Odor-able Kitty

Odor-able Kitty
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	January 6, 1945
Run time	7:15
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce Michael Maltese
Animation	Robert Cannon Basil Davidovich Lloyd Vaughan Ben Washam
Director(s)	Chuck Jones
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Odor-able Kitty is the hundred and ninty-ninth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 6, 1945. It was written by Tedd Pierce and directed by Chuck Jones.

A male cat disguises himself as a skunk after facing a lot of boredom, only to become the object of unwanted love for a French skunk.

Memorable quotes

Pepé: Ah, my darleeng. I love you... Where have I been on you life? You are the aroma of spring flowers that bloom een the spring. Mmwah, mwah, mwah! You are the fragrance of wondrous and exotic perfumes. You are the... For some strange reason, this leetle orchid is shy!

Pepé: Where are you, my leetle cabbage? I am looking somewhere for you. Sortez-vous, sortez-vous! Wherever you are... Oh there you are!
Cat: Stop, stop! If you take one more step, I'll... I'll jump!
Pepé: Cherchez la femme. Voulez-vous chez au monsieur oie de la tout-tout? Mon poupee. Chère, come down, leetle rabbit! You will not do such foolish thing.
Cat: Oh yes, I will! (drops ragdoll) Ya-a-a-a-a-a-ah!

Pepé: Ah, my leetle stuffed potato... Come flee with me! We could make wonderful musics together.

"Bugs": What's up, Doc?
(Pepé uncovers the cat's Bugs Bunny disguise by removing his mask)
Pepé: Mmmmm-mmmwah! Come to my tender embrace, my leetle lover. My leetle deceiver, let us breeze through life together. Without you, I am not worth a cent. Mmmm-mwah!

Pepé: Ah, the wonderful love. Ah, the admiration! Ahh, the "I-love-you-truly"! Aaahh, the "June Moon"! AAAHH, the-
Pepé's wife: Henry!
Pepé: (drops the French accent) Er... Um, just, uh, just trying to remove a cinder from a lady's eye, dearie. C-cinder, Um... J-just... trying... remove... from... eye.

Cat: Ah, this is the life!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Male cat	Mel Blanc
Pepé Le Pew/Henry	Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny	Mel Blanc
Pepé's wife	Mel Blanc
Pepé's children	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Production

Development

Chuck Jones, who co-created Pepé, also credited Michael Maltese for contributing the character concept. Jones loosely based the character's personality on his fellow colleague and writer, Tedd Pierce, a self-proclaimed "ladies' man" who reportedly always assumed that his infatuations would be reciprocated.

Filming

Mel Blanc based his performance of Pepé on Charles Boyer, a French-born actor who played the character Pepé le Moko in the film Algiers; itself an adaptation of the French film Pepé le Moko.

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 6, 1945 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on an "adorable kitty", foreshadowing the cat's disguise as a skunk.
• Despite it being Pepé's first appearance, it was the only cartoon of which Pepé had a married wife and children.
• Bugs Bunny makes a cameo in this short, albeit as the cat's disguise.

Everlasting influence

• Pepé, who at that point had only been named Henry in this short, would become a recurring character in later Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies entries, beginning with Scent-imental Over You.
  • His French accent and personality are carried over in his next appearances onward, although his marriage from his debut has never brought up again.