Scent-imental Romeo

Penelope Pussycat is starving and pesters the zookeeper for some of the lions' food. The zookeeper declines, keeping a firm but gentle boundary. This moment sets Penelope's desperation in motion and foreshadows her later disguises.

To increase her chances of getting fed, she paints a white stripe on her back to imitate a skunk. The ploy works and she is fed, but she is soon discovered by Pepé. He mistakes the disguise for a real animal and becomes intrigued.

Pepé immediately mistakes her for the petite femme skunk and begins pursuing her affections. The unlikely attraction kicks into motion as he treats her like a quarry of romance. The chase for Penelope begins.

Pepé sets up a makeshift house and serves Penelope champagne, signaling a romantic rendezvous. Penelope escapes, triggering Pepé's determined pursuit through Paris.

Pepé pursues Penelope through the streets of Paris, accidentally scaring off a French Poodle in the process. The chase escalates as Penelope keeps eluding him.

Penelope corners Pepé near a corner and bashes him with a mallet. Pepé recovers quickly and affectionately calls her a 'Flirt' in response to the blow.

Pepé follows his 'lover' into a tunnel of love, but on the far side he is smooching a dumbfounded man, thinking he has Penelope. The mistaken identity creates a comic pause in the chase.

Realizing his error, Pepé declares that the man shall hear from his 'second' in a duel. The man mechanically replies that he will, then joins the French Foreign Legion and salutes before fainting.

Penelope climbs a wall and runs into Pepé again, who pretends to be Maurice Chevalier, singing 'Babyface' to woo her. When that gambit fails, Pepé resumes the pursuit across the city.

Pepé chases Penelope across Paris and finally catches her. The two engage in a forceful French Apache dance, and Penelope bashes him with a club in retaliation.

Pepé gazes upon a daze of Penelopes, realizing the surreal confusion around him. He quips that one may remain while the others can come another day, acknowledging the chaos of the chase.

The zookeeper finally catches Pepé and returns him to his cage, ending the chase for now. Pepé closes the cartoon with a straightforward, hopeful note: 'Vive l'amour.'