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Originally Posted by Papenbrook
I'm also glad that they've gotten rid of Pepe Le Pew. His appearance was never needed.
I hope that he will be banned forever.
I'm just thankful that the director actually considered how women/girls would've felt.
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Actually some girls grew up watching Pepe and learned it's ok to not want a man's affections, it's ok to say no, hence the cat always running away.
You must have never seen the cartoons but let me refresh your memory.
First of all, Pepe's affections are never glorified. He's the one taking all the slapstick and all the L's in his shorts. It's never been portrayed as he's in the right and she's in the wrong.
Second, in some episodes the cat actually likes Pepe at first, before the skunk odor flows her way, then she starts running. It's a cartoon. The odor is always portrayed as this smoke of sorts and even though it should be apparent right way, usually the characters can't smell it until the smoke actually flies near their nostrils.
Third, in the times that Pepe had something happen in which the odor was temporarily removed, the cat goes apeshit and acts just as clingy to him as he did to her and it freaks him out. "Cherie, control yourself!'
Basically speaking, Pepe and Johnny Bravo are similar in the way that they're overconfident, oblivious to how women perceive them, but most all, they're
all talk. I know they're cartoons and all that, but it's obviously both of them have never had a woman, and for all their pursuits and attempts, it's clear neither would know what to do with a woman if she actually returned their affections.
So no there's nothing wrong with Pepe. He's just a funny character as are the rest of the Looney Tunes. Anyone who has a problem with him are obviously only watching the first 2 minutes of the short and never actually see how it ends.
Plus, you can just change him up. Later incarnations of the character has tones down the amorous side and has just kept the snooty French gimmick. Plus he was supposed to get his comeuppance in Space Jam 2 (which again, would have been a good lesson for girls) but most of these people always miss the point of everything and would rather cut out the scene altogether than have a chance to teach girls no means no. Idiots. Plain and simple.