Pepe Le Pew

Pepe Le Pew is a French skunk originally from the Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies short animated films.http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0030549/ In most of his films, Pepe spots a black cat with a white stripe painted down her back, thinks she is a fellow skunk, and falls in love with her. The cat flees Pepe and his skunk smell, Pepe believes she is playing hard to get, and a chase scene ensues.http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Pepe_le_Pew Instead of running, Pepe often moves forward by hopping on all four feet simultaneously.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja66EOPw3-E&playnext=1&list=PL8460542D348EDF41&index=59 Pepe's French dialect is mostly English words with "le" affixed at the end, while the other characters in the shorts speak French peppered with enough English for an English-speaking audience to understand.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAIdrSN1L6s In his later appearances, the character becomes less aggressive in his pursuits; the public had begun to perceive his behavior as stalking.http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Pepe_le_Pew

In 1949, the Pepe film "For Scent-imental Reasons" won the Oscar for best short.http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1293341870907 In October 2010, it was announced that Warner Brothers is planning a live-action/CGI Pepe Le Pew movie starring the voice of Mike Myers.http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/10/07/mike-myers-to-voice-pepe-le-pew-for-live-actioncgi-movie/

Warner Brothers' first short to feature an amorous skunk was "Odor-Able Kitty" in 1945. Despite the fact that the character had a different name, this is considered to Pepe Le Pew's first appearance.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037956/ The first short to include the name "Pepe Le Pew" was "Little Beau Pepe" in 1952.http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/449-Little_Beau_Pep%E9.html

Mel Blanc, who was also the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the cat, and Wile E. Coyote, played Pepe until 1988.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000305/ After that, the character was voiced by a series of other actors, including Joe Alaskey and Maurice LaMarche.http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0030549/

"What is this? Oh, but of course. This little one wish to commit suicide to prove her love for me. What a sweet gesture. Nevertheless, I must prevent it." -- Pepe Le Pew, "For Scent-imental Reasons," 1949http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041380/quotes

"I am the broken heart of love. I am the disillusioned. I wish to enlist in the Foreign Legion so I may forget. Take me! " -- Pepe Le Pew, "Little Beau Pepe," 1952 http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0030549/quotes

"You are ze corned beef to me, and I am ze cabbage to you...I like it! Come back! Ze corned beef does not run away from ze cabbage!" -- Pepe Le Pew, "Wild Over You," 1953http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0030549/quotes