Trivia / The Inspector

• Acting for Two: Pat Harrington voices both The Inspector and Deux-Deux.
• Beam Me Up, Scotty!: While the Inspector is undoubtedly inspired by Clouseau, he isn't called Clouseau. In fact, we never find out what his full name is. However, in the Animated Credits Opening for the 1968 Alan Arkin film, Inspector Clouseau, the Inspector is featured and he is clearly named Clouseau.
  • One exception with the original cartoons: in the theme song for The Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show, they actually refer the character as Clouseau, the only time this happened in the DePatie-Freleng era.
• Casting Gag: Edna and Charlie, the married couple that only appears in "Le Ball and Chain Gang", are voiced in the Latin American Spanish dub by Guadalupe Noel and Federico Romano, respectively, who were also a married couple in real life.
• The Other Darrin: The Commissioner was voiced by Larry Storch, Paul Frees, Mark Skor, and Marvin Miller over the course of the series. When he appeared in the 1993 The Pink Panther series he was voiced by Kenneth Mars.
  • Deux-Deux was voiced by Don Messick for one cartoon, although Pat Harrington still voiced the Inspector in that cartoon.
  • In the bumper segments for the 1969 Pink Panther Show both the Inspector and Sgt. Deux-Deux were voiced by Marvin Miller.
• Recycled: The Series: Possibly the earliest animated example. Even though the name "Clouseau" is never used, this was very much an animated adaptation of the character, and it was made in association with the same production companies that made the original Pink Panther movies.

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