<P> TV Guide included Wile E. Coyote in its 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time . </P> <P> Jones based the Coyote on Mark Twain's book Roughing It, in which Twain described the coyote as "a long, slim, sick and sorry - looking skeleton" that is "a living, breathing allegory of Want . He is always hungry ." Jones said he created the Coyote - Road Runner cartoons as a parody of traditional "cat and mouse" cartoons such as MGM's Tom and Jerry, which Jones would work on as a director later in his career . Jones modelled the Coyote's appearance on fellow animator Ken Harris . </P> <P> The Coyote's name of Wile E. is a pun of the word "wily ." The "E" stands for "Ethelbert" in one issue of a Looney Tunes comic book . The Coyote's surname is routinely pronounced with a long "e" (/ kaɪˈoʊtiː / ky - OH - tee), but in one cartoon short, To Hare Is Human, Wile E. is heard pronouncing it with a diphthong (/ kaɪˈoʊteɪ / ky - OH - tay). Early model sheets for the character prior to his initial appearance (in Fast and Furry - ous) identified him as "Don Coyote", a pun of the name Don Quixote . </P> <P> The series consists of: </P>

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