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Latin names, also known as species names or scientific names, are a recurring visual gag used in the Looney Tunes animated franchise. They are primarily used for the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote's appearances.
List of Latin names
Shorts
| Title | Road Runner | Wile E. Coyote |
|---|---|---|
| Fast and Furry-ous Beep, Beep Going! Going! Gosh! |
Accelleratii-Incredibus | Carnivorous-Vulgaris |
| Zipping Along | Velocitus-Tremenjus | Road Runnerus-Digestus |
| Stop! Look! And Hasten! | Hot-Roddicus Supersonicus | Eatibus-Anythingus |
| Ready.. Set.. Zoom! | Speedipus-Rex | Famishus-Famishus |
| Guided Muscle | Velocitus-Delectiblus | Eatibus "almost" Anythingus |
| Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z | Delicius-Delicius | Eatius-Birdius |
| There They Go-Go-Go! | Dig-Outius Tid-Bittius | Famishius-Fantasticus |
| Scrambled Aches | Tastyus-Supersonicus | Eternalii-Famishiis |
| Zoom and Bored | Birdibus-Zippibus | Famishus-Vulgarus |
| Whoa, Be-Gone! | Birdius-High-Ballius | Famishus-Vulgaris-Ingeniusi |
| Hook, Line and Stinker | Burnius-Roadibus | Famishius-Famishius |
| Hip Hip-Hurry! | Digoutis-Unbelieveablii | Eatius-Slobbius |
| Hot-Rod and Reel! | Super-Sonicus-Tastius | Famishius-Famishius |
| Wild About Hurry | Batoutahelius | Hardheadipus-Oedipus |
| Fastest with the Mostest | Velocitus-Incalcublii | Carnivorous-Slobbius |
| Hopalong Casualty | Speedipus-Rex | Hardheadipus-Ravenus |
| Zip 'n Snort | Digoutius-Hot-Rodis | Evereadii-Eatibus |
| Lickety-Splat | Fastius Tasty-us | Apetitius-Giganticus |
| Beep Prepared | Tid-bitius Velocitus | Hungrii Flea-baggius |
| Zoom at the Top | Disappearialis-Quickius | Overconfidentii-Vulgaris |
| War and Pieces | Burn-em Uppus-Asphaltus | Caninus-Nervous-Rex |
| Freeze Frame | Semper Food-ellus | Grotesques-Appetitus |
| Soup or Sonic | Ultra Sonicus-Ad Infinitium | Nemesis-Ridiculii |
| Chariots of Fur | Boulevardius-Burnupis | Dogius-Ignoramii |
| Little Go Beep | Morselus-Babyfatius-Tastius | Poor-Schnookius |
| Whizzard of Ow | Geococcyx californianus | Canis latrans |
Note: The only time that the Road Runner and Wile E. were given their real Latin names was in Whizzard of Ow.
TV series
The Looney Tunes Show
Looney Tunes Cartoons
Specials
Video games
Road Runner
| Road Runner | Wile E. Coyote | Referenced from: |
|---|---|---|
| Velocitus delectibus | Hardheadus hungrus | Guided Muscle (Road Runner) |
| Cantus Stopus | Hard-Headipus Oepipus | Wild About Hurry (Wile E. Coyote) |
| Movoutus Unbelivabus | Notso Supersonicus | |
| Hotus Rodicus | Hungrii Flea-Bagius | Beep Prepared (Wile E. Coyote) |
| Foreverus Seedeatus | 'Overconfidenti Vulgaris | Zoom at the Top (Wile E. Coyote, minus the second 'i' in 'Overconfidentii') |
| Veryus Quickus | Eatus Roadrunnus | |
| Acceleratii inredibilii | Pigoutus Onbirdus | The latin name 'Acceleratii Inredibilii' is similar to the road Runner's latin name: 'Accelleratii-Incredibus', which was used in the first three cartoons: Fast and Furry-ous Beep, Beep Going! Going! Gosh! |
| Disappearus Quickus | Appetitus giganticus | Zoom at the Top (Road Runner) Lickety-Splat (Wile E. Coyote) |
Road Runner's Death Valley Rally
| Level | Road Runner | Wile E. Coyote | Referenced from: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zippity Splat | Speedomitrus Maximus | Hungarius Uncontrolibus | |
| Rock 'n Rivet | Greasius-Lightningus | Gadgetius-Fanaticum | |
| Train Runnery | Accelerati-Incredibus | Ravenous-Uncontrollibii | Road Runner: Fast and Furry-ous Beep, Beep Going! Going! Gosh! |
| Hopalong Casualty | Rocketum-Instantanius | Ravenous-Carnivourous | |
| Quantum Beep | Birdibus-Zippidus | Famishus-vulgarium | Zoom and Bored (with the acception of 'Vulgarus' being changed to 'Vulgarium'. |
Desert Demolition
| Road Runner | Wile E. Coyote |
|---|---|
| Speedicus Birdicus | Canis Ravenous |
Looney Tunes: Double Pack - Acme Antics
| Stage No. | Road Runner | Wile E. Coyote | Referenced from: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accelleratii-Incredibus | Carnivorous-Vulgaris | Fast and Furry-ous Beep, Beep Going! Going! Gosh! |
| 2 | Birdibus Zippibus | Hungrii Flea-bagius | Zoom and Bored (Road Runner) Beep Prepared (Wile E. Coyote) |
| 3 | Burnius-Roadibus | Apetitius Giganticus | Hook, Line and Stinker (Road Runner) Lickety-Splat (Wile E. Coyote) |
| 4 | Fastius Tasty-us | Eatius-Slobbius | Lickety-Splat (Road Runner) Hip Hip-Hurry! (Wile E. Coyote) |
| 5 | Disappearialis Quickius | Eatius-Birdius | Zoom at the Top (Road Runner) Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z (Wile E. Coyote) |
| 6 | Burn-em Upus Asphaltus | Eatibus-Anythingus | War and Pieces (Road Runner) Stop! Look! And Hasten! (Wile E. Coyote) |
| 7 | Super-Sonicus-Tonicus | Grotesques-Appetitus | Hot-Rod and Reel! (Road Runner, originally meant to be 'Super-Sonicus-Tastius') Freeze Frame (Wile E. Coyote) |
| 8 | Hot-Roddicus Supersonicus | Caninus Nervous Rex | Stop! Look! And Hasten! (Road Runner) War and Pieces (Wile E. Coyote) |
Comics
Miscellaneous
- In Stop! Look! And Hasten!, when Wile E. tried using a Burmese tiger trap, an actual tiger appears and frightens Wile E. away. A latin name was given while it walks away: Surprisibus! Surprisibus!
- Wile E. Coyote gives Bugs Bunny the Latin name Rabbitus-Idioticus-Delicius in the short Rabbit's Feat, although it was spoken instead of being shown on-screen.
- In Soup or Sonic, The Road Runner's beeps are given a latin name of their own: Beepius-Beepius
- In Adventures of the Road-Runner, the Road Runner was given the scientific name of Super-Sonicus Idioticus.
- In Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Wile E. Coyote was given the scientific name of Desertus-Operatus-Idioticus.
Behind the scenes
- In taxonomy, the actual term for Latin names is binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), or binary nomenclature, referring to the naming of species by giving each with a name composed of two parts, usually in Latin grammatical forms.
- As stated above in Whizzard of Ow, the actual scientific names for the roadrunner and coyote are Geococcyx californianus and Canis latrans, respectively; the former name specifically refers to the greater roadrunner.
