Whoa, Be-Gone! is a 1958 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on April 12, 1958, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.
The title is a play on the word "woebegone", meaning to be deeply beset by sadness and grief.
Plot Wile E. Coyote (Famishius Vulgaris Ingeniusi) and the Road Runner (Birdius High-Ballius) continue their game of cat and mouse. Over the title cards, Coyote chases Road Runner with a rocket. He then sets up various traps using a see-saw, a trampoline, a sniper rifle, a giant rubber band, a bunch of fireworks inside a barrel, a high wire structure, a pile of TNT underneath a high bridge, and ACME Tornado Seeds (which trigger a tornado when exposed to water) in hopes of trapping Road Runner. Road Runner evades every trap and the cartoon ends with Coyote being dragged into an army mine field by a whole container of tornado seeds when his water gun fails to fire towards the seeds on the road, but instead the water falls out of the grip into the container, triggering a massive tornado. As Coyote suffers explosion after explosion, Road Runner pulls down the "That's All Folks!" end-title card like a curtain/shade.
Crew Story: Michael Maltese Animation: Ken Harris, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson, Ben Washam, Keith Darling Layouts: Maurice Noble Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard Effects Animator: Harry Love Film Editor: Treg Brown Vocal Characterizations: Paul Julian (uncredited) Music Score: Milt Franklyn Directed By: Chuck Jones
See also Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
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