The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bungling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of the film of the same name. The role was originated by, and is most closely associated with, Peter Sellers. Most of the films were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards, with notable theme music composed by Henry Mancini. Despite its use in the titles of most of the films of the series, the "Pink Panther" is not the Clouseau character, but a large and valuable fictitious pink diamond of the same name which is the "MacGuffin" of the first film in the series.] The phrase reappears 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; that film also marked the return of Sellers to the role after a gap of ten years, which may have contributed to some confusion between the character and the diamond. The phrase has been used for all the subsequent films in the series, even when the jewel does not figure into the plot (the diamond has only appeared in six of the eleven films in the series). The first film in the series had an animated opening sequence, created by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and set to the theme music by Henry Mancini, which featured the Pink Panther character. This character, designed by Hawley Pratt, was subsequently the subject of its own series of animated cartoons – as well as being featured in the opening of every movie in the Pink Panther film series except A Shot in the Dark and Inspector Clouseau.

The Pink Panther from the cartoons (1963-present)

Cartoons

Main Article: List of The Pink Panther cartoons

Parodies

1. The Pink Panther/Shrek
2. The Pink Panther/TUGS
3. The Pink Panther/Thomas
4. The Pink Panther/Thomas and the Magic Railroad
5. The Pink Panther/Ed, Edd, n Eddy
6. The Pink Panther/Maisy
7. The Pink Panther/Toy Story
8. The Pink Panther/Tom & Jerry
9. The Pink Panther/Sesame Street
10. The Pink Panther/Looney Tunes
11. The Pink Panther/The Jungle Book
12. The Pink Panther/Phineas and Ferb
13. The Pink Panther/Arthur
14. The Pink Panther/Garfield
15. The Pink Panther/Sonic
16. The Pink Panther/Mario
17. The Pink Panther/Kirby
18. The Pink Panther/Blue's Clues
19. The Pink Panther/Pokemon
20. The Pink Panther/The Brave Little Toaster
21. The Pink Panther/Winnie The Pooh
22. The Pink Panther/Timmy the Tooth
23. The Pink Panther/Ed, Edd, n Eddy
24. The Pink Panther/Dexter's Laboratory
25. The Pink Panther/Spongebob
26. The Pink Panther/Muppets
27. The Pink Panther/Clifford the Big Red Dog
28. The Pink Panther/Drake and Josh
29. The Pink Panther/Dragon Tales
30. The Pink Panther/Homestar Runner
31. The Pink Panther/Oggy & the Cockroaches

Gallery

The Pink Panther is Holding a Hammer

The Pink Panther is Holding Dollars from Owens Corning

The Pink Panther is Hammering a Nail