History Main / RoadRunnerVsCoyote

** TomAndJerry (oddly enough, [[TheItchyAndScratchyShow Itchy and Scratchy]] almost never actually did this, despite being a parody).

** Another episode, "Mom and Jerry", was a TomAndJerry pastiche in which Dexter got trapped in the body of a mouse and his mom mistook him for a regular mouse. HilarityEnsues.

* Bun-Bun's repeated attempts to kill Santa Claus in ''SluggyFreelance''. He finally succeeds during the "[[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=031013 Holiday]] [[http://ads.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=031124 Wars]]" [[http://beta.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=031214 trilogy]], but [[IGotBetter Santa Got Better]].

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* A ''RanmaOneHalf'' Fanfic titled [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3844604/1/Ryouga_vs_the_Road_Runner "Ryouga vs. the Road Runner"]] had Ryouga deciding he needed training in speed if he was to ever beat Ranma. In true TrainingFromHell fashion, his training consists of catching the Road Runner. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity does in fact ensue.]]

* Team Rocket from ''{{Pokemon}}''. We must capture ''that'' Pikachu!

* A ''[=~Ranma ½~=]'' Fanfic titled [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3844604/1/Ryouga_vs_the_Road_Runner "Ryouga vs. the Road Runner"]] had Ryouga deciding he needed training in speed if he was to ever beat Ranma. In true TrainingFromHell fashion, his training consists of catching the Road Runner. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity does in fact ensue.]]

** LooneyTunes, particularly Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck (the road runner before, and the coyote after he was changed into a near ButtMonkey), Tweety and Sylvester, and the Road Runner and Coyote, who are the {{Trope Namer}}s.

Catching a pig [[YouTubePoop (and kids)]] is quite a feat!''\\

* ''FairlyOddparents'' homaged the Road Runner cartoons in "Back to Norm" where Crocker, in possession of a genie, wishes for elaborate traps to capture Turner, [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim rather than wishing him to Mars.]]

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* ''{{Farscape}}'': "Revenging Angel" - the protagonist's hallucination was a direct {{Homage}} to the Chuck Jones cartoon

** [[{{Depatie-Freleng Enterprises}} DePatie-Freleng]]'s ''The Ant and the Aardvark'' series.

The TropeNamer is, of course, WileECoyote, who constantly tries and fails to catch and eat the elusive Road Runner.

Compare CatchThatPigeon and SternChase. Similar to VillainDecay, but here the villain decays immediately by design.

Compare CatchThatPigeon and SternChase.

** [=DePatie=]-Freleng's ''The Ant and the Aardvark'' series.

* ''AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' is perceived as this with Sonic and Tails playing the Road Runner while Scratch and Grounder usually played the Coyote.

** Similarly, Team Galactic in Diamond/Pearl. Although they do succeed in capturing some NPC's pokemon, for the most part the (presumably) stolen pokemon they use are pathetic, non-evolved species like Wurmple or Bidoof.

* The Dutch comic ''De Generaal'', and the lesser-known ''¡Viva Zapapa!'', both by Peter de Smet, are filled to the brim with this trope. The main character, The General, assisted by a zany professor and a soldier, and armed with a rather ancient tank, repeatedly tries to take power from The Marshall (seated in a fort; the general's HQ is a preciously guarded tree). Their lack of success in whatever way they try is only surpassed by a motorcycle policeman's failures to book The General for breaking just about any law or rule the policeman thinks applicable.
** ''¡Viva Zapapa!'' takes the same basic idea, but instead of the complexity of the plans themselves, it's usually the bumbling assistant to The Great Revolutionary Leader Zapapa who manages to scupper those plans (if they had any chance of success in the first place).

** Another episode, "Mom and Jerry", was TomAndJerry pastiche in which Dexter got trapped in the body of a mouse and his mom mistook him for a regular mouse. HilarityEnsues.

* ''FairlyOddparents'' homaged the Road Runner cartoons in "Back To Norm" where Crocker, in possession of a genie, wishes for elaborate traps to capture Turner, [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim rather than wishing him to Mars.]]

* Candace Flynn from {{Phineas and Ferb}} could count as this, since she's always trying to bust her brothers but never succeeds, instead getting either injured or humiliated.

* ''NuPogodi'' is pretty mcuh the Russian answer to Road Runner and Coyote.

* A ''DextersLaboratory'' episode was a direct homage to the Road Runner cartoons.

The TropeNamer is, of course, Wile E. Coyote, who constantly tries and fails to catch and eat the elusive Road Runner.

* Candace Flynn from ''Phineas and Ferb'' could count as this, since she's always trying to bust her brothers but never succeeds, instead getting either injured or humiliated.

* Candace Flynn from ''Phineas and Ferb'' could count as this, since she's always trying to bust her brothers but never succeeds, instead getting either injured or humilated.

** Some [[ClassicDisneyShorts Disney]] shorts (particularly the ones involving Donald Duck) had this, but not quite to the degree of the Warner shorts.