Speedy Gonzales (short)

Speedy Gonzales is a 1955 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.
== Plot ==
A group of small, white-shirted, sombrero-wearing mice are thinking of how to get cheese from the AJAX cheese factory across the Mexican-American border that is guarded by Sylvester. The accumulating collection of sombreros a few steps down the wire fence indicates Sylvester has neatly disposed of any mouse that tried. The leader comes up with a brilliant idea: retain the services of the aptly named Speedy Gonzales. The group agrees, so the leader goes to the carnival where Speedy resides. Speedy Gonzales is at the carnival attraction "Shoot Speedy" in which people try to shoot Speedy in order to "win a beeg prize." The leader tells Speedy, in Spanish, about the dire situation the mice are in, not having access to the cheese guarded by Sylvester. Speedy agrees. Speedy runs through the wire field between the mice and Sylvester shaking his legs as he yells "¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba!," and runs past Sylvester, enters the cheese factory and brings back a round of cheese. Sylvester then throws a baseball at the AJAX cheese factory, but it turns out Speedy is inside the baseball, and therefore able to get even more cheese from Sylvester to the mice. Sylvester then tries using landmines and mousetraps, to no avail. Finally, Sylvester gets fed up with Speedy's agility and evasive maneuvers and, having overheard Speedy's dare to grab the entire remaining haul, gets all the cheese from the factory and stacks them up (speaking his only line in the short). Sylvester uses a bomb to blow up all the cheese but the cheese boxes only explode, and much of the cheese lands where the mice are, causing Sylvester to cry and bang his head on an electric pole in frustration. Speedy then says "I like thees pussycat fellow; he's seelly!"
== Availability ==
Battle cry front.png|(1984) VHS Battle Cry
24Karat-FrizFreleng.jpg|(1985) VHS A Salute to Friz Freleng
LTCE VOL 3 THE VOCAL GENIUS.jpg|(2000) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 3: The Vocal Genius
LT Golden Collection 1.jpg|(2003) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc Four (restored)
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection 1.jpg|(2003) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 1, Disc 2
Lt cas2.jpg|(2004) DVD Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volume 2
Lt cas12.jpg|(2004) DVD Looney Tunes Collection All Stars Volumes 1 & 2, Disc 2
Lt academy award animation collection.jpg|(2008) DVD Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection, Disc 1 (restored)
51LA0AzTVqL. SL500 AA300 .jpg|(2011) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc One (restored)
LTPC VOL 1 DVD.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc One (restored)
Looney Tunes Showcase - Volume 1.jpg|(2012) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Showcase: Volume 1
Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection- Looney Tunes.jpg|(2013) DVD Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes
LooneyTunes CenterStageV2.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Center Stage Volume 2
Lt spotlight v1-3.jpg|(2018) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volumes 1-3 Repack
=== Streaming ===
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== Notes ==
* A small scene from this cartoon was used in Friz Freleng's Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie.
* It is the second cartoon to feature the title character, but the first one to feature Speedy in his current design.
* It won the Academy Award for the Best Animated Short of 1956.
** It is the only short that won an Academy Award that did not receive a Blue Ribbon reissue. However, as "Knighty Knight Bugs" was reissued past Termite Terrace's closure, this short and "Knighty Knight Bugs" are the only shorts that did not have their original titles replaced.
== Gallery ==
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==References==
== External links ==
* "Speedy Gonzales" at the SFX Resource
es:Speedy Gonzáles (Corto)
fr:Speedy Gonzales (court-métrage)
Category:Academy Award winners
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Speedy Gonzales Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:1955
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Sylvester Cartoons
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:Cartoons animated by Ted Bonnicksen
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Irv Wyner
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons animated by Willie Ito