''Coyote Falls'' is a 2010 3D

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featuring the characters

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. Directed by

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and written by Tom Sheppard, it is the first Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner short to be made into CGI as well as the first theatrically released 3-D animated short since 1953's ''

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''. ''Coyote Falls'' was first shown in theaters before

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' feature-length film '' Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore''. In 2014,

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published this short on

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Plot

From a high bridge,

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is pouring out his usual

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lure for the Road Runner below, and intends to use an

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he ordered to catch him. On his first two tries, he misses grabbing Road Runner and on his way down a third time (with cutlery in hand), he collides with a gasoline truck and holds on to the tanker for dear life, but only succeeds in taking the gasoline tanker with him, which explodes upon impact. On his next attempt, the Coyote continuously gets hit by oncoming trucks and eventually gets wound up in the bungee cord on the bridge. He is then freed by a passing tow truck, but crashes through the wall above the tunnel and is then hit by another truck. Road Runner then comes up to taunt him, and the Coyote sees yet another truck coming from behind. Wile E. uses the truck to chase after Road Runner, forgetting about the stretching bungee cord and when he lets go to try and grab him, the Coyote is shot back by the bungee cord recoiling and hits yet another truck in the tunnel. The camera changes shots to the back of the truck with "That's all Folks!" written on it and Wile E. recoils one more time, hitting the screen and sliding off, as the Road Runner speeds off through the tunnel.

Awards

The film was nominated in the

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and was shortlisted for an

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Release

''Coyote Falls'' was released theatrically with '' Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore'', and included on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film. The short was included on the '' Looney Tunes Super Stars' Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote: Supergenius Hijinks'' DVD. It was also included as a bonus on the DVD release of '' Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run''.

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