'An American Tail: Fievel Goes West' | 1991

( Universal Pictures )

The purr-formance: Though Tiger, voiced by Dom DeLuise, made his debut in "An American Tail," the orange scaredy-cat gets his own storyline and earns his stripes in the sequel. Tiger's girlfriend Miss Kitty leaves him behind, heading out West and hoping to find a cat that's more like a dog. Tiger and the film's titular character Fievel Mousekewitz also head West, hoping the legendary dog Sheriff Wylie Burp can teach a young cat some new tricks.
The cat's meow: Tiger stands out from the clowder of cats, who are mostly villains in the films, largely because he's vegetarian, and his bestie is a mouse. Though his cowardly streak is slightly irksome at the start, he packs some heat by the end, spinning pistols with the best of 'em. And he has a fantastic fluffy tail.