Scent-imental over You

Scent-imental over You is a 1947 Looney Tunes short directed by Charles M. Jones.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the song "I'm Getting Sentimental over You."
== Plot ==
At Park Avenue, various dogs walk around the city with a "fine, new spring [fur] coat". However, a hairless Mexican chihuahua named Fifi is mocked by various dogs for lacking such fur coat. Wanting to prove the dogs otherwise, Fifi heads to their petowner's apartment room and picks a fur jacket in the closet. The first one, a large brown coat, is too big for the chihuahua. To get another coat to properly stick on, Fifi bastes a black fur coat with glue. Little does the chihuahua know that the coat happens to be a skunk pelt.
As Fifi heads outside, every single dog confuses the dog as a skunk and runs off. As the heartbroken chihuahua cries over at how the other dogs run away for her, she attracts the unwanted attention of an amorous skunk named Stinky, who mistakes her for a female skunk and falls in love with her in attempt to cheer her up. However, once realizing the skunk's rancid odor, Fifi attempts to flee the skunk.
Fifi hides behind a tree, while Stinky whistles a love call, which fails when he mistakes a peanut cart for a responding call. When Stinky hears another whistle, he arrives, which happens to be a ruse for Fifi to whack the skunk with a whip. Despite being knocked out temporarily, Stinky is largely unfazed, stating that the chihuahua has a high spirit. Running eventually becomes no use for Fifi, and she is tired out while Stinky takes her inside his house.
Stinky eats a large sandwich before continuing the pursuit. Eventually, Fifi takes off the skunk fur coat to reveal that she is a dog, much to Stinky's surprise. However, Stinky takes off his fur like a zippered jacket to reveal that he is a dog, capturing the misled chihuahua's swoon, only to reveal once more that it was just him in a dog costume. He asides, "I am stupid, no?"
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-2-F.jpg|(1992) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol 2, Side 9, Best Supporting Players
Zee Best Of Zee Best Correct Cover.jpg|(2011) DVD Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best
== Notes ==
* In this cartoon, the amorous skunk that would be later identified as Pepé Le Pew goes by Stinky (much like how the previous cartoon, "Odor-able Kitty" has his name as Henry). While the Blue Ribbon title card refers to Stinky as "Pepe Le Pew", the character would not go by that name until 1952's "Little Beau Pepe".
* Unlike the previous cartoon, Pepe/Stinky does retain his Charles Boyer-esque French accent and Maurice Chevalier-esque personality (instead of it being a façade), but his object of unwanted affection is a dog who uses skunk fur to be glamorous rather than a cat who either intentionally or unintentionally gets a white stripe down their back. It would not be until "For Scent-imental Reasons" that this plot conceit would be refined.
* This is one in a few Pepe Le Pew cartoons where the chase takes place in America (or a generic setting that could be America, as seen with "Odor of the Day" and "Odor-Able Kitty") rather than France or a French-speaking region (in the cases of "Little Beau Pepe", "The Cat's Bah", "Two Scents' Worth", "Really Scent", and "A Scent of the Matterhorn").
* This is Abe Levitow's first project for Chuck Jones. He would not be credited until 1953's "Wild Over You".
* The dog, while unnamed in the cartoon, is referred to as "Fifi" on her model sheet.http://auction.howardlowery.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3275685
* The short was originally titled "Forever Ambushed".
* Pepé's dog disguise in question bears a slight resemblance to that of Chuck Jones' own Charlie Dog, who would later debut that same year, albeit with a completely different color scheme.
* This is the only Pepé short to end with him happily getting together with the object of his affection (even though it is presented as a plot twist). While several shorts ended with Penelope falling for him, he usually ran away, and she chased him.
== Gallery ==
Scent-Imental Over you (1947) - Park Ave.jpg
Scent-Imental Over you (1947) - Bookstore.jpg
Scent-Imental Over you (1947) - Sad.jpg
Scent-Imental Over you (1947) - Hiding.jpg
Tumblr mwa9rj6WCb1s92nono1 500.png|Pepé Le Pew model sheet (named "Stinky")
Tumblr mzwf0eYJ291s92nono1 1280.png|Fifi model sheet
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