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"¡Ándale! ¡Ándale!"

"The fastest mouse in all of Mexico."

Speedy Gonzales is a recurring character of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies franchises, starring in 46 short cartoons.

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He is a Mexican mouse endowed with Super-Speed. He was the antepenultimate of the "classic" Looney Tunes characters to be created^note behind the Tasmanian Devil and Witch Hazel, not making his debut until 1953's Cat-Tails for Two by Robert McKimson, where he looked much different from the more familiar Speedy by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt two years later.

Initially being the nemesis of two cats based on George and Lennie, he eventually got into escapades with Sylvester the Cat followed by less popular conflicts with Daffy Duck. He shares with Daffy the distinction of starring in the last Golden Age theatrical Looney Tunes short to feature any of the classic characters, which was 1968's See You Later, Gladiator.

While his shorts are fairly popular, the series has come under fire for accusations of ethnic stereotyping—not Speedy himself, mind you, but rather his m

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