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
The Pink Panther Show preceding the show featured Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme" played under a segment from "Pink Outs" featuring the Pink Panther folding the backdrop into a square to be eaten. The closer featured the last few seconds of the theme played under a scene from "Reel Pink" featuring the panther water skiing. MGM/UA created two versions of the syndication package. The first consisted of "The Pink Panther", "Inspector", "The Ant and the Aardvark" and "Texas Toads" entries sourced from film elements utilized during the program's original network run. The second version consisted of "The Pink Panther", "The Ant and the Aardvark"