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Your one-stop shop for a [http://web.archive.org/web/20080212084642/http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/acme.html variety of products] which may or may not function exactly as advertised. Renowned for [[Instant Home Delivery|express shipping]] that has FedEx drooling in jealousy.
For this wiki's purposes, an [[Acme Products|Acme Corporation]] is ''any'' generic corporation that seems to supply ''[[Crazy Prepared|everything]]'' a character, or entire cast, uses. These supplies are, of course, [[Acme Products]]. Not to be confused with [
The eponymous example appears most famously in [[The Golden Age of Animation|classic]] Warner Brothers cartoons featuring Wile E. Coyote, whose more elaborate plans involved Acme catapults, earthquake pills, bat suits, spring shoes, and so on; the Coyote's undying faith in Acme Corp., despite the endemic flaws and defects, is one of the mysteries of this series. [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] and other characters made use of their services as well, with [[Karmic Trickster|better results]].
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* [http://www.kleinbottle.com/ Acme is the largest supplier of glass Klein bottles.] If only Wile E. had had one of these, that stupid bird would be his in no time.
* [[Sony]]. Currently dealing in consumer and industrial electronics (including laptops, phones, camcorders, cameras and radios), home entertainment, media production (including TV, Film and Music), electronic components, industrial chemicals, videogames (both games and consoles), batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.
* Likewise, Mitsubishi, known in the US only as a car manufacturer, does pretty much everything in its homeland. Just check the list of subdivisions on [
* The [http://www.tata.com/ Tata Group] in India, supplier of many products including automobiles, energy, and even ''tea''.
* The number one hit on Google for "Acme Labs" unfortunately doesn't count. [http://www.acme.com Acme.com] is owned by a software developer named Jef Poskanzer, and it mostly specializes in [[Author Appeal|toy programs that amuse the site owner]]. A phase-of-the-moon app, some interesting Java graphics hacks, and a couple of different web server designs are long-standing marquee items; there is also a "chocolate registry" that lets you request chocolate from people, like a wedding registry. (And it has an anvil as a logo.)
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