The Giant Mouse of Minsk

[Serasia]

I think Mr. Kitty wet his nightie. I don't blame him though. Those mice should run a haunted house.

[CreepypastaMLP]

@MadameTeqi

That's kinda sad.... ._____.

[MadameTeqi]

Last night I figured out why I didn't remember the end of this movie and had a ten minute tear-filled breakdown on each parent's shoulder after seeing this movie with friends, then proceeded to sleep with a nightlight.

I turn nineteen in two weeks.

Screw the giant mouse of Minsk, he ruined my childhood and I didn't even know it till I wasn't a child anymore.

[RadTheDude]

I wonder if there were any humans watching that.

[ShugoShugopower2]

watched aload of don bluth movies yesterday this being one most of his movies hav creepiness in them (especially the one about rabbits o-O getting hurt with blood and that) coodn't sleep that nite XD never watch loads of his movies all at once

[ShugoShugopower2]

not surprised this scared us kids wen we were lil, it looks evil as hell

[KingZoritaGorington1]

It used to scare me as I tried not to look at it the other time I saw the giant mouse of Minsk. The first time I saw it, I though it was like a dinosaur/dragon/mouse.

[KDerrell23]

I used to watch this movie wondering what that thing was!

[Sancon95]

omg I still remember this scene.. but I totally forgot the name of the movie!!! Wow, and i thought it was just a scary nightmare O.O

[CreepypastaMLP]

I watched this when I was 6 and could not watch this part .-. I'm now 14 and I'm still scared.....

[Sonic3323new]

@CreepypastaMLP dont worry it wears off when you get to 20. eventually.

[Archimonde259]

Dayum. I just saw the movie (for the first time, and at 21 that) and I'm impressed.

Holy moly that thing has a skeletal head and rocket launchers for shit's sake! Ok, they're actually fireworks, but it's the closest thing acceptable in a kids' movie. Eat your heart out, anime, all your humongous mechas combined ain't topping that!

[StarWoid1]

In Soviet Russia, mouse eat you!

[grainsiloguard]

when I was a kid that damn thing gave me nightmares O_O

[ShugoShugopower2]

@grainsiloguard same O.O

[ThePhantom135]

what. the. flying. fuck.

[dragonpro3]

this thing in particular used to make me cover my eyes! i look at it now (17yrs old) and my eyes twitches b/c of the memory alone

[Scafl]

they were on drugs

[lavaheadlvr1369]

god this scared me so bad when I was little....

[TheOsiris1601]

Just be glad that's not the "real" Mickey Mouse.

[dethmaul]

Fantastic animation.

[Demache92]

It didn't really scare me that much as a kid, but not until I saw this, did I remember how creepy this was.

Don Bluth man, how does he work?

[ShugoShugopower2]

@Demache92 i noticed that alot of don bluth movies r either creepy or hav family torned apart from one another in them o3o

[JGuins13161]

im 20 years old and yep i just shit myself

[Ironsped18]

This scared the absolute shit out of me as a kid.

[critterfreek82]

You may now crap your pants kids.

[atomofish]

Why aren't kids movies this cool anymore? :(

[Sigma0283]

@atomofish Because of political correction these days. of course that's just my opinion.

[mattbackvass]

holy shit

instantly terrfied nightmares are back

fuck now i'm not going to sleep

and im 28 years old, hahahaha

[TheAltair4]

Awesome scene!

[Johnlindsey289]

@TheAltair4

Indeed and this was my favorite scene in the movie as a kid when i saw it 3 times. Did you also had coloring books as well? Hal Smith is the voice of Moe in this movie as you can tell.

[TheAltair4]

@Johnlindsey289 Yeah, i had some coloring books along with my Fievel dolls, readalong book and other stuff.

[Johnlindsey289]

@TheAltair4

Will Ryan is the voice of Digit the roach and he is also the voice of Grubby on Teddy Ruxpin, Pete on Ducktales, Goofy in the 80's after Hal Smith quite doing his voice, Petrie on Land Before Time and more. It's funny how Madeline Khan and Dom De Luise are reunited in this movie years after Blazing Saddles, she was hilarious in this movie and in that one.

[EvilCleric]

I would say kill it with fire, but I'm afraid that would just give it life and somehow make things even worse.

[TheRaptorPope]

That's some good 'ol fashioned nightmare fuel right there.

[MDthornton83]

This part with the mechanical mouse used to creep me out.

[Johnlindsey289]

@MDthornton83

Not me i thought he was cool and i saw this movie in theaters when i was 5 when i saw it 3 times and had some of the original merchandise, did you watched this on video? but not as scary as that puppet scene in Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

[MDthornton83]

@Johnlindsey289 I have seen this movie many times before back then. And though this scene doesn't scare me as much as it used to, I still remember how creepy it waas to me. I do remember the puppet scene from Pinocchio.

[quiktymevideo]

This scene is epic!

[Torq95]

What. the. F*ck. Seriously.

I am speechless. That is all I have to say.

[Martintheauthor]

The REALLY scary part. They actually BUILT that thing, it was rotoscoped into the movie.

[EvilCleric]

@Martintheauthor Even scarier dude is if you look at the scale in the movie this bitch was somewhere between motorcycles and vans in size. Now imagine that come rolling out of a dark driveway on Halloween.....wait.

[Johnlindsey289]

@Martintheauthor

Yes amazing isn't it? Ralph Bakshi did some similar rotoscoping techniques used in American Pop, Lord of the Rings and Fire and Ice. And now with modern rotoscoping Robert Zemeckis and James Cameron did the same thing on their actors.

[Genesivare]

"Part of a "scary" scene"

That scene IS scary...

[RustyPete12]

My god; a giant mechanical mouse! What's next?

[IdiosyncraticCat]

Kill it with fire.

[Comilarapa]

That is scary...

[dark7element]

What the hell, Don Bluth? WHAT THE HELL?!?!

[bhopkin1]

who else was terrified of this scene growing up but now loves it.

[boss180888]

cats: take a look at that... XD

[TheDemonwolf14]

cats worse nightmare its own pray!!!! lololol

[Tareltonlives]

Great, just when twenty years have given me time to recover. Thanks.

[somdie666]

O_o this was always my favorite part!

[PhoenixPrincess10]

This my favorite scene in this movie! I love it when that puppet of the Giant Mouse drove all of those cats into the waters of the harbour where they'll be banished to Hong Kong. Or, shall I say, "Shanghied"? Ha ha! That part was fun! I laughed so hard when the cats ran away!

[EvilCleric]

Here's to you, Mr. Bluth for checking to see if all the child viewers were potty trained with this one-scene.

[CulexDestructo]

The sheer awesome of this scene gave me chills when I first watched it as a child. . .and I would watch it again and again, just that scene.

Now, years later, I find it to be no different. In fact, if anything, its awesomeness has -increased- now that I am old enough to fully appreciate it. . .The sound effects, the animation, the look of sheer terror on Warren's face as he nearly vomits out of fear. . .

Everything except for the slightly corny G-rated dialogue. . .

[amylouiseallison]

i watched this 100's of time when i was a kid and never thought anything of this scene

[MiyahSummer]

This is so epic

[Azmodeus87]

It's the Mechamousezilla! And i'm genuinly scared by it!

[Zeebedee101]

So nostalgic...

[MrTommychong]

Between this and Morgan Moonscar my dreams were filled to the brim with pure horror

[P2K725]

@MrTommychong Yeah, the image of those settlers running into the water with the crocodiles just waiting for them...forever traumatized.

[inmoderate]

Weird thing about Don Bluth movies that I never found them scary when I was little. Now they're scary as hell.

[cgsilverscreen2020]

Don Bluth + Tim Burton= ????

We can only imagine...

[XXLSexy2k7]

Jesus Christ that thing still scares the Bajesus out of me.

[JustAnotherPest]

So this meets the standards of the "High Octane Nightmare Fuel" trope on tvtropes, right?

[2wingo]

@JustAnotherPest Yeah.

[ForbiddenDouchebag]

Yesterday I saw "American Tail" in an unscheduled 35mm showing (the theatre was planning on showing "Fievel Goes West",) seeing the movie on screen was a sight to behold (especially during 'Somewhere Out There' and the Giant Mouse of Minsk)

[cgsilverscreen2020]

@ForbiddenDouchebag WHAT. THEATER. DO. YOU. GO. TO?!! THAT'S AWESOME!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS??? DO THEY SHOW NIMH and ADGTH as well?? Tell me where this little slice of heaven is!!!

[ForbiddenDouchebag]

@cgsilverscreen2020 The Pacific Cinematheque in Vancouver. They do this Cinema Sunday thing every third Sunday of the month. A month before "American Tail", they showed "NIMH", they have no plans on showing "All Dogs Go to Heaven" though. August the 15th is "Labyrinth" and in September, "Babe" will be shown.

[Hyzennthlay]

How the hell was I not terrified of this at age six?

[Leopardstripe1989]

That would make a cool toy to play with.

[pienipaha]

One of the few things that scared me as a kid :D

[shadowcatkill69]

ZUUL MOTHERFUCKER, ZUUL !

[teencomment]

Well that probably gave a few kids nightmares...

[BlackWaltz5]

Go for the Eyes Boo, go for the eyes!!!!!

[KyoSohma2211]

JESUS CHRIST D:

[WolfGirl147]

This gave me nightmares when I was a kid! I'm still a little freaked of it, actually... lol XD

[wickedfeylady]

HOLY CRAP...this looks like something out of Shane Acker's "9"

[Doopliss96]

this used to terrify me 0.0

[nschario]

Godzilla could've taken care of those cats.

[IAMTHEDECIEVER]

HEY! Was that the Giant Mouse of Minsk?

[Ice1010]

I hated that part of the movie when I was smaller scared the hell out of me

[razzberry82]

20 years later and this scene still scares the hell out of me. :)

[AMcGrath82]

I loved this part as a child. It's the kind of confidence you need after feeling like a mouse in a cat's world.

[TheMKEWERBY]

Boy! How Would You Like To See THAT Baby Pull A Sled!? Providing That The Tail Doesn't Interfere With The Sled Operator's Field Of Vision Or The Transfer Case In Any Way.

[femoman]

@TheMKEWERBY Erm...just what do sleds have to do with anything?

[TheMKEWERBY]

What I meant was, A truck and tractor pulling sled. And by transfer case, I meant the weight box that increases the weight on the tractor or truck as a pull is made. NOT a snow sled, snowmobile, or horse-drawn sleigh. Or even as Santa would have pulled by reindeer.

[dmc97ingc]

It came from the underworld!

[BurningFetus]

That fucking noise it makes at the beginning is scary as hell. Jesus Christ, where the fuck did they come up with this shit?

[bleechrcreechrr]

i remember when i saw that first. i was hiding under a pillow, then every other time i saw the movie i'd hide for that part... now i look at it and its not that scary!

[whatewer23]

Begun, the internet war has....

[Deadzilla]

Man we need more Dark Animated films these days, this movie was the shits, that thing always scared me as a kid lol

[IndalecioCeleste]

Oh God...help me!  It's the Giant Mouse of Minsk. This scarred my childhood for life. Freakin' scariest thing ever made.

[BERSERKTACTICS]

I swear this like brings back some kind of horrific suppressed memories from being a kid and watching this...oi.

[elmando5]

I wasn't scarred of this as a child. I thought it was ugly but I didn't shit in my pants. But now I love this part. It's my favorite part of the movie.

[DramaGirl313]

This thing used to give me nightmares! It still kinda freaks me out!

[breiiissilly]

Not gonna lie, this still freaks me out like nothing else.

[ArdaEarthSong]

This scared me like nothing else when I was little. What the hell, Don Bluth, what the hell.

[TheHollywoodGenie]

Man, Don Bluth was the shit! I remember him when I was little, and how much he thought children could take. Man, they just don't make 'children's' fare like they used to.

Don, o Don. Where are you when we need you? You would be perfect to make a Warhammer 40,000 movie.

[begleythejoker]

I feel ya there, pal. He's not trying anymore because people thought his movies were too dark. Luckily I heard he's doing Dragon's Lair Movie next year.

[femoman]

@TheHollywoodGenie OH HELLZ YES!! A 40K movie would be awesome. But knowing nowadays films, it would be computer-animated, rather than hand-drawn, which I prefer, because then the entire character's face moves when they talk, not just their mouth.

[2ndOfficerCHL]

This was my favorite part when I was a kid. I wished that I had my own gigantic attack mouse.

[nerdelicious5]

Same here, I always thought that thing was awesome!

[EvilCleric]

Oh God, I remember that unholy monstrosity. Remember, kids, slightly exposed cleavage does horrible things to the mind. This mechanical, fire-spewing, soul-eating, dream-raping roaring harbinger of hell is completely kid friendly. What's worse is this was done by rotoscoping, meaning there was actually a model of this thing which the animators traced over. Some poor kid will probably run across it and die of terror.

[appleshroom]

Holy shit balls

[nervmeister]

Don Bluth is the quintessential master of ungodly G-rated terror

[TorgoRisen]

Wow, they don't make nightmare fuel like they used to.

[Ganondork56]

Isn't it interesting how something that use to frighten you so much as a kid is now something you find incredibly awesome when you are much older?

[Madelonetjj]

same thing i had with a bug's life: the bird attack

[CaptJack88]

Can you post the whole scene please? :D

[ImaginaryWings]

I'm sorry it's taken me awhile, but I've finally posted the entire scene. It's the latest video upload on my profile (sorry it won't let me post links here).

[xXR0CKST4RXx]

pretty much scared the shit out of me when i was little

[violatormelms]

that was one of my favorite sceans from the movie!!!!

thought..when I was small. I thought it was alife,,,;O

[jerseyflex238]

lol does it has 2 do somithing with a city?

[dynamicdragon13]

And this is one of the good guys!

[FrostbitePanda]

Holy shit that think STILL scares the shit out of me.

[BigGbeddu91]

porca vacca mi faceva una paura bestia da piccolo!! gran film!!

[RoarOfRa]

NOOOO! I HAD FORGOTTEN THIS EXISTED! Thanks a lot, YouTube! Even so, great movie.

[HaileyLovesJTT]

wow, I remember that.... it was creepy!

[lionkingrulez]

that thing is frecking creepy as hell it gives me the willies

[jedihunter85]

i remember this god i feel younger again lol.

[simdia1986]

dovreste caricare tutto il film nella versione italiana

[Seiran79]

Aaaand my childhood nightmares return literally snapping their jaws. Thank you, YouTube.

[auto4532]

@Seiran79 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA *choking and gasping* BRAH HAAAAAAHAHAHAHA AH HAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[aarondirebear]

i swear trying to find clips or even pics of this thing has been like searching for Bin Ladin.

[ArdillaGrande]

I know what you mean... Just can't find any clips of the damn thing no matter where I look.

[ziggyboogydook]

This used to scare the heck out of me when I was little, Now I love the bit where the cat says "get a load of that!"

[nightpaw99121]

When I was really little this scene was the one of my favorite parts of the movie and at the same time I was scared of it.

[Secretkey90]

Yeah, I remember that scene back in those good old days. It was really scary- that's nostalgia... *sigh*