favorite Inspector

[Clouseau]

the first incarnation of The Inspector appeared only in the title sequence for The Pink Panther (1963)...


a new Inspector was introduced for the title sequence of A Shot in the Dark (1964)...


based loosely on the character from ASITD's titles, and the only Incarnation to have an audible voice, The Inspector underwent another makeover before starring in 30 theatrical cartoon shorts between 1964 and 1969... this Inspector also starred in the title sequence of Inspector Clouseau (1968)...


having been MIA since 1969, when Peter Sellers returned to the role of Clouseau in 1975, The Inspector was redesigned to look more like Sellers... this incarnation appeared in the title sequences of The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), and Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)...


following Sellers' death and Clouseau's disappearance, the new Inspector character was based on Ted Wass' Sgt. Sleigh character for the title sequence of Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)...


ten years out of the limelight, The Inspector emerged again, this time modelled after Roberto Benigni's Inspector Clouseau Jr. character for the title sequence of Son of the Pink Panther (1993)...


after Son, The Inspector disappeared until being redesigned yet again, this time modelled to look like Steve Martin's version of Inspector Clouseau for the title sequence of The Pink Panther (2006)...



so which incarnation is your favorite???

[pinkadilly]

i vote for the 2006 one.

[Clouseau]

yeah, i like the 2006 one, and i also very much like the one from the 70s, but i think the one from the late 60s (from the shorts) was probably my favorite...

[Dreyfus]

I like the 1975 one. Its nicely drawen and as you said looks more like Sellers.

[brandon]

The one used from Return... to Trail.

[Charla Dreyfus]

I do like the 1975-1982 Inspector, but I think Gambrelli from 1993 is just so cute that I voted for him.

[jscartoonfan]

I like the one from the 70s-80s, but mostly... I really love the one from "The Pink Panther (90s Series)"

JSCARTOONFAN

[fargus]

I like 1975-1982 design. Also 1993 and 2006 are good.

[in-the-pink]

I voted for the 1964-1969 one.

[wendy]

I say the 2006 one!

[yannickthejoker]

The 1975-1982 design is my favorite, since it also covers my favorite films and looks more like Sellers. I think the character worked out best looking the way he did there.

[wendy]

Oh. No offense but I like the 2006 one better....

[Inspector]

My favorite title sequence Clouseau is the 1975-1982 one.

And as JSCartoonFan said, I do love the 1993 Pink Panther TV show one too, but since he's pretty much based on the 1964-1969 one, the statement is still correct - that's the only animated Clouseau to speak (although it's a different voice in the 1993 one).

[dogtbhfan]

i like the first one and the 2nd and the 3rd and the 4th i cant deside

[Clouseau]

1, 3, 4, & 7 are all pretty deent IMO...

welcome aboard, dogtbhfan! hope you'll enjoy your time here!