Film series
Tijuana Toads
is a series of 17 theatrical cartoons produced by
DePatie?Freleng
and released through
United Artists
.
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Plot
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The series concerns two toads, El Toro and Pancho, who live in the
Mexican
city of
Tijuana
. Throughout the cartoon they try to eat their prey, but always get outsmarted.
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They would sometimes themselves be targeted by a bird,
Crazylegs Crane
, and would in turn always outsmart him.
The series introduced two characters who later got their own series.
The Blue Racer
first appeared in "
Snake in the Gracias
" (1971) before getting his own series in 1972.
Crazylegs Crane
first appeared in "
Go for Croack
" (1969), and also spun off to his own series for television in 1978 on
ABC
. Both characters were voiced by
Larry D. Mann
, except in "Flight to the Finish" where
Bob Holt
voiced Crazylegs Crane.
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El Toro was voiced by actor
Don Diamond
and Pancho voiced by Tom Holland. Crazylegs Crane was voiced by
Larry D. Mann
. Directorial duties were split between
Hawley Pratt
,
Art Davis
, Grant Simmons, and
Gerry Chiniquy
.
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When the series began airing in 1976 as part of
The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show
, it was re-dubbed and renamed
Texas Toads
to make the series
less offensive
.
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A laugh track was added to the new soundtrack, and the toads were given the new names of Fatso and Banjo.
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Producer
David H. DePatie
later commented on the process:
"When they (Tijuana Toads) went on television, we had to completely change them around and the series became known as the Texas Toads, and we had to redo all of the tracks that had any type of ethnic content and it really watered down the series. We all thought it was a hell of a lot more funny when it was the Tijuana Toads, but at the time we had to do it in order to bring the thing on television".
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Filmography
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Note
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Tijuana Toads
shorts aired on
Cartoon Network
and
Boomerang
.
Remade and reused scenes and plots
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Revivals
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The characters were resurrected for the 1993 TV series
The Pink Panther
. As the case when the original shorts were shown on TV, they were rebranded as the Texas Toads. The toads were redesigned as western sheriffs with oversized cowboy hats replacing their sombreros.
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Home video
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In 1987,
Go for Croak
was released on VHS as part of
Cartoon Festival
.
DVD and Blu-ray
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In 2016,
Kino Lorber
released the complete series with the original soundtrack, digitally remastered from the original negatives and in the original ratio.
Popular culture
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A restaurant dubbed under the name
Pancho i Toro - Pizza & Grill Sesvete
is located in
Sesvete, Croatia
.
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External links
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References
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Founders
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Theatrical shorts (original)
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Commissioned by
Warner Bros.
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Television shorts
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Television shows
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- The Super 6
(NBC, 1966?1969)
- Super President
(NBC, 1967?1968)
- Here Comes The Grump
(NBC, 1969?1970)
- The Pink Panther Show
(NBC, 1969?1971)
- Doctor Dolittle
(NBC, 1970?1971)
- The New Pink Panther Show
(NBC, 1971?1976)
- The Barkleys
(NBC, 1972?1973)
- The Houndcats
(NBC, 1972?1973)
- Bailey's Comets
(CBS, 1973?1975)
- The Oddball Couple
(ABC, 1975?1977)
- Return to the Planet of the Apes
(NBC, 1975?1976)
- The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half-Hour and a Half Show
(NBC, 1976?1977)
- Baggy Pants and the Nitwits
(NBC, 1977?1978)
- What's New, Mr. Magoo?
(CBS, 1977?1979)
- Think! Pink Panther
(NBC, 1978)
- The All New Pink Panther Show
(ABC, 1978?1979)
- The Fantastic Four
(NBC, 1978?1979)
- Spider-Woman
(ABC, 1979?1980)
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Television specials
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Dr. Seuss
Television specials
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See also
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