Wile E Coyote
Wile E.
Coyote is the cartoon character from Looney Tunes who endlessly pursues the Road Runner using elaborate contraptions that inevitably backfire.
The name has become shorthand for anyone whose overcomplicated schemes blow up in their face: He tried to fix the plumbing himself and went full Wile E. Coyote—flooded the whole basement.
- mail orderRemote purchasing via post
- canyonDeep river-cut gorge
- cliffVertical rock wall
- free fallUnimpeded gravitational descent
- anvilMetal-shaping block
dynamite · desert · chase · fall · splat · cartoon · Looney Tunes · contraption · backfire · scheme · meep meep · cactus · explosion · cartoon violence · plummet · rocket · trap · failure
- Warner BrosBugs Bunny, Tweety, Tweety Bird, Sylvester, Porky Pig
- Tricksterstrickster, mischief-maker, Loki, rascal, Anansi
predator-prey role
Wile E CoyoteRoad Runner
Swift blue bird
Bugs Bunny · winner · champion · victor · Tweety Bird
competence and success
Wile E CoyoteBugs Bunny
James Bond · MacGyver · Batman · Indiana Jones · Sherlock Holmes