Pepé Le Pew human characters are given minimal dialogue, often nothing more than a repulsed "Le pew!"). Sometimes this formula is varied. In his initial cartoon, "Odor-able Kitty", Pepé (who was revealed to be an American skunk named Henry in this short) unwittingly pursues a "male" cat who has deliberately disguised himself as a skunk (complete with the scent of Limburger cheese) in order to scare off a bunch of characters who have mistreated him. "Scent-imental Over You" has Pepé pursuing a female "dog" who has donned a skunk pelt (mistaking it for a fur coat). In the end, she removes her pelt,
What a Cartoon! company to pay for the whole program. In addition to the eventual spin-offs, the "What a Cartoon!" short "Larry and Steve" by Seth MacFarlane featured prototypes of characters that would later go on to become MacFarlane's massively successful "Family Guy". The "What a Cartoon!" project and its assorted spin-offs brought Cartoon Network more commercial and critical success, and the network became an animation industry leader as the 1990s drew to a close. In 2001, coinciding with the death of William Hanna, Hanna-Barbera Productions merged with Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network opened its own production arm, Cartoon Network Studios, in