The "Rule"

Animated director Chuck Jones worked at Warner Brothers for decades making short movies starring Buggs Bunny, Daffy Duck and company. He also made Road Runner cartoons which from the first episode, an elaborate set of rules emerged.

Road Runner followed these set of rules:

• The Road Runner cannot harm or upset the coyote except by going "Meep Meep"
• No outside force can harm the coyote, only his own ineptitude or the failure of Acme products.
• The coyote can stop anytime - If he were not a fanatic.
• No dialogue evere except "Meep Meep"
• The Road Runner must stay on the road - Otherwise logically he would not be called the Road Runner.
• All action must be confided to the natural environment of the two characters - The Southwest American Desert.
• All materials, tools, weapons, or mechanical conveniences must be obtained from the Acme Corporation.
• Whenever possible, make gravity the coyote's greatest enemy. 
• The coyote is always more humiliated than harmed by his failures.

In class we watched an example of the rules in actions, below is the example and see for yourself.