

Dithering is that he is a spy working for the factory owners, keeping an eye out for anything that they might want for themselves. Next, when Scuttlebutt visits the big cheese club, it is revealed that the only reason he helps Dr. Dithering then asks Scuttlebutt to help him gather supplies, but the rat (who was watching the whole discussion) has mysteriously vanished most unbeknownst to the heroes, he has ran off to inform his true employers of what he has found out. Dithering and Tony, Fievel is able to convince his parents to let him go on the expedition. Naturally, everyone is excited however, when Fievel wants to go looking for the treasure, his parents deny him, being naturally concerned for his safety. Dithering) visits Tony (who had apparently quit his job at the cheese factory after having shown up to work late, which caused him to lose a week's pay), where Dithering shares the news that what Fievel and Tony found was a treasure map.

That night, Scuttlebutt (along with Fievel, Tiger and Dr. Dithering makes a sudden realization, startling Scuttlebutt and causing him to land in a cauldron of sticky stuff (which he doesn't notice until he asks what's going on). Later, Scuttlebutt is seen reclining whilst Fievel and Dithering examine the parchment however, Dr. Dithering is easily able to recognize it as a document made by Native Americans (or, to be more specific, the mice who lived with them) of the Lenape tribe. He then pulls over "the large magnifier" (really just a magnifying glass) and holds up an old piece of parchment that Fievel and Tony found while exploring an abandoned subway tunnel. He soon bursts out of a file cabinet, claiming that he was merely organizing the doctor's files. Dithering whilst sticking to the shadows. Scuttlebutt is first seen creeping around the Museum of Natural History, following Fievel, Tony, Tiger and Dr. He has a British accent and is rather clumsy (while mostly being humorous, unlike his superiors). After the final battle, he and McBrusque were assumed to have drowned. He later becomes a guide and partner to the savage Chief McBrusque. When they finally reached the underground village, Scuttlebutt was attempting to steal many of the belongings of the Indians and was put in their jail until they all left the village. Grasping, Toplofty and O'Bloat) to see if there is anything the owners want from him. However, it is revealed that he is really just a spy for the factory owners ( Mr. Scuttlebutt is always poking around to see what the doctor is up to, while the doctor believes him to just be a curious fellow. Scuttlebutt is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Chief McBrusque) in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island. ~ Scuttlebutt stealing right under the noses from the Indians, Dithering, Fievel, Tiger and Tony.

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