Nuts and Volts

Nuts and Volts is a 1964 Looney Tunes short directed by Friz Freleng.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the phrase "nuts and bolts."
== Plot ==
Sylvester pursues after Speedy Gonzales, only to be outrun and out of breath. He receives a flyer to buy various machines and a mice-catching robot. Sylvester uses the ACME technology to try to catch the rodent:
# Sylvester installs an electric eye in front of the mousehole. It activates properly, but Sylvester misses and slams above the mousehole.
# Sylvester then assembles the robot and have it track down Speedy. The robot can't catch Speedy while inside the hole, and eventually the mouse yeehaws behind the robot's back. Sylvester then sets the robot at a fast speed to chase after Speedy, but Speedy hides in the mousehole and the robot slams into the wall, damaging it.
# After Sylvester sends out the robot again, Speedy outruns the robot close to the control panel and it destroys the control panel and takes Sylvester with it.
# "Stupid robot; just one more boo-boo out of you, and I'll send you to the scrap heap." Sylvester tries to send a stick of dynamite inside the mousehole. Speedy directs the dynamite back at Sylvester and it explodes onto him and the robot.
As Sylvester throws out the robot, keeping true to his words about throwing the robot out, he runs back to physically attack Speedy, but is chased by a robotic dog, which is being controlled by Speedy. "Hey, I dig this electrical tonic type stuff!"
== Availability ==
LTGC Vol.4.jpg|(2006) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc Three (restored)
Lt bbot sg.jpg|(2011) DVD Speedy Gonzales
=== Streaming ===
Lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2021) (restored, removed)
Lt itunes.jpg|iTunes ( - ) (restored)
== Goofs ==
* The Mouse Disposal diagram instructs the assembler to connect wire "X" and "W" to battery cable. However, Sylvester reads it as "connect wire 'X' and 'YX' to battery cable".
== Notes ==
* Despite this being a Looney Tunes short, it uses the Merrie Melodies ending title card with "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" as the theme.
* This is the final Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Friz Freleng prior to the closure of Termite Terrace.
* The robot in this cartoon resembles the robot from the 1953 Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon "Robot Rabbit".
== Gallery ==
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NutsandVolts2005Restoration.jpeg|Screenshot of 2005 restoration
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=== TV Title Cards ===
MerrieMelodiesShowNutsandVolts.jpeg|The Merrie Melodies Show
Screenshot 2021-01-16 at 9.00.44 PM.png|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
Category:1964
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Sylvester Cartoons
Category:Speedy Gonzales Cartoons
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons written by John Dunn
Category:Cartoons produced by David H. DePatie
Category:Cartoons animated by Bob Matz
Category:Cartoons animated by Art Leonardi
Category:Cartoons animated by Lee Halpern
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Bill Lava