DSL, T1 or T3 internet connection recommended; Click the image above for a pdf facsimile of this article complete with images and references. original reference: William Anthony Nericcio, "“Autopsy of a Rat: Odd, Sundry Parables of Freddy Lopez, Speedy Gonzales, and Other Chicano/Latino Marionettes Prancing about Our First World Visual Emporium.” Camera Obscura 37 (January 1996): 189-237." A much-revised, expanded version of this journal article appears as "Chapter Three. Autopsy of a Rat: Sundry Parables of Warner Brothers Studios, Jewish American Animators, Speedy Gonzales, Freddy López, and Other Chicano/Latino Marionettes Prancing about Our First World Visual Emporium; Parable Cameos by Jacques Derrida; and, a Dirty Joke." in  Tex[t]-Mex: Seductive Hallucination of the "Mexican" in America. (Austin: University of Texas, Press, 2007).