Pink cat series "Bagpuss" was a striped pink cat. The puppet used for animation was originally supposed to be marmalade coloured, but was dyed pink accidentally during the manufacturing process. Another children's television series, "Roobarb and Custard" featured a pink cat, Custard. Creator Grange Calveley based Custard's mannerisms on Sid James. The Pink Panther is a cartoon character created by Friz Freleng. As well as featuring in the opening titles of the films starring Peter Sellers, he has appeared in spin-off cartoon series. Animation historian Jerry Beck has said the character is "anti-authority – he's cool yet he's pink". In 2014, Dutch
A Dog of Flanders open. The next morning, the boy and his dog are found frozen to death in front of the triptych. The novel shares a reasonable notability in the United Kingdom and the United States of America and is extremely popular in South Korea, Japan and the Philippines, to the point where it is seen as a children's classic. It inspired film and anime adaptations, including the 1975 animated TV series "Dog of Flanders" which reached an audience of 30 million viewers on its first broadcast. In Belgium the story is more obscure. Only in 1987 did it receive a Dutch translation;