But the moment is over with quickly it's not made more than it is meant to, because the point of the pratfall is to define Clouseau's character in a moment. In the first sight of Inspector Clouseau, we see him pulling the old 'leaning on a spinning globe and taking a pratfall' trick. This is typical of this movie and this style: the jokes are so underplayed, quiet and perfectly paced that people accustomed to seeing 'American Pie' and 'There's Something About Mary', or even the bunch 'o sequels to this film (that grew progressively coarser and louder with each installment) may not get or even notice them. You know exactly what happened you didn't need to see it. Without picking them up, or even saying anything or reacting in any way, he crunches across the floor and back into our view, carrying the water and the pill for her.

We see him go into the bathroom, and then we hear - not see - ALL the pills drop on the floor of the bathroom. Frustrated, discouraged, he tramps across the room for the umpteenth time to do his wife's bidding.

To me, the defining moment in The Pink Panther comes when Clouseau is finally asked by his wife to get her a sleeping pill.

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