# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/101 "2012-09-15T10:31:15Z")
It wasn’t just cartoons that seemed to accept stalking back then. It was everything. Yeah, I know that Pepe Le Pew was shown to be a jerk and didn’t get the female he wanted, but that sort of character was more acceptable back then. Look at any medium back then - movies, cartoons, songs, fiction, etc. Frequently the stalker would end up getting the person they were stalking. Sometimes they were shown to be obnoxious and would have to give up, but you rarely see the outright revulsion that stalking gets today. Stalking often seemed to be portrayed as cute back then, even when the stalker eventually gives up. ---
**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, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/102 "2012-09-15T13:23:18Z")
I was cheering for the wild cat (from _Wild Over You_) because she could and did beat the crap out of Pepé, not that that deterred him. ---
**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, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/103 "2012-09-15T16:08:56Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > It wasn’t just cartoons that seemed to accept stalking back then. It was everything. Yeah, I know that Pepe Le Pew was shown to be a jerk and didn’t get the female he wanted, but that sort of character was more acceptable back then. Look at any medium back then - movies, cartoons, songs, fiction, etc. Frequently the stalker would end up getting the person they were stalking. Sometimes they were shown to be obnoxious and would have to give up, but you rarely see the outright revulsion that stalking gets today. Stalking often seemed to be portrayed as cute back then, even when the stalker eventually gives up. Hell, in _Seven Brides for Seven Brothers_, the brothers beat up everyone in the town, carry off screaming women, and everyone lives happily ever after - and TCM screens the film in the middle of the day. ---
**Author:** ![mamababy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@mamababy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamababy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/104 "2014-01-10T21:22:26Z")
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. [/QUOTE] [ol] [/ol] It’s all just too tragic… Earthquake pills are 100 times more addictive than meth. Oh yeah, and every time I get a new pair of rocket skates some quakehead rips me off again and the ACME Company products are not eligible for Prime two day free shipping at Amazon ! As Pepe Le Pew would say, “Quelle damage”. But C’est la vie, that’s life in Toontown…right ? ---
**Author:** ![mamababy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@mamababy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamababy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/105 "2014-01-10T21:25:28Z")
```php ``` > [@mamababy](#): > > 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. [ol] [/ol] It’s all just too tragic… Earthquake pills are 100 times more addictive than meth. Oh yeah, and every time I get a new pair of rocket skates some quakehead rips me off again and the ACME Company products are not eligible for Prime two day free shipping at Amazon ! As Pepe Le Pew would say, “Quelle damage”. But C’est la vie, that’s life in Toontown…right ? [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/106 "2014-01-10T21:29:47Z")
3 total posts. 2 today in this thread. Recent hacking of SDMB passwords. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![mamababy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@mamababy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamababy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/107 "2014-01-10T21:30:08Z")
I need a new vendor for earthquake pills and rocket skates. Anyone out there have a suggestion ? thanks very much, Mamaw Beverly Hills, CA ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/108 "2014-01-10T21:55:25Z")
> [@kellibelli](#): > > Remember those cartoons? > The way he tries to force himself on the poor hapless black kitty (who unfortunately has a mishap with the white paint) that he thinks is a skunk. > > Isnt that a metaphor for the over amourous date who thinks the girl 'wants it" because of how she is dressed? > > She never gets away, no matter what she does, and I never really found that funny…it was a little disturbing. > > Is that what the animators were trying to convey? > > Your thoughts? My thoughts are that the writer is ignorant about skunks, and about French. Even if I grant that skunks really can’t talk, cats can’t either. And a skunk should know the difference between skunk scent and the smell of house paint! ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/109 "2014-01-11T02:48:00Z")
Egad!..Antiquarian polecat zombies! They’re so… so… 20th century. But seriously, I believe 09-20-1999 is the most senior zombie post I’ve seen herein. Nearly 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/110 "2014-01-11T05:06:47Z")
true to your word then. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/111 "2014-01-11T05:36:36Z")
> [@bup](#): > > 3 total posts. 2 today in this thread. > > Recent hacking of SDMB passwords. > > Hmm. Especially interesting as she was the original reviver of this zombie back in Sept 2012. She joined just to make that post, and then returns 16 months later to revive it again? So all three posts are in this thread. Weird! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/112 "2014-01-11T05:42:28Z")
Pepe was a well meaning charmer. The cat was the bitch. She wouldn’t even consider him because he was the wrong race, class, culture, etc. That’s what I got as a kid. She didn’t deserve him. Women love being stalked. In movies. If the guy is hot. They’ll watch those movies over and over and over. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/113 "2014-01-11T08:19:41Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Pepe was a well meaning charmer. The cat was the bitch. She wouldn’t even consider him because he was the wrong race, class, culture, etc. That’s what I got as a kid. She didn’t deserve him. > > Women love being stalked. In movies. If the guy is hot. They’ll watch those movies over and over and over. Don’t blame the cat (who wasn’t _necessarily_ female). The cat was always mute. Suppose he/she told Pepe, “You’re wrong–I’m not even a skunk!”? ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/114 "2014-01-11T14:03:20Z")
I came on here specifically to complain that some of the links in the first part of this thread don’t work! Is there no quality control here? Harrumph! I hated Pepe Le Pew when I was a kid. I remember very clearly that the cat had a real look of terror of her face when she was pursued. I wanted to protect her and kick some skunk butt. Of course, I was about 5 years old at the time, so I didn’t go hunting skunks in my suburban wilderness preserve. We had possums and squirrels but no skunks. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/115 "2014-01-11T20:04:05Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Don’t blame the cat (who wasn’t _necessarily_ female).\ Ha! More prejudice! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/116 "2014-01-11T20:09:48Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I came on here specifically to complain that some of the links in the first part of this thread don’t work! Is there no quality control here? Harrumph! Blame **WallyM7** , last seen in 2001. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902/117 "2014-01-11T23:04:25Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Ha! More prejudice! 🙂 [Shrug] Well, look at Pepe; he almost always had his eyes closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-le-pew-innocent-cartoon-or-stalker-rapist/16902.md?page=5)