Touché and Go

Touché and Go is a 1957 Merrie Melodies Pepé Le Pew cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.

Plot

As a street painter paints out a white line in the middle of a road, Penelope is being chased by a dog and runs right under the paint tank and getting a white line across her spine whilst the dog crashes into the tank and painter. Now covered in paint, he asks the dog why he crash into him and splash white paint all over him. The dog smiles innocently, but the street painter kicks him across the road.

Pepe emerges from a fishing boat, scaring the boatman and sinking the boat. Pepe spies Penelope on a beach. He rushes and catches her with a few smooches while she wriggles her way out. As she scurries away, Pepe grabs and rides her tail until he slams into a post. After a bit of daydreaming, Pepe resumes his chase.

Pepe pursues Penelope but slips on the sand and falls down a sea cliff into the sea. As Penelope reaches the rocks below, Pepe emerges embracing her and offering to get her a glass of water. When Pepe returns with the glass of water, he finds she has run off.

Pepe finds, embraces and kisses Penelope on a boat but Penelope makes her escape in the sea with a diving mask and oxygen tank. Pepe follows her wearing a mask and flippers but no oxygen tank (he explains that, as a skunk, he is able to hold his breath for a long time). A shark approaches and eats Pepe, but Pepe's stink makes the shark spit him out and flee on the beach.

For a long time Penelope swims under the sea until sunset where she surfaces to find a nearby island. As she removes her diving gear, she finds Pepe waiting for her. As Pepe endlessly chases Penelope, the island is revealed to be heart-shaped from birdseye view.

Censorship

• On CBS, the part after the dog crashes into the street painter, where the street painter kicks the dog down the road, is cut.