Mexican Mousepiece
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{{Infobox film
|name = Mexican Mousepiece
|image =
|caption =
|director = Robert McKimson
|story = David Detiege
|animator = George Grandpre
Bob Matz
Manny Perez
|layout_artist = Dick Ung
|background_artist = Tom O'Loughlin
|starring = Mel Blanc
Ralph James
|editing = Al Wahrman
|music = Bill Lava
|producer = David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
|studio = DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
|distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
|released = {{Film date|1966|02|26|U.S.}}
|color_process = color
|runtime = 6:20
|language = English
}}
Mexican Mousepiece is a 1966 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.{{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=356}} The short was released on February 26, 1966, and stars Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/60/mode/2up |pages=60–62}}
Plot
Daffy's house is being invaded by mice. He decides to get rid of them by sending them across the sea so some starving cats can eat them. He does this first by attempting to gain their trust, by pretending to be nice. When the mice fall for the trap, one of them telephones Speedy Gonzales for help.
Now aware of Daffy's scheme, Speedy has one to counter it. He tricks Daffy into jumping into a box of fireworks with a lit match, which injures Daffy. The mice fall for the trap again afterwards, but Speedy whacks Daffy's foot and the mice then go to the other side of a cliff to get away from Daffy.
Daffy tries one last scheme which involves catapulting himself across the gap between cliffs. It doesn't go so well and he is flattened. Speedy then tells the mice that they should send him overseas, hoping they'll be looking for "pressed duck".
Note
This cartoon reuses the animated flying sequence from Stupor Duck (1956).
References
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{{Speedy Gonzales in animation}}
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{{Friz Freleng}}
Category:Merrie Melodies short films
Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
Category:Films directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Speedy Gonzales films
Category:1960s Warner Bros. animated short films
Category:1960s English-language films
Category:Films produced by David H. DePatie
Category:English-language short films
Category:1966 animated short films
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