The Pink Phink (1964)

A house painter can't understand why everything he paints blue turns pink. Little does he guess that the Pink Panther is repainting all his work.

Directors:

Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt

Writer:

John W. Dunn (story)

Won 1 Oscar.

Storyline

The Pink Panther, walking inside a building, sees a little man painting a wall blue and thinks that pink would be more appropriate. So, the Pink Panther obtains a bucket of pink paint and begins painting the wall with his preferred color. The hot-tempered man doesn't at first realize that his work is being painted over by the panther, but when he does, he grabs a rifle and shoots at the pink cat. The Pink Panther pours his pink paint into the man's rifle, and with each shot that the man fires, gobs of pink paint splatter on the building, turning it entirely pink! And so, the Pink Panther graciously decides to become the building's new occupant.

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Plot Keywords:

panther | house painter | gun | color | footprint | 

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Taglines:

Remember me? First I was a movie title... Now I'm a movie Star!!!

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Comedy | Short

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 December 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blake Edwards' Pink Panther: The Pink Phink

Company Credits

Production Co:

DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (DFE)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

7 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This animation short marks the first and any only time, as of now, that a studio has won an Oscar with its debut cartoon release.

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Goofs

When the bucket of pink paint falls on the man's head, his upper body becomes completely covered in pink, yet a moment later as he continues to chase Pinky out of the house with the shotgun, his upper body is clean and white again.

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Connections

Followed by Pinkfinger (1965)

User Reviews

One of the best

'The Pink Phink' is probably the best Pink Panther short. It is also the first one and it won on Oscar. In a building the pink panther sees a man paint everything blue. The pink panther liked pink more so he changes everything to that color. Where other Pink Panther movies become dull when it is the same joke over and over again this one stays funny until the end. The simple animation makes it even funnier.