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* ActorAllusion: Dreyfus' organ playing and cape within the film is a nod to the fact Creator/HerbertLom had starred in ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1962''.
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* FiveBadBand:
** BigBad -- Dreyfus.
** TheDragon -- Jean Tournier, then Cairo Fred (the other dark-haired henchman) after Tournier's death.
** [[TokenGoodTeammate Token Good]] [[EvilGenius Genius]] -- [[KidnappedScientist An unwilling Prof. Fassbender.]]
** TheBrute(s) -- Bruce the Knife (the long-haired henchman who threatened Fassbender with a knife) and Marty the Mugger (the henchman played by the same actor/stuntmen who played Scallini's bodyguard in Revenge of the Pink Panther).
** DarkChick -- Hindo Harry.
** SixthRanger(s) -- The two kidnappers of Prof. Fassbender and his daughter.
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** BigBad -- Dreyfus.
** TheDragon -- Jean Tournier, then Cairo Fred (the other dark-haired henchman) after Tournier's death.
** [[TokenGoodTeammate Token Good]] [[EvilGenius Genius]] -- [[KidnappedScientist An unwilling Prof. Fassbender.]]
** TheBrute(s) -- Bruce the Knife (the long-haired henchman who threatened Fassbender with a knife) and Marty the Mugger (the henchman played by the same actor/stuntmen who played Scallini's bodyguard in Revenge of the Pink Panther).
** DarkChick -- Hindo Harry.
** SixthRanger(s) -- The two kidnappers of Prof. Fassbender and his daughter.
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The novelization of the movie (by screenplay co-writer Frank Waldman) features a totally different and relatively bizarre ending where [[spoiler:both Dreyfus ''and'' Professor Fassbender are disintegrated by the Doomsday Machine. The final chapter reveals that they have rematerialized in the distant future in an empty part of space known as the Ultimate Galaxy of the Dimension Quattro (where everything they've disintegrated, including the United Nations Building and [[LongStory the front half of a dog named Shlep]], has ended up). Facing an eternity together as the sole inhabitants of this empty plane of existence, Dreyfus and Fassbender have become friends.]]
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The novelization of the movie (by screenplay co-writer Frank Waldman) features a totally different and relatively bizarre ending where [[spoiler:both Dreyfus and ''and'' Professor Fassbender are disintegrated by the Doomsday Machine. The final chapter reveals that they have rematerialized in the distant future in an empty part of space known as the Ultimate Galaxy of the Dimension Quattro (where everything they've disintegrated, including the United Nations Building and the front half of a dog named Shlep, has ended up). Now stuck with one another forever, they've become friends.]]
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-->'''President Ford:''' Call the FBI. Call the CIA. Call the Pentagon! Find out who won the game!
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* MadnessMantra: Dreyfus' "Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better!"
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* RunningGag: The amount of times Dreyfus is knocked into the pond at the beginning.
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* ArmedLegs: One of the killers uses a shoe knife.
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* AnimatedCreditsOpening: can be seen here [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4vO2w5lXaI]] along with the CreativeClosingCredits.
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** Well, he did say "they all betrayed me" and his demand to have Clouseau killed was directed at the entire world, so...
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* TakeOverTheWorld: The main plot.alleged reason of Dreyfus, but the true reason is kill Closseau a good time
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* ExactWords:
--->'''Closeau:''' Does your dog bite?
--->'''Hotel Clerk:''' No.
--->'''Closeau:''' <petpetpet> Nice doggie!
--->'''Dog:''' OMNOMNOM!
--->'''Closeau:''' I thought you said your dog did not bite!
--->'''Hotel Clerk:''' That is not my dog.
--->'''Closeau:''' Does your dog bite?
--->'''Hotel Clerk:''' No.
--->'''Closeau:''' <petpetpet> Nice doggie!
--->'''Dog:''' OMNOMNOM!
--->'''Closeau:''' I thought you said your dog did not bite!
--->'''Hotel Clerk:''' That is not my dog.
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* {{Oktoberfest}}: The hilarious scene where Clouseau goes to the Oktoberfest and several dozen assassins from around the world accidentally kill each other while trying to kill him.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Dreyfus ''may'' have reflected the doomsday LASER off of a satellite[[note]]Something which means that there's a material it can't destroy, because otherwise it would have vaporized the satellite instead of the UN Building[[/note]], because otherwise, the LASER beam fired from Germany would have to be pointed through the earth to reach the United Nations Building in New York City. This issue is never explained in the film, but this is a comedy after all. Targeting the LASER on England ''may'' be more plausible.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Dreyfus ''may'' have reflected the doomsday LASER off of a satellite[[note]]Something which means that there's a material it can't destroy, because otherwise it would have vaporized the satellite instead of the UN Building[[/note]], because otherwise, the LASER beam fired from Germany would have to be pointed through the earth Earth to reach the United Nations Building in New York City. This issue is never explained in the film, but this is a comedy after all. Targeting the LASER on England ''may'' be more plausible.
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Going by the way that Clouseau accidentally shot a man in the ass by knocking one over and making it go off, Professor Fassbender stores his hunting rifles loaded and unsafed.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Dreyfus ''may'' have reflected the doomsday LASER off of a satellite, satellite[[note]]Something which means that there's a material it can't destroy, because otherwise it would have vaporized the satellite instead of the UN Building[[/note]], because otherwise, the LASER beam fired from Germany would have to be pointed through the earth to reach the United Nations Building in New York City. This issue is never explained in the film, but this is a comedy after all. Targeting the LASER on England ''may'' be more plausible.
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* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: When Inspector Clouseau goes to Munich, the yearly Oktoberfest festival is going on. During the celebration, the world's greatest assassins compete to kill him.
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* IntimidationDemonstration: During Kato's surprise attack on Clouseau, Kato displays impressive ability wielding a staff and Clouseau shows off his elite skill with a pair of nunchucks before they start using them to fight.
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* ActivationSequence: A villainous version, with Dreyfus' DisintegratorRay taking a long time to activate before being used in an attempt to destroy England.
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''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' is the fifth film in ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' franchise.
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''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' (1976) is the fifth film in ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' franchise.
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Three years later (though the film was only made one year after), Dreyfus is seemingly cured, but having to meet up with Clouseau before he can be released, the therapy is undone. Dreyfus escapes and organizes a criminal gang that kidnaps an inventor and his daughter. Forcing the former to build a Disintegrator Ray, Dreyfus threatens to unleash it on the world unless Clouseau is killed, and many countries immediately send assassins after Clouseau as he sets out to stop Dreyfus himself.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ArmedLegs: One of the killers uses a shoe knife.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Dreyfus ''may'' have reflected the doomsday LASER off of a satellite, because otherwise, the LASER beam fired from Germany would have to be pointed through the earth to reach the United Nations Building in New York City. This issue is never explained in the film, but this is a comedy after all. Targeting the LASER on England ''may'' be more plausible.
* {{Balloonacy}}: Clouseau is floated out of his apartment window by the inflatable hump in his hunchback costume, thereby causing him to miss the bomb Dreyfus sets off.
* BathroomBreakOut: Dreyfus orchestrates the escape of a prisoner being transported by train. He goes to the bathroom, then climbs out through the ventilator on to the roof of the train and into a waiting helicopter.
* TheCameo:
** [[spoiler:Omar Sharif]] is the Egyptian assassin whom the Russian one mistakes for Clouseau on their initial meeting - he beds her, and she falls in love and chooses not to kill him, which is extremely confusing for the real Clouseau later.
** There's also a ''musical'' cameo - the (intentionally) awful singing voice sported by drag queen Jarvis is supplied by [[spoiler:Julie Andrews]].
* CaptainObvious:
---> '''Francois:''' What kind of bomb was it?
---> '''Clouseau:''' The exploding kind.
* CarnivalOfKillers: The world's greatest assassins descend on Munich in attempt to kill Clouseau and end up wiping each other out. (Coincidentally, given this trope's name, the sequence in question takes place at an Oktoberfest celebration.)
* CatapultToGlory: Clouseau is inadvertently lofted through a castle window by a catapult.
* DarkerAndEdgier: It could be the second darkest film in the franchise, though it's more of a BlackComedy.
* DisintegratorRay: The device created by Professor Fassbender (and used by former Chief inspector Dreyfus as a weapon of mass destruction).
* DisproportionateRetribution: Dreyfus attempts to destroy an entire country because he was lied to about Clouseau's assassination. The country that falsely claimed to kill Clouseau is Egypt. The country Dreyfus decides to punish is ''England''.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Dreyfus hijacks every TV signal in order to announce his death warrant for Clouseau. Problem: Nobody knows what he's talking about and are more concerned that he interrupted the big football game.
* FiveBadBand:
** BigBad -- Dreyfus.
** TheDragon -- Jean Tournier, then Cairo Fred (the other dark-haired henchman) after Tournier's death.
** [[TokenGoodTeammate Token Good]] [[EvilGenius Genius]] -- [[KidnappedScientist An unwilling Prof. Fassbender.]]
** TheBrute(s) -- Bruce the Knife (the long-haired henchman who threatened Fassbender with a knife) and Marty the Mugger (the henchman played by the same actor/stuntmen who played Scallini's bodyguard in Revenge of the Pink Panther).
** DarkChick -- Hindo Harry.
** SixthRanger(s) -- The two kidnappers of Prof. Fassbender and his daughter.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dreyfus' fate. [[spoiler:As he tries to destroy England with his laser, Clouseau accidentally knocks it around at the crucial moment - it malfunctions and zaps Dreyfus instead.]]
* InstrumentOfMurder: A clarinet blowgun.
* MurphysBed: [[spoiler: it's the basis for the final non-animated gag]].
* NailsOnABlackboard: Used as a literal torture method.
* NakedInMink: Olga Beriosova (Lesley-Anne Down) seduces Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) in a scene that is beyond words.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The President and Secretary of State are obvious parodies of Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger.
* OminousPipeOrgan: Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus plays a version of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" instead of the usual Bach Toccata.
* PrettyInMink: Would-be assassin Olga wears a full-length coat and hat.
* RakeTake: Dreyfus, while trying to avoid Clouseau, steps on one, causing him to fall over in the water.
* ReferenceOverdosed: ''Strikes Again'' especially, including the opening credits that mock TV and film.
* ScreenToStageAdaptation: A stage version was created for regional/amateur theaters in 1981. It's a PragmaticAdaptation that, among other things, gives the GirlOfTheWeek more characterization, has its own "Pink Panthers" (stagehands who sometimes interfere with the plot), and completely rethinks the climax: [[spoiler: the disintegrator ray has a self-destruct mechanism built in that the professor activates. Dreyfus is ready to go down with it, but Clouseau's morals and sense of honor mean he's ready to Save the Bad Guy...''or go down with him''. The prospect of going into eternity with Clouseau is terrifying enough for Dreyfus that he allows himself to be saved and taken into custody]].
* SexFaceTurn: The same effect is achieved not by the antagonistic woman actually seducing the hero, but by having her sleep with someone she ''thought'' was him when it was in fact another member of the same multi-national CarnivalOfKillers as her. This leaves the hero very confused when she suddenly appears naked in his bed professing her undying love for him.
* ShoutOut: The movie has this in spades, eight of which are in the opening credits alone.
* SiegeEngines: [[spoiler: Inspector Clouseau is accidentally propelled up and through a castle window by a catapult]].
* TakeOverTheWorld: The main plot.
* TheToothHurts: Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus gets a bad toothache and sends for a dentist. Clouseau pretends to be the dentist and performs dental malpractice on Dreyfus.
-->'''Dreyfus''': He has pulled the wrong tooth! [[BatDeduction There's only one man who would pull the wrong tooth.]] It's Clouseau! Kill him! Kill him!
* TorpedoTits: One of the killers attacks Clouseau with spikes emerging from her dress. She meets her end when she pins them to a table.
* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: At the Octoberfest scene, Clouseau wanders aimlessly through the festival while dozens of assassins end up killing each other while trying to kill him. The easiest incident to describe was when he entered the center stall at a restroom, while two gunmen entered the other two. Clouseau bends over to pick up a dropped roll of toilet paper at the moment the assassins fire, resulting in a MutualKill.
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