Line #27 WesternAnimation/ReallyScent


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"Love in its sweetest form"]]
3	WesternAnimation/PepeLePew is visiting New Orleans in the hopes of finding a bride. As it so happens, a local cat, Fabrette, is unlucky enough to have been born with white stripes down her back, putting quite the damper on her attempts to find true love. She spies Pepé and, [[BreakingOldTrends in an]] ''[[BreakingOldTrends incredibly]]'' [[BreakingOldTrends rare instance for him]], falls for him at once...[[HilarityEnsues until she gets a whiff of his odor.]] Still, he seems like her one chance. Can she find a way to make it work?
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5	This short is something of an [[OddballInTheSeries oddball]] when it comes to Pepe's shorts, although a bit less so than ''Odor of the Day''. This was the only Pepé short directed by Abe Levitow[[note]]Notable for being behind some of the more beloved and [[MemeticMutation memetic]] Looney Tunes hits of the 50s such as ''WesternAnimation/RobinHoodDaffy'' and ''WesternAnimation/AliBabaBunny''[[/note]] and it shows by shaking up the formula just enough while still sticking to the same idea. Unlike most Pepé episodes, the cat's skunk stripes are natural and her attraction is real; she would ''happily'' get with Pepé if she could. And Pepé is not a handsy HandsomeLech but a man confused by his beloved's mixed signals, embracing him one moment and fleeing the next. When he realizes his body odor is the problem, he is mortified and resolves to do something about it.
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7	Overall, this has caused many to consider this short to have aged surprisingly well compared to Pepé's other shorts, with only a few scant bits of ValuesDissonance being seen in the tail end of the short; in a way that also, surprisingly, doesn't involve Pepé. As a result, though it may not have won an award like ''WesternAnimation/ForScentimentalReasons'' did, many proclaim it to be one of the best shorts he was involved in; and one of the few you can watch [[ValuesDissonance without feeling uncomfortable in the process.]]
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9	!!This short provides examples of:
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11	* AbhorrentAdmirer: In this short, it’s only the smell that the cat finds abhorrent, and she desperately spends most of the short trying to deal with it so she can have a real relationship with Pepe.
12	* ActOfTrueLove: Upon discovering the meaning of “pew” and realizing that this is the reason why the cat is avoiding him, Pepé genuinely tries to get rid of his odor for her sake. Unfortunately for him, Fabrette has resigned herself to life as a skunk and locks herself in a Limburger cheese factory to acquire the appropriate scent.
13	* AdaptationNameChange: "Penelope" (the official name for all of Pepé's feline paramours) is here named Fabrette.
14	* AttractiveBentSpecies: Fabrette's birthmark frightens off all the male cats, but Pepé (a real skunk) thinks she's gorgeous.
15	* BreakingOldTrends: In an exceedingly rare case for him, the cat in this short actually ''does'' return his affections; unfortunately, his odor makes a relationship seem impossible.
16	* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Pepé and Fabrette are both guilty of this to different degrees.
17	* DrivenToSuicide: Fabrette is so depressed over her failed romance with Pepé that she nearly drowns herself. The narrator convinces her to try a different tack, since "if you can not beat them, join them."
18	* GiftOfTheMagiPlot: Pepé dunks himself in chlorophyll to rid himself of his stench; Fabrette locks herself in a limburger vault to adapt herself to the life of a skunk. When they happily reunite, thinking their relationship troubles are past, he can't stand ''her'' odor.
19	* HandsomeLech: Notably [[DownplayedTrope downplayed!]] Although he's still a hopeless romantic, Pepé doesn't force his affections on an unwilling target (he's merely baffled by the reactions he gets from her and everyone else). In fact, the second he finds out ''why'' his love keeps disappearing on him, he ''immediately'' feels awful about it.
20	* IJustWantToBeLoved: Pepé and Fabrette both have this to degrees, with Fabrette's despair being played for something close to tragedy.
21	* InternalDeconstruction: This short shows what would happen if Pepé actually ''did'' meet a cat that wanted to be with him: his odor makes a relationship impossible; Fabrette is so distraught over her one chance at love slipping away that she ''[[DrivenToSuicide almost attempts suicide]]''; and when Pepé finally figures out the reason why she (and everyone else) ends up running away from him, he's very dejected and disheartened.
22	* InternalReveal: Pepé finally learns why everybody says "pew!" when they see him. Needless to say, he's devastated.
23	* LemonyNarrator: This short has a female narrator discussing the action, and even giving Fabrette encouragement and advice.
24	-->'''Narrator''': Fabrette! You are not going to let a little thing like breathing stand between you and happiness?
25	* LoveAtFirstSight: Unusually for the Pepé cartoons, Fabrette (the cat) falls for ''him''. It's only when she gets a whiff of his odor that things go south.
26	* UsefulNotes/NewOrleans: The setting.
27	* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Granted, it was mostly because Fabrette decides to put on the aroma as well as the appearance of a skunk, but the short ends with her chasing Pepé into the woods.
28	* NotGoodWithRejection: Fabrette is a heavy case of this, especially in the end of the short.
29	* OddBallInTheSeries: Though not as much as ''Odor of the Day'', this short plays around with the usual conventions of ''WesternAnimation/PepeLePew'''s shorts, in part thanks to having a different director than the usual crew. It should be noted that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools many of these changes were actually well received in hindsight]].
30	* OldMaid: Fabrette is so desperate to avoid old maidenhood that she is even willing to try and tolerate Pepé’s odor.
31	* PanickyExpectantFather: The father cat at the start of the short when Fabrette and her sister Jeanette are born, complete with CigaretteOfAnxiety (on a stemmed holder).
32	* SmellySkunk: As per usual in the Pepé cartoons, but treated much more tragically, as the cat genuinely wants to be with Pepé.
33	* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: The ending. Pepé actually has himself de-scented to make himself desirable to Fabrette. Unfortunately for him, Fabrette has just spent time marinating in Limburger cheese in an attempt to become a true skunk.

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