Pepé Le Pew is a cartoon character in the
Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, first introduced in 1945. A French
striped skunk that always strolls around in Paris in the springtime, when everyone's thoughts are of "love", Pepé is constantly seeking "l'amour" of his own. However, he has two huge turnoffs to any prospective mates: his malodorous scent, and his refusal to take "no" for an answer, blissfully convinced that the girl is flirting with him, even when she rejects his advances to the point of physically assaulting him. Pepé is
stereotypically French in the way
Speedy Gonzales is stereotypically Mexican, speaking with an exaggerated accent.