Speedy Gonzales is an

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character in the

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'' series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all

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" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast, being quick-witted and heroic while speaking with an exaggerated

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. He usually wears a yellow '' sombrero'', white shirt and trousers (which was a common traditional outfit worn by men and boys of rural Mexican villages), and a red kerchief, similar to that of some traditional Mexican attires. To date, there have been 46 theatrical shorts made either starring or featuring the character.

History

Speedy's first appearance was in 1953's ''

Cat-Tails for Two ''Cat-Tails for Two'' is a 1953 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon, directed by Robert McKimson and written by Tedd Pierce. The short was released on August 29, 1953. It was the first appearance of Speedy Gonzales, in a prototype form. Bec ...

'' though he appeared largely in name (and super speed) only. It would be two years before

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and layout artist Hawley Pratt redesigned the character into his modern incarnation for the 1955 Freleng short of the same name. The cartoon features

Sylvester the Cat Sylvester Pussycat, Sr. is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic tuxedo cat in the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. He appea ...

guarding a cheese factory at the international border between the United States and Mexico from starving Mexican mice. The mice call in the plucky, excessively energetic Speedy (voiced by

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) to save them. Amid cries of "¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! ¡Epe! ¡Epe! ¡Epe! Yeehaw!" ( Spanish for "Go on! Go on! Up! Up!", although "Ándale arriba" may have been intended as meaning "hurry up"), Sylvester soon gets his comeuppance. The cartoon won the 1955

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. While Speedy's last name was given as ''Gonzalez'' in ''Cat-Tails'' (on a printed business card shown in the cartoon), it was spelled with an 's' from ''Speedy Gonzales'' onward. Today, the earlier spelling is sometimes used. Freleng and McKimson soon set Sylvester up as Speedy's regular nemesis in a series of cartoons, much in the same way

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had paired Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner in his Road Runner cartoons (and indeed, all four characters ended up competing with each other in the short "The Wild Chase"). Sylvester (often called "''El

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Pussygato''" by Speedy) is constantly outsmarted and outrun by the mouse, causing the cat to suffer all manner of pain and humiliation from mousetraps to accidentally consuming large amounts of Tabasco

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. Other cartoons pair the mouse with his cousin,

Slowpoke Rodriguez Slowpoke Rodríguez ("Lento Rodríguez" in Spanish, though some more recent translations call him "Tranquilino") is a fictional animated cartoon mouse, part of the Looney Tunes' cast. History and personality He is described as "the slowest mouse ...

, the "slowest Mouse in all Mexico." Slowpoke regularly gets into all sorts of trouble that often require Speedy to save him—but one cat in ''

Mexicali Shmoes ''Mexicali Shmoes'' is a 1959 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on July 4, 1959, and stars Speedy Gonzales and the singing cats Jose and Manuel. Voice actors include Mel Blanc as the v ...

'' says that as if to compensate for his slowness, "he pack a gun!" In the mid 1960s, Speedy's main rival and second nemesis became Daffy Duck, whom Speedy usually referred to as "the loco duck." Speedy has the reputation of being a hit with the female mice. In many cartoons, when the mice decide to get Speedy to help them, one mouse will say words to the effect of "Speedy Gonzales is friend of my sister". Another mouse will say "Speedy Gonzales is friend of everyone's sister".

Notable cartoon appearances

* ''

'' (1953) - Early version * '' Speedy Gonzales'' (1955) - Debut, official, Academy Award-winner, 28th (1955) - Short Subject (Cartoon) * ''

Tabasco Road ''Tabasco Road'' is a 1957 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Bob McKimson. The short was released on July 20, 1957, and stars Speedy Gonzales. It was an Academy Award nominee for best short subject but it lost out to ''Birds Anon ...

'' (1957), Academy Award-nominated * ''

'' (1959), Academy Award-nominated * ''

The Pied Piper of Guadalupe ''The Pied Piper of Guadalupe'' is a 1961 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on August 19, 1961, and stars Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester. It was nominated at the 34th Academy Awards in the categ ...

'' (1961), Academy Award-nominated * '' A Message to Gracias'' (1964) * ''

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House ''It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House'' is a 1965 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on January 16, 1965, and stars Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester and Granny. The ...

'' (1965) - first appearance with Daffy Duck. * ''

See Ya Later Gladiator ''See Ya Later Gladiator'' is a 1968 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Alex Lovy. The short was released on June 29, 1968, and stars Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales. Daffy and Speedy had been paired together in a series of cartoons ...

'' (1968) - final theatrical appearance.

Concern about stereotypes

Feeling that the character presented an offensive Mexican stereotype,

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shelved Speedy's films when it gained exclusive rights to broadcast them in 1999 (as a subsidiary of

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, Cartoon Network is a corporate sibling to Warner Bros.). In an interview with

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on March 28, 2002, Cartoon Network spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg commented, "It hasn't been on the air for years because of its ethnic stereotypes." The Hispanic-American rights organization League of United Latin American Citizens called Speedy a cultural icon, and thousands of users registered their support of the character on the hispaniconline.com message boards. Fan campaigns to put Speedy back on the air resulted in the return of the animated shorts to

in 2002. Speedy Gonzales remained a popular character in Latin America. Many Hispanic people remembered him fondly as a quick-witted, heroic Mexican character who always got the best of his opponents, at a time when such positive depictions of Latin Americans were rare in popular entertainment. In 2006,

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licensed Speedy Gonzales for a series of Spanish-language commercials for the Volkswagen Golf, using footage from the cartoon of the same name. In a March 2021 essay, ''

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'' columnist Gustavo Arellano wrote, “I love Speedy so much, I keep a large painting of him in my home office. His kind smile and brown skin takes me back to my childhood — and reminds me of where we as Mexicans exist today.”

Other appearances

In 1983, he co-starred with Daffy Duck once again in '' Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island''. He also made a cameo appearance in the finale sequence of the 1988 film ''

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''. He had one appearance in the '' Tiny Toons'' episode segment "The Acme Acres Summer Olympics", as the coach, and serving as the mentor of

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. He had a minor role in the 1996 film '' Space Jam''. He made a cameo appearance alongside

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in the 2003 film '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'', making fun of his politically incorrect status. At around the same time, he made a non-speaking cameo in an episode of '' ¡Mucha Lucha!'' titled "Lucha, Rinse and Repeat". Volume 4 of the '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection'' DVD series, released on November 14, 2006, has an entire disc of Speedy shorts, although some of his other shorts had previously been released on Volumes 1 and 3. Speedy is mentioned in one '' Duck Dodgers'' episode, after

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sits on Dodgers, prompting him to say, "I knew I should've chosen Speedy Gonzales as a sidekick!" Speedy Gonzales appears in '' Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas''. He is an employee at the Lucky Duck Superstore for the greedy Daffy Duck where he confuses Daffy with the Feliz Navidad comment. Speedy Gonzales also appeared occasionally on ''

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''. He is seen living with Bugs and Daffy as their "mouse in the wall" and running the pizza parlor Pizzarriba. Speedy is shown to act as Daffy's conscience, which is a far cry from the antagonistic relationship they had in the old days. The episode "Sunday Night Slice" showed that Bugs bought his favorite restaurant, Girardi's, to prevent it from being closed and hired Speedy to help him. When Bugs decides he does not want to own a restaurant anymore, he hands ownership of it to Speedy. In "The Black Widow", Speedy Gonzales answers Daffy Duck's call and races to Tacapulco to convince his cousin Sheriff Slowpoke Rodriguez to let Daffy Duck and Porky Pig out of jail. Speedy Gonzales appeared in the 2015 straight to video movie '' Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run''. He is seen as

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's landlord. An elderly Speedy Gonzales (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) was "interviewed" by

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for Madrigal's one-hour comedic documentary special ''Half Like Me'' (currently available on YouTube and formerly on Hulu). Speedy Gonzales appeared occasionally in '' New Looney Tunes'', often as the leader of a gang of mice that also includes Hubie and Bertie, Sniffles, and "Minnesota Rats" (originally Minniesoda Fats; an aborted 1970s character revived and fleshed out in this series). He seems to have reverted to his personality from ''

''.

In other media

In 1962, pop singer

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scored a top 10 hit in the United States with the song " Speedy Gonzales" which featured Mel Blanc samples as Speedy. It was also sung by Manolo Muñoz and several other artists. In 1965, the movie ''

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'' included the song "Little Speedy Gonzales" which was written by Stan Ross and Bobby Beverly and performed by The Astronauts. In 1995, he appeared in a video game, '' Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos'', for the

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. In 2006,

licensed Speedy Gonzales for a series of Spanish-language commercials for the Volkswagen Golf, using footage from the cartoon of the same name. Speedy Gonzales starred in several video games: ''

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'' for the

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, and Game Gear, '' Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos'' for the

, ''Speedy Gonzales'' for the

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and ''Speedy Gonzales: Aztec Adventure'' for the

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. He also appeared as an enemy in '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'', and '' Looney Tunes: Marvin Strikes Back!'' as both a

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and

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. In the 2018 film ''Overboard'', Eugenio Derbez has a tattoo of Gonzalez.

Film adaptation

In 2010,

and

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announced a new Speedy Gonzales live action / animated feature film. George Lopez was attached to voice the character. In December 2015, it was reported that an animated film is in development at Warner Bros. In April 2016, it was announced that Eugenio Derbez will voice the character.

Voice actors

(1953–1989) *

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'') * Noel Blanc (''You Rang?'' answering machine messages) *

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('' Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball'', ''

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'', '' Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos'', ''Bugs Bunny's Learning Adventures'', ''

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'' promotion) *

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'', ''

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'', '' Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure!'', Sunsoft commercial, ''The Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas'', '' Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor'') * Keith Scott ( Canon commercials, ''The Looney Tunes Radio Show'', ''Looney Rock'')"Keith Scott-"The One-Man Crowd""
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('' Toon Biography: Speedy Gonzales'',

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commercial) * Eric Goldberg ('' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'') * Billy West ('' Looney Tunes: Back in Action – The Video Game'') * James Arnold Taylor ('' Drawn Together'') *

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('' Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas'', '' A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas,''

commercials) *

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commercials) *

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(''

'', '' Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run'') * Damon Jones (singing voice in ''The Looney Tunes Show'') *

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(''Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe'') * Carlos Alazraqui (''Half Like Me'') * Eric Bauza (''

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'', ''Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem'', '' Looney Tunes Cartoons'') *

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('' New Looney Tunes'') * Gabriel Iglesias ('' Space Jam: A New Legacy'')

References

External links

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