Pink Shrink

"Pink Shrink" is the first segment on the tenth episode of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Pink Panther and Sons. The segment first aired on NBC 10 November 1984.
== Summary ==
After Pinky prepares for the race which takes place in about four hours, Annie shows Pinky and Panky her latest invention - a machine that shrinks objects, and believes she will make millions of dollars. She demonstrates the machine on a pair of blue jeans, and it works. Pinky says the machine is terrific, but Annie says it was nothing at all. Pinky then inadvertently goes under the ray's path, and Panky presses the shrink button without realizing what could happen (after all, he is a toddler) - and his mishap caused Pinky to shrink to six inches tall! Annie tries to reverse the process but the machine breaks down, and Pinky worries that he'll miss the race which starts in four hours. Annie tried to call the repair shop to get the part she needs, but won't be ready until the next day. But Annie decides to make the part so that Pinky can be in the race.
As Pinky holds Panky's tail as they walk home, the Howl Angels are surprised to see that Pinky is six inches tall after using a ruler - and Finko says Pinky is now unable to win the race due to his size.
After Pinky and Panky arrive home, Panky is watching his father in a cartoon on TV, but Pinky is so hungry. He tries to stand a chicken leg on the plate, but Panky pours salt and pepper over Pinky, and Pinky then says being six inches tall is hazardous to his health.
Later, Pinky is discovered by the Howl Angels and kidnap him and hold him inside a jar, and hold him hostage inside a tree - but he is encountered by an owl which scares Pinky, and he rolls out of the tree using his feet. He realizes he can still enter the race while he is still six inches tall.
While inside the jar, he uses his feet to roll the jar, and he ends up in the race. After so much running, he ends up going off course, and into a fast-moving river. Luckily, Annie had repaired her machine and Punkin then notices Pinky inside a jar in the river. Pinky is rescued, and places Pinky in the path of the ray to grow him back to normal size. And now, he has some catching up to do in order to win the race. Pinky, and the Howl Angels are now neck-and-neck, but Pinky bolts ahead at super speed, and wins the race.
The Howl Angels were angered after they got defeated, but they now find Annie's invention in the area, and one of the Angels decides to try it out without realizing the perils - he shrunk the Howl Angels to six inches tall, but a few seconds later, they were in danger of being attacked by a cat who chased the tiny Angels - but Pinky realizes their lives are at risk, so Annie reluctantly restores them to normal size in order for the Angels to avoid getting in harm's way, and the cat continues chasing the Angels out of the park.
== Trivia ==
* This segment is not available as a standalone segment on the Official Pink Panther YouTube Channel; however it is available as part of a four-hour compilation consisting of all 26 segments of the series on said channel.
* Early in the episode, Pinky says the race starts in four hours when it was still broad daylight. When Pinky was held hostage inside the tree, it was nighttime. If the race really would have started in four hours, it would be around midnight to 2:00 a.m. when the race would start, and when it did start it was actually broad daylight.
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