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13 Of The Weirdest Acme Gadgets Used by Wile E. Coyote
One of the best parts of watching Looney Tunes was always the Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner sections. We always knew Wile E. was never going to catch the vocabulary-challenged bird, but his never-ending array of gadgets always made it interesting to see how close he'd get. In particular, these 13 were especially weird, yet strangely awesome.
Ski machine
Rocket sled
"Bat-man" suit
TNT and detonator
Practice bombs
Dehydrated boulders
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Explosive tennis balls
Jet-propelled unicycle
Rocket-powered roller skates
Super outfit
Earthquake pills
Giant kite kit
Bonus: Duck Dodgers' disintegrating pistol
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