ANSWERS: 45
  • This question is the same as asking "Why do fishermen buy boats, poles, & gear, get up at 5:00am to dip a line in the water when they could just go to the Fish Market?" ...& so I will answer both questions. Wile E. Coyote and those who fish share the same mental capacity, complete fools! The only difference is that the Coyotes endeavours provides amusing stories...ever listen to fishing tales, it's not pretty! If you calculate the price per pound of catch of the weekend fisherman, it wouldn't be a mile away from the per pound price of gold! ...Completely Mental, but hey they enjoy the "sport" of it all, and this is perhaps the motivation for Wile E. Coyote. ...That or his wild game store is running low on roadrunner meat and he is merely trying to stock his shelves. How else could he afford that gear... it must be a tax write off for his business, or he's just mental...these are the ONLY two possible answers!
  • You know, I run across a lot of questions while moderating questions for Answerbag, but I have to say, this is one of my favorites. Such a good point!!! Thanks!
  • He's got my credit card and won't give it back.
  • Well the answer's simple, really. That's how the animators draw him. ^__^
  • ACME doesnt sell food =D
  • He does, how do you think he has the energy to do all those antics? Besides, he just HAS to catch the roadrunner because it is the tastiest meat, but nobody else can catch the roadrunner too!
  • I'm guessing that a cartoon about a coyote going to the supermarket to buy a turkey would be dull. Or perhaps beneath it all, Wylie is deeper than we might suspect. He seeks to go down the road less traveled, even if it sends him off of a cliff. Perhaps pursuing the Roadrunner confirms his own existence; he has taken "cogito ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am") and changed it to "I chase, therefore I am." It may be a deeply-rooted sense of self-loathing. He knows his hunger could be satiated by his grocer's poultry section, but he doesn't feel he deserves it. Rather than dark meat or white meat, he feels he is worthy only of the pain inflicted by the anvils and explosives purchased through Acme. Could Wylie have romantic feelings for Roadrunner? Could his "chase" really be a yearning for cross-species love? Wylie Coyote, because you never stop pursuing your goal, because you play through the pain, because you think enough to "buy American" (Acme is an American company, isn't it?), because you never stop believing an umbrella will keep massive objects from hurting you, we salute you, whatever your motivation may be.
  • "buy" has a "u" in it. no, i'm not being just a jerk, i just wanted to say that first. but i agree he should do it, however i know the reason why he didn't. IF he ever DID, then, well, there'd have been no t.v. show. how sad. Who wants to watch a 30 min program of a wolf in a grocery store picking out bird meat.
  • Well, that would be a very boring cartoon, wouldn't it?...or maybe not... *Coyote enters store* Woman: Oh my gosh! It's a coyote! Comedy ensues.
  • It's kinda like fishing... I could just buy it if I wanted to. But the calm/stress of fishing is fun. It's a chase or game. Another example. Chasing after the girl/guy you've been crushing vs. hiring a prostitute... Maybe extreme, but it's similar...
  • It's got to be the challenge of the hunt. And I'm not sure, but does the Coyote ever actually PAY Acme anything or do they just send him stuff for free? Maybe Wile E. Coyote is the CEO of Acme and it's his corporate privilege? I seem to remember one where he used a turkey or some such thing to lure the roadrunner instead of the usual birdseed. Now that's possibly crossing the line. Should have eaten the turkey. Or maybe I'm remembering it wrong.
  • Because his desire and his insanity are more important to him than food. Coyote by Mark Knopfler Look at me coyote Don't let a little road dust put you off You can't judge a book Well you know that stuff There's a tear in my upholstery And a hole in my shoe But don't you just wish that you could Make half of the speed I do Speed I do, speed I do, speed I do You can't catch me coyote Though there may be blood on the tracks There may be some bridges burning Behind our backs But I got my laundry on the backseat And an itinerary too And don't you just wish that you could Make half of the speed I do Speed I do, speed I do, speed I do Speed I do, speed I do, speed I do Now i'm a speck on your horizon Getting smaller fast An ambush wouldn't be surprising I hope it's better than your last Once again the roadrunner Leaves the coyote in the dirt You've got another plan of action But we all know it ain't never gonna work It must be hard having dog dreams That never come true And don't you just wish that you could Make half of the speed I do Speed I do, speed I do, speed I do Speed I do, speed I do, speed I do
  • The last episode shows Coyote catching the RoadRunner by mistake,takes a bite and doesn't like the taste of it.Then he decides to drop it over a cliff and he see's that down there,there are more than a million Road Runner's dead and yes these were all the Road Runners he was chasing all this time and he thought it was only one!!! This episode was banned ofc
  • the thrill of the chase
  • It's the point of overcoming your opponent. If you set out and make the goal to eat that road runner, and you finally do, that meal will taste SO much better than if you just went out and bought that meal in a store.
  • His ACME credit card isn't accepted at the local (Porky)Piggly Wiggly?
  • Wilie is a product tester.
  • Wile E. Coyote is deeply in debt to his credit card provider. But driven by a hundred forms of obsessive demons, in his delusional mind he feels he must catch the RoadRunner to justify, at last, his behaviour. Sadly, if he does catch and consume the RoadRunner, it would only trigger a physical compulsion, and the cycle would be repeated. Warner Brothers should have called for intervention years ago.....Bugs and Daffy understand....
  • because most places can't deliver in 30 min. or less
  • Writer's Union Policy.
  • The thrill of the hunt? Or maybe he has just had too many anvils dropped on his head to think of something like that.
  • Its a coyote thing. None of us will understand.:-)
  • Well you see, it goes back to before he had all that money. He was making all his little gadgets on his own (you think he's in a lot of pain now...haha it doesn't even compare). That was the start of his obsession with the roadrunner. Then, in a moment of brilliance, he took every dime he had and put it into the stock market. Now that he's rich he has a vendeta with the roadrunner, and he just can't stop.
  • The thrill of the chase, man, the thrill of the chase. It can be very inticing!
  • I didn't see any "7-11's" on the side of any of those roads, and even Chinese and Pizza delivery has it's limits;0
  • he was stingy?
  • Sadly, he doesn't have all that money. His wealthy grandmother sends him a gift card for Acme every year for his Birthday and Christmas. The cards are non-transferable, and he can't get cash back... He's tried explaining the situation to his Nanna but as she is hard of hearing, and a bit senile, well, you know how it goes.
  • The Acme stuff is all just product placement. He gets free use of it for the show, but He doesn't see a penny.
  • HE LIKES THE TRILL OF THE CHASE
  • When I was a kid I always wondered about that. Now I think that this went beyong dinner, but was in fact a full out obsession. Wile E. should have been on meds long ago for this condition.
  • Lots of well to do people and creatures hunt for the sport and the exercise.
  • I think he stole all those stuffs.
  • Because Chuck Jones, ( his creator ), was a sadistic sh*t.
  • If that happened then you will never hear the beep beep again.
  • I'm sure that after the first two or three episodes, his hunt to destroy that blue bitch was more personal than anything else.
  • I think it's more of an ego thing. But, you can't let kids know about that so, bring on the thought bubbles depicting meals.
  • You just ruined my whole childhood, man! Thanks! :)
  • Because Chuck Jones - Wile E Coyote's creator, was a dark and sadistic man. He wanted that poor starving beast to suffer!!!! Just kidding.
  • It's the thrill of the hunt. Most men have nice loving wives at home but they still like to chase skirts anyway.
  • Haven't you ever heard of the thrill of the chase? ;)
  • He didn't have money, it was a line of credit at the hardware store.
  • It's the satisfaction of an accomplishment after facing a great challenge. All men are like that.
  • The thrill of the chase?
  • Where's the fun in that?
  • Comic effect. He's a true showman.

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