The Chocolate Chase

The Chocolate Chase
Production company	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release date	April 1, 1980
Run time	7:00
Starring	Mel Blanc Nancy Wibble
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng Hal Geer
Music composed by	Harper MacKay
Story by	Friz Freleng Tony Benedict John Dunn
Director(s)	Friz Freleng
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The Chocolate Chase is the five hundred and thirtieth short of the Merrie Melodies theatrical series, which originally came as the second segment in the Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement television special. It aired on April 1, 1980 on CBS. It was written, produced and directed by Friz Freleng.

When the owner of a chocolate factory puts Daffy in charge of guarding it and refuses to give any of the poor mice children any chocolate Easter Bunnies, the Mexican mice send for Speedy Gonzales to collect all the bunnies for them.

Memorable quotes

Speedy: Being dipped in chocolate has really sweetened his disposition, I think.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Chocolate factory owner	Mel Blanc
Daffy Duck	Mel Blanc
Mayor of Mexican village	Mel Blanc
Mexican mice	Mel Blanc
Speedy Gonzales	Mel Blanc
Little mouse girl	Nancy Wibble

Locations

• Earth
  • Mexico
    • Chocolate factory
    • Small village

Objects

• Chocolate Easter Bunnies
• A Bag of Pesos
• Butterfly net
• Chocolate-covered Duck

Vehicles

• Motorcycle

Music

The music was composed by Harper MacKay.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 1, 1980 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• This short, while it was made for TV, marked the final pairings of both Daffy and Speedy.