The 'Looney Toons Painted Tunnel on a Wall' gag is a legendary trope from the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner series, originating in the late 1940s. The gag typically features Wile E. Coyote painting a hyper-realistic tunnel on a solid rock face to trick the Road Runner. In a subversion of physics, the Road Runner successfully runs through the painting as if it were a real tunnel, but when the Coyote attempts to follow, he crashes into the hard stone. In internet culture, this template is used to represent 'the illusion of a solution' or situations where someone follows the same path as a successful person only to be met with a harsh reality check. It perfectly captures the frustration of falling for a deceptive trap or failing where others seemingly succeed through pure luck.