Pepe Le Pew and the New Script for Dating
Remember this guy? Well, it seems like some people still think that this is a good way to charm a lady – or at least this is the very mainstream way of viewing dating situations. To constantly chase, be unrelenting, and not take no for an answer. Pepe sees the cat as purely an object instead of as a being like himself.
But, the question is, who was the cat? What was her name? (I don’t remember her having one.) What were her needs and interests? (Pepe’s are clear.) Obviously the attraction was not mutual… so why didn’t they show the cat with her own love interest (making it a triangle or something)… instead of defining her only as one running away from Pepe?
If only Pepe talked to her and got to know her, maybe he would have had more luck… maybe she would have fallen for him… or who knows, maybe she would have ended up chasing him 
. Just another reason why it is so much more fun not to be mainstream.
Hmm, that’s a good point! Have to admit I never wondered about the cat. How neglected she was!
Her name is Penelope Pussycat, although for many years she had been given no name at all. And what did she want? Interesting, while she is often retreating from Pepe Le Pew for the very reasons that Stefanie indicates, many times it is clear that she actually wanted to be with Pepe but his scent kept getting in the way and spoiled any possible happiness for the two of them. Even in cartoons, it seems, relationships can be complicated.
That cartoon is genius. But yes, he was a bit of a pervert.