Yeah, I called him Inspector Clouseau.
Peter Sellers, the actor portraying Clouseau, remarked that,
intimidate the rest of the world into attempting to assassinate Clouseau.
Dreyfus merely views Clouseau as an idiot and never attempts to have him killed,
François, Dreyfus' assistant, generally observes his boss' interactions with Clouseau(and subsequent emotional breakdowns) with placid bemusement.
Unfortunately, Cato takes these instructions far too seriously,
repeatedly ambushing Clouseau in his own house, with hilarious results.
Appearances: All Panther films except the first film, the 1968 film Inspector Clouseau and the 2006- 2009 films.
It is unclear whether he believes Clouseau to be a great detective or whether he merely humors him.
Also within the episode,
Lupin and Conaiseau both infiltrate a nudist colony, much like Clouseau does in A Shot in the Dark.
Herbert Lom famously gave his character a pronounced tic which occurred under particular stress… and
an accompanying childlike giggle when plotting Clouseau's murder.
Peter Sellers, the actor portraying Clouseau, remarked that, in his opinion, Clouseau knew he was a buffoon,
but had an incredible knack for survival.
Cato opens another brothel in Curse of the Pink Panther, and converts Clouseau's apartment into a museum featuring all the disguises the inspector
Clouseau's accent is not emphasized in the first film,
but from A Shot in the Dark onwards, the exaggerated accent became part of the joke.
In the
2006 reboot of The Pink Panther, Dreyfus(again as Chief Inspector) uses Clouseau as a decoy while he himself attempts to solve the crimes.
Dreyfus merely views Clouseau as an idiot and never attempts to have him killed,
whereas Clouseau attacks his employer at one point, mistaking his identity.
Cato opened another brothel in Curse of the Pink Panther, and converted Clouseau's apartment into a museum featuring all the disguises the inspector
had worn over the years.
Cato opens another brothel in Curse of the Pink Panther, and converts Clouseau's apartment into a museum featuring all the disguises the inspector
has worn over the years.
Thence Dreyfus escapes the asylum and kidnaps a scientist, forcing him to build a disintegrator ray later used to
intimidate the rest of the world into attempting to assassinate Clouseau.
Although the two most-recent Pink Panther films starred Steve Martin,
most of the films in the series starred Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards.
Although there are two later Pink Panther films starring Steve Martin,
most of the films in the series starred Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards.
In The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dreyfus is about to be released from an asylum after a complete recovery; however,
within five minutes of Clouseau's arrival to speak to the board on Dreyfus' behalf,
he suffers a variety of injuries, causing him to relapse.
In these later films,
Lytton is supposed to have been married to Clouseau's ex-wife after the events of the first Pink Panther,
even though in Return, his wife had been a different character, yet seemingly familiar with Clouseau seeing through, and laughing at, his disguises.