Pink Panther and Sons

Pink Panther and Sons

Genre	Animation Comedy
Based on	Characters created by David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng, and Blake Edwards' films
Directed by	Oscar Dufau Carl Urbano Ray Patterson (supervising director)
Voices of	Gregg Berger Billy Bowles Marshall Efron Jeannie Elias Sherry Lynn Shane McCob Sonny Melendrez B.J. Ward Frank Welker
Theme music composer	Henry Mancini (Original)
Opening theme	"Sons of the Panther"
Ending theme	"Sons of the Panther" (instrumental)
Composer(s)	Rob Walsh
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie Kay Wright Friz Freleng (creative producer)
Editor(s)	Gil Iverson Robert Ciaglia
Running time	10–11 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng
Distributor	MGM/UA Television
Release
Original network	NBC (1984–1985) ABC (1986)
Original release	September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08) – February 26, 1985 (1985-02-26)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Pink Panther Show
Followed by	The Pink Panther (1993 TV series)

Pink Panther and Sons is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions^[1] and Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng. The series was originally broadcast on NBC from 1984 to 1985 and moved to ABC in 1986. Friz Freleng served as creative producer for the series as his and David H. DePatie's production company, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, existed as an in-name-only enterprise by this time, as its operations were absorbed by Marvel Productions in 1981.

Plot

The series centers on The Pink Panther's two sons: pre-teen Pinky, his brother, toddler Panky and their friends in the Rainbow Panthers crew (the pretty Chatta, fighting Rocko, gibbersh-talking Murfel, overalls-wearing Anney, and mixed-up-talking Punkin). Each episode shows the Rainbow Panthers coming together for friendship and fun as they learn all about growing up and caring for each other as they take on a group of lions called the Howl Angels.

Characters

Rainbow Panthers

Pinky (voiced by Billy Bowles) - Pinky is a very polite young panther. Pinky generally ends up getting in the most danger in situations, such as turning six inches tall in one episode, and is the one who comes up with most of the ideas. He is in love with Chatta, a purple panther in the group.
Panky (voiced by B.J. Ward) – Panky is Pinky's little brother. His diaper is never tied correctly so he just holds it wherever he goes. Since he is still a toddler, he is considered very impressionable.
Chatta (voiced by Sherry Lynn) – Chatta is a purple panther. She is in love with Pinky and often tries to impress him to win his affection.
Murfel (voiced by Shane McCob) – Murfel is a green panther who wears an oversized knit cap. He muffles or mixes up everything that he says.
Rocko (voiced by Frank Welker) – Rocko is a yellow panther who is very athletic. He is always seen sporting boxing gloves.
Anney O'Gizmo (voiced by Jeannie Elias) – Anney is an orange panther wearing overalls and is the most scientific of the group.
Punkin (voiced by B.J. Ward) – Punkin is a blue panther who wears a baseball cap and a wooly jumper. He is rather dense.
Pink Panther – He is the mute father of Pinky and Panky.

Howl Angels

Finko (voiced by Frank Welker) – Finko is the leader of the Howl Angels. He is a rival to Pinky and one time was babysitter to Panky at the time when Pinky and Chatta goes on a date to the movies.
Howl (voiced by Marshall Efron) – Howl is a right-hand man to Finko.
Liona (voiced by Jeannie Elias) – Liona is a lioness, she is tough but pretty, she has a crush on Rainbow Panthers club leader Pinky. She and Chatta fight for his affection.
Bowlhead (voiced by Gregg Berger) –
Buckethead (voiced by Sonny Melendrez) –

Episodes

No.	Title	Written by	Original air date
1	"Spinning Wheels"	Cliff Roberts	September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08)
A local bike shop is looking for a representative in the Big Bike race and can only sponsor one racer. Panky and one of the Howl's Angels members compete in a one-on-one bike race to win a chance to be sponsored by said bike shop. However, Finko takes the unfair approach to ensure Pinky loses
2	"Pinky at the Bat"	Glenn Leopold	September 15, 1984 (1984-09-15)
The Rainbow Panthers have a baseball battle with the Howl Angels.
3	"The Great Bumpo"	Jim Ryan	September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22)
4	"Take a Hike"	Lane Raichert	September 29, 1984 (1984-09-29)
The Rainbow Panthers hike in the wilderness, as the title implies.
5	"Haunted Howlers"	John Bates	October 6, 1984 (1984-10-06)
6	"Traders of the Lost Bark"	Glenn Leopold	October 13, 1984 (1984-10-13)
Panky receives a puppy for his birthday only for the pup to run away within minutes.
7	"Pink Enemy #1"	Denis Higgins	October 20, 1984 (1984-10-20)
When the Pink Panther gets framed for a bank robbery Pinky recruits the Rainbow Panthers to solve the mystery of who really did the crime and prove his father's innocence.
8	"Pink Encounters of the Panky Kind"	Glenn Leopold	October 27, 1984 (1984-10-27)
The Rainbow Panthers renovate their clubhouse and have their sleepover in it only to have the place taken over by Howl's Angels. Afterwards Panky gets abducted by aliens and replaced a robotic duplicate.
9	"Millionaire Murfel"	John Bates	November 3, 1984 (1984-11-03)
10	"The Pursuit of Panky"	Glenn Leopold	November 10, 1984 (1984-11-10)
11	"Sitter Jitters"	Jim Ryan	November 17, 1984 (1984-11-17)
Pinky is going to the cinema with Chatta, and Finko must babysit Panky because he is too little for a scary movie.
12	"The Fix-Up, Foul-Up"	Lane Raichert	November 24, 1984 (1984-11-24)
13	"Joking Genie"	Denis Higgins	December 1, 1984 (1984-12-01)
Pinky and Panky find a lamp that contains a genie.
14	"Panky's Pet"	Glenn Leopold	December 8, 1984 (1984-12-08)
15	"Punkin's Home Companion"	Jim Ryan	December 15, 1984 (1984-12-15)
16	"Insanity Claus"	Lane Raichert	December 22, 1984 (1984-12-22)
A person dressed as Santa Claus ends up breaking into Pinky and Panky's house, and only Panky believes it to be the real Santa, and after having the person sent to jail, the gang find out he was right. It was the real Santa Claus getting a jump on Christmas that year.
17	"Rocko's Last Round"	Glenn Leopold	December 29, 1984 (1984-12-29)
A misunderstanding at the Doctor's office causes the rest of the Rainbow Panthers to think that Rocko is dying.
18	"Sleeptalking Chatta"	John Semper and Cynthia Friedlob	January 5, 1985 (1985-01-05)
Chatta wins the radio contest but her sleepwalking causes trouble for the Rainbow Panthers especially when Howl and Finko take her off course so that they win the contest.
19	"Pink Shrink"	Denis Higgins	January 12, 1985 (1985-01-12)
Annie's shrink machine causes Pinky to become six inches tall.
20	"The Pink Link"	Glenn Leopold	January 19, 1985 (1985-01-19)
While the Pink Panther is preparing for a film festival, Pinky and Panky help to prepare their house for the arrival of Cousin Punky. Unbeknownst to them, an archaelogist had just discovered a prehistoric cat frozen in a block of ice, and through mishaps the prehistoric cat ends up getting defrosted and ends up at Pinky's clubhouse, who mistakes it for Cousin Punky. The prehistoric cat is unfamiliar with a modern city, and behaves much in the way of wild panthers.
21	"Anney's Invention"	Jim Ryan	January 26, 1985 (1985-01-26)
22	"Panky and the Angels"	Glenn Leopold	February 2, 1985 (1985-02-02)
During a "top secret" meeting, the other members of the Rainbow Panthers do not allow Panky in. Thinking they're kicking him out or ignoring him, he decides to join up with the Howls Angels. However his time with them is cut short as well when Finko demands more money for dues than Panky has, so Panky decides to go and find his own clubhouse and decides on a train caboose (a possible shot at The Getalong Gang). When he somehow jars its brakes loose and goes rolling off uncontrollably, Pinky saves him. Panky then learns they were planning his birthday party in that meeting, hence why he wasn't allowed in.
23	"Arabian Frights"	John Bates	February 9, 1985 (1985-02-09)
24	"Brothers Are Special"	Denis Higgins	February 16, 1985 (1985-02-16)
25	"A Hard Day's Knight"	Lane Raichert	February 23, 1985 (1985-02-23)
The Rainbow Panthers tour Medieval Manor, an amusement park featuring a castle and robot knights.
26	"Mister Money"	John Bates	February 26, 1985 (1985-02-26)
Pinky and Panky want to buy a watch for their father as a present. For help in raising the money, they turn to the Rainbow Panthers and an adult purple panther who uses the alias Mr. Wright.

Voice cast

Gregg Berger - Bowlhead
Billy Bowles - Pinky
Marshall Efron - Howl
Jeannie Elias - Anney O'Gizmo, Liona
Sherry Lynn - Chatta
Shane McCob - Murfel
Sonny Melendrez - Buckethead
B.J. Ward - Panky, Punkin
Frank Welker - Rocko, Finko, Prehistoric Cat, Truck Driver

Additional voices

References

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External links

Pink Panther and Sons at the Internet Movie Database
Pink Panther and Sons at TV.com

The Pink Panther

Films

Original series	The Pink Panther (1963) A Shot in the Dark (1964) Inspector Clouseau (1968) The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

Reboot	The Pink Panther (2006) The Pink Panther 2 (2009)

Animated shorts

The original Pink Panther shorts (1964–1980)
The original Inspector shorts (1965–1969)

Animated
TV shows

The Pink Panther Show (1969–1980)
Pink Panther and Sons (1984–1985)
The Pink Panther (1993–1996)
Pink Panther and Pals (2010)

Animated
TV specials

A Pink Christmas (1978)
Olym-Pinks (1980)
Pink at First Sight (1981)

Characters

Video games

The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril (1996)
The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink (1998)

Music

See also

DePatie-Freleng Enterprises

Children's programming on NBC in the 1980s

First-run animated series	Casper and the Angels (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet The Thing (1979–80) The Super Globetrotters (1979–80) The New Shmoo (1979–80) The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–80) Godzilla (1978–81) The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–82) The Smurfs (1981–90) The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!/Hero High (1981–82) Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981–83) Space Stars (1981–82) The Flintstone Funnies (1982–84) Shirt Tales (1982–84) The Gary Coleman Show (1982–83) The Incredible Hulk (1982–83) Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983–91) Mister T (1983–86) Snorks (1984–86) Pink Panther and Sons (1984–85) Kidd Video (1984–87) Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985–89) It's Punky Brewster (1985–89) Kissyfur (1986–87) Foofur (1986–88) Lazer Tag Academy (1986–87) Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987–88) ALF: The Animated Series (1987–89) ALF Tales (1988–89) The New Archies (1987) The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988–89) Camp Candy (1989–90) Captain N: The Game Master (1989–92) The Karate Kid (1989–90)

First-run live-action series	One to Grow On (1983–89) Going Bananas (1984) I'm Telling! (1987–88) 2 Hip 4 TV (1988) Saved by the Bell (1989–93)

Rebroadcasts	The Daffy Duck Show (The Daffy/Speedy Show) Jonny Quest The Jetsons Dynomutt, Dog Wonder Hong Kong Phooey Batman and the Super 7 Bullwinkle (1981–82) Thundarr the Barbarian Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Schedules	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States

Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1980s

First-run animated series	The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979–80) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk Fangface Rickety Rocket) (1979–81) Spider-Woman (1979–80) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80) Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–80) Super Friends (1980-82) The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980–82) Richie Rich (1980–84) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (shorts) (1980–83) Thundarr the Barbarian (1980–82) The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show (1980–82) Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981–82) Goldie Gold and Action Jack (1981–82) Pac-Man (1982–84) The Little Rascals (1982–84) Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982–83) The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–83) The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982–84) Monchhichis (1983–84) Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983–85) The Littles (1983–86) Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984–85) Mighty Orbots (1984–85) Turbo Teen (1984–85) Dragon's Lair (1984–85) The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show/The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1983–85) Star Wars: Ewoks (1985–87) Star Wars: Droids (1985–86) The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985–86) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) The Care Bears (1986–88) The Flintstone Kids (1986–89) The Real Ghostbusters (1986–91) Pound Puppies (1986–87) My Pet Monster (1987–88) The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil (1988) The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–93) Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1989–90) Beetlejuice (1989–92)

First-run live-action series	ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) American Bandstand (1957–87) Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) Kids Are People Too (1978–82) Menudo on ABC (1983–85) ABC Funfit (1985) ABC Fun Facts (1988)

Rebroadcasts	The Best of Scooby-Doo (1983–84) The Bugs Bunny Show (1985–2000) Scary Scooby Funnies (1984–85) Scooby's Mystery Funhouse (1985–86) Pink Panther and Sons (1986) The Wuzzles (1986–87)

Schedules	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Related programming and topics	Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States

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