"E. and Road Runner appeared in a GEICO commercial, in which the wandering gecko is lost. While he is doing so, he nearly gets crushed with an anvil, and then a piano. Just after this happens, Road Runner runs up to him, says his trademark phrase, ""Beep beep!"" and goes on his way. The gecko then gets confused about the Road Runner's catchphrase by saying ""Meep, meep."" Suddenly, Wile E., chasing the Road Runner, runs up, sees the gecko and imagines him as his dinner, but while doing so, is driven into the ground by a falling ACME safe. The"
"The company is never clearly defined in ""Road Runner"" cartoons but appears to be a conglomerate which produces every product type imaginable, no matter how elaborate or extravagant—most of which never work as desired or expected (some products do work very well, but backfire against the coyote). In the ""Road Runner"" cartoon ""Beep, Beep"", it was referred to as ""Acme Rocket-Powered Products, Inc."" based in Fairfield, New Jersey. Many of its products appear to be produced specifically for Wile E. Coyote; for example, the Acme Giant Rubber Band, subtitled ""(For Tripping Road Runners)"". While their products leave much to be"
"Acme Corporation The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that features prominently in the ""Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote"" animated shorts as a running gag featuring outlandish products that fail or backfire catastrophically at the worst possible times. The name is also used as a generic title in many cartoons, especially those made by Warner Bros., and films, TV series, commercials and comic strips. The company name in the ""Road Runner"" cartoons is ironic, since the word ""acme"" is derived from Greek (ακμή; English transliteration: ""akmē"") meaning ""the peak"", ""zenith"" or ""prime"", yet products from the fictional Acme Corporation are often"
"Wile E. attempts to use ACME's rocket-powered roller skates to chase the Road Runner. When the road takes a turn, however, the Coyote is propelled off the end, and finds himself briefly stranded on top of a high plateau, before being thrown up into the sky. As he falls, Coyote begins to pray and pulls out an ""R.I.P."" wreath before crashing into the ground. An exhausted Wile E. climbs out of the hole and spots the ""Free Drink of Water"" stand from before. Anxious to quench his thirst but completely forgetting that this was the trap set earlier in the"
"include: Acme Corporation The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that features prominently in the ""Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote"" animated shorts as a running gag featuring outlandish products that fail or backfire catastrophically at the worst possible times. The name is also used as a generic title in many cartoons, especially those made by Warner Bros., and films, TV series, commercials and comic strips. The company name in the ""Road Runner"" cartoons is ironic, since the word ""acme"" is derived from Greek (ακμή; English transliteration: ""akmē"") meaning ""the peak"", ""zenith"" or ""prime"", yet products from the fictional Acme Corporation are"
"is actually a spy kit containing several gadgets, along with a black coat and spy hat that Wile E. wears throughout the cartoon. The gadgets Wile E. attempts on the Road Runner (which all result in failure as usual), include: The cartoon was included in the DVD. Sugar and Spies Sugar and Spies is a 1966 Road Runner cartoon. It is the second of two Road Runner shorts directed by Robert McKimson and the only one to feature music by Walter Greene. It is also the final appearance of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote during the Golden age"
"(a rendition of ""Charge"" is played every time the robot begins the chase). The Road Runner is petrified at the sight of his enemy on the robot, and Wile E. is soon in striking distance to issue STRIKE. The robot turns his hand around (unfortunately for Wile E., it is the one he is standing on) and attempts to crush the Road Runner, but misses each time and ends up flattening the Coyote like a pancake. Standing between the robot's ears, Wile E. hears the Road Runner coming and orders the robot to ATTACK, but the electric bolts from its"
"blast. With no support left whatsoever (not even slots in the wings), gravity takes over as the Coyote leaves a trail of soot. 5.) Wile E. obtains a box of ACME Iron Bird Seed for use as bait. This time, he's wearing roller skates. Wile E. sets up the bait with a ""FREE LUNCH!"" sign, skates over behind a rock, and straps on a big magnet. When Road Runner eats the seeds, the magnet that Wile E. had strapped on suddenly gets attracted to the bird. As the magnet follows potential prey, so does Wile E. as the skates provide"
"Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner Wile E. Coyote (also known simply as ""The Coyote"") and the Road Runner are a duo of characters from the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. In the cartoons, the Coyote repeatedly attempts to catch and subsequently eat the Road Runner, a fast-running ground bird, but is never successful. Instead of his animal instincts, the Coyote uses absurdly complex contraptions (sometimes in the manner of Rube Goldberg) to pursue his prey, which comically backfire with the Coyote often getting injured in slapstick fashion. Many of the items for these contrivances are"
"Road Runner (video game) Road Runner a racing game based on the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts. It was released by Atari Games in 1985. The player controls Road Runner, who is chased by Wile E. Coyote. In order to escape, Road Runner runs endlessly to the left. While avoiding Wile E. Coyote, the player must pick up bird seeds on the street, avoid obstacles like cars, and get through mazes. Sometimes Wile E. Coyote will just run after the Road Runner, but he occasionally uses tools like rockets, roller skates, and pogo-sticks. ""Road Runner"" was ported to"
"down to the ground. After hitting the ground, Wile E. comes up with an idea or two on how to catch the Road Runner. 1. While the Road Runner is munching on desert plants, his opponent attempts to drop a hand grenade on him. However, the grenade, by pure misfortune, drops onto a power line and is hoisted directly back to its owner, instantly wiping the laugh off his face. The grenade explodes, and the unhappy Coyote lets go of the stop perforce. This, however, causes a ""second"" grenade to be thrown up to Wile E. and explode on him"
"With his own special motorboat, it looks good for Wile E. Coyote, tearing apart the river as he attempts to catch the Road Runner on the riverbank. However, when he climbs out to attempt to grab his opponent, he sees that he is going over a waterfall and only barely steers himself back in the other direction. With relief, the coyote relaxes until he ends up falling off a second waterfall in the opposite direction. 7. With stealth exhausted, the coyote tries to use raw speed to catch the Road Runner and tests his new high-speed tonic (containing ""Vitamins R,"
"from, the coyote snakes around the mirror to the side and discovers nothing there. Puzzled, the coyote retracts his neck, and soon suffers gravity due to his location in thin air. But in the dump where he falls is an inspiration: Wile E. scavenges a wealth of spare parts and takes them offscreen where construction noises are heard. Road Runner is left curious as to what his opponent is doing and curiously looks around the rock Wile is working behind. However, curiosity quickly turns to outright terror when Wile E. unveils his creation: a blue robotic coyote at least five"
"their owner, and the Roadrunner, as if it were the simplest thing in the world (which it is), holds up a sign saying: ROAD-RUNNERS ALREADY HAVE FEATHERS!"" 10. Wile prepares one final trap: a dynamite pit in the road. Just after he lights the fuse, the Road Runner stops short of him and beeps in his face, provoking a short chase that ends when he runs directly over his own exploding pit. Dejected, the charred Coyote walks off-camera and returns with a stand-up sign that says: ""Wanted: One gullible Coyote. Apply to manager of this theater."" Then he goes back"
"working as employees of ACME Corporation). If playing as the Road Runner, a banner will come down from the ceiling that states: ""CONGRATULATIONS! ACME PRESIDENT,"" indicating the Road Runner has been named the President, leading Wile E. to panic and crash through the glass window behind him, leaving his silhouette in the window. If playing as Wile E., the banner says, ""CONGRATULATIONS! ACME CUSTOMER OF THE YEAR."" Bugs then presents Wile E. with a trophy that goes with the award, and the others clap for him as the Road Runner says his trademark ""Beep, beep!"" and leaves, leaving the Coyote"
"E. sees the fix he is in and recovers in time to grab the very end of the rope. Unfortunately, the rope continues into a very thin pipe, then out onto the road and directly into a chicken race with a truck. Wile E. smashes directly through the truck, and then the spear finally impales a rock face, but this leads to the coyote being swung down into the path of a train and bumped all the way up to the edge of a precipice. The Road Runner pulls up directly behind the ragged, exhausted, gasping and sobbing Coyote, but"
"is a play on the old expression ""fast and furious"". A major running gag throughout the cartoon series is the fact that Wile E. Coyote (an ironic pun on ""Wily"") continuously gets defeated by his own gadgets, often obtained through a fictitious mail-order company called ""ACME"". The name of the company is ironic because of its meaning the best or the highest in quality. A commentator in the ""Looney Tunes Golden Collection"" pointed out that what keeps Wile E. going is his perception that the gadgets typically ""almost"" work. ""Fast and Furry-ous"" is available in its blue ribbon reissue on"
"3. The Coyote's next plan is to set out a water glass with two signs by it reading ""Last Water for 300 MILES"" and ""Free Drink of Water"". The glass is attached by string to a TNT device. Wile E. hides as he hears the approaching Road Runner, who stops at the water stand, but simply ignores the trap and speeds behind the hiding Coyote bearing a sign that reads ""ROAD RUNNERS CAN'T READ AND DON'T DRINK"". Furious at this revelation, the Coyote chases the Road Runner into a mine, but soon realizes he has no helmet or flashlight. He"
"right and finds the cannon facing him. Wile E. gropes downwards to escape the cannon's fire, but the cannon faces him again, but is now hovering right over his head. Wile E. sighs and soon realizes the inevitable, and is then swallowed by the cannon. The Road Runner moves out of the way as the cannon (with the Coyote inside) hits the ground. Then the cannon fires, sending it back up to its mount, which also causes the precipice to break and to fall back down on the Coyote (who futilely holds up an umbrella). 7. Hoping to out-corner his"
"the rock. The apoplectic coyote holds up a circular ""STOP"" IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY sign, but since Wile E. isn't human, nothing happens except for the crash. Next, Wile E. digs a corrugated culvert intending to mine the road with TNT, but the wires are short enough that he pulls the detonator over, which squeezes onto a loose rock and explodes the TNT while Wile inhabits the culvert. The Coyote starts a speed motorcycle in pursuit of a passing Road Runner, but simply slams into a tree and is then jiggled around by the intense engine vibrations. Now, Wile"
"an explosive camera kit, Wile E. prepares for his newest deception. The Roadrunner is intrigued by the signs. When the Roadrunner gets ready for his picture, the gun goes off on the Coyote. As the Roadrunner speeds away, the dazed Wile E. sees the one flaw of his attempt: he forgot to take off the lens cap that was on the entire time. 3. As the Roadrunner taunts the Coyote from above, Wile E. prepares a trampoline. However, when he jumps, he gets trapped inside like a burlap sack. 4. Now armed with a crossbow and dynamite, Wile E. prepares"
"off with Wile E. waiting behind a rock for the Road Runner to zoom by. Wile E.looks at the camera and flutters his eyebrows as Road Runner races by. The coyote starts to chase him to the edge of a cliff. Road Runner produces a sign that says HOLD IT. There are hopscotch marks right at the end of the cliff, which is covered by a cloud. After Roadrunner hopscotches, Wile E. takes his turn. But the cloud drifts away and the edge of the cliff breaks. Wile E. plummets to the canyon bottom. The battered coyote looks up at"
"As the Road Runner burns rubber on the ground roads, Wile E. is pulling back on a falling safe attached to a rope and pulley. Eventually, however, the weight overcomes him and the Coyote is pulled through the pulley, removing all of his chest fur, and then down onto a see-saw as the safe lands next to him. Wile E. then slides off the rock face to fall into the canyon a fourth time, and is then smashed by the safe, leaving the Coyote's torso thin and flat. 4. The second attempt at the rocket is foiled when the rocket"
"up to the top of the canyon, but part of the rubber suit gets caught on a branch and the whole thing tears off the Coyote. Relieved to be rid of the bounce liquid but then remembering that he is still in midair, he plummets to the ground on his face. Returning to the chemistry set, Wile E. reads about ""Hand Jets"" from a book called ""Space Science"". Wile E. creates his own hand jet by mixing an orange chemical and pouring it into a spray can like container. A quick test is successful, so off he goes after Road"
"rocket (gets turned around) returns toward its owner. Wile E. recovers from the jar and climbs down, but soon returns upwards when he sees the rocket coming at him. He sighs with relief and dismounts the arch, but, ironically, is hit by an ACME truck. Wile E. is pacing around a mountaintop when he runs directly into the Road Runner, who beeps and causes Wile E.'s head to retract after being scared into a rock ceiling. The Coyote chases after the bird through a cloud of dust, but only manages to throw himself into thin air. The Road Runner alerts"
"Sugar and Spies Sugar and Spies is a 1966 Road Runner cartoon. It is the second of two Road Runner shorts directed by Robert McKimson and the only one to feature music by Walter Greene. It is also the final appearance of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote during the Golden age of American animation. The title of the cartoon is a play on the term ""sugar and spice"". During one of his many chases with the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote is hit with a briefcase, thrown from a crook's car that is evading the police. The briefcase"
"a lasso in the road, listens for the Road Runner, but a truck trips the lasso first, dragging the coyote across the hard ground. Wile E. is left with a bare rear end from friction as he paces off the road. The Coyote builds a Burmese tiger trap according to a How-To book: dig a square pit in the road and fill it with a sheet camouflaged as road. He hides behind a rock and, hearing the Road Runner beep and the trap activate, dives in to capture his prey... only to instantly re-emerge and flee in terror, after which"
"for the Road Runner at the ramp's bottom. All that effort is for nothing as the bomb instantly explodes upon lighting (even though the fuse is one foot long!) 6. Coyote now prepares a giant catapult in the road, but the boulder is too heavy for the catapult to sling at the passing Road Runner and it flattens its owner. 7. Finally, Wile E. hopes to shoot the Road Runner with a harpoon gun. The rope, however, catches one of Coyote's feet and drags his rear over a cactus and under several rocks, then hurtles him into open space. Wile"
"The Solid Tin Coyote The Solid Tin Coyote is an animated cartoon in the ""Looney Tunes"" series released by Warner Bros. It features Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner and was directed by Rudy Larriva for release in 1966. Wile E. tries to capture the Road Runner by covering the road with tar, but the bird simply runs directly over it. He stops himself from leaping into the tar (in anticipation of the Road Runner being stuck), and accidentally walks into the road where the tar is located to ascertain where his enemy has gone. Wile E. manages to"
"with his fingers again, and then falls off a cliff. While falling, he gets out of the birdbath, which ends up landing on him, flattening him like a coin. Crawling through the desert, still suffering from the heat, Wile sees an emergency fire hose, which he tries to use to get a drink. He hardly gets any water from it at first, but the Road Runner turns it on maximum. The hose gets out of control, sending the Coyote flying! He sticks his finger in the nozzle, but it gets stuck. The water coming out of the hose gets it"
"As soon as he goes into ""get set"" mode, he hears the familiar beeping sound and gets shocked into a backward move, suspended in mid-air atop a ravine. The Road Runner (""Tid-bittius velocitus"") issues the gunshot that causes the Coyote to drop (one of three overhead shots shown in the short). The episode title card follows. After recovering from his fall, Wile E. walks off into the horizon while thinking. His hand sticks up in a eureka expression as an idea comes to him. 1.) First, Wile E. tries to trip the Road Runner with his own foot, only to"
"time it is caught by power lines and slung back out of Wile E.'s reach. The ball pops directly back into its original slot in the box of balls as Wile E. arrives on the scene and takes stock. Sensing the coming explosions, Wile E. holds up a pair of signs: ""For Sale One used Tennis Racket"" and ""CHEAP!"" before (as the screen puts it) a ""GIGANTIC EXPLOSION!"" occurs. 10. The whole cartoon, however, is best known for its ending gag. Wile E. Coyote is chasing the Road Runner through a series of pipelines, which causes both of them to"
"who each character is. Almost all of the footage was originally made as part of a television pilot named ""Adventures of the Road Runner"". The pilot was never sold, and several gags from the short were rearranged into this cartoon in a cost-cutting measure (a similar practice was used in the ""Three Stooges"" two-reelers of the mid-to-late 1950s). A whole new soundtrack was crafted by musician Bill Lava and editor Treg Brown. ""Introduction"": The opening scene shows Wile E. Coyote reading a ""Western Cookery"" recipe book in total peace. Completely unaware that his prey has zoomed up behind him to"