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By 2020To date, 50 48 cartoons had have been made featuring the these characters (including the four three [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] shorts), the majority by creator [[Chuck Jones]].
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* 50 shorts, mostly about 6 to 7 minutes long, but including four web cartoons which are "three-minute, three-dimensional cartoons in widescreen (scope)".<ref name="forum.blueguerilla.org">{{cite web|url=https://bg.blueguerilla.org/viewtopic.php?p=142221|title=blueguerilla.org :: View topic - Looney Tunes exclusive clip: Coyote Falls|access-date=December 16, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027022729/http://forum.blueguerilla.org/viewtopic.php?p=142221|archive-date=October 27, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* One half-hour special released theatrically (26 minutes).
* One feature-length film that combines [[live action]] and animation
</div><sup>1</sup> Re-edited from form ''[[Adventures of the Road -Runner]]'' , by Chuck Jones , and with new music direction from Bill Lava.<br /><sup>2</sup> Re-edited from form ''[[Adventures of the Road -Runner]]'' , by DePatie–Freleng DePatie-Freleng Enterprises<br /><sup>3</sup> These cartoons were each shown with a feature-length film. ''[[Chariots of Fur]]'' was shown with ''[[Richie Rich (film)|Richie Rich]]'', ''[[Coyote Falls]]'' was shown with ''[[Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore]]'',<ref name="forum.blueguerilla.org"/> ''[[Fur of Flying]]'' was shown with ''[[Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole]]'',<ref name="latinoreview.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.latinoreview.com/news/looney-tunes-shorts-attached-to-upcoming-family-films-10714|title=latinoreview.com|access-datepublisher=|accessdate=December 16, 2014|archive-date=August 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806105536/http://www.latinoreview.com/news/looney-tunes-shorts-attached-to-upcoming-family-films-10714|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Rabid Rider]]'' was shown with ''[[Yogi Bear (film)|Yogi Bear]]''.<br><sup>4</sup>Actual Latin name of the [[greater roadrunner]] and [[coyote]] respectively In ''[[Flash Stop! Look! And Hasten!]]'', Wile E. follows the instructions in a manual titled ''How to Build a Burmese Tiger Trap''. Hearing the trap activated, he leaps in and immediately withdraws, panicked, because instead of the PainRoad Runner he has caught an actual Burmese [[tiger]], who is identified as such and given the pseudo-Latin name "surprisibus! surprisibus!". In '' was shown at [[Soup or Sonic]]'', the "[[Annecy International Animated Film FestivalBeep, beep (sound)|beep, beep]] on June 10" of the Road Runner is also given the pseudo-Latin name "beepus-beepus". It might also be noted that in this cartoon, Wile E. finally "catches" the Road Runner; however, he has been shrunk down to minute size and is dwarfed by the Road Runner. Recovering from the shock, he then turns to the viewer and holds up a sign reading: "Okay wise guys, 2014you always wanted me to catch him.<ref name=VarietyFranceEmerging /><ref name=ReelFXLiveAnnecy />Now what do I do?"
Wile E. Coyote often obtains various complex and ludicrous devices from a mail-order company, the fictitious [[Acme Corporation]], which he hopes will help him catch the Road Runner. The devices invariably fail in improbable and spectacular fashion.
These rules were not always followed, and in In an interview<ref name="Barrier interview"/> years after the series was made, principal writer of the original 16 episodes Michael Maltese stated he had never heard of these or any "rulesRules." ==Later cartoons==The original [[Chuck Jones]] productions ended in 1963 after [[Jack L. Warner]] closed the [[Warner Bros.]] animation studio. ''[[War and Pieces]]'', the last ''Road Runner'' short directed by Jones, was released in mid-1964. By that time, [[David DePatie]] and veteran director [[Friz Freleng]] had formed [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]], moved into the facility just emptied by Warner, and signed a license with Warner Bros. to produce cartoons for the big studio to distribute. Their first cartoon to feature the Road Runner was ''[[The Wild Chase]]'', directed by Freleng in 1965. The premise was a race between the bird and "the fastest mouse in all of Mexico," [[Speedy Gonzales]], with the Coyote and [[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester the Cat]] each trying to make a meal out of his usual target. Much of the material was animation [[rotoscoped]] from earlier Runner and Gonzales shorts, with the other characters added in. In total, DePatie-Freleng produced 14 ''Road Runner'' cartoons, two of which were directed by [[Robert McKimson]] (''Rushing Roulette'', 1965, and ''Sugar and Spies'', 1966). Due to cuts in the number of frames used per second in animated features, many of these final Road Runner features were cheap looking and jerky. Also, the music was very different and of poorer quality than the older features (a byproduct of incoming music director [[William Lava|Bill Lava]], who replaced the suddenly deceased [[Milt Franklyn]] and retired [[Carl Stalling]] and whose style clashed noticeably with his predecessors). That was disappointing to fans of the original shorts, and many felt it was the final death knell for animation. The remaining eleven were subcontracted to [[Format Films]] and directed under ex-Warner Bros. animator [[Rudy Larriva]]. The "Larriva Eleven", as the series was later called, lacked the fast-paced action of the Chuck Jones originals and was poorly received by critics. In ''Of Mice and Magic'', [[Leonard Maltin]] calls the series "witless in every sense of the word." In addition, except for the planet Earth scene at the tail end of "Highway Runnery", there was only one clip of the Coyote's fall to the ground, used over and over again. These cartoons can easily be distinguished from Chuck Jones' cartoons, because they feature the modern "Abstract WB" Looney Tunes opening and closing sequences, and they use the same music cues over and over again in the cartoons, also by Lava. Only one of those eleven cartoons — "Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner" — had music that was actually scored instead of the same music cues. Another clear clue is that Jones' previously described "Laws" for the characters were not followed with any significant fidelity, nor were there Latin phrases used when introducing the characters. ==Wile E. Coyote and Bugs Bunny==Wile E. Coyote has also unsuccessfully attempted to catch and eat [[Bugs Bunny]] in another series of cartoons. In these cartoons, the coyote takes on the guise of a self-described "super genius" and speaks with a smooth, generic [[Mid-Atlantic English|upper-class accent]] provided by [[Mel Blanc]]. While he is incredibly intelligent, he is limited by technology and his own short-sighted arrogance, and is thus often easily outsmarted, a somewhat physical symbolism of "street smarts" besting "book smarts". In one short (''[[Hare-Breadth Hurry]]'', 1963), Bugs — with the help of "speed pills" — even stands in for Road Runner, who has "sprained a [[giblet]]" , and carries out the duties of outsmarting the hungry scavenger. That is the only Bugs Bunny/Wile E. Coyote short in which the coyote does not speak, and to use the Wile E Coyote/Road Runner cartoon formula. As usual Wile E. Coyote ends up falling down a canyon and fails to catch and eat Bugs Bunny, much like how the coyote fails to catch and eat the Road Runner. In a later, made-for-TV short, which had a young [[Elmer Fudd]] chasing a young Bugs, Elmer also falls down a canyon. On the way down he is overtaken by Wile E. Coyote who shows a sign telling Elmer to get out of the way for someone who is more experienced in falling. ==Other appearances==In the 1962 pilot for a proposed television series (but instead released as a theatrical featurrette titled ''[[Adventures of the Road-Runner]]'' — when the project failed as TV pilot, it was re-edited into ''[[To Beep or Not to Beep]]'' by Chuck Jones with additional new music by Bill Lava. But a few years later, the short was re-edited again into ''Zip Zip Hooray!'' and ''[[Road Runner a Go-Go]]'', by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises). Chuck's 1979 [[movie]] ''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]'' features many of Chuck's characters, including Wile E. and Road Runner. However, whereas most of the featured cartoons are single shorts or sometimes isolated clips, the footage of Wile E. and Road Runner is taken from several different cartoons and compiled to run as one extended sequence. Wile E. and the Road Runner have two cameo roles in [[Robert Zemeckis]]' ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' first silhouetted when the elevator maneuvered by [[Droopy]] goes up, and then during the final scene in Marvin Acme's factory with several other studio characters. Wile E. and the Road Runner appear as members of the Tune Squad team in ''[[Space Jam]]''. There, Wile E. rigs one of the basketball hoops with dynamite to prevent one of the Monstars from scoring a slam dunk. And during practice before [[Lola Bunny]] shows up, Wile E. gets his hands on a basketball, but the Road Runner steals the ball from him, and heads into a painted image. But Wile E. doesn't know it's a painted image, and dismissed them he runs right into it. Wile E. appears as an employee of the Acme Corporation in ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''. There, his role is similar to that of Mustafa from the ''Austin Powers'' movies. Wile E. also makes a brief cameo in [[Tweety's High-Flying Adventure]], being held by the neck by the [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Tasmanian Devil]] holding up a sign that says "post production observationMother"before they both fall in the sea. Wile E. is an employee at [[Daffy Duck]]'s store, in the film ''[[Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas]]''. He is seen staring hungrily at a vending machine but Daffy does not allow him to eat during work hours. The Road Runner also appears as a delivery boy.
As The two appeared in other cartoonsmany different advertisements for [[Shell Oil Company|Shell]], the Road Runner and the coyote follow certain laws of [[cartoon physicsHoney Nut Cheerios]], peculiar to an animation universeand Wile E. Some examples:{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}* Animation vs. Reality Mixing: appears without the Road Runner has the ability to enter bird in adverts for the [[Trompe-l'œil|painted image of a caveEnergizer Bunny]]. In 2012, while the coyote cannot (unless there is an opening through which he can fall)both Wile E. Sometimes, however, this is reversed, and the Road Runner can burst through appeared in a painting of a broken bridge and continue on his way[[GEICO]] commercial, while the coyote will instead enter the painting and fall down in which the precipice of the cliff where the bridge wandering gecko is outlost.* Gravity: sometimes the coyote is allowed to hang in mid-air until he realizes that While he is about to plummet into a chasm (a process occasionally referred to elsewhere as ''Road-Runnering'' or a ''Wile E. Coyote moment''). The coyote can overtake rocks (or cannons) which fall earlier than doing so, he doesnearly gets crushed with an anvil, and end up being squashed by themthen a piano. If a chase sequence runs over the edge of a cliffJust after this happens, the Road Runner is not affected by gravityruns up to him, says his trademark phrase, whereas the coyote will be subject to normal Earth gravity "Beep beep!" and eventually fall to the ground belowgoes on his way. The gecko then gets confused about the Road Runner can also stand upon a platform suspended in midair (such as a hole cut out from a bridge by the coyote) where gravity instead causes everything ''but'' that one cut-out area to plummet to the ground.* The Road Runner is able to run fast enough to go through time.* If the coyote uses an explosive (commonly dynamite) that is triggered s catchphrase by a mechanism that is supposed to force the explosive in a forward motion toward its target, the actual mechanism ''itself'' will shoot forwardsaying "Meep, leaving the explosive behind to detonate in the coyote's facemeep. On occasion" Suddenly, the explosive sometimes explodes either too early or too late with the Coyote being caught in the explosion (this gag also appeared in other Looney Tunes series)Wile E.* Delayed Reaction: (a) a complex apparatus that is supposed to propel an object like a boulder or steel ball forward, or trigger a trap, will not work on chasing the Road Runner, but always does so perfectly on the coyote - when he inspects it after its failure to ensnare the Road Runner. (b) the Road Runner can jump runs up and down on the trigger of a large animal trap and eat , sees the intended trap trigger bird seed off it gecko and leave unharmed without setting off the trap; but when the coyote places the tiniest droplet of oil on the trigger, the trap snaps shut on imagines him without fail.* On other occasions, the coyote dons an exquisite Acme costume or propulsion device that briefly allows him to catch up to the Road Runneras his dinner, but ultimately always results in him losing track of his proximity to large cliffs or walls, and while the Road Runner darts around an extremely sharp turn near a cliff, defying physicsdoing so, the coyote succumbs to physics and will rocket right over the edge and plummet spectacularly to is driven into the groundby a falling ACME safe.* In what might be called cartoon biology, The commercial ends with the Road Runner always runs faster than the coyote, whilst in realitygecko concluding, "What a coyote can outrun a greater roadrunnerstrange place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.speedofanimals.com/animals/coyote|title=coyote | Speed of Animals|website=www.speedofanimals.com|access-date=2021-01-14|archive-date=2017-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022225854/http://speedofanimals.com/animals/coyote|url-status=live}}</ref>"
Both animals were typically introduced in a similar fashion; The Road Runner is the action would slow to mascot for a halt, and a caption would appear with both their common name and a mock genusbrand of ice melt manufactured by Scotwood Industries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://species name in [[Dog Latinwww.scotwoodindustries.com|pseudotitle=Home -Latin]] (for example, in ''Zoom at the Top''Scotwood Industries|work=Scotwood Industries, the Road Runner was classified as "Disappearialis Quickius", while the coyote was identified as "Overconfidentii Vulgaris")Inc.}}</ref>
==Later cartoons==The original Road Runner at one point was the mascot for Time Warner Cable Internet's [[Chuck JonesRoad Runner High Speed Online]] productions ended in 1963 after [[Jack L. Warner]] closed , during the period when both entities were under the [[AOL Time Warner Bros.]] animation studiocorporate umbrella. ''[[War and Pieces]]''After the companies broke up in 2009, Time Warner Cable continued to license the last Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner short directed by Jones, was released on June 6, 1964. By that time, [[David H. DePatie]] name and director [[Friz Freleng]] had formed [[DePatie–Freleng Enterprises]], moved into iconography until the facility just emptied by Warner, and signed a license with service was rebranded in 2012 as Time Warner Bros. to produce cartoons for the big studio to distributeCable Internet.
Their first cartoon to feature The two also appeared in the Road Runner was ''[[The Wild Chasewebtoon]]''s "Wild King Dumb", directed by Freleng in 1965. The premise was a race between the bird "Judge Granny: Case 2" and "the fastest mouse in all Mexico,Wile E. Coyote Ugly" [[Speedy Gonzales]], with the coyote and [[Sylvester the Cat]] each trying to make a meal out of their respective usual targetson looneytunes. Much of the material was animation [[rotoscoped]] from earlier Road Runner and Speedy Gonzales shorts, with the other characters added incom.
In total, DePatie-Freleng produced 14 ''Road Runner'' cartoons, two of which were directed by [[Robert McKimson]] (''[[Rushing Roulette]]'' (1965) and Wile E. appears as a defendant on the show ''[[Sugar and SpiesNight Court]]'' (1966)). Eleven of these shorts, directed by [[Rudy Larriva]] (often referred to as the "Larriva Eleven"), were subcontracted to [[Format Films]] and suffered from severe budget cuts; due is subjected to a significant drop in the number of frames used per second in animationstern lecture by Judge Harold T. Stone, the "Larriva Eleven" were somewhat cheap-looking and jerky. The music was also of poorer quality than the older features; this was a by-product of music director [[William Lava|Bill Lava]] (who had replaced the recently deceased [[Milt Franklyn]] three years prior) being relegated tells him to the use of pre-composed music cues - due "go to the previously mentioned budget cuts - rather than a proper score, as heard with ''The Wild Chase'', ''Rushing Roulette'', and ''Run Runrestaurant, Sweet Road Runner'' (the third being the only one of the "Larriva Eleven" to have a proper score). These 11 shorts have been considered inferior to the other Golden Age shortssupermarket, garnering mixed to but leave that poor reviews from critics. In ''Of Mice bird alone!" and Magic'', [[Leonard Maltin]] calls the series "witless in every sense of the wordfinds Wile E." In addition, except for the planet Earth scene at the tail end guilty of "Highway Runnery", there was only one clip of the coyote's fall to the ground, used over and over again. Jones' previously described "laws" for the characters were not followed with any significant fidelity, nor were Latin phrases used when introducing the charactersharassment.
The first appearance of Dell initially published a dedicated "Beep Beep the Road Runner in a " comic book was in as part of ''Bugs Bunny Vacation Funnies[[Four Color Comics]]'' #8 918, 1008, and 1046 before launching a separate series for the character numbered #4–14 (August 19581960–1962) published by , with the three try-out issues counted as the first three numbers. After a hiatus, [[Dell Gold Key Comics]]took over the character with issues #1–88 (1966–1984). The feature is titled "Beep Beep During the 1960s, the Road Runner" artwork was done by [[Pete Alvarado]] and [[Phil DeLara]]; from 1966–1969, the story "Desert Dessert"Gold Key issues consisted of Dell reprints. It presents itself as Afterward, new stories began to appear, initially drawn by Alvarado and De Lara before Jack Manning became the main artist for the first meeting between title. New and reprinted Beep Beep stories also appeared in ''[[Golden Comics Digest]]'' and Gold Key's revival of ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' in the 1970s. During this period, Wile E. (whose mailbox reads 's middle name was revealed to be "Ethelbert"<ref name="Newsfromme.com"/> in the story "Wile The Greatest of E. Coyote, Inventor and Genius's"in issue #53 (cover-date September 1975)of [[Gold Key Comics]]' licensed comic book, and introduces ''Beep Beep the Road Runner's wife'.<ref>Evanier, Matilda, and their three newly hatched sons (though Matilda soon disappeared ''News from Me'': "[[Mike Maltese]] had been occasionally writing the comics). This story established in semi-retirement before me, but when he dropped the 'semi' part, I got the convention job and that was one of the Road Runner family talked in rhymeplots I came up with. For the record, the story was drawn by a convention terrific artist named Jack Manning, and Mr. Maltese complimented me on it. Still, I wouldn't take that also appeared in early childrenas any official endorsement of the Coyote's middle name. If you want to say the Coyote's middle name is Ethelbert, fine. I mean, it's not like someone's going to suddenly whip out Wile E.'s actual birth certificate and yell, 'Aha! Here's book adaptations incontrovertible proof!' But like I said, I never imagined anyone would take it as part of the official 'canon' of the cartoonscharacter. If I had, I'd have said the 'E' stood for Evanier".</ref>
Dell initially published a dedicated "Beep Beep the The Road Runner" comic as part of ''[[Four Color Comics]]'' #918, 1008, and 1046 before launching a separate series for the character numbered #4–14 (1960–1962), with the three try-out issues counted as the first three numbers. After a hiatus, [[Gold Key Comics]] took over the character with issues #1–88 (1966–1984). During the 1960s, the artwork was done by [[Pete Alvarado]] and [[Phil DeLara]]; from 1966 to 1969, the Gold Key issues consisted of Dell reprints. Afterward, new stories began to appear, initially drawn by Alvarado and De Lara before Jack Manning became the main artist for the titleWile E. New and reprinted Beep Beep stories also appeared make appearances in ''the [[Golden DC Comics Digest]]'' and Gold Key's revival of ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' in the 1970stitle. During this period, Wile E.'s middle name was revealed able to be "Ethelbert"<ref name="Newsfromme.com"/> speak in the story "The Greatest some of E's" his appearances in issue #53 (cover-dated September 1975) of [[Gold Key Comics]]' licensed comic book ''Beep Beep the Road Runner''.<ref>Evanier, ''News from Me'': "[[Mike Maltese]] had been occasionally writing the DC comics in semi-retirement before me, but when he dropped the 'semi' part, I got the job and that was one of the plots I came up with. For the record, the story was drawn by a terrific artist named Jack Manning, and Mr. Maltese complimented me on it. Still, I wouldn't take that as any official endorsement of the Coyote's middle name. If you want to say the Coyote's middle name is Ethelbert, fine. I mean, it's not like someone's going to suddenly whip out Wile E.'s actual birth certificate and yell, 'Aha! Here's incontrovertible proof!' But like I said, I never imagined anyone would take it as part of the official 'canon' of the character. If I had, I'd have said the 'E' stood for Evanier".</ref>
In 2017:''If you're on a highway and Road Runner goes Beep-Beep, DC Comics featured a ''Looney Tunes:'' and DC Comics crossovers that reimagined the characters Just step aside or you might end up in a darker styleheap. The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote had a crossover with the intergalactic bounty hunter [[Lobo (DC Comics)|Lobo]] in ''Lobo/Road Runner Special:'' #1. In this version, the Road Runner, Wile E., and other Looney Tunes characters are reimagined as standard animals who were experimented upon with alien DNA at Acme to transform them into their cartoon forms. In the back-up story, done in more traditional cartoon style, Lobo tries to hunt down the Road Runnerruns on the road all day, but is limited by Bugs to be more kid-friendly in his language and approach.<ref>''Lobo/Road Runner Special:'' #1</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Sagers|first1=Aaron|title=Exclusive Preview: DC ComicsEven the Coyote can' Lobo/Road Runner Special #1|url=https://wwwt make him change his ways.syfy.com/syfywire/exclusive-preview-dc-comics-loboroad-runner-special-1|publisher=Syfy|access-date=July 2, 2017|date=June 20, 2017|archive-date=June 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625045813/http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/exclusive-preview-dc-comics-loboroad-runner-special-1|url-status=live}}</ref>''
===Television===Chorus:The Road Runner and the coyote appeared on Saturday mornings as the stars of their own TV series, :''[[The Road Runner Show]],'', from September 1966 to September 1968, on [[CBS]]. At this time it was merged with :''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]Coyote's after you!'' to become :''The Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Show,'':''If he catches you, running from 1968 to 1985. The show was later seen on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] until 2000, and on [[Global Television Network|Global]] until 2001.you're through!'' (repeat of chorus)
In the 1970s, [[Chuck Jones]] directed some Wile E. :''That Coyote/is really a crazy clown;'':''When will he learn that he never can mow him down?'':''Poor little Road Runner short films for never bothers anyone;'':''Just running down the educational childrenroad's TV series ''[[The Electric Company]].his idea of having fun!'' These short cartoons used the coyote and the Road Runner to display words for children to read.
In 1979, ''[[Freeze Frame (cartoon)|Freeze Frame]]'', in which Jones moved the chase from the desert to snownon-covered mountains, was seen as part verbal chorus and repeat of ''[[Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales]]''.chorus)
At In the end of Bugs Bunny's ''1970s, [[Portrait of the Artist as a Young BunnyChuck Jones]]directed some '' (Road Runner'' short films for the initial sequence of [[Chuck Jones]]educational children' s TV special series ''[[Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All OverThe Electric Company]].''), Bugs mentions to the audience that he and Elmer may have been These short cartoons used the first pair of characters to have chase scenes in these cartoons, but then a pint-sized baby Wile E. Coyote (wearing a diaper and holding a small knife and fork) runs right in front of Bugs, chasing a gold-colored, mostly unhatched (except for the tail, which is sticking out) Road Runner eggto display words for children to read, which is running rapidly while some high-pitched "Beep, beep" noises can be heard. This was followed by but the full-fledged Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote short ''[[Soup or Sonic]]''. Earlier in that story, while kid Elmer was falling from cartoons themselves are a cliff, Wile E. Coyoterefreshing return to Jones's adult self tells him to move over and leave falling to people who know how to do it and then he falls, followed by Elmerglory days.
Wile E. Coyote and At the Road Runner appeared in several episodes end of Bugs Bunny's ''[[Tiny Toon AdventuresPortrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny]]''. In this series, Wile E. (voiced in the initial sequence of [[Jim ReardonChuck Jones]] episode "Piece of Mind" by ' TV special, ''[[Joe AlaskeyBugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over]]'') was , Bugs mentions to the [[Dean (education)|dean]] of Acme Looniversity audience that he and Elmer may have been the mentor first pair of [[Calamity Coyote]]. The Road Runner's protégé characters to have chase scenes in this series was [[Little Beeper]]. In the episode "Piece of Mind"these cartoons, but then a pint-sized baby Wile E. narrates Coyote (wearing a diaper and holding a small knife and fork) runs right in front of Bugs, chasing a gold-colored, mostly unhatched (except for the life story of Calamity tail, which is sticking out) Road Runner egg, which is running rapidly while Calamity is falling from the top of a tall [[skyscraper]]some high-pitched "beep, beep" noises can be heard. In This was followed by the directfull-to-video film fledged Runner/Coyote short, ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My VacationSoup or Sonic]]''. Earlier in that story, the Road Runner finally gets while kid Elmer was falling from a taste of humiliation by getting run cliff, Wile E. Coyote's adult self tells him to move over and leave falling to people who know how to do it and then he falls, followed by a mail truck that "brakes for coyotesElmer."
The two were also seen in cameos in ''In the 1980s, ABC began showing many [[AnimaniacsWarner Bros.]]''shorts, but in highly edited form. They Many scenes integral to the stories were together taken out, including scenes in two ''[[Slappy Squirrel]]'' cartoons: "Bumbie's Mom" and "Little Old Slappy which Wile E. Coyote landed at the bottom of the canyon after having fallen from [[Pasadenaa cliff, California|Pasadena]]"or had a boulder or anvil actually make contact with him. In the latteralmost all WB animated features, the Road Runner gets another taste of humiliation when he is out-run by Slappyscenes where a character's car, face was burnt and holds up a sign saying "I quit" — immediately afterwardblack, some thought resembling [[Buttons and Mindy|Buttonsblackface]], who was launched into the air during a previous gagwere removed, lands squarely on top of himas were animated characters smoking [[cigarette]]s. Wile ESome cigar smoking scenes were left in. appears without the bird in a ''[[The Wizard unedited versions of Oz these shorts (1939 filmwith the exception of ones with blackface)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' were not seen again until [[parodyCartoon Network]], dressed in his and later [[batBoomerang (TV channel)|Boomerang]]suit from one short, began showing them again in a the 1990s and early 2000s. Since the release of the WB library of cartoons on [[Tornado|twisterDVD]] (tornado) funnel in "Buttons in Ows". Also, in Boomerang has stopped showing the beginning cartoons, presumably to increase sales of one episode, an artist is seen drawing the Road RunnerDVDs.
In a [[Cartoon Network]] TV ad about Though Wile E. Coyote isn't seen in ''The [[Acme HourCartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]'', Wile E. Coyote utilized a pair of jet roller skates to catch the Road Runner and (quite surprisingly) ''did not'' fail. While he was cooking is mentioned by Bugs Bunny saying that he borrowed his prey, it was revealed that the roller skates came from a generic brand. The ad said that other brand is not the same thingtime machine.{{Clarify|date=June 2009}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}
The Wile E. and the Road Runner appears later appeared in an episode several episodes of the 1991 series ''[[Taz-ManiaTiny Toon Adventures]]''. In this series, Wile E. (voiced in which Taz grabs him the [[Jim Reardon]] episode "Piece of Mind" by [[Joe Alaskey]]) was the leg [[dean (education)|dean]] of [[Acme Looniversity]] and gets ready to eat him, until the two gators are ready to capture Taz, so he lets the mentor of [[Calamity Coyote]]. The Road Runner go's protégé in this series was [[Little Beeper]]. In another the episode "Piece of Mind", Wile E. narrates the life story of Calamity while Calamity is falling from the top of a tall [[skyscraper]]. In the direct-to-video movie ''Taz-Mania[[Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation]]'', the Road Runner cartoons are parodied, with Taz dressed as the Road Runner and the character Willy Wombat dressed as Wile Efinally gets a taste of humiliation by getting run over by a mail truck that "brakes for coyotes. Coyote. Willy tries to catch Taz with Acme Roller Skates but fails, and Taz even says "Beep, beep".
Wile EThe two were also seen in cameos in ''[[Animaniacs]]''. They were together in two "[[Slappy Squirrel]]" cartoons: "Bumbie's Mom" and "Little Old Slappy from [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]". In the latter the Road Runner appeared in their toddler versions gets another taste of humiliation when he is outrun by Slappy's car, and holds up a sign saying "I quit" — immediately afterward, [[Buttons and Mindy|Buttons]], who was launched into the air during a previous gag, lands squarely on top of him. Wile E. appears without the bird in a ''[[Baby Looney TunesThe Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''[[parody]], but only dressed in songs. Howeverhis [[bat]]suit from one short, they both had made in a cameo [[tornado|twister]] (tornado) funnel in the episode "Are We There Yet?Buttons in Ows". Also, where in the beginning of one episode, an artist is seen drawing Road Runner was seen out the window of Floyd's car with Wile E. chasing him.
Wile E. Coyote had In a cameo as the true identity of an alien hunter (a parody of [[Cartoon Network]] TV ad about ''The [[Predator (alien)|PredatorAcme Hour]]'', Wile E. Coyote utilized a pair of jet roller skates to catch the Road Runner and (quite surprisingly) in the ''[[Duck Dodgers (TV series)|Duck Dodgers]]didn't'' episode "K-9 Quarry," voiced by [[Dee Bradley Baker]]fail. In that episodeWhile he was cooking his prey, he it was hunting Martian Commander X-2 and K-9revealed that the roller skates came from a generic brand. He is also temporary as a member of Agent RobotoThe ad said that other brand isn's Legion of Duck Doom from t the previous season in another episodesame thing.{{Clarify|date=June 2009}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}
In ''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]'', Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runnerappeared in their toddler versions in ''s 28th century descendants are Tech E. Coyote (voiced by [[Kevin Michael RichardsonBaby Looney Tunes]]) and Rev Runner (voiced by [[Rob Paulsen]]). Tech E. Coyote was the tech expert of the Loonatics (influenced by the past cartoons with many of the machines ordered by Wile E. from [[Acme Corporation|Acme]])'', and has magnetic hands and the ability to molecularly regenerate himself (influenced by the many times only in which Wile E. painfully failed to capture the Road Runner and then was shown to have miraculously recovered). Tech Esongs. Coyote speaksHowever, but does not have a British accent as Wile E. Coyote did. Rev Runner is also able to talk, though extremely rapidly, and can fly without the use of [[jet pack]]s, which are used by other members of the Loonatics. He also has sonic speed, also a take-off of the Road Runner. The pair get on rather well, despite the number of gadgets Tech designs in order to stop Rev from talking; also they have their moments where they do not get along. When friendship is shown it is often only from Rev to Tech, not the other way around; this could, however, be attributed to the fact that Tech has only the barest minimum of social skills. They are both portrayed as smart, but Tech is the better inventor and at times Rev is shown doing stupid things. References to their ancestors' past are seen had made a cameo in the episode , "Family BusinessAre We There Yet?" , where Road Runner was seen out the other Road Runners are wary window of Tech and Tech relives the famous falling gags done in the Floyd's car with Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner shortschasing him.
The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote feature in 3D computer animated cartoons or cartoon animation in had a cameo as the true identity of an alien hunter (a parody of ''[[Cartoon NetworkPredator (alien)|Predator]] '') in the ''[[Duck Dodgers (TV series )|Duck Dodgers]]''episode "K-9 Quarry," voiced by [[The Looney Tunes ShowDee Bradley Baker]]''. The CGI shorts were only included in Season 1In that episode, but Wile E. he was hunting Martian Commander X-2 and the Road Runner still appeared throughout the series in 2D animationK-9.
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner both appear in their own cartoon shorts appears in an episode of the [[HBO Max]] streaming 1990 series ''[[Looney Tunes CartoonsTaz-Mania]]''in which Taz grabs it by the leg & gets ready to eat it until the two gators are ready to capture Taz so he lets Road Runner go. In another episode of ''Taz-Mania'' the Road Runner cartoons are parodied with Taz dressed as Road Runner and the character Willy Wombat dressed as Wile E. Coyote. Willy tries to catch Taz with Acme Roller Skates but fails, and Taz even says "Beep, beep".
==Voice actors=====Wile E. Coyote===* ''[[Mel BlancRoad Runner (game)|Road Runner]] '' (1952–1989)* arcade game by [[Paul Julian (artist)|Paul JulianAtari]] (imitating , later ported to the Road Runner in ''[[Zipping AlongCommodore 64]]'', ''[[ReadyNintendo Entertainment System|NES]], Set, Zoom![[Atari 2600]]'', ''and several [[The Road Runner ShowPersonal computer|PC]]platforms)*'' bumper and ''[[Electronic Road Runner's Death Valley Rally]]''(self-contained LCD game from Tiger Electronics released in 1990)* ''[[Joe AlaskeyLooney Tunes]] (''([[Tiny Toon AdventuresGame Boy]] game by [[Sunsoft]]'', ''Judge Granny''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Looney-Tunes-Reality-Check/|title=Looney Tunes: Reality Check|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-20|archive-date=2020-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023112539/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Looney-Tunes-Reality-Check/|url-status=live}}</ref>)<ref name="Wile E. Coyote at BTVA">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Looney-Tunes/Wile-E-Coyote/|title=Voice(s) of Wile E. Coyote|website=Behind the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-04-05|archive-date=2021-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611021317/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Looney-Tunes/Wile-E-Coyote/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Joe Alaskey"/>* ''[[Keith Scott (voice actor)|Keith ScottThe Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle]] (''(NES/Game Boy game by [[Warner Bros. Movie World|Spectacular Light and Show IlluminanzaKemco]])*'',<ref name="Illuminanza 1">{{cite web|title=Spectacular Light and Sound Show Illuminanza|url=https://facebook.com/wbmw25/videos/1636864629953777/|publisher=Facebook|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714150426/https://www.facebook.com/wbmw25/videos/1636864629953777/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Illuminanza 2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Warner-Bros-Movie-World-Illuminanza/|title=Warner Bros. Movie World Illuminanza|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-03-08|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417022426/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Warner-Bros-Movie-World-Illuminanza/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Looney Tunes Radio Show''<ref name="Radio Show 1">{{cite web|title=That Wascally Wabbit|url=http://www.ianheydon.com/that-wascally-wabbit/|access-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317112128/http://www.ianheydon.com/that-wascally-wabbit/|archive-date=17 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="Radio Show 2">{{cite web|title=[[The Day I Met Bugs Bunny|url=http://www.ianheydon.com/category/the-day-i-met-bugs-bunny/|publisher=Ian Heydon|access-date=9 October 2020|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027111532/http://www.ianheydon.com/category/the-day-i-met-bugs-bunny/|url-status=live}}</ref>)<ref name="Wile E. Coyote at BTVA"/><ref name="scottbio">{{cite web|title=Keith Scott: Down Under's Voice Over Marvel|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/keith-scott-down-unders-voice-over-marvel-0|publisher=Animation World Network|access-date=July Crazy Castle 2, 2020|archive-date=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702193941/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/keith-scott-down-unders-voice-over-marvel-0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="scottbio2">[http://www.keithscott.com/bio.html "Keith Scott-"The One-Man Crowd""] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916224159/http://www.keithscott.com/bio.html |date=2020-09-16 }}. Retrieved July 2, 2020.</ref>* ]'' (Game Boy game by [[Bob BergenKemco]] ()*''[[The Bugs Bunny's Learning AdventuresBirthday Blowout]]''(NES game by [[Kemco]])<ref name="Learning Adventures"/><ref name="Silly Seals"/>* ''[[Seth MacFarlaneRoad Runner's Death Valley Rally]] (''([[Family GuySuper Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]'', ''game by [[Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon ComedySunsoft]])*'')<ref name="Family Guy">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Family-Guy/Wile-E-Coyote/|title=Voice of Wile E. Coyote in Family Guy|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-20|archive-date=2018-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412072729/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Family-Guy/Wile-E-Coyote/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cavalcade">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Seth-MacFarlanes-Cavalcade-of-Cartoon-Comedy/|title=Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon ComedyRevenge'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-20}}</ref>Super NES]] game by [[Sunsoft]])* ''[[Dee Bradley BakerDesert Speedtrap]] (''([[Sega Game Gear]] and [Duck Dodgers (TV series)[Sega Master System]] game by [[Sega]]/[[Probe Entertainment|Duck DodgersProbe Software]]'')<ref name="Wile E. Coyote at BTVA"/><ref name="Duck Dodgers"/>* ''[[Maurice LaMarcheBugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3]] '' (Game Boy game by Kemco)*''[[Looney Tunes: Cartoon ConductorDesert Demolition]]'')<ref name="Wile E. Coyote at BTVA"([[Mega Drive|Sega Mega Drive/><ref name="Conductor 1"Genesis]] game by [[Sega]]/>[[BlueSky Software]])* ''[[Jess HarnellSheep, Dog, 'n' Wolf]] (''(for the original [[The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!PlayStation]]'')<ref name="Drawn Together">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/The-Drawn-Together-Movie-The-Movie/|title=The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!|website=Behind and published by Infogrames, actually based on the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-19|archive-date=2020-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203195221/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/The-Drawn-Together-Movie-The-Movie/|url-status=live}}</ref>* [[James Arnold TaylorWolf and Sheepdog]] cartoons, but Road Runner does make two [[cameo appearance]] (s)*''Scooby Doo and [[Looney Tunes: Cartoon UniverseB-Ball]]'')<ref name="(Wile E. Coyote at BTVA"/><ref name="Cartoon Universe"/> is a playable character)* ''[[JP KarliakSpace Jam (video game)|Space Jam]] (''*''[[New Looney TunesRacing]]'')<ref name="(Wile E. Coyote at BTVA"/><ref name="Wabbit"/>is a playable character. The Road Runner is also seen in the game.)* ''[[Martin StarrTaz: Wanted]] '' (Wile E. appears)*''[[Robot Chicken]]''Looney Tunes: Back in Action (video game)<ref name="Robot Chicken 2">{{Cite web|url=httpsLooney Tunes://www.imdb.com/title/tt7997222/|title=Factory Where Nuts Are Handled|date=February 25, 2018|via=IMDb|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002155022/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7997222/|url-status=live}}</ref>* Back in Action]] (published by [[Eric BauzaElectronic Arts]] ()*''Looney Tunes: World of MayhemDouble Pack''(published by [[Majesco Entertainment]], ''developed by [[Coyote vs. AcmeWayForward Technologies]]'')<ref name=, where "Acme Antics"is the Wile E. Coyote at BTVA"/><ref name="World and Road Runner half of Mayhem">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Looney-Tunes-World-of-Mayhem/|title=the double pack)*''[[Looney Tunes World of Mayhem|website=Behind the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-01|archive-date=2019-06-19|archive-url=https://webSpace Race]]'' (Wile E.archiveis a playable character.org/web/20190619154530/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Looney-Tunes-World-of-Mayhem/|url-status=live}}</ref>)* ''[[Keith Ferguson (voice actor)|Keith FergusonLooney Tunes Acme Arsenal]] '' (Wile E. has his own level in the PS2 version.)*''[[Bugs Bunny BuildersLooney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor]]''*''Looney Tunes Dash'' (iOS and Android game)<ref name="Wile E. Coyote at BTVA"/>
===The Road Runner===The voice artist arcade game was originally to have been a [[Paul Julian (artist)|'''Paul Julian'''laserdisc]] originated -based title incorporating footage from the character's voiceactual Road Runner cartoons. Before and after his death, his voice Atari eventually decided that the format was appearing in various media, for example, in TV series, shorts too unreliable (laserdisc-based games required a great deal of maintenance) and video games, such as 2014's ''switched it to more conventional [[Looney Tunes Dashraster graphics|raster]]''. In addition, other voice actors have replaced him-based hardware. These voice actors are:
* [[Mel Blanc]] (1964 Greeting Card Record,<ref name="Card"/> ''The New Adventures of Bugs Bunny'' (1973), ''Four More Adventures of Bugs Bunny'' (1974),<ref name="Record"/> ''Looney Tunes'' Talking Character Wall Clock<ref nameIn popular culture=="Talking Clock"/>)* [[Keith Scott (voice actor)|Keith Scott]] (''[[Road Runner Roller Coaster]]'' commercial,<ref name="demo">{{cite web|title=Keith Scott|url=https://www.blah.com.au/artistdetails%26id%3D36|publisher=Blah Artists|access-date=July 2, 2020|archive-date=July 4, 2020|archive-url=httpsFile://webWile E.archive.org/web/20200704084801/https://www.blah.com.au/artistdetails%26id%3D36|url-status=dead}}</ref> Coyote''The Looney Tunes Radio Show''<ref name="Radio Show 1"/><ref name="Radio Show 2"/>)<ref name="Road Runner s ACME Instant Tunnel at BTVA">{{cite webMIT.jpg|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Looney-Tunes/Road-Runner/thumb|title=Voice(s) A mural of Road Runner|website=Behind Wile E. Coyote smashed into the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-04-05|archive-date=2021-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010053940/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Looney-Tunes/Road-Runner/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="scottbio"/><ref name= "scottbio2"/>* [[Joe Alaskey]] (''[[Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor]]'')<ref name="Joe Alaskey"/>* [[James Arnold Taylor]] (''[[The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!]]'')<ref name="Drawn Together"/>* [[Kevin Shinick]] (''[[Mad (TV series)|Mad]]'')<ref name="Mad">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Mad/Road-Runner/|title=Voice wall of Road Runner in Mad|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-12|archive-date=2021-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022190451/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Mad/Road-Runner/|url-status=live}}</ref>* the Rotch Library at [[Seth GreenMIT]] (''[[Robot Chicken]]'')<ref name="Robot Chicken">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Robot-Chicken/Road-Runner/|title=Voice of Road Runner in Robot Chicken|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-12|archive-date=2021-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429032802/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Robot-Chicken/Road-Runner/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Eric Bauza]] (''Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem'')<ref name="Road Runner at BTVA"/><ref name="World of Mayhem"/>
==Video games==Several Wile E. Coyote and In the Road Runner-themed video games have been produced:{{Div col|colwidth=25em}}* film ''[[Road Runner The Shining (gamefilm)|Road RunnerThe Shining]]'' (arcade game by [[Atari]]1980), later ported to Danny and Wendy are watching the [[Commodore 64]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Atari 2600]], and several [[Personal computer|PC]] platforms)* ''Electronic Road Runner'' (self-contained LCD game from Tiger Electronics released on television, in 1990)* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' ([[Game Boy]] game by [[Sunsoft]])their hotel room.* ''[[The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle]]'' (NES/Game Boy game by [[Kemco]])* ''[[The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2]]'' (Game Boy game by [[Kemco]])* ''[[The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout]]'' (NES game by [[Kemco]])* ''[[Road Runner's Death Valley Rally]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] game by [[Sunsoft]])* ''Wile E. Coyote's Revenge'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] game by [[Sunsoft]])* ''[[Desert Speedtrap]]'' ([[Sega Game Gear]] and [[Sega Master System]] game by [[Sega]]/[[Probe Entertainment|Probe Software]])* ''[[Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3]]'' (Game Boy game by Kemco)* ''[[Desert Demolition]]'' ([[Mega Drive|Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] game by [[Sega]]/[[BlueSky Software]])* ''[[SheepLater on, Dog, 'n' Wolf]]'' (for the original when [[PlayStationJack Torrance]] chases Danny and published by Infogrames, actually based on Wendy through the [[Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog]] cartoonshedges, but Jack becomes the Road Runner does make two [[cameo appearance]]s)* ''[[Looney Tunes B-Ball]]'' (Wile E. is a playable character)* ''[[Space Jam (video game)|Space Jam]]''* ''[[Looney Tunes Racing]]'' (Wile E. is a playable character. The Road Runner is also seen in the game as a non-playable character.)* ''[[Taz Express]]'' ([[Nintendo 64]]) game published by [[Infogrames]] (Wile E is an antagonist)* ''[[Taz: Wanted]]'' (Wile E. appears)* ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action (video game)|Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' (published by [[Electronic Arts]])* ''Looney Tunes Double Pack'' (published by [[Majesco Entertainment]]Coyote, developed by [[WayForward|WayForward Technologies]]who fails, where "Acme Antics" is the Wile E. Coyote while Wendy and Danny become the Road Runner half of the double pack)* ''[[Looney Tunes: Space Race]]'' (Wile E, who successfully escapes to freedom. is a playable character)* ''[[Looney Tunes Acme Arsenal]]'' (Wile E. has his own level in the PS2 version)* ''[[Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor]]''* ''[[Looney Tunes Dash]]'' (iOS and Android game)* ''Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem'' (iOS and Android game){{Div col end}}
==In popular culture==[[File:Wile E. Coyote's ACME Instant Tunnel at MIT.jpg|thumb|A mural of Wile E. Coyote smashed into the wall of the Rotch Library at [[MIT]]. Due to differences and Road Runner have been frequently referenced in floor height in connected buildings, this hallway unexpectedly ends in a wallpopular culture.]] There are two scenes in [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s 1980 adaptation of ''[[The Shining Villain (1979 film)|The ShiningVillain]]'' where (directed by [[Danny TorranceHal Needham]] and his mother, ) is a parody of these animated shorts as well as being a spoof of westerns. In ''[[Wendy TorranceThe Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!]]'', Road Runner gets run down and dies, are watching after which Coyote commits suicide by shooting himself in the cartoonshead with a prop gun.
The 1979 Western comedy film Wile E. also appears on the DVD version of ''[[The Villain (1979 film)|The VillainSeth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy]]'' is in a tribute to segment called "Die, Sweet Roadrunner, Die". In the cartoonssegment, reconstructing several famous gags in live actionWile E.<ref>{{cite news|first=Gene|last=Siskel|authorlink=Gene Siskel|title='Villain' is like finally manages to kill the Road Runner(by accident) and eats him for dinner, but it isn't funny|url=https://wwwand then he has no idea what to do with the rest of his life because he has been "chasing that damn bird for almost 20 years". Wile E.newspapersbecomes an alcoholic and is fired from his job as a waiter after having an outburst when he messes up an order.com/clip/37073204/gene_siskel_movie_review_the_villain/|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tribune Media Services]]|date=July 25, 1979|page=10, sWile E. 3|access-date=March 13almost commits suicide by catapulting into a cliff, 2023|archive-date=October 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012103307/https://www.newspapersbut has a revelation and decides to be an evangelist.com/clip/37073204/gene_siskel_movie_review_the_villain/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In the 1992 film Wile E. made a cameo in ''[[Under SiegeThe Simpsons]]''episode "[[Smoke on the Daughter]]" on the [[couch gag]] in which he paints a fake couch on the living room wall and leaves and the Simpsons then run into the wall as [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] zooms in and says the Road Runner's catchphrase "Beep, beep!"''The Simpsons'' has also referenced Wile E. and the Road Runnerin several other episodes including " is the code name of the renegade former CIA operative William Strannix, played by [[Tommy Lee JonesThe Scorpion's Tale]]", in which showed a real coyote chasing a reference to the fact that the character is never capturedreal roadrunner.
Both Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner have appeared in ''[[Robot Chicken101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'' on multiple occasionsincluded a parody of the cartoons in the episode ''The Making Of. One sketch sees Wile E. faking his own suicide and then torching the Road Runner with a flamethrower when he shows up at Wile E.'s "funeral". Another sketch shows Wile E. teaching a college course on ', where [[How to Get Away with Murder|how to get away with murderCruella De Vil]]takes the coyote's role, using and Spot the Road RunnerRoadrunner's murder as an example; the students trace the mail orders for the ACME products used to commit the murder to Wile E., who is executed by electric chair for the crime<ref>{{cite episode| title = The Making Of. Another sketch sees Wile E. presenting his iconic "fake tunnel" at an art auction, and another reveals why Wile E.'s ACME products always fail | series = 101 Dalmatians: The Series| network = American Broadcasting Company| airdate=1998-02- the ACME Corporation is run by multiple Road Runners.08| season = 2| number = 56}}</ref>
The music video for Humorist [[Twisted SisterIan Frazier]]'s signature song created the mock-legal prose piece "[[We're Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister song)|We're Not Gonna Take It]]Coyote v. Acme" was based heavily on the cartoon.,<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/S0Vyr1TylTE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121219124720/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Vyr1TylTE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=httpshttp://www.youtubelegalnews.comnet/quotes/watch?v=S0Vyr1TylTEwilee.htm |title=Video of Dee Snider's 1985 testimony before the PMRCCoyote v. Acme |websitepublisher=[[YouTube]]Legalnews.net |access-date=April 11, 2019}}{{cbignore|accessdate=2010-04-10}}</ref>which is included in a book of the same name.
Humorist In 2009, a group of [[Ian FrazierEMRTC]] created the mock-legal prose piece "engineers attempt to recreate Wile E. Coyote v. Acme",<ref>Frazier, Ian, "'s failed contraptions on a [[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1990/02/26/coyote-v-acme Coyote v. AcmeTruTV]] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016032705/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1990/02/26/coyote-v-acme |date=2018-10-16 }}", series ''[[The New YorkerMan vs. Cartoon]]'', February 26, 1990, p. 42.</ref> which is included in a book of the same name.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Frazier|first=Ian|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47995755|title=Coyote v. Acme|publisher=Picador USA|year=2002|isbn=0312420587|edition=1st|location=New York|oclc=47995755|access-date=2021-06-23|archive-date=2023-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428154411/https://www.worldcat.org/title/47995755|url-status=live}}</ref>
During a scene Road Runner appeared in ''[[The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!]]'', the ''[[Drawn TogetherMad (TV series)|Mad]]'' cast accidentally run over and kill segment "Meep! My Dad Says" as a father. In the sketch "RiOa", Road Runner with [[List finds a ring in his lunch and gets the power to fly as Wile E. gets hit on the head by an anvil. In "Body of Drawn Together characters|Foxxy Love]]'s van. Upon noticing thisPwoof", Road Runner is dead and at a hospital and Elmer Fudd blames Wile E. Coyote runs up to for killing the Road Runner's corpse and declares . Road Runner is also seen in the sketch "Without you, my life really has no meaningDoes Someone Have to GOa?"In another ''Mad'' segment, before shooting himself with a [[Novelty item|"Bang!" flag gun]]Road Runner gets arrested for speeding and Wile E. gets arrested for using an illegal rocket.
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| colour name = Lightblue| multiple = yesWile E. Coyote| series = [[Looney Tunes]]/[[Merrie Melodies]]| image = tobeepornottobeepWile E Coyote.jpg| image_size = 300 pxpng| caption = The duo as seen in ''[[To Beep or Not to Beep]]'' (1963)| first = ''[[Fast and Furry-ous]]'' ({{Start date and agenowrap|(September 17, 1949|9|17)}}) | voice creator = '''Wile E. Coyote''':<br />[[Mel BlancChuck Jones]] | voice = Silent <small>(1952–19891949–1952)</small><br />[[Joe AlaskeyMel Blanc]] (1990–2001)<ref name="Joe Alaskey"small>{{cite web|title=Joe Alaskey interview (Tiny Toon Adventures / Looney Tunes / Who Framed Roger Rabbit)|url=http://www.saturdaymorningrewind.com/joe-alaskey-podcast-interview.html|publisher=Saturday Morning Rewind|quote=Since 1981, over the past 30 years1952–1986, I've been doing Bugs, Daffy and the other characters. I'm the only guy in the talent pool who has played all of the major characters, including… yes, including Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner[[Bugs Bunny]] shorts, but also Porky. You have to hunt for some and ''[[Adventures of these credits, but I have done them all at one point; Hubie and Bertie, and Henery Hawk, all those characters.|postscript=Joe Alaskey voiced Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.|access-date=June 12, 2021|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420141512/http://www.saturdaymorningrewind.com/joe-alaskey-podcast-interview.html|url-status=live}}]]'')</refsmall><br />[[Bob BergenJoe Alaskey]] <small>(1998)<ref name="Learning ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures">{{cite web|url=https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/videowbmisc.aspx|title=Looney Tunes DVD and Video Guide: VHS: Misc.|website=The Inernet Animation Database|access-date=November 30]]'', 2021|archive-date=November 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130210008/https://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/videowbmisc.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Silly Seals">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Bugs-Bunnys-Silly-Seals/|title=Bugs Bunny's Silly Seals|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-20|archive-date=2020-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018173239/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Bugs-Bunnys-Silly-Seals/|url-status=live}}webtoon)</refsmall><br />[[Dee Bradley Baker]] (2003)<ref name="Duck Dodgers"small>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Duck-Dodgers/Alien-Hunter/|title=Voice of Alien Hunter in (''[[Duck Dodgers|website=Behind the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-21|archive-date=2021-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611021329/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Duck-Dodgers/Alien-Hunter/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />[[Maurice LaMarche]] (2008'')<ref name="Conductor 1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Looney-Tunes-Cartoon-Conductor/Wile-E-Coyote/|title=Voice of Wile E. Coyote in Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor|website=Behind the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-21|archive-date=2021-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611021315/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Looney-Tunes-Cartoon-Conductor/Wile-E-Coyote/|url-status=live}}</refsmall><br />[[James Arnold TaylorDaran Norris]] (2014)<ref name="Cartoon Universe"small>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Scooby-Doo-Looney-Tunes-Cartoon-Universe-Adventure/|title=(''Scooby Doo ! & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-30|archive-date=2019-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419163625/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Scooby-Doo-Looney-Tunes-Cartoon-Universe-Adventure/|url-status=live}}'')</refsmall><br />[[JP Karliak|J. P. Karliak]] (2015–2020)<ref name="Wabbit">{{cite tweet|user=jpkarliak|author=JP Karliak|number=644928366504603650|date=18 September 2015|title=The latest #Wabbit promo has a moment of me as Wile EJ. getting "windedP." On #BoomerangTV next month! #SuperGenius}}</ref><br />[[Eric BauzaKarliak]] (2018–present)<br /small>[[Keith Ferguson (voice actor)|Keith Ferguson]] (2022–present)<br />'''The Road Runner''':<br />[[Paul Julian Wabbit (artistTV series)|Paul JulianWabbit]] (1949–1994, 1996–present; vocal archives only'')<ref name="Superior Duck">[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0117787/ "Road Runner in Superior Duck"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215052441/https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0117787/ |date=2019-12-15 }} Retrieved 2019-11-18.</ref><br /small>[[Mel Blanc]] (1964, 1973–1974)<ref name="Card">[https://cartoonresearchtwitter.com/index.phpjpkarliak/classic-cartoon-greeting-card-records-by-buzza-cardozostatus/ "Classic Cartoon Greeting Card Records by Buzza-Cardozo"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604194249/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/classic-cartoon-greeting-card-records-by-buzza-cardozo/ |date=2020-06-04 }} Retrieved 2020-06-04.644928366504603650</ref><ref name| alias ="Record">[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bugs-bunny-in-storyland-the-good-the-bad-the-bugs/ ""Bugs Bunny in Storyland": The Good, The Bad & the Bugs"] {{WebarchiveCoyote|urlgender =https://web.archive.org/web/20200920050720/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bugs-bunny-in-storyland-the-good-the-bad-the-bugs/ |date=2020-09-20 }} Retrieved 2020-06-04.</ref><ref name="Talking Clock">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/wGmvMSk5as4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210611021315/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmvMSk5as4&t=35s Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmvMSk5as4&t=35s|title=Looney Tunes Talking Wall Clock|publisher=YouTube|access-date=April 5, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><br />[[Joe Alaskey]] (2008)<ref name="Joe Alaskey"/><br />Eric Bauza (2018–present)<br />([[#Voice actors|see below]])Male| creator species = [[Chuck Jones]]<br />[[Michael MalteseCoyote]]| species nationality = Wile E. Coyote: [[Coyote]]<br />The Road Runner: [[Greater Roadrunner]]American| gender genus = [[MaleWilius Cyotious]] (both)
}}
{{Infobox character| name = The Road Runner| series = [[Looney Tunes]]| image = Roadrunner looney tunes.png| caption = | first = ''[[Fast and Furry-ous]]'' {{nowrap|(September 17, 1949)}}| creator = [[Chuck Jones]], [[Michael Maltese]]| voice = [[Mel Blanc]] <small>(1949-1989)</small><br />[[Paul Julian (artist)|Paul Julian]] <small>(1952-1995)</small><br />[[Frank Welker]] <small>(1990-1995)</small><br />[[Dee Bradley Baker]] <small>(2006-present)</small>| catch phrase = MEEP MEEP| gender = Male| species = [[Roadrunner]]| nationality = American| genus = [[Maximus Spedius]]}}'''Wile E. Coyote''' (also known simply as "The Coyote") and '''the The Road Runner''' are a duo of [[Character (arts)|cartoon characters]] from the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series of [[animated cartoon|cartoons]], first appearing in 1949 in the theatrical cartoon short ''[[Fast and Furry-ous]]''. In each episode, the cunningcartoons, devious and constantly hungry [[coyote]] Coyote repeatedly attempts to catch and subsequently eat the Road Runner, a [[Greater roadrunner|Road Runnerfast-running ground bird]], but is never successful in catching the Road Runner (but not eating him) on only extremely rare occasions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia Coyote, instead of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 [[coyote|publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/128/mode/2up |pages=128–129}}</ref> Instead of his species']] animal instincts, the coyote uses absurdly complex contraptions (generally [[Rube Goldberg machine|sometimes in the manner of [[Rube Goldberg]]) and elaborate plans to try to catch pursue his prey, which always comically backfire, with the coyote often Wile normally getting injured in [[by the slapstick]] fashion. Many of the items for these contrivances are [[Mail order|mail-ordered]] from a variety of companies implied to be part of the [[Acme Corporation]]. One [[running gag]] involves the coyote trying, in vain, to shield himself with a little parasol against a great falling boulder that is about to crush him. Another involves him falling from high cliffs, after momentarily being suspended in midair—as if the fall is delayed until he realizes that there is nothing below him. The rest of the scene, shot from a [[bird's-eye view]], shows him falling into a canyon so deep that his figure is eventually lost to sight, with only a small puff of dust indicating his impact. The coyote is notably a brilliant artist, capable of quickly painting incredibly lifelike renderings of such things as tunnels and roadside scenes, in further (and equally futile) attempts to deceive the birdhumor.
The characters were created for [[Warner Bros.]] in 1948 by [[animation director]] [[Chuck Jones]] and writer in 1948 for [[Michael MalteseWarner Bros.]], with Maltese also setting while the template for their adventureswas the work of writer [[Michael Maltese]]. The characters star in a long-running series of theatrical cartoon shorts (the first 16 of which were written by Maltese) and occasional made-for-television cartoons. Originally It was originally meant to parody chase-cartoon characters cartoons like ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'',<ref>{{Citation|last= Schneider|first= Steve|year= 1988|title= That's All Folks!: The Art of Warner Bros. Animation|publisher= Henry Holt and Company|publication-place= New York, New York|page= 222}}</ref> they but became popular in their its own right.
The coyote Coyote appears separately as an occasional [[antagonist]] of [[Bugs Bunny]] in five shorts from 1952 to 1963: ''[[Operation: Rabbit]]'', ''[[To Hare Is Human]]'', ''[[Rabbit's Feat]]'', ''[[Compressed Hare]]'', and ''[[Hare-Breadth Hurry]]''. While he is generally silent in the Wile E. Coyote – -Road Runner shorts, he speaks with a [[Mid-Atlantic English|refined accent]] in these solo outings (except for ''[[Hare-Breadth Hurry]]''), beginning with 1952's ''[[Operation: Rabbit]]'', introducing himself as "Wile E. Coyote, Genius — super genius", voiced by with an [[Mel BlancMid-Atlantic English|upper-class accent]]. Wile E. Coyote additionally speaks in the 1965 short ''by [[Zip Zip Hooray!Mel Blanc]]'', where he explains his desire to eat the Road Runner. <ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Flint |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Mel Blanc, Who Provided Voices For 3,000 Cartoons, Is Dead at 81 |url=httpshttp://wwwquery.nytimes.com/1989gst/07/11/obituaries/mel-blanc-who-provided-voices-for-3000-cartoons-is-dead-at-81fullpage.html ?res=950DE1D7143EF932A25754C0A96F948260 |work= |newspaperpublisher=The New York Times |date=July 11, 1989 |access-dateaccessdate=December 1, 2007 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719084451/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/11/obituaries/mel-blanc-who-provided-voices-for-3000-cartoons-is-dead-at-81.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Road Runner vocalizes only with his a signature sound, "[[Beep, beep (sound)|beepBeep, beepBeep]]" sound, recorded by [[Paul Julian (artist)|Paul Julian]] , and an accompanying occasional "popping-cork" tongue soundnoise.<ref name="Barrier interview">The interviews included in the [[DVD]] commentary were recorded by animation historian [[Michael Barrier (historian)|Michael Barrier]] for his book ''Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age''.</ref>
''[[TV Guide]]'' included Wile E. Coyote in its their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time".<ref>Bretts, Bruce; Roush, Matt; (March 25, 2013). "Baddies to the Bone: The 60 nastiest villains of all time". ''[[TV Guide]]''. pp. 14−15.</ref>
==Creation==
Jones based the coyote Coyote on [[Mark Twain]]'s book ''[[Roughing It]]'',<ref name="Collins1989">{{Cite news journal |last=Collins |first= Glen |date=November 7, 1989 |title=Chuck Jones on Life and Daffy Duck | url=httpshttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE0DB1E3CF934A35752C1A96F948260 |newspaperpostscript = . | journal=The New York Times |access-date=September 18, 2017 |archive-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428154218/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/07/movies/chuck-jones-on-life-and-daffy-duck.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in which Twain described the coyote as "a long, slim, sick and sorry-looking skeleton" that is "a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is ''always'' hungry." Jones said he created the Wile E. Coyote-Road Runner cartoons as a [[parody]] of traditional "[[cat and mouse]]" cartoons such as [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]'s ''[[Tom and Jerry]],''which Jones would work on as a director later in his career.<ref name="Barrier">{{cite book|title=Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age|last=Barrier|first=Michael|date=November 6, 2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=United States|isbn=978-0-19-516729-0|page=672|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195167295|accessdate=March 9, 2008}}</ref> Jones modelled the coyoteCoyote's appearance on fellow animator [[Ken Harris]].<ref>{{cite news | url=httpshttp://www.theguardianguardian.comco.uk/film/2013/apr/19/richard-williams-master-animation | title=Richard Williams: the master animator | work=The Guardian | date=April 19, 2013 | access-dateaccessdate=2013-04-26 | author=Wroe, Nicholas | archive-date=2020-11-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015936/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/19/richard-williams-master-animation | url-status=live }}</ref> The coyote's name of Wile E. is a pun of the word "wily." The "E" stands for "Ethelbert" in one issue of a Looney Tunes comic book.<ref name="Newsfromme.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_02_20.html#012965 |title=News from Me (column): "The Name Game" (Feb. 20, 2006), by Mark Evanier |publisher=Newsfromme.com |access-date=2010-04-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304081357/http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_02_20.html#012965 |archive-date=March 4, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The coyote's surname is routinely pronounced with a long "e" ({{IPAc-en|k|aɪ|ˈ|oʊ|t|iː}} {{respell|ky|OH|tee}}), but in one cartoon short, ''[[To Hare Is Human]]'', Wile E. is heard pronouncing it with a [[diphthong]] ({{IPAc-en|k|aɪ|ˈ|oʊ|t|eɪ}} {{respell|ky|OH|tay}}). Early model sheets for the character prior to his initial appearance (in ''[[Fast and Furry-ous]]'') identified him as "Don Coyote", a pun on [[Don Quixote]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.i-foo.com/~eocostello/wbcc/eowbcc-w.html#wile_e_coyote|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712234212/http://www.i-foo.com/~eocostello/wbcc/eowbcc-w.html#wile_e_coyote|archive-date=July 12, 2011|title=The Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion: Wile E. Coyote|author=Costello, E.O.|quote=The original model sheet for the character bears a label referring to the character as “Don Coyote”, in reference to Miguel Ceverantes’ ''Don Quixote''.}}</ref>
The Road RunnerCoyote's name of Wile E. is a pun of the word "wily."[[Beep, beep (sound)|beep, beep sound]]The "E" was inspired by background artist [[Paul Julian (artist)|Paul Julian]]'s imitation said to stand for Ethelbert in one issue of a [[Vehicle horn|car horn]]Looney Tunes comic book, but its writer had not intended it to be canon.<refname="Newsfromme.com">{{cite videoweb|peopleurl=[[Michael Barrier]] http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_02_20.html#012965 |title="[[Beep, Beep News from Me (filmcolumn)]]: "The Name Game" on [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2]] (Region 2 DVD releaseFeb. 20, 2006) , by Mark Evanier |mediumpublisher=DVD commentary Newsfromme.com |timedate=0m26s |quoteaccessdate=Actually the title is somewhat of a misnomer; the actual 'beep beep' sound you just heard the Road Runner make was made by a background painter named Paul Julian, who used to make it in the hallways at Warner Brothers when he was carrying a large painting along, so people would get out of his way. Chuck Jones heard him make that 2010- or [[Treg Brown]] I guess, actually, the sound effects wizard at Warner Brothers 04- heard him make that noise and suggested that they record that for the Road Runner, and it's been the standard Road Runner noise ever since.10}}</ref> Julian voiced the various recordings of the phrase used throughout the Road Runner cartoons, although on-screen he was uncredited for his work. According to animation historian [[Michael Barrier]], JulianThe Coyote's preferred spelling of the sound effect was either surname is routinely pronounced with a long "hmeep hmeepe"<ref>({{IPAc-en|k|aɪ|ˈ|oʊ|t|iː}} {{cite videorespell|ky|people=[[Michael Barrier]] OH|title="tee}}), but in one cartoon short, ''[[Fast and Furry-ousTo Hare Is Human]]" on '', Wile E. is heard pronouncing it with a [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1|Looney Tunes All-Stars: Part 1diphthong]] (Region 2 DVD release) {{IPAc-en|k|aɪ|ˈ|oʊ|t|eɪ}} {{respell|medium=DVD commentary ky|time=6m10s OH|quote=Even though tay}}). Early model sheets for the expression was spelled character prior to his initial appearance (in 'beep beep' on the screen, [[Fast and that the word Furry-ous]]'beep' was used in many subsequent Road Runner cartoon titles, Paul Julian insisted that the correct spelling was 'H-M-E-E-P) identified him as "Don Coyote"; 'hmeep hmeep', rather than 'beep beep'. But obviously after dozens of Road Runner cartoons, and other appearances a pun of the Road Runner and Coyote in other media, with the word 'beep' attached, it's much too late to make any change in that spelling.}}</ref> or "mweep, mweep"name [[Don Quixote]].<ref>{{cite videoweb|url=http://www.i-foo.com/~eocostello/wbcc/eowbcc-w.html#wile_e_coyote|peoplearchiveurl=[[Michael Barrier]] http://web.archive.org/web/20110712234212/http://www.i-foo.com/~eocostello/wbcc/eowbcc-w.html#wile_e_coyote|titlearchivedate="[[BeepJuly 12, Beep (film)]]" on [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2]] (Region 2 DVD release) 2011|mediumtitle=DVD commentary The Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion: Wile E. Coyote|timeauthor=0m50s Costello, E.O.|quote=Paul Julian said that The original model sheet for the character bears a label referring to the actual spelling of that should be something more like 'M-W-E-E-P'; 'mweep mweep' character as opposed “Don Coyote”, in reference to Miguel Ceverantes’ 'beep beep'. But Don Quixote'beep beep' it is on screen here and 'beep beep', as far as 99.9% of the world is concerned, it still is.}}</ref>
==List of cartoons==
The series consists of:
* 48 shorts, mostly about 6 to 7 minutes long, but including three webtoons which are "three-minute, three-dimensional cartoons in widescreen (scope)".<ref name="forum.blueguerilla.org">{{clrcite web|url=http://forum.blueguerilla.org/viewtopic.php?p=142221|title=blueguerilla.org :: View topic - Looney Tunes exclusive clip: Coyote Falls|publisher=|accessdate=December 16, 2014}}<div style="overflow:auto;"/ref>* One half-hour special (26 minutes).* One feature-length film that combines [[live action]] and animation (91 minutes).{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 80%;"
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!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| #!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Release date!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Title!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Duration!style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Credits!style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| [[Dog Latin|Pseudo-Latin]] names given!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[Acme Corporation]] devices used!style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Books Studied
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! style="text-align:left;"| Story/writing! style="text-align:left;"| Direction!style="text-align:left;"| For the Road Runner!style="text-align:left;"| For the Coyote
|-
| 1
| 6:55
| [[Michael Maltese]]
| [[Chuck Jones]] (credited as |Charles M. Jones)]]| Acceleratii incredibus| Carnivorous vulgaris| ACME Super Outfit|
|-
| 2
| ''[[Beep, Beep (film)|Beep, Beep]]''
| 6:45
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones| Charles M. Jones]]| Accelerati incredibilus| Carnivorous vulgaris| Aspirin, Matches, Rocket-Powered Roller Skates|
|-
| 3
| ''[[Going! Going! Gosh!]]''
| 6:25
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones| Charles M. Jones]]| Acceleratti incredibilis| Carnivorous vulgaris| an anvil, a weather balloon, a street cleaner's bin, and a fan|
|-
| 4
| ''[[Zipping Along]]''
| 6:55
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones| Charles M. Jones]]| Velocitus tremenjus| Road-Runnerus digestus| Giant Kite Kit, Bomb, Detonator, Nitroglycerin| "Hypnotism Self-Taught" by Hershenburger
|-
| 5
| ''[[Stop! Look! And Hasten!]]''
| 7:00
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones| Charles M. Jones]]| Hot-roddicus supersonicus| Eatibus anythingus| Bird Seed, Triple Strength Fortified Leg Muscle Vitamins| "How to Build a Burmese Tiger Trap"
|-
| 6
| ''[[Ready, Set, Zoom!]]''
| 6:55
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones| Charles M. Jones]]| Speedipus Rex| Famishus-Famishus| Glue, Female Road-Runner Costume|
|-
| 7
| ''[[Guided Muscle]]''
| 6:40
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones| Charles M. Jones]]| Velocitus delectiblus| Eatibus almost anythingus| ACME Grease|
|-
| 8
| ''[[Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z]]''
| 6:35
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones| Charles M. Jones]]| Delicius-delicius| Eatius birdius| ACME Triple Strength Battleship Steel Armor Plate, Rubber Band, Anvil, Jet Bike (Made with Iron Handle Bars and a Jet Motor)|
|-
| 9
| ''[[There They Go-Go-Go!]]''
| 6:35
| [[Michael Maltese]]
| [[Chuck Jones]]
| Dig-outius tid-bittius
| Famishius fantasticus
|
|
|-
| 10
| ''[[Scrambled Aches]]''
| 6:50
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| Tastyus supersonicus| Eternalii famishiis| ACME Dehydrated Boulders, Outboard Steam Roller|
|-
| 11
| ''[[Zoom and Bored]]''
| 6:15
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| Birdibus zippibus| Famishus vulgarus| ACME Bumblebees|
|-
| 12
| ''[[Whoa, Be-Gone!]]''
| 6:10
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| Birdius high-ballius| Famishius vulgaris ingeniusi| Tornado Kit, Rubber Band (For Tripping Road-Runners), Water Pistol|
|-
| 13
| ''[[Hook, Line and Stinker]]''
| 5:55
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| Burnius-roadibus| Famishius-famishius| Bird Seed|
|-
| 14
| ''[[Hip Hip-Hurry!]]''
| 6:13
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| digoutius-unbelieveablii| eatius-slobbius| Hi-Speed Tonic, Mouse Snare|
|-
| 15
| ''[[Hot-Rod and Reel!]]''
| 6:25
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| Super-sonicus-tastius| Famishius-famishius| Jet-Propelled Pogo Stick, Jet-Propelled Unicycle|
|-
| 16
| ''[[Wild About Hurry]]''
| 6:45
| [[Michael Maltese]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| Batoutahelius| Hardheadipus oedipus| Giant Elastic Rubber Band, 5 Miles of Railroad Track, Rocket Sled, Bird Seed, Iron Pellets, Indestructo Steel Ball|
|-
| 17
| ''[[Fastest with the Mostest]]''
| 7:20
| Michael Maltese (uncredited)| [[Chuck Jones]]| Velocitus incalcublii| Carnivorous slobbius| Balloon Basket, Balloon,|
|-
| 18
| ''[[Hopalong Casualty]]''
| 6:05
| [[Chuck Jones]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| speedipus-rex| Hard-headipus ravenus| Christmas Packaging Machine, Earthquake Pills|
|-
| 19
| ''[[Zip 'N Snort]]''
| 5:50
| [[Chuck Jones]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| digoutius-hot-rodis| evereadii eatibus| Iron Pellets, Bird Seed, Axle Grease|
|-
| 20
| ''[[Lickety-Splat]]''
| 6:20
| [[Chuck Jones]]| [[Chuck Jones]],<br />[[Abe Levitow]]| Fastius tasty-us| Appetitius giganticus| Roller skis, Boomerang|
|-
| 21
| ''[[Beep Prepared]]''
| 6:00
| [[John W. Dunn (animator)|John Dunn]],<br />[[Chuck Jones]]| [[Chuck Jones]],<br />[[Maurice Noble]]| Tid-bittius velocitus| Hungrii flea-bagius| ACME Iron Bird Seed| Iron Bird Seed, Little-Giant Do-It-Yourself Rocket Sled
|-
| Film
| {{Start date|1962|6|2}}
| style="white-space:nowrap;"|''[[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography#1960s|Adventures of the Road Runner]]''
| 26:00
| style="white-space:nowrap;"|[[John W. Dunn (animator)|John Dunn]],<br />[[Chuck Jones]],<br />[[Michael Maltese]]<br /><ref name="supercartoons.net">{{Cite web|url=https://www.supercartoons.net/cartoon/866/road-runner-adventures-of-the-road-runner.html[[Chuck Jones]]|title=Adventures of the Road-Runner|website=Super Cartoons|access-date=2020-12-02Sonnicus Idioticus|archive-datestyle=2021"white-01-18space:nowrap;"|archiveDesertous-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118234934/https://www.supercartoons.net/cartoon/866/road-runner-adventures-of-the-road-runner.htmloperativus Idioticus|url-status=live}}</ref>| Chuck Jones<br />Maurice Noble<br />[[Tom Ray]]<br /><ref name="supercartoons.net"/>
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| ''[[Zoom at the Top]]''
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| [[Chuck Jones]]| [[Chuck Jones]],<br />[[Maurice Noble]]| disappearialis quickius| overconfidentii vulgaris| Bird seed, instant icicle-maker, boomerang|
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| ''[[To Beep or Not to Beep]]''<sup>1</sup>
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| ''[[War and Pieces]]''
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| [[John W. Dunn(animator)|John Dunn]]| [[Chuck Jones]],<br />[[Maurice Noble]]| Burn-em upus asphaltus| Caninus nervous rex| Invisible Paint|
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| {{Start date|1965|1|1}}
| ''[[Zip Zip Hooray!]]''<sup>2</sup>
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| [[John W. Dunn(animator)|John Dunn]]| [[Chuck Jones<br />Maurice Noble]]| Super-Sonnicus Idioticus| ||
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| ''[[Road Runner a Go-Go]]''<sup>2</sup>
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| [[John W. Dunn(animator)|John Dunn]]| [[Chuck Jones<br />Maurice Noble]]| | | | None, although Wile E. Coyote does study a film
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| ''[[The Wild Chase]]''
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| | [[Friz Freleng]]| Friz Freleng,<br />[[Hawley Pratt]]| | | Iron Pellets, Bird Seed|
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| {{Start date|1965|7|31}}
| ''[[Rushing Roulette]]''
| 6:20
| David Detiege
| [[Robert McKimson]]
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| Sproing Boots
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| {{Start date|1965|8|21}}
| ''[[Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner]]''
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| [[Rudy Larriva]]
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| {{Start date|1965|9|18}}
| ''[[Tired and Feathered]]''| 6:20 | [[Rudy Larriva]]| [[Rudy Larriva]]| | |Dynamite, Assorted Washers|Birds And Their Habitat
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| {{Start date|1965|10|9}}
| ''[[Boulder Wham!]]''
| 6:30
| [[Len Janson]]
| [[Rudy Larriva]]| | | Deluxe Hi-bounce Trampoline Kit|Hypnotism for Beginners
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| {{Start date|1965|10|30}}
| ''[[Just Plane Beep]]''| 6:45
| Don Jurwich
| [[Rudy Larriva]]| | | War Surplus Biplane| untitled flight instruction book
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| 33
| {{Start date|1965|11|13}}
| ''[[Hairied and Hurried]]''
| 6:45
| Nick Bennion
| [[Rudy Larriva]]| | | Snow Machine, Magnetic Gun, Practice Bombs, Super Bomb, Kit|
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| {{Start date|1965|12|11}}
| ''[[Highway Runnery]]''| 6:45
| [[Al Bertino]]
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| 6:45
| Tom Dagenais
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| {{Start date|1966|1|8}}
| ''[[Shot and Bothered]]''
| 6:30
| Nick Bennion
| [[Rudy Larriva]]| | | Suction Cups|
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| {{Start date|1966|1|29}}
| ''[[Out and Out Rout]]''
| 6:00
| Dale Hale
| [[Rudy Larriva]]| | | No ACME labeled devices used.| "Hunting Birds", "The History of Speed", "How to Sail"
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| 6:15
| Don Jurwich
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| {{Start date|1966|3|12}}
| ''[[Clippety Clobbered]]''
| 6:15
| Tom Dagenais
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| Tom Dagenais
| [[Robert McKimson]]
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| Do-it-Yourself Kit Remote Control Missile-Bombs
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| 41
| {{Start date|1979|11|27}}
| ''[[Freeze Frame (1979 filmcartoon)|Freeze Frame]]''
| 6:05
| [[John W. Dunn(animator)|John W. Dunn]]<br />[[Chuck Jones]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| Semper food-ellus| Grotesques appetitus| Instant Snow Maker, Speed Skates, Jet-Propelled Skis, Dog Sled, 92 lb. Dogs, Rocking Horse, Road-Runner Lasso| Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Road Runners (But Were Afraid To Ask)
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| ''[[Soup or Sonic]]''
| 9:10
| [[Chuck Jones]]| [[Chuck Jones]],<br />[[Phil Monroe]]| Ultra-sonicus ad infinitum| Nemesis ridiculii| Frisbee Disc, Little-Giant Fire Crackers, Giant Fly Trap, Explosive Tennis Balls,|
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| 43
| {{Start date|1994|12|21}}
| ''[[Chariots of Fur]]''<sup>3</sup>
| 7:00
| [[Chuck Jones]]| [[Chuck Jones]]| Boulevardius-burnupius| Dogius ignoramii| Giant Mouse Trap, Instant Road, Cactus Costume, Lightning Bolts|
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| ''[[Little Go Beep]]''
| 7:55
| Kathleen Helppie-Shipley,<br />Earl Kress
| [[Spike Brandt]]
| style="white-space:nowrap;"|Morselus babyfatius tastius
| Poor schnookius
| Badger Trap, Stretch Hamstring, Jack in the Box with a Boxing Glove and a Big Trike with Aqua Rockets,
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| 45
| {{Start date|2003|11|1}}
| ''[[The Whizzard of Ow]]''
| 7:00
| Chris Kelly
| [[Bret Haaland]]
| ''[[Greater roadrunner|Geococcyx californianus]]''<sup>4</sup>
| ''[[Coyote|Canis latrans]]''<sup>4</sup>
| Book of Magic, Flying Broom, Bomb, Clear Paint
| "ACME Book of Magic"
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| Film
| [[Larry Doyle (writer)|Larry Doyle]]
| [[Joe Dante]]
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| ''[[Coyote Falls]]''<sup>3</sup>
| 2:59
| Tom Sheppard<ref>{{cite web
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| ''[[Fur of Flying]]''<sup>3</sup>
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| Tom Sheppard
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| Acme Bonnie Bike, Acme Mega-Motor, Acme Football Helmet, Acme Ceiling Fan
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| June 10, 2014August 30 2015| ''[[Flash in the In The Pain]]''<ref name="VarietyFranceEmerging">{{cite news|last1=Hopewell|first1=John|title=Studios, France, Emerging Industries Energize Annecy|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/markets-festivals/studios-france-emerging-industries-energize-annecy-1201216458/|access-date=February 6, 2017|work=Variety|date=June 9, 2014|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307205905/https://variety.com/2014/film/markets-festivals/studios-france-emerging-industries-energize-annecy-1201216458/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ReelFXLiveAnnecy">{{cite web|title=Reel FX Live from Annecy!|url=https://www.reelfx.com/news/item/live-from-annexy-reel-fx-is-a-trifecta|publisher=Reel FX|access-date=June 24, 2014|date=June 11, 2014|quote=Peil wrapped up the presentation with the 6th installment in the series of Looney Tunes shorts “Flash in the Pain”.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140624201453/http://www.reelfx.com/news/item/live-from-annexy-reel-fx-is-a-trifecta|archive-date=June 24, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 3:13
| Tom Sheppard
| Matthew O'Callaghan
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==Scenery==
{{original research|section|date=January 2011}}
[[Image:zoomandbored.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Zoom and Bored]]'', 1957]]
The desert scenery in the first three two Road Runner cartoons, ''[[Fast and Furry-ous]]'' (1949), and ''[[Beep, Beep (film)|Beep, Beep]]'' (1952), and ''[[Going! Going! Gosh!]]'' (also 1952), was designed by [[Robert Gribbroek]] and was quite realistic. In most later cartoons, the scenery was designed by [[Maurice Noble]] and was far more [[abstract art|abstract]]. It Several different styles were used. In ''[[The Wild Chase]]'' (1965), featuring a race between the Road Runner and [[Speedy Gonzales]], it is stated that the Road Runner is based on from [[Texas]], insofar as the deserts race announcer calls it the "Texas Road Burner." That suggests that most of the Road Runner and Coyote cartoons could take place in Texas. However, in ''[[Southwestern United StatesTo Beep or Not to Beep]]'', the catapult is constructed by the Road-Runner Manufacturing Company, which has locations in Taos, Phoenix, Santa Fe, and Flagstaff, suggesting that it takes place in or near the [[Four Corners]] ([[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], [[Utah]], [[Colorado]]) region, specifically [[Monument Valley]]. In ''[[Going! Going! Gosh!]]'' (late 1952) through ''[[Guided Muscle]]'' (late 1954) the scenery was "semi-realistic" with an offwhite sky (possibly suggesting overcast/cloudy weather condition). Gravity-defying rock formations appeared in ''[[Ready, Set, Zoom!]]'' (early 1954). A bright yellow sky made its debut in ''[[Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z]]'' (1956) but was not used consistently until ''[[There They Go-Go-Go!]]'', later in the same year. ''[[Zoom and Bored]]'' (late 1957) introduced a major change in background style. Sharp, top-heavy rock formations became more prominent, and warm colors (yellow, orange, and red) were favored. Bushes were crescent-shaped. Except for ''[[Whoa, Be-Gone!]]'' (early 1958), whose scenery design harked back to ''[[Guided Muscle]]'' in certain aspects (such as off-white sky), this style of scenery was retained as far as ''[[Fastest with the Mostest]]'' (1960). ''[[Hopalong Casualty]]'' (1960) changed the color scheme, with the sky reverting to blue, and some rocks becoming off-white, while the bright yellow desert sand color is retained, along with the 'sharp' style of rock formations pioneered by ''[[Zoom and Bored]]''. The crescent shapes used for bushes starting with ''[[Zoom and Bored]]'' were retained, and also applied to clouds. In the last scene of ''[[War and Pieces]]'' (1964), Wile E. Coyote's rocket blasts him through the center of the Earth to China, which is portrayed with abstract [[Oriental]] backgrounds. The [[Format Films]] cartoons used a style of scenery similar to ''[[Hopalong Casualty]]'' and its successors, albeit less detailed and with small puffy clouds rather than crescent-shaped ones. ''Freeze Frame'', a made-for-television short originally shown as part of the 1979 CBS special ''[[Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales]]'', depicts the Road Runner taking a turn that leads the chase into mountains and across a wintry landscape of ice and snow.
==Acme Corporation==
{{Main|Acme Corporation}}
Wile E. Coyote often obtains complex and ludicrous devices from a mail-order company, the fictitious [[Acme Corporation]], which he hopes will help him catch the Road Runner. The devices invariably fail in improbable and spectacular ways. Whether this is result of operator error or faulty merchandise is debatable. The coyote usually ends up burnt to a crisp, squashed flat, or at the bottom of a [[canyon]] (some shorts show him suffering a combination of these fates). Occasionally Acme products do work quite well (e.g. the Dehydrated Boulders, Bat-Man Outfit, Rocket Sled, Jet Powered Roller Skates, or Earthquake Pills). In Augustthis case their success often works against the coyote. For example, September and October 1982the Dehydrated Boulder, upon hydration, becomes so large that it crushes him, or the Coyote finds out that the Earthquake Pills bottle label's fine print states that the pills aren’t effective on road runners, right after he swallows the whole bottle, thinking they're ineffective. Other times he uses items that are implausible, such as a superhero outfit, thinking he could fly wearing it. (He cannot.) How the coyote acquires these products without money is not explained until the 2003 movie ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National LampoonLooney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' published , in which he is shown to be an employee of Acme. In a three-part series chronicling the lawsuit ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' episode, Wile E. makes mention of his protégé [[Calamity Coyote]] possessing an unlimited Acme [[credit card]] account, which might serve as another possible explanation. Wile E. being a "[[beta tester]]" for Acme has been another suggested explanation. Wile E. filed against also uses war equipment such as cannons, rocket launchers, grenades, and bayonets which are "generic", not Acme products. In a [[Cartoon Network]] commercial promoting Looney Tunes, they ask the Coyote why he insists on purchasing products from the Acme Corporation over when all previous contraptions have backfired on him, to which the faulty items they sold him Coyote responds with a wooden sign (''right after another item blows up in his pursuit face''): "Good line of Credit." In ''[[Whoa, Be-Gone!]]'', after successfully avoiding being hit by his own rocket, the Road Runnercoyote is run over by an "ACME" truck emerging from a tunnel. Even though The company name was likely chosen for its [[irony]] (''acme'' means ''the Road Runner appeared highest point, as of achievement or development''). Also, a company named ACME would have shown up in the first part of a witness for telephone directory. Some people have said ACME comes from the plaintiffcommon expansion ''A'' (or ''American'') ''Company that Makes'' (or ''Making'') ''Everything'', a [[backronym]] of the coyote still lost the suitword.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imao.us/2012/12/link-The origin of-the-day-wile-e-coyote-sues-name might also be related to the-acme-Acme company/ |title=Link that built a fine line of animation stands and optical printers; however, the Day: most likely explanation is the Sears house brand called Acme that appeared in their ubiquitous early 1900s mail-order catalogues. In two Road Runner and Wile eE. Coyote Sues the ACME Company |website=wwwshort films, [[Ajax (Disney)]] was used instead of [[Acme Corporation]].imao.us |date=13 December 2012 |access-date=August 4In some others, 2017 |archivethe names "A-date=6 December 2020 |archive1" and "Ace" and "Fleet-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206215510/https://www.imaoFoot" are used.us/2012/12/link-of-the-day-wile-e-coyote-sues-the-acme-company/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Laws and rules==
As in other cartoons, the Road Runner and the coyote follow certain laws of [[cartoon physics]], peculiar to an animation universe. Some examples: (1) Animation vs. Reality Mixing: the Road Runner has the ability to enter the [[Trompe-l'œil|painted image of a cave]], while the coyote cannot (unless there is an opening through which he can fall). Sometimes, however, this is reversed, and the Road Runner can burst through a painting of a broken bridge and continue on his way, while the Coyote will instead enter the mirage painting and fall down the precipice of the cliff where the bridge is out. (2) Gravity: sometimes the coyote is allowed to hang in midair until he realizes that he is about to plummet into a chasm (a process occasionally referred to elsewhere as ''Road-Runnering'' or a ''Wile E. Coyote moment''). The coyote can overtake rocks (or cannons) which fall earlier than he does, and end up being squashed by them. If a chase sequence runs over the edge of a cliff, the Road Runner is not affected by gravity, whereas the Coyote will be subject to normal earth gravity and eventually and fall to the ground below. (3) The Coyote always loses and his elaborate mechanisms always backfire (a) A chase sequence that happens upon railroad tracks inevitably results in the Coyote being run over by a train. (b) If the Coyote uses an explosive (commonly dynamite) that is triggered by a mechanism that is supposed to force the explosive in a forward motion toward its target, the actual mechanism itself will always shoot forward, leaving the explosive behind to detonate in the Coyote's face. (c) Delayed Reaction: (a) a complex apparatus that is supposed to propel an object like a boulder or steel ball forward, or trigger a trap, will not work on the Road Runner, but always does so perfectly on the Coyote - when he inspects it after its failure to ensnare the roadrunner. (b) the Road Runner can jump up and down on the trigger of a large animal trap and eat the intended trap trigger bird seed off it and leave unharmed without setting off the trap; but when the Coyote places the tiniest droplet of oil on the trigger, the trap snaps shut on him without fail. (d) On other occasions, the Coyote dons an exquisite Acme costume or propulsion device that briefly allows him to catch up to the Road Runner, but ultimately always results in him losing track of his proximity to large cliffs or walls, and while the Road Runner darts around an extremely sharp turn near a cliff defying physics, the Coyote succombs to physics and will rocket right over the edge and plummet spectacularly to the ground. In his book ''Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist'',<ref>{{cite book|title=Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times Of An Animated Cartoonist|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|year=1999|isbn=978-0-374-52620-7|first=Chuck|last=Jones}}</ref> Chuck Jones claimed that he and the artists behind the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons adhered to some simple but strict rules, years later dismissed as a 'post production observation' by principal original writer Michael Maltese who claimed no knowledge of them : # "The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going ‘Beep-Beep!’" This only applies to direct harm; however, the Road Runner is able to indirectly harm Wile Ebeep beep". One of the most common instances of indirect harm was done with a startling "Beep-Beep" that ends up either sending Wile E. off a cliff or up in the air and through a rock above him. Rule 1 This rule was broken twice, once in ''[[Clippety Clobbered]]'' when the Road Runner drops a boulder on the coyote Coyote after painting it with "invisible paint", and again in the episode 'Out and Out Rout' when the Road Runner runs over the Coyote with a steam roller. {{fact|date=November 2022}} This rule has also been broken in several CGI shorts from ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]''. {{fact|date=November 2022}}# "No outside force can harm the Coyote — only his own ineptitude or the failure of the Acme products." Trains and trucks were the exceptions exception from time to time, as well as the desert environment (boulders, cacti, etc.)# "The Coyote could stop anytime — ''if'' he were not a fanatic. (Repeat: ‘A "A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim.’ " — [[George Santayana]])."# "No dialogue ever, except 'Beep"beep-Beepbeep!'" Various onomatopoeic exclamations (such as yelping in pain) are seemingly not considered dialogue. " This rule was violated in some cartoons, such as in ''[[Zoom at the Top]]'' where the Coyote says the word "Ouch.ouch" after he gets hurt in a bear trap, as well as in shorts such as ''Adventures of the Road Runner'', which do not follow the standard formula. Typically, Wile E. Coyote communicates by holding up one or more signs that read such phrases as "[[There They Go-Go-Go!|In Heaven's name…]] [[Chariots of Fur|what am I ''doing?]]", "[[Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z|How about ending this cartoon before I hit?]]" and "[[Soup or Sonic|Okay, wise guys, you always wanted me to catch him / Now what do I do?]]", among others. The Road Runner sometimes does this too, having used signs with such phrases as "[[Fast and Furry-ous|Road Runners can't read]]", "[[Beep, Beep (film)|Road Runners can't read and don't drink]]", "[[Going! Going! Gosh!|I've already got a date]]", "[[Guided Muscle|Road Runners already have feathers]]", and "[[Zoom and Bored|I just don't have the heart"/"Bye!]]", among others. # "The Road Runner must stay on the road — otherwise, logically, he would not be called a Road Runner." This rule was broken in several shorts, including cactus patches, mines, cliff edges, mountain tops and railways.# "All action must be confined to the natural environment of the two characters — the southwest American desert." This rule was broken in ''[[Freeze Frame (1979 film)|Freeze Frame]]'', when Wile E. discovers that Road Runners hate snow and ice and chases the Road Runner onto a snowy summit. In another episode [[War and Pieces]] the Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner by riding a rocket; instead he ends up going through the ground and ends up in China. # "All materials tools, weapons, or mechanical conveniences must be obtained from the Acme Corporation." However, there have been instances in which Wile E. utilizes products not obtained from Acme. Amongst other examples, Although in ''[[Rushing Roulette]]'', the Coyote uses AJAX Ajax Stix-All glue. In "Zip 'n'[[Zip 'N Snort]]''", aside from the Acme ACME Iron Pellets, Wile E. also had a box of AJAX Bird Seed. In Fast and Furry-Ous, even though one item, the Super Outfit, was from ACME, for some reason the Jet-Propelled Tennis Shoes was from "Fleet-Feet".
# "Whenever possible, make [[gravity]] the Coyote's greatest enemy." For example, falling off a cliff.
# "The Coyote is always more humiliated than harmed by his failures."
==Spin-offs==
[[Image:Gogogo.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''[[There They Go-Go-Go!]]'']]
In another series of Warner Bros. ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoons, [[Chuck Jones]] used the character design (model sheets and personality) of Wile E. Coyote as "[[Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog|Ralph Wolf]]". In this series, Ralph continually attempts to steal [[sheep]] from a flock being guarded by the eternally vigilant Sam Sheepdog. As with the ''Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote '' series, Ralph Wolf uses all sorts of wild inventions and schemes to steal the sheep, but he is continually foiled by the [[Livestock guardian dog|sheepdog]]. In a move seen by many as a self-referential gag, Ralph Wolf continually tries to steal the sheep not because he is a fanatic (as Wile E. Coyote was), but because it is his job. In every cartoon, he and Sam Sheepdog the sheepdog punch a timeclock and , exchange pleasantries, go to work, stop what they are doing to take a lunch break, go back to work and pick up right where they left off, and clock out to go home for the day and exchange pleasantries again, all according to a factory-like blowing whistle. The most obvious prominent difference between the coyote and the [[wolf]], aside from their locales, is that Wile E. has a black nose and Ralph has a red nose.
===Comic books===
Wile E. Coyote was called '''Kelsey Coyote ''' in his comic book debut, a [[Henery Hawk]] story in ''Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies'' #91 (May 1949). He only made a couple of other appearances at this time and did not have his official name yet, as it that was not used until 1952 (in ''since [[Operation: Rabbit]]'', (his second appearance).<ref>{{cite The first appearance of the Road Runner in a comic book |editor1-last=Beck |editor1-was in ''Bugs Bunny Vacation Funnies'' #8 (August 1958) published by [[Dell Comics]]. The feature is titled "Beep Beep the Road Runner" and the story "Desert Dessert". It presents itself as the first=Jerry |title=meeting between Beep Beep and Wile E. (whose mailbox reads "Wile E. Coyote, Inventor and Genius"), and introduces the Road Runner's wife, Matilda, and their three newly hatched sons (though Matilda would soon disappear from the comics). This story established the convention that the Road Runner family talked in rhyme in the comics (The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons |date=2020 |publisher=Insight Editions |isbn=978-1-64722-137-9 |page=73}}</ref>Road Runner also talked in rhyme in many children book adoptions of the cartoons).
===Television===The Road Runner and Wile E. the Coyote also make appearances in appeared on Saturday mornings as the stars of their own TV series, ''[[The Road Runner Show]]'', from September 1966 to September 1968, on [[DC ComicsCBS]] . At this time it was merged with ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]'Looney Tunes'to become ' title'The Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Show'', running from 1968 to 1985. Wile EThe show was later seen on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] until 2000, and on [[Global Television Network|Global]] until 2001. was able to speak in some The theme song of his appearances in the DC comics.TV series went as follows:
In the 1980s1979, ABC began showing many [[Warner Bros.]] shorts, but in highly edited form. Many scenes integral to the stories were taken out, including scenes in which Wile E. Coyote landed at the bottom of the canyon after having fallen from a cliff, or had a boulder or anvil actually make contact with him. In almost all WB animated features, scenes where a character's face was burnt and black, some thought resembling [[blackface]], were removed, as were animated characters smoking [[cigarette]]s{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}. Some cigar smoking scenes were left in. The unedited versions of these shorts (with the exception of ones with blackface) were not seen again until [[Cartoon Network]], and later '[[Boomerang Freeze Frame (TV networkcartoon)|BoomerangFreeze Frame]]'', began showing them again in which Jones moved the 1990s and early 2000s. Since the release of the WB library of cartoons on [[DVD]], the cartoons gradually disappeared chase from television, presumably to increase sales of the DVDs. However, Cartoon Network began desert to air them again in 2011snow-covered mountains, coinciding with the premiere was seen as part of ''The [[Bugs Bunny's Looney Tunes ShowChristmas Tales]]'' (2011), and the shorts were afterwards moved to Boomerang, where they have remained to this day.
In ''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]'', Wile E. Coyote also appears in and Roadrunner's 28th century descendants are [[Tech E. Coyote]] and [[Rev Runner]]. Tech E. Coyote was the tech expert of the Loonatics (influenced by the past cartoons with many of the TV series ''machines ordered by Wile E. from [[New Looney TunesAcme Corporation|WabbitAcme]]''), voiced and has magnetic hands and the ability to molecularly regenerate himself (influenced by JP Karliakthe many times in which Wile E. painfully failed to capture Roadrunner and then was shown to have miraculously recovered). Tech E. Coyote speaks, in but does not have a similar vein British accent as Wile E. Coyote did. Rev Runner is also able to his previous pairings with Bugs Bunnytalk, though extremely rapidly, and can fly without the use of [[jet pack]]s, which are used by other members of the Loonatics. He appears as Bugsalso has sonic speed, also a take off of Roadrunner. Ironically, the pair get on rather well, despite the number of gadgets Tech designs in order to stop Rev talking. Also they have their moments where they don' annoying know-t get along. When friendship is shown it-all neighbor who always uses his inventions is often only from Rev to Tech, not the other way around; this could however be attributed to compete with Bugsthe fact that Tech has only the bare minimum of social skills. The Road Runner began making appearances when They are both portrayed as smart, but Tech is the series better inventor and at times Rev was renamed ''New Looney Tunes'shown doing stupid things. References to ancestor' s past are seen in the episode "Family Business" where the other Runners are wary of Tech and Tech relives the famous falling gags done in 2017Coyote/Runner shorts.
Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner make occasional appearances feature in 3D computer animated cartoons or cartoon animation in the preschool educational series ''[[Bugs Bunny BuildersCartoon Network]]'s new TV series ''. Wile E. (voiced by [[Keith Ferguson (voice actor)|Keith FergusonThe Looney Tunes Show]]) often helps the Looney Builders out with their plans, often using some of his inventions''. In the episode "Looney Science", The CGI shorts were only included in season one but Wile E. has the Looney Builders build him a science museum to show off his inventions, but the & Road Runner keeps constantly distracting him. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/trailer-bugs-bunny-builders-breaks-ground-on-cartoonito-july-25/ | title=Trailer: 'Bugs Bunny Builders' Breaks Ground on Cartoonito July 25 | date=14 June 2022 | access-date=14 June 2022 | archive-date=14 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614135517/https://www.animationmagazinestill appeared throughout the series in 2D animation.net/tv/trailer-bugs-bunny-builders-breaks-ground-on-cartoonito-july-25/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
Wile E. Coyote was also appears in an episode of the TV series ''[[Night CourtWabbit (TV series)|Wabbit]]'' (Season 7, Episode 22: ''Sill Another Day in the Life'') in which Judge Harold T. Stone ([[Harry Anderson]]) found him guilty of harassment and told him to leave the poor bird alone.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Zh1pZqmxvmM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://webvoiced by J.archiveP.org/web/20120517152858/http://wwwKarliak.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh1pZqmxvmM Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh1pZqmxvmM|title=Wile E. Coyote on Night Court|via=www.youtubeHe appears as Bugs Bunny's annoying, know-it-all neighbor.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
===3-D shorts===
The characters appeared are scheduled to appear in seven 3-D shorts short attached to Warner Bros. features. Three have been screened with features, while the rest serve as segments in [[List of The Looney Tunes Show episodes#Season 1 (2011–12)|season 1]] one of ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]''. A short called ''Flash in the Pain'' was shown on the web in 2014, but was not shown in theaters until 2016, when the movie [[Storks (film)|Storks]] premiered.
==FilmVideo games==Warner Bros. is developing a live-action/animation hybrid film centered on Several Wile E. Coyote titled ''[[Coyote vs. Acme]]'', produced by [[Warner Animation Group]], with ''[[The Lego Batman Movie]]'' director [[Chris McKay]] on board to produce.<ref name="Coyote">{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Coyote vs. Acme Gives Wile E. Coyote His Own Looney Tunes Movie|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/974793-coyote-vs-acme-gives-wile-e-coyote-his-own-looney-tunes-movie|access-date=August 29, 2018|work=ComingSoon.net|date=August 29, 2018|archive-date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829023521/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/974793-coyote-vs-acme-gives-wile-e-coyote-his-own-looney-tunes-movie|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CoyotevsAcme"/> The film is said to be based on ''[[The New Yorker]]'' short story "Coyote v. Acme" by author [[Ian Frazier]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Frazier |first=Ian |date=February 26, 1990 |title=Coyote v. Acme |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1990/02/26/coyote-v-acme |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=October 15, 2018 |archive-date=October 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016032705/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1990/02/26/coyote-v-acme |url-status=live }}</ref> Published in 1990, the piece imagined a lawsuit brought about by Wile E. Coyote against the Acme Company who provided him with various devices and tools to aid in his pursuit of the Road Runner. The devices frequently malfunctioned, leading to the humorous failures, injuries, and sight gags the Road Runner cartoons are known for.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/looney-toons-coyote-vs-acme-2023-release-date-warner-bros/|title=Looney Tunes Movie Coyote vs. Acme Sets 2023 Release Date|website=Movies|access-date=2021-09-23|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121014011/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/looney-toons-coyote-vs-acme-2023-release-date-warner-bros/|url-status=live}}</ref> Jon and Josh Silberman were originally set to write the screenplay.<ref name=Coyote/> On December 18, 2019, it was reported that [[Dave Green (director)|Dave Green]] will direct the project.<ref name="CoyotevsAcme">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/looney-tunes-coyote-v-acme-director-dave-green-warner-bros-1203440879/|title=Warner Bros.' Wile E. Coyote Movie Sets Dave Green to Direct (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Donnelly|first=Matt|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 17, 2019|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=December 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217234514/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/looney-tunes-coyote-v-acme-director-dave-green-warner-bros-1203440879/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also reported that the project is looking for a new writer, with Jon and Josh Silberman instead co-producing the film alongside McKay;<ref name="CoyotevsAcme"/> however, by December 2020, McKay departed the project while Jon and Josh Silberman left their roles as producers and resumed their screenwriting roles, with Samy Burch, [[Jeremy Slater]], and [[James Gunn]] also writing the film. Gunn will also co-produce the project alongside [[Christopher DeFaria|Chris DeFaria]]. It was also announced that the film is scheduled to be released on July 21, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rubin |first1=Rebecca |title=Warner Bros. to Release 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Prequel and 'The Color Purple' Musical in Theaters in 2023 |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/warner-bros-mad-max-fury-road-color-purple-1234874609/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=23 December 2020 |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-date=24 December 2020 |archive-url=httpsthemed video games have been produced://web.archive.org/web/20201224022908/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/warner-bros-mad-max-fury-road-color-purple-1234874609/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2022, it was announced that [[John Cena]] would star in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/john-cena-warner-bros-coyote-vs-acme-1234935112/amp/|title=John Cena To Star In Looney Tunes Live-Action/Animated Hybrid Pic 'Coyote Vs. Acme'|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=February 16, 2022|access-date=February 17, 2022|archive-date=February 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217015515/https://deadline.com/2022/02/john-cena-warner-bros-coyote-vs-acme-1234935112/amp/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2022, [[Will Forte]] and [[Lana Condor]] were added to the cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/will-forte-lana-condor-john-cena-looneytunes-coyote-vs-acme-1234974670/|title=Will Forte And Lana Condor To Co-Star With John Cena In Looney Tunes Live-Action/Animated Hybrid Pic 'Coyote Vs. Acme'|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=March 9, 2022|access-date=March 9, 2022|archive-date=March 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310203712/https://deadline.com/2022/03/will-forte-lana-condor-john-cena-looneytunes-coyote-vs-acme-1234974670/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner has appeared two times in the 1988 Touchstone/Amblin film ''[[Who Framed Roger RabbitFamily Guy]].'' They are : his first seen silhouetted by episode, [[I Never Met the elevator doors in ToontownDead Man]], and then in full depicts him riding in a car with [[Peter Griffin]]; when Peter runs over the ACME Factory during Road Runner and asks if he hit "that [[ostrich]]", Wile E. tells him to keep going.<ref name="TV Critic">{{cite web|url=http://thetvcritic.org/i-never-met-the final scene with other characters-dead-man/|title=Episode 2: I Never Met The Dead Man|last=Pierson|first=Robin|work=The TV Critic|accessdate=2011-10-23|date=August 7, 2009}}</ref> In [[PTV (Family Guy)|PTV]], Wile E. appears in a flashback when Peter offers a store credit when Wile E. claims a refund for a giant sling shot that "slammed me into a mountain".
Wile E. Coyote has appeared twice appears in the ''[[Family GuySouth Park]]'': his first episode, "[[I Never Met the Dead ManImaginationland Episode III]]", depicts him riding in a car which he was rabid and marches among myriad other evil fictional characters to battle against the surviving good characters. The ''Looney Tunes'' characters who appeared with him included [[Peter GriffinMarvin the Martian]]; when Peter runs over the Road Runner and asks if he hit "that [[ostrich]]", Wile E. tells him to keep going.<ref name="TV Critic">{{cite web|url=http://thetvcritic.org/reviews/comedies/family-guy/season-39/i-never-met-the-dead-man/|title=Episode 2: I Never Met The Dead Man|last=Pierson|first=Robin|work=The TV Critic|access-date=2011-10-23|date=August 7, 2009|archive-date=2020-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901005711/http://thetvcritic.org/reviews/comedies/family-guy/season-39/i-never-met-the-dead-man/|url-status=live}}</ref> His second appearance was in "[[PTV Gossamer (Family GuyLooney Tunes)|PTVGossamer]]", in which Wile E. attempts to get a refund for a giant-sized slingshot at an ACME retailer where Peter works.
Both Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner appeared in the ''[[Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon ComedyRobot Chicken]]'' in episode "Executed by the short State"Die, Sweet Roadrunner, Die". In this short, in which Wile E. crushes the pretends to commit suicide. When Road Runner with a large boulder and eats him, but then struggles goes to find purpose in life, having not trained for anything else other than chasing the Road Runner. Ultimately, after a short-lived job as a waiter in a local diner, and a suicide attempt (by way of catapulting himself into a mountain at close range), Wile E. finally realizes what he is to do with his life's funeral, and the Coyote reveals that he is now an advocate for Christianitynot dead and then shoots the Road Runner with a flamethrower.
Guitarist [[Mark Knopfler]] recorded created a song called "Coyote" in homage to the cartoon shows of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner , on the 2002 album ''[[The Ragpicker's Dream]]''. The [[Tom Smith (filker)|Tom Smith]] song "Operation: Desert Storm", which won a [[Pegasus award]] for Best Fool Song in 1999, is about the different crazy ways the coyoteCoyote's plans fail.<ref>{{cite web|url=httpshttp://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1310|title=The FuMP: Operation: Desert Storm by Tom Smith|access-datepublisher=|accessdate=December 16, 2014|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111183341/https://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1310|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also==
{{Portal|Cartoon|Film|in the United States|Fictional characters}}*[[Looney Tunes]]*[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]* [[Coyotes in popular culture]]* [[Coyote (mythology)]]* [[Road Runner High Speed Online]]* [[Calamity CoyoteTom and Jerry]]* [[Little BeeperThe Road Runner Show]]* [[Plymouth Road RunnerCalamity Coyote]]* [[Arizona CoyotesLittle Beeper]], an *[[NHL]] team whose [[American Hockey League|AHL]] affiliate is the [[Tucson RoadrunnersPlymouth Road Runner]]
==ReferencesFootnotes==
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==Sources==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20110617120802/http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/stars_of_the_show/wile_roadrunner/wile_story.html Looney Tunes — Stars Of The Show: Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner] (official studio site)
*[http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/articles/1960article.html "That WASN'T All, Folks!: Warner Bros. Cartoons 1964–1969", by Jon Cooke]
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923065953/http://www.imdb.com/{{IMDb character/ch0029626/ |29626|Wile E. Coyote] on [[IMDb]]}}* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923070002/http://www.imdb.com/{{IMDb character/ch0030552/ |30552|Road Runner] on [[IMDb]]}}* [http://toonopediahome.roadrunner.com/coyote.htm Wile E. Coyote] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https:~tuco/looney/arquivo.ptacme/wayback/20091016104952/http://wwwacme.toonopedia.com/coyote.htm Archivedhtml "The ORIGINAL Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products"] from the original on January 19, 2017.* [http://toonopedia.com/roadrunr.htm Road Runner] at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. [https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091016105058/http://www.toonopediajamesbrief.com/roadrunr.htm Archived] from the original on January 19, 2017.* [https:/archives/web000373.archive.org/web/20081007045935/http://looneytunes.warnerbroshtml JamesBrief.com/stars_of_the_show/wile_roadrunner/wile_story.html Looney Tunes—Stars of the Show: Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner] (official studio site)* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050316093748/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/articles/1960article.html "That WASNincludes list of characters'T All, Folks!: Warner Bros. Cartoons 1964–1969", by Jon Cooke]* [https://chuckjones.com/characters/wilefaux-e-coyote/ All about Wile E. Coyote] on [[Chuck Jonesscientific name]] Official Website.s)* [httpshttp://chuckjoneswww.dailymotion.com/charactersvideo/roadxcwl3v_look-before-you-beep-runner/ All about 2010_shortfilms An ordinary Road Runnercartoon] on [[Chuck Jones]] Official Website{{Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies}}{{Warner Bros.cartoon characters}}
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