Movie connections for
"The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour" (1968)

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Referenced in

"The Simpsons: The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show (#8.14)" (1997)
 -  Someone talks about being the voice of the road runner. They "meep" once and say the studio doubled it up to save money.
"The Nanny: Educating Fran (#5.9)" (1997)
 -  Fran describes a situation akin to what Wile E. Coyote would do.
The Longest Journey (1999) (VG)
 -  The protagonist makes a coment about Wile E. Coyote from the Road Runner cartoons.
Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly (2000) (TV)
"The Simpsons: The Wandering Juvie (#15.16)" (2004)
 -  The severely edited Itchy & Scratchy cartoon ("The Battle of Slaughter-loo") is a reference to classic animated shorts being edited for television, the best-known being those seen on the long-running Saturday morning show featuring Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts.

Spoofed in

Van Helsing (2004)
 -  A Werewolf falls off a cliff at Castle Dracula. The camera holds the shot as he falls to the bottom and goes splat.

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