ThePinkPantherisanheroic,moralcartooncatwithpinkfurandthemannersofanEnglisharistocrat.Heonlybecomesflusteredorangryatobtuseoroffensivehumanswhotrytodisrupthisexistence,orattroublesomegadgets,rodents,orinsects.Inmostofhiscartoons,hestumblesintoadifficultsituationandstoicallyendeavorstomakethebestofit.Episodesofthisseriesfeaturethreetheatricalcartoons,twowiththePinkPanther,andonefeaturingtheInspector,acartoonversionoftheaccident-prone,bumblingFrenchdetective,InspectorClouseau,playedinmoviesbyPeterSellers.TheInspectorisoftenassistedbyaSpanishgendarme,SergeantDeux-Deux,andtogethertheyfalliblybattlevillainsofallshapesandsizesinvariouspartsoftheworld,alwaysontheordersofthelong-sufferingSureteCommissioner
