2006-09-26 11:16:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
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2006-09-26 11:19:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't think it stands for anything?
a fictional corporation, Acme Corporation, from the Looney Tunes Cartoons, suppliers of every kind of explosive device and other novelties, such as jet-propelled roller-skates.
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The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that exists in the Looney Toons universe.
The company is never clearly defined, by apparently exists as some degree of monopoly which produces everything and anything imaginable (making the explanation "A Company that Makes Everything" a good guess), no matter how elaborate or extravagent. In Warner Bros. cartoons, Acme products were most commonly purchased (by mail) by Wil E. Cyote who ordered many weapons in his failed attempts to catch the Road Runner. There were also commonly seen in Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons.
The Tiny Toons Aventures series expanded on the Acme universe, with the entire setting of the show taking place in a city known as "Acme Acres." The show's teenage protagonists attendeed Acme Looniversity.
The movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit attempted to explain Acme's inner-workings in greater detail. The movie's plot centers around the murder of Marvin K. Acme, the multi-millionaire founder and CEO of Acme Incorporated.
2006-09-26 11:22:11 · answer #2 · answered by mancunian_nick 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Acme Corporation is a fictional company that exists in the Looney Tunes universe. Subsequently it has been adopted widely in all forms of fiction as the archetypal name for a fictional company or corporation (or generically a subject with juridical personality).
The ACME Detective Agency is the detective organization in the Carmen Sandiego computer games. In the games, the user is always an ACME agent
English
Etymology
Greek ακμή, point, top, acne
Noun
Singular
acme
Plural
acmes
acme (plural acmes)
The top or highest point; the culmination.
The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. - Alexander Pope
The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. - I. Taylor
(medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
Mature age; full bloom of life. - Ben Jonson
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acme"
English
Acronym
ACME
A Company [that] Makes Everything: Wile E. Coyote's supplier of equipment and gadgets.
The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that exists in the Looney Tunes universe. It made its first appearance in a Buddy cartoon (Buddy's Bug Hunt), and it also appeared in the Egghead cartoon Count Me Out in which Egghead purchases a "Learn How To Box" kit from Acme. The Acme Corporation was featured most prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons.
The name is ironic since the word acme actually means the best or pinnacle. Generally, the products from the fictional Acme Corporation are very generic and tend to fail. Appropriately enough, the word "acme" rhymes with "smack me".
The company is never clearly defined, but appears to be a conglomerate which produces everything and anything imaginable (leading to the backronym "A Company [that] Makes Everything"), no matter how elaborate or extravagant.
The Acme products are typically mail-ordered, and it is likely that the famous Sears mail-order catalogs were a strong inspiration for the fictional company. Early Sears catalogs contained a number of products with the "Acme" trademark, including anvils, which are frequently-used props in Warner Bros. cartoons. [1]
Another influence could be the long-established practice of real companies using Acme (or anything starting with one or more A's) as their name, to create name recognition, and so that they will appear near the front of the phone book.
In the cartoons series, Acme products were frequently purchased by Wile E. Coyote, who ordered weapons, rockets, and other devices for his inventive and endless attempts to catch the Road Runner. They were also commonly seen in Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons. Acme products usually tended to backfire (often literally) in a comedic fashion; the National Lampoon magazine ran a feature in which a fictitious "lawsuit" against Acme catalogued the repeated failure of Acme products and Coyote's frequent resulting physical injuries (an online version is listed in the external links below). In fairness it must be said that some Acme products do work quite well, specifically the Rocket Sled, the Jet Powered Roller Skates, and the Instant Tornado Pills. The fact that the Coyote always comes to grief can not always be blamed on Acme.
The Tiny Toons Adventures series expanded on Acme's influence, with the entire setting of the show taking place in a city called "Acme Acres". The show's young protagonists attended "Acme Looniversity." Calamity Coyote often bought products from the fictional Acme company in his quest to catch the road-runner Little Beeper. In one episode, the company revealed its slogan, "For fifty years, the leader in creative mayhem."
In the cartoon Pinky and the Brain, the duo lived in "Acme Labs."
The 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit attempted to explain Acme's inner workings in greater detail. The movie's plot is centered on the murder of Marvin K. Acme, the multi-millionaire founder and CEO of Acme Incorporated. His motto was, "If it's Acme, it's a gasser!" Many of the film's scenes involve Acme products, and the climactic scene of the film is set in the Acme factory.
In an episode of Animaniacs, Albert Einstein was having trouble coming up with his E=mc² equation, and Yakko, Wakko and Dot came in and wrote the word "ACME" backwards (Wakko wrote the "A" in "ACME", which looked like a "2") and Einstein proceeded to include an "=" between the "M" and the "E", ending up with "E=mc²".
Most recently, the 2003 movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action showed the head offices of Acme, revealed to be a multinational corporation whose executive officers were led by a Bond-esque supervillain called "Mr. Chairman."
2006-09-26 11:32:54 · answer #3 · answered by David Y 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Acme is derived from the Greek word for 'peak,' 'prime' or 'zenith'; in the English language it originally meant "the best." So it's ironic when a Looney Tunes character uses an Acme product that turns out to be defective.
-Tony
2006-09-26 11:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by fayremead 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Acme was a very common name for businesses (because it starts with A and gets you up front in the phone book). So the cartoon people just used it every place where a company name could go.
2006-09-26 11:21:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most of these entries cover the matter w/ proper thoroughness, but once I saw ACME defined as
All Coyotes Must Employ.
It does seem to be obligatory.
2006-09-27 11:42:00 · answer #6 · answered by comicards 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original joke was
American Company Makes Everything
2006-09-26 11:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
American Company Makes Everything or an episope where Albert Einstine forgot the formulae (E=MC) but they added an "A" for it to make make more sence to him!!!
2006-09-27 04:17:28 · answer #8 · answered by STAR S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be --A - Company - that Makes Everything
2016-11-17 08:44:32 · answer #9 · answered by Geoffrey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure but I found these two sites that I thought were good.
2006-09-26 12:25:18 · answer #10 · answered by Duane L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋