The Pink Panther sees a dog catcher trying to round up stray dogs and take them to the pound. Feeling sorry for man's best friend, the Pink Panther duns a hero outfit reminisce of the legendary Scarlet Pimpernel and decides to rescue those dogs from the catcher. However, it turns out that he got more than he bargained for - one of the dogs proves to be an ungrateful little mutt and chases down and bites the panther, while another dog proves to be too friendly and touchy. Above all, the dogs in this cartoon short were downright annoying and the Pink Panther should have left them to the pound. Overall, not a very funny cartoon.Grade D---

As with most Pink Panther cartoons, very enjoyable. The animation is quite limited here, even by Pink Panther standards, most of the cartoons still look appealing but they're vibrantly coloured and reasonably elegant. Here there is some evidence of that and it is an improvement over that of the previous two cartoons(which were also good otherwise) but it can look a little flat and sparse too. The Little Man, usually a convincing adversary who we a fair amount of times feel somewhat sorry for, doesn't have much to do here, his purpose in the cartoon is perfectly clear but he doesn't have much that is funny. The theme tune however is still a classic, and Walter Greene's accompanying music has a seductive, slinky and characteristically jazzy edge without dragging the pace, despite his music for the Pink Panther cartoons basically being variations on the theme tune nothing comes across as repetitive. The visual gags, most Pink Panther cartoons being entirely wordless, at the least make you grin from ear to ear, the final one a half minute going as far to being very funny. None of it's hilarious, but none of it is stoned-face worthy. Pinky is immediately likable and cool, he always is but there is no doubting in The Scarlet Pinkernel his good intentions. The dogs are adorable and also have good comic timing, they are here more colourful than the Little Man. In conclusion, very enjoyable. 8/10 Bethany Cox