Pepé Le Pew Pepé Le Pew Pepé Le Pew is a character from the Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of cartoons, first introduced in 1945. Depicted as a French striped skunk, Pepé is constantly in search of love and appreciation. However, his offensive skunk odor and his aggressive pursuit of romance typically cause other characters to run from him. Pepé Le Pew storylines typically involve Pepé in pursuit of a female black cat, whom Pepé mistakes for a skunk ("la belle femme skunk fatale"). The cat, who was retroactively named Penelope Pussycat, often has a white stripe painted down her
What a Cartoon! final short of the 48 contracted during Seibert's era aired. In 1998, Cartoon Network debuted two new short pilots and advertised them as "World Premiere Toons": "Mike, Lu & Og" and "Kenny and the Chimp", both of which were produced by outside studios. The two pilots were later compiled into "The Cartoon Cartoon Show", while both shorts eventually garnered their own series, "Mike, Lu & Og" in 1999 and "" in 2002. Two pilots entitled "King Crab: Space Crustacean" and "Thrillseeker", respectively dated 1999 and 2000, was also retconned into "The Cartoon Cartoon Show" anthology. On June 9, 2000, "The