Speedy Gonzales is an

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character in the

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'' and ''

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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, and speaking with a

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. He usually wears a yellow ''

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'', white shirt and trousers (which was a common traditional outfit worn by men and boys of rural Mexican villages), and a red

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, similar to that of some traditional Mexican attires. 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'' though he appeared largely in name (and super speed) only. It would be two years before

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and layout artist

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redesigned the character into his modern incarnation for the 1955 Freleng short of the same name. The cartoon features

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

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!" (

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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 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons). 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

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in his Road Runner cartoons (and indeed, all four characters ended up competing with each other in the short ''

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''). 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

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. Other cartoons pair the mouse with his cousin, Slowpoke Rodriguez, 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'' 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

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, whom Speedy usually referred to as "the

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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 of the mice mentions that "Speedy Gonzales is friend of my sister". Another mouse chimes in, “Speedy Gonzales is a friend to everybody’s sister,” prompting loud laughter from the group.

Notable cartoon appearances

* '' Cat-Tails for Two'' (1953) – Early version * ''

Speedy Gonzales Speedy Gonzales is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast ...

'' (1955) – Debut, official, Academy Award-winner, 28th (1955) – Short Subject (Cartoon) * '' Tabasco Road'' (1957), Academy Award-nominated * '' Mexicali Shmoes'' (1959), Academy Award-nominated * '' The Pied Piper of Guadalupe'' (1961), Academy Award-nominated * '' A Message to Gracias'' (1964) – One of the rare Speedy Gonzales cartoons directed by

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* ''

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 the Cat, Sylveste ...

'' (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 cartoon ...

'' (1968) – final theatrical appearance.

Reception and controversy

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

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s." However, the Hispanic-American rights organization

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called Speedy a

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, 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

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, using footage from the cartoon of the same name. In a March 2021 essay, ''

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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 ''

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'' episode segment "The Acme Acres Summer Olympics", as the coach, and serving as the mentor of Lightning Rodriguez. He had a minor role in the 1996 film ''

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''. He made a cameo appearance alongside

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in the 2003 film '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'', making fun of his

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status. At around the same time, he made a non-speaking cameo in an episode of ''

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'' titled "Lucha, Rinse and Repeat". Volume 4 of the ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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''. He is an employee at the Lucky Duck Superstore for the greedy

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

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movie '' Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run''. He is seen as

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's landlord. An elderly Speedy Gonzales (voiced by

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) 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 ''

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'', 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 ''

''. Speedy Gonzales appeared in the ''

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'' episode "Speedy", voiced by Raul Ceballos. In the show, he is a professional soccer player and hired the Looney Builders to fly to Mexico and build a soccer stadium for his soccer game with his four teammates. He was featured in a cameo in the episode "The Snuffles", where he watches the world premiere of the movie ''Wonder Rabbit'' on his laptop on the soccer field.

Inspiration of the character's name

Though Speedy Gonzales is purely a fictional character, the name was inspired by Frank Gonzales, an assistant animator who was working at Warner Bros. at the time. These facts were described by another Warner Bros. employee, Martha Goldman Sigall, who was present during the event.

In other media

In 1962, pop singer

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scored a top 10 hit in the United States with the song "

" which featured Mel Blanc samples as Speedy. It was

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and several other artists. In 1965, the movie '' Wild on the Beach'' included the song "Little Speedy Gonzales" which was written by Stan Ross and Bobby Beverly and performed by

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. In 1995, he appeared in a video game, '' Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos'', for the

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, using footage from the cartoon of the same name. Speedy Gonzales starred in several video games: '' Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales'' for the

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, and

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, '' Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos'' for the

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

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has a tattoo of Gonzales.

Film adaptation

In 2010,

and

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announced a new Speedy Gonzales live action/animated feature film.

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was attached to voice the character. In December 2015, it was reported that an animated film was in development at Warner Bros. In April 2016, it was announced that

would voice the character. In April 2024, during an interview, Eugenio Derbez said that he doubts that the movie would happen saying "I feel that the studios are afraid that, nowadays, it's so politically incorrect. I've been telling them constantly that we love Speedy Gonzales in

Voice actors

(1953–1989) * Malcolm McNeill (''Spin a Magic Tune'') *

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Fred Armisen Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and writer. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, he co-created and co-starred in the IFC sketch comedy series '' Portlandia''. He also co-created ...

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Tim Dadabo Timothy Nicholas Dadabo (born March 1961) is an American voice actor and singer. He is known for his voice over work in video games, movies and TV shows. He is also known as the voice of Apple in the Apple Jacks commercials during the 2000s and e ...

(singing voice in ''The Looney Tunes Show'', speaking voice in ''Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe'') *

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Eric Bauza Eric Bauza (born December 7, 1979) is a Canadian voice actor based in the United States. He is mostly known for voicing several ''Looney Tunes'' characters, for which he won three Emmy Awards for his performances in '' Looney Tunes Cartoons'' (20 ...

('' Looney Tunes Dash'', ''Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem'') *

Dino Andrade Dino S. Andrade (born September 16, 1963) is an American voice actor in video games and animated projects. He manages dual careers as both a voice actor and the creator, owner and operator of the geek dating/community website SoulGeek.com. Early ...

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Gabriel Iglesias Gabriel Jesús Iglesias (born July 15, 1976) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He has produced a number of stand-up specials for television outlets such as Comedy Central and Netflix, including ''I'm Not Fat… I'm Fluffy'', and ''Ho ...

('' Space Jam: A New Legacy'') * Raul Ceballos (''

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Don Markstein's Toonopedia Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge) is an online encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation, initiated February 13, 2001. Donald D. Markstein, the sole writer and editor of Toonopedi ...

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an archive for the second edition of the University of Texas Press (2007) book on stereotypes. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzales, Speedy Looney Tunes characters Anthropomorphic mice and rats Fictional Mexican people Fictional characters who can move at superhuman speeds Film characters introduced in 1953 Animated characters introduced in 1953 Male characters in animation Ethnic humour Race-related controversies in animation Race-related controversies in film Stereotypes of Hispanic and Latino Americans Characters created by Robert McKimson

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