ACME products
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ACME products is a fictional brand in Looney Tunes cartoons, notorious for its outlandish gadgets and contraptions that frequently malfunction, especially when used by Wile E. Coyote.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ACME | 1 |
| ACME Corporation (indirectly) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional brand
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fictional company ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Looney Tunes
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Merrie Melodies NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bugs Bunny Show NERFINISHED ⓘ various Looney Tunes spin-offs ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Road Runner cartoons
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Wile E. Coyote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonOutcomeFor | Wile E. Coyote's schemes fail ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
exaggerated functionality
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impractical design ⓘ often dangerous to the user ⓘ unreliable performance ⓘ |
| hasFictionalIndustry |
mail-order retail
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manufacturing ⓘ |
| hasMottoOrImpliedTrait | sells anything imaginable ⓘ |
| hasNameEtymology | derived from generic business name "Acme" meaning peak or best ⓘ |
| influenced |
popular culture depictions of unreliable gadgets
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use of the term "Acme" as a generic brand name ⓘ |
| inUniverseStatus |
large mail-order corporation
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ubiquitous supplier ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
animated short films
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animated television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | to cause comedic failure of characters' plans ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contraptions that frequently malfunction
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outlandish gadgets ⓘ |
| partOf | Looney Tunes universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productType |
anvils
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explosives ⓘ giant rubber bands ⓘ mechanical devices ⓘ rockets ⓘ transportation devices ⓘ traps ⓘ |
| typicalCustomer |
Wile E. Coyote
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various Looney Tunes characters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalOutcome | products backfire on the user ⓘ |
| typicalRole | supplier of gadgets to cartoon characters ⓘ |
| usedAs |
plot device for physical comedy
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running gag in Looney Tunes ⓘ satire of consumer products ⓘ |
| usedBy | Wile E. Coyote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ACME Corporation (indirectly)
subject surface form:
The Chief (Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?)
this entity surface form:
ACME