Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Footage is incorporated into the main story
Clouseau, the Greatest Fumbler in the World (Short 1976)
Scenes shownThat's Panthertainment (TV Movie 1978)
Clips are shownHollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie 1982)
Inspector Clouseau in one of his disguisesLaugh? I Thought I'd Die! (Video 1999)
Features a clip of Peter Sellers in the vacuum cleaner scene.The Unknown Peter Sellers (TV Movie 2000)
Clips are shown
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
The Pink Panther (1963)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Inspector Clouseau (1968)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Title of this film is shown on a theater marquee.The 18th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special 1976)
Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television SpecialMurder by Death (1976)
Peter Sellers plays an inspector.Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Reference to two assassination attempts on Clouseau by his boss - the second of these was in "The Return of the Pink Panther""Ghostbusters" Our Buddy Fuddy (TV Episode 1986)
Prime Evil refers to an ape as a 'minkey'.
Brats (Short 1930)
The water-filled bathroom gag, with the deluge of water rushing out the door when it is opened. Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers were both big fans of Laurel and Hardy, and drew inspiraton and ideas from their films.Duck Soup (1933)
Identical gag where a radio is mistaken for a safe by a burglarCasablanca (1942)
"As Time Goes By" is heard on a piano; "Here's looking at you, kid."The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (Short 1946)
The taxi cab gag is reused.The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Clouseau misses being shot while in sniper cross hairs by sneezing, like DeGaulle - the ultimate target in Day of the Jackal.
Plugg (1975)
Pink Panther style opening credits sequence with a character called Inspector Closer. The movie's opening animated titles were in the style of the Pink Panther movies. When 'Plugg' (1975) was shot filmed during December 1975, 'The Return of the Pink Panther' (1975) had launched in cinemas in Australia on the 4th of December that year.The Private Eyes (1976)
Yuk falls backwards into the pool staring at a woman diving, exactly like Inspector ClouseauShrek (2001)
Saps at Sea (1940)
The radio blasting music when mistaken for a safe, like the refrigerator blasts music in the L&H film.Casablanca (1942)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Similarity of plot (both involve a retired European jewel thief accussed of stealing again and the theif's attempt to clear himself; in both films the true thief is a woman close to the former thief; the connection is made plain with the spoken line, "Set a thief to catch a thief"The Addams Family (TV Series 1964–1966)
Light bulb illuminating when held in Clouseau's hand, like the bulb lights up when held in Uncle Fester's mouth.The Inspector (TV Mini Series 1965–1969)
Bumbling police inspector.