Mexican Cat Dance

Mexican Cat Dance
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 20, 1963
Run time	6:35
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie
Music composed by	Bill Lava
Story by	John Dunn
Animation	Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Bob Matz Lee Halpern Art Leonardi
Director(s)	Friz Freleng
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Mexican Cat Dance is the four hundred and thirty-second Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on April 20, 1963. It was written by John Dunn, produced by David H. DePatie, and directed by Friz Freleng.

After a bullfight takes place, the mice of Mexico decide hold one of their own, but with Speedy as the toreador and Sylvester as a bull.

Memorable quotes

Speedy: Ha, ha, ha, ha! I like that pussycat fellow. He's stubborn like a bull!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mexican mice	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Speedy Gonzales	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • Mexico
    • • Bullfight arena

Objects

• Needle
• Anvil
• Dynamite
• Glue jar
• Acme Rocket-Propelled Jet Skates

Music

The music was composed by Bill Lava.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 15, 1963 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the "Mexican Hat Dance."
• A small clip from the 1953 short, Bully for Bugs, is used at the beginning of this cartoon, but with new music and sound effects. The anvil gag is also reused, but done a few times differently in this short.
• The Acme Rocket Powered Roller Skates gag from the 1952 short, Beep, Beep, is retooled in this short.
• Sylvester is silent in this short, save for some vocal effects and an instances where he says "Yeehaw!"
• The white tip on Sylvester's tail, which had been missing since the 1960 short, Mouse and Garden, is restored from this point on until the 1966 short, A Taste of Catnip.

Everlasting influence

• Speedy's toreador persona would be used in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.