Pepé Le Pew (character)

Pepe Le Pew, often shortened to just "Pepe" (although he is referred to as "Henry" in his debut), is a fictional character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies film-short series. An anthropomorphic, French skunk, Pepe is continuously in search of romance, but is inhibited from getting it by his smell, self-delusion, and overly persistent manner. Pepe is stereotypically French in the same way that Speedy Gonzales is stereotypically Mexican.

Concept
Pepe Le Pew cartoons typically feature the amorous polecat pursuing what he believes is a "female skunk." Usually, however, the supposed female skunk is actually a black cat (retroactively named "Penelope Pussycat") who has had a white stripe painted down her back, often by accident (such as by squeezing under a fence with white paint). Usually, Penelope runs away from Pepe because of either his putrid odor or overly assertive manner, but the skunk won't take "no" for an answer and hops after her at a leisurely pace.

Role-reversals
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Subversions
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Production
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Cameo appearances
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Modern media
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Voice
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Film
In October 2010, it was announced that Mike Myers will voice Pepe in a feature-length, live-action/animated film based on the character.

Filmography

 * Odor-able Kitty (1945)
 * Scent-imental Over You (1947)
 * Odor of the Day (1948)
 * For Scent-imental Reasons (1949), Academy Award winner
 * Scent-imental Romeo (1951)
 * Little Beau Pepe (1952)
 * Wild Over You (1953)
 * The Cats Bah (1954)
 * Dog Pounded (1954), cameo
 * 2 Scent's Worth (1955)
 * Past Perfumance (1955)
 * Heaven Scent (1956)
 * Touche and Go (1957)
 * Really Scent (1959)
 * Who Scent You? (1960)
 * The Bugs Bunny Show (1960)
 * A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961)
 * Louvre, Come Back To Me! (1962)
 * The Porky Pig Show (1964)
 * Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977)
 * The Daffy Duck Show (1978)
 * Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979)
 * Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
 * The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Movie (1979)
 * The Looney, Looney, Looney, Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
 * Bugs Bunny's Mad World Of Television (1982)
 * Bugs Vs. Daffy: Battle Of The Music-Video Stars (1988)
 * Carrotblanca (1995), voiced by Greg Burson
 * Space Jam (1996), voiced by Maurice LaMarche
 * Tweety's High Flying Adventure (2000), voiced by Joe Alaskey
 * Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003) - cameo, voiced by Bruce Lanoil
 * Baby Looney Tunes (2005)
 * It's A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas-Special (1992) - cameo
 * The Looney Tunes Show, voiced by Rene Auberjonois

Quotes

 * "You know, eet eez possible to be too attractive!" ~For Scent-Imental Reasons
 * "'I'm playing eet too cool, non?"
 * "Non, non, non. Not 'pew.' Le pew. 'Pepe Le Pew's' my name." ~Really Scent
 * "Vair are you, my leetle Mona Lisa? I'm going to collect you!" ~Louvre Come Back To Me!
 * "Lovely view, eez eet not?"
 * "Le bow wow wow! Le bow! Le wow! Le rowr. Le [Tarzan-like yell]! A screech to you eez jungle love, non?" ~Past Perfumance
 * "Julio, Julio, herefore art me, Romiette." ~Past Perfumance
 * "Ah, my leetle, Shvedish meatball, eet eez love at first sight, eez eet not, no?" ~Wild Over You
 * "Coffee, tea, or moi?" ~Carrotblanca
 * "Baby darla!!"
 * "Vi eez eet zat vennever a man eez captured by a voman, all he veesh to do eez get avay?" ~Little Beau Pepe

Trivia

 * Pepe and Penelope are possibly the first to get frozen by Otto The Odd in The Hunter, in which the skunk is, once again, trying to woo the cat.