Acme

Acme Corporation
Also known as	Acme Acme Rocket-Powered Products, Inc.
Location	Varies by media
Objective	Selling products
Leader	Varies
First appearance	LT: Buddy's Bug Hunt (1935)

The Acme Corporation, known simply as Acme, is a corporation that appears in the Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts, and the Looney Tunes franchise in general. They are featured prominently in the cartoons starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, in which they manufacture products that either fail or backfire at the worst of times.

History

Original shorts

Acme is never clearly defined within the Road Runner cartoons, but appears to be a conglomerate that sells consumer goods. They appear to manufacture every type of product imaginable, regardless of how elaborate or extravagant they get. Many of their products are used specifically by Wile E. Coyote, as a means to catch the Road Runner. In the short Beep, Beep, it was referred to as "Acme Rocket-Powered Products, Inc." based in Fairfield, New Jersey. Acme's delivery service is done via mail orders, of which the product in question would sometimes arrive to the sender within seconds.

Behind the scenes

• The company name is derived from Greek (ἀκμή, English transliteration: akmē), meaning summit, highest point, extremity or peak. The name itself is ironic, since many of their products tend to be generic, failure-prone or explosive.