Wile E. Coyote is a comic genius that is depicted as always hungry and in poverty because of his outrageous attempts to find the perfect meal. In some of his stories, he meets Bugs Bunny, and roughly half the time he speaks fluently in a snobbish academic accent. The other times he is interested in capturing a particular Road Runner, mostly because of The Road Runner's ability to travel so fast that he breaks The Sound Barrier, and causes other destruction. This time Wile E. Coyote talks fluently only once, in Road Runner A-Go-Go, when nobody else is around. All other methods of communication, save for the occasional sarcastic "Ouch." after a terrible accident, is with various road signs. Wile E. Coyote also has an exaggerated miniature parasol that he uses when debris is about to fall. It is Wile E.'s passion to catch his targets. He constructs very complicated traps, utilizing the endless catalog of ACME products, unaware that these products are made by Road Runners.
Wile E. Coyote appears as follows:26 entries with Chuck Jones directly involved (3 of which were compiled to make a pilot episode for "Adventures Of The Road Runner", all music composed by Milt Franklyn EXCEPT for Hook, Line and Stinker & Hip Hip-Hurry! which is scored by John Seely ... To Beep Or Not To Beep, War And Pieces, and Zip Zip Hurray! which is scored by William Lava.) as well as The Wild Chase directed by Friz Freleng & Hawley Pratt together (this was a crossover with Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester), and Run, Run Sweet Road Runner directed by Robert McKimson. 11 more entries directed by Rudy Larriva. All of these except for the first one (Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner) utilized stock music, and for the first time, the arranger William Lava made very little attempt to match the music with the behavior of the characters. In fairness, this is NOT the first time that stock music was used and reused in this franchise. The first time it happened was when Milt Franklyn participated in a strike. As a result, several entries from 1958 made use of the music from John Seely & William Loose & Henry Russell, and was carefully arranged by William Lava also, (and all four of them were usually uncredited). A second entry from Robert McKimson was made (Sugar and Spies) with music from Walter Greene. Chuck Jones returns to direct Freeze Frame with Doug Goodwin and Soup Or Sonic with Dean Elliott. Both of these are meant to be footage made for television specials. ... And again with Chariots Of Fur with George Daugherty & Cameron Patrick. Spike Brandt directed Little Go Beep with Richard Stone. Brett Haaland made The Whizzard Of Ow with John Frizzell. After that, the duo began a new chapter with CGI Animation beginning with four mini entries directed by Matthew O'Callaghan with music by Christopher Lennertz, and continuing with The 2011 Looney Tunes Show. So far, if you count all these together, there are 49 theatrically released entries, even if some of them were originally part of television specials. You can also include the appearances in four films, five if you count The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Movie, and six if you count Who Framed Roger Rabbit, because it is not technically Looney Tunes. However, Wile E. Coyote also appeared five other times with Bugs Bunny as his foe. In some of these encounters, he speaks fluently, and brags about being a "Genius". And he even appears once with Ralph Wolf in Sheep Ahoy. If you include all the appearances together whether he was with Road Runner, Bugs Bunny, or Ralph Wolf, it seems to be 55 theatrical short entries, plus the other 4 Ralph Wolf entries, despite not nearly as popular, is still part of the same continuity. That makes it 59. Add the appearances in 6 full length theatrical films, that is at least 65 total appearances of Wile E., Ralph, or both of them. There are even more TV Movies and TV Series, which have different guides than this one, as it is supposed to chronicle the theatrical releases.
