Not very long ago, an obvious trick like that would have sent you into a towering rage.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Pink Panther Strikes Again movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:01:28.655 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- You know, there was a time when your forgetfulness would have made me feel very rejected.
- Well, a little rejected, perhaps.
- Did you do it intentionally?
- Your reputation on the line.
- A little test, perhaps, hmm?
- Not very long ago, an obvious trick like that would have sent you into a towering rage.
- And poor old Clouseau would have silently, and passively submitted to another massacre.
- It's a miracle you were somehow able to keep putting him back together again.
- Poor old Clouseau. There was a time when I couldn't even speak his name.
- And there was also a time when you would joyfully have killed him.
- Yes. I was a sick man, wasn't I?
- Mmmmm.
- We've come a long way, haven't we?
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