. . . and if she gets a straw, she'll drink his oil, too! Pepe Le Pew (or an ancestor of his living in 1880s Paris, France) is now a "unique" zoo animal. The descriptive adjective on his zoo enclosure signing may refer to the singularity of his offensive odor, or to the fact that the zoo's collection includes just the one "skunque." (Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies have never been places from which to obtain your spelling lessons.) Ms. Kitty, from Pepe's Oscar-winning outing (FOR SCENT-IMENTAL REASONS) paints HERSELF with skunk stripes ON PURPOSE near the beginning of SCENT-IMENTAL ROMEO after a zoo-keeper tells her that he only throws steaks to zoo animals. Ms. Kitty knows what a skunk looks like from her earlier encounter with Pepe, and assumes that he's kicked the bucket (due to his empty-looking paddock) when she attempts her ruse. But Pepe's just sleeping out-of-sight behind a tree, so Ms. Kitty can enjoy only two bites of his steak before he renews his unwanted (and now untimely) attentions. Miffed at this interruption to her luncheon, Ms. Kitty brains Pepe twice with clubs before the woozy stinker is returned--alone--to his exhibit area, muttering "C'Est Guerre" ("That's War").
Review of Scent-imental Romeo
