“ | I am Puss in Boots, and my name... would become... LEGEND. | ” |
—Puss in Boots in the end of his own film |
Puss in Boots, often referred to as just Puss (re-christened Pickles), briefly, is a ginger-striped cat that is skilled with a sword and whose name is derived from the hat and boots he wears. He first appeared as a bounty hunter but later became Shrek's faithful sidekick, until leaving to become the "fearless hero" he always believed himself to be.
Basic Info
Loosely based on the fairytale character Puss in Boots, as well as being a pseudo-parody of Zorro- he is a smooth-talking cat with a Spanish accent, usually wearing a cavalier's hat, a belt with a sword, a small black cape, and small Corinthian boots. Puss first appears as a supporting character in Shrek 2, much like Donkey in the first film. He often overpowers his enemies by distracting them with his "Cute Eyes". He also exhibits common cat behavior such as the fear of water, coughing up hairballs and chasing spotlights. Usually resulting in his defeat or capture.
Appearance
Puss is a ginger tabby cat with green eyes and a Spanish accent. Most of his puffy coat of fur is stark orange, with more reddish-brown stripes running around his back, limbs, tail, and around his head. He has lighter yellow or creamy-white fur on his paws, his counter shaded belly, the sides of his snout, his chin, his eyebrows, as well as thin light stripes underlining his eyes. He also has a noticeable courser white guard fur throughout his coat. He eyes either have distinct green irises and white sclera, or his eyes are portrayed as being fully green except the pupils, as seen in The Last Wish. The pupils of his eyes may be narrow, or huge and round when he exaggerates his cuteness. His eyelids have a noticeable dark lining, and "cat eye" style points at the outer corners of each eye. Whilst this looks seems largely natural, it is implied in The Last Wish that he enhances it with eyeliner, as makeup appears to run down his face when he cries. His whiskers can be twined together to form a curly "mustache". His claws are also notable for being sharp enough to cut glass, and can even pick locks.
Puss usually wears some form of black, broad-brimmed leather hat, folded on the left side, topped with a fluffy yellow feather. The hat is often lined in red, or it may be a broader, slightly simpler hat, as in The Last Wish, which only has a dull red hatband and a yellow feather. He often has a black cape of leather or cloth, often with some kind of silvery buckle. He regularly wears a belt which holds his sword, always black leather with a steel or silver buckle, but of varying width and sometimes in a double-wrapped configuration. He usually carries a cup-hilt rapier sword, with double quillons, varying degrees of ornamentation on the cup, and often a pommel resembling a stylized cat head with pointed ears. Finally, he wears his famed Corinthian leather boots, black with red lining, that cover most of his legs even when folded. He sometimes stores items in these boots.
Personality
Aside from being a protective and honorable fighter, Puss is a "ladies' cat" as well. Puss likes to tell stories, sing and dance. He is always on the lookout for an adventure and will do anything to protect his friends.
Despite Donkey's antagonizing nature towards him, Puss is the less proactive of the two as usual, as well as often trying to be the voice of reason between conflicting parties.
Overtime, after his adventures with Kitty and Humpty Dumpty, Puss continued to build his "legend" as heroic outlaw, feared by his enemies yet beloved by the people he helped. His ego grew along with his "legend" in that Puss came to constantly declare "Puss in Boots laughs in the face of death", which unfortunately caused Puss to become dismissive of his own wellbeing due to being a cat and having nine lives. As he kept thinking he had lives to spare, Puss engaged in some frivolous activities that led to his dying over and over... until finally he was down to his last life but he initially refused to retire and end his "legend".
A close call with an apparent bounty hunter scared Puss so much that he not only left behind his sword but depressingly chose to retire and let his "legend" die, only to find his retirement depressing and miserable. When he learned of the Wishing Star, Puss immediately saw this as an opportunity to regain his lost lives and go back to being a "legend". His desperation to regain his lives stemmed from Puss's misplaced beliefs that if he wasn't a "legend" then he was nothing, which is what caused him to take his lives for granted in the first place until he was down to his last one, but also to overlook the things in life that truly make living worthwhile and meaningful, such as his love for Kitty and then his budding friendship with Perrito.
Meeting his past lives in the "Cave of Lost Souls" caused Puss to see the sides of himself he never really considered before and realize that back then he was a selfish and narcissistic jerk, and was reminded that in spite of his "legendary" status he was often alone and miserable whenever he wasn't being loved and admired by his fans. Upon meeting the bounty hunter yet again and hearing him discuss Puss and his lives with such contempt and how he'd been there for all of them caused Puss to realize this was no bounty hunter but Death himself! Terrified that Death was personally after him Puss almost used the wish for himself until Kitty berated him and was ready to sever all ties with Puss completely, only for Death to show up to end Puss once and for all. As he stood there, afraid, Puss's last life flashed before his eyes and he was reminded of what he had learned and experienced with Kitty and Perrito, which gave him the courage to stand his ground and face Death like a man rather than take the coward's way out.
Puss finally understood that life wasn't about how much of it one has but how much of it one lives, and now he wanted to share his final life with Kitty and Perrito and so would fight to keep his last life even though he acknowledged he could never truly defeat Death. As a result of Puss changing for the better and now promising to respect and cherish his last life, Death chose to spare him and bade him to live his life well though he reminded Puss they would meet again, which Puss acknowledged.
Bio
Early Life
Puss was abandoned as a kitten in a basket, which somehow found its way to the doorstep of an orphanage in a Spanish town called San Ricardo. He was taken in by the head of the orphanage, Imelda, who became his foster mother he was also born May 28th.
Puss befriended a young Humpty Alexander Dumpty, who gave him his name Puss, and they became brothers in heart with a dream: To find the Magic Beans so they may find the Giant's Castle and get the Golden Eggs of the Golden Goose, setting themselves up for life. Throughout their childhood, Puss and Humpty got in and out of trouble, stealing various beans in their search for the magic beans until one day, Puss saved the mother of the Captain of the Guard (Comandante) from a bull, and was regarded as a hero when Imelda gave him a pair of boots to wear with pride.
This event, however, drove a wedge between Puss and Humpty as Puss didn't want to steal anymore while Humpty continued and thought Puss was breaking their promise. One night, Humpty tricked Puss into helping him rob a bank.
The chase ended at a bridge where the money fell over the bridge and was lost, and Humpty fell and couldn't get back up as he begged Puss to help him. Angry that Humpty had tricked him and branded him an outlaw, Puss told him to help himself, left him to the guards and fled San Ricardo.
Shrek 2
Recommended to King Harold by Doris (the Ugly Stepsister of Cinderella and barmaid of the Poison Apple) as a famous bounty hunter, Puss is hired and payed lots of money by the king to assassinate Shrek. However, unlike his fairy tale counterpart, he does not try to trick the ogre into changing into a mouse, but instead makes a direct, frontal assault on Shrek, which works up until the feline gags on a hairball, spitting it up. Shrek and Donkey think of what to do with him as Donkey even proposes to give him the Bob Barker treatment (neutering), but Puss begs for his life and accidentally reveals that the king was the one who hired him to kill Shrek. While Shrek is sulking about this, he says the king said Fiona would be better off with a Prince Charming but when Donkey glares at him, he apologizes, saying he thought Shrek was asking him that question. Puss proposes to the ogre he owes a life debt to him, in thanks for sparing his life and will accompany him on his quest. Shrek appears to have accepted this debt, as Puss in Boots stays with him throughout the course of the film and the two become great friends. Donkey gains a particular disdain him, considering Puss a threat to his position as Shrek's best friend. It is revealed that Puss has a litter of siblings, a sick mother and a father who lives off the garbage (although he may have been lying so Shrek would spare his life). He has also stated that he "Hates Mondays". This could be a reference to Garfield, another famous orange cat, who hates Mondays.
When Shrek and Donkey enter the castle to find Fiona and are being chased by guards; however in the Jail Tower after Shrek said "what you lack is the capacity," Puss appears to be in chains. Puss repays his debt to Shrek by holding them off (he removes his hat, looks at the guards cutely, and then attacks them when they stop and say "aww!") When Shrek and Fiona get back together and are changed back to normal, Donkey finds out he has become a dad. Due to the friendship that has developed, Puss decides to be Donkey's dronkies' uncle and becomes a permanent addition to their team.
Shrek the Third
Donkey, Puss, Dragon and the Dronkeys remain in Far Far Away with Fiona and Shrek, helping the royal couple run the country in the place of the ailing frog king Harold.
Puss joins Shrek and Donkey on their journey to find Artie (Fiona's cousin and heir to the throne) and later encourages Shrek to be kinder to Artie to gain the teenager's trust. He also tries, rather unsuccessfully, to advise Shrek who has just found out that Fiona is pregnant with his children, on fatherhood by suggesting they take his cousin's boat for two weeks of fishing and mojitos, but Donkey is against that.
When the group is magically sent back to Far Far Away by Merlin, Puss and Donkey accidentally have their bodies switched. The two swapped animals later join forces with the Far Far Away princesses and other captives of Prince Charming and help rescue Shrek. Towards the end of the movie, they confront Merlin and demand he put them in their correct bodies. He does so, although their tails seem to have been switched this time (in the next scene, this is shown to have been corrected as well).
At the end of the movie, Puss helps Shrek and Fiona care for their new born triplets. He has trouble with them pulling his fur and tail.
Shrek the Halls
Puss tells the story of Santa Claus as a smooth Spanish cat (similar to himself). He is distracted from telling the tale when he sees a glass Christmas tree ornament and begins batting at it. When he realizes what he was doing, he walks away muttering "I have shamed myself". Later, when Shrek explains that he never celebrated Christmas before and wanted it to come right, Puss tells his friend "Christmas just comes".
Shrek Forever After
In the fourth film, Puss is seen as a regular guest at Shrek's home, eating dinner with Shrek's family and telling the children of the tale of how Shrek met Fiona. He is not properly seen again until Shrek has entered the alternate reality made by Rumpelstiltskin. Here, he has retired from swordsmanship and has become obese and shiftless, and Fiona's pet as well. He befriends Shrek when he realizes there was a spark of romantic interest between Shrek and Fiona. Puss takes part in the ambush on Rumpelstiltskin's ogre hunt, but Fiona's army of ogres are captured by the Pied Piper. Puss and Donkey rescue Shrek and Fiona from the Piper, but Fiona leaves in anger when she thought Puss told Shrek everything about her.
Puss and Donkey later lead the ogres in the battle against Rumpelstiltskin's forces, and helps save Shrek and Fiona from Dragon. Puss eventually disappears with everything else when Fiona's curse is broken and reality is restored. In the real world, Puss celebrates the ogre babies' first birthday with everyone else.
Puss in Boots
Before the events of Shrek 2, it is shown how Puss begins to run from the law, going to many terrains and getting involved with more criminal activity. Trying to clear his name, the cat is continuously unsuccessful. He gets captured by a man that wanted the reward for his capture but he luckily escapes and goes back to San Ricardo, where he hides in a bar where some men tells him that the Magic Beans are real and they take to the Golden Goose but that they're owned by the fearsome outlaws Jack and Jill. Seeing this as an opportunity to restore his name, Puss goes in Jack and Jill's house but he gets hindered by a female cat named Kitty Softpaws, also searching for the Magic Beans.
After almost getting killed by Jack and Jill since they both got caught by the two killers, Puss follows Kitty to a bar run by alley cats, where he finds out that she is working with his former friend, Humpty. After Humpty, who had followed the two, explains to Puss that he wants a second chance, Puss agrees to help him find the beans/golden eggs, making it clear that he is doing it for the town and his mother who adopted him, not for Humpty. The three of them set off to find Jack and Jill, finally seeing them coming towards them, hiding in a canyon type place in the desert. Kitty jumps onto their cart which is pulled by warthogs, followed by Puss, while Humpty readies their getaway vehicle. Puss lowers Kitty into the back of the cart, who struggles to open the box the beans are held in (which is around Jack's hand), with Puss urging her to use her claws. She finally admits to him that she has no claws, which wakes up one of the baby warthogs sleeping in the back. Puss drops in beside her and opens the box with his claws as Kitty quiets the baby pig, giving him to Puss as she uses her paws to get the beans from Jack's hand, giving them to Puss. Just as they are about to leave, Puss accidentally backs up and steps on two pigs' tails, alerting Jack and Jill, who drop into the bottom where they are. They manage to get outside, jam the levers to force their seats to stay up, and tie up their heads, signaling Humpty to get their own cart besides the one they're on now. Kitty jumps onto the cart, but Jill headbutts Puss before he can, briefly knocking him out and causing him to drop the beans, which bounce around the top of the cart, almost falling off. Puss gets them back while fighting Jill, who somehow escaped, but she grabs him and dangles him over the edge of the cart and the canyon, about to drop him. Humpty rams the side of their cart and Puss lands back in their cart, and they get away. Kitty explains to Puss, as they are riding in the cart, that her adoptive owners got her claws removed for an unknown reason (although she does suggest it was for shredding the curtains or "playing too roughly with the hamster").
They make it to the perfect spot to plant them, being directed in the right way by Humpty, and plant the beans in a bare, sandy area, right as a storm cloud comes overhead, and a giant funnel of green-lit clouds and wind comes spinning down the place they planted the beans, cracking the sand, then suddenly disappearing, leaving only a small weed where the beans are buried. Kitty suggests Humpty talk to it and he does, but he barely gets a few words out before a giant beanstalk shoots up out of the ground, taking them with it, higher and higher into the clouds before it finally stops. The three got off and surprisingly are able to stand and walk on the clouds without difficulty, although their voices grow higher due to the thin air (their voices return to normal in the normal air
Puss wakes up and goes back to San Ricardo, believing Jack and Jill kidnapped Humpty and Kitty. There he discovers that Humpty betrayed him and that everyone was involved, even a regretful Kitty. Puss gets arrested for the Bank Robbery and in the prison, he discovers from the real Jack that the mother of the Golden Goose is coming for her baby and will destroy San Ricardo, just like Humpty planned. He gets saved by Kitty and escapes from prison to confront Humpty and convinces him to help him to save the city and that he's better than that. The Golden Goose gets given back to her mother, but Humpty dies sacrificing himself to save Puss and the Goose, leaving a Golden Egg which the mother takes back to the Castle. Now famous as a hero that saved the city, Puss leaves the city with Kitty and later they share a kiss becoming a couple.
Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos
A few days after saving San Ricardo, Puss is riding his horse in the desert until he gets captured by Italian guards. He gets hired by the Princess to stop a criminal called the Whisperer and to do that she asks him to bring his three minions, called Three Diablos with him as they know where he is. When he discovers that they are three cute innocent kittens, Puss is surprised that they're so infamous minions of The Whisperer but later he finds out about their devilish nature when they turn on him as they're walking in the desert and bury him alive.
Puss survives and, using his cute eyes, captures them and tells them that he's gonna bring them back to prison until he finds out that they were orphans, just like him. Understanding that they got betrayed by The Whisperer just like he got betrayed by Humpty, Puss decides to help them going in the right path and gives them names: Gonzalo, Sir Timotheo The Third and Perla. Together, they fight The Whisperer and accidentally kills him when he falls from the cliff where they were fighting.
The three kittens becomes the new guards of the Princess and Puss says goodbye to them, proclaiming that they will not forget about him but before he can finish the guards close the door.
Sometime after the events of this short, Puss would find himself in the Poison Apple in Far Far Away, working as a bounty hunter to try to further clear his name.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Long after the events of Shrek Forever After, Puss is now considered a hero by the whole world. Well, almost the whole world. He throws a party in the city of Del Mar, until the Governor arrives and orders the guards to arrest him, knowing of his criminal record. However, a giant monster arrives and attacks everyone, with Puss saving the day but dying in the process after a bell falls on him.
Since he has 9 lives, Puss doesn't die and he's successfully healed by the town's doctor but he's at his last life, having died too many times. The doctor suggests him to retire and to become a lap cat for the cat lady Mama Luna but Puss refuses. Puss goes to the bar and jokes about what the doctor said until a mysterious creepy big white wolf with red eyes and two sickles sits close to him with the intention of killing him. Puss presumes he's a bounty hunter and tells him he laughs in the face of death, but the wolf says nobody ever got away from him as they start fighting.
Unfortunately, the wolf strangely beats every move of Puss and even cuts some hair from his head almost killing him, making him drop a bit of blood and his fur puffing from fear, exciting the Wolf as he "loves the smell of fear". Puss escapes by flushing himself in the toilet leaving his sword behind. Scared of death and afraid he can not be the famous legend he was, Puss accepts the doctor's advice and goes to Mama Luna becoming a lap cat. However, he first buries his boots and dress, metaphorically killing his old persona.
Life as a lap cat is boring and unexciting but Puss eventually gets used to it although getting depressed. He meets an unnamed talking therapy dog that he names Perrito (Perrò for short) but he tells him to leave him alone. His retirement doesn't last long when the crime family Goldilocks and the Three Bears comes for him to recruit him to rob the dangerous "Big" Jack Horner and get the Map to the Wishing Star. They find Puss's buried clothes and thinks he's dead, while Puss hears them talking and decides to rob Horner for himself so he can use the wish to get his nine lives back. He gets his clothes back (except his sword) and, with Perrito, he goes to Jack Horner (even though he initially leaves him behind).
Puss arrives in the Horner Family's Factory of Cakes and, after seeing Horner turning one of his henchmen into gold for making fun of him, he gets the map for the wish but gets kicked by Kitty, that only kicks him again when she recognizes him, still angry for what he did at Santa Coloma. However, they found themselves forced to work together once again as they're both chased by Jack Horner, as they're helped by Perrito, Puss and Kitty arrive at the portal to the Dark Forest. Puss is scared at first but as it turns out, the Dark Forest is just a field of beautiful flowers. Puss begs Kitty to let him see the map and after a challenge of big eyes she accepts. The map shows dark paths for both of them but Perrò's own version of the path is safe and simple, much to their shock and disgust. He then tells them about his childhood and how he got thrown into a river by his own family, with Puss and Kitty feeling sympathy for him.
Chased by the Three Bears Crime Family and Jack Horner, the trio has to pass the giant roses. They try to fight them but Perrò shows that they have to simply smell the roses, which works, with Puss and Kitty are still complaining about how much easier his path is. When they hop on a platform through the River of Relaxation, Puss is starting to get irritated by his beard. He finally accepts to have his long beard cut by Kitty, and she also gives him her sword. However, Perrò gets captured by Horner, who threatens to kill him if they don't give him the map. Luckily, Perrò escapes and there's a huge fight where Horner launches Unicorn's horns towards people, making some of his henchmen explode, making Puss almost die as he sees the Wolf once again, thus escaping in fear.
Perrò finds him and he calms him down. Puss reveals what happened between him and Kitty: they were going to get married but the day of their wedding Puss got away and left her. He apologizes to Kitty and she forgives him (she heard him before while he was talking to Perrò and heard him saying how much sorry he was) revealing that she didn't go to the wedding either as she knew she couldn't compete with his one true love (himself). However, she also happily notices, while flirting, that he doesn't seen that kind of guy anymore. Puss and Kitty steal back the Map from the Three Bears but they manage to capture Perrò. Puss tries to utilize the Map to find him but he gets trapped in a giant crystal cave, so he sends Kitty to save Perrò promising they will reunite.
While he walks inside the cave, Puss meets all his previous eight lives and, after a brief moment of nostalgia, realizes how much wrong he was about wanting to be a loner and prepares to leave but he meets the Big Wolf once again, who reveals he's not a bounty hunter but Death in person and, finding the idea of cats having nine lives absurd and being mad that he wasted his eight lives without any regards, he wants to take his last life to "make a favor to both of them". Puss runs away and manages to escape from the crystal cave, being spotted by Kitty and Perrò, who believe he's leaving them behind.
Puss finally arrives at the Wishing Star and he prepares to make the wish but he's confronted by Kitty who is disappointed in him for leaving her once again and for still running away from problems. However, when Puss tries to tell her that Death is after him, "Big" Jack Horner with his only surviving henchwoman, Goldilocks and the Three Bears arrive and a big fight for the Wish starts, which ends with Kitty throwing Horner in his own infinite magic bag.
As Perrò tells Puss maybe one life is enough, Death comes back and he creates a fire circle between Puss and the others so he can catch him. Death offers him to fight once again, giving him back his sword. Puss sees his life flashing before his eyes once again but this time he only sees his moments with Kitty and Perrò, realizing he's not alone anymore and accepts the fight, much to Death's amusement. However, this time Puss succeeds to impress Death, using both his sword and Kitty's knife to defeat Death.
In an act of humilty, Puss gives Death his sickles back and tells him that, even though he will never beat him, he will never stop fighting for this life. Death looks right into his soul and tells him that he came for an arrogant little legend who thought he was immortal but he doesn't see him anymore, noticing that Puss changed and having a newfound respect for the cat, telling him to live his life well, even though he notes they will meet again when his time has come, which Puss agreed to. Puss reconciles with Kitty, who sees that he changed and forgives him.
However, this moment is interrupted by Horner as he, thanks to the magic biscuits in his infinite magic bag, becomes giant and prepares to make his wish. Perrò distracts him enough (making the cute eyes) to allow Puss, Kitty and Goldilocks to destroy the Map. "Big" Jack Horner tries to fix the Map but the Cricket comes back and uses the Phoenix to destroy the missing piece he was looking for, this destroying the Map, while Horner gets killed as he explodes alongside the Wishing Star.
Puss says to Kitty that a life with her is the only thing he could ask for, much to her happiness. After friendly saluting Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Puss and Kitty search a name for Perrò until he decides that he likes Perrito as his name since that is what his friends call him.
Puss, Kitty and Perrito sometime later steal the ship from the Governor and they sail towards Far Far Away to meet some old friends.
The Trident
Puss in Boots tells a story to Perrito about one of his deaths, with encouragement from Kitty Softpaws. In an attempt to save Del Mar from a major drought, Puss tries to retrieve Poseidon's trident from pirates. He fights the Pirate Captain, nearly gets eaten by a hungry shark, mauled by the Three Bears Crime Family, and attacked by the pirates of the ship. The trident is then claimed by Kitty, who uses it to save Puss from being shot out of a cannon by summoning a giant tidal wave. Despite the danger of the situation, this gives Puss the idea to "revolutionize travel" by shooting himself out a cannon. This causes him to explode, losing his fifth life.
Video Game Appearances
Puss in Boots appeared as a playable character in Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After. In Shrek 2, he is introduced as a boss and is unlocked when defeating him.
He also appears in Shrek Super Slam as one of the 10 starting characters. His Super Slam is that he uses his "cute face" and stuns the opponents with that. Puss is the antagonist of the first chapter of story mode, "Crumb Guns." He is later the protagonist of the last chapter, "Puppet Panic."
He also appears in Shrek Smash and Crash Racing. Puss in Boots is one of the eight unlockable racers in this game, and is unlocked when completing the Swamp Cup. Puss's kart is a Bull and his personal item is his hat.
He is also playable in his own video game based on his 2011 film. Instead of being in a beat-em-up platformer however, the game was a hack n' slash similar to the Devil May Cry and Bayonetta games. Puss uses his iconic fencing sword, and gains power-ups and items to grow stronger as the game progresses.
Abilities
- Combat Proficiency: Despite his small size, Puss is a capable fighter even when outnumbered against much larger opponents.
- Master Swordsman: Puss possesses incredible skills in the use of a sword, mostly in combat.
- Cute Nature: Puss' trademark attack is by using his cute nature, shown when he stares up at his opponents with an innocent, wide-eyed expression, softening his foes' hearts.
- Guitar Proficiency: Puss seems to know how to play with a guitar.
- Expert Dancer: Puss is shown to be an expert at dancing, as shown when he was challenged by Kitty Softpaws to a dance fight.
- Sharp Claws: Like all cats, Puss has razor-sharp claws which are sufficient to rend most substances. His claws can also hurt Shrek, even though the ogre's green skin is very tough and can even pierce glass or open locks as well.
- Expert Thief and Hunter: Puss is known to be a master of thievery since he is extremely skilled in theft. Like all cats, Puss is also a master of hunting.
Aliases
- Chupacabra - invoked as he ran along a walkway
- Diablo Gato
- Pickles - name given by Mama Luna, who didn't know he wasn't an ordinary cat.
- Santiago de Compostela - one of Puss' nine lives, a cat burglar. (This reference seems to suggest that his nine lives are more like reincarnations than video game re-spawns. However, he could be referring to a name he operated under or was given in the span of that life.)
- The Furry Lover
- Friskie Two-Times
- The Ginger Hit Man
- The Leche Whisperer
- El Macho Gato
- The Stabby Tabby
Songs
- In Shrek 2, Puss sang "Livin' la Vida Loca" with Donkey. In Far Far Away Idol, he also sang "These Boots are Made for Walkin'" which he earned Simon's admiration.
- In Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Puss sang "Fearless Hero".
- Also, in Thriller Night, Puss spoke the poetic section of Thriller.
Trivia
- In Shrek 2, when Puss is fighting with Shrek, he sneaks into Shrek's clothing, and he burst through the ogre's shirt. This is a visual reference to the chest bursting scene in the sci-fi/horror film Alien.
- In the Shrek 2 video game, Puss weighs about 50 pounds.
- Puss calls Shrek "boss" or "señor" instead of his real name; the only exceptions being in Shrek the Third, when he was telling Artie that Shrek only claimed to use him to take his place as the king of Far Far Away to protect him, and "The Heroic History of Puss in Boots: Told By Puss Himself!", where Puss recaps his appearances and events.
- Puss' Shrek form is based on Zorro's (whom Banderas also portrayed in the The Mask of Zorro and The Legend of Zorro) fighting style, accent (Spanish) and personality. While attacking Shrek, he used his sword to scratch up a P, a parody of Zorro's trademark move. In Shrek the Third, Donkey, while in Puss' body, scratches a D instead. Puss also hates Mondays, as revealed in the Poison Apple bar (a similar trait to Garfield).
- Puss makes a very strange appearance on the casual game "Indy Cat" (the parody of Indiana Jones) by PlayFlock. The outfit used for the cat appears to be the Deluxe Indiana Jones costume. The boots used in this variant of Puss in Boots isn't intact on that game.
- Puss does not appear in the first film or 4D ride for obvious reasons, though he does make a non-speaking cameo in the musical.
- Puss in Boots stars in the Netflix series The Adventures of Puss in Boots where he protects the hidden city of San Lorenzo.
- When Puss cries, as seen in Shrek 2 and Puss In Boots: The Three Diablos, he wipes his nose, not his eye.
- Puss In Boots is the third and final sidekick of Shrek.
- Despite being a well-renowned thief, he does not steal from churches or orphanages, showing that he has his own limits as an outlaw.
- Puss is the first Shrek character to bleed on screen.
- At the beginning of both movies, Puss is shown to be forgetful:
- In Puss in Boots, he misidentifies a female companion as "Margherita" and "Rosa".
- In Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, he misidentifies Del Mar as Cordova.
- Puss in Boots cameos in the 2023 DreamWorks Animation film, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken. He is seen as a puppet in an online video playing the piano similar to "Keyboard Cat."
Gallery
Promotional
Crossover and advertising appearances
- McDonalds
- AFLAC
- "First We Feast" - "Hot Ones"
- Jeopardy - Category entitled "Not as Great As Puss In Boots"
- The Voice