|250px]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theaters on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is separated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandising ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' and a complete ''Back to the Future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items. It wasn't until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video sequels, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a Bluth-typical feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-old.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (German, PAL)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-French.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (French, SECAM)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-laserdisc.jpg|1988 laserdisc release&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-new.jpg|2002 re-release on VHS and DVD&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack &amp;amp; audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Fievel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Fievel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-old.jpg|1980s soundtrack released on LP and MC&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-new.JPG|Recent CD soundtrack&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-audioplay.jpg|German ''An American Tail'' audio play on MC&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandising [[plushie]] of Fievel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Fievel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Fievel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Fievel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Fievel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-SEARS.JPG|1986 Feivel plushie made by SEARS&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-Universal.JPG|Mid-1990s UNIVERSAL Feivel plushie (large)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-tshirt.JPG|thumb|UNIVERSAL merchandising T-shirt with Bluth-style Feivel]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandising T-shirt with a Bluth-style Fievel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From 1986 through 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandising deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Fievel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-stocking.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-picture-books.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' picture books. From l-r, top-bottom: ''Escape from the Catsacks'' (blue), ''Fievel's Boat Trip'' (pink), ''The Mott Street Maulers'' (green), ''Little Lost Fievel'' (rose), ''Tony and Fievel'' (turquoise), ''Fievel's Friends'' (yellow)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Video games ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the 1990s, Sound Source Interactive sold ''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM for Windows95 and Macintosh which was basically a 2D walkthrough through Bluth's movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2006, Red Ant Enterprises released a 3D game associated with Bluth's movie for the Playstation 2.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-moviebook.jpg|''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-3D.jpg|2006 ''An American Tail'' in 3D for Playstation 2&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-sticker-album.jpg|thumb|''An American Tail'' sticker album (German) by PANINI]]&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trading sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain, [[Wikipedia:Panini (stickers)|Panini]] sold an ''American Tail'' sticker album with screenshots from the movie as trading stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beside the above-mentioned plushie, the SEARS catalogue for 1987/'88 also included ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets, as well as a pyjama for toddlers.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets-ad.jpg|1980s SEARS ad for ''An American Tail'' bedsheets&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets.JPG|''An American Tail'' bedsheets in detail&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-pyjama.jpg|''An American Tail'' pyjama by SEARS&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Wikipedia}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{DEFAULTSORT:American Tail, An}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Movies]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1986 births]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>TlatoSMD</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>//en.wikifur.com/wiki/Maus</id>
		<title>Maus</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Maus"/>
				<updated>2008-08-09T13:08:01Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* Animals used */ not embracing the idea, just stating how it's being used&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Maus1.jpg|right|220px|''Maus'']] &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''''Maus''''' is a [[Wikipedia:Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[comic]] of furry interest written and drawn by [[Wikipedia:Art Spiegelman|Art Spiegelman]], telling his father's true story of surviving the [[Wikipedia:Holocaust|Holocaust]], in whereas human beings are portrayed as [[anthropomorphic]] characters. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Volume One was released from 1973 - 1983 and Volume Two was released from 1986 - 1991. All instalments were collated into one graphic novel in 1996. ''Maus'' was published by [http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/ Pantheon Books].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Premise ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There are two story arcs within ''Maus''. Vladek Spiegelman's story of surviving the holocaust, and Art Spiegelman's present day story of his flawed relationship with his father. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Spiegelman used a tape recorder to capture most of his father's tale as he told it, but he also recorded and took note of events that occurred while he was trying to create ''Maus''. Often there will be a present day scene ending with Art prompting his father to continue his story, at which point Vladek's story picks up where it was last left. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Spiegelman tells a very raw story with no fear of portraying himself or his father in (at times) a negative light. It is this honesty that makes ''Maus'' so brilliant, coupled with the always important messages it delivers about prejudice and the holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Animals used==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Maus2.jpg|right|370px|Anthropomorphic characters in ''Maus'']] &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*The Jews are represented by [[mice]], satirizing the Nazi portrayal of Jews as vermin. Also the German verb 'mauscheln' (which visually if not etymologically includes the word 'Maus' - mouse) means originally 'to talk like a Jew', 'to cheat/swindle/deceive like a Jew'.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Germans are represented by [[cat]]s. The Germans, as cats, suggest power over the Jews.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Americans are represented by [[dog]]s. Dogs for the Americans suggest power, friendliness, loyalty and other positive values. The stereotypical dog also dislikes cats and may attack them. The choice of dog may have been inspired by the term &amp;quot;dogface,&amp;quot; which was a common nickname for the American G.I. (especially infantry) during the WWII era. It may also be an allusion to some cartoons, such as Tom and Jerry, in which a dog (Spike) will protect a mouse from a cat, or it may also refer to a German reference to American Marines as Teufelshunde or &amp;quot;Devil Hounds&amp;quot; during World War I.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Poles are represented by [[pig]]s, suggesting views of them as greedy and brutal, as well as reflecting the traditional agricultural Polish way of life. &lt;br /&gt;
*The Roma (Gypsies) are represented as gypsy moths.&lt;br /&gt;
*The French are represented by [[frog]]s, a reflection of the nickname for French, as well as an amount of sliminess to them.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Swedes are represented by [[deer|reindeer]], a species native to Swedish, also suggesting that Sweden's neutrality was a timidness like deer's.&lt;br /&gt;
*The British are represented by [[fish]], suggesting Britain's naval supremacy, as well as the antagonism between cats and fish, as well as Germany and Britain.&lt;br /&gt;
*The child of a Jew and a German is shown as a mouse with cat stripes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Trivia==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Polish release of the comic has been delayed considerably, as it was first published in Poland in 2001. The reason for this was the controversy that the use of pigs to represent Polish characters caused. Even Art Spiegelman officially stating that he did not intend to portray Poles negatively did not help shorten the delay.&lt;br /&gt;
*On the series 'The Simpsons', episode 'Husbands and Knives', Art Spiegelman appears as himself, signing autographs of Maus at Coolsville, a new comic book store. Eventually, Comic Book Guy picks a fight with Spiegelman, Alan Moors, and Dan Clowes, at which point Spiegelman puts on a mouse mask and retorts, &amp;quot;Maus in the house!&amp;quot; before continuing to pummel Comic Book Guy with his fellow freelance comic artists.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wikipedia:Maus|Maus]] on [[Wikipedia]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Wikipedia:Art_Spiegelman|Art Spiegelman]] on Wikipedia&lt;br /&gt;
{{comic-stub}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Graphic novels]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1973 births]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>//en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail</id>
		<title>An American Tail</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail"/>
				<updated>2008-08-09T03:03:26Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* Merchandising */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:AnAmericanTailPoster.jpg|right|250px]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theaters on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is separated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandising ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' and a complete ''Back to the Future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items. It wasn't until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video sequels, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a Bluth-typical feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-old.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (German, PAL)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-French.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (French, SECAM)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-laserdisc.jpg|1988 laserdisc release&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-new.jpg|2002 re-release on VHS and DVD&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack &amp;amp; audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Fievel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Fievel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-old.jpg|1980s soundtrack released on LP and MC&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-new.JPG|Recent CD soundtrack&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-audioplay.jpg|German ''An American Tail'' audio play on MC&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandising [[plushie]] of Fievel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Fievel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Fievel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Fievel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Fievel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-SEARS.JPG|1986 Feivel plushie made by SEARS&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-Universal.JPG|Mid-1990s UNIVERSAL Feivel plushie (large)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-tshirt.JPG|thumb|UNIVERSAL merchandising T-shirt with Bluth-style Feivel]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandising T-shirt with a Bluth-style Fievel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From 1986 through 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandising deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Fievel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-stocking.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-picture-books.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' picture books. From l-r, top-bottom: ''Escape from the Catsacks'' (blue), ''Fievel's Boat Trip'' (pink), ''The Mott Street Maulers'' (green), ''Little Lost Fievel'' (rose), ''Tony and Fievel'' (turquoise), ''Fievel's Friends'' (yellow)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Video games ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the 1990s, Sound Source Interactive sold ''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM for Windows95 and Macintosh which was basically a 2D walkthrough through Bluth's movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2006, Red Ant Enterprises released a 3D game associated with Bluth's movie for the Playstation 2.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-moviebook.jpg|''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-3D.jpg|2006 ''An American Tail'' in 3D for Playstation 2&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-sticker-album.jpg|thumb|''An American Tail'' sticker album (German) by PANINI]]&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trading sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain, [[Wikipedia:Panini (stickers)|Panini]] sold an ''American Tail'' sticker album with screenshots from the movie as trading stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beside the above-mentioned plushie, the SEARS catalogue for 1987/'88 also included ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets-ad.jpg|1980s SEARS ad for ''An American Tail'' bedsheets&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets.JPG|''An American Tail'' bedsheets in detail&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Movies]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>//en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail</id>
		<title>An American Tail</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail"/>
				<updated>2008-08-09T02:47:27Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* The McDonald's deal */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:AnAmericanTailPoster.jpg|right|250px]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theaters on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is separated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandising ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' and a complete ''Back to the Future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items. It wasn't until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video sequels, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a Bluth-typical feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-old.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (German, PAL)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-French.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (French, SECAM)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-laserdisc.jpg|1988 laserdisc release&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-new.jpg|2002 re-release on VHS and DVD&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Fievel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Fievel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-old.jpg|1980s soundtrack released on LP and MC&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-new.JPG|Recent CD soundtrack&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandising [[plushie]] of Fievel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Fievel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Fievel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Fievel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Fievel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-SEARS.JPG|1986 Feivel plushie made by SEARS&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-Universal.JPG|Mid-1990s UNIVERSAL Feivel plushie (large)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-tshirt.JPG|thumb|left|80px|UNIVERSAL merchandising T-shirt with Bluth-style Feivel]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandising T-shirt with a Bluth-style Fievel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-audioplay.jpg|thumb|80px|German ''An American Tail'' audio play on MC]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From 1986 through 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandising deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Fievel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-stocking.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-picture-books.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' picture books. From l-r, top-bottom: ''Escape from the Catsacks'' (blue), ''Fievel's Boat Trip'' (pink), ''The Mott Street Maulers'' (green), ''Little Lost Fievel'' (rose), ''Tony and Fievel'' (turquoise), ''Fievel's Friends'' (yellow)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Video games ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the 1990s, Sound Source Interactive sold ''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM for Windows95 and Macintosh which was basically a 2D walkthrough through Bluth's movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2006, Red Ant Enterprises released a 3D game associated with Bluth's movie for the Playstation 2.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-moviebook.jpg|''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-3D.jpg|2006 ''An American Tail'' in 3D for Playstation 2&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-sticker-album.jpg|thumb|100px|''An American Tail'' sticker album (German) by PANINI]]&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trading sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain, [[Wikipedia:Panini (stickers)|Panini]] sold an ''American Tail'' sticker album with screenshots from the movie as trading stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beside the above-mentioned plushie, the SEARS catalogue for 1987/'88 also included ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets-ad.jpg|1980s SEARS ad for ''An American Tail'' bedsheets&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets.JPG|''An American Tail'' bedsheets in detail&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>An American Tail</title>
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'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theaters on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is separated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandising ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' and a complete ''Back to the Future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items. It wasn't until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video sequels, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a Bluth-typical feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-old.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (German, PAL)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-French.JPG|Original 1988 VHS release of ''An American Tail'' (French, SECAM)&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-laserdisc.jpg|1988 laserdisc release&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-cover-new.jpg|2002 re-release on VHS and DVD&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Fievel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Fievel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-old.jpg|1980s soundtrack released on LP and MC&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-soundtrack-new.JPG|Recent CD soundtrack&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandising [[plushie]] of Fievel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Fievel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Fievel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Fievel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Fievel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-SEARS.JPG|1986 Feivel plushie made by SEARS&lt;br /&gt;
Image:Feivel-plushie-Universal.JPG|Mid-1990s UNIVERSAL Feivel plushie (large)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-tshirt.JPG|thumb|left|80px|UNIVERSAL merchandising T-shirt with Bluth-style Feivel]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandising T-shirt with a Bluth-style Fievel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-audioplay.jpg|thumb|80px|German ''An American Tail'' audio play on MC]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From 1986 through 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandising deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Fievel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-stocking.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-McDonald's-picture-books.jpg|McDonald's ''An American Tail'' picture books. From top to bottom: ''Escape from the Catsacks'' (blue), ''Fievel's Boat Trip'' (pink), ''The Mott Street Maulers'' (green), ''Little Lost Fievel'' (rose), ''Tony and Fievel'' (turquoise), ''Fievel's Friends'' (yellow)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Video games ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the 1990s, Sound Source Interactive sold ''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM for Windows95 and Macintosh which was basically a 2D walkthrough through Bluth's movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2006, Red Ant Enterprises released a 3D game associated with Bluth's movie for the Playstation 2.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-moviebook.jpg|''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-3D.jpg|2006 ''An American Tail'' in 3D for Playstation 2&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:An-American-Tail-sticker-album.jpg|thumb|100px|''An American Tail'' sticker album (German) by PANINI]]&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trading sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain, [[Wikipedia:Panini (stickers)|Panini]] sold an ''American Tail'' sticker album with screenshots from the movie as trading stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beside the above-mentioned plushie, the SEARS catalogue for 1987/'88 also included ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets-ad.jpg|1980s SEARS ad for ''An American Tail'' bedsheets&lt;br /&gt;
Image:An-American-Tail-bedsheets.JPG|''An American Tail'' bedsheets in detail&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/gallery&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>An American Tail</title>
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'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theaters on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is separated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandising ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' and a complete ''Back to the Future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items. It wasn't until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video sequels, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Fievel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Fievel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandising [[plushie]] of Fievel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Fievel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Fievel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Fievel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Fievel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandising T-shirt with a Bluth-style Fievel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From 1986 through 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandising deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Fievel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Video games ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the 1990s, Sound Source Interactive sold ''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM for Windows95 and Macintosh which was basically a 2D walkthrough through Bluth's movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2006, Red Ant Enterprises released a 3D game associated with Bluth's movie for the Playstation 2.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trading sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain, [[Wikipedia:Panini|Panini]] sold an ''American Tail'' sticker album with screenshots from the movie as trading stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beside the above-mentioned plushie, the SEARS catalogue for 1987/'88 also included ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Movies]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>//en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail</id>
		<title>An American Tail</title>
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				<updated>2008-08-09T00:38:26Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* Video games */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:AnAmericanTailPoster.jpg|right|250px]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theaters on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is separated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandising ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' and a complete ''Back to the Future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items. It wasn't until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video releases, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Fievel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Fievel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandising [[plushie]] of Fievel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Fievel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Fievel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Fievel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Fievel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandising T-shirt with a Bluth-style Fievel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From 1986 through 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandising deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Fievel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Video games ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the 1990s, Sound Source Interactive sold ''An American Tail: The Animated Movie Book'' on CD-ROM for Windows95 and Macintosh which was basically a 2D walkthrough through Bluth's movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2006, Red Ant Enterprises released a 3D game associated with Bluth's movie for the Playstation 2.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trading sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain, [[Wikipedia:Panini|Panini]] sold an ''American Tail'' sticker album with screenshots from the movie as trading stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beside the above-mentioned plushie, the SEARS catalogue for 1987/'88 also included ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Movies]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>//en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail</id>
		<title>An American Tail</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail"/>
				<updated>2008-08-09T00:34:33Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* Merchandising */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:AnAmericanTailPoster.jpg|right|250px]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theaters on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is separated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandising ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' and a complete ''Back to the Future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items. It wasn't until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video releases, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Fievel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Fievel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandising [[plushie]] of Fievel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Fievel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Fievel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Fievel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Fievel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandising T-shirt with a Bluth-style Fievel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From 1986 through 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandising deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Fievel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Video games ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the 1990s, Sound Source Interactive sold ''An American Tail: The Animated Songbook'' on CD-ROM for Windows95 and Macintosh which was basically a 2D walkthrough through Bluth's movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2006, Red Ant Enterprises released a 3D game associated with Bluth's movie for the Playstation 2.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trading sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain, [[Wikipedia:Panini|Panini]] sold an ''American Tail'' sticker album with screenshots from the movie as trading stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Beside the above-mentioned plushie, the SEARS catalogue for 1987/'88 also included ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Movies]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>TlatoSMD</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>//en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail</id>
		<title>An American Tail</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail"/>
				<updated>2008-08-08T20:16:13Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* Sticker album */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:AnAmericanTailPoster.jpg|right|250px]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theatres on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is seperated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandizing ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''In a land before time'' and a complete ''Back to the future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items, however it took until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video releases, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Feivel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Feivel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandizing plushie of Feivel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Feivel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Feivel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Feivel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Feivel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandizing T-shirt with a Bluth-style Feivel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From 1986 allthrough 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandizing deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Feivel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Trading sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Spain, an ''American Tail'' sticker album was sold with screenshots from the movie as trading stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets were produced by an unknown company.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Movies]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>TlatoSMD</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>//en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail</id>
		<title>An American Tail</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/An_American_Tail"/>
				<updated>2008-08-08T20:14:25Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* Sequels */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:AnAmericanTailPoster.jpg|right|250px]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''''An American Tail''''' is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by [[Don Bluth]], originally released in movie theatres on November 21, 1986.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Story==&lt;br /&gt;
The film, set in 1886, tells the tail of a poor family of Russian Jewish [[anthropomorphic]] [[mice]] who immigrate to America to find a new better life, believing the streets are lined with cheese and that there are no [[cat]]s in America. Unfortunately, that dream is shattered when the family discovers there ARE cats in America and made worse when one of the mouse children Fievel is seperated from his family. Fievel sets out to find his family who have begun living in a typical late 19th century immigrant manner: working in a sweatshop, living in horrible conditions, and submitting to a [[feline]] protection racket as an alternative to being eaten. Eventually, he reunited with his family in time to save the mice from the cats, led by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a [[rat]]. Once Warren is defeated, the family begins to make a new and better life for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==''An American Tail'' and ''Maus''==&lt;br /&gt;
''An American Tail'' is an allegory, similar to [[Art Spiegelman]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[Maus]]'', for the terrible conditions immigrants to the United States faced at the turn of the century. Like in ''Maus'', the mice represent the Jewish immigrants, and the cats their anti-Semitic tormentors. The film also illustrates the hope (of a new, better life) that America represented to these immigrants at that time. Art Spiegelman publicly accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact the Jews are depicted as mice in ''An American Tail'' just as in Spiegelman's earlier ''Maus'', a metaphor Spiegelman had adopted from [[Nazi]] propaganda. Even though ''Maus'' appeared collected not sooner than in 1986 just as the film, it had been printed as a series in Raw magazine years before that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Sequels ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''[[An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'' directed by [[Wikipedia:Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg]], in which the family, continuing to seek a better life, decides to set out for the American Old West to find their fortune. A television series, ''[[Fievel's American Tails]]'' based upon Spielberg's movie, was later produced, as well as two direct-to-video sequels based upon Bluth's original film again: ''[[An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island]]'' and ''[[An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster]]'', none of which Don Bluth had any involvement with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Merchandizing ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Home video releases ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The film was first released to VHS and laserdisc in 1988 with its original theatrical poster as box cover.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the late 1990s, Spielberg repeatedly promised that both parts of ''An American Tail'' would be available on DVD along with ''In a land before time'' and a complete ''Back to the future'' trilogy box by the year 2000 as a shared set release date for all three items, however it took until 2002 that the first two parts of ''An American Tail'' were re-released as state-of-the-art digital telecines and with re-mastered audio on VHS and DVD, though the 2002 VHS release only carries mono audio (with considerably more hum than the 1988 release), whereas the 1988 release had had stereo, and the DVD offers both mono and full 5.1 Surround Sound.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This time, Bluth's original film from 1986 was given a new, more commercial box cover to conform with the design of the two direct-to-video releases, losing the feel of a darker, more ambitious work that the original poster had communicated, a feature due to which the film had not necessarily been as suitable for very small children as were its sequels.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Soundtrack ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first release of the soundtrack on LP and MC by MCA from the 1980s used an alternate movie poster with all main characters framing around Feivel who is standing on a number of suitcases, and included a few additional sing-a-longs also sung by Phillip Glasser (or Feivel's particular voice actors in other-language versions of the soundtrack) but not used in the film, while the most recent release on CD uses the original movie poster and lacks the additional sing-a-longs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Plushies ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Probably the most well-known and most sophisticated merchandizing plushie of Feivel made for Bluth's first film was made by SEARS in 1986, manufactured by Caltoy, Los Angeles. This Feivel plushie stands about 50cm (19.75in) tall, and is the only known Feivel plushie flexible enough to also sit down.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During the mid-1990s, the Universal Theme Parks produced and sold a number of inflexible, more generic Bluth-version Feivel plushies with incorrect fur color (gray instead of Feivel's original brown fur color), available in three sizes: small (20cm/8in), medium (25cm/10in), and large (30cm/12in)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Clothing ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, the Universal Theme Parks sold a merchandizing T-shirt with a Bluth-style Feivel as their mascot next to their UNIVERSAL logo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Audio plays ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Germany, the Universal-owned label ''Karussell'' produced an audio play of the film released on MC in 1987, using the original German dialogue dubbing tracks, adding a narrator and some additional sounds and FX.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== The McDonald's deal ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From 1986 allthrough 1987, McDonald's had a special ''An American Tail'' merchandizing deal with Universal and Don Bluth, mainly known for two items: ''An American Tail'' Christmas stockings, and a series of small picture books illustrated by Bluth's character designer John Pomeroy, obviously intended for reading beginner pre-schoolers and re-telling particular episodes from the movie, such as how Feivel meets Tony and they live together for a short time, although slightly deviating from the movie's canon in a number of details.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Sticker album ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Spain, an ''American Tail'' sticker album was sold with collectable screenshots from the movie as stickers, re-telling the whole movie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Bedsheets ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At some time, ''An American Tail''-themed bedsheets were produced by an unknown company.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fan art ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Mature fan art ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some ''An American Tail''-themed mature fan art of low quality was made by [[Kthanid]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More numerous, more sophisticated mature fan art close to Bluth's original model sheets is made by [[Looqdrake]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fievel Mousekewitz==&lt;br /&gt;
The character '''Fievel''' (also spelled Feivel correctly in the first movie's credits) '''Mouskewitz''' is the central character of the ''American Tail'' series. Named after Spielberg's grandfather, he is modeled on a curious, hyperactive and seemingly fearless boy. However, throughout most of the film, while separated from his family Fievel becomes as a very scared and lost child in a strange land.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel is always drawn with an oversized red jumper and blue hat somewhat too big for his head (it fits at the end of the film). The hat is an heirloom of sorts, having been passed from father to son for three generations (Fievel is the fourth to wear it). Except for a brief period near the story's end, Fievel never loses the hat through all his adventures and scrapes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fievel later served as the [[mascot]] for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Also, Fievel became the mascot for UNICEF as well. There also were two Fievel-themed attractions at Universal Studios &lt;br /&gt;
Hollywood, ''An American Tail Live/Theatre'' (1990-1997) with a stage-show based on Bluth's first movie, and ''Fievel's Playland'' (1991-1997), based upon Spielberg's sequel. The latter was a playground area &amp;quot;from mouse eye's view&amp;quot; where everyday small human devices became large playground attractions, including a water slide. Both attractions made way for ''Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time'' between 1996-1999, but as of 2008 there's still a ''Fievel's Playground'' in Universal Studios Florida and Fievel appears frequently as a costumed character on the general Universal theme park area and in parades on the Universal CityWalk (Hollywood) and the Streetmosphere (Florida).&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.americantail.com/ Official ''An American Tail'' page], DVD, VHS, and free online games&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.cataroo.com/DBtail.html ''The animated films of Don Bluth: An American Tail''], lots of background informations&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.persuivant.com/tail.htm ''An American Tail''] on ''The Secret of NIMH (&amp;amp; other Don Bluth productions)'', fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/2372/ ''Fievel's Homepage''], fan site&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://members.aol.com/fievalm/index.html ''Fieval M''], another fan site with many screenshots&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/anamericantaillive.shtml ''American Tail Live''] and [http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/fievelsplayland.shtml ''Fievel's Playland''] as they appeared in Universal Studios Hollywood between 1989-1997&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=americantail.htm Detailed box office and ranking statistics for ''An American Tail'']&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Movies]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Fur Affinity</title>
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[[Image:Fender.jpg|right|350px|Fender, drawn by Mutley James]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Fur Affinity''', also known as '''FA''', is the [[furry fandom]]'s largest online community with focus on the promotion of art, music, stories and more. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The site was created by [[Alkora]] as an alternative to various art community sites such as [[SheezyArt]] and [[deviantART]], promoting itself by allowing artistic freedom of expression regardless of content rating.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Addresses''':&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Website''': http://www.furaffinity.net/ &lt;br /&gt;
** '''Forums''': http://forums.furaffinity.net/&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Wiki''': http://www.wikiffinity.net/&lt;br /&gt;
** '''LiveJournal''': http://community.livejournal.com/furaffinity/&lt;br /&gt;
** '''IRC''': [irc://irc.furnet.org/furaffinity #furaffinity] on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Frapper''': http://www.frappr.com/furaffinity&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Second Life''': http://slurl.com/secondlife/Critter_Valley/158/130/28&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Administrators''':&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Owners:''' [[The Dragoneer]]&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Site Founder:''' [[Alkora]]&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Lead Admins''': [[Damaratus]], The Dragoneer&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Admins''': [[Ahkahna]], [[Bijoux]], [[Dave Hyena]], [[Fox Amoore]], [[Glaide]], [[Kyoujin]] and [[Wicht]]&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Coders''': [[Eevee_(person)|Eevee]], [[Net-cat]], [[Tsawolf]], [[yak]]&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Server Administrator''': [[Gushi]]&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Ran from/to''':&lt;br /&gt;
** ?? January 2005 - 1 August 2005 (coding/server problems)&lt;br /&gt;
** 10 December 2005 - 1 July 2008 (&amp;quot;server hardware fault&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;ref name=fa-outage-2008&amp;gt;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?&lt;br /&gt;
t=22182 &amp;quot;Server Hardware Fault&amp;quot;] (2008, July 1). Fur Affinity Forum.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** 6 August 2008 - Present&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WikiFurNews|Fur Affinity access disrupted amid ownership dispute}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{WikiFurNews|'Krystal sandwich' meme strikes Fur Affinity}}&lt;br /&gt;
== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Launch ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity was launched on January 16, 2005 as an alternative to SheezyArt with the forum going live on that date and the main site being transferred a few days later from [[FurPawz]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''[http://www.sheezyart.com/journal/51100/ Furaffinity.org information]'' - launch of forum on Furaffinity.net. Posted on SheezyArt, 16 January 2005.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''[http://www.sheezyart.com/journal/54575/ Furaffinity - note re. transfer of mainsite and 400+ users]''. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Posted on [[SheezyArt]], 21 January 2005.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During that time period, Sheezy abruptly changed policies to both remove adult art and take a stronger stance against users and their uploads. Warnings were supposedly issued from the site's service provider, advising Sheezy Art that they were not permitted to host adult content on their site. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much of Sheezy's community was abandoned after the rules change took effect. This migration left many with few alternatives. Many of those burned by SheezyArt went on to sites such as Fur Affinity and [[y!Gallery]]; when the latter decided to ban [[anthro art]] in May 2006, Fur Affinity gained further traffic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Server problems of 2005 ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity had suffered from major security holes and a hacking in during Summer of 2005. The site was shut down on 1 August 2005 due to a disagreement between lead coder Jheryn and host provider [[Arcturus]], the primary administrators of the site. At that time Fur Affinity had 12,174 user accounts and nearly 100,000 submissions. Arcturus and supporters went on to found [[ArtPlz]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks to the community, Fur Affinity was able to build a stronger, faster server than the site originally used for operation. Over the course of 2005, Fur Affinity was able to raise $1,500 in donations towards the purchase of new hardware for its primary server; a server which would, unfortunately, not realize itself until the middle of 2006.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity returned to operation in December 2005 with a solid backbone and more efficient coding, although full operational status would not be reached until December 10 due to a defect in the ASUS motherboard which powered the server. During Fur Affinity's official re-opening on December 10th, over 10,000 submissions for music, art and writing were submitted to the site during its initial 12 hours. These submissions included imported art from returning users and pieces not previously posted.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Fur Affinity: United! ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{main|FA: United}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In August 2007, Fur Affinity held its own [[furry convention]] titled Fur Affinity: United! (commonly abbreviated as FA:U) at the [http://www.ramadanewark.com/ Ramada Newark Airport International] in [[Wikipedia:Newark, New Jersey|Newark, New Jersey]]. The convention drew 310 attendees, with 25 fursuiters participating in the fursuit parade. The convention was a success and a hit among con goers, so much that another one followed that next year on August 1-3 2008, meeting with an equal amount of success. Although no announcements or hints have been made regarding of a future FA:U, its likely that yet another will follow for 2009, given the last two genrated a lot of positive outcome. It should be noted that the convetion did not come without a flaw:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== 2007 breach ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On August 11 2007, The Dragoneer's admin account was compromised at [[FA: United‎]] when he used the hotel's unencrypted [[Wikipedia:Wi-fi|Wi-Fi]] connection to access it.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=11488 Thread by Preyfar on the FA forums about the August 2007 breach&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=11484&amp;amp;pid=195037#pid195037 Post by Preyfar on the FA forums with a more elaborate account of the 2007 breach&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;The first sign of trouble was a note left on the front page that announced the following:&lt;br /&gt;
{{q|''Administrator notice: We're sorry, our vaginas are currently full of sand. We're makin' pearls here, folks! :D! FA:U rocks. We all got handjobs from Glaide and Damaratus. -- hacked by [[jheryn]]''}}&lt;br /&gt;
Assurances were made that the password database had not been compromised, and the main site came back online 48 hours later. The FA forums were not affected by this breach.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 2008 hardware fault ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On July 1, 2008, Fur Affinity went completely offline again. Staff member Dragoneer explained on the site's forum that a &amp;quot;server hardware fault&amp;quot; was to blame.&amp;lt;ref name=fa-outage-2008/&amp;gt; All of FA's pages, as of this announcement, show an angry Fender stomping his computer in sheer anger, followed by a notice about the failure and a link to the forum thread.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As of July 7th 2008, Fur Affinity's members had donated about $16,000-$18,000 within 5 days (since July 2nd) to solve the issue&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;FA Forums: [http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22182&amp;amp;page=120 ''Server Hardware Fault''], page 120, post #1786 by [[Artie]] reads ''&amp;quot;$10,477.15 via Amazon, plus over $6,000 via PayPal. So, '''over $16,477.15 total''' so far.&amp;quot;'' on July 6th 2008, 5:35PM EST&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;FA Forums: [http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22411 ''Public Donation and Expenditures Log, Please.''], page 1, post #15 by [[Seppel]] (based on an official file published by Dragoneer [http://forums.furaffinity.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=3481&amp;amp;d=0 here]) reads ''&amp;quot;I checked the budget Dragoneer posted. $18,000 is more than twice FA has ever had. ''[...]'' $18,000 will go far. Very far.&amp;quot;'' on July 7th 2008, 9:03AM EST&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, and donations are still coming in.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On July 7th also, Dragoneer posted on the FA forums that a new server, an HP ProLiant quad-core Opteron code-named ''Trogdor'' had been ordered. As of Monday, July 14, 2008, the order for ''Trogdor'' was canceled due to confirmed issues. The vendor, [[Wikipedia:CDW|CDW]] had promised to assemble and stress-test the server in advance, but only un-tested, unassembled parts arrived. Fur Affinity Forum users private messaged ''Fur Affinity Staff Member'' [[yak]] about the issues. The replacement for ''Trogdor'' was a Dell PowerEdge 2970. With the help of one Fur Affinity user, Fur Affinity received a discount on the Dell PowerEdge 2970. As of Wednesday, July 23, 2008, the Data Server, Storage Array, and DB Server Upgrades have arrived. The Web Server has been shipped.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hardware ordered since July 7th so far:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Data Server''' - Dell Poweredge 2970 2U Server, 32GB RAM&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Storage Array''' - 14 1TB hard drives&lt;br /&gt;
*'''DB Server Upgrades''' - 24GB additional RAM&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Web Server''' - Sun Fire x4150 1U Server, 4GB RAM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Some called these hardware purchases excessive and unnecessary and questioned how the money was spent.  &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://squnq.livejournal.com/163370.html Speaking out against FurAffinity idiocy]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://triggur.livejournal.com/363552.html FurryArtPile.com = ROCKS!]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity resumed operation at 23:30pm EST on August 5th, 2008 in read-only mode, and by 9:20am EST on August 6th the site was fully stable again with all options and features prior to the crash. Submissions, comments, and journals submitted to the site before the hardware fault were not lost.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Features and rules ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity's features for users include the ability to allow users to track new updates from particular [[artist]]s; highlight favorites; and upload a wide variety of art (images, music and stories). The site attempts to promote community through its comments system and individual journals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
While works of all ratings are accepted (other than ''photographic nudes and images whose intent are to slander or discredit others''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.furaffinity.net/faq/ Fur Affinity FAQ]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;), art rated as mature or adult is not shown to visitors, or to users who have not specified it as a preference (which requires giving a date of birth indicating an age over 18). In addition, a tagging system is in use, but in the current version of the website software it doesn't have any effect on the site functionality, being used only as a visual addition to the submission page. Previously, users could browse and block the display of art based on these tags, but much like the search feature it was disabled due to performance issues, and haven't been brought back since.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity used to have a search feature that allowed users to search for specific art on the site, but this feature became disabled in mid-2006, listed as 'temporarily disabled', and a faux search feature was temporarily implemented on April Fool's Day, much to the chagrin of some users. No news regrading to when (and if) the search feature will come back has been posted.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Pornographic cub art ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
August 2006 saw the restart of an internal administrative debate over the presence of [[pornographic]] underage furry artwork (or &amp;quot;cub art&amp;quot;).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;[http://dragonmyr.deviantart.com/journal/10641590/ DA account reactivated -- FA Truths revealed]&amp;quot;''. Posted by [[Myr]] on November 6, 2006 and deleted several days after.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Such art was forbidden by the site's Terms of Service, which specified that &amp;quot;depictions of sexually immature characters in any sexual situation are not permitted on Fur Affinity&amp;quot;, but bans for this rule were not uniformly enforced. As with previous discussions, administrators could not come to an agreement on whether or not to modify site policy.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=4335&amp;amp;pid=63174#pid63174 Comment by The Dragoneer on previous attempts to solve the cub debate]. Posted on November 6, 2006.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Over the following months the issue developed into a public debate, with forum polls and discussion suggesting that the site's members were divided on the topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On November 5, it was announced that such work would be allowed, with the requirement of mandatory tagging. The main reasons given for this decision were that no actual minors were harmed during the artwork's creation, and that depictions of many other illegal activities, such as rape, murder, and drug use, were permitted. Conversely, work that depicted [[human]] children, including [[anime characters]], in sexual situations was forbidden.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=3965 ''FA Policy Notice - &amp;quot;Cub&amp;quot; Art'']&amp;quot;''. Posted by The Dragoneer on November 5, 2006.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Some artists had threatened to leave the site if it was not forbidden, and some of these did so.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Ferrox code update ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As of June 21, 2006 the site announced an impending upgrade to the site. FA opted to shed their previous naming convention (v1, v2 and v3) and go by codename for the major upgrade, known as &amp;quot;Ferrox&amp;quot;. The code reached an estimated 60% completion before being pushed back to an early Winter/Spring 2007 release in effort to follow new quality and coding standards.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The effective release date is &amp;quot;when it's ready&amp;quot;. Ferrox is not going to be released until the coding team feels it has undergone sufficient testing and bug hunting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Features announced as introduced or improved upon are:&lt;br /&gt;
* A new user interface supporting better web programming standards, user-requested features and more streamlined navigation for ease-of-use&lt;br /&gt;
* Revised submission interfaces for art, music and stories to allow for faster, more accurate uploads and provide unique features for each artistic area&lt;br /&gt;
* Re-written server back-end to better support scalability and future upgrades&lt;br /&gt;
* Time-limited editable user comments&lt;br /&gt;
* Flood detection to prevent spam and abuse&lt;br /&gt;
* Enhanced site security focusing on account creation and content delivery&lt;br /&gt;
* A flexible keyword-based search system&lt;br /&gt;
* Communities, allowing users to post art directly to themed submission groups&lt;br /&gt;
* Community-sponsored error messages inspired by [[VCL]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Monthly themes and mini-contests where users can obtain ranks and profile enhancements&lt;br /&gt;
* Better integrated help and site information.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Mascots ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Fender]] is the Fur Affinity [[mascot]]. He was primarily created by artist [[K-9]], based upon a character concept by [[Preyfar]]. He is half [[fox]] and half [[ferret]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A second mascot, [[Rednef]], a female dragon, was announced in May 2007. She has been shown in the Fur Affinity header on April 1, 2007.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fender was displayed as a three-toed [[sloth]] for April Fools' Day 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Facts ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Statistics ===&lt;br /&gt;
* In less than a year since the site's re-launch, Fur Affinity gained over 45,000 users and over 300,000 submissions.&lt;br /&gt;
* The site transfers a daily average of nearly 80 GB of data and well over 10,000,000 individual files. The site's peak bandwidth record stands at 33.2Mbit.&lt;br /&gt;
* Alexa ranked Fur Affinity in the [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?site0=www.furaffinity.net&amp;amp;site1=vclart.net&amp;amp;site2=&amp;amp;site3=&amp;amp;site4=&amp;amp;x=75&amp;amp;y=15&amp;amp;h=300&amp;amp;w=610&amp;amp;h=400&amp;amp;w=700&amp;amp;z=3&amp;amp;range=1y&amp;amp;size=medium&amp;amp;y=r&amp;amp;z=3&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furaffinity.net top 4,000 sites] on the web as of 1 November 2007, showing greater traffic than the VCL for most of previous year. Fur Affinity has ranked as high as 3,475 on individual days.&lt;br /&gt;
* Account import strings began and ended with &amp;lt;tt&amp;gt;!pie!&amp;lt;/tt&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Fur Affinity gets approximately 2.5 million page hits per day (estimated on 01/11/2007).&lt;br /&gt;
* Fur Affinity reached its 1,000,000th submission on January 11th, 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The hardware ====&lt;br /&gt;
There are currently six servers held by Fur Affinity:&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Gecko''', the original FA server, is a dual 3.0Ghz Nocona Xeon system with 4GB of RAM and 2X 250GB drives configured in RAID 1. This server is not use and is currently being re-purposed.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Tiamat''', the DB backend server, is a twin dual core 2.0Ghz Opteron 2212 with 8GB DDR2-533 RAM. Storage consists of 4x 74GB 10k SATA WD740ADFD hard drives on a 3ware 9650SE-4LPML hardware raid card, running in RAID10 configuration.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Bahamut''', a data storage server, is a dual core 2.0GHz Opteron 1212 with 2GB DDR2-667 RAM. Storage consists of 4x 500GB Seagate Barracuda ES drives on a 3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID controller, configured in RAID5+1. ''Bahamut'' is currently offline due to failure of its onboard Ethernet chip and will be re-purposed once its new motherboard is installed.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Ghostlight''', the wiki and forums server, is a virtual server held at a separate data center to ensure up-time even when primary site may be down.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Trogdor''', the new data server, is a Dell Poweredge 2970 2U Server with 32GB RAM.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Novastorm''', the web front end server, is a Sun Fire X4150 with dual quad-core 2.5Ghz Xeon 5420 processors, 4GB of RAM and 2x 146GB 15K RPM drives in RAID 1.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/details.php?room=%23furaffinity&amp;amp;net=FurNet statistics of #furaffinity on FurNet IRC network] on irc.netsplit.de&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Mature art archives]][[Category:Mature story archives]][[Category:2005 births]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{featured article}}&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Fur Affinity</title>
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[[Image:Fender.jpg|right|350px|Fender, drawn by Mutley James]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Fur Affinity''', also known as '''FA''', is the [[furry fandom]]'s largest online community with focus on the promotion of art, music, stories and more. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The site was created by [[Alkora]] as an alternative to various art community sites such as [[SheezyArt]] and [[deviantART]], promoting itself by allowing artistic freedom of expression regardless of content rating.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Addresses''':&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Website''': http://www.furaffinity.net/ &lt;br /&gt;
** '''Forums''': http://forums.furaffinity.net/&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Wiki''': http://www.wikiffinity.net/&lt;br /&gt;
** '''LiveJournal''': http://community.livejournal.com/furaffinity/&lt;br /&gt;
** '''IRC''': [irc://irc.furnet.org/furaffinity #furaffinity] on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Frapper''': http://www.frappr.com/furaffinity&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Second Life''': http://slurl.com/secondlife/Critter_Valley/158/130/28&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Administrators''':&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Owners:''' [[The Dragoneer]]&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Site Founder:''' [[Alkora]]&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Lead Admins''': [[Damaratus]], The Dragoneer&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Admins''': [[Ahkahna]], [[Bijoux]], [[Dave Hyena]], [[Fox Amoore]], [[Glaide]], [[Kyoujin]] and [[Wicht]]&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Coders''': [[Eevee_(person)|Eevee]], [[Net-cat]], [[Tsawolf]], [[yak]]&lt;br /&gt;
** '''Server Administrator''': [[Gushi]]&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Ran from/to''':&lt;br /&gt;
** ?? January 2005 - 1 August 2005 (coding/server problems)&lt;br /&gt;
** 10 December 2005 - 1 July 2008 (&amp;quot;server hardware fault&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;ref name=fa-outage-2008&amp;gt;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?&lt;br /&gt;
t=22182 &amp;quot;Server Hardware Fault&amp;quot;] (2008, July 1). Fur Affinity Forum.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** 6 August 2008 - Present&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{WikiFurNews|Fur Affinity access disrupted amid ownership dispute}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{WikiFurNews|'Krystal sandwich' meme strikes Fur Affinity}}&lt;br /&gt;
== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Launch ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity was launched on January 16, 2005 as an alternative to SheezyArt with the forum going live on that date and the main site being transferred a few days later from [[FurPawz]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''[http://www.sheezyart.com/journal/51100/ Furaffinity.org information]'' - launch of forum on Furaffinity.net. Posted on SheezyArt, 16 January 2005.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''[http://www.sheezyart.com/journal/54575/ Furaffinity - note re. transfer of mainsite and 400+ users]''. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Posted on [[SheezyArt]], 21 January 2005.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During that time period, Sheezy abruptly changed policies to both remove adult art and take a stronger stance against users and their uploads. Warnings were supposedly issued from the site's service provider, advising Sheezy Art that they were not permitted to host adult content on their site. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much of Sheezy's community was abandoned after the rules change took effect. This migration left many with few alternatives. Many of those burned by SheezyArt went on to sites such as Fur Affinity and [[y!Gallery]]; when the latter decided to ban [[anthro art]] in May 2006, Fur Affinity gained further traffic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Server problems of 2005 ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity had suffered from major security holes and a hacking in during Summer of 2005. The site was shut down on 1 August 2005 due to a disagreement between lead coder Jheryn and host provider [[Arcturus]], the primary administrators of the site. At that time Fur Affinity had 12,174 user accounts and nearly 100,000 submissions. Arcturus and supporters went on to found [[ArtPlz]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks to the community, Fur Affinity was able to build a stronger, faster server than the site originally used for operation. Over the course of 2005, Fur Affinity was able to raise $1,500 in donations towards the purchase of new hardware for its primary server; a server which would, unfortunately, not realize itself until the middle of 2006.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity returned to operation in December 2005 with a solid backbone and more efficient coding, although full operational status would not be reached until December 10 due to a defect in the ASUS motherboard which powered the server. During Fur Affinity's official re-opening on December 10th, over 10,000 submissions for music, art and writing were submitted to the site during its initial 12 hours. These submissions included imported art from returning users and pieces not previously posted.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Fur Affinity: United! ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{main|FA: United}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In August 2007, Fur Affinity held its own [[furry convention]] titled Fur Affinity: United! (commonly abbreviated as FA:U) at the [http://www.ramadanewark.com/ Ramada Newark Airport International] in [[Wikipedia:Newark, New Jersey|Newark, New Jersey]]. The convention drew 310 attendees, with 25 fursuiters participating in the fursuit parade. The convention was a success and a hit among con goers, so much that another one followed that next year on August 1-3 2008, meeting with an equal amount of success. Although no announcements or hints have been made regarding of a future FA:U, its likely that yet another will follow for 2009, given the last two genrated a lot of positive outcome. It should be noted that the convetion did not come without a flaw:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== 2007 breach ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On August 11 2007, The Dragoneer's admin account was compromised at [[FA: United‎]] when he used the hotel's unencrypted [[Wikipedia:Wi-fi|Wi-Fi]] connection to access it.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=11488 Thread by Preyfar on the FA forums about the August 2007 breach&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=11484&amp;amp;pid=195037#pid195037 Post by Preyfar on the FA forums with a more elaborate account of the 2007 breach&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;The first sign of trouble was a note left on the front page that announced the following:&lt;br /&gt;
{{q|''Administrator notice: We're sorry, our vaginas are currently full of sand. We're makin' pearls here, folks! :D! FA:U rocks. We all got handjobs from Glaide and Damaratus. -- hacked by [[jheryn]]''}}&lt;br /&gt;
Assurances were made that the password database had not been compromised, and the main site came back online 48 hours later. The FA forums were not affected by this breach.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 2008 hardware fault ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On July 1, 2008, Fur Affinity went completely offline again. Staff member Dragoneer explained on the site's forum that a &amp;quot;server hardware fault&amp;quot; was to blame.&amp;lt;ref name=fa-outage-2008/&amp;gt; All of FA's pages, as of this announcement, show an angry Fender stomping his computer in sheer anger, followed by a notice about the failure and a link to the forum thread.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As of July 7th 2008, Fur Affinity's members had donated about $16,000-$18,000 within 5 days (since July 2nd) to solve the issue&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;FA Forums: [http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22182&amp;amp;page=120 ''Server Hardware Fault''], page 120, post #1786 by [[Artie]] reads ''&amp;quot;$10,477.15 via Amazon, plus over $6,000 via PayPal. So, '''over $16,477.15 total''' so far.&amp;quot;'' on July 6th 2008, 5:35PM EST&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;FA Forums: [http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=22411 ''Public Donation and Expenditures Log, Please.''], page 1, post #15 by [[Seppel]] (based on an official file published by Dragoneer [http://forums.furaffinity.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=3481&amp;amp;d=0 here]) reads ''&amp;quot;I checked the budget Dragoneer posted. $18,000 is more than twice FA has ever had. ''[...]'' $18,000 will go far. Very far.&amp;quot;'' on July 7th 2008, 9:03AM EST&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, and donations are still coming in.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On July 7th also, Dragoneer posted on the FA forums that a new server, an HP ProLiant quad-core Opteron code-named ''Trogdor'' had been ordered. As of Monday, July 14, 2008, the order for ''Trogdor'' was canceled due to confirmed issues. The vendor, [[Wikipedia:CDW|CDW]] had promised to assemble and stress-test the server in advance, but only un-tested, unassembled parts arrived. Fur Affinity Forum users private messaged ''Fur Affinity Staff Member'' [[yak]] about the issues. The replacement for ''Trogdor'' was a Dell PowerEdge 2970. With the help of one Fur Affinity user, Fur Affinity received a discount on the Dell PowerEdge 2970. As of Wednesday, July 23, 2008, the Data Server, Storage Array, and DB Server Upgrades have arrived. The Web Server has been shipped.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hardware ordered since July 7th so far:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Data Server''' - Dell Poweredge 2970 2U Server, 32GB RAM&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Storage Array''' - 14 1TB hard drives&lt;br /&gt;
*'''DB Server Upgrades''' - 24GB additional RAM&lt;br /&gt;
*'''Web Server''' - Sun Fire x4150 1U Server, 4GB RAM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Some called these hardware purchases excessive and unnecessary and questioned how the money was spent.  &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://squnq.livejournal.com/163370.html Speaking out against FurAffinity idiocy]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://triggur.livejournal.com/363552.html FurryArtPile.com = ROCKS!]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity resumed operation at 23:30pm EST on August 5th, 2008 in read-only mode, and by 9:20am EST on August 6th the site was stable again. Submissions, comments, and journals submitted to the site before the hardware fault were not lost.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Features and rules ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity's features for users include the ability to allow users to track new updates from particular [[artist]]s; highlight favorites; and upload a wide variety of art (images, music and stories). The site attempts to promote community through its comments system and individual journals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
While works of all ratings are accepted (other than ''photographic nudes and images whose intent are to slander or discredit others''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.furaffinity.net/faq/ Fur Affinity FAQ]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;), art rated as mature or adult is not shown to visitors, or to users who have not specified it as a preference (which requires giving a date of birth indicating an age over 18). In addition, a tagging system is in use, but in the current version of the website software it doesn't have any effect on the site functionality, being used only as a visual addition to the submission page. Previously, users could browse and block the display of art based on these tags, but much like the search feature it was disabled due to performance issues, and haven't been brought back since.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fur Affinity used to have a search feature that allowed users to search for specific art on the site, but this feature became disabled in mid-2006, listed as 'temporarily disabled', and a faux search feature was temporarily implemented on April Fool's Day, much to the chagrin of some users. No news regrading to when (and if) the search feature will come back has been posted.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Pornographic cub art ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
August 2006 saw the restart of an internal administrative debate over the presence of [[pornographic]] underage furry artwork (or &amp;quot;cub art&amp;quot;).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;[http://dragonmyr.deviantart.com/journal/10641590/ DA account reactivated -- FA Truths revealed]&amp;quot;''. Posted by [[Myr]] on November 6, 2006 and deleted several days after.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Such art was forbidden by the site's Terms of Service, which specified that &amp;quot;depictions of sexually immature characters in any sexual situation are not permitted on Fur Affinity&amp;quot;, but bans for this rule were not uniformly enforced. As with previous discussions, administrators could not come to an agreement on whether or not to modify site policy.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.furaffinityforums.net/showthread.php?tid=4335&amp;amp;pid=63174#pid63174 Comment by The Dragoneer on previous attempts to solve the cub debate]. Posted on November 6, 2006.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Over the following months the issue developed into a public debate, with forum polls and discussion suggesting that the site's members were divided on the topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On November 5, it was announced that such work would be allowed, with the requirement of mandatory tagging. The main reasons given for this decision were that no actual minors were harmed during the artwork's creation, and that depictions of many other illegal activities, such as rape, murder, and drug use, were permitted. Conversely, work that depicted [[human]] children, including [[anime characters]], in sexual situations was forbidden.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;''&amp;quot;[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=3965 ''FA Policy Notice - &amp;quot;Cub&amp;quot; Art'']&amp;quot;''. Posted by The Dragoneer on November 5, 2006.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Some artists had threatened to leave the site if it was not forbidden, and some of these did so.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Ferrox code update ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As of June 21, 2006 the site announced an impending upgrade to the site. FA opted to shed their previous naming convention (v1, v2 and v3) and go by codename for the major upgrade, known as &amp;quot;Ferrox&amp;quot;. The code reached an estimated 60% completion before being pushed back to an early Winter/Spring 2007 release in effort to follow new quality and coding standards.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The effective release date is &amp;quot;when it's ready&amp;quot;. Ferrox is not going to be released until the coding team feels it has undergone sufficient testing and bug hunting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Features announced as introduced or improved upon are:&lt;br /&gt;
* A new user interface supporting better web programming standards, user-requested features and more streamlined navigation for ease-of-use&lt;br /&gt;
* Revised submission interfaces for art, music and stories to allow for faster, more accurate uploads and provide unique features for each artistic area&lt;br /&gt;
* Re-written server back-end to better support scalability and future upgrades&lt;br /&gt;
* Time-limited editable user comments&lt;br /&gt;
* Flood detection to prevent spam and abuse&lt;br /&gt;
* Enhanced site security focusing on account creation and content delivery&lt;br /&gt;
* A flexible keyword-based search system&lt;br /&gt;
* Communities, allowing users to post art directly to themed submission groups&lt;br /&gt;
* Community-sponsored error messages inspired by [[VCL]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Monthly themes and mini-contests where users can obtain ranks and profile enhancements&lt;br /&gt;
* Better integrated help and site information.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Mascots ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Fender]] is the Fur Affinity [[mascot]]. He was primarily created by artist [[K-9]], based upon a character concept by [[Preyfar]]. He is half [[fox]] and half [[ferret]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A second mascot, [[Rednef]], a female dragon, was announced in May 2007. She has been shown in the Fur Affinity header on April 1, 2007.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fender was displayed as a three-toed [[sloth]] for April Fools' Day 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Facts ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Statistics ===&lt;br /&gt;
* In less than a year since the site's re-launch, Fur Affinity gained over 45,000 users and over 300,000 submissions.&lt;br /&gt;
* The site transfers a daily average of nearly 80 GB of data and well over 10,000,000 individual files. The site's peak bandwidth record stands at 33.2Mbit.&lt;br /&gt;
* Alexa ranked Fur Affinity in the [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?site0=www.furaffinity.net&amp;amp;site1=vclart.net&amp;amp;site2=&amp;amp;site3=&amp;amp;site4=&amp;amp;x=75&amp;amp;y=15&amp;amp;h=300&amp;amp;w=610&amp;amp;h=400&amp;amp;w=700&amp;amp;z=3&amp;amp;range=1y&amp;amp;size=medium&amp;amp;y=r&amp;amp;z=3&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furaffinity.net top 4,000 sites] on the web as of 1 November 2007, showing greater traffic than the VCL for most of previous year. Fur Affinity has ranked as high as 3,475 on individual days.&lt;br /&gt;
* Account import strings began and ended with &amp;lt;tt&amp;gt;!pie!&amp;lt;/tt&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Fur Affinity gets approximately 2.5 million page hits per day (estimated on 01/11/2007).&lt;br /&gt;
* Fur Affinity reached its 1,000,000th submission on January 11th, 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The hardware ====&lt;br /&gt;
There are currently six servers held by Fur Affinity:&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Gecko''', the original FA server, is a dual 3.0Ghz Nocona Xeon system with 4GB of RAM and 2X 250GB drives configured in RAID 1. This server is not use and is currently being re-purposed.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Tiamat''', the DB backend server, is a twin dual core 2.0Ghz Opteron 2212 with 8GB DDR2-533 RAM. Storage consists of 4x 74GB 10k SATA WD740ADFD hard drives on a 3ware 9650SE-4LPML hardware raid card, running in RAID10 configuration.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Bahamut''', a data storage server, is a dual core 2.0GHz Opteron 1212 with 2GB DDR2-667 RAM. Storage consists of 4x 500GB Seagate Barracuda ES drives on a 3ware 9650SE-4LPML RAID controller, configured in RAID5+1. ''Bahamut'' is currently offline due to failure of its onboard Ethernet chip and will be re-purposed once its new motherboard is installed.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Ghostlight''', the wiki and forums server, is a virtual server held at a separate data center to ensure up-time even when primary site may be down.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Trogdor''', the new data server, is a Dell Poweredge 2970 2U Server with 32GB RAM.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Novastorm''', the web front end server, is a Sun Fire X4150 with dual quad-core 2.5Ghz Xeon 5420 processors, 4GB of RAM and 2x 146GB 15K RPM drives in RAID 1.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/details.php?room=%23furaffinity&amp;amp;net=FurNet statistics of #furaffinity on FurNet IRC network] on irc.netsplit.de&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Mature art archives]][[Category:Mature story archives]][[Category:2005 births]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{featured article}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[de:Fur Affinity]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>TlatoSMD</name></author>	</entry>

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		<id>//en.wikifur.com/wiki/Brushwell_Clinton</id>
		<title>Brushwell Clinton</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Brushwell_Clinton"/>
				<updated>2008-08-02T14:28:53Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* Fursonas */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Image:BrushwellClinton-Fursona.jpg|right|thumb|Brushwell's fursona]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Brushwell Clinton''' (aka '''Boris''', aka '''Brenys''', aka '''Esprit''', aka '''Aquamarine''', aka '''Cathode''', aka '''TheBee''', aka formerly '''Plughshare''') is a Scottish [[fur]] who lives in Glasgow, UK. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He is a [[furry writer]], although his work is mainly private. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
His specialist subjects are [[Wikipedia:Meme|memetics]], the cultures of the [[furry fandom]], [[Wikipedia:psychology|psychology]], and revolutionary literature. His company, '''Brownfeather Ltd''', is registered as a limited company in the Republic of Restoration, is owned and operated by Restoration Holdings, and makes up the telecommunications infrastructure of the micronation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He is the owner and founder of the IRC channel [[Medfurs|#medfurs]] on [[AnthroChat]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fursonas ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Brushwell Clinton is a brown-feathered [[Gryphon]]. He wears a brown faux-leather jacket, under which is a simple shirt and tie. His lower body is clad with light-golden-brown full-length trousers, and on his foot-talons he wears black [[Wikipedia:Dr. Martens|Dr. Martens]] workboots. A little brown mouse called '''Brenys''' sits on his shoulder, as he is one of Brushwell's alternate fursonas.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Other alternate fursonas of his are '''Boris''' (a Soviet Russian coon, see [[Soviet Furs]]), '''Esprit''' (an orca), '''Aquamarine''' (a three-foot high [[Nazi Furs|Nazi penguin]], and '''Cathode''' (a polar bear). He also occasionally turns into '''TheBee'''. For some time, he had the cockroach fursona '''Ploughshare''' until he found out that nick had been taken by somebody else.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Brushwell's left leg is somewhat bent due to a permanent disability, and he walks with a crutch, as does Brushwell in [[real life]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Contributor}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.brownfeather.net/ Brownfeather Ltd], Brushwell Clinton's web hosting company (offline)&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://brushwell.deviantart.com/ Brushwell Clinton] on [[deviantART]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{person-stub}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:People]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Writers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Gryphon characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Massachusetts]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Scotland]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>TlatoSMD</name></author>	</entry>

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		<id>//en.wikifur.com/wiki/Brushwell_Clinton</id>
		<title>Brushwell Clinton</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Brushwell_Clinton"/>
				<updated>2008-08-02T14:28:24Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* Fursona */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:BrushwellClinton-Fursona.jpg|right|thumb|Brushwell's fursona]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Brushwell Clinton''' (aka '''Boris''', aka '''Brenys''', aka '''Esprit''', aka '''Aquamarine''', aka '''Cathode''', aka '''TheBee''', aka formerly '''Plughshare''') is a Scottish [[fur]] who lives in Glasgow, UK. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He is a [[furry writer]], although his work is mainly private. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
His specialist subjects are [[Wikipedia:Meme|memetics]], the cultures of the [[furry fandom]], [[Wikipedia:psychology|psychology]], and revolutionary literature. His company, '''Brownfeather Ltd''', is registered as a limited company in the Republic of Restoration, is owned and operated by Restoration Holdings, and makes up the telecommunications infrastructure of the micronation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He is the owner and founder of the IRC channel [[Medfurs|#medfurs]] on [[AnthroChat]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fursonas ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Brushwell Clinton is a brown-feathered [[Gryphon]]. He wears a brown faux-leather jacket, under which is a simple shirt and tie. His lower body is clad with light-golden-brown full-length trousers, and on his foot-talons he wears black [[Wikipedia:Dr. Martens|Dr. Martens]] workboots. A little brown mouse called ''''Brenys''' sits on his shoulder, as he is one of Brushwell's alternate fursonas.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Other alternate fursonas of his are '''Boris''' (a Soviet Russian coon, see [[Soviet Furs]]), '''Esprit''' (an orca), '''Aquamarine''' (a three-foot high [[Nazi Furs|Nazi penguin]], and '''Cathode''' (a polar bear). He also occasionally turns into '''TheBee'''. For some time, he had the cockroach fursona '''Ploughshare''' until he found out that nick had been taken by somebody else.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Brushwell's left leg is somewhat bent due to a permanent disability, and he walks with a crutch, as does Brushwell in [[real life]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Contributor}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.brownfeather.net/ Brownfeather Ltd], Brushwell Clinton's web hosting company (offline)&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://brushwell.deviantart.com/ Brushwell Clinton] on [[deviantART]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{person-stub}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:People]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Writers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Gryphon characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Massachusetts]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Scotland]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Brushwell Clinton</title>
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				<updated>2008-08-02T14:24:07Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:BrushwellClinton-Fursona.jpg|right|thumb|Brushwell's fursona]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Brushwell Clinton''' (aka '''Boris''', aka '''Brenys''', aka '''Esprit''', aka '''Aquamarine''', aka '''Cathode''', aka '''TheBee''', aka formerly '''Plughshare''') is a Scottish [[fur]] who lives in Glasgow, UK. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He is a [[furry writer]], although his work is mainly private. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
His specialist subjects are [[Wikipedia:Meme|memetics]], the cultures of the [[furry fandom]], [[Wikipedia:psychology|psychology]], and revolutionary literature. His company, '''Brownfeather Ltd''', is registered as a limited company in the Republic of Restoration, is owned and operated by Restoration Holdings, and makes up the telecommunications infrastructure of the micronation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He is the owner and founder of the IRC channel [[Medfurs|#medfurs]] on [[AnthroChat]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Fursona ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Brushwell Clinton is a brown-feathered [[Gryphon]]. He wears a brown faux-leather jacket, under which is a simple shirt and tie. His lower body is clad with light-golden-brown full-length trousers, and on his foot-talons he wears black [[Wikipedia:Dr. Martens|Dr. Martens]] workboots. A little brown mouse called ''''Brenys''' sits on his shoulder, as he is one of Brushwell's alternate fursonas.&lt;br /&gt;
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Other alternate fursonas of his are '''Boris''' (a Soviet Russian coon, see [[Soviet Furs]]), '''Esprit''' (an orca), '''Aquamarine''' (a three-foot high [[Nazi Furs|Nazi penguin]], and '''Cathode''' (a polar bear). He also occasionally turns into '''TheBee'''. For some time, he had the cockroach fursona '''Ploughshare''' until he found out that nick had been taken by somebody else.&lt;br /&gt;
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Brushwell's left leg is somewhat bent due to a permanent disability, and he walks with a crutch, as does Brushwell in [[real life]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Contributor}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.brownfeather.net/ Brownfeather Ltd], Brushwell Clinton's web hosting company (offline)&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://brushwell.deviantart.com/ Brushwell Clinton] on [[deviantART]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:People]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Writers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Gryphon characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Massachusetts]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Scotland]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>TlatoSMD</name></author>	</entry>

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		<title>Brushwell Clinton</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;TlatoSMD: /* Fursona */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:BrushwellClinton-Fursona.jpg|right|thumb|Brushwell's fursona]]&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Brushwell Clinton''' is a Scottish [[fur]] who lives in Glasgow, UK. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He is a [[furry writer]], although his work is mainly private. &lt;br /&gt;
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His specialist subjects are [[Wikipedia:Meme|memetics]], the cultures of the [[furry fandom]], [[Wikipedia:psychology|psychology]], and revolutionary literature. His company, '''Brownfeather Ltd''', is registered as a limited company in the Republic of Restoration, is owned and operated by Restoration Holdings, and makes up the telecommunications infrastructure of the micronation.&lt;br /&gt;
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He is the owner and founder of the IRC channel [[Medfurs|#medfurs]] on [[AnthroChat]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Fursona ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Brushwell Clinton is a brown-feathered [[Gryphon]]. He wears a brown faux-leather jacket, under which is a simple shirt and tie. His lower body is clad with light-golden-brown full-length trousers, and on his foot-talons he wears black [[Wikipedia:Dr. Martens|Dr. Martens]] workboots. A little brown mouse called ''''Brenys''' sits on his shoulder, as he is one of Brushwell's alternate fursonas.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Other alternate fursonas of his are '''Boris''' (a Soviet Russian coon, see [[Soviet Furs]]), '''Esprit''' (an orca), '''Aquamarine''' (a three-foot high [[Nazi Furs|Nazi penguin]], and '''Cathode''' (a polar bear). He also occasionally turns into '''TheBee'''. For some time, he also had the cockroach fursona '''Ploughshare''' until he found out that nick had been taken by somebody else.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Brushwell's left leg is somewhat bent due to a permanent disability, and he walks with a crutch, as does Brushwell in [[real life]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Contributor}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.brownfeather.net/ Brownfeather Ltd], Brushwell Clinton's web hosting company (offline)&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://brushwell.deviantart.com/ Brushwell Clinton] on [[deviantART]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{person-stub}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:People]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Writers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Gryphon characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Massachusetts]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Scotland]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>TlatoSMD</name></author>	</entry>

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