History Funny / WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner

* At the very end of "Soup or Sonic", the Coyote chases the Roadrunner through a pipe that gets smaller and smaller, until they come out the other end, only a few inches tall. So they go back through the pipe... but only the Roadrunner returns to regular size. The tiny Coyote triumphantly throws both arms around the Roadrunner's ankle, pulls out knife and fork, looks up at the Roadrunner now towering over him... After a moment of stunned indecision, he holds up signs reading, "Okay, wise guys, you always wanted me to catch him -- now what do I do?"

* "To Beep or Not to Beep". Catapults that [[EpicFail fail in ways that]] ''[[EpicFail break the laws of physics]].''

* "Operation: Rabbit", where he tried to chase WesternAnimation/{{Bugs Bunny}} -- the rare cartoon where he had [[TheVoiceless lines]], and he turned out to be a WickedCultured SmugSnake with a ''massive'' superiority complex ("Wile E. Coyote.... ''Suuuuper Geniusssss!''"). Naturally, this made his total annihilation even funnier than usual, culminating in an incident involving a shack full of nitroglycerin-filled carrots and an ''oncoming train.''

* One short has Wile E. buy an industrial strength rubber band and construct a slingshot, in the hope that it will give him enough speed to catch the Roadrunner. Roadrunner runs by, Wile E. cuts the line and releases the rubber band, and... nothing happens. It stay taught, much to his confusion, so he gets out from the rubber band and checks to see what's wrong, including sticking his head into the rubber band to see if there's anything beneath it that has it snagged. [[HilarityEnsues Then the rubber band decides to release, slamming Coyote into the ground a few yards away]].

*** ChuckJones's daughter Linda stated once this this is her absolute favorite gag from the Road Runner series.

* Also from "Zoom and Bored", the very end. [[spoiler:Wile E. Coyote is catching his wheezing breath on the clifftop after getting dragged through the desert and then hit by a train. Enter Roadrunner, who displays a sign reading "I just don't have the heart".]]

* "Operation: Rabbit", where he tried to chase {{Bugs Bunny}} -- the rare cartoon where he had [[TheVoiceless lines]], and he turned out to be a WickedCultured SmugSnake with a ''massive'' superiority complex ("Wile E. Coyote.... ''Suuuuper Geniusssss!''"). Naturally, this made his total annihilation even funnier than usual, culminating in an incident involving a shack full of nitroglycerin-filled carrots and an ''oncoming train.''

* The ending of "Scrambled Aches"; Wile E. builds a giant steamroller, but it rolls away from him. The out of control steamroller chases the Road Runner into a detour ("In case of steamroller, use detour!"), which the Road Runner runs into...right into a cannon. Wile E. jumps behind it and lights the fuse, but the cannon doesn't fire, so Wile E. looks into it. Suddenly, the Road Runner comes flying out on top of the cannon ball, and just when you think it's over, suddenly the steamroller appears, running towards Wile E. The fact that the steamroller is GONE for a good chunk of this plan, and then just shows up at the end out of the blue, is pretty much the funniest thing ever.
* "There They Go-Go-Go!" The Coyote is rolling what looks like a nautical steering wheel, complete with spokes of dynamite, toward a slope. He lights all eight dynamite sticks and launches the wheel... and off goes the wheel, but not the dynamite. Kaboom.
* The BrickJoke involving the exploding water stand in "Beep Beep". The hilarious ThisIsGonnaSuck face he gives the audience is what sells it.

** Put the two together, and what do you get? "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEdcPI0JWsc Hare Breadth Hurry]]", a Road-Runner cartoon where ''Bugs Bunny'' fills in for our favorite speedster. What follows is a hilarious mix of both kinds of cartoon.

* One short has Wile E. buy an industrial strength rubber band and construct a slingshot, in the hope that it will give him enough speed to catch the Roadrunner. Roadrunner runs by, Wile E. cuts the line and releases the rubber band, and... nothing happens. It stay taught, much to his confusion, so he gets out from the rubber band and checks to see what's wrong, including sticking his head into the rubber band to see if there's anything beneath it that has it snagged. [[HilarityEnsues The the rubber band decides to release, slamming Coyote into the ground a few yards away]].

* At the very end of "Soup or Sonic", the Coyote chases the Roadrunner through a pipe that gets smaller and smaller, until they come out the other end, only a few inches tall. So they go back through the pipe... but only the Roadrunner is back to regular size. At first, the Coyote thinks he finally managed to catch the Roadrunner... until he looks up. After a moment, he holds up a few signs reading, "Okay, wise guys, you always wanted me to catch him --- now what do I do?"

* Coyote gets into a hot air balloon with well over a dozen dynamite darts. Said darts are released and torment the Coyote for the rest of the short, including, but not limited to, blowing up the previously mentioned balloon, blowing up the Coyote's parachute for when the balloon failed not ten seconds later, plugging the Coyote's rifle, and breaking a skinny cliff.

* At the very end of "Soup or Sonic", the Coyote chases the Roadrunner through a pipe that gets smaller and smaller, until they come out the other end, only a few inches tall. So they go back through the pipe... but only the Roadrunner is back to regular size. At first, the Coyote thinks he finally managed to catch the Roadrunner... until he looks up. After a moment, he holds up a few signs reading, "Well, smart guys, you always wanted me to catch him --- now what do I do?"

** "Operation: Rabbit", where he tried to chase {{Bugs Bunny}} -- the rare cartoon where he had [[TheVoiceless lines]], and he turned out to be a WickedCultured SmugSnake with a ''massive'' superiority complex ("Wile E. Coyote.... ''Suuuuper Geniusssss!''"). Naturally, this made his total annihilation even funnier than usual, culminating in an incident involving a shack full of nitroglycerin-filled carrots and an ''oncoming train.''
*** It gets better; right before the train strikes his shack, [[{{OhCrap}} he realizes what's happening,]] and quickly pulls down the window shade.
*** "Sorry, Mac, but the lady of the house ain't home, and besides, we mailed you people a check last week!"
** "To Beep or Not to Beep". Catapults that [[EpicFail fail in ways that]] ''[[EpicFail break the laws of physics]].''
*** Put the two together, and what do you get? "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEdcPI0JWsc Hare Breadth Hurry]]", a Road-Runner cartoon where ''Bugs Bunny'' fills in for our favorite speedster. What follows is a hilarious mix of both kinds of cartoon.
** This troper can't remember the name of the cartoon, but there was one where Wile E Coyote had built an enormously complicated contraption to drop a bomb onto the Roadrunner. They spend about [[OverlyLongGag three minutes]] just panning up the thing. When we finally get to Wile E Coyote at the top, he lights the bomb... and it instantly blows up in his face.
** That would be 1957's "Zoom and Bored".
** A similarly CMOF contraption showed up in the finale of "Hook, Line and Stinker", and ended up pounding Coyote into the ground with his own cannonball.
*** This was referenced in Ian Frazier's short story, ''Coyote v. Acme''. Which would be a Crowning Moment of Funny if it weren't just the plaintiff's opening statement of a civil suit against Acme...
** Also from "Zoom and Bored", the very end. [[spoiler:Wile E. Coyote is catching his wheezing breath on the clifftop after getting dragged through the desert and then hit by a train. Enter Roadrunner, who displays a sign reading "I just don't have the heart".]]
** In "Stop, Look, and Hasten!", Wile E. builds a Burmese Tiger Trap-which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin catches a Burmese Tiger.]]([[CanisLatinicus ''Suprisibus! Suprisubus!'']])
** A taut cable from the top of a bluff to the road below, and a helmet with a caster bolted on top...
** A hot air balloon with a garbage wagon gondola with an anvil tied on...and no consideration of what would happen when the anvil was released...
** Let's not forget the scene where Coyote is so relieved at ''just'' having avoided falling off a cliff, that he strides off in the opposite direction... you guessed it... straight over ''another'' cliff.

* The catapult sequence in "To Beep or Not to Beep."