History Film / ThePinkPanther2006

* HarmlessElectrocution: Clouseau repeatedly hurts himself this way three times: first, by cutting a wire in a lamp, mistaking it for a bug, then, he shocks his own groin while demonstrating a torture device, and finally, he electrocutes himself after accidentally flooding Xania's hotel bathroom and grabbing a plugged-in hair dryer during the chaos.

* NotMeThisTime: Despite bitterly confessing to the murders, an annoyed [[spoiler:Yuri, the trainer who trains]], tells Dreyfus (who's trying one last time to one-up Clouseau) that he did not steal the Pink Panther; Clouseau then reveals that [[spoiler:Xania had it all along. She given the ring with the diamond as an engagement ring before Gluant was killed. She didn't tell anyone this because she feared she would be the prime suspect if she did]].

* WhosOnFirst: When Clouseau learns that Bizu's last words were "Oh, it's you," he tells Ponton to find somebody named You to interrogate.

* NotMeThisTime: Despite having bitterly confessed and exposed for the murders, an annoyed [[spoiler:Yuri, the trainer who trains]], says to Dreyfus (who's trying one last time to one-up Clouseau) that he did not steal the Pink Panther; Clouseau then reveals that [[spoiler:Xania had it all along, haven been given the ring with the diamond as an engagement ring before Gluant was killed]].

** Xania, a famous pop star and Glaunt's girlfriend/[[spoiler:fiancée]], whom he had repeatedly cheated on and was once heard yelling at him "I will kill you" when she caught him with another woman. [[spoiler:Xania turns out to be innocent of Gluant's murder and is actually keeping the diamond in secret; Gluant gave it to her before his death as an engagement ring and promise to be faithful to her. Xania withheld this knowledge out of fear she would be implicated in his death.]]

* EntertaininglyWrong: Dreyfus comes to believe that the murderer is Dr. Lee Pang, a man whose money Gluant gambled away. Pang being in the VIP seat when Glaunt was murdered and the poison from the dart that killed Gluant being Chinese certainly make this theory seem very plausible. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a red herring. The real killer is Yuri.]]

* BigBad: The murderer of Yves Gluant who Clouseau and Dreyfus are trying to catch, revealed to be [[spoiler:Yuri the trainer, who sought revenge for Gluant stealing his game plans]].

** Dreyfus dismisses the fact that the coroner's report mentions Bizu was killed with a perfect shot to the occipital lobe; [[spoiler:Yuri]] learned this while in the Russian army as part of his training and used it to kill Bizu.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Dreyfus in these films never becomes a murderer like his original counterpart and is at worst a glory-obsessed opportunist. The closest we get to an acknowledgement of the original version's murderous tendencies is an offhand comment about wishing he had shot Clouseau in the second film.

* Wasn'tMeThisTime: Despite having bitterly confessed and exposed for the murders, an annoyed [[spoiler:Yuri, the trainer who trains]], says to Dreyfus (who's trying one last time to one-up Clouseau) that he did not steal the Pink Panther; Clouseau then reveals that [[spoiler:Xania had it all along, haven been given the ring with the diamond as an engagement ring before Gluant was killed]].

** ''Pink Panther 2'': Dreyfus places Clouseau on traffic duty to keep him out of any important cases. [[spoiler:Clouseau's records of cars he has ticketed prove vital in him solving the case of who stole the Pink Panther. When Dreyfus tries to take credit for this, Clouseau denies that Dreyfus was the one who put him traffic duty, as Dreyfus himself had specifically ordered.]]

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: For anyone unfamiliar with the original movies, one might wonder why the diamond is named the Pink Panther or why the Pink Panther was featured in both of the opening credits. The original film has a scene explaining the backstory of the diamond, saying that it got its name from a defect within the gem that resembled a panther.

* AdaptationalInducedPlotHole: For anyone unfamiliar with the original movies, one might wonder why the diamond is named the Pink Panther or why the Pink Panther was featured in both of the opening credits. The original film has a scene explaining the backstory of the diamond, saying that it got its name from a defect within the gem that resembled a panther.

* ConvenientPhotograph: Near the end, Clouseau reveals that he uncovered whereabouts of the Pink Panther diamond after looking at a newspaper photo of himself getting arrested at the airport. He noticed, in the background, the diamond visible on an x-ray monitor as Xania's purse was being screened.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: For all that Clouseau comes across as an idiot, he has a detailed knowledge of obscure rules and legislations that helps him crack the case, such as knowing that all soccer trainers must have a knowledge of Chinese herbs or that all Russian army members must know the location of the occipital lobe.

* DeadStarWalking: Yves Gluant is played by an uncredited [[Creator/JasonStatham JasonStatham]].

* FreezeFrameBonus: The reveal that [[spoiler:the Pink Panther was never stolen by the killer]] is revealed in the opening soccer game when Gluant jumps in the air after his team wins; [[spoiler: looking at his fists show that he wasn't wearing the ring the diamond was set on before getting killed]].

* HumblePie: After being chewed out for being an over-zealous dunce by Dreyfus, Clouseau apologizes to Ponton when the latter returns him to his apartment, saying that he's sorry if he had ever embarrassed Ponton during the case.

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Clouseau and Nigel Bosewell both go on tangents about the weather to look unsuspicious, leading to the former to identify the latter as an MI6 agent.

* WasntMeThisTime: Despite having bitterly confessed and have been exposed for the murders, an annoyed [[spoiler:Yuri, the trainer who trains]], says to Dreyfus (trying one last time to one-up Clouseau) that he did not steal the Pink Panther; Clouseau then reveals that [[spoiler:Xania had it all along, haven been given the ring with the diamond as an engagement ring before Gluant was killed]].

* [[Yandere]]: Xania is targeted by [[spoiler: Yuri, the trainer who trains]], after she dated Bizu, then Gluant, and according to [[spoiler:Yuri]], treated him like he was nothing; Clouseau then mocks him for this.

* InNameOnly: While it is indeed a Pink Panther film, there is very little resemblance between this and the original. Rather, it resembles later instalments, [[AdaptationalEarlyAppearance Dreyfus's presence]] and Clouseau's role as protagonist being the biggest examples. There is no Charles Litten, Clouseau is unmarried and [[spoiler:while the Pink Panther diamond is never actually stolen like in the original film, the plots differ with the original being climaxed with the attempted theft and a chase scene while this remake centers around the perceived theft]]. Also, there were no deaths in the original.

** Clouseau's paranoia; in several scenes, upon entering a room, he goes off on tangents about the weather, on the off-chance someone is listening and goes around karate-chopping what he thinks are people hiding behind something and/or cutting what he believes are bugs using scissors from a tiny pink Swiss Army Knife (in reality, he ends up cutting an electrical wire for a lamp, electrocuting himself, and a cable holding up a chandelier in a fancy hotel)

** Raymond Laroque, Gluant's business partner. The two opened up a restaurant together from which Gluant embezzled money to feed his gambling habit.

* DecoyProtagonist: Clouseau is basically promoted to serve as this in the original film; as Dreyfus doesn’t want to risk becoming a scapegoat if he fails to solve the case or let someone else take credit for solving it, he gives the task to Clouseau on the grounds that Clouseau is an incompetent who can publicly get nowhere while Dreyfus assembles a team to tackle the case himself in a more discreet fashion.

* NoodleIncident: The opening scene of the first film has Dreyfus reflecting on Clouseau's history. This includes a case where Clouseau somehow believed that a man named Pierre Fuquette had been murdered and slammed open three different doors to accuse the resident of being the murderer, resulting in him accusing a dog, a baby, and the not-dead-at-all Pierre Fuquette of the crime. After recognizing the third, Clouseau just declared the case closed.

* LogoJoke: We see Leo the Lion roaring the MGM logo as usual... and then the logo opens up like a door and we see the animated Clouseau, who looks around for a second, then walks off, revealing that the Pink Panther is behind him. The Panther gives the audience a smirk and slams the "door", and we see a very confused-looking Leo.

* AdvertisedExtra: Beyoncè Knowles as Xania. She’s prominently featured on the [[CoversAlwaysLie home release cover]], and was heavily featured in [[NeverTrustATrailer the trailers and promos]] at the time of release. She only has about six minutes of screen time.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: PlayedForLaughs. Inspector Clouseau is not "prejudiced" per se, but he tends to make a lot of off-color remarks out of [[InnocentlyInsensitive ignorance]]. He clears the air about "office politics" with Nicole before giving her a kiss and a FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss. He admits to never having had a hamburger because it is "disgusting American food", only to fall in love with it at first bite when he finally has one. This is taken UpToEleven in the sequel, where he makes various off-color remarks towards Asians, Italians, women, blondes and so on, much to the frustration of the station's manners teacher Mrs. Yvette Berenger as well as his teammates Vincenzo and Kenji who are Italian and Japanese respectively.

* AdvertisedExtra: Beyoncè Knowles as Xania. At the time of release, she was heavily featured in the trailers and promotional material, when in truth when she only has roughly six minutes of screen time.

* LikesOlderMen: Both [[spoiler:Xania]] and [[spoiler:Nicole]] are attracted to Clouseau. [[spoiler: Xania has an ill-fated dinner date with him]], whereas [[spoiler: Nicole]] is the one who wins his heart. In the original cut of the film before it was altered to earn a PG rating, [[spoiler: Xania and Clouseau indeed sleep together]]. This does not occur in the final cut.

It received a sequel in 2009, ''The Pink Panther 2''.

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* AvengersAssemble: The film opens with an international 'Dream Team' of detectives being assembled from Britain, Spain, Japan and France to track down the Tornado (although Ponton and Nicole also represent France during the investigation).
* BigBad: [[PhantomThief The Tornado]] is the criminal who stole the Pink Panther diamond which Clouseau is trying to reclaim. It turns out to be [[spoiler:Sonia Solandres, the ex-lover of the original Tornado who killed him and took his identity]].
* BrickJoke: Randall Pepperidge proclaims twice that if Clouseau solves the case, he would wear a pink tutu. At the very end, he appears at Clouseau and Nicole's wedding wearing an ill-fitting pink dress.
* TheCassandra: Clouseau [[RuleOfThree three times over]].
** Clouseau is reluctant to leave France because he fears the Tornado will steal the Pink Panther without him to protect it. However, Dreyfus dismisses his concerns. Sure enough, as Clouseau is about to board a plane out of France, the [[spoiler:fake]] Pink Panther is reported stolen.
** The Dream Team questions Alonso Avellaneda, a man who was once a fence for the Tornado and was even believed to be the Tornado himself. Despite Avellaneda proving he is not the Tornado, Clouseau still thinks he is not entirely truthful. [[spoiler:Indeed, Avellaneda was actually hiding the Tornado in his house.]]
** Dreyfus and the Dream Team don't believe Clouseau when he tells them that the Tornado, [[spoiler:who has been found dead, is not the thief. They also don't believe him when he says Sonia is actually the thief until she pulls a gun on Nicole.]]
* ChekhovsGun: A RuleOfThree variant occurs in ''The Pink Panther 2'': Clouseau's parking ticket assignment from Dreyfus which he uses to identify [[spoiler:Sonia's]] car:
-->'''Clouseau''': Today I was staring at [[spoiler:Miss Solandres's]] license plate. I recognized it because of my... unique system of cross-referencing. I became aware that I had given a parking ticket to the same car, two days before [[spoiler:Miss Solandres]] claimed she arrived in Paris... one day before the Pink Panther was stolen.
** The replica of the Pink Panther diamond that he showed to Ponton's sons, which [[spoiler:he plants in the museum as bait for the Tornado]].
-->'''Clouseau''': I knew [[spoiler:the Tornado would eventually come after the Pink Panther, so I went to the museé with a simple plan in mind. I had convinced my old friend, Robert the night guard, to turn off the security system for the few moments necessary to save the most beautiful object in France. I then switched the Pink Panther with the replica I had at home. [He takes the real Pink Panther out of its case] This is the real Pink Panther. It was the fake that was stolen]].
** And the Medal of Honor which [[spoiler:deflects a bullet fired by Sonia]].
* DreamTeam: Clouseau and Ponton are part of an international team of detectives and experts tasked with finding the Tornado. They consist of:
** Italian detective [[OverlyLongName Vincenzo Roccara Squarcialupi Brancaleoni]].
** Randall Pepperidge, a British detective specializing in [[SherlockScan deduction]].
** [[AsianAndNerdy Kenji Mazuto]], a Japanese technology expert.
** Sonia Solandres, the world's foremost expert on the Tornado [[spoiler:and his secret ex-lover]]
* EurekaMoment:
** Clouseau has one while staring at the license plate of [[spoiler:Sonia's]] car. By checking his records, Clouseau realizes he had given a ticket to the same car two days before the Pink Panther was stolen - this contradicts [[spoiler:Sonia's alibi that she had been delayed to the crime scene by her flight. In reality, she had been Paris much earlier and committed the theft.]]
** Clouseau had one when the Tornado's [[spoiler:fake]] suicide note describes the beauty of the Pink Panther diamond which the thief supposedly destroyed. [[spoiler:Clouseau realized the Tornado couldn't have been the thief because the Pink Panther diamond had been swapped with a replica Clouseau had at home to protect it; the Tornado would have been able to tell it was a fake.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** After the Dream Team leaves Avellaneda's home, [[spoiler:the Tornado steps out, having been offered shelter by Avellaneda. As they leave, the Tornado mentions that he knows a member of the Dream Team personally.]]
** At one point, Sonia and Clouseau talk about their relationship problems and Sonia says that the man she is in love with [[AllLoveIsUnrequited does not love her back]]. [[spoiler:This and the above are clues that she is the Tornado's former lover]].
* KansasCityShuffle: Clouseau uses this gambit as bait to catch the Tornado [[spoiler: when the Pink Panther diamond is seemingly destroyed after Clouseau bluffs Sonia Solandes into shooting it into dust, Clouseau has the real Pink Panther brought out, which he switched with the replica in a BaitAndSwitch setup in anticipation of the Tornado]].
* NeverSuicide: The Tornado is found dead in his apartment, having supposedly committed suicide after destroying the Pink Panther. [[spoiler:He was actually murdered by Sonia who framed him for the thefts.]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: In contrast to Herbert Lom, a Czechoslovakian-born emigrant to Britain, [[Creator/JohnCleese John Cleese's]] accent as Dreyfus in ''The Pink Panther 2'' is strongly British, which is exceptionally ironic, given the historical rivalries between Britain and France. HilarityEnsues when Cleese's Dreyfus tries to say the OverrideCommand "hamburger" with his British accent in ''The Pink Panther 2'', only for Steve Martin's imitation French mispronunciation of "hamburger" to successfully call off the security forces.
* OrgyOfEvidence: The Tornado is eventually found dead by suicide, surrounded by all the stolen items except the Pink Panther which his suicide note claims he destroyed. Everyone except Clouseau thinks they have gotten their man. [[spoiler:It is revealed that all the thefts were actually committed by [[WomanScorned Sonia]] who framed the Tornado and killed him.]]
* PhantomThief: The Tornado is a thief who has never been caught. The only clue to his identity is an unmatched blood sample which was obtained when he was shot while fleeing from authorities during a heist.
* ProperlyParanoid: Clouseau is instructed to go to Japan, the site of the Tornado's most recent heist, to meet up with the Dream Team. However, Clouseau is reluctant to leave as he believes that without him in France to protect it, the Pink Panther will be taken by the Tornado. Indeed, no sooner does Clouseau step past the "You are now leaving France" sign at the airport, than a news report reveals that the Pink Panther has been stolen again.
* ReplacedWithReplica: [[spoiler:The film's climax reveals that the Pink Panther that was stolen and then destroyed by Sonia is actually a replica Clouseau had swapped out with the original in order to protect it from the Tornado. The reveal that the Tornado is an expert in the quality of gems is what makes Clouseau realize that he was not responsible for the theft as he would have been able to recognize the replica Pink Panther as a fake.]]
* SherlockScan: PlayedForLaughs in the first meeting between Clouseau and Pepperidge:
-->'''Pepperidge''': Gentlemen, we first have to determine how the crime was committed. And as I am an expert at deduction...
-->'''Clouseau''': You are an expert at deduction?
-->'''Pepperidge''': That is my field.
-->'''Clouseau''': I believe deduction is ''my'' field, and since you are experiencing hip pain...
-->'''Pepperidge''': How did you know that?
-->'''Clouseau''': One side of the sole of your shoe is more worn than the other; you're favoring your right leg.
-->'''Pepperidge''': Tell me, did you enjoy your double espresso this morning?
-->'''Clouseau''': How did you...
-->'''Pepperidge''': Your pupils are noticeably dilated.
-->'''Clouseau''': And will you be moving out of the Hotel Montmartre? They are doing construction at night around the Montmartre so as not to disturb daytime traffic. From your puffy eyes, I deduce you spent a sleepless night.
-->'''Pepperidge''': Speaking of traffic, are you enjoying your Smart car? Your trousers are wrinkled behind the knees.
-->'''Clouseau''': And how do you think your favorite football team, Arsenal, will do this year? That matchbox is from the only bar in Paris that shows English football telecasts.
-->'''Pepperidge''': You have tissues in your shoes to make you look taller.
-->'''Clouseau''': You were finally 14 before you finally learned to enjoy avocado.
-->'''Pepperidge''': Tell me, how did you enjoy your trip to the airport this morning?
-->'''Clouseau''': Now, how did you know that? [the airport stamp on Clouseau's hand is visible to everyone]
-->'''Ponton''': Perhaps one of you should begin.
-->'''Clouseau''': Yes, this is silly.
-->'''Pepperidge''': You've recently lost your favorite cheese grater.
-->'''Clouseau''': You have an aversion to cow bells!
** Vincenzo brings an end to this when he discovers a piece of broken glass with fingerprints on it.
* StealItToProtectIt: [[spoiler:Clouseau stole the real Pink Panther from the museum and swapped it with a fake in order to keep it safe from the Tornado. Clouseau also realizes that the real Tornado wasn't the thief when his supposed suicide note described the fake Pink Panther's beauty; since the Tornado was an expert on gems and their value, he would have known the diamond Clouseau left at the museum was a fake.]]
* WomanScorned: This turns out to be [[spoiler:Sonia's]] reason for framing the Tornado and killing him.
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TheRemake of ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'', released in 2006. Creator/SteveMartin stars as Inspector Jacques Clouseau, a bumbling detective assigned to solve the murder of a famous football coach and the theft of the famous Pink Panther diamond.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Dreyfus in these films never becomes a murderer like his original counterpart and is at worst a glory-obsessed opportunist. The second film does reference the original version's murderous hatred of Clouseau with an offhand comment about wishing he had shot him.

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the original movies, Dreyfus often tried to keep Clouseau away from any important cases in order to avoid embarrassing the police because he knew Clouseau was a WalkingDisasterArea whose success rate was more due to dumb luck than anything else. Both ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther'' and ''Film/TrailOfThePinkPanther'' had Dreyfus protesting the decision to send Clouseau to Lugash because he feared Clouseau could potentially cause an international incident and damage France's global reputation. The Dreyfus in the 2000s films puts Clouseau on the Pink Panther case in the first movie simply to use him as a distraction for the media while he quietly works on breaking the case himself to bolster his public image. In the sequel, he places Clouseau on a wild goose chase in the form of an undercover traffic duty assignment to keep him away from any important cases so the detective doesn't upstage him again. And while the original Dreyfus seemed to have some respect for police work, which was the primary reason for his hatred of Clouseau's antics, this version only cares about fame and recognition.

** ''The Pink Panther (2006)'': When Ponton expresses bafflement at Clouseau not labelling Bizu a prime suspect and arrest him despite Bizu openly admitting he has a strong motivation for wanting to kill Gluant (which Ponton sees as an indirect confession). Clouseau, in his "jigsaw puzzle" speech, basically points out that they don't have the whole story of Gluant yet and it's best to investigate the case from every angle they can even if the evidence initially leans toward a particular suspect. This is a perfectly sound decision as [[spoiler:Bizu turns out to not be the killer.]]
** ''The Pink Panther 2'': Pepperidge expresses concern that the thief is going to fence the stolen items but Clouseau points out that most of the items are too famous to be sold on the black market. The only fencible item is the Pink Panther which can be cut down into smaller gems. [[spoiler:This is precisely Sonia's plan.]]
* GeniusDitz: Inspector Jacque Clouseau [[IdiotHero isn't necessarily the brightest protagonist ever put to film]]. He has a long history of hit-or-miss cases in his hometown, is often SarcasmBlind, [[LiteralMetaphor takes euphemisms and metaphors literally]], will often try to apply genre tropes in mind whenever the predictable happens, [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing claims to know karate but is never shown to have any talent in it]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking has a speech impediment]]. That said, he has a rather hyper-focused attention to details some may overlook, understands Chinese and was able to uncover both Pink Panther thefts (and all murders involved) with way more accuracy than two separate teams, the first the Chief Inspector's team, the second a DreamTeam of international detectives with way more impressive wins under their belts.
* GloryHound: In both films, Dreyfus is less concerned with police work and more concerned with fame and recognition. He even tries to take credit for Clouseau's solving the case in the climaxes of both films.

* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: The investigation into Yves Gluant's death leads to a long list of suspects who had possible motive for killing him.
** Xania, a famous pop star and Glaunt's girlfriend/[[spoiler:fiancée]], whom he had repeatedly cheated on and was once heard yelling at him "I will kill you". [[spoiler:Xania turns out to be innocent of Gluant's murder and is actually keeping the diamond in secret; Gluant gave it to her before his death as an engagement ring and promise to be faithful to her. Xania withheld this knowledge out of fear she would be implicated in his death.]]

** Clouseau is reluctant to leave France because he fears the Tornado will steal the Pink Panther without him to protect it. Sure enough, as Clouseau is about to board a plane out of France, the [[spoiler:fake]] Pink Panther is reported stolen.

** Dreyfu and the Dream Team don't believe Clouseau when he tells them that the Tornado, [[spoiler:who has been found dead, is not the thief. They also don't believe him when he says Sonia is actually the thief until she pulls a gun on Nicole.]]

** Italian detective [[OverlyLongName Vincenzo Roccara Squarcialupi Brancaleoni]]

* PhantomThief: The Tornado is a thief who has never been caught. The the only clue to his identity is an unmatched blood sample which was obtained when he was shot while fleeing from authorities during a heist.

* StealItToProtectIt: [[spoiler:The climax reveals that Clouseau stole the real Pink Panther from the museum and swapped it with a fake in order to keep it safe from the Tornado. Clouseau also realizes that the real Tornado wasn't the thief when his supposed suicide note described the fake Pink Panther's beauty; since the Tornado was an expert on gems and their value, he would have known it was a fake.]]

** The bit in the airport where Clouseau unknowingly reveals several weapons and ends up being detained and taken away? Taken from a very similar scene in Alan Arkin's ''Inspector Clouseau'', though substituting an airport for a train station.