Pepé Le Pew voice for the character closely resembles the one he used for "Professor Le Blanc", the harried violin instructor on "The Jack Benny Program". Pepé Le Pew's cartoons were dubbed in French; in the French version ("Pépé le putois"), Pepé speaks with a heavy Italian accent. His voice is a parody of Yves Montand. Chuck Jones first introduced the character (originally named Stinky) in the 1945 short "Odor-able Kitty" (see "Variations"), in which he was revealed to be a married American skunk named Henry who had been faking his French accent. For the remaining cartoons Jones directed, Pepé retained his accent,
What a Cartoon! "Oh Yeah! Cartoons" (Nickelodeon, 1998), "Nicktoons Film Festival" (Nickelodeon, 2004), "The Meth Minute 39" (Channel Frederator, 2008), "Random! Cartoons" (Nickelodeon/Nicktoons, 2008), "Too Cool! Cartoons" (Cartoon Hangover, 2012), and "GO! Cartoons" (Cartoon Hangover, 2016). "Oh Yeah! Cartoons" showcased "What a Cartoon!" alumni (Butch Hartman, Rob Renzetti) and launched several successful Nickelodeon series, including "The Fairly OddParents", "ChalkZone" and "My Life as a Teenage Robot". Frederator Studios also launched an animation film festival, "Nicktoons Film Festival" from 2004 to 2009; only to have "The Mighty B!" greenlit as a series based off the "Super Scout" short; though one short from Alex Hirsch