Whoa, Be-Gone!

Whoa, Be-Gone!
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	April 12, 1958
Run time	6:15
Starring	Paul Julian
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ken Harris Abe Levitow Richard Thompson
Director(s)	Chuck Jones
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Second title card

Whoa, Be-Gone! is the four-hundredth and thirty-sixth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 8, 1958. It was written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones.

After failing to catch the Road Runner on a rocket missile, Wile E. Coyote soon has trouble falling off a cliff. Not once, but twice. But nevertheless, he tries making a few more attempts to catch his prey.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Road Runner	Paul Julian
Wile E. Coyote	N/A

Organizations

• Acme

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Southwest desert
      • Abandoned army minefield

Objects

• Rocket missile
• Teetertotter
• Trampoline
• Sniper rifle
• Acme Giant Rubber Band
• Tripwire
• Barrel cannon
• High wire structure
• Wheel-headed helmet
• Powerline
• Detonator and dynamite
• Acme Do-It-Yourself Tornado Kit
  • One Thousand Tornado Seeds
  • Acme Water Pistol
• Landmines
• "That's all folks!" end card

Vehicles

• Acme Truck

Crew credits

• Layouts: Maurice Noble
• Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
• Effects animation: Harry Love
• Film editor: Treg Brown

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 12, 1958 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The Road Runner pulls down the end card as Wile E. gets blown away by both the tornado and the landmines he touches.

Errors

• In the second gag involving the trampoline, the sniper rifle disappears for a single frame when Wile E. falls off the cliff a third time.

Legacy

• The see-saw, trampoline and wheeled helmet scenes were used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 2, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 on DVD.