Henri le Pigeon

Henri
Background information
Feature films	An American Tail An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (cameo)
Voice	Christopher Plummer
Character information
Full name	Henri le Pigeon
Personality	Kind, helpful, supportive, even-tempered, rational, wise, philosophical, friendly, caring, protective, reasonable, inspiring, informative, cool-headed, gentlemanly, polite
Appearance	Chubby gray pigeon, red bow, black top hat
Occupation	Worker on the Statue of Liberty
Alignment	Good
Goal	To teach Fievel to "Never say Never" (succeeded)
Home	New York City
Allies	Fievel Mousekewitz, Tanya Mousekewitz, Tiger, Papa Mousekewitz, Mama Mousekewitz, Mrs. Brisby, Cholena
Minions	His pigeon ladies
Enemies	Warren T. Rat, Cat R. Waul
Likes	Fievel, the statue, helping others
Dislikes	The word "Never", Fievel's lack of confidence
Powers and abilities	Flight
Fate	He gives Fievel and Tanya a ride to see the Statue of Liberty and tells Fievel he will see more of America someday
Quote	"Excuse moi, pardon, did you say never? So young, and you've already lost hope! This is America, the place to find hope. If you give up, you will never find your family. So never say never."

Henri is a minor character from An American Tail. He is a french-accented pigeon who is busy working on the Statue of Liberty (which is later finished at the end, revealed to be made of copper and it isn't green). He voiced by Christopher Plummer.

Trivia

Spielberg wanted his character cut, but Bluth fought to keep him in, and eventually won.

Henri was voiced by Christopher Plummer which was his first character to be a bird and who would later go on to voice the Grand Duke of Owls