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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:SC00003_5789.jpg\|~~frame~~thumb\|400px]] {{quote\|''"Now we're going to watch one of my favorite cartoons about a pathetic Coyote who spends his life in the ''futile'' pursuit of a sadistic roadrunner, who mocks him and laughs at him as he's repeatedly '''crushed''' and '''maimed'''! ''I hope you enjoy it!''"''\|'''George Newman''', [["Weird Al" Yankovic ~~(Music)~~\|Weird Al's]] character in ''[[UHF (~~Film~~film)\|UHF]]''}} An extremely popular series of ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short subjects made by [[Chuck Jones]] during [[The Golden Age of Animation]], the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts are centered on the titular duo as the smart but obsessive coyote does everything within his power (and uses everything within the [[Acme Products\|ACME catalog]]) to capture the Road Runner for dinner. Despite the penchant for formula and sporadic entries in the original theatrical lineup, the shorts have remained extremely popular to this day, lasting for 40 shorts in the classic era, with new shorts being created recently for theaters! They have recently{{when}} made a comeback via CGI in ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]''.▼ ▲They have recently made a comeback via CGI in ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]''. ---- {{Filmography}} ~~== FILMOGRAPHY ==~~ == 1949 == * Fast and Furry-ous == 1952 == * Beep, Beep * Going! Going! Gosh! == 1953 == * Zipping Along == 1954 == * Stop! Look! And Hasten! == 1955 == * Ready, Set, Zoom! * Guided Muscle == 1956 == * Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z * There They Go-Go-Go! == 1957 == * Scrambled Aches * Zoom and Bored == 1958 == * Whoa, Be-Gone! * Hook, Line and Stinker Line 49 ⟶ 41: == 1959 == * Hot-Rod and Reel! * Wild About Hurry == 1960 == * Fastest With The Mostest * Hopalong Casualty == 1961 == * Zip 'N Snort * Lickety-Splat Line 65 ⟶ 54: == 1962 == * Adventures of the Road-Runner: A TV pilot intended for a proposed series of Road-Runner cartoons. * Zoom at the Top == 1963 == * To Beep or Not to Beep == 1964 == * War and Pieces == 1965 == * Zip Zip Hooray!: Recycles footage from the Adventures of Road Runner TV pilot. * Road Runner a Go-Go: Also recycles footage from the Adventures of Road Runner pilot. Line 92 ⟶ 77: == 1966 == * Shot and Bothered * Out and Out Rout Line 100 ⟶ 84: == 1979 == * Freeze Frame == 1980 == * Soup or Sonic == 1994 == * Chariots of Fur == 2000 == * Little Go Beep == 2003 == * The Whizzard of Ow * [[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]: Makes a cameo. == 2010 == * Coyote Falls * Fur of Flying Line 127 ⟶ 105: == 2011 == * Untitled upcoming{{when}} film {{tropenamer}} ~~----~~ * [[Road Runner vs. Coyote]]~~: [[Trope Namer]].~~▼ ~~=== These cartoons provide examples of: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Accordion Man\|Accordion Coyote]] * [[Acme Products]] * [[Affectionate Parody]]: The first short was originally made as a ''parody'' of "cat chases mouse" cartoons (and nature documentaries; the [[Canis Latinicus\|pseudo-Latin names]] are a direct callback to those), but audiences [[Poe's Law\|took it at face value]] and thought it was just something new. The rest is history. * [[Amusing Injuries]]: And friggin' HOW! [[Accordion Man\|Accordion Coyote]], [[Ash Face]], a literal two-dimensional character - the Coyote's been them all. * [[Anvil Onon Head]]: A ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' staple, reproduced faithfully multiple times. * [[Arch Enemy]]: Wile E. and the Road Runner. * [[Art Evolution]]: The designs of the two characters did change a bit over the years, but this trope was more evident in the background designs. The first three cartoons had scenic, but fairly bland-looking backgrounds, which gave way to more abstract designs starting with Maurice Noble's arrival. They gradually got more and more unusual, eventually leading to some flat-out ''weird'' scenery in "Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z" before settling down into a more consistent style from 1957 onwards. * [[Artistic License Physics]]: But it's so side-splittingly funny in ''all'' cases that [[Rule of Funny\|it doesn't matter]]. * [[Ash Face]] * [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: We all know it's "BEEP BEEP!" Yet for some strange reason, it ''still'' sounds like "MEEP MEEP!" ** [[The Other Wiki]] [[w:Beep, beep (sound)\|says it's "hmeep hmeep"]] - and has a cite for that spelling. * [[Bomb Whistle]]: Everything that falls, including bolders, [[Anvil Onon Head\|anvils]], and Wile E. himself, makes this sound. * [[Brick Joke]]: In some cartoons, an ACME contraption would fail early on and be ignored, until the Coyote comes back across it and does something foolish to trigger it. * [[Butt Monkey]]: Wile E. himself; in fact he never gets to be anything [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|butt]]. Line 155 ⟶ 136: Rule Number 3: "The Coyote could stop any time — IF he were not a fanatic." * Halfway through the cartoon, one realizes that the Coyote doesn't want to eat the Road Runner at that point--he just wants his contraptions to work properly. * [[Did Not Do the Research]]: [[In -Universe]], Wile E. sometimes forgets to read the directions on what he buys from Acme, such as when he gave earthquake pills to the Road Runner (with the pills clearly labeled as not working on road runners).▼ * [[Eat the Camera]]: "To Beep or Not to Beep" features a scene where the Coyote, after the typical "falling down the cliff" shot, a cactus lands on him and he flies back up, screaming and "catching" the camera in his mouth. * [[Epic Fail]]: Cutting the branch hanging off a cliffside that the Roadrunner's on -- and the ''cliff'' collapses. 'Nuff said. Anything involving catapults will end in misfires that ''break phyics''. Pretty much everything Coyote does ends in this. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. * [[Exact Words]]: In one episode, the Coyote digs a Bengal Tiger Trap to catch the Roadrunner. No prize for guessing what it catches instead. (Cue more [[Amusing Injuries]] for the Coyote.) ▲* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: [[In Universe]], Wile E. sometimes forgets to read the directions on what he buys from Acme, such as when he gave earthquake pills to the Road Runner (with the pills clearly labeled as not working on road runners). * [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: [[Fridge Logic\|How did he not starve to death?]] [[Fridge Brilliance\|Oh yeah, he's functionally immortal.]] Averted at the end of one or two episodes, though. Flipped in the arcade game where you play the Roadrunner, and [[Endless Game\|being eaten is the only way to end the game]]. ** Some later shorts show a possible method of survival, opening with the Coyote trying to eat a rock or a cactus, failing, then going in pursuit of the Roadrunner. Line 171 ⟶ 154: * [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain\|Ineffectual Sympathetic]] [[Villain Protagonist]]: Coyote, natch. * [[Just Eat Him]]: Wile E. orders his aforementioned mecha to do this after capturing the Road Runner, which is strange considering that Wile E. himself should be the one trying to eat him. * [[Looney Tunes in ~~The~~the Forties]]: The very first short was made in the forties. * [[Looney Tunes in ~~The~~the Fifties]]: Fifteen of the shorts were produced during this time. * [[Looney Tunes in ~~The~~the Sixties]]: Where the bulk of the series output was made. * [[Looney Tunes in ~~The~~the Seventies ~~And~~and Onward]]: The newer theatrical shorts. * [[The Millennium Age of Animation]] * [[Oh Crap]]: Wile E. has this expression a lot (especially when [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress\|gravitational cognizance]] kicks in). Perhaps the only time the Roadrunner has shown it is when he sees the [[Humongous Mecha\|giant mechanical coyote]] that Wile E. has built. Line 183 ⟶ 166: * [[Recycled in Space]]: It's a cat and mouse cartoon {{smallcaps\|IN THE DESERT}}! * [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]] ▲* [[Road Runner vs. Coyote]]: [[Trope Namer]]. * [[Rube Goldberg Device]]: Used in the climax of "Hook, Line and Stinker". * [[Shadow of Impending Doom]]: Anything that Wile E. launches will produce one of these. Right over him. [[Homing Projectile\|Even if he tries to dodge]]. Line 189 ⟶ 171: * [[Suddenly Voiced]]: At those rare occasions Wile E. ''does'' talk, he speaks in a very refined voice, as well as revealing the fact that he's an [[Insufferable Genius]]. * [[Super-Persistent Predator]]: And how! [[Lampshaded]] by [[Bugs Bunny]] in ''Hare-Breadth Hurry'': {{quote\| "Y'know, it's amazin' the trouble this joker goes to to get a square meal."}} * [[Super Speed]]: The Road Runner. * [[Talking ~~With~~with Signs]] * [[Team Rocket Wins]]: Yes, the Coyote catches the Road Runner at one point...but he's too small at that point to even eat the bird. He even lampshades it by asking the audience what he should do now. There are plenty of [[YouTube]] videos where Wile E. actually does eat the Road Runner. He also catches Road Runner in "The Solid Tin Coyote", [[Yank the Dog's Chain\|Doesn't work out]] * [[Technicolor Eyes]]: In the shorts by Matthew O'Callaghan, Wile E.'s are [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]], and the Road Runner's are turquoise. * [[Those Wily Coyotes]]: Wile E. Coyote, of course. * [[Three Dimensional Episode]]: "Coyote Falls", "Fur of Flying", and "Rabid Rider". * [[The Voiceless]]: Both of them. Wile E. does speak during four of his five appearances with [[Bugs Bunny]], and again when explaining to two young boys why he wants to eat the road runner. Line 207 ⟶ 189: {{reflist}} {{The History of Looney Tunes}} ~~[[Category:Characters (Animation)]]~~ [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:The Forties]] [[Category:Western Animation]] [[Category:~~Wile~~Characters ~~E Coyote And The Road Runner~~(animation)]] [[Category:~~Wile~~Animal E.Title ~~Coyote and The Road Runner~~Index]]