Really Scent

Really Scent
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	June 27, 1959
Run time	6:14
Starring	Mel Blanc June Foray
Narrated by	June Foray
Producer(s)	John W. Burton
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ken Harris Richard Thompson Ben Washam
Director(s)	Abe Levitow
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Really Scent is the four hundred and forty-ninth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on June 27, 1959. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by John W. Burton, and directed by Abe Levitow.

In New Orleans, Louisiana, a cat by the name of Fabrette is born with white and black stripes. This makes life difficult for her to get a boyfriend, but it all changes when Pepé Le Pew arrives.

Memorable quotes

Sailors: Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!
Pepé: No, no, no. Not Pew. LE Pew. Pepé Le Pew ees my name.

Pepe: I must find out what this "Pew" means every time I appear. Ah, ah. Here eet is: "Pew" Eet means... (reads definition) No... No, not me. Hoh, hoh, hoh. Ç'est la ridiculous. Sans impossiblé de pew, no. Non pew.
Sewer Rat: PEE-YEW!!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator	June Foray
Fabrette	June Foray
Pepé Le Pew	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans

Objects

• Perfume bottle

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 27, 1959 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• There are two female cats that bear resemblances to Penelope Pussycat, with Jeanette using an older design from previous cartoons, and Farbrette using the design in later shorts.
• This is the only Pepé Le Pew cartoon to be directed by Abe Levitow.
• The short contains a few things that stand out from a typical Pepé cartoon:
  • Farbrette actually reciprocates the affection instead of attempting to flee from Pepé.
  • Farbrette's stripe is genetically inherited from her birth, unlike other shorts, in which it is painted on the cat's back.
  • It is the only theatrical short where Pepé becomes self aware of his foul odor.
• The short originally premiered with the American release of the 1958 Italian film Hercules, also known as Le Fatiche di Ercole (lit. 'The Labours of Hercules').

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • December 27, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best on DVD.