Tortilla Flaps

Tortilla Flaps
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	January 18, 1958
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Ted Bonnicksen George Grandpré
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
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Tortilla Flaps is the three hundredth and eighty-sixth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 18, 1958. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by John W. Burton and directed by Robert McKimson.

During a Cinco de Mayo celebration, the Mexican mice come under attack by the bandito buzzard El Vulturo, which results in a distress signal to Speedy Gonzales.

Memorable quotes

El Vulturo: Oh, these balls don't hurt me. But these darn darts... Ow! They hurt my pride.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Speedy Gonzales	Mel Blanc
Mexican Mice	Mel Blanc Tom Holland
El Vulturo	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • Mexico

Objects

• Cannon
• Can of nitroglycerin
• Nitro-rigged ball-and-cup toy
• Darts

Vehicles

• Train
• Mechanical handcar

Music

The music was composed by both Carl W. Stalling and Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 18, 1958 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the John Steinbeck novel and 1942 movie Tortilla Flats.
• This cartoon is notable as the first time in which Speedy Gonzales and his mouse friends are antagonized by a bird of prey, as opposed to cats such as Sylvester as in the previous cartoons.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 14, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 on DVD.