Latin names

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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

Note: The only time that the Road Runner and Wile E. were given their real Latin names was in The Whizzard of OW

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

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.
• The actual scientific names for the coyote and roadrunner are Canis latrans and Geococcyx, respectively; although Geococcyx is a genus name and not one referring to a singular species.