Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are fictional characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons, first appearing in 1949 in the theatrical short Fast and Furry-ous. I
The duo as seen in the short To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner in Zoom and Bored, 1957
Wile E. Coyote anticipates an imminent rockfall by raising a small parasol, in There They Go-Go-Go!
A mural of Wile E. Coyote smashed into the wall of the Rotch Library at MIT. Due to differences in floor height in connected buildings, this hallway unexpectedly ends in a wall.
Coyote vs. Acme
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Coyote vs. Acme is a 2026 American live-action animated legal comedy film directed by Dave Green and written by Samy Burch, who developed the story with James Gunn and Jeremy Slater. Based on the 1990
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
…49 cartoons had been made featuring the characters (including four CGI shorts), the majority by Jones. A feature film revolving around Wile E. Coyote, Coyote vs. Acme, was released in 2026. Jones based the coyote on Mark Twain's book Roughing It, in which Twain described the coyote as "a long, slim, sick and sorry-looking…
Theatrical release poster