Scent-imental Romeo

Scent-imental Romeo
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 24, 1951
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris Phil Monroe
Director(s)	Charles M. Jones
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Scent-imental Romeo is the three hundred and thirty-third Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 24, 1951. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Chuck Jones.

At a zoo in Paris, a zookeeper's pet cat, hoping to get some of the meat, disguises herself a female skunk to fool the zookeeper into giving her some meat. Upon entering the exhibit, however, she comes in contact with the flirtatious Pepé Le Pew.

Memorable quotes

Pepé: What is the meaning of this, Monsieur? You shall hear from my second!

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Le Zookeeper	Mel Blanc
Pepé Le Pew	Mel Blanc
Zookeeper's cat	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • France
    • Paris
      • Zoo

Objects

• Mallet
• Club

Music

The music was composed by Carl Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 24, 1951 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is another "sentimental" pun, making the third title to use that pun after Scent-imental Over You and For Scent-imental Reasons. This time, it's a pun on "Sentimental Romeo."
• This cartoon marks Pepé's first appearance in the Merrie Melodies series, after having remained exclusive to the Looney Tunes series throughout the 1940s.
  • This is also Pepé's first cartoon made during the 1950s. Although, he would not be officially named until the 1952 Merrie Melodies short, Little Beau Pepé.

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.