Pink Panther (character) Pink Panther (character) The Pink Panther is a fictional animated character who appeared in the opening and/or closing credit sequences of every film in the "Pink Panther" series except for "A Shot in the Dark" and "Inspector Clouseau". In the storyline of the original film, "the Pink Panther" was the name of a valuable pink diamond named for a flaw that showed a "figure of a springing panther" when held up to the light in a certain way; in the credits this was translated to an animated pink panther. The character's popularity spawned a spin-off franchise of theatrical shorts, television
Trail of the Pink Panther trenchcoat reveals a montage of funny clips of Peter Sellers from his five "Pink Panther" films as a tribute to him, while the end credits roll. Sellers died over 18 months before production began, and his performance was constructed from deleted scenes from "The Pink Panther Strikes Again". David Niven appears in the film, reprising a role he first played in the original "The Pink Panther" of 1963. Niven was in the early stages of ALS, and his voice subsequently proved too weak to loop his own dialogue during post-production. He was dubbed by impressionist Rich Little during post-production. Returning