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The Inspector (Character)

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The Inspector is the main character in the series of cartoon shorts, The Inspector and the related The Inspector comics published by Western Publishing.

The cartoon/comic character is the animated version of Inspector Clouseau from the live action films, and featured in various designs in the title sequences of those films, with the design from the shorts being featured in Inspector Clouseau. His name is given as Clouseau in the title song for The Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show as well as in the game The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril.

Character[]

Like his source inspiration, the Inspector fancies himself as the world's greatest detective and police officer. While intellectually competent, the Inspector is in fact far less capable than he believes, and often ends causing more trouble than anything else. Despite his bumbling nature, the Inspector either bumbles his way to victory or finds some way to achieve the objective competently in the end.

In the 1993 Pink Panther TV series, the Inspector is much closer to his source inspiration, being twice as incompetent, overconfident, delusional and incapable. This version of the Inspector is completely reliant on his rookie partner, the Pink Panther, to actually solve crimes.

Sgt. Deux Deux vs The Commissioner[]

In the cartoons, the Inspector is teamed with Sergeant Deux Deux, a Spaniard police officer, but most of the Western Publishing comics feature The Commissioner opening and closing the stories, but the Inspector working alone, for the most part. Deux Deux does make a few appearances in the early comic stories.

Pink Panther and The Inspector[]

Even though the Pink Panther is the foil making Big Nose's life miserable, most of the comics book covers and puzzles that don't have the Pink Panther alone, features The Inspector and not Big Nose. Some time after the The Inspector comic series was cancelled, Big Nose appeared on the covers of some of the comics.

Return of The Pink Panther Redesign[]

During the Golden era of Western Publishing merchandise, the character underwent a redesign to appear closer to the look of Peter Sellers as the Inspector Clouseau character in the later films of that series. The Clouseau redesign saw use again during the American Mythology comics era. This redisgn was created by Richard Williams Studios for the title sequence to The Return of the Pink Panther and later retained in the Frelend prouced sequences to the Peter Seller's films starting with Revenge of the Pink Panther.

Media Featuring Redesign[]

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