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This series is a [[Spin-Off]] from the credit sequences of ''[[The Pink Panther|Pink Panther]]'' movies, featuring the adventures of a [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|bipedal pink panther]]. He frequently is opposed, hunted, or inconvenienced by an Inspector Clouseau [[Expy]] who is never named, and who usually ends up subject to the usual humiliation and [[Amusing Injuries]] suffered by the typical cartoon antagonist. The original series ran from 1964 to 1980; it was then [[Uncanceled]] in 1993 and ran for three years. A new incarnation returned to the airwaves in 2009.
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All versions of this show were [[Animated Anthology|Animated Anthologies]], showing 10-minute shorts. The original series shared its airtime with ''[[The Ant and the Aardvark]]'' shorts.
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== Common to all series ==
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: it is clear that the Panther is a guy.
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== 1964-1980 Original Series ==
* [[Art Evolution]]
* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: [[The Ant and
** In an episode of ''The New Pink Panther Show'', the Aardvark (as a [[Tarzan]] parody) screams "Oy Vey!" in a Tarzan-like manner.
* [[Cool Cat]]: The Panther is the quintessential example, of the "never has to lose his cool" variety - even in cartoons where he's the [[Butt Monkey]], he always keeps his silent wit and rhythmic step.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The very first cartoon or two gave the Panther a voice with an upper-crust [[British Accents|British Accent]], but he was quickly converted into a [[Silent Protagonist]].
* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: The "Pink Panther" in the movies was a [[MacGuffin]] from a couple of the early films in the series—a large diamond with a unique flaw that from one angle looked like a pink, leaping panther. The ''character'' of the Pink Panther existed only in the credits and has nothing to do with the action in any of them.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]
* [[Limited Animation]]: Although [[It Gets Better|it improved]].
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Dean Martin for the Ant and Jackie Mason for the Aardvark.
** The Little Man is a caricature of [[Friz Freleng]], while at the same time an [[Expy]] of Inspector Clouseau.
* [[Silent Protagonist]]: The Panther.
* [[Synchronized Swarming]]: One cartoon has the title character annoy a swarm of bees. While taking cover inside a house blocks them, the bees take a form of a drill, and create a hole in the door that they fly through.
* [[Ticker Tape Parade]]: In "Pink of the Litter", Pink is hired to clean all the litter in town. After he does, he is given a tickertape parade... and then has to clean up after it.
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== The Pink Panther and Sons ==
* [[A Day in
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* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song]]: The Japanese version has a different [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMGQWYdO8CA&feature=related ending theme].
* [[An Aesop]]: Occasionally the 1993 series would venture into it in some episodes.
* [[Art Shift]]: The episodes ''Hamm-N-Eggz'' and the final two episodes of the series listed [[wikipedia:The Pink Panther
** ''Hamm-N-Eggz'' looks more like a 1990s [[Nickelodeon]] animation than a DePatie-Freleng/MGM production.
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6LmC7Kc4ak This is the episode Hamm-N-Eggz, albeit in Spanish, for those who haven't seen it.]
* [[Art Evolution]]: Compare the early 1993 episodes with the 1995 season.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]
* [[
* [[Catch Phrase]]: '''Thiiiink Pink!''''
* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Featuring an unvoiced cameo of [[Tara Strong]].
* [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]]: The Aardvark is this.
* [[A Day in
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: The Aardvark (but he is voiced by John Byner, so [[Truth in Television]] then?)
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: After the episode ''A Nut At The Opera'', the panther did not appear for a full 4 episodes, excluding ''Driving Mr. Pink''.
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** ''Hamm-N-Eggz'' had a few of its own, despite Animal Protagonists.
* [[Identical Grandson]]
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: One of the show's heavily-used tropes. [[In
* [[Lower Deck Episode]]: ''All'' episodes for The Inspector (Clouseau), and one with Voodoo Man, another for Manly Man, and the final two episodes, ''Texas Toads'' and ''Ant and Aardvark''.
* [[Parental Bonus]]: Some episodes like ''Lifestyles of the Pink and Famous''. And ''7 Manly Men'' as well.
* [[Shout-Out]]: In the episode ''7 Manly Men'' the episode parodies [[
** Plus the episode ''Pinky Rider'', a direct shout-out to Dennis Quaid's ''[[Easy Rider]]''.
* [[
* [[Suddenly Voiced]]: The Pink Panther himself.
* [[Tara Strong]]: Plus a [[Captain Ersatz]]/[[Expy]] of her as well, creating a semi-[[Celebrity Paradox]].
* [[Third Person Person]]: Voodoo Man, who refers to himself this way.
* [[Three Shorts|Two Shorts]]: Except the final episodes, which are three shorts.
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