# ACME Answer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [October 4, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acme-answer/324802 "2005-10-04T23:31:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tigr67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@Tigr67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigr67)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acme-answer/324802/1 "2005-10-04T23:31:43Z")
ACME, as used playfully in the Warner Bros. animated shorts, is actually an affectionate nod to the peg-registration system used by the animators there. When animated cartoons are drawn, inked, painted and photographed, an series of three pegs are used to hold the paper and/or cels in allignment with one another to avoid unnecessary “jumping” or misplacement of the drawings/cels as they appear to move in the frame. ACME pegs/holes are usually at the bottom of the drawing/cel, and are the most commonly used registration system. For a time, Disney used its own unique (bottom-placed) peg system before converting to ACME, while the lesser-used competing Oxberry system of pegs are more commonly placed at the top of the page or cel. You can see a photo of an ACME peg bar here: [http://www.lightfootltd.com/product\_info.php/products\_id/89](http://www.lightfootltd.com/product_info.php/products_id/89) ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acme-answer/324802/2 "2005-10-06T03:22:34Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, **Tigr67** , we’re glad to have you with us. When you start a thread, it’s helpful to other readers if you provide a link to the Staff Report. Saves search time, and helps keep us all on the same page. In this case, it’s: [“What’s up with the Acme Company?”](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/macme.html) No biggie, I’ve provided the link for you, and you’ll know for next time. And, as I say, welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acme-answer/324802/3 "2005-10-06T11:55:46Z")
A friend of mine swears he saw a cartoon where Wile E. Coyote actually caught the Road Runner. He told me about it in the late '70s, and said it was part of a prime-time network showing of Looney Tunes. In it, he reported, when Wile E. finally had his hands around RR’s neck, he held up a sign that said, “Okay, _now_ what do I do?” Anyone else ever see this, or is my one leg now longer than the other? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acme-answer/324802/4 "2005-10-06T13:25:02Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > A friend of mine swears he saw a cartoon where Wile E. Coyote actually caught the Road Runner. He told me about it in the late '70s, and said it was part of a prime-time network showing of Looney Tunes. In it, he reported, when Wile E. finally had his hands around RR’s neck, he held up a sign that said, “Okay, _now_ what do I do?” > > Anyone else ever see this, or is my one leg now longer than the other? [Here ya go.](http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=50699;guest=6283309) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acme-answer/324802/5 "2005-10-06T15:56:48Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > [Here ya go.](http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=50699;guest=6283309) And that would be it. Thanks a bunch. Now there’s one less thing I have to worry about in life.