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2 [[caption-width-right:350:"TheEnd (old Chinese proverb)"]]
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4"War and Pieces" is a 1964 cartoon featuring WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner.
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6Everything goes as well as it usually does for the Coyote, starting with a chase scene where he's carrying a hand grenade. The Road Runner outruns the explosive little thing, which (as he turns a corner of the road) ultimately bounces off a cactus and flies right back into the Coyote's face. Now covered in cinders, the Coyote goes off to ponder his next play. Between a bow with a rope tied to his hide on a pulley, a hydraulic press activated by an electric eye beam (the closest the cartoon gets to a case of HomingBoulders), a can of invisible paint, a shotgun disguised as a peepshow, a grappling hook, and a mini-rocket that somehow tunnels all the way into China, the Coyote's ButtMonkey status reigns supreme.
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8It is noteworthy for being the last classic-era ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon for Creator/ChuckJones (whose next project would be Literature/TheDotAndTheLine at MGM).
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10Not to be confused with the Roland and Rattfink cartoon of the same title (1970) or the ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' segment entitled "War & Pieces" (1991).
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14* AshFace: Several scenes: the grenade toss in the chase scene, the Secrets of a Harem peepshow with the shotgun as a lens, and the tearing of a cloud with a grappling hook (which emits a lightning blast).
15* BinomiumRidiculus: ''Caninus Nervous Rex'' and ''Burn-em Upus Asphaltus'', respectively.
16* {{Bowdlerization}}:
17** The version shown on ABC's ''The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show'' cut the beginning (where Wile E. Coyote lobs a grenade at the Road Runner, only for the grenade to catapult back to him thanks to a desert cactus) to remove the aftermath of the explosion and the part where Wile E. tries to shoot the Road Runner with a shotgun disguised as a peepshow called "Secrets of a Harem" and, predictably, gets shot in the face.
18*** The "Secrets of a Harem" scene was also cut on CBS.
19** ''The Merrie Melodies Show'' on FOX shows the "Secrets of a Harem" sequence (and leaves in the beginning with the grenade), but replaces the part where Wile gets shot with a frozen scene of the Road Runner looking down from a cliff.
20** The newly restored Memorable Entertainment Television ''Saturday Morning Cartoons'' print completely subverts this, as all of the aforementioned scenes are shown intact.
21* BreakingTheFourthWall: The overhead shot of his date with gravity (which is actually on a broken-off formation following the StrippingSnag) shows him waving goodbye.
22* DiggingToChina: For the final gag, Wile E.'s {{rocket|Ride}} winds up doing a U-turn on contact with the ledge. Then it ploughs through the center of the Earth and into China, where he discovers a Chinese Road Runner in an Asian rice hat and geta. He goes after it, but the Road Runner is carrying a gong that Wile E. crashes into, causing him to stumble down the hole and fall back to where he came.
23* FingerExtinguisher: In the first AshFace instance, after the grenade boomerangs back at him, the Coyote takes stock of his smoldering tail and moistens his fingers to take care of the issue ('''"PFST!"''').
24* ImpactSilhouette: The clouds that the Coyote passes through during his fall in the Invisible Paint gag.
25* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a reference to the novel ''Literature/WarAndPeace''.
26* SavedByThePlatformBelow: Following the failed launch and StrippingSnag described downward. While the Coyote is holding onto the end of the bow for dear life, it snaps off and... he ends up dropping only a few inches. But then the whole formation drops, with him still on it.
27* StrippingSnag: When the Coyote attempts to launch over to the Road Runner, the bottom half of his pelt rips clean off, to reveal a pair of hairy legs, GoofyPrintUnderwear, and loose socks.

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