The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
| The Pied Piper of Guadalupe | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | August 19, 1961 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | David H. DePatie |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | John Dunn |
| Animation | Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Bob Matz |
| Director(s) | Friz Freleng Hawley Pratt (co-director) |
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The Pied Piper of Guadalupe is the four hundred and eighteenth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 19, 1961. It was written by John Dunn, produced by David H. DePatie, and directed by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt.
In the village of Guadalupe, Sylvester uses a Pied Piper tactic to lure the mice out of the hole. But there is one mouse he has not captured, and it's the fastest mouse in all of Mexico.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Sylvester: That's all you can do is run, run, run! Ya cowardly cheesthe thieveth! And besidesth, you're a bunch of ratsth! I still thay you're a bunch of ratsth!
Sylvester: There, that's all of the last one.
Speedy: Not all of them, Mr. Pied Piper. You don't catch me. You better put back all my friends where you got him.
Sylvester: Put them back? Why you little pipsqueak! Who do you think you are?
Speedy: I'm Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all of Mexico. And if you don't put them back, I'll tell them back!
Sylvester: Oh yeah? Well, well just go ahead and try it. Go ahead!
Speedy: Okay, here I come, camarados! Yeehaw! ¡Andale, arriba, arriba! Yeehaw! ¡Epa, epa!
Speedy: Oh, Señor Gato. You forgot your flute. Don't you want him?
Sylvester: No, I don't want "him." You can have it!
Speedy: Gracias, Señor Gato, gracias!
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- "Loco El Gato" sign
- The Pied Piper of Gudalupe storybook
- Flute
- Jug
- Mallet
- Dynamite stick
- Wooden barrel
Vehicles
- Motorcycle
- Bus
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: August 19, 1961 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun and a Mexican parody of "The Pied Piper of Hamlin" story.
- This was the first short to be written by John W. Dunn, who would go on to write many Warner Bros. animated shorts until 1965.
Legacy
- This cartoon was used in Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales, but only showed a few small scenes such as Sylvester doing his Pied Piper routine trick to lure the mice out, Speedy coming to save the mice and then later used the ending scene in which Bugs Bunny did narration. A bit of new animation was used in the middle of the story so that it would lead up to another Speedy cartoon, Mexican Boarders (1962).
- A stage named after this cartoon would be used in the video game, Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor.
Critical reception
- This short was nominated for an Academy Award.
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
