5 ▁TV ▁show . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁late ▁one - off ▁short ▁in ▁the ▁P ink ▁Pan ther ▁short ▁series ▁– ▁they ▁were ▁abund ant ▁and ▁popular ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁SF G ate ▁described ▁the ▁short ▁as ▁" l oud , ▁ob no x ious , ▁[ and ] ▁id i otic ". ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Box ▁office ▁ ▁The ▁P eb ble ▁and ▁the ▁P engu in ▁did ▁poor ly ▁at ▁the ▁box ▁office , ▁gross ing ▁a ▁little ▁over ▁$ 3 . 9 8 4 ▁million ▁against ▁a ▁$ 2 8 ▁million ▁budget , ▁mainly ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁over shadow ed ▁by ▁A ▁Go of y ▁Movie ▁which ▁was ▁released ▁five ▁days ▁earlier . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁▁ ▁On ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁rating ▁of ▁ 1 1 % ▁based ▁on ▁ 9 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 3 . 3 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁Two ▁Th umb s ▁Down ▁on ▁S isk el ▁& ▁E bert , ▁with ▁Gene ▁S isk el ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁film ' s ▁animation ▁looks ▁" che ap ▁and ▁un fin ished " ▁and ▁that ▁" none ▁of ▁the ▁songs ▁are ▁memor able " ▁while ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁added ▁his ▁dis like ▁of ▁the ▁" d umb ▁songs ", ▁" s illy ▁story ", ▁and ▁the ▁film ' s ▁color - c oding ▁of ▁its ▁hero es ▁and ▁villa ins . ▁E bert ▁took ▁this ▁a ▁step ▁further ▁by