(upbeat music)

♪ ♪

HMM.

(smooch)

(whirring, ding)

(whirring)

(ding)

(smooch)

(beeping)

(chuckles)

(gasps)

(growls)

(growls)

(inhales deeply)

(joints creaking)

(joints creaking)

OH!

(wailing)

(beeping)

(growls)

(chuckles deviously)

(chuckles)

(laughs)

(muffled shouting)

(groaning)

HA HA!

(chuckling)

YOW!

(laughs joyously)

(cuckoo birds chirping)

(growls)

AH!

(gasps)

(beeps)

AHH!

(chuckles)

(horse neighs)

(laughs maniacally)

(groaning)

(chuckles)

(beeps)

(electronic music)

♪ ♪

(cheering)

(growls)

AHH!

AHH!

EH.

(beeping)

AH.

(beeping)

(cheers and applause)

(people screaming)

(groaning)

(camera shutter snapping)

(clattering)

(gasps)

(beeping)

(grumbling)

(screams)

(screaming)

(groaning)

OOH.

(thud)

(playing harmonica)

♪ ♪

YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I GET TO PLAYING THIS OLD HARMONICA,

I CAN'T HELP THINKING ABOUT HOW

I CAME TO MEET ONE THE GREATEST

MUSICIANS THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, MITEY MITE.

SURE, HE'S A HOUSEHOLD NAME NOW,

BUT I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT THIS VERY HARMONICA,

MY HARMONICA, WAS THE THING THAT GOT HIM STARTED

ON THE ROAD TO FORTUNE AND FAME.

(playing harmonica)

♪ ♪

♪ I WENT TO A PICNIC ♪

♪ AND WHAT DID I SEE ♪

♪ LIP-SMACKING GOODIES ♪

♪ LAID OUT IN FRONT OF ME ♪

♪ I'M A PICNIC-LOVIN' FOOL ♪

♪ CRAZY AS CAN BE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ THERE'S NOTHING LIKE ♪

♪ THE PICNIC ♪

♪ TO CHASE OVERTIME BLUES ♪

♪ OUT OF ME ♪

YIKES!

(gasps)

AH-HA, YOU FELL FOR MY ROCK DISGUISE.

FINALLY, A PLAN THAT WORKED.

AARDVARK, LOOK AT YOU.

THAT'S CREEPY, JUST PLAIN CREEPY.

NOW THE MAIN COURSE.

♪ YOU ♪

HEY, FROM NOW ON YOU LEAVE THAT ANT ALONE,

OR YOU ANSWER TO ME.

UNDERSTAND?

YEAH. AND DON'T YOU FORGET THAT, ROCK MAN.

OH-OH!

MAN, YOU ARE A STRONG LITTLE TERMITE.

AND YOU JUST SAVED MY LIFE.

I COULDN'T LET ANYBODY PICK ON A HARMONICA PLAYER.

OH, YOU MEAN THIS LITTLE OLD THING?

I ONLY WISH THAT I COULD PLAY MUSIC.

BIG CHOMPERS ARE ALWAYS IN THE WAY.

LISTEN, MITEY MITE, YOU KEEP THE AARDVARK AWAY,

AND I'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO PLAY.

WE GOT A DEAL?

WE GOT A DEAL.

WHOO-WHOO!

ONE THING I KNOW, THAT ANT CAN'T RESIST A PICNIC.

SO I'LL JUST LAY HERE ON THE GROUND,

AND HE'LL THINK IT'S LUNCHTIME FOR HIM.

BUT IT'S REALLY LUNCHTIME FOR ME.

OH, BOY, A PICNIC!

NO, NO, NO, MITE.

THIS IS NO TIME TO BE EATING.

WE GOTTA GET TO PRACTICING.

(crunching)

SO NOW I'M VERY CONFUSED.

NO SELF-RESPECTING ANT JUST IGNORES A PICNIC.

I SAY, WHAT'S THAT IN THE CLEARING AHEAD?

UH-OH.

OH, LOOK, DARLING, SOME DEAR SOUL LAID OUT A BEAUTIFUL PICNIC FOR US.

HOW VERY THOUGHTFUL.

SHALL WE ENJOY A SPOT OF TEA?

YOU LOOK QUITE LOVELY, MY DEAR.

BISCUIT?

WHY YES, THANKS.

TEA, DARLING? I'LL POUR.

AS CHARMING AS THAT SOUNDS, MY LUNCH PLANS DID NOT INCLUDE YOU.

NOW TAKE A HIKE!

EEK!

A VIPER!

A VIPER?

A SNAKE? WHERE?

I DON'T SEE A SNAKE.

GOOD HEAVENS.

I'LL DISPATCH THE BRUTE.

AVERT YOUR EYES, MY SWEET.

THIS MAY LOOK QUITE UNSETTLING.

TAKE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT,

THAT, THAT, THAT, AND THAT.

THAT, THAT, THAT.

SO TELL ME, MITEY MITE,

HOW COME YOU LIKE THE HARMONICA SO MUCH?

IT'S NOT JUST THE HARMONICA, MAN.

I LOVE ALL KINDS OF MUSIC.

PROBLEM IS...

YEAH?

WHEN I PLAY...

(sobs)

BAD THINGS HAPPEN.

OH, NOW, NOW, THERE YOU GO AGAIN GETTING ALL NEGATIVE AND STUFF.

GO AHEAD, PLAY SOMETHING.

(sniffles) I CAN'T DO IT.

GO AHEAD.

NOBODY COULD BE THAT BAD.

(playing badly)

♪ OH YEAH ♪

♪ LIKE A BIRD I FLY ♪

HOLD UP.

LOOK, LITTLE GUY, MAYBE THE HARMONICA JUST ISN'T YOUR THING.

THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF INSTRUMENT YOU CAN PLAY.

(clarinet screeches)

(strumming badly)

(playing notes)

(upbeat music)

♪ ♪

HEY, YOU'RE FINALLY GETTING IT, AMIGO.

I ALWAYS KNEW YOU COULD--OH!

♪ ♪

YEAH, I THINK I AM, AMIGO.

I HATE TO DISRUPT SUCH A TOUCHING MOMENT, AMIGO,

BUT MY STOMACH WEARS THE PANTS IN MY FAMILY.

COUGH HIM UP, BUDDY.

(groans)

(old-time music plays)

♪ ♪

(strumming bass notes)

♪ ♪

WHOO, HA HA!

HEY, MAN, LISTEN TO YOU. YOU ARE MAKING MUSIC.

I AM?

HEY, I AM!

(accordion music plays)

♪ ♪

(playing harmonica)

♪ ♪

(grunting, honking)

♪ ♪

(instruments warming up)

♪ ♪

(cheering)

(cracks knuckles)

(cheers and applause)

(cheering stops)

(boinging sounds)

♪ ♪

(low-pitched horn sound)

(melodic violin music)

♪ ♪

(applause)

WELL, THAT'S HOW MITEY MITE FOUND HIS TRUE CALLING.

AND AS FOR AARDVARK, I THINK HE'S GOT MORE TROUBLES TO DEAL WITH THAN TRYING TO EAT ME.

(upbeat Pink Panther theme)

♪ ♪

JOIN US NOW AS WE HAVE THE RARE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THE

WORLD'S FOREMOST NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER AT WORK.

HE'S CAPTURED SHOTS NOBODY ELSE IN HIS FIELD HAS EVER DREAMED OF,

RANKING HIM AMONG THE WORLD'S BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS.

BUT HE MUST MAKE USE OF ALL HIS WIT AND EXPERIENCE

AS HE SEARCHES FOR PERHAPS THE MOST

ELUSIVE SUBJECT IN THE NATURAL WORLD,

NEVER SEEN AND NEVER PHOTOGRAPHED.

ALL WE HAVE ARE TANTALIZING HINTS OF THE RARE PINK PANTHER.

AND THAT'S WHY THIS MAN,

WITH HIS INNATE UNDERSTANDING

OF NATURE, SHARP WIT, NATURAL RAW TALENT,

AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

IS THE ONLY ONE CAPABLE OF SUCH A DIFFICULT

AND TEDIOUS TASK, NOT TO MENTION

HE'S A SHARP DRESSER.

AND THE SEARCH BEGINS.

MOVING LIKE AN ANIMAL HIMSELF,

HE SNAKES THROUGH THE FOREST

LIKE ONE OF ITS OWN.

(elephants trumpeting)

IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THIS MYSTERIOUS BEAST,

OUR HERO MUST ALWAYS REMAIN ALERT...

(chuckles)

HAVE AN EYE SHARP AS THE EAGLE ITSELF.

(grunting)

(groaning)

FINDING HIMSELF BLENDING IN WITH THE TERRAIN,

THIS PIONEER OF NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

IS AS CAREFUL AS A PREDATOR,

WATCHING HIS EVERY MOVE.

(groaning)

AHH.

A PLEASURE TO WATCH HIM WORK.

GRACEFUL.

ELEGANT.

UNPRONOUNCED.

(screaming)

METICULOUS.

UNNOTICED.

FREE-FLOWING.

FLUID.

(screaming)

(chicks screeching)

ENCHANTING.

LEGENDARY.

THE HUNT CONTINUES.

PATIENCE IS THE ULTIMATE VIRTUE FOR A TOP NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER.

HE HAS SPENT THREE DAYS WAITING FOR SOME SIGN OF THE PINK PANTHER.

EVER ALERT, ALWAYS AWARE.

HE MUST BE READY FOR ACTION AT ANY TIME.

CONSTANTLY WATCHFUL.

EVERY MUSCLE TENSED FOR THE MOMENT OF TRUTH.

ONE NEVER KNOWS WHEN THE SHOCK OF A LIFETIME WILL APPEAR WITHIN CAMERA RAGE.

(growling)

AHH.

AHH!

(groaning)

THE JUNGLE, WITH ITS MANY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS

AND POISONOUS PLANTS,

IS A VERY HAZARDOUS PLACE.

IN A BOLD AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS MOVE,

OUR MAN HAS DECIDED TO SEEK OUT THE PINK PANTHER

IN HIS SECRET HIDDEN LAIR.

(club music plays)

♪ ♪

HERE, HE'LL SURPRISE THE HUNTER WHERE HE LEAST EXPECTS IT.

AH.

(chuckles)

AHH!

EVERYWHERE, REMAINS OF PREY

TAKEN AND EATEN BY THIS FEROCIOUS HUNTER.

NO CREATURE IS SAFE FROM THIS COLD-BLOODED PREDATOR

WHICH HAS THE SURPRISING TENDENCY

TO SOMETIMES TOY WITH HIS FOOD.

WAH!

(grumbling)

DESPITE OUR PHOTOGRAPHER'S STEALTHY APPROACH,

THE PANTHER HAS SENSED AN INTRUDER AND SLINKS INTO THE DARKNESS.

CAREFULLY HE PROCEEDS.

HIS EXPERTLY TRAINED EYES PEELED FOR THE PAW PRINT OF THE PANTHER.

AH-HA.

AT LAST, OUR HERO HAS HIS PRECIOUS PINK PREY PRACTICALLY PROCURED.

(cat screeches)

(screaming)

(whimpering)

PHEW.

(cat screeching)

(whimpering)

(hyperventilating)

A TRUE PROFESSIONAL,

THIS PHOTOGRAPHIC GENIUS IS ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

(groaning)

POSITIVELY, PERHAPS, COULD IT BE?

(gagging)

(groans)

(groans)

JUST WHEN THINGS ARE DARKEST,

THE DEDICATED NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER'S DETERMINATION PAYS OFF.

(grunting)

AHH!

AT LAST, RETURNING TO CIVILIZATION IN TRIUMPH,