# The one where the Coyote is the Antichrist \[Cheers episode\]

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**Created:** [January 13, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-where-the-coyote-is-the-antichrist-cheers-episode/433359 "2008-01-13T04:06:06Z")\
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Can anyone help me ID this Cheers episode.

I don’t remember much about the plot. A large part of it takes place in Sam’s office where he’s arguing with either Diane or Rebecca. Every time the door to the office opens you hear part of an (increasingly heated) argument between the regulars at the bar, ending with one of the regulars shouting, “Oh! And I suppose next your gonna say that Wile E Coyote is the Antichrist!” or something like that.

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I tried searching (both the SDMB and Google), and came up with plenty of evidence that what you’re thinking of exists (e.g. Post #11 of [Favorite ‘Cheers’ moments](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=346974)), but alas, no indication of which episode it was.

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I can’t remember what episode it was but I’m quite sure it was a 'Diane" one.

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-where-the-coyote-is-the-antichrist-cheers-episode/433359/4 "2008-01-13T05:59:01Z")

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Ooh. This sounds very familiar, and I believe that shouted line may have been by Frasier, who got sucked into the debate almost against his will.

Isn’t this the same episode where Cliff has said something like, “it’s not that he wants to eat a road runner. He wants to eat _that_ road runner.”

… Okay, I just did a search and here’s the quote, which may or may not be from the same episode as the Antichrist line:

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> WOODY: I always wondered, if he can afford to buy those kits to catch the Road Runner, why can’t he afford to buy something to eat?
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> CLIFF: Woody, I think you’re missing the point here. It’s not that Wyle E. Coyote wants to eat, necessarily, or that he wants to eat a roadrunner. What he wants is to eat that particular roadrunner. It’s very existential.
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> DIANE: We’re trying to save a man’s life here!
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> NORM: Yeah, Cliff, really. Besides, I have to disagree with you, y’know? You never see the coyote eat anything else. And, think about it. You never really see him eat anything at all, which could be why he’s missing the damn bird all the time. The brain needs sugar. Think about it.

If this is the same episode, it’s from “The Triangle,” Season 4 Ep 15.