Speed ​​gonzales

Speedy made his debut in the cartoon Cat-Tails for Two . He was meaner, slimmer with a red tie and a red shirt. In this series aboard a ship, Speedy tried to outsmart two cats, George and Lenny, who wanted to catch him. Later, he appeared in other cartoons, but in episodic roles.

Speedy was much more popular in the cartoons of Fritz Frilling , who, two years after the release of the aforementioned short film, redesigned his design and made it the way it is now. The first appearance of Speedy Gonzales in a new role occurred in the eponymous cartoon in 1955 . According to the plot, the cat Sylvester guarded the cheese pantry on the Mexican border from rats who, only with the help of Speedy, tricked him and entered the vault. Fast Gonzales earned himself the title of “fastest mouse in all of Mexico.” The cartoon won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film of 1955. ^[one]

It is noteworthy that if in the “Cat-Tail” the surname of the mouse was written as “Gonzalez”, then in all subsequent cartoons the letter “c” is written at the end. Like most Looney Tunes characters, Speedy has a catchphrase, or rather, a series of exclamations that he shouts while running: "¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! ¡Epa! ¡Epa! ¡Epa! Yeehaw ! " (in Russian this means: “Forward! Forward! Up! Up!”, although the translation option “Faster! Faster!” is possible.) After such success, Freleng and McKimson began making animated films about the confrontation between Speedy and Cat Sylvester , as Chuck Jones, in his time, pushed Wiley Coyote and Road Runner in his shorts. Sylvester (or, as the mouse himself calls it, “El Gringo Pussicato”) chased Speedy, and he deftly slipped away from him, causing the unfortunate cat to fall into its own traps. This series is reminiscent of cartoons about Tom and Jerry, only, unlike him, the characters regularly talk to each other. In other cartoons, Speedy appears on the screen with his cousin, Slopep Rodriguez ("The Slowest Mouse in Mexico") and pulls him out of all sorts of problems and unpleasant situations, where he often gets. Here, the comic effect is achieved by the fact that Sloupok, despite his slowness, is rather smart, wields firearms and even possesses the art of hypnosis, than one of the series and defeats Sylvester. And in the mid -1960s, Duffy Duck became the main enemy of Speedy. The last appearance of the mouse on the big screen in the short animated film was “See Ya Later Gladiator” (1968), after which it was forgotten on the mouse for more than 10 years, until “Duffy Duck: Fantastic Island” was released in 1983. In 1985, he briefly appeared at the end of the movie " Who Framed Roger Rabbit. " In the 90s, appeared on television in one of the episodes of "The Adventures of Toons" called "The Acme Acres Summer Olympics", where he was in the role of a coach. Also here, he is a mentor to the mouse Lightning Rodriguez, whose name and image are obviously mimicking Speedy. In 1996, briefly appears in the movie " Space Jam ." In 1999, for a short film with Speedy, the Cartoon Network channel bought the rights, which “put them on the shelf”, believing that they contain stereotypes offensive to Mexicans. In 2002, thanks to the stubborn demands of fans, the shorts with Speedy returned to television. According to cultural theorist William Nerizio, it is possible that the character was created by a series of jokes about the Mexican nicknamed “Fast Gonzales”, which he received either because of premature ejaculation, or because of the ability to quickly use the chance of copulation. However, the name of the cartoon mouse was not conceived as derogatory. In 2003, Speedy appears in “Looney Tunes: Back in Action,” where he jokes sadly about his politically incorrect status. Appeared in small cameos in the animated series "¡Mucha Lucha!" and “Kid vs. Kat” (in the “Coup-Hypnotist” series). It is casually mentioned in the animated series "Duck Dodgers", where Duck Dodgers regrets that he took not Spy and Porky as his assistants. In 2006, appeared in Tweety's High Flying Adventure, and in 2009 = in Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas. In 2011, in the animated series The Looney Tunes Show , Speedy is the owner of a pizzeria, which other residents of the town often like to go to. Lives in the hole of the house where Bugs Bunny and Duffy Duck live. In one of the series, his cousin Sloupok appears. In 2015, appeared in the direct-to-video cartoon "Looney Tunes: Rabbits on the Run." Here he is the owner of the apartment in which Lola Bunny lives. Aged Speedy Gonzales "gave an interview" to Al Madrigal in his hour-long humorous special issue "Half Like Me".

Full-length cartoon

In 2010, Warner Bros and New Line Cinema announced a new feature film with animation elements about Speedy Gonzales. It was supposed to be voiced by George Lopez. In December 2015, it was announced that the project had become fully animated, and was in production. In April of the following year, Eugino Derbez was officially appointed as the main character.

• Mel Blank (1953–1986)
• Speed ​​Pasanen ( Speedy Gonzales: noin 7 veljeksen poika )
• Joe Alaska ( Cartoon Adventures , Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor , Commercials)
• Eric Goldberg ( Looney Tunes: Back in Action )
• Billy West ( Looney Tunes: Back in Action - Video Game )
• Bob Bergen ( Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas )
• Fred Amiersen ( Looney Tunes Show , Looney Tunes: Rabbits on the Run )
• Tim Dabado ( Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe )
• Eugino Derbez (future Speed ​​Gonzales)
• Seth Green ( Robotsyp )

• Looney tunes
• List of episodes featuring Speed ​​Gonzales (in English)