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"Beep Beep" is onomatopoeia representing a noise, generally of a pair of identical tones following one after the other, often generated by a machine or device such as a car horn. It is commonly associated with the Road Runner cartoon (meep, meep) in the Looney Tunes cartoons featuring the speedy-yet-flightless bird and his constant pursuer, Wile E. Coyote. ''Beep, Beep'' is the name of a 1952 Warner Brothers cartoon in the ''Merrie Melodies'' series. ==Road Runner cartoons== Chuck Jones, the creator of the Road Runner, has stated that this sound, the only way the Road Runner can harm the Coyote, was inspired by hearing a Doppler-like effect as background artist Paul Julian imitated a car horn when he could not see where he was going. Julian voiced the various recordings of the phrase used throughout the Road Runner cartoons, although on-screen he was uncredited for his work. Although commonly quoted as "meep meep", Warner Brothers, the current owner of all trademarks relating to the duo, lists "beep, beep" as the Road Runner's sound, along with "meep, meep." According to animation historian Michael Barrier, Julian's preferred spelling of the sound effect was "hmeep hmeep". In 1978, Warner Brothers recycled the Road Runner's "beep, beep" sound for its TV series, ''Wonder Woman'', which featured a tiny robot-on-wheels named Rover who makes the "beep, beep" sound on occasion. So popular was the image of road-burning speed inspired by the Road Runner, that Plymouth (a division of Chrysler) named one of their V8-powered "Muscle Car" models after the cartoon bird. The car was fitted with Road Runner decals and a horn that made the well-known "beep, beep" sound when activated. The Road Runner cartoon also later became associated with Time Warner's Road Runner cable internet service. In comic books, the Road Runner's actual name was given as "Beep Beep". In the ''Simpsons'' episode "Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie", Homer Simpson meets a character – not Julian – who says she recorded the sound of the Road Runner. She comments, "They paid me for one beep, then they doubled it up on the soundtrack." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beep, beep (sound)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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