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{{Infobox film
| name           = Gonzales' Tamales
| image          = GonzalesTamales-TC.png
| caption        = 
| writer       = [[Warren Foster]]
| director       = [[Friz Freleng]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Nericcio|first=William Anthony|title=Tex&#91;t&#93;-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the "Mexican" in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEAQYpxv4T0C&pg=PT126|year=2007|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-71457-1|page=126}}</ref>
| producer       = [[Edward Selzer]]
| animator       = [[Gerry Chiniquy]]<br>[[Arthur Davis (animator)|Arthur Davis]]<br>[[Virgil Ross]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |title=I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety |date=1991 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |location=New York |isbn=0-8050-1644-9 |page=140}}</ref>
| layout_artist  = [[Hawley Pratt]]
| background_artist = Boris Gorelick
| starring       = [[Mel Blanc]]
| music          = [[Milt Franklyn]]<br>[[Carl Stalling]]
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1957|11|30}}
| color_process  = [[Technicolor]]
| runtime        = 6:20
| language       = English
}}

'''''Gonzales' Tamales''''' is a 1957 [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' [[animated film]] directed by [[Friz Freleng]].<ref name=Beck>{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=303}}</ref> The short was released on November 30, 1957, and stars [[Speedy Gonzales]] and [[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/137/mode/2up |pages=137}}</ref>

==Plot==
The majority of the male mice in a Mexican village lament the fact that [[Speedy Gonzales]] has been getting in between them and the "pretty girls." One of the mice suggests that they get the "gringo pussycat" [[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester]] to chase Speedy out of town. The mice forge a note from Speedy, stating that he will pull Sylvester's tail out by the roots, which Speedy happily does when confronted by the cat.

In trying to get Speedy, Sylvester first uses a shotgun and then a hand grenade (as Speedy sings ''[[La Cucaracha]]'' in Spanish, complete with the lyric about the cockroach not having any [[marijuana]] to smoke), with the usual disastrous results. Speedy, however, falls for the cat's final attempt: A wind-up female mouse doll. With Sylvester hot on his feet, Speedy grabs the wind-up toy and takes refuge in a box of red hot peppers&mdash;forcing the hungry pussycat to eat them one by one in order to find the resourceful rodent.

In between each ingestion of pepper, Sylvester runs to a nearby water cooler for relief. On his last trip to the cooler, he fails to notice that Speedy has substituted the water for [[tabasco sauce]]&mdash;which sends the cat {{convert|500|mi|abbr=on}} high into the horizon.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0050449}}

{{Speedy Gonzales in animation}}
{{Sylvester the Cat in animation}}
{{Friz Freleng}}

[[Category:1957 films]]
[[Category:1957 comedy films]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
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[[Category:American slapstick comedy films]]
[[Category:Surreal comedy films]]
[[Category:Looney Tunes shorts]]
[[Category:Speedy Gonzales films]]
[[Category:Sylvester the Cat films]]
[[Category:Films set in Mexico]]
[[Category:Short films directed by Friz Freleng]]
[[Category:Films scored by Carl Stalling]]
[[Category:Films scored by Milt Franklyn]]
[[Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Edward Selzer]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Warren Foster]]
[[Category:English-language short films]]
[[Category:1957 animated short films]]


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