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Scent-imental Romeo
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Wikipedia article
'Scent-imental Romeo' is a 1951 Warner Bros. 'Merrie Melodies' animated short directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on March 24, 1951, and stars Pep Le Pew.
Plot
In the Paris Zoo, Penelope Pussycat is starving and tries to beg the local zookeeper to give her some of the lions' food but he gently, though firmly, refuses. She then deliberately paints a white stripe on her back, disguising herself as a skunk, so as to be fed. The ploy works, but unfortunately for Penelope, she is discovered by Pep, who immediately mistakes her for "le petite femme skunk" and pursues her affections.
Suddenly however, Pep remembers his plan of a rendezvous. He sets up a makeshift house, serving Penelope champagne. She escapes Pep, who (of course) pursues, believing her to be playing the "lovers' chase", which he obliges. While looking for Penelope, he (unintentionally) scares off a French Poodle in the process. He later finds Penelope near a corner, and she hits him with a mallet. Pep recovered from the blow and called her a "Flirt."
Pep follows his "lover" into a tunnel of love, but at the other side, he is smooching and hugging a dumbfounded man, mistaking him for Penelope. Once Pep realizes he got the wrong person, he angrily declares that the man shall hear from his "second" (in a duel), to which the man (mechanically) replies by joining the French Foreign Legion and saluting before fainting.
Penelope climbs a wall, running into Pep once more, who acts like Maurice Chevalier, singing "Babyface" in an attempt to woo her. When that didn't quite work, he pursues her across Paris and caught her. Pep dances with Penelope in a forceful French Apache dance, but she instinctively bashes him over the head with a club. Pep was seeing multiple Penelopes in a daze, saying that one may remain, while the rest of them, another day. But, just as the chase was about to resume, the zookeeper then finally catches Pep, who regretfully waves goodbye to Penelope, and is soon put back in his cage. It may turn out to be a headache for Pep, but he closes the cartoon saying with a simple, "Vive l'amour."
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