If all of the Acme stuff doesn't work, why does Wile Coyote keep buying their rubbish?

Answer 1

it does work ,just never works on the pesky road runner.

Answer 2

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.

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Wiktionary, the free dictionary.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.

The company is never clearly defined, but appears to be a conglomerate which produces everything and anything imaginable (leading to the backronym "American Company Making Everything"), no matter how elaborate or extravagant. An example is the Acme Giant Rubber Band, subtitled "(For Tripping Road Runners)", which would appear to be produced specifically for Wile E. Coyote, who is perhaps one of Acme's best customers.

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, the Instant Tornado Pills, and the Triple-Strength Leg Muscle Vitamins. The fact that the Coyote always comes to grief can not always be blamed on Acme.

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.

Answer 3

Because Microsoft purchased Acme Products in 1980. Since then Acme (AKA MS Acme, Acme XP, Acme Vista) has been flooding the market with poorly designed Road Runner extermination technology. Mr. Coyote would much rather purchase his products from Apple, but the people at Cupertino do not believe in killing Road Runners and would rather sell their products to smelly hippy-types than violent wild animals in the desert. Mr. Coyote has been assured by MS Acme that the products would function properly if he upgraded to Acme Vista Ultimate Supreme and installed the latest Service Pack and several hundred security patches, but he unreasonably expects the products to work as soon as he takes them out of the box. Until Mr. Coyote learns how to build his own stuff and make it run on Linux it seems that the Road Runner is fairly safe.

Answer 4

If Wile Coyote didn't buy ACME's products than he wouldn't always get into funny dumb accident's. Than it wouldn't be funny, and the road runner would always get caught. Now tell me, is that what you want to watch on TV? No, Wile Coyote is better off getting blown up all the time. Hee hee. I love that show.

Answer 5

Acme has awesome marketing!

(I always wondered that myself - Acme made a mint off him...) And really, how much meat is on that roadrunner anyway?

Answer 6

That's the only company that both, delivers to the dessert, and takes his credit card no questions asked.

I heard somewhere it was really just animal product testing, and he's reimbursed for all of his purchases

Maybe one day a fat roadrunner dinner will gift itself to him.

Answer 7

Because Roadrunner is too fast for him and will always just miss any traps Wile sets for him.

Answer 8

They have a monopoly on the Southwest United States.

Answer 9

all that "ACME" stuff does work, it isn't until the customer modifies/alters the devices in order to use them in a fashion the were not designed for. then they fail. we have it all on video!

Answer 10

He bought his brain from acme as well.

Answer 11

he cant resist the incredible discounts.10 for the price of one?who wouldn't pass up such a good deal.