Which Looney Tunes character is a fast mouse from Mexico named Speedy Gonzales?

Speedy Gonzales is the Looney Tunes character known as a fast mouse from Mexico.

He is usually introduced as “the fastest mouse in all Mexico,” a quick-witted and energetic hero who races to help other mice. He commonly wears a yellow sombrero, white clothing, and a red neckerchief, visual shorthand for the character’s Mexican setting and identity.

Speedy’s earliest appearance came in Cat-Tails for Two in 1953, but that version looked different and was only a preliminary form. Friz Freleng and layout artist Hawley Pratt redesigned him for the 1955 short Speedy Gonzales, which established the familiar character and won the Academy Award for Best Cartoon Short Subject.

His regular adversary was often Sylvester, while his cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez provided a comic contrast as “the slowest mouse in all Mexico.” The pair’s names and roles are a frequent source of mix-ups, but Slowpoke is Speedy’s cousin—not another name for him.