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22 minutes ago, Married the Night said:

I agree with this. When I tell as a kid I grabbed a girl and started kissing her like he kissed girls because I thought we were supposed to. 

That trope predates Pepe Le Pew

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Married the Night
4 minutes ago, bionic said:

That trope predates Pepe Le Pew

And that’s fine but that’s what I saw and what other kids see. He is a character that is current and I forces that trope. 
 

I don’t see how anyone can see this as a negative thing. 

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Interesting that they decided to just remove him instead of reworking him. I think the title of this is a little misleading given cancel culture. It's a cartoon. 

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sarahb

My mum will be pleased, she's always hated his creepy ass :billie:

Apparently my aunty used to hide when he was on tv :rip:

Do you feel him sir?
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Arcanum

Wow. I loved Pepe as a child and found him really funny. Pepe didn't make me a rapist. So what's next? Cancel Scrooge McDuck because he emotionally abuses his nephew?

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venuspop

even as a young child pepe always made me uncomfortable, even now-a-days when i see looney tunes on tv i still catch them saying some racist things :neyde:

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Fresco

Good that it was removed. The cat reacts with violence, slapping, and throwing the skunk down, winning a physical fight. That's just not realistic. Abusive skunkmen typically pick smaller, weaker, drunker catwomen to abuse, imo. That catwoman wouldn't win in reality.

The skunk was to be written as a bartender, but that may or may not be obvious. If the bartender was the bar owner, he would never fire himself.

The skunk as a drunk patron probably also would never face legal consequences because nobody would identify him nor police arrest him for kissing a woman in a bar.

People need to use words more and physical force less. Kids need more appropriate behavior modeled in cartoons, consensual behavior.

On the other hand, kids stories and fables often expose kids to violence, death, criminals, lies, etc. so they know what those things are.  At some point children understand consequences.  Oh well, its a cartoon. Got to level up before this season of Fortnite ends.

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Runway

I guess it’s easier to let films and tv educate your kid instead of doing your parenting job :billie: 

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PartySick
On 3/9/2021 at 12:07 PM, Galactic Mess said:

I remember this guy, and always thought the cartoon's message was not to be like him, since he was gross and abusive. But it's good that children get to see one less forced kiss.

I never thought it was that deep tbh. He was a weird romance obsessed cartoon character that never got the lady he wanted because he was after a cat that looked like a skunk due to some white paint accident and she thought he stank :yennefer:

Idk, I guess I just get "over the top cartoonish behavior" from him more than "sinister serial rapist".

That said, I can understand why they'd leave him out of current Looney Toons stuff. He seems like one of the characters that's better off being a legacy/classic toon than trying to adapt him to current standards or have him behave the way he did now that it's viewed as unacceptable.

Whimsical bitch
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PartySick
On 3/9/2021 at 2:02 PM, Arcanum said:

Wow. I loved Pepe as a child and found him really funny. Pepe didn't make me a rapist. So what's next? Cancel Scrooge McDuck because he emotionally abuses his nephew?

Scrooge (in any form) has always been a negative stereotype of the rich and greedy. I don't think we're supposed to like him or be like him :huh:

Though I know his character and whole family have been rebooted a few times since I was a cartoon watching kid so idk what he is now :laughga:

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Big Reputation

This is starting to get ridiculous I think

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