Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner Cartoon

Cultural References

There was a Soviet Union equivalent of the Road Runner series, titled "Ну погоди! Зайчик-побегайчик" (Pronounciation--Nu pogodi! Zaytchik pobegaychik!), which in English means "Stop! You running rabbit!". In the series, a big bad wolf tries unsuccessfully to capture a little hare. The hare is, however, incredibly annoying. The action is in more of a silent gag movie style and lacks the Road Runner series' various technological gadgets. Some of the episodes were animated in black and white.

Ice hockey player Yvan Cournoyer was nicknamed "the Road Runner" due to his blazing speed on the ice.

In 2001, the season four episode "Revenging Angel" of sci-fi television series Farscape featured extended cartoon sequences in which John Crichton and Ka D'Argo were rendered as Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote-esque characters. In these sequences, which were hallucinations experienced by Crichton, D'Argo purses Crichton using a variety of familiar gags, such as OZME-brand rockets, explosive "froonium," and fake wormholes painted onto rock walls.

The numerous failures of Acme products resulted in a fictitious product liability lawsuit filed by Wile E. Coyote against Acme, which appears in various forms on the Internet (presiding judges, as listed on the lawsuit, have included Homer Simpson, Lance Ito, and Speedy Gonzales). One version includes a rebuttal from the Acme attorney, showing that Coyote was guilty of contributory negligence.