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! would later go on to make "Gravity Falls" for Disney Channel/Disney XD. The studio launched another animation showcase in 2006, titled "Random! Cartoons", which in turn produced Nickelodeon's "Fanboy & Chum Chum" in 2009, Cartoon Network's "Adventure Time" in 2010, and Cartoon Hangover's "Bravest Warriors" in 2012. A sequel-of-sorts to the "What a Cartoon!" project, a Cartoon Network project titled "The Cartoonstitute", was announced in April 2008. Created by the channel executive Rob Sorcher and headed by "The Powerpuff Girls" creator Craig McCracken, the project was to "establish a think tank and create an environment in which animators can create