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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_1597.jpeg]]
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3	''The Pink Phink'' (1964) is an animated short film directed by Creator/FrizFreleng and produced by Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises. It was the first cartoon in the long-running [[WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther Pink Panther]] animated series, and the debut cartoon for [=DePatie=]-Freleng.
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5	The Pink Panther wanders into a house where Big Nose (a short, mustachioed fellow) is working as a house painter, painting the house blue. The Panther takes exception to this, first bothering Big Nose, and then undoing Big Nose's work by painting over all his blue with pink. A paint war ensues.
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7	Winner of the MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilm. It was the first Oscar-winning debut short from an upstart cartoon studio, a feat that hasn't been accomplished since.
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12	* AgitatedItemStomping: After the Panther tricks Big Nose into painting the exterior of the house pink by pouring paint into his shotgun, Big Nose throws his gun to the ground and angrily jumps up and down on it.
13	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Big Nose finally buries all the Panther's pink paint in the ground. This causes all the trees and grass and flowers to grow pink. Of course, this is due to RuleOfFunny.
14	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Pink Panther and Big Nose look a little different from how they appear in the rest of the series. The Panther, in fact, is closer in design to how he appeared in the credits to the live-action film.
15	* InstrumentalThemeTune: Uses the Music/HenryMancini theme that had been composed for the 1963 [[Film/ThePinkPanther1963 live-action film]].
16	* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: Establishing a precedent that would be set for almost all (but not quite all) the cartoons in the series.
17	* MouseTrap: Big Nose sees the Panther's tracks and thinks he's dealing with a large mouse. So he gets a giant mousetrap, but the Panther sneaks up from behind and trips him, causing the trap to snap on the seat of his pants. As he walks away with the trap behind him, a mouse runs up and takes the cheese on the trap.
18	* RealMenWearPink: And they paint houses that color, too.
19	* SmokingIsCool: When the Panther first strolls into frame he's smoking a cigarette, with a cigarette holder no less, much like his depiction in the 1963 opening credits.
20	* WallBang: The cartoon ends with Big Nose, having inadvertently turned everything pink, banging his head on a mailbox.
21	* WallpaperCamouflage: When the Pink Panther steps in front of his pink wall, he completely disappears.
22	* WhiteVoidRoom: For most of the cartoon, whatever Big Nose and the Pink Panther are trying to paint is presented with a White Void Room background.
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