Changes: Little Beau Pepé

The title and the cartoon are a play on the 1924 book Beau Geste and its multiple film adaptations. The title also plays on the nursery rhyme "Little Bo Peep".

Plot

At Le Desert Sahara a sign in front of the fortress reads, "No Le Pouf Trespasse'" Inside the fortress a group of French soldiers are training for war. They march off singing a song. The leader dismisses them all, and they run off. As they walk we are shown the place that Penelope Pussycat is sleeping in. Penelope moves up and two painters are talking to each other. When Penelope arrives the two painters pet her. Pepe Le Pew arrives at the door, declaring that he is “the broken heart of love". He wishes to enlist in the foreign legion. He has to fill out a questionnaire, but before he can finish, the enlistment officer is scared off by Pepe's smell, and tells everyone else in the fortress, and they all run screaming out except for Penelope.

Pepe believes that they have left him because they think he'd be perfect for defending the port. As Pepe defends the fort, or so he thinks, Penelope gets up. She goes over to “Le Painte Dampe” ladder and gets a white stripe down her back. As she's walking Pepe spots her, and as usual mistakes for her a female skunk. He goes down to hold and kiss her. But as usual she tries to get away from him. Pepe thinks “she is wish to put on her face before we continue with the wooing”. He catches her sitting on the stairs, and when she sees him, she runs off, whereupon Pepe says, "But, darling, tomorrow I may be shipped overseas!" A chase ensues, during which Pepe remarks, "You know, one of the mysteries of my life is why a woman run away when all she really wish is to be captured." As Penelope is running she runs into Pepe who says the name "Josephine" in a Napoleon Bonaparte costume.

A horrified Penelope runs to a barrel hoping to hide but when she gets there Pepe is already under it, preparing a bottle of champagne. She immediately runs out of the barrel, whereupon Pepe says, "Almost like shooting fish in a barrel!" Penelope runs out to the desert, but Pepe hops after her. Penelope gets tired and thirsty, but as usual Pepe shows no signs of stopping. As Penelope runs she spots an oasis. She runs over to it, in the process causing everyone to run out because they mistake her for a skunk. As she struggles to get to the water for a much needed drink, she spots Pepe's reflection as the skunk says, "Hello, baby." Terrified, Penelope turns to run, but she is too exhausted from all her running in the desert that she passes out from the fatigue.

Pepe runs over to her and picks her up, believing that she "must have become so overwhelmed by her emotions at seeing me again." He takes her into a tent and waits for her to wake up. While he's waiting he sees a bunch of bottles of cologne and ponders over which one he should use in order to "restoke the furnace of love." He decides to use them all and mixes them up. He goes over to a guitar and starts playing a song. Penelope then smells the cologne, causing her to instantly wake up with hearts in her eyes, set on Pepe. She goes over to Pepe and starts kissing him, causing the roles to be reversed. While he runs away from her, Pepe says, "Why is it that whenever a man is captured by a woman, all he wish to do is get away?"

Availability

Streaming

Notes

This cartoon was featured in Bugs Bunny's Valentine.

Gallery

TV Title Cards

References

↑ https://archive.org/details/boxofficebarometer1962-03-26-61-62/page/n155/mode/2up
↑ (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 159.

External Links

"Little Beau Pepé" on the SFX Resource

Pepé Le Pew Cartoons
1945	Odor-able Kitty
1947	Scent-imental over You
1948	Odor of the Day
1949	For Scent-imental Reasons
1951	Scent-imental Romeo
1952	Little Beau Pepé
1953	Wild over You
1954	Dog Pounded • The Cats Bah
1955	Past Perfumance • Two Scent's Worth
1956	Heaven Scent
1957	Touché and Go
1959	Really Scent
1960	Who Scent You?
1961	A Scent of the Matterhorn
1962	Louvre Come Back to Me!
1995	Carrotblanca

[1] ttps://archive.org/details/boxofficebarometer1962-03-26-61-62/page/n155/mode/2up

[2] (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 159.

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-{{Infobox Shorts
+{{Shorts
 |name = Little Beau Pepé
-|image = Little_Beau_Pepe.png
-|Director = [[Chuck Jones|Charles M. Jones]]
-|producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited)
-|airdate = March 29, 1952
-|series = [[Merrie Melodies]]
-|Voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Michael Maltese]]
-|Starring = [[Pepé Le Pew]]<br>[[Penelope Pussycat]]
 |previous = [[14 Carrot Rabbit]]
 |next = [[Kiddin' the Kitten]]
+|image = Little Beau Pepe.png
-|Writer = [[Michael Maltese]]
+|airdate = 29 March 1952 <br/><br/>'''[[Blue Ribbon]] reissue:''' <br/>10 December 1960<ref>https://archive.org/details/boxofficebarometer1962-03-26-61-62/page/n155/mode/2up</ref>
-|Animators = [[Lloyd Vaughan]]<br>[[Ben Washam]]<br>[[Ken Harris]]<br>[[Phil Monroe]]
+|renewed = 19 January 1979
-|Layout-artist = [[Robert Gribbroek]]
-|Background-artist = [[Philip DeGuard]]
+|series = [[Merrie Melodies]]
+|prodno = 1200
-|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
+|mpaa = 14600
-|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]]
+|starring = [[Pepé Le Pew]]<br>[[Penelope Pussycat]]
-|video = [[File:Pepe Le Pew - (Ep. 07) - Little Beau Pepe|thumb|center|280px]]
+|voice = [[Mel Blanc]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Keith |title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 |date=3 October 2022 |page=159 |publisher=BearManor Media |language=en}}</ref>
+|director = [[Chuck Jones|Charles M. Jones]]
+|producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited)
+|writer = [[Michael Maltese]]
+|animators = [[Lloyd Vaughan]]<br>[[Ben Washam]]<br>[[Ken Harris]]<br>[[Phil Monroe]]
+|layout = [[Robert Gribbroek]]
+|background = [[Philip DeGuard]]
+|editor = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
+|musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]]
+|video = Pepe Le Pew Little Beau Pepé
 }}
 '''Little Beau Pepé''' is a [[1952]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Chuck Jones]].
+== Title ==
+The title and the cartoon are a play on the 1924 book ''Beau Geste'' and its multiple film adaptations.  The title also plays on the nursery rhyme "Little Bo Peep".
 == Plot ==
+At ''Le Desert Sahara'' a sign in front of the fortress reads, "No Le Pouf Trespasse'"  Inside the fortress a group of French soldiers are training for war. They march off singing a song. The leader dismisses them all, and they run off. As they walk we are shown the place that [[Penelope Pussycat]] is sleeping in. Penelope moves up and two painters are talking to each other. When Penelope arrives the two painters pet her. Pepe Le Pew arrives at the door, declaring that he is “the broken heart of love". He wishes to enlist in the foreign legion. He has to fill out a questionnaire, but before he can finish, the enlistment officer is scared off by Pepe's smell, and tells everyone else in the fortress, and they all run screaming out except for Penelope.
-At ''Le Desert Sahara'' a sign in front of the fortress reads, "''Non trespasse.''"  Inside the fortress a group of French soldiers are training for war. They march off singing a song. The leader dismisses them all, and they run off. As they walk we are shown the place that [[Penelope Pussycat]] is sleeping in. Penelope moves up and two painters are talking to each other. When Penelope arrives the two painters pet her. Pepe Le Pew arrives at the door, declaring that he is "[the] broken heart of love." He wishes to enlist in the foreign legion. He has to fill out a questionnaire, but before he can finish he is scared off by Pepe's smell, who tells everyone else in the fortress, and they all run screaming out except for Penelope. Pepe believes that they have left him because they think he'd be perfect for defending the port. As Pepe defends the fort, or so he thinks, Penelope gets up. She goes over to the two painters and expects them to pet her, but instead she gets a white stripe over her tail. As she's walking Pepe spots her, and as usual mistakes for her a female skunk. He goes down to her hold her and kiss her. But as usual she tries to get away from him. Pepe thinks she's only playing with him, and puts on his hat in hopes that she'll return to him. He catches her sitting on the stairs, and when she sees him, she runs off, whereupon Pepe says, "But, darling, tomorrow I maybe shipped overseas!" A chase ensues, during which Pepe remarks to the audience, "You know, vun of zee great mysteries of my life is vi a voman run avay from a man ven all she ''really ''vish to do is get captured." As Penelope is running she runs into Pepe who says the name "Josephine" in a Napoleon Bonaparte costume. Penelope runs to a barrel hoping to hide but when she gets there Pepe is already under it, preparing a bottle of champagne. She immediately runs out of the barrel, whereupon Pepe says, "Almost ''aimer'' shooting fish out ''d'un'' barrel!" Penelope runs out to the desert, but Pepe hops after her. Penelope gets tired and thirsty, but as usual Pepe shows no signs of stopping. As Penelope runs she spots an oasis. She runs over to it, in the process causing everyone to run out because they mistake her for a skunk. As she struggles to get to the water for a much needed drink, she spots Pepe's reflection as the skunk says, "''Bonjour,'' baby." terrified, Penelope turns to run, but she is too exhausted from all her running in the desert that she passes out from the fatigue. Pepe runs over to her and picks her up, believing that she "must have become so overwhelmed by her emotions at seeing [him] again." He takes her into a tent and waits for her to wake up. While he's waiting he sees a bunch of bottles of deodorant spray and ponders over which one he should use in order to "restoke the furnace of love." He decides to use them all and mixes them up. He goes over to a guitar and starts playing a song. Penelope then smells the deodorant spray, causing her to instantly wake up with hearts in her eyes, set on Pepe. She goes over to Pepe and starts kissing him, causing the roles to be reversed.
+Pepe believes that they have left him because they think he'd be perfect for defending the port. As Pepe defends the fort, or so he thinks, Penelope gets up. She goes over to “Le Painte Dampe” ladder and gets a white stripe down her back. As she's walking Pepe spots her, and as usual mistakes for her a female skunk. He goes down to hold and kiss her. But as usual she tries to get away from him. Pepe thinks “she is wish to put on her face before we continue with the wooing”. He catches her sitting on the stairs, and when she sees him, she runs off, whereupon Pepe says, "But, darling, tomorrow I may be shipped overseas!" A chase ensues, during which Pepe remarks, "You know, one of the mysteries of my life is why a woman run away when all she ''really ''wish is to be captured." As Penelope is running she runs into Pepe who says the name "Josephine" in a Napoleon Bonaparte costume.
+A horrified Penelope runs to a barrel hoping to hide but when she gets there Pepe is already under it, preparing a bottle of champagne. She immediately runs out of the barrel, whereupon Pepe says, "Almost like shooting fish in a barrel!" Penelope runs out to the desert, but Pepe hops after her. Penelope gets tired and thirsty, but as usual Pepe shows no signs of stopping. As Penelope runs she spots an oasis. She runs over to it, in the process causing everyone to run out because they mistake her for a skunk. As she struggles to get to the water for a much needed drink, she spots Pepe's reflection as the skunk says, "Hello, baby." Terrified, Penelope turns to run, but she is too exhausted from all her running in the desert that she passes out from the fatigue.
+Pepe runs over to her and picks her up, believing that she "must have become so overwhelmed by her emotions at seeing me again." He takes her into a tent and waits for her to wake up. While he's waiting he sees a bunch of bottles of cologne and ponders over which one he should use in order to "restoke the furnace of love." He decides to use them all and mixes them up. He goes over to a guitar and starts playing a song. Penelope then smells the cologne, causing her to instantly wake up with hearts in her eyes, set on Pepe. She goes over to Pepe and starts kissing him, causing the roles to be reversed. While he runs away from her, Pepe says, "Why is it that whenever a man is captured by a woman, all he wish to do is get away?"
 == Availability ==
+<gallery>
-* LaserDisc - ''[[Looney Tunes LaserDiscs|Longitude and Looneytude: Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites]]''
+W UK10550 LooneyTunesVideoShowNo15The.jpg|(1984) VHS <br/>''[[The Looney Tunes Video Show]]'' Volume 15
-* DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best]]''
+SSDZ33BL.jpg|(1990) VHS <br/>''[[Pepe Le Pew (1990)]]''
+lt longitude.jpg|(1994) LaserDisc <br/>''[[Looney Tunes LaserDiscs|Longitude and Looneytude: Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites]]''
+Pepeltcollectionafdsbfjawe.jpg|(1996) VHS <br/>''[[Looney Tunes Collection - Pepe le Pew]]''
+Bumper03.jpg|(1996) VHS <br/>''[[Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 3)]]''
+Zee Best Of Zee Best Correct Cover.jpg|(2011) DVD <br/>''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best]]''
+</gallery>
+=== Streaming ===
+<gallery>
+lt boomerang.jpg|[[Boomerang]] ( - )<!-- Was available 6 November 2020 -->
+lt hbo max.jpg|[[HBO Max]] Latin America / Brazil (2021 - 2024)
+lt max.jpg|[[Max]] Latin America / Brazil (2024 - )
+</gallery>
+== Notes ==
+* This cartoon was featured in ''[[Bugs Bunny's Valentine]]''.
 == Gallery ==
 <gallery>
-Oscar-nom-1951.jpg| Oscar nomination sheet from 1952, showing that this short (along with the Sylvester and Tweety cartoon "Gift Wrapped" and the Bugs Bunny/Yosemite Sam cartoon "Ballot Box Bunny") were in the running to be nominated
+Oscar-nom-1951.jpg|[[Academy Award|Oscar]] nomination sheet from 1952, showing that this short (along with the Sylvester and Tweety cartoon "[[Gift Wrapped]]" and the Bugs Bunny/Yosemite Sam cartoon "[[Ballot Box Bunny]]") was in the running to be nominated
-Little-beau-pepe.jpg|Lobby Card
+Little-beau-pepe.jpg|[[Lobby Cards|Lobby card]]
-Ltajw&m-18.png | Pepe asiding to the audience
+Ltajw&m-18.png|Pepe asiding to the audience
-Ltajw&m-19.png | Penelope overcome by Pepe's aphrodisiac perfume
+Ltajw&m-19.png|Penelope overcome by Pepe's aphrodisiac perfume
+Little Beau Pepe (1952) - Legion.jpg|Line of French Foreign Legion soldiers
 </gallery>
+=== TV Title Cards ===
+<gallery>
+Screenshot 2020-12-27 at 7.14.41 PM.png|''[[The Bugs Bunny Show|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (Final Season)]]''
+</gallery>
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
 == External Links ==
-[https://sfx-resource.fandom.com/wiki/Little_Beau_Pep%C3%A9_(1952) Little Beau Pepé]''' '''on the SFX Resource
+* "[[w:c:sfx-resource:Little Beau Pepé (1952)|Little Beau Pepé]]" on the SFX Resource
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 [[Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones]]
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-[[Category:Penelope Pussycat Cartoons]]
+[[Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist]]
 [[Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese]]
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 [[Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown]]
 [[Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn]]
-[[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Michael Maltese]]
 [[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc]]
 [[Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer]]