History Funny / ThePinkPanther

[[folder:Original films (1963-93)]]

[[folder: Shorts]]

* In the opening sequence, when the Pink Panther's hand gets smashed by a hammer while it's on the typewriter, we get "!!!*?#OW!;;#(!)" on the page in a FreezeFrameBonus.
** Let's be honest here, the whole animated title sequence qualifies, but one in particular pretty funny gag is the ending, where the Panther intentionally puts the letters that make up Blake Edwards' name in the wrong order and walks off laughing. He then returns onscreen, forced at gunpoint by the Phantom's glove to rearrange the letters. Then the Panther angrily grabs the gun from the glove and prepares to shoot it with, grinning maliciously. This, of course, backfires on him.
* The entire chase sequence toward the end of the original film, especially the guy who keeps getting cut off while trying to amble cross the street. He finally just gets a chair, sits down, and waits for the inevitable multi-car pileup.
* "Francois... I've just cut off my thumb."
** Dreyfus lends himself to a lot of these, mostly out of his immense hatred for Clouseau.

* ''Curse of...'' is a dire film on the whole, but TheReveal that [[spoiler:Clouseau now looks like ''and is played by'' Creator/RogerMoore]] is funny thanks to excellent work on the actor's part. He even makes getting an ice bucket stuck on his head work for him! It goes with the suit!

* RealLife example: while filming in Switzerland, Creator/DavidNiven went skiing, but was ill-equipped for the below-freezing temperatures. Because of this, he caught frostbite...[[GroinAttack on his penis]]. Some Italian gentlemen took him to a bar where he placed his frozen member in a glass of brandy. It did the trick, but the pain was excrutiating.

* Clouseau has ordered Cato to attack him when he expects it the least in order to keep his reflexes and combat skills sharp. Cato obliges, and the two of them always cause mayhem when fighting. It either ends with Clouseau ordering Cato to stop and [[CombatPragmatist striking him in the back]] or Clouseau jumping in the air to perform a DivingKick [[EpicFail and crashing into a room, breaking everything inside]].

* At the ending of "Pink-A-Rella", [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Pelvis Parsley]] tracks down the waif in her shack to put her lost shoe on her foot... after pausing to make sure the shoe doesn't fit the ''Panther's'' foot. (It really, really doesn't.)

* RealLife example: while filming in Switzerland, Creator/DavidNiven went skiing, but was ill-equipped for the below-freezing temperatures. As a result, he caught frostbite...on his penis. Some Italian gentlemen took him to a bar where he placed his frozen member in a glass of brandy. It did the trick, but the pain was excrutiating. Then Niven's friend walked in and asked what on earth he was doing. In agony, he quipped, "Pissing in a brandy glass, like I always do!"

* At the ending of "Pink-A-Rella", [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Pelvis Parsley]] tracks down the waif in her shack to put her lost shoe on her foot.. after pausing to make sure the shoe doesn't fit the ''Panther's'' foot. (It really, really doesn't.)

* ''Curse of...'' is a dire film on the whole, but TheReveal that [[spoiler:Clouseau now looks like ''and is played by'' Creator/RogerMoore]] is ActuallyPrettyFunny thanks to excellent work on the actor's part. He even makes getting an ice bucket stuck on his head work for him! It goes with the suit!

* The entire chase sequence toward the end of the original film.

[[folder:Remake (2006-09)]]
* Much of the AnimatedCreditsOpening featuring the Pink Panther character and the animated Clouseau. Highlights include:
** Right after the opening with the Pink Panther dancing under a spotlight, we see the Panther walking across the screen, dragging a fog machine. This, as it turns out, is because Clouseau is right behind him, waving around a flashlight. Clouseau isn't watching where he's going, and he ends up walking into the credit reading "A SHAWN LEVY FILM", which he promptly karate-chops. Which ends up hurting his hand. After that, the Pink Panther sends a bomb painted to look like a soccer ball his way, but Clouseau scares the bomb away by pointing his gun at it, then accidentally shoots his pants.
** The Panther randomly dragging Clouseau into a tango. What makes it even better is that Clouseau is initially confused, then gets into it... and then realizes what's going on and points his gun at the Panther. The Panther responds by angrily slapping Clouseau in the face and storming off.
*** Clouseau, in response, takes out a bouquet of flowers and dashes off after him.
** The Panther dresses up as a conductor and conducts an offscreen orchestra, summoning musical notes... which then proceed to wrap around a stumbling-about Clouseau.
** This is immediately followed by the Panther walking into a room wearing a police uniform very much like the one Clouseau is wearing. The Panther then exits the room, and Clouseau enters... and then promptly realizes that he's naked, covers himself, and nervously exits.
** Clouseau then hits his head on another credit, when he then inspects with his magnifying glass. As he's doing this, the Panther descends upside-down from the ceiling and blows at the back of Clouseau's head. When Clouseau turns his head, the Panther zips back up, and then the magnifying glass ends up setting the credit on fire. Clouseau then nervously stamps out any flames emerging from the ashes... one of which causes him to fall through the floor.
** He ends up falling into a room where the Panther is having a party. And then he falls through the floor of THAT room, too. And then the logs in the fireplace fall through the hole in the floor, resulting in a large fire that sends Clouseau flying back up through the hole and the hole in the ceiling. Meanwhile, the Panther and the two girls that he's with start roasting wieners.
** Finally, we see Clouseau walk up to a wall and put up a poster of the Panther accompanied by the word "MISSING". The Panther then comes to life, dons a top hat and starts tap-dancing, much to Clouseau's confusion. Clouseau then climbs into the poster just as the Panther is exiting it. Then, as Clouseau is realizing that he is now trapped, the Panther walks over to the poster and causes it to blow away.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz0IT4Uk2xQ Ey would like to bay a AMBIERGAH!]]
* Rare golden moments from the poorly received 2009 film:
** Again, all of the animated title sequence. One in particular pretty funny moment is when The Thinker is lifted into the air by a rope. Clouseau then walks under the statue, and we see that the Panther is the one that lifted the statue into the air. He smirks at us, then very slowly releases his fingers from the rope that is holding up the statue, resulting in it falling on top of Clouseau.
** How Pepperidge handles Avallaneda's fury:
--->'''Avallaneda''': "Is this what it's come to? That I must strip down and remove my clothes, in the sanctity of ''my own home'', before a group of people I've only just met, ''just to prove my innocence''!?"
--->'''Pepperidge''': "Well, it wouldn't hurt."
** [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment The "jojoba" scene]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBWpFeEaHL0 The Pope Scene]]
** Clouseau burning down the ''La Plata de Nada'' restaurant. '''Twice'''.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pN7nmzuvNc&feature=related It's only an old salty Swedish sea dog.]]
* From ''The Return of the Pink Panther'':
** The entire scene with the beggar/accordion player and his [[FunetikAksent minkey]].
** Chief Inspector Dreyfuss {{r|unningGag}}epeatedly confusing a gun shaped cigarette lighter with an actual handgun, including shooting François in the arm and himself in the face ''twice!''
** Clouseau in the Lugashi museum:
--> '''Clouseau:''' Of course he would need a very slippery floor.
--> '''Lugashi Inspector:''' Therefore the wax.
--> '''Clouseau:''' The wax? *[[ThePratfall Pratfall]]*
** Clouseau's car being sabotaged, causing him to crash into a swimming pool, then soon after ANOTHER car he is driving is sabotaged, causing him to crash into the same pool while they're towing out the first car.
** Dreyfuss threatens Clouseau:
-->'''Dreyfuss:''' "If you are not out of this office in 5 seconds..."
-->'''Clouseau:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "5 seconds is nothing! I could easily be out of here in 3!"]]
** And a few moments later, Dreyfuss suspends Clouseau without pay.
-->'''Clouseau:''' "Can you lend me 50 franks?"
-->(Dreyfuss reaches into his pocket, before catching himself)
-->'''Dreyfuss:''' "Out! Out of my office!"
** The entire sequence in Lady Litton's hotel room. For starters, the vacuum has way too much power; When accidentally pointed at the parrot, it cuts away, and when it cuts back, all you see is feathers and two bent cage bars. Then he tries cracking a safe, which turns out to actually be a radio. Then there's the lightbulb that keeps jumping out of the lamp. what really sells the whole sequence is when Clouseau foolishly puts his finger into the lamp socket, gets electrified and goes flying across the room. He rises from behind the bed, with the classic electric hairstyle, and a glowing bulb in his hand.
* At the close of ''Revenge of...'', when Clouseau is being shot at by Dreyfus:
--> '''Clouseau''': It's me!
--> '''Dreyfus''': I know! (continues shooting)
** This scene:
--> "Special Delivery, a Beaumb! ("bomb") were you expecting one?"

* The entire chase sequence toward the end of the original ''Pink Panther'' film.

* In ''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'', Clouseau jumps off the gym's parallel bars, and falls down the flight of stairs next to them.
** Clouseau's interactions with the innkeeper:
--> '''Clouseau:''' Tell me, do you have a ruhm?
--> '''Innkeeper:''' I do not know what a 'ruhm' is.
--> '''Clouseau:''' [laboriously looks up the word 'room' in his German dictionary] Zimmer.
--> '''Innkeeper:''' [cheerfully] Ah, a ''ruhm!''
** And later:
--> '''Clouseau:''' *sees a dog lying on the floor* Does your dog bite?
--> '''Innkeeper:''' No.
--> *Clouseau reaches down to pet the dog, and is bitten*
--> '''Clouseau:''' I thought you said your dog does not bite!
--> '''Innkeeper:''' That is not my dog.
** This dialogue between Clouseau and Dreyfus at the beginning.
--> '''Clouseau:''' I'm afraid this is just not your day, my friend.
--> '''Dreyfus:''' But it is my day. It is, my friend, after three long terrible years, it is ''at last'' my day! I will not permit, repeat, not permit anything, repeat, anything to spoil it. Now I will walk you to the gate, and I will kiss you good-bye ''(kisses Clouseau on both cheeks)'' and you will drive off in your new car, which should rightfully be mine. And then I will have my interview with the Sanity Commission and they will set me free. ''(fake arrow hits Dreyfus on the head)'' ''(cheerfully)'' And then I will kill you! ''(begins trying to strangle Clouseau and then chases him to his car)'' KILL YOU!
--> '''Clouseau:''' Francois, start the car! ''(Francois gets in and starts the car up and drives away)''
--> '''Dreyfus:''' ''(still chasing Clouseau)'' KILL YOU, KILL YOU! ''(gains on Clouseau, but an orderly grabs him and stops him)'' KILL HIM, KILL HIM! But I want to kill him!
** To say nothing of Clouseau's interrogation of the staff.
** What makes the Clouseau-Dreyfus scene great is that it starts off relatively pleasant, and Dreyfus is trying very hard to remain calm and civil, and even to like Clouseau. Clouseau is, of course, being as amiable as ever, but he constantly tips Dreyfus into the lake and the poor man's sanity gradually deteriorates.

* From Strikes Again:
--> '''Clouseau:''' you ave a-rrreceived a beamp. You could receive a conceussion from such a beaump.

* In ''A Shot in the Dark'', Clouseau is in a multistory building where a musical is taking place. Suddenly, Clouseau hears what he believes is a scream (it's a woman singing for the audience), and is ready to knock down the door, but [[DoorJudo an usher opens the door for him, causing him to dash across the room and out an open window]], falling into a pool of SoftWater down on the first floor.
** Also, the act where Clouseau and Maria Gambrelli must enter into a nudist colony, searching for a specific person. [[spoiler:The person they are seeking is found dead.]] In the end they must escape from the colony without their clothes, so as not to be framed, but they end up stuck in traffic, where onlookers discover that they are nude. They both are taken to the police station with three cops "glued" to the back window of the paddy wagon, looking in at them.
** Made funnier by the fact that it's the culmination of a RunningGag of Clouseau being arrested and being hauled away in the same paddy wagon for failing to provide "Licenses" for his disguises, with visual gags representing most of the disguises sticking out the back of the wagon.
** The whole watch-synchronizing bit, especially when Hercule calls [[BrickJoke Clouseau afterwards.]]

* Finally, we see Clouseau walk up to a wall and put up a poster of the Panther accompanied by the word "MISSING". The Panther then comes to life, dons a top hat and starts tap-dancing, much to Clouseau's confusion. Clouseau then climbs into the poster just as the Panther is exiting it. Then, as Clouseau is realizing that he is now trapped, the Panther walks over to the poster and causes it to blow away.

* ''Curse of...'' is a dire film on the whole, but TheReveal that [[spoiler:Clouseau now looks like ''and is played by'' Roger Moore]] is ActuallyPrettyFunny thanks to excellent work on the actor's part. He even makes getting an ice bucket stuck on his head work for him! It goes with the suit!

* Any Cato vs. Clouseau moment.

** The entire sequence in Lady Litton's hotel room. For starters, the vacuum has way too much power; When accidently pointed at the parrot, it cuts away, and when it cuts back, all you see is feathers and two bent cage bars. Then he tries cracking a safe, which turns out to actually be a radio. Then there's the lightbulb that keeps jumping out of the lamp. what really sells the whole sequence is when Clouseau foolishly puts his finger into the lamp socket, gets electrified and goes flying across the room. He rises from behind the bed, with the classic electric hairstyle, and a glowing bulb in his hand.

* ''Curse of...'' is a dire film on the whole, but TheReveal that [[spoiler: Clouseau now looks like ''and is played by'' Roger Moore]] is ActuallyPrettyFunny thanks to excellent work on the actor's part. He even makes getting an ice bucket stuck on his head work for him! It goes with the suit!

* In the opening sequence, when the Pink Panther's hand gets smashed by a hammer while it's on the typewriter, we get "!!!*?#OW!;;#(!)" on the page in a FreezeFameBonus.

--> '''Dreyfus:''' But it is my day. It is, my friend, after three long terrible years, it is ''at last'' my day! I will not permit, repeat, not permit anything, repeat, anything to spoil it. Now I will walk you to the gate, and I will kiss you good-bye ''(kisses Clouseau on both cheeks)'' and you will drive off in your new car, which should rightfully be mine. And then I will have my interview with the Sanity Commission and they will set me free. And then...''(fake arrow hits Dreyfus on the head)'' ''(cheerfully)'' I will kill you! ''(begins trying to strangle Clouseau and then chases him to his car)'' KILL YOU!