History WesternAnimation / LicketySplat

* WeaponsBreakingWeapons: The Coyote tries to hit the Road Runner with the sledgehammer, but it fails when one of the dart bombs pins itself to the hammer and blows up.

* DropTheHammer: The Coyote tries to hit the Road Runner with the sledgehammer, but it fails when one of the dart bombs pins itself to the hammer and blows up.

** [[spoiler:Then at the end of the cartoon, he uses his ears to shield his eyes as he is about to face his demise from the last two dart bombs.]]

** [[ZigzaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in the coyote's final plan. He tries to drop an anvil on the Road Runner's head, but a homing bomb blows off a portion of the cliff. Two more then get stuck on the floating rock Wile-E's standing, and he hops back on to the cliff, but part of the cliff breaks off. While falling, the anvil from earlier falls slower and moves right over the coyote's head. Seeing this, Wile-E manages to save himself by [[ExploitedTrope standing on the anvil before hitting the ground,]] resulting in him dazed but unhurt.

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** [ZigzaggingTrope Zig-zagged] in the coyote's final plan. He tries to drop an anvil on the Road Runner's head, but a homing bomb blows off a portion of the cliff. Two more then get stuck on the floating rock Wile-E's standing, and he hops back on to the cliff, but part of the cliff breaks off. While falling, the anvil from earlier falls slower and moves right over the coyote's head. Seeing this, Wile-E manages to save himself by [[ExploitedTrope standing on the anvil before hitting the ground,]] resulting in him dazed but unhurt.

'''Lickety-Splat''' is a 1961 cartoon in the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' series starring [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner]].

!!Tropes:

* ExpressiveEars: At one point, when trying to think of a way to catch the Road Runner, Wile E. scratches his head with his right ear.

* TalkingWithSigns: Wile E. combines this with BinomiumRidiculus at the start of the cartoon (the only Jones cartoon in which the "binomium" isn't displayed in the manner of a chyron).

* WingdingEyes: Ending the sledgehammer gag, Wile E.'s eyes read "TILT" after the hammer's head lands on him.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Indicated by three overhead shots and a descending shot with a bow. Beautifully averted in the opening chase, as the Coyote comes to a full stop before the cliff where a bridge stood only a few seconds before. (Now compare that one with "WesternAnimation/ToBeepOrNotToBeep.")

* HammeredIntoTheGround: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. The moment Wile E. turns himself upside-down as he's falling down the cliff in the bow, he gets shot in the air when he touches the ground and gets lodged in the precipice.

* SpringJump: Non-video game example. Wile E. uses the roller skis that are stuck on the cliff wall as a diving board. As he completes his fifth jump, the skis snap under the force of the drop, leading to his first of four dates with gravity.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Indicated by three overhead shots and a descending shot with a bow. Beautifully averted in the opening chase, as the Coyote comes to a full stop before the cliff where a bridge stood only a few seconds before. (Now compare that one with ''WesternAnimation/ToBeepOrNotToBeep.'')

* TalkingWithSigns: Wile E. combines this with BinomiumRidiculus at the start of the cartoon (the only Jones cartoon in which the "binomium" isn't shown in chyron).

''Lickety-Splat'' is a 1961 cartoon in the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' series starring [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner]].

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Indicated by three overhead shots and a descending shot with a bow. Beautifully averted in the opening chase, as the Coyote comes to a full stop before the cliff where a bridge stood only a few seconds before.

* TalkingWithSigns: Wile E. combines this with BinomiumRidiculus at the start of the cartoon.

* AnvilOnHead: The final gag has the Coyote trying to drop an anvil on the Road Runner, but fails when a dart bomb takes out a chunk of the cliff.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Indicated by three overhead shots and a descending shot with a bow. Beautifully averted in the opening chase, as the Coyote comes to a full stop before the cliff where a bridge stood only a few seconds before.

* SpringJump: Non-video game example. Wile E. uses the roller skis that are stuck on the cliff wall as a diving board. As he completes his fifth jump, the skis snap under the force of the drop, leading to his first of four dates with gravity.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Indicated by three overhead shots and a descending shot with a bow. Beautifully averted in the opening chase, as the Coyote comes to a full stop before the cliff where a bridge stood only a few seconds before.

* SpringJump: Non-video game example. Wile E. uses the roller skis that are stuck on the cliff wall as a diving board his first of four dates with gravity.

* DropTheHammer: The Coyote tries to hit the Road Runner with a sledgehammer, but it fails when one of the dart bombs pins itself to the hammer and blows up.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Indicated by three overhead shots and a descending shot with a bow.

* SpringJump: Non-video game example. Wile E. uses the roller skis that are stuck on the cliff wall as a diving board in an attempt to catch the Road Runner. Unfortunately, the skis break as he tries to do a fifth bounce and gets humiliated by gravity.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Gravity beats the Coyote four times.

After failing to catch the Road Runner yet again, Wile E. Coyote's newest schemes come to mind, including roller skis and a whole lot of pesky flying dart bombs.

* RunningGag: Throughout the second half, the dart bombs released earlier keep appearing to ruin Wile E.'s plans.