The Acme
Corporation is a fictional corporation that exists in the
Looney Tunes universe. It appeared most prominently in
the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons, which made Acme
infamous for outlandish and downright dangerous products that
failed catastrophically at the worst possible times.
The first appearance of the Acme Corporation was in a Buddy
cartoon Buddy's Bug Hunt . It also appeared in the Egghead
cartoon Count Me Out in which Egghead purchases a "Learn How
To Box" kit from Acme.
The company is never clearly defined, but appears to be a
conglomerate which produces everything and anything imaginable
(leading to the backronym "American Company Making Everything"), no
matter how elaborate or extravagant. An example is the Acme Giant
Rubber Band, subtitled "(For Tripping Road Runners)", which would
appear to be produced specifically for Wile E. Coyote. Considering
how often the Coyote uses new Acme products (despite the failure of
all the previous ones), he is perhaps one of Acme's best
customers.
The company name is ironic since the word acme actually means
the best or pinnacle. Generally, products from the fictional Acme
Corporation are very generic and tend to fail -- often in a way
that gets the user smashed by hard unyielding rock.
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