The Pink Panther cartoon character.

The Pink Panther refers to a series of American comedic films which feature the bumbling French police detective Jacques Clouseau. The role was originated by, and is most closely associated with, Peter Sellers, and most of the films were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards, with theme music by Henry Mancini. Image File history File links The Pink Panther from the Region 2 DVD The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection, released in 2004 by MGM Home Ent. ... Image File history File links The Pink Panther from the Region 2 DVD The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection, released in 2004 by MGM Home Ent. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a bumbling fictional French detective who was a character in the Blake Edwardss Pink Panther series. ... Peter Sellers CBE (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980) was an English comedian, actor, and performer, who came to prominence on the BBC radio series The Goon Show, before embarking on a successful film career. ... Blake Edwards (b. ... Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ...

Contrary to popular belief, "The Pink Panther" does not actually refer to the Clouseau character, but to a large and valuable diamond which is the macguffin of the first film in the series. The phrase was used again in the title of the fourth film, The Return of the Pink Panther, in which the theft of the diamond is again the center of the plot, but this was also the film in which Sellers returned to the role after a one film hiatus, which may have set up the popular confusion about what "The Pink Panther" refers to. The phrase has been used for all the subsequent films in the series. This article is about the plot device; a MacGuffin is also a block cipher named after the plot device. ... The Return of the Pink Panther is the fourth film in the Pink Panther series, released by United Artists in 1974, featuring the return of Peter Sellers as the role of Inspector Clouseau (Alan Arkin previously played Clouseau in the last Panther film, Inspector Clouseau). ...

The first film in the series had an animated opening sequence set to the theme music by Henry Mancini that featured a pink panther character. This character would get its own series of animated films (as well as being featured in the opening of every film in the series except A Shot in the Dark) and come to be known simply as "The Pink Panther". A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series. ...

Films

The films initially starred Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and were directed by Blake Edwards. The popular theme music was composed by Henry Mancini. Peter Sellers CBE (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980) was an English comedian, actor, and performer, who came to prominence on the BBC radio series The Goon Show, before embarking on a successful film career. ... Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a bumbling fictional French detective who was a character in the Blake Edwardss Pink Panther series. ... Blake Edwards (b. ... Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ...

The Pink Panther of the title is a diamond supposedly containing a flaw which forms the image of a springing panther, which can be seen if held up to light in a certain way. The plot of the first film centers around the theft of this diamond, which is mentioned in only two other films in the series (The Return of the Pink Panther and Trail of the Pink Panther). The name stuck once the Pink Panther became synonymous with Inspector Clouseau, in much the way that Frankenstein was used in film titles to refer to Frankenstein's Monster. The Return of the Pink Panther is the fourth film in the Pink Panther series, released by United Artists in 1974, featuring the return of Peter Sellers as the role of Inspector Clouseau (Alan Arkin previously played Clouseau in the last Panther film, Inspector Clouseau). ... Trail of the Pink Panther was a 1982 movie starring Peter Sellers. ... Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ...

(A Shot in the Dark, a film which was not originally intended to feature Inspector Clouseau, but which was quickly re-written to capitalize on the popularity of the original film, is the only film in the series that features neither the diamond nor the distinctive animated Pink Panther in the opening credits and ending.) A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series. ...

In the original Pink Panther movie, the main focus was on David Niven's role as Sir Charles Lytton, who is the infamous jewel thief "the Phantom", and his plan to steal the Pink Panther from its owner. The Inspector Clouseau character played essentially a supporting role as Lytton's incompetent antagonist, and provided slapstick comic relief to a movie that was a subtle, lighthearted crime drama. The popularity of Clouseau caused him to become the main character in subsequent Pink Panther films, which were more standard slapstick comedy movies. David Niven was the second unofficial James Bond. ...

Mancini's theme, with variations in arrangement, is used at the start of all but a few of the Clouseau films.

As of 2006, ten official films have been made, all but two having "Pink Panther" in the title:

• The Pink Panther (1963)
• A Shot in the Dark (1964)
• Inspector Clouseau (1968) (stars Alan Arkin as Clouseau, and not directed by Edwards)
• The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) (with Sellers and Edwards again and also starring Christopher Plummer)
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
• Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
• Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) (features the by-then deceased Peter Sellers by way of clips from previous films)
• Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) (in which Clouseau has conveniently gone missing and returns in the form of an uncredited Roger Moore)
• Son of the Pink Panther (1993) (starring Roberto Benigni as Inspector Clouseau Jr.)
• The Pink Panther (2006) (Starring Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau).

The original nine films were released by United Artists except for distribution outside the U.S. for 1975's The Return of the Pink Panther. That film is not fully owned by MGM/UA, as UA sold the film rights to British production company ITC Entertainment (although UA does own the copyright as well as the theatrical distribution rights). Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers originally intended to produce a Clouseau television series in 1974, but backers ITC felt a movie would better suit the character. This resulted in Return, which successfully revived the franchise. DVD cover The Pink Panther, directed by Blake Edwards and co-written by Edwards and Maurice Richlin, is a 1963 comedy film, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, and Robert Wagner. ... // Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove. ... A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series. ... Media:Example. ... Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor. ... The Return of the Pink Panther is the fourth film in the Pink Panther series, released by United Artists in 1974, featuring the return of Peter Sellers as the role of Inspector Clouseau (Alan Arkin previously played Clouseau in the last Panther film, Inspector Clouseau). ... Christopher Plummer photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1959 Christopher Plummer CC (born Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer on December 13, 1929), is a Canadian theatrical, film and television actor. ... The Pink Panther Strikes Again is the fifth film in the Pink Panther series (although only the third to include the words Pink Panther in its title, despite the fact that the story does not involve the Pink Panther diamond of the previous films) and continues the story after the... Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) is the sixth film in United Artists Pink Panther film series, and the last Panther film in which its star Peter Sellers appeared expressly for. ... Trail of the Pink Panther was a 1982 movie starring Peter Sellers. ... Curse of the Pink Panther starring Roberto Benigni as the ilegitimate son of inspector closeau. ... Moore and Curtis in The Persuaders! (1971/72) Moore, Liv Ullmann and Sacheen Littlefeather at the 1973 Oscars Sir Roger George Moore, CBE (born October 14, 1927) is an English actor known for his suave and witty demeanor. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Roberto Benigni as Johnny Stecchino Roberto Benigni (born October 27, 1952) is an Italian film and television actor and director. ... The Pink Panther is a 2006 comedy film. ... Steve Martin (right) with Scooter, on The Muppet Show Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, musician, and composer born in Waco, Texas and raised in Garden Grove, California. ... The current United Artists logo. ... The Return of the Pink Panther is the fourth film in the Pink Panther series, released by United Artists in 1974, featuring the return of Peter Sellers as the role of Inspector Clouseau (Alan Arkin previously played Clouseau in the last Panther film, Inspector Clouseau). ... -1...

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A new film, called The Pink Panther, starring Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau, directed by Shawn Levy, and produced by Robert Simonds, started filming in the Spring of 2004 and was released in February 2006. This is the first Panther film to be released by Columbia Pictures, which along with UA sister studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is part of the Sony/Comcast consortium. Although advance publicity suggested this film to be a prequel to the original 1963 film, it is set in the present day. Prior to Martin signing to the picture, which he also co-wrote the screenplay for, Mike Myers, Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker had all been announced as candidates to play the role of Clouseau. It remains to be seen whether fans of Clouseau will consider the film to be canonical since Blake Edwards is not involved in the writing or directing of the project. The Pink Panther is a 2006 comedy film. ... Steve Martin (right) with Scooter, on The Muppet Show Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, musician, and composer born in Waco, Texas and raised in Garden Grove, California. ... Robert Simonds is a producer of American comedy movies. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2006. ... The Columbia Pictures logo, since 1996. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. ... Comcast Corporation, (NASDAQ: CMCSA) based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the largest cable company in the United States. ... DVD cover The Pink Panther, directed by Blake Edwards and co-written by Edwards and Maurice Richlin, is a 1963 comedy film, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, and Robert Wagner. ... Mike Myers as Austin Powers Michael Myers (born May 25, 1963 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Kevin Spacey as Verbal in The Usual Suspects Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959 in South Orange, New Jersey), better known as Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of Welsh and Irish descent. ... Chris Tucker Chris Tucker (born August 31, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American actor and comedian who has appeared in a number of hit movies. ...

Characters

Inspector Jacques Clouseau

Jacques Clouseau is a bumbling simpleton who believes himself to be a detective genius. He inexplicably speaks in English with a ludicrous French accent, while other characters in the films speak English in whatever accent is normal for the actor playing the part. (Clouseau's accent is far less pronounced in the early films; it was only starting in the 1970s that an exaggerated accent became part of the joke). It has been suggested that portraying the incompetent policeman as French is based on a British stereotype of the French police in general. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Sheer luck or clumsiness usually saves him. For example, in one film, assassins from all over the world are sent to kill him; Clouseau bends down to tie his shoelace, falls over, etc., at just the right moment to ensure that the killers' attempts eliminate one another. Sellers remarked that in his opinion, deep down inside, Clouseau knew he was a buffoon.

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Chief Inspector Dreyfus

Clouseau's superior, Inspector Dreyfus, was introduced in A Shot in the Dark. He is eventually driven murderously insane by his exasperation with Clouseau's stupidity. One film (The Return of the Pink Panther) ends with him straightjacketed in a padded cell writing "Kill Clouseau" on the wall with his feet. In The Pink Panther Strikes Again he attempts to take over the world for the sole purpose of guaranteeing the death of Clouseau by kidnapping a scientist and forcing him to build a disintegrator ray. Dreyfus appears to disintegrate himself at the end of this film, but subsequently, without any explanation, returns to his Chief Inspector post in later films. The disintegrator ray is a fictional weapon that destroys objects by disintegrating them down to their individual atoms. ... Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau retcon – is the adding of new information to historical material, or deliberately changing previously established facts in a work of serial fiction. ...

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Cato

Cato is Clouseau's servant, and an expert in martial arts. It's unclear whether he believes Clouseau is a great detective or merely humors him. It is a running joke that he is required to attack Clouseau when he least expects it, to keep Clouseau's combat skills and vigilance sharp. One memorable scene has Clouseau stealthily search the entire apartment on returning from grocery shopping; upon not finding Cato, he opens the refrigerator for a snack. The location of Cato is left to the viewer's imagination. In later films, Cato helps Clouseau on some cases, including one in Hong Kong. Ever-faithful Cato wears glasses in order to be inconspicuous, but he ends up running into various objects because of his now-impaired vision. At first, Cato appears to conform to the Chinese racial stereotype of speaking in "broken English" and grinning; however, Revenge of the Pink Panther reveals that Cato is actually a cultured gentleman, fluent in English, who puts on the stereotype as an act for Clouseau. It is suggested that a love-hate relationship exists between the two men, sometimes bordering more on the hate side for Cato. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... An ethnic stereotype may be either (A) an overly-simplified representation of the typical characteristics of members of an ethnic group, or (B) a falsehood that has been repeated so many times that is accepted by many people as generally true. ...

In the movie Revenge of the Pink Panther, Cato, believing his master to be dead, ran a covert brothel in his apartment. The code to get into the brothel was to claim to be Inspector Clouseau, which caused a humorous scene when the real Inspector Clouseau showed up. He later opened another brothel in Curse of the Pink Panther, and converted Clouseau's apartment into a museum featuring all the disguises he had worn over the years.

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He was played by Burt Kwouk. He was also considered for a part in the new prequel, being played by Jackie Chan, but the idea was scrapped. Burt Kwouk (Chinese: 郭弼; pinyin: Guō Bì) (born July 18, 1930) is an actor who was born in Manchester, England. ... Jackie Chan (born 07 April, 1954, Hong Kong) is a Chinese martial artist, actor, director and stuntman. ...

François

François, Dreyfus' assistant, generally observes his boss's interactions with Clouseau (and subsequent emotional breakdowns) with placid bemusement. He was played by André Maranne. André Maranne is an Anglo-French actor prominent in the 1970s. ...

Cartoons

A rubber figure of the Pink Panther cartoon character.

The Pink Panther animated shorts, originally directed by Friz Freleng, were first created for the opening of the Blake Edwards series of films, but they were soon spun off in their own series, sometimes with a little moustached man, resembling the animated version of Clouseau, as foil. The cartoon series was initially produced for theatrical release, and the 1964 animated short film The Pink Phink won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film (Freleng's third Oscar). The series eventually moved to television, with several Saturday morning cartoon series (including one called The Think Pink Panther Show) producing a number of additional Pink Panther cartoons. It also added episodes starring other characters including The Ant and the Aardvark, the Tijuana Toads (a.k.a. the Texas Toads), and Misterjaw (a.k.a. Mr. Jaws and Catfish). There were also a series of animated shorts called "The Inspector", with the bumbling Clouseau inspired Inspector and his Spanish-speaking sidekick Sgt. Deux-Deux, whom the Inspector is forever correcting. ("Deux" is French for "two", meaning the little man's name is both a scatological pun and a play on words, "two" appearing two times in the name.) In 1984, the Pink Panther got two sons, Pinky and Panky, in the short-lived series The Pink Panther and Sons. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (587x768, 68 KB) en: a rubber figur of the Pink Panther de: eine Gummifigur vom rosaroten Panther File links The following pages link to this file: Pink Panther ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (587x768, 68 KB) en: a rubber figur of the Pink Panther de: eine Gummifigur vom rosaroten Panther File links The following pages link to this file: Pink Panther ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... Isadore Friz Freleng (August 21, 1905–May 26, 1995) was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. ... // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... This class was known as Short Subjects, cartoons from 1932 until 1970, and as Short Subjects, animated films from 1971 to 1973. ... Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming that was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the 1990s. ... The Ant and the Aardvark was a series of theatrical cartoons produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1969 to 1971, about a blue Aardvark always trying to catch a red ant named Charlie. ... Tijuana Toads was a series of 17 theatrical cartoons produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and released through United Artists. ... Misterjaw was a series of 34 made-for-television cartoons produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1976 for The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show TV show for NBC. Misterjaw (voiced by Arte Johnston) was a blue German accented shark(with a bow tie and... The Inspector and Sgt. ... POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! In medicine and biology, scatology or coprology is the study of feces. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Pink Panther and Sons was an animated television series featuring the Pink Panther and his two sons. ...

Other shorts featured in various incarnations of the show:

• "Hoot Kloot" — The misadventures of a sheriff and his horse in the old west.
• "Roland and Rattfink" — A spy spoof set in the conflict between Hawkland and Doveland. Roland is usually the "good guy" and Rattfink is the fly in his ointment.
• "The Dogfather" — A Godfather pastiche with a canine Corleone family.
• "Crazylegs Crane" — The original antagonist from the "Tijuana Toads" series and his son on the hunt for a "fire-breathing dragonfly."
• "The Blue Racer" — A hapless snake and his search for human acceptance. Another "Tijuana Toads" spinoff.

In the early series of Pink Panther cartoons, the Panther generally remained silent, speaking only in two theatrical shorts, "Sink Pink" and "Pink Ice". Rich Little provided the voice of The Pink Panther, modelling the voice on that of David Niven. Years later he would overdub Niven's voice for Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther. A series of cartoons in 1993 and 1994 had the Pink Panther speaking with the voice of Matt Frewer (of Max Headroom fame), a move that was initially controversial with fans who felt that the panther should never speak. (Unlike the classic animated features, not all episode titles contained the word "pink", instead many contained the word "panther".) Hoot Kloot was a series of theatrical cartoons produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1973 to 1974. ... A Mirish-DePatie-Freleng Production Released through United Artists Series of theatrical cartoons produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1968 to 1971. ... The Dogfather (A DePatie-Freleng Production, in association with Mirish Cinema Coperation) was created by Hawley Pratt and Friz Freleng at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. ... The Godfather is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name (see The Godfather (novel)) written by Mario Puzo, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. ... Image:Http://dfe. ... Rich Little (born Richard Caruthers Little on November 26, 1938 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a comedian best known for his celebrity impersonations. ... David Niven was the second unofficial James Bond. ... Trail of the Pink Panther was a 1982 movie starring Peter Sellers. ... Curse of the Pink Panther starring Roberto Benigni as the ilegitimate son of inspector closeau. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Matt Frewer (b. ... Max Headroom doing a promotion for Cinemax Max Headroom was the name of a fictional television character in the late 1980s and of the science fiction television series in which he starred. ...

The cartoon character of the Pink Panther has been, since August 15, 1980, a mascot for Owens Corning fiberglass thermal insulation. The association comes from the pink coloration of the insulation. Since 2001, the Pink Panther has also been a mascot for Sweet'N Low artificial sweetener. As with Owens Corning, the association comes from the pink color of Sweet'N Low packets. In 2005, the 'Pink Panther' Sunday strip, also featuring the Inspector Clouseau character, has been syndicated by Tribune Media Services. The strip is written and drawn by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, FL. A mascot is something, typically an animal or human character used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team (the name often corresponds with the mascot), society or corporation. ... Owens-Corning Corporation is the worlds largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. ... Fiberglass or fibreglass is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. ... Insulation must not be confused with insolation (the latter word has an o where the former has a u). // Definition of insulation Insulation is any material used to reduce or “slow down” or “resist” the flow of energy. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... SweetN Low is a popular brand of artificial sweetener made from granulated saccharin and dextrose. ... A sweetener is a food additive which adds the basic taste of sweetness to a food. ... See also Comic strip and Daily strip. ...

Jacques Clouseau, Dreyfus and Cato seem to have inspired the popular animated series Inspector Gadget. Inspector Gadget is an animated television series about a clumsy, absent-minded, and oblivious detective, Inspector Gadget, who is a cyborg with various gadgets built into his anatomy. ...

See also

• List of The Pink Panther cartoons
• List of The Inspector cartoons
• List of The Ant and the Aardvark cartoons
• List of Tijuana Toads cartoons
• List of Hoot Kloot cartoons
• List of Roland and Rattfink cartoons
• List of Dogfather cartoons
• List of Crazylegs Crane cartoons
• List of The Blue Racer cartoons
• List of Misterjaw cartoons

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References to the films

• In an episode of the anime series Lupin the Third, entitled "Black Panther" (American-dub title "My Birthday Present"), master criminal and title character Lupin attempts to steal the Black Panther diamond as a birthday gift for his girlfriend/rival Fujiko. Normally, Lupin has to deal with the interfering Inspector Zenigata, but in this episode, Zenigata is aided by a clearly Clouseau-inspired character, Inspector Conaiseau. Conaiseau is even assisted by a Cato-inspired character, Hageito. Also within the episode, Lupin and Conaiseau both infiltrate a nudist colony, much like Clouseau does in A Shot in the Dark. Also, as a note of interest, the Black Panther diamond, when light shines on it at a certain angle, shows within it a black version of the Pink Panther cartoon character. This "toon" seems to give the diamond a life of its own, as whenever it is unexpectedly dropped, the diamond appears to run off like a loose panther, with the "toon" visable to the audience as it does so.

• In an episode of the animated series Jackie Chan Adventures, entitled "Enter...the Viper", Jackie Chan and his niece Jade must protect the "Pink Puma" diamond from a female jewel thief called Viper.

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References to the cartoons

• In a short cartoon featured in the animated series Dexter's Laboratory, entitled "A Silent Cartoon", the cartoon homages the Pink Panther shorts by emulating its visual style, music, and humor. The short features Dexter (filling the role of the Inspector) trying to construct a blue laboratory, while an all-pink version of his sister DeeDee (filling the role of the Pink Panther, complete with his mannerisms) finding clever ways to turn the blue lab into a completely pink lab.

• In the first episode of the British comedy series Mr. Bean starring Rowan Atkinson, while preparing for an exam, Mr. Bean takes from his bag several pencils and toys, including a rubber Pink Panther figurine, to which Mr. Bean hums the classic theme music.

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External links

• The Pink Panther Page
• Inspector Clouseau Page - Tribute Site to Peter Sellers
• Official Page of Peter Sellers
• Pink Panther at the Internet Movie Database
• Pink Panther at TV.com

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