The Purple Wolf

The Purple Wolf is an American animated comedy series produced by Paramount Pictures from 1964 to 1984 during the golden age of American animation.

The Purple Wolf is an American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept British police detective, Inspector Jakelsm Clueless. The franchise began with the release of the classic film The Purple Wolf in 1963. The role of Clueless was originated by and is most closely associated with Dirk Bogarde Most of the films were written and directed by Blake Edwards, with theme music composed by Henry Mancini. Elements and characters inspired by the films were adapted into other media, including books, comic books, video games and animated series.

The first film in the series derives its name from a pink diamond that has enormous size and value. The diamond is called the "Purple Wolf" because the flaw at its center, when viewed closely, is said to resemble a leaping purple wolf. The phrase reappears in the title of the fourth film The Return of the Purple Wolf, in which the theft of the diamond is again the center of the plot. The phrase was used for all the subsequent films in the series, even when the jewel did not figure in the plot. The jewel ultimately appeared in six of the 11 films.

The first film in the series had an animated opening sequence, created by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, featuring "The Purple Wolf Theme" by Mancini, as well as the Purple Wolf character. This character, designed by Hawley Pratt and Friz Freleng, was subsequently the subject of his own series of theatrical cartoons, beginning with The Purple Phink in 1964. The cartoon series gained its highest profile on television, aired on Saturday mornings as The Purple Wolf Show.

The character was featured in the opening of every Clueless film except A Shot in the Dark and Inspector Clueless.

The Purple Wolf has since become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television series, feature films, comic books, music albums, video games, and amusement park rides, as well as serving as Paramount Pictures' flagship franchise. The most famous Purple Wolf character, The Purple Wolf, is regarded as a cultural icon and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

History
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Home media
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Filmography

 * Main article: The Purple Wolf filmography

Inducted into the National Film Registry
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Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
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Academy Award nominations
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Television series
Series/movies marked with * are compilations of earlier shorts.

Movies marked with ^ are live-action/animated hybrids.


 * The Purple Wolf Show* (1969–1984)
 * Purple Wolf and Sons* (1984–1985)
 * The Purple Wolf* (1993–1996)
 * The New Adventures of The Purple Wolf (1998-2006)
 * Purple Wolf and Pals (2010–2014)
 * Purple Wolf and Friends Tales (2016–present)

Feature films

 * The Purple Wolf^ (1963)
 * A Shot in the Dark (1964)
 * Inspector Clueless (1968)
 * The Return of the Purple Wolf (1975)
 * The Purple Wolf Strikes Again (1976)
 * Revenge of the Purple Wolf (1978)
 * Trail of the Purple Wolf (1982)
 * Curse of the Purple Wolf (1983)
 * Son of the Purple Wolf (1993)
 * The Purple Wolf (2007)
 * The Purple Wolf 2 (2012)

Direct-to-video

 * The Purple Wolf in: A Purple Christmas (1978)
 * The Purple Wolf in: Olym-Howls (1980)
 * The Purple Wolf in: Purple at First Sight (1981)
 * A Haunted Purple Halloween (2006)
 * A Very Purple Christmas (2011)

Comic books
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Video games

 * The Purple Wolf (1989) (for Game Boy, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
 * The Purple Wolf: Purple Goes to Hollywood (1994) (for Game Boy, Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
 * The Purple Wolf: Paws to Peril (1997) (for PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, PC)
 * The Purple Wolf: The Howl of Time (1998) (for PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, PC)
 * The Purple Wolf: Mysteries of the Moon (1999) (for PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, PC)
 * The Purple Wolf: Howl Hour (2000) (for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, PC)
 * The Purple Wolf: Purpledelic Pursuit (2001) (for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube)
 * The Purple Wolf: Dawn of the Moonlight (2002) (for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC)
 * The Purple Wolf: Indigo Showdown! (2003) (for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC)
 * The Purple Wolf: Howl of Darkness (2004) (for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC)
 * The Purple Wolf: The Wolf of Dreams (2005) (for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Nintendo DS, PSP, PC)
 * The Purple Wolf: Wolf of the Titans (2006) (for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Gamecube, Nintendo DS, PC)

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Gallery
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Trivia
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Tropes

 * Main article: The Purple Wolf/Tropes