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* AccidentalHero: He manages to accidentally '''save the world''' in ''Strikes Again'' after his concerted efforts to stop Dreyfus's scheme all fail. He also saves Simone Legree in ''Revenge'' because he and Cato are in the right place at the right time (they're trying to see into a night club just as baddies are spiriting her out of it).
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An English gentleman who is also an internationally-notorious jewel thief. Famous for leaving a white, monogrammed glove as his calling card. He is the actual protagonist of the original film, and Clouseau is his longtime nemesis, determined to prove [[GentlemanThief the gentleman and the thief are one and the same]]. For his part, Sir Charles regards Clouseau with some respect, admiring his tenacity.
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An English gentleman who is also an internationally-notorious jewel thief. Famous for leaving a white, monogrammed glove as his calling card. He is the actual protagonist of the original film, film and has a parallel plot to Clouseau's in ''The Return of...'' Inspector Clouseau is his longtime nemesis, determined to prove [[GentlemanThief the gentleman and the thief are one and the same]]. For his part, Sir Charles regards Clouseau with some respect, admiring his tenacity.
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!! George Lytton
-> Played by: Robert Wagner
-> Debut: ''The Pink Panther'' (1963)
Sir Charles Lytton's feisty American nephew.
-> Played by: Robert Wagner
-> Debut: ''The Pink Panther'' (1963)
Sir Charles Lytton's feisty American nephew.
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* BlindWithoutEm: He needs some kind of aid to see much; usually he wears glasses, but in his EstablishingCharacterMoment (when he's disguised as a female prostitute) the situation goes from bad to worse when he loses one of his contact lenses.
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* {{Jerkass}}: She doesn't come across as a particularly pleasant woman, at least in ''Trail''. While she cheated on Clouseau with gusto in the first film, she at least felt a pang of concern for him as he was arrested. In ''Trail'', while her husband seems to have a grudging admiration for the Inspector, Simone does nothing but badmouth him and smugly assert she left Clouseau when she found "the man of her dreams" (meaning Lytton). Note all of this takes place when Clouseau is missing, presumed dead!
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->Debut appearance: ''The Pink Panther'' (1963)
A French Suerte detective who fancies himself the greatest detective in the world, as well as a martial arts expert and master of disguise. Egotistical and arrogant, he is (apparently) blind to his general incompetence in all of his chosen fields of expertise. However, he is so focused on upholding law and order that, more often than not, he is successful despite himself and those who would stand in his way.
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A French Suerte detective who fancies himself the greatest detective in the world, as well as a martial arts expert and master of disguise. Egotistical and arrogant, he is (apparently) blind to his general incompetence in all of his chosen fields of expertise. However, he is so focused on upholding law and order that, more often than not, he is successful despite himself and those who would stand in his way.
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->Debut: ''A Shot in the Dark'' (1964)
Clouseau's Chinese manservant holds a variety of duties but chief among them is springing surprise martial arts attacks on his boss at any and all hours -- not to mention places -- as Clouseau wants to be prepared for anything he may encounter in the pursuit of justice.
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Clouseau's boss is one of the few people completely aware of the Inspector's bumbling ways, and thus deeply frustrated -- to the point of madness, in the original series -- by his tenacity. Notable as the only original series character besides Clouseau to appear in the reboot.
->Debut: ''A Shot in the Dark'' (1964)
Clouseau's boss is one of the few people completely aware of the Inspector's bumbling ways, and thus deeply frustrated -- to the point of madness, in the original series -- by his tenacity. Notable as the only original series character besides Clouseau to appear in the reboot.
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->Played by: David Niven (''The Pink Panther'', ''Trail of...'', and ''Curse of...'', albeit dubbed by Rich Little in the latter two), Christopher Plummer (''The Return of...'')
->Debut: ''The Pink Panther'' (1963)
An English gentleman who is also an internationally-notorious jewel thief. Famous for leaving a white, monogrammed glove as his calling card. He is the actual protagonist of the original film, and Clouseau is his longtime nemesis, determined to prove [[GentlemanThief the gentleman and the thief are one and the same]]. For his part, Sir Charles regards Clouseau with some respect, admiring his tenacity.
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!! Simone Clouseau (later Lytton)
->Played by: Capucine
->Debut: ''The Pink Panther'' (1963)
There are a lot of reasons Inspector Clouseau has never proven the link between Sir Charles and the Phantom, and one of the biggest is that he didn't realize until it was too late that his wife was one of the Phantom's associates. Between her first appearance and her return to the series with the ''Trail''/''Curse'' duet, she divorces Clouseau and marries Sir Charles, and they offer their help to Clifton Sleigh in his search for the missing detective. But do they have an ulterior motive in mind?
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In the first film.
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!! Marie Jouvet
->Played by: Joanna Lumley
->Appears in: ''Trail of the Pink Panther'' (1982)
A French television reporter who investigates the disappearance of Inspector Clouseau after his plane goes missing on its way to Lugash to investigate the latest theft of the Pink Panther diamond.
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!! Detective Clifton Sleigh
->Played by: Ted Wass
->Appears in: ''Curse of the Pink Panther'' (1983)
A year after Clouseau vanished, a supercomputer is tasked with finding the world's greatest detective to seek him out. But Dreyfus hired a hacker and the computer gave up the name of the world's ''worst'' detective instead: a third-generation New York City cop who may be more pleasant than Clouseau, but no more competent.
!! Jacques Gambrelli/Clouseau, Jr.
->Played by: Roberto Begnini
->Appears in: ''Son of the Pink Panther'' (1993)
Clouseau, as it turns out, had a brief love affair with Maria Gambrelli after the events of ''A Shot in the Dark'', and she never revealed to him that he fathered a child by her. Ten years after Clouseau's disappearance, this young gendarme falls in LoveAtFirstSight with the kidnapped Princess Yasmin of Lugash when his path accidentally crosses with those of her captors, and he comes to embrace his SecretLegacy as a bumbling hero to rescue her.
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->Played by: David Niven (''The Pink Panther'', ''Trail of...'', and ''Curse of...'', albeit dubbed by Rich Little in the latter two), Christopher Plummer (''The Return of...'')
->Debut: ''The Pink Panther'' (1963)
An English gentleman who is also an internationally-notorious jewel thief. Famous for leaving a white, monogrammed glove as his calling card. He is the actual protagonist of the original film, and Clouseau is his longtime nemesis, determined to prove [[GentlemanThief the gentleman and the thief are one and the same]]. For his part, Sir Charles regards Clouseau with some respect, admiring his tenacity.
* GentlemanThief
!! Simone Clouseau (later Lytton)
->Played by: Capucine
->Debut: ''The Pink Panther'' (1963)
There are a lot of reasons Inspector Clouseau has never proven the link between Sir Charles and the Phantom, and one of the biggest is that he didn't realize until it was too late that his wife was one of the Phantom's associates. Between her first appearance and her return to the series with the ''Trail''/''Curse'' duet, she divorces Clouseau and marries Sir Charles, and they offer their help to Clifton Sleigh in his search for the missing detective. But do they have an ulterior motive in mind?
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In the first film.
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!! Marie Jouvet
->Played by: Joanna Lumley
->Appears in: ''Trail of the Pink Panther'' (1982)
A French television reporter who investigates the disappearance of Inspector Clouseau after his plane goes missing on its way to Lugash to investigate the latest theft of the Pink Panther diamond.
* GoingForTheBigScoop
!! Detective Clifton Sleigh
->Played by: Ted Wass
->Appears in: ''Curse of the Pink Panther'' (1983)
A year after Clouseau vanished, a supercomputer is tasked with finding the world's greatest detective to seek him out. But Dreyfus hired a hacker and the computer gave up the name of the world's ''worst'' detective instead: a third-generation New York City cop who may be more pleasant than Clouseau, but no more competent.
!! Jacques Gambrelli/Clouseau, Jr.
->Played by: Roberto Begnini
->Appears in: ''Son of the Pink Panther'' (1993)
Clouseau, as it turns out, had a brief love affair with Maria Gambrelli after the events of ''A Shot in the Dark'', and she never revealed to him that he fathered a child by her. Ten years after Clouseau's disappearance, this young gendarme falls in LoveAtFirstSight with the kidnapped Princess Yasmin of Lugash when his path accidentally crosses with those of her captors, and he comes to embrace his SecretLegacy as a bumbling hero to rescue her.
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