Wild Over You

In the Paris Exposition of 1900, a colorful arrangement of tourists are guided around a zoo, but become panic-stricken when they find out that one of the animals, a wildcat, has escaped. The zookeeper yelled to sound the alarm and to the guests to evacuate the zoo. Elsewhere, the escapee wildcat stalks around the park. Seeing an animal controller from the zoo and his dog pursuing her, she spots some black and white paint nearby and paints herself to look like a skunk, scaring the animal controller and his dog off. Her black and white appearance, however, attracts the attention of Pepé Le Pew, who, after some flirting, receives a mauling for his effrontery, due to wildcats attacking victims that come too close to them. He shrugs it off, saying, "I like it" (this has caused the cartoon much controversy for implying sadomasochism). The wildcat hides inside a fortune teller's hut and Pepé, disguised as a swami, predicts to her that she will meet a fine gentleman. When she runs outside, Pepé is there already, disguised as said gentleman. He again receives a mauling from the wildcat, and incorrectly assumes, "Flirt".

Later on, Pepé (singing a variant of "Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be?") wanders into a wax museum finding the wildcat posing as a boa around the neck of a wax sculpture of Marie Antoinette and he himself poses as a coonskin cap on a sculpture of Daniel Boone. The wildcat flees and hides inside a suit of armor with Pepé already in there ("Close quarters, no?"). A third mauling from the wildcat causes the parts of the suit to rearrange themselves, with a dazed Pepé saying to himself as he comes out, "I hope I hold out..." The wildcat then hides inside a replica of Madame Pompadour's carriage and Pepé is in there again. After a fourth mauling, he asks himself in a daze if all this abuse is worth it and answers the question himself by saying it was worth it.

The wildcat carries the chase outside, becoming more tired as Pepé pursues her. She comes by a hot air balloon, climbs inside and cuts the support ropes, launching the balloon into the air. Pepé appears beside her again and he receives one final mauling, taking a moment to sign off the cartoon with "If you have not tried it, do not knock it..." as the balloon floats upwards into the sky.

• Wild Over You at IMDb