History WesternAnimation / SpeedyGonzales1955

''Speedy Gonzales'' was directed by Creator/FrizFreleng. Even though MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales, the perceived negative stereotyping of Mexicans have led to this and the other Speedy cartoons being shown less often than other Looney Tunes output.

* TheCasanova: Speedy, apparently. When one of the mice says that Speedy is a friend of his sister, another mouse says "Speedy Gonzales friend of ''everybody’s'' sister."

* TooGruesomeForCartoonPhysics: The mice send a mouse named Manuel to try and outrun Sylvester to bring back cheese from a factory across the Mexico/U.S. border. The mice are shown cheering Manuel.. and suddenly stop as Manuel is presumably caught and eaten. Then the mouse holding Manuel's sombrero tosses it in a pile of other hats.

"Speedy Gonzales" is a 1955 ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon starring [[WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales the eponymous mouse]]. It was the debut of Speedy[[note]]a very different character called "Speedy Gonzale'''z'''" appeared in 1953 short ''Cat-Tails for Two''[[/note]], who would become a regular member of the ''Looney Tunes'' cast.

A group of Mexican mice stand at a fence on the border, gazing through the fence at the Ajax Cheese Factory on the American side. The hungry mice long for the cheese, but [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester the cat]] stands guard on the American side, eating every mouse that tries to sneak through. Finally the desperate mice appeal to Speedy, the fastest mouse in all of Mexico, asking him to get past Sylvester and get him the cheese.

''Speedy Gonzales'' is a 1955 ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon starring [[WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales the eponymous mouse]]. It was the debut of Speedy[[note]]a very different character called "Speedy Gonzale'''z'''" appeared in 1953 short ''Cat-Tails for Two''[[/note]], who would become a regular member of the ''Looney Tunes'' cast.

!!Tropes:

* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Attempted by Sylvester. After having enough of Speedy getting past him, and hearing him declare he'll get all the rest of the cheese on his next run, Sylvester gathers up all the remaining cheese and attempts to blow it up. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain He ends up causing it to rain unharmed over the mice' side of the fence.]]

* TheCasanova: Speedy, apparently. When one of the mice says that Speedy is a friend of his sister, another mouse says "Speedy Gonzales friend of ''everyone's'' sister."

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: In one scene, Speedy and a mouse talk in whatis supposed to be Spanish, but is really Spanish-sounding gibberish.

* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Attempted by Sylvester. After having enough of Speedy getting past him, and hearing him declare he'll get all the rest of the cheese on his next run, Sylvester gathers up all the remaining cheese and attempts to blow it up. He ends up causing it to rain unharmed over the mice' side of the fence.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In this short, his "Arribas" and "Ándales" are accompanied by a taunting laugh. Something he would never do again afterwards.

''Speedy Gonzales'' is a 1955 ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon starring, [[CaptainObvious as one might guess]], WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales. It was the debut of Speedy[[note]]a very different character called "Speedy Gonzale'''z'''" appeared in 1953 short ''Cat-Tails for Two''[[/note]], who would become a regular member of the ''Looney Tunes'' cast.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: In one scene, Speedy and a mouse talk in what's supposed to be Spanish, but is really Spanish-sounding gibberish.

* BarefootCartoonAnimal: All the mice.

''Speedy Gonzales'' is a 1955 WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies cartoon starring, [[CaptainObvious as one might guess]], WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales. It was the debut of Speedy[[note]]a very different character called "Speedy Gonzale'''z'''" appeared in 1953 short ''Cat-Tails for Two''[[/note]], who would become a regular member of the ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' cast.

''Speedy Gonzales'' is a 1955 WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies cartoon starring, [[CaptainObvious as one might guess]], WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales. It was the debut of Speedy[[note]]a very different character called "Speedy Gonzale'''z'''" appeared in 1953 short ''Cat-Tails for Two''[[/note]], who would star in Warner Brothers shorts until Looney Tunes was shut down in the late 1960s.

* TrojanHorse: At one point Sylvester braces himself to catch Speedy, only to have a baseball thrown at him instead. An irritated Sylvester then flings the baseball into the cheese factory. Speedy is inside the hollowed-out baseball.

''Speedy Gonzales'' is a 1955 WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies cartoon starring, [[CaptainObvious as one might guess]], WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales. It was the debut of Speedy[[note]]a very different character called "Speedy Gonzale'''z''' appeared in 1953 short ''Cat-Tails for Two''[[/note]], who would star in Warner Brothers shorts until Looney Tunes was shut down in the late 1960s.