I've always noticed in the old Road Runner cartoons he doesn't talk. However, he does talk in the Bugs Bunny cartoons. I was shocked that he could talk and I now actually like it. However, recent projects have Coyote always be silent(save for a webtoon) and I miss it when he talks. Do you think Wile E. should be able to talk or be silent?
It depends on the situation. One of the disciplines that Chuck Jones enacted on the Road Runner shorts was "No dialogue ever, except for 'Beep-Beep!", so in those shorts, Wile doesn't need to speak. When he's interacting with other characters such as Bugs or Sam Sheepdog in his guise as Ralph Wolf, when it's required for Wile to speak, then he should and does.
There is no definitive absolute "he should talk" or "he shouldn't talk" answer. Whether Wile E. Coyote speaks or not depends on what the particular cartoon calls for. Other characters such as Sylvester have alternately been portrayed as silent or verbal depending on what the short calls for, so it's not like Wile is an exclusive case.
Wile has already been established as a silent character on the RR cartoons and it works very well. It also works when he is a speaking character as his "super genius" persona. It all depends on his role in the cartoon. Even though they both work, I really do enjoy his "super genius" side.
Wile E. also speaks in four out of five shorts that feature Bugs Bunny as his enemy: "Operation Rabbit", "Rabbit's Feat", "Compressed Hare", and "To Hare is Human". He is silent for the remaining one which is Hare-Breadth Hurry.
Oh, and don't forget that webtoon I mentioned where Coyote was in court.
I was thinking what they could do with Coyote is the same thing they do with Ferb on Phineas & Ferb where Coyote hardly talks and at some points says something intelligent.
There was another Road-Runner toon in which the Coyote is watching a movie his earlier misadventures against the roadrunner, and "Monday-morning quarterbacks" them. Among other things, he explains how a longer cliff surface was needed to absorb his fall.
There was another Road-Runner toon in which the Coyote is watching a movie his earlier misadventures against the roadrunner, and "Monday-morning quarterbacks" them. Among other things, he explains how a longer cliff surface was needed to absorb his fall.
That was Road Runner A Go-Go, which was actually an episode of the Road Runner Saturday morning TV show.
