I taught an entire generation that sexual harrasment is ok and you thought Stewie was evil
(Pepé Le Pew)
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Who ever captioned this needs to lighten up! its a frickin’ cartoon for god sakes!!!
I think *you* need to lighten up. It’s a frickin’ joke. And I think it’s pretty funny actually.
There’s always one….
…that acts like a douchebag, and it’s you.
Ok nice one, thank you moron
Count my vote on the “you’re a douchebag” pile.
thanks also darling! your intelligent input is appreciated!
Yes, because using the word “darling” makes you sound SO
intelligent and mature…
oh i wasnt tryin to be intelligent or mature, i just think its alot more polite than calling someone a douchebag for no apparent reason
You are quite worked up over a “frickin cartoon” it seems.
the whole image is ment as a light hearted joke, some might see it as borderline but either way it IS light hearted. So why should they “lighten up”?
Thus saith the Pew: Let There Be Light.
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Dude? You spelled “argument” wrong…
I’ll vote aye for the lolwannabeee is a douchebag proposal.
And ANON: [Link]
But we love them so much…
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you all are just spoiling for an argument, you are all so easy wound up…so easy to critisize and jump on others for no reason other than to look cool on some daft internet site, seriously…learn to relax a bit, you are all behaving like this is like this is some major issue…chill the f**k out!!
No one really was wound up except maybe you and Jake. And I guess calling “daft” a site where you are posting yourself is losers’ new trademark?…
yeah it is daft, i treat as daft and silly and meant to make people laugh…but it all gets a bit serious sometimes, people attacking and insulting others (as you have just been doing to me) they dont even know just for the hell of it? why?
lulz, ^this guy’s a douche bag
Girl actually. saddo. get a life
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successful troll is successful
I LIKE YELLING
LOUD NOOOOIIIIIIISSSSSSSESS
THIS IS PHOTOSHOPPED. THE PIXELS ARE ALL WRONG.
And with that, Windyo has officially won.
PARTY TIME!
I agree with lolwannabeee…people should get a life…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………….just kidding lolwannabee you’re a loser
^ Now that reminds me of something I’d say.
But calling someone darling could be seen as Sexual Harrasment…
YOU SAID SEX
AND DARLING
IN ONE COMMENT
I FEEL HARASSED!
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
I agree, your all like freaking out over a joke.
Its pretty dumb, ya know.
what a douche
I’m gonna say “screw the australian ballot” and just let everyone know my opinion: u need to take a joke
Got my vote with that one.
I think its true. I don’t even know you and you seem like the biggest douchebag.
Did I miss something? Am I meant to choose sides?
Now I don’t know what to do Darlings. I give up, pass me another cider..
I stumbled this…..
But… RAAAWR I AGREEE WITH THE RIGHT PERSON.
F**K
SH**
C**T
J**I
G**S*H
ALP**SH
*growling sounds*
*inane mutterings*
I have strong opinions about a particular side…..
I will rage at everyone now
me too! me too!
” I can’t go to bed yet! Someone on the internet is wrong!”
XKCD kicks ass
also, lolwannabeee should kinda chill, it started ’cause she posted a stupid comment, which led to other stupid comments, which is how the internet works
but, it is my humble opinion that most of the commenters on here are fairly hypocritical, your all being douches (inculding me) so just chill out 
Nah, man he just pwned you bad
Yes, a cartoon that told children that if she doesn’t want to give it up, go ahead and take it.
By a skunk. A *CARTOON* skunk. That spoke with a bad French accent and whose main object of affection was a cat that he had mistaken for another CARTOON skunk.
Yea and what exactly is he *taking*? He’s trying to woo her the entire cartoon and I must remind that there was actually an episode that things got turned around and she chased him off into the sunset at the end.
Wait…didn’t that happen in MOST episodes?
And he never did take it, because she pretty much kicked his ass most of the time. It’s a damn cartoon, get over it.
Learn to write proper English then you can chastise who ever you want. and how in the hell did you spell stuff wrong with a built in spell check?!
BWAHAHAHA!!! A bunch of babies crying over a funny cartoon.
Waaaa!!!!!!
$17!!!!!!
oh wait. wrong site entirely…
I guess I need more coffee, but Stewie who?
Family Guy
Ah, thanks.
roflmao … who the hell is Stewie was my first thought too
I think “Pepe” used to work here in the office with me.
And if by “harassment” you mean “assault” then you’re right.
HAHA this jake kid is funny.. HAHAHA hes still on it.
For all the people who apparently don’t get the humor here (or for some reason are offended by it), we also need to consider the context in which Pepe Le Pew was born. It was the fifties and sixties in America… the term ‘sexual harassment’ had really yet to even be coined, and it… really WAS okay to go ahead and take it if she said no. The thing Pepe did weren’t offensive back then. They are just funny. He was the worst paramour ever, as he always failed to even get what he wanted by ‘force.’ That was the joke. He couldn’t even *make* the object of his affection return the love in a time when it was still okay to do exactly that.
Sooooo…. lighten up, people. Kay?
I think it’s funny, and i’m a female. The difference was, Pepe wasn’t mean…he was just annoying. All of us females have met guys like that. Annoying little men at clubs or bars that just won’t leave us alone, won’t get the hint that we’re not interested…it’s almost sad when you think about it. We tell them we have a boyfriend or are married, that we are going to the bathroom (& never return), hide from them all night, or simply tell them upfront we aren’t interested- and yet they keep trying. So pathetic. haha…
Or tell them you’re a lesbian.
…
Oh, don’t pretend you’ve never done it!
Yeah but when you tell a guy you are a lesbian, they get all excited and start asking questions, one of which always being “can I watch?” Trust me, i’ve tried this one..lol
That’s worked for me quite a few times.
you have never been with a guy
So, what you doing tonight~?
Where are we going?
There may not have been the term “sexual harassment” but there sure as hell was the term “attempted rape”. It wasn’t “okay” to try to rape a woman in the 1960s. Perhaps you thought you were talking about the 1760s.
I’m sorry… they *Were just funny. The stuff he does really wouldn’t be considered humorous now, and I did not mean to make it appear as thought I believe they are.
I seriously cannot believe that this has sparked as much debate as it has. How people are offended by Pepe Le Pew I’ll never know. It was a cartoon. Besides, think about it. He’s a skunk. An animal. Isn’t that how it works in the animal kingdom? A male sees a female, (of course, most of the time it’s mating season or she’s in heat,) and he hops on, no flowers, dinner, or consent even. Pepe’s problem was, she was always a cat who managed to get a white stripe painted on her back, she wasn’t in heat or whatever, and oh yeah, HE STUNK!! That was mostly why she was trying to get away from him. And, of course, he was the wrong species. But ol’ Pepe didn’t know any better, and that was the joke!! Come on people, get a quarter and buy a sense of humor.
Rape is hillarious!!! har har har!!! She was all like, “please don’t touch me” and he was all like “baby, you know you want it” and then she said, “no, I’m serious, get off me” and he says, “Ooo, but you’ve been askin’ for it, what with that big stripy tail and all” and then she says, “seriously, you are violating the boundaries of my personal space and making me feel uncomfortable” and he goes, “No, I’m ‘in love’ and you’re sexy, thus we’re gonna get it on, so quit putting up a fight” and she goes, “It’s my right as a woman to decide who touches me and you’re taking that from me” and he goes, “just relax, stop complaining and go with it. You’re a woman, now submit to my bodily impulses. Satisfy me!” Haw, Haw, Haw!!!
Yeah, that’s exactly what I said. Seems to me you have some issues. You totally missed my point. Go take a valium or something.
Thank you.
As a person who was molested as a child, I take offense to that statement!
Of course you realize, this means war! *slaps with kid glove*
Actually, I was but I am not offended. It is a silly situation of a guy who can’t take a hint. I was always fond of those where there was turnaround and the cat hunted him down. Then again, I laughed at both.
Okay, dude… seriously… is there something in your past you want to talk about or are you just being a troll?
Neither. I’m just trying to come to terms with how sexual assault is funny. It doesn’t make sense to me. I suppose I should just “lighten up” and go with it, just like how the cat should lighten up and go with it when Pepe is holding her to the ground.
Exactly! Just like your mom did last night!
OH. MY. GOD. It’s a goddamned CARTOON!!!!
Once again, genius:
It’s a CARTOON.
Rinse, repeat.
You should have worked as an attorney for Camel cigarettes a few years back.
Yeah, I would have made a butt load in BILLABLE HOURS.
I’d totally buy cigarettes if that guy sold them.
I think you’re all failing to see the impact of cartoons.
It might seem like simple light entertainment to you, but the themes and ideas can be impressed quite easily upon children’s minds.
Some of you are saying that he’s just the pathetic one that odesn’t give up well, where’s the line between the guy that doesn’t give up, and the guy that follows you down an alley? It takes more than a cartoon to form a child, and sure enough some of them will come away with lasting ideas from this cartoon, and some of those people might just turn out to be rather unfriendly.
Hmm, another example, I guess years and years of watching and idolising Bart Simpson and Kartman hasn’t brought up a generation of kids who disrespect their parents and swear a lot… well… hmm.
First of all, South Park was never meant for kids. That’s why it’s on at 10 o’ clock at night. Second, if your kid starts acting like Bart or Cartman, (not even in the same league, by the way,) they shouldn’t be watching the cartoon anymore. It’s called parenting. My son knows he’d better not even think about talking to me the way Cartman does. He’s fifteen and watches South Park (but not when he was younger), and knows to respect his mother. Plain and simple.
THERE IS NO SEXUAL ASSAULT BETWEEN ANIMALS!!!!! They are NOT an example for any person to follow! sheesh
SHHH YOUR MAKING BABIES CRY OVER YOUR NONSENSICAL RANTS OVER
A CARTOON THAT DID NOT DEPICT SEXUAL ASSAULT, IT WAS OVER THE
IDEA OF A MAN PURSUING THE LOVE OF A WOMAN AND THE FACT THAT ITs
AN UP HILL STRUGGLE THE WHOLE WAY. AND THE FACT THAT ITS MISTAKEN
IDENTITY AND THE FACT THAT CATS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN SKUNKS AN
SKUNKS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN CATS. AND THE CAT IS TRYING TO GET
THE POINT ACROSS. Or maybe your right, hes a rapist animal he might be
the first of his kind! You have just unraveled the seams of the universe you
have found the multiverse!!! It lies within cartoons and how courtship is
confused with rape. And skunks want to kiss a cat. Your RIGHT! YOU
DISGUST ME!!!! SHHH SHH I’m not going to hurt you. Shhhh. (that ending
part with the “you disgust me” is from a part of family with Stewie.
Sexual assault = normal/funny? I’m glad I didn’t grow up where you did.
You must be a Mormon. Now, take your remedial comments elsewhere.
Hey, I watch Jackass and I’m not a rapist.
I *have* been molested and I still find it funny.
Yes, he chases the cat down, harasses her, makes an idiot of himself…. but that’s the thing about Pepe LePew. His whole approach?
EPIC FAIL.
He crashes and burns every time. Just like Wile E. Coyote. Not quite as violently, granted, but he NEVER gets the girl by chasing her like that.
So if you want to overanalyzse and claim there’s a lesson, it’s that when you make that big an idiot of yourself, it doesn’t get you anywhere.
Random factoid: if I recall from an interview I watched with Johnny Depp, this very skunk was part of his inspiration for how he played Jack Sparrow (thinking Elizabeth’s totally in love with him when she sooo doesn’t want to be near him)
I thought his inspiration was The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards?
Geez …. I WAS molested as a child & I STILL think Pepe is funny & not culturally influential!
All hail Dave Chapelle!
Saying a cartoon made someone rape another is a big oversimplification. However, media images are not innocent. They come loaded in ideological significance and this, definitely, was a product of a general culture that was completely insensitive to women’s rights. Does this make it ok? No. The Lol is making a really good point saying that we are quick to judge today’s cartoons because they are, sometimes, crude and offensive but we never questioned those that were deemed “cute” and “funny”. There are many differences, but one big one is that Family Guy has never been marketed or positioned as a kiddie show, whereas all these old cartoons were. I don’t think taking cartoons seriously is a problem, quite the contrary, we need to be media literate and that means understanding the connotations of what we watch. This is a very intelligent and astute Lol that points out something that is quite true. All those who say that people should just “chill” or “not take these things seriously” are contributing to the problem.
Out of curiousity, who comes onto a site like this that contains amusing images, some slightly borderline, and then complains that they are in “bad taste”? wouldn’t you just not come back? close the window? rather than spark up a huge debate about an old cartoon skunk and the whole “sexual harressment/assault”??? im sure if we trawled through all the cartoons ever created you’ll find alot of things that these days, with PC and everything, would be deemed unsuitable? Yet when you have a child that wants to watch a cartoon and we have to sit there and watch it too.. sometimes a little adult double entendre makes it more amusing for us. Chances are.. the kid’ll never know.. anyway thats my 2p…
“sometimes a little adult double entendre makes it more amusing for us. Chances are.. the kid’ll never know.”
Nice. So the kid can watch a character physically force himself on a female in the name of humor and parents can sit back and giggle at the implications of rape. The child will never no the difference in degrees of intimacy. Excellent point!
Most would prefer to laugh at superficial images while ignoring the more significant implications in the background. i.e. I also take offense to people who call “beer pong” “Beirut.” I personally don’t find anything funny about the savage death of tens of thousands of people, but some people would rather forget the past in the name of fun. This saddens me. Looking back at the history of our people the fact that women can vote and even wear pants is revolutionary and an extraordinarily recent accomplishment at that. Well, I suppose, simple minds enjoy simple pleasures. Me, I’d rather be mindful of the suffering of others. The bottom line is that the definition of sexual assault has changed, but my generation was exposed to it as being something funny to laugh at. Whoever misses the point there need to seriously re-evaluate themselves.
I’m wearing pants! Yay for women’s rights!
Oh my GOD would you just stop typing and get a LIFE Jake. Please! Or are you going to cry offense because I mentioned GOD? Oh no! I’ve pulled religion into this! Get over yourself you pathetic little person. I just peruse the comments and I see your name littered everywhere as if you think people actually give a damn about what you say. Go call Dr.Phil if you think your opinion is so important! You can have people ignore you on on TV too. It will be fantastic. Re-evaluate yourself, loser. I bet you haven’t even watched more than one Pepe cartoon. You’re just another one of those whiny yuppie apologists who goes off on random comments online, spouting a little general history to make others think you’re educated and to make yourself feel important. Honestly. Re-evaluate yourself you sad little person. If you need to come online and start arguments just to make yourself feel important, you should seek professional help. Or better yet, find another website for your remedial rantings!
I love the phrase “Get over yourself” because it doesn’t actually make any sense. It’s a comeback for uptight speds who have no real return to an argument.
When I was a kid (in the 80s) these cartoons made me REALLY uncomfortable, but I didn’t know why exactly, because I was a kid and didn’t understand all of what was going on. All I knew is that my mom and dad taught me to say NO to someone who tried to touch my “the area under my swimsuit” or tried to make me do something I didn’t want to, like kiss them. And yeah, it’s a cartoon, not a rape manual, but still, they really aren’t funny. I think the caption was great.
Who knew a thread about a cartoon skunk would turn into a Public Service Announcement.
Too many people on their soapboxes around here….
Cartoons reflect the times they don’t shape them. The skunk didn’t teach anyone anything, society already KNEW that lesson (for right or wrong) at the time or they wouldn’t have made a cartoon about it. So no, the caption isn’t valid, most of the comments on BOTH sides are overreacting. The entire premise of this argument is based on invalid assumptions. I like some of the pics here, but I’m really getting tired of people using it as a way to promote their own political agendas and then to endlessly and mindlessly debate here.
It’s supposed to be humorous, stop making it political.
Thats the sad thing with some people.
Then, Pepe goes after an unwilling female cat that look like a skunk, and thats ok, now, if you have any charachter going after an unwilling female, no matter what the story line is, its NOT ok, and people will complain.
Then, Elmer Fudd bloks Daffy Duck’s beak off with a shot gun, and thats ok. Today, a charachter even waves a gun around in a threatening manner at another characher in the same fashion, and you will have someone complain about how it is showing that guns are cool or some stupid crap.
Some people should just realize. They are cartoons. You dont like em, dont watch em. If your kid really has that messed up of a mind where he cant understand cartoons from real life, then I suggest you get the TV as far away from your kid as possible
….and we have here a short lesson on why cartoons used to be funnier whereas now they tend to be inoffensive and unfunny half-hour commercials for tie-in products.
oops, supposed to be blows, not bloks -_-
first, since no-one else said it yet
Wow. A lot of people are pretty defensive here! For the record, I enjoy the Pepe LePew cartoons. I also think they model unacceptable behavior. One can enjoy media, recognize the unsavory aspects, AND use it as a window to analyze the world view of the time and culture it was made for. None of these are mutually exclusive.
I think its funny. I never took the cartoons seriously, because, well, I was 5 and it was a CARTOON. What I do not find amusing are the commercials for one of those cell phones with the keypad for texting (don’t remember the brand name) that shows Pepe and the cat texting back and forth like they are missing each other and then its shows them being reunited and they are both sooooooo happy…. and in love. Did the people who made that commercial never see the original cartoons? Or maybe they see it as if Pepe was able to communicate with her better (guessing she did not understand french?) then she would have been all over him? Seriously…… WTF?
yeah, those commercials are really just a huge marketing FAIL. That cat never would’ve returned his phone call.
You can’t smell a guy through a text message.
Wow, I never thought of Pepe as being a teacher in sexual harassment. Ever. He was more like an instruction guide for how to fail romantically each and every time.
He really is the most lovingly hated cartoon of all time. And the fact that he thinks he is appealing is hilarious because it’s all in his mind.
Besides, he never got any anyway, so I don’t know why people are freaking out about this. She gave him the slip each and every time. And I think of those situations more like warding of overly interested guys in the bar rather than a sexual assault. Pepe obviously had no idea what personal space was…
As an aside, she was just as dumb as him, because after all those years, she never learned to avoid white paint.
WORD!
Jesus, how do you people get around with those huge sticks up your butt? I mean, as far as cartoons go, Pepe was a saint. Bugs was gender-confused, Donald Duck was a pantsless Nazi, Belle (of Beauty and the Beast) stuck around regardless of some serious domestic abuse (because, see? He will change! Just you wait!), and pretty much every other woman in the history of Disney was a weak, pathetic damsel who was nothing without her Prince Charming. They’re frickin’ cartoons, people! Hop off your high horses, you’re giving them backaches.
Lube, lots and lots of lube.
I like how your avatar looks a little scared at this prospect
No, it’s rolling it’s eyes in disbelief at the stupidity one encounters at times.
)
As to your proposal, it’s a much better ride well-lubed than it is dry.
(but I agree, I kind of like this guy, all green and pointy
The Nazi party used cartoons to present their messages to children, so I feel the means by which a message is delivered should be discarded and the message analyzed.
So’d the Americans dude, or have you never seen the old cartoons like ‘Bugs nips the Nips’?
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Seriously, the wartime propaganda cartoons really are not a good comparison to Pepe. Pepe was an aggressively fawning, attentive, skunk who wouldn’t take no for an answer. But what was the question? Dating, making out. There was no rape. There was no assault.
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Having someone ‘after you’ intensely is not the same as any kind of assault. It could be harassment, sure, but if that was the case, then the damned cat should have gone to court to get a restraining order. Since we never saw that, I’m guessing the cat really loved all the attention and was questioning his own species-centric lifestyle.
The propaganda went both ways without question.
You’ve got a point on “assault.” Perhaps “battery” is the better term suggesting unwanted physical contact. You must admit that there was something significantly more than the skunk just being “after” the cat. It was overtly physical. He didn’t want to hang out with her or talk to her, he wanted physical acts and she didn’t.
I suppose that also brings up cartoon stereotypes (like the Disney one’s you’ve mentioned) like women not even speaking. The cat never says a word. I think she meows from time to time. Can you imagine if she had full dialog in the cartoon, which would equate to something along the lines of an endless string of “please stop touching me.” That’s screwed up on many levels.
Alright, alright. I’ll concede to you a bit. Pepe was excessive, but not especially for the time- no moreso than Bugs during WWII. However, there has to be a “breaking point” on your end as well. He wasn’t raping her. He was stalking her, at worst. If anything he was knocking on the stereotypical Frenchman.
And did you see the AT&T Valentine’s Day commercials recently? She was fawning over him.
Yeah, I didn’t see any penetration, but you too must admit that it was a step about stalking. There was unquestionably unwanted, sustained, forced physical contact.
The commercial was addressed above. The cat wanted nothing to do with Pepe, so it was a bit off.
Parallel drawn between the Nazi party and American society in the 40s = drama queen much?
Ariel was a social reject. God, just stay underwater, you little twink!
BTW, Jake, “discarding the means” may be ignoring a point to your case. If I were playing devil’s advocate against myself, I’d say the means by which the “okay to rape” message was presented would be that much worse considering the target demographic was children.
But then again, the cartoons of that age were equally branded for adults, and I haven’t ever heard of anyone being smacked upside the noggin with an oversized mallet.
Ahhhh, sensible discourse that seeks the middle.
I agree on all points.
I’m pretty sure I remember seeing an old episode where Pepe realized that he smelled bad and as such his advances weren’t working. So he got de-skunked (not surgically, just went through some intense cleaning process). Meanwhile, the cat, realizing that “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em”, so she went out and got skunked.
So Pepe didn’t smell, and the cat did. In that one episode, she ended up chasing him instead while he rejected her advances.
So there! They’re both guilty!
And the Edward Cullen became his successor, taking on the job of teaching this generation that stalking and controlling, abusive behavior equals love!
lol. so true.
Ha! I was just WAITING for someone to bring that up! xD
Jesus christ, if you’re stupid enough to believe that Twilight is bad because of stalking and abusive behavior, take in the fact that ITS ABOUT VAMPIRES YOU IDIOT!!!!!!
I hope you all get raped.
Well, I predict that if any of us DO get raped, it’ll be by you.
Just wanted to thank all of you who participated in the silly fight thread. Sometimes I feel like a loser because I am on the internet way too much, then I see other people actually fighting about a picture of a cartoon skunk, and I remember, I am not such a loser after all.
PS- If that offended any of you, and made you realize you are pathetic for fighting over a cartoon skunk, then feel free to point out any bad grammar or spelling you see in my reply. That seems to bethe internet loser’s only defense.
You have a typo in your last sentence. I believe there would be a space between “be” and “the.” Wouldn’t you agree, sir(or madam)?
LOL I love it! That’s how I feel too. I think it’s hilarious how people go absolutely insane over a comment. Someone tried to pick a fight with me over a stupid BAI LING comment. The fact that people get THAT worked up over a freakin message board just amazes me.
BTW- you have like, the cutest little avatar/picture thing on here…hehe
The funniest thing about that cartoon & caption has been reading this whole thread.:-p
I believe you forgot the space between “be” and “the”, friend! Have a super day!
there are no GIRLS ON THE INTERNET
Guys, you’re looking at a joke picture on a site that has rofl in it’s name. Need I say more?
This made me laugh. I remember watching Looney Toons as a kid and Pepe always made me laugh. How you people can get so worked up over this is beyond me. he’s a cartoon from decades ago, you’re suppose to laugh at him, not try and interpret all these harmful messages that might warp a child’s mind. Seriously, how many out the millions, billions of kids who watched him actually turned into molesters or rapists? Possibly a few thousand? And how many do you think became that way because of him? None. Because he is a cartoon!
So basically, I’m trying to say lighten up and take the oak tree out of your ass.
A well phrased argument, sir. Well done. I’ll take it to heart.
Pepe taught sexual harassment was ok, and Bugs Bunny taught that boys dressing up like girls and kissing other boys was ok.
And Daffy Duck taught children that jutht becauth you have a thpeech impediment, it’th okay to take it out on everyone elth.
Ha ha ha!! Stho twu!
Fail to the fail on the fail fail. Romance =/= sexual harrassment. I mean god damn.
hi..ok i just stumbled on this site i liked pepe i thought he was just drawn the way he was because of the misguided socity at that time, womans rights werent really there and men really did have right of way no matter what so please stop arguing about pepe, his not bad he was drawn that way..and to put it blunt the cartoons in this time shows socity now for example stewie..a child that wants to kill his mother, wants to take over the world or something, drinks, carries, wepons, hits on women, doesnt that remind you of the yobs of this age
…also walt disney was a pedo and a pervert though nothing was disclosed of it coz he was a famouse person.
i like pepe just becasue we all knew he was going to fail everytime and it was funny the diffrent ways he did.
ITS A CARTOON DRAWN IN A TIME WHEN P.C DIDNT EXCIST i bet if any of you sat and watched a cartoon of him in it you would laugh…..if you do HA your argument and polictic view sucks
reminder i wont be back on lol so no point on having a go at me and yeah i have spelling mistakes im dyslexic so
lol
guys its only a picture lighten up!!! enjoy life!!!
This is indeed an interesting (read: asinine) posting. Maybe “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” taught kids that they should steal things to teach others a lesson! Maybe “Pinky and the Brain” started teaching Communist behaviors…
I believe that was the inside joke.
THE END.
I thought it was about what could happened to guys who tried Sexual Harrassment. Our Skunk-boy and his fellow actor (actress) taught me how to take on anybody who even THOUGHT about harrassing me sexually. Pepe and his not-wanna-be girlfriend taught me that you DON’t have to accept anybody’s advances — and you can pound his butt if he keeps bugging you. So, yes, maybe the cartoons DID teach us about behaviors….
i am offended by the term “pound his butt” as an uptight conservative member of the Moral Majority I find your cavalier attitude towards homosexuality to be a flagrant violation of God’s law, and I do take offense.
(Sarcasm, all the way.)
Actually, I think you are the closest to the true point of the cartoon. Pepe Le Pew was not a role model to be copied, rather an exercise in what NOT to do, a satire on all of the “ladies men” of the 50s and 60s that really did not care. It was meant to call them out on their improper behaviour, that’s why Pepe was a skunk, an animal that most people have nothing but contempt and disgust for.
ok, enough with the serious talk.
In what way did he teach an entire generation that sexual harassment is OK? You’ll notice, that he never succeeds and continually gets punished for his actions. What is funny about he cartoon is that fact that he is getting anvils dropped on his head while attempting to woo the cat. The “sexual harassment” isn’t what viewers would laugh at.
I should also point out that Pepe is obviously portrayed as a dumb skunk who can’t tell the difference between a female of his species and a black cat with a white stripe. If anything, the cartoon seems to show that only a stupid animal with no regard for consequences would engage in such behavior.
PS. In all the rambling, someone said there are no good cartoons these day. 2 words: Spongebob Squarepants.
Photoshopped definitely you morons!
And what about Bluto and Olive Oyl? And Popeye the big protector who NEVER gets anything? OK, maybe a peck on the cheek. Talk about rape! Bluto nearly raped poor, defenseless Olive at least 50 times. Jesus Palomino!
Give me Foghorn Leghorn anyday. “I say son, but what’s that you’ve got there in your pants?”
For goodness sake; what the hell is the internetz coming to? Godwin’s Law should have been invoked days ago
Hahaha… wow.. never would have thought anything could go that far… but for everyone’s thoughts, please don’t forget Fifi LaFume from tiny tune adventures…
You guys are silly, some are ridiculous. But, for real… It’s a picture that supposed to make someone laugh, is that not what this whole site is about?? This is probably the least offensive picture here. I mean really? It made me laugh, because i watched as a kid and you and you tend not to pick up on sexual innuendos.
Stop taking it seriously,like its news worthy or something. If you want to argue about something more important join a cause.
haha, this is funny
plain and simple.
Ehhh…?WTF? Thanks Stumble. =/
Agree, but stupidity will still continue regardless of such a comment. But yesh i rofl because people are OMG! at harmful meaningless picture. And if ANYONE wants to argue that it is in some way harmful you mind as well turn and start talking the the damn wall. Now, back to my funnysss=)
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you sir, are an idiot
Anybody want some chocolate ?
I wonder how can you made a small fun image pupular!!!
make…actually
just let lolwanabee have a look i guess
>.> is a douchebag agreed
You’re all wankers!
Internet: Serious Business.
Wow I had no idea Pepe Le Pew was so popular!
An’ srsly, peepz be makin’ lolz outa you fer takin’ a lol srs.
Pepe Le Pew was alright but I’d sort of sit through it in order to catch the funnier cartoons. As a 1 joke cartoon goes, I’d rate Road Runner much, much higher. Regarding influence on kids, I think for most, the actions of their parents is the biggest influence on their behaviour. In this case, how your dad treated women, probably starting with your mother. Now, perhaps if a child was really neglected and left in front of the TV all day…..but it’s a long bow to draw. The reference is just a funny observation, just reminding you of the premise of the cartoon; I dont think you can argue the cartoon taught a whole generation something!
if you think about the what it says, it’s kind of true. Even though his episodes weren’t meant to TEACH it to the viewers. lol
So, am I meant to be Stumbleupon voting on the original cartoon or the major kerfuffling that has gone on afterwards?
Although I was highly amused by the first thread…
I don’t find the joke funny, seems like something only a feminist would luwl at. Who cares about sexual harrasment, I do it everyday and I keep my job. Secretaries need to know their place.
i just want to be part of the this internet dummass-erre!
i thought i photo was clever….
C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
I love you! ;D
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Wow I personally got a little chuckle out of this. Thanks
I love Pepe Lapew he’s cool ,he was in love
I never saw it that way.
I think this is funny all of you people have totally forgot about the joke on the picture, so that you could pursue your own idiotic attempts at getting your point across, this is what blogs are for and what YouTube was basically made for. So don’t focus on telling people who is the correct one in the argument but focus on who actually took maybe 5 minutes to think of the joke and put it onto the picture of Pepe Le Pue.
You guys are super mature! But not really -.-
Your comment was super witty! But not really…
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EVERYONE IS WRONG I AM RIGHT
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…OOOH LOOK, A BUTTERFLY!! XD
No he is a SUPER DOUCHE BAG
You guys should all join a debate team or somthin
I loved Pepe Le Pew, he was my hero. He always knew what women really wanted.
I will never come across a comment page on the internet that isn’t full of debate, with one third of all commentors writing stupid insults that aren’t even spelt right, one third writing huge long comments full of big words trying to sound intelligent (when a really intelligent person would have ignored the whole argument in the first place) and the last third of people write irrelevant comments or try to be funny about the arguments in an attempt to seem cool and uninvolved . There you go .
I love the joke…..
i will never again get the 20 minutes i just spent reading this nonsense back, This is without a doubt the WORST internet comment thread in existence. I could not agree more with Oh Please