A Scent of the Matterhorn

A Scent of the Matterhorn is a 1961 Looney Tunes short directed by Chuck Jones.
== Title ==
The title is a play on "ascent of the Matterhorn."
== Plot ==
A street-painting machine loosens from its driver's carriage on a hill and goes flying through the air. It paints everything in its path, including a cow, two chickens, a pig, and finally, Penelope Pussycat, who is being chased by a dog. Luckily, Penelope is able to climb up a mountain to escape after the machine falls on her pursuer. Meanwhile, Pepé Le Pew is on the top of the mountain, singing and unintentionally disgusting everyone in his path with his smell, including a frog, a bug, and various flowers. He then sees Penelope taking a catnap, mistakes her for a female skunk, and runs down towards her, saying, "Keep your guard up, cherie. Hello, young lover, whoever you are. My name is Pepe Le Pew. Every-vun ought to have a hobby, don't you zink? Mine is being romantic," says the skunk. Penelope seems to be still half-asleep and therefore displays unconcern at Pepe's amorous advances...until she smells his foul skunk-smell, that is. The cat tries to get away, but Pepe catches her in an embrace, saying, "You are a girl, I am a boy. V have all zat in common, darling. May I call you 'darling?' You may call me 'Streetcar' because of my desire for--" Just then, Penelope breaks free and runs away, kicking Pepe in the face in the process. However, the skunk isn't discouraged, as he believes that he "gets a kick out of [Penelope];" thus, he chases after his "love-interest," eventually catching her.
== Availability ==
lt asotm s8.jpg|Super 8
lt vs6.jpg|(1982) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 6
512SSDZ33BL.jpg|(1990) VHS Pepe Le Pew (1990)
lt longitude.jpg|(1994) LaserDisc Longitude and Looneytude: Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites
LTSPB Vol. 2.jpg|(1995) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 2)
Pepeltcollectionafdsbfjawe.jpg|(1996) VHS Looney Tunes Collection - Pepe le Pew
LTCE VOL 15 A BATTLE OF WITS.jpg|(1999) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 15: A Battle of Wits
Zee Best Of Zee Best Correct Cover.jpg|(2011) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best
== Notes ==
* For this cartoon, screen credits appears as French corruptions of actual names. For example, Chuck Jones' name is credited as "M. Charl Jones", etc.
* Cartoon Network and Boomerang USA have aired both the unrestored version of this short and the restored version of this short (and are the only TV channels in America to do so).
** The unrestored version used on American Cartoon Network/Boomerang feeds is The Looney Tunes Video Show VHS master (pictured on the page below), while the unrestored version used on most Cartoon Network/Boomerang feeds outside America is the LaserDisc print. 
* This short is one in seven Pepe cartoons not written by Michael Maltese (joining "Odor-Able Kitty", "Dog Pounded", "Two Scent's Worth", "Heaven Scent", "Odor of the Day", and "Louvre Come Back to Me") and the third one after "Two Scent's Worth" and "Heaven Scent" to have Chuck Jones credited as both writer and director.
* The quote, "You may call me 'Streetcar' because of my desire for--" is a reference to the 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, adapted into a feature film in 1951.
== Gallery ==
IMG_0935.PNG|Taken from an airing on Boomerang LA
=== TV Title Cards ===
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Matterhorncard.jpg|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
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==References==
Category:Pepe Le Pew Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:1961
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons animated by Richard Thompson
Category:Cartoons animated by Bob Bransford
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Philip DeGuard
Category:Cartoons animated by Tom Ray
Category:Cartoons with effects animated by Harry Love
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons written by Chuck Jones
Category:Cartoons produced by David H. DePatie
Category:Cartoons produced by John W. Burton