Chief McBrusque

Chief McBrusque
Background information
Feature films	An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Voice	Sherman Howard
Character information
Personality	Evil, Snide, Grumpy, Crazy, Smart, Greedy, Sneaky, Mean, Impolite, Short-Tempered, Rude, Negative, Arrogant
Occupation	Police chief, Henchman
Alignment	Bad
Goal	To find the Indians. (failed)
Allies	Mr. Grasping, Toplofty and O'bloat, Scuttlebutt
Minions	His Police Mice
Enemies	Fievel Mousekewitz, Tiger, Tony Toponi, Dr. Dithering, Cholena, Papa Mousekewitz, Chief Wulisso, Tanya Mousekewitz
Likes	Money, Keeping the citizens in line, The Smell of Fear
Dislikes	Scuttlebutt's Whining, Troublemakers, Indians, Papa Mousekewitz
Weapons	His Cane, The Torch (briefly)
Fate	Falls into the River and Drowns
Quote	"Fear! I love the smell of it!" "Didn't your mother ever tell you? Kids shouldn't play with fire, you might get burned!" (his final words)

Chief McBrusque is the tertiary antagonist of An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island. He is a ferocious, and overweight chief of the NYPD (New York City Police Department), and a very strict and harsh chief. He enjoys beating and causing trouble to the other mice of New York, particularly the immigrants, seeing them as trouble-makers. He, like the factory owners are suspicious of Papa and see him as a trouble-maker. When he followed Fievel and the others to the underground cave, there was a battle between the Indians and the police. Eventually, the police surrendered and were believed to have left. Then, as Fievel was about to set the gun powder, McBrusque and Scuttlebutt returned for round two. McBrusque taunts Fievel with the torch, only to be defeated by Fievel as he bites McBrusque in the arm and jumps on his foot. Fievel grabs the torch and throws it at the gunpowder, causing an explosion and the tunnel to be sealed. McBrusque and Scuttlebutt tries to escape, but they're too late as he and Scuttlebutt fall in the river and drown. He has never been heard of ever since.

Trivia

• He and Scuttlebutt are the only villains in the American Tail series to die.
• Despite being a secondary antagonist, Chief McBrusque is one of the most evil villains in the American Tail film series (alongside Warren T. Rat) because of his cruelty to the workers and others.