Pink Punch (1966)

The Pink Panther is a chemist who has perfected a pink health drink. When the Pink Panther tries to promote his drink with a series of signs, each of them in pink writing, the starry dot ... See full summary »

Director:

Hawley Pratt

Writer:

Michael O'Connor (story)

Storyline

The Pink Panther is a chemist who has perfected a pink health drink. When the Pink Panther tries to promote his drink with a series of signs, each of them in pink writing, the starry dot atop the "i" in "pink" has a mind of its own and, to frustrate the Pink Panther, turns green and repeatedly squirts ugly, green fluid on the panther's fur. The Pink Panther is able to restore his fur's pink color by drinking some of his health drink. But the green dot persistently interferes with the panther's efforts to promote his pink drink. Infuriated, the panther tries to eradicate the green dot, only to find that the dot has a guardian - another green dot of a much larger size.

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Plot Keywords:

panther | pink panther | character name in title

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pantteri punssi

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?

Goofs

Sometimes the green asterisk appears as a five-pointed figure, and other times, it appears as a six.

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Connections

Follows Dial 'P' for Pink (1965)

User Reviews

A punch in the belly

The Pink Panther has invented some kind of pink cocktail and is making a presentation of how wonderful it is. But a green asterisk has planted itself upon his logo and refuses to budge. Obviously peeved at such interference with such an annoying thing that lessens the 'pinkness' of his punch the asterisk and Pinky resort to an imaginative war of wits that usually ends up with Pinky changing color or being beaten up by the asterisk's older brother (or something). Eventually he gives up and his diluted green punch just ends up tasting rancid.

It's a very strange premise for a cartoon but it is actually quite funny with some amusing gags.