If you are one of those people who always root for the underdog, you probably wish that Wile E. Coyote would just once catch the Roadrunner. Well, he did! It was in the 1980 Chuck Jones produced special, ‘Bugs Bunny’s Bustin’ Out All Over’ in a segment called ‘Soup or Sonic’.
But, alas! The poor coyote still did not get to eat him, of course! After the usual fatalistic chase with the Roadrunner far ahead and showing no signs of fatigue, they race through a pipeline of sorts. Wile E. Coyote is shrunk in the process and the Roadrunner looks gigantic compared to his now-tiny nemesis.
The coyote did not so much catch up to the bird, because the bird actually stopped running, conceiving no threat from the tiny predator. At first Wile E. Is very happy and excited and puts on his napkin-bib and reaches for the cutlery. But how will he slay the giant bird?
He asks the audience by means of boards he holds up: “Okay wise guys, you always wanted me to catch him. Now what do I do?” End of episode and Wile E. Coyote still goes to bed hungry! Despite the fact that a lot of people side with Wile E. Coyote, we all know that the Roadrunner will remain immortal, as will Wile E. Coyote, because the one can not exist without the other!

