# Pepe Le Pew...innocent cartoon, or stalker/rapist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 1999, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902 "1999-09-20T18:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![torq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@torq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torq)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 1999, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/81 "1999-11-03T21:25:00Z")
Pepe’s “stalker tendencies” never bothered me that much. Spike from Happy Days, on the other hand… now HE was DISTURBING. I haven’t seen anyone mention this yet: on the relatively recent Tiny Toons, there’s a character named “Fifi la Fume” or something like that who is always involved in essentially the same plot as every Pepe cartoon. But, see, she’s a GIRL, so it’s FUNNY, I suppose. I’m pretty sure that there’s also an episode of Pepe where he gets de-stinked somehow (falls into a vat of perfume, maybe?) and the cat is chasing HIM. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 1999, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/82 "1999-11-03T22:49:00Z")
Ha! That cartoon druggie link insinuated that Yogi and BooBoo are gay! After a very long argument last year, I was convinced that I was the only person on earth who saw that. * * * _And I wonder when I sing along with you, if everything could ever feel this real forever, If anything could ever be this good again._ –Foo Fighters ---
**Author:** ![mamababy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@mamababy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamababy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/83 "2012-09-13T22:09:50Z")
> [@Alphagene](#): > > Yeah, and Roadrunner cartoons are amusing until you have been through the horror of ingesting Earthquake Pills. > > And a friend of mine who was nearly killed after trying out this Rocket-Powered Rollerskates still can’t sit through a full episode without crying. This is the best response of all. Thank you Alphagene. I haven’t laughed out loud like that in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/84 "2012-09-13T22:18:57Z")
Looks like Alphagene last posted when Bush was re-elected, so don’t hold your breath waiting for a “you’re welcome”. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/85 "2012-09-13T22:29:33Z")
> [@Mojo](#): > > I just thought the cartoon was a knock against the french- they think that they’re “zee greatest luv-airs, non?” even when being rebuffed. And they stink to boot. Hey, now ! Zere is no “two bewt” zere ! Ze stink is part and parcel of wat makes us ze greatest loveurs of ze weurld. Of curse, yoo AHmehricans woodun’t anderstand - you 'ave no kültchüre. Joke aside, while Pepe doesn’t particularly offend me I’ll admit I sometimes do have conflicting feelings re-watching Tom & Jerry cartoons as a reluctant adult - they’re clearly written and designed expecting the viewer to cheer for Jerry ; but Jerry is \*such \*a deliberately provocative douche most of the time, and Tom only suffers grievous bodily harm because he can’t help feeding the troll… It’s kinda sad, really, when you think about it for much too long and have had a little too much to drink. ETA: FUCK ! Zombied without my consent ! Or knowledge. There oughta be laws. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/86 "2012-09-13T22:49:46Z")
Zombie awakening totally worth it for the opportunity to make fun of **Drain Bead** for having a Foo Fighters lyric as her sig. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/87 "2012-09-14T03:11:25Z")
I’m wondering if this thread is older than Cafe Society. It might be. Anyway, moved from Great Debates. And fixing the title. His name is Pepe le Pew, not PePe La Pue. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/88 "2012-09-14T05:19:40Z")
This thread is so old it’s got whiskers on it. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/89 "2012-09-14T05:58:49Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m wondering if this thread is older than Cafe Society. It might be. Cafe Society appears to go back to only 2001, so yeah this is apparently older. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/90 "2012-09-14T06:27:12Z")
Holy shit, this makes me feel old. “WallyM7, isn’t he… wait, what?” And I still think of Cafe Society as the new forum. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/91 "2012-09-14T08:09:15Z")
> [@Arken](#): > > Finally, if you want to talk about disturbing cartoon chases, let’s talk about Screwball Squirrel. … The difference is (and if you think about it, this is very unusual in cartoons) Screwball DESERVES to be chased! Not that unusual. Jerry is a thief. Usually the trouble starts with him stealing someone else’s food. > [@RoboDude](#): > > Top 10 Worst Cartoon Characters > … > #1- Scrappy Doo- And, really, who else COULD it be? Godzooky ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/92 "2012-09-14T10:27:55Z")
Godzooky, though (as I recall) was an element in the otherwise unremarkable _Godzilla_ cartoon right from the start. Scrappy-Doo is an addition to an established premise, and it was a good premise up until then. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/93 "2012-09-14T10:35:06Z")
> [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](#): > > And I still think of Cafe Society as the new forum. Yeah, me too! And I still think they never should have added it! Five forums was plenty! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/94 "2012-09-14T14:39:40Z")
> [@vanillanice](#): > > I remember in a lot of the pepe cartoons,once the paint wore off the cat,he didn’t want her anymore,then She suddenly wanted Him,and started pursuing Him! I think most cartoons are characters chasing another,and never catching them. ☹ Exactly- for instance, in one episode, Pepe and the female cat both fell out a window. She landed in a barrel of water and he landed in a bucket of blue paint. She came out looking horrible and he came out both handsome and odor-free… at which point SHE started chasing him lustfully, while he ran for his life, whining, “Perhaps it eez possible to be TOO attractive.” It’s a lot like the old Benny Hill sketches that some feminists find offensive. Sure, Benny ogles and pursues nubile girls half his age… but the sketch ALWAYS ends up with Benny running for dear life, to the tune of “Yakkity Sax.” ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/95 "2012-09-14T15:13:39Z")
Is this a record for zombie thread revival? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/96 "2012-09-15T00:10:13Z")
When this thread began, [Jon Stewart](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/08/stewart-asks-france-why-are-your-skunks-so-date-rapey/) was still settling in. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/97 "2012-09-15T00:18:02Z")
When this thread began, I was just settling in to my first dorm. Erk. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/98 "2012-09-15T00:41:37Z")
Holy smokes! What a fun stroll down memory lane. Uke Ike, I miss you! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/99 "2012-09-15T03:05:52Z")
Hey, zombies! Don’t vote for Nader next year, especially if you live in FL. kthxbai! ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/100 "2012-09-15T09:50:21Z")
> [@kellibelli](#): > > _sigh_ > > I find that ONE cartoon disturbing…just that one. > I am trying to debate the ‘meaning’ or ‘theme’ of that ONE cartoon. > > My OP talks about the way PePe tries to force himself on the kitty…even children didnt find it funny. Which is hardly relevant as the cartoons weren’t made for children. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902.md?page=6)