Pink Punch

The Pink Panther
Episode 15

Air date	February 21, 1966
Written by	Michael O'Connor
Directed by	Hawley Pratt
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Pink Punch is the fifteen animated short starring the Pink Panther.

Summary[]

The Pink Panther introduces his own beverage line, "Pink Punch", but the asterisk above the "I" on his placard turns green. The Panther attempts to get rid of the annoying green asterisk numerous times, but his plans are thwarted by a large green asterisk who is assumed to be the smaller one's parent.

Plot[]

The Pink Panther appears on a stage, advertising his "Pink Punch" drink via a series of placards with, of course, pink lettering. On the placard with the product name, the dot above the "i" in "Pink" is a six-pointed asterisk. However,the moment he displays it, the asterisk turns green and the audience begins laughing. The Panther tries various stratagems (some involving the drink) to change the asterisk back to pink, but it stubbornly changes back to green,turns the placard green, then jumps off the placard and begins taunting him, squirting green ink all over him. When he tries to destroy it, he is confronted with an extremely large, threatening green five-pointed asterisk, evidently the small one's parent or guardian. This surreal situation continues in the Panther's laboratory where he is mixing up more Pink Punch. The green asterisk appears with a beach umbrella and towel, and dives into the basin, turning the punch green. The Panther pulls the plug to send the asterisk down the drain, but the large asterisk appears again and forces him to fish the small asterisk out with a plunger. When the Panther flies his small prop plane trailing an advertising banner, the asterisk shows up in midair and falls in love with the airplane's (pink) propellor, proposing (in a series of symbolic messages)that they have a family (of green asterisks), and the propellor pops off the airplane and joins the asterisk, leaving the hapless Panther plummeting to the ground.Covered in bandages, the Panther limps back to the stage area and grimly puts up more placards advertising "Drink Green Punch", this time in all-green lettering with the asterisk proudly dotting the "i" of "Drink". Drinking the punch turns the Panther green. As he turns away, the asterisk turns itself pink

Credits[]

Trivia[]

The Little Man does not appear.

Videos[]

The_Pink_Panther_in_"Pink_Punch" — The Pink Panther in "Pink Punch"

Blake Edwards' Pink Panther
1964 Shorts The Pink Phink ⦿ Pink Pajamas
1965 Shorts We Give Pink Stamps ⦿ Dial "P" for Pink ⦿ Sink Pink ⦿ Pickled Pink ⦿ Pinkfinger ⦿ Shocking Pink ⦿ Pink Ice ⦿ The Pink Tail Fly ⦿ Pink Panzer ⦿ An Ounce of Pink ⦿ Reel Pink ⦿ Bully for Pink
1966 Shorts "Pink Punch ⦿ Pink Pistons ⦿ Vitamin Pink ⦿ The Pink Blueprint ⦿ Pink, Plunk, Plink ⦿ Smile Pretty, Say Pink ⦿ Pink-A-Boo ⦿ Genie with the Light Pink Fur ⦿ Super Pink ⦿ Rock A Bye Pinky
1967 Shorts Pinknic ⦿ Pink Panic ⦿ Pink Posies ⦿ Pink of the Litter ⦿ In the Pink ⦿ Jet Pink ⦿ Pink Paradise ⦿ Pinto Pink ⦿ Congratulations It's Pink ⦿ Prefabricated Pink ⦿ The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye ⦿ Pink Outs
1968 Shorts Sky Blue Pink ⦿ Pinkadilly Circus ⦿ Psychedelic Pink ⦿ Come On In! The Water's Pink ⦿ Put-Put, Pink ⦿ G.I. Pink ⦿ Lucky Pink ⦿ The Pink Quarterback ⦿ Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink ⦿ Pink Valiant ⦿ The Pink Pill ⦿ Prehistoric Pink ⦿ Pink in the Clink ⦿ Little Beaux Pink ⦿ Tickled Pink ⦿ Pink Sphinx ⦿ Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing ⦿ The Pink Package Plot ⦿ Pinkcome Tax
1969 Shorts Pink-A-Rella ⦿ Pink Pest Control ⦿ Think Before You Pink ⦿ Slink Pink ⦿ In the Pink of the Night ⦿ Pink on the Cob ⦿ Extinct Pink
1971 Shorts A Fly in the Pink ⦿ Pink Blue Plate ⦿ Pink Tuba-Dore ⦿ Pink Pranks ⦿ The Pink Flea ⦿ Psst Pink ⦿ Gong with the Pink ⦿ Pink-In ⦿ Pink 8 Ball
1974 Shorts Pink Aye ⦿ Trail of the Lonesome Pink
1975 Shorts Pink DaVinci ⦿ Pink Streaker ⦿ Salmon Pink ⦿ Forty Pink Winks ⦿ Pink Plasma ⦿ Pink Elephant ⦿ Keep Our Forests Pink ⦿ Bobolink Pink ⦿ It's Pink, But Is It Mink? ⦿ Pink Campaign ⦿ The Scarlet Pinkernel
1976 Shorts Mystic Pink ⦿ The Pink of Arabee ⦿ The Pink Pro ⦿ Pink Piper ⦿ Pinky Doodle ⦿ Sherlock Pink ⦿ Rocky Pink
1977 Shorts Therapeutic Pink
1978 Shorts Pink Pictures ⦿ Pink Arcade ⦿ Pink Lemonade ⦿ Pink Trumpet ⦿ Sprinkle Me Pink ⦿ Dietetic Pink ⦿ Pink U.F.O. ⦿ Pink Lightning ⦿ Cat and the Pinkstalk ⦿ Pink Daddy ⦿ Pink S.W.A.T. ⦿ Pink and Shovel ⦿ Pinkologist ⦿ Yankee Doodle Pink ⦿ Pink Press ⦿ Pet Pink Pebbles ⦿ The Pink of Bagdad ⦿ Pink in the Drink ⦿ Pink Bananas ⦿ Pinktails for Two ⦿ Pink Z-Z-Z ⦿ Star Pink A Pink Christmas
1979 Shorts Pink Breakfast ⦿ Pink Quackers ⦿ Toro Pink ⦿ String Along in Pink ⦿ Pink in the Woods ⦿ Pink Pull ⦿ Spark Plug Pink ⦿ Doctor Pink ⦿ Pink Suds
1980 Shorts Supermarket Pink Olym-Pinks
1981 Shorts Pink at First Sight
1995 Shorts Driving Mr. Pink