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8!Team Friendship
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10[[folder:Kitty Softpaws]]
11!!Kitty Softpaws
12!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/FrankWelker [meowing noises, uncredited] [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Music/AnnaTsuchiya (Japanese), Catherine Proulx-Lemay (Canadian French), Diane Dassigny (EU French), Carolina Vera Squella (German), Ma Xiaoji (PRC Mandarin), Cheng Ka Wai (HK Cantonese), Qian Xinyu (TW Mandarin, ''The Last Wish''), Diana Nersesova (Russian), Lina Hedlund (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
13!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots2011 Puss in Boots]]'' | ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish''
14[[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kitty_softpaws.png]]
15 [[caption-width-right:205:''"I'll steal you blind and you'll never even know I was there."'']]
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17Appears in ''Puss In Boots''. A feline femme fatale cat burglar (literally) who catches Puss' eye.
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19* ActionGirl: Kitty ''really'' knows how to wield a sword.
20* AmbiguousSituation: As revealed in ''The Last Wish'', [[spoiler:the main reason why Puss and Kitty weren't together after the first movie and the ''Shrek'' timeline was because of the Santa Coloma incident; in this case, Puss jilting Kitty at the altar, which she keeps bringing up with deep resentment as reasoning for her search of the Wishing Star (wishing to find someone to trust) and belligerence toward her ex-lover. However, later on as both have a heart-to-heart, she mentions not even showing up to the wedding either due to personal insecurity, which casts doubt on whether she's telling the truth in a HypocrisyNod or [[LyingToProtectYourFeelings preferring to bury the emotional hatchet]].]]
21* AssKicksYou: Bumps Puss away with her rump during their dance.
22* AwesomeMcCoolName: Perrito compliments the catchiness of the name "Kitty Softpaws".
23* BadassAdorable: She's a cat. One with supreme swordfighting skill.
24* BadassInDistress: Being a declawed cat, she needs Puss to save her from falling to her death since she cannot hold unto the beanstalk.
25* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The starting point of Kitty genuinely caring for Puss came when the latter doesn't act dismissive, cruel, and/or pitying towards her for being de-clawed.
26* BelligerentSexualTension: With Puss after they first meet.
27* BrokenBird: She has a tough and cynical demeanour, but as ''Puss In Boots: The Last Wish'' shows, she’s deeply lonely and desperate for anyone she can truly rely on while continually pushing people away due to her trust issues.
28* TheBusCameBack: Comes back as Puss' deuteragonist eleven years after her last appearance in ''The Last Wish''.
29* CatNinja: Kitty is sometimes portrayed in a very ninja-esque way.
30* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Justified. Kitty has a habit of betraying people because she has deep trust issues due to her DarkAndTroubledPast that involved her owners declawing her. However, when she finds people who she can truly trust, she's loyal to a fault.
31* ClassyCatBurglar: A literal example, as she is a cat and a thief.
32* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: In comparison to Princess Fiona.
33** Fiona in her youth was cursed by a witch and became an ogress by night and later locked away in Dragon's Keep until she was rescued by her true love. Kitty was a stray who was taken in by a couple until she was de-clawed after certain consequences.
34** Personality-wise, Fiona is a [[NiceGirl kind]] and {{proper|Lady}} woman while Kitty is a [[TheCynic cynical]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold brash but understanding]] and [[DashingHispanic once seductive]] cat.
35* CoolMask: Wears a black luchadore felt mask. It makes her look like Batman. She swaps it for a green mask with golden motifs in ''The Last Wish''.
36* CursedWithAwesome: She very much dislikes her lack of claws (owing to her past owners de-clawing her), but it has the neat side effect of rendering her paws soft enough to let her steal from anyone without them knowing.
37* TheCynic: As shown in ''The Last Wish'', she has deep-seated trust issues from being mistreated and abandoned all her life and straight up tells Perrito that he shouldn't be so quick to trust others.
38* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her past owners de-clawed her, for reasons that even Kitty isn't sure of.
39* DashingHispanic: With the sultry, smooth voice of Salma Hayek, her being a classy smooth operator is a given.
40* DeadpanSnarker: She is prone to making snide remarks at things and people that annoy her.
41* DefectingForLove: She starts out the first movie as a morally ambiguous FemmeFatale working for Humpty Dumpty, who is planning to betray Puss, but after she realizes that she has fallen for Puss, she drops this and even comes to rescue him from prison after Humpty's plan ends up getting Puss arrested.
42* DefrostingIceQueen: Due to their past falling out in Santa Coloma, it takes some time for Kitty to trust Puss again in ''The Last Wish''. The two of them were on the verge of fully reconciling before Puss finds out the [[spoiler:literal embodiment of Death]] is hunting him and leaves her and Perrito behind to get the wish himself out of sheer panic -- but not knowing that, it's enough for Kitty to lose all trust for him once more and was unwilling to hear him out when he tries to tell her the truth. [[spoiler:Then she actually ''witnesses'' his fight with Death, realizing what he was actually going through this whole time and that he truly has changed -- after which she’s finally able to take him back.]]
43* DisabilitySuperpower: Being de-clawed made her paws so soft that she can [[ImpossibleThief steal anything from anyone without them noticing]].
44* ADogNamedDog: A kitty cat named Kitty.
45* DubNameChange:
46** In the French dub, Kitty's last name is "Pattes de Velours" (Velvet Paws).
47** In Polish, her first name remains the same, but her last name is changed to "Kociłapka" (which more or less translates to "Little Kittypaw").
48** The Japanese dub changes Kitty's last name to "Fuwa-Fuwaa-te". "Fuwa-fuwa te" means "soft hand", while "fuwaate" is an approximate Japanese pronunciation of the Spanish "fuerte" for "strong".
49* EveryoneHasStandards: While she didn't trust Perrito at first, she is absolutely horrified to hear how his previous owners tried to drown him. She notably treats him much kinder after hearing his story.
50* {{Expy}}: Of [[Characters/{{Bolt}} Mittens]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}''. Two sassy and cynical female black and white cats with green eyes living on the wrong side of the law (Kitty's a thief while Mittens became a ConMan to get her food), who both have been [[CynicismCatalyst declawed by their owners]] in their {{Backstory}}, and accordingly traumatized. The differences are mostly physical, as Kitty is anthropomorphized while Mittens evolves in a much more realistic setting and so walks on her fours. Kitty is also perfectly fit and doesn't look like she has been starving, while Mittens is very skinny, to the point of being lanky.
51* FemmeFatale: Is this in the first ''Puss in Boots'', as she is initially on Humpty Dumpty's side, who is also a somewhat morally shady fellow and she tries to seduce Puss into working with her and Humpty, despite knowing that Humpty is planning to betray Puss. She eventually subverts this after genuinely falling in love with Puss.
52* {{Fingore}}: The procedure to permanently de-claw a cat is roughly equivalent to cutting off a person's fingertips to keep them from growing nails, so it's no wonder Kitty carries so much angst about it.
53* {{Foil}}: Softpaws has several contrasting features to Puss in Boots, which highlight both of their individual qualities: while Puss is a boisterous, fun-loving swashbuckler with vibrant ginger fur who loves to always be in the center of attention, Kitty is a pragmatic thief with mostly dark fur who prefers to stay in the shadows if possible, as being unnoticed is what makes her heists so successful. Furthermore, while Puss's defining title is related to his footwear, Kitty's is related to her hands.
54* GenderConcealingVoice: Kitty is introduced as an unspeaking masked thief and later revealed as female when unmasked. At one point before the reveal, she [[{{Ahem}} clears her throat to get Puss' attention]], which is delivered in a much deeper voice than her regular speaking voice.
55* HandicappedBadass: She's a declawed cat, so she can't rely on her claws for self-defense, however she uses it at her advantage to steal without being noticed during her heists and is a pretty good martial artist to boot [[KickChick (pun intended)]].
56* HeelFaceTurn: She was going to betray Puss first, but she got so attached to him that she couldn't bring herself to do such and freed him from prison.
57* {{Hypocrite}}: Kitty doesn't trust other people and is livid if she thinks she's been betrayed, but she also has a habit of backstabbing others, even when they mean no harm to her. She learns to grow out of it.
58* HypocriticalHumor: In ''The Last Wish'' she repeatedly brings up a nebulous incident for why she doesn't trust Puss...which later turns out to be Puss leaving her at the altar. She later reveals to him that ''she'' didn't show up either, much to Puss' indignation, though it's less so because she knew he'd never go through with it because of how, to her, he only loved himself. However, it's left ambiguous whether or not Kitty was telling the truth or lying to protect her feelings.
59* ImpossibleTheft: She's a master of this. Even at the end of the film, she somehow swiped ''Puss' boots off his feet'' without him noticing.
60* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kitty is a snarky, manipulative, and hypocritical backstabber. However, she isn't a heartless thief and has shown to be caring and loyal to her loved ones.
61* KickChick: While her paws are a good tool for stealing, she relies more on kicking her opponents with her heeled boots during fights.
62* MamaBear: Kitty becomes protective of Perrito during ''The Last Wish'', even rescuing him from the Bears.
63* ManipulativeBitch: Subverted. She is really seductive towards Puss at first to make him join her and Humpty Dumpty on their quest, [[NotDistractedByTheSexy but she fails.]]
64* MeaningfulName: It was noted she is called ''Softpaws'' because her touch is so soft, that she can steal things away from people without them ever noticing. She proves this by frequently stealing Puss's hat, bag of money, and boots, just to tease him.
65* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She's clearly regretful after betraying Puss with Humpty Dumpty in the ''Puss in Boots'' movie, which leads to her HeelFaceTurn and rescuing him from jail. She again feels regretful for her earlier attitude in the final act of ''The Last Wish'', when she realizes that Puss was being literal about Death hunting him down, and the hell he was going through.
66-->'''Kitty:''' You know, when you said ''Death'' was after you, I thought you were just being melodramatic!
67* NeverBeHurtAgain: As she explains to Perrito in ''The Last Wish'', trusting others too much has only ever gotten her hurt, so she always keeps herself distant from others to keep herself from getting hurt again. She starts to ease out of this as her relationship with Puss begins to rekindle [[spoiler:only for him to appear to backstab her by running off with the map, breaking her heart all over again]].
68* {{Retcon}}: Kitty had a slit on her right ear in the first ''Puss in Boots''. ''The Last Wish'' shows no slit on her ear.
69* SamusIsAGirl: Puss doesn't realize his rival is female until she removes her mask.
70* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kitty has a complicated but real romance with the flawed but ultimately heroic [[LovableRogue Puss]]. In ''Puss in Boots'', she was initially betraying Puss under order from Humpty but to came to see and fall in love with his noble qualities - Bravery, loyalty, and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe not looking down on her when she revealed she's de-clawed]]. However, their relationship became strained due in part by Kitty not believing Puss would love her more than his need to be seen as a "legend"; she was ultimately proven right when he [[CommitmentIssues left her at the altar]] (although, she alledges she wasn't even present at the church). By the end of ''The Last Wish'', Puss has regained her trust in him by [[BreakTheHaughty humbling]] himself and apologzing for his past actions.
71* SweetPollyOliver: Her mask conceals her gender when she is first introduced. It's only after Puss knocks her with a guitar that she reveals herself to be female, to everyone's shock [[AmazonChaser and Puss' awe]].
72* TalkingAnimal: A talking cat.
73* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The main cues of her femininity are her long eyelashes.
74* ThirdActMisunderstanding: [[spoiler:She becomes antagonistic towards Puss again in the final act of ''The Last Wish'' after he runs off of with the map out of fear of Death, with the misunderstanding between them being she thinks he's talking about dying in general when he's referring to the literal Grim Reaper being after him. After his final fight with Death she even says as much herself.]]
75-->'''Kitty:''' [[spoiler:You know, when you said ''Death'' was after you, I thought you were just being melodramatic!]]
76* VisualPun: She's a literal cat burglar. She's also a black cat (with white paws), [[ComicBook/BlackCatMarvelComics which is the name of another famous]] ClassyCatBurglar.
77* VocalEvolution: Not unlike Puss speaking more gravelly, ''The Last Wish'' features Kitty with a much older sounding voice that isn't as seductive due to Selma Hayek herself getting older.
78* WaifFu: A small cat who's still able to knock out grown human men with one swift kick.
79* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Given the status of ''Puss in Boots'' as a prequel, it's unknown what became of her by the time of the ''Shrek'' films, as Puss is no longer seen with her and he is shown to flirt with many other female cats. The tragic reason is finally revealed in ''The Last Wish'', where Puss and Kitty were going to get ''married'' but the former’s CommitmentIssues led him to leave Kitty at the altar, and when they reunite, they are on very frosty terms. [[spoiler:Fortunately, they get together again following Puss’s CharacterDevelopment]].
80[[/folder]]
81
82[[folder:Perrito]]
83!!Perrito / Perro
84!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarveyGuillen [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Yuta Koseki (Japanese), Louis-Philippe Berthiaume (Canadian French), Maxime Baudouin (EU French), Riccardo Simonetti (German), Tian Bo (PRC Mandarin), Jason Chan (HK Cantonese), Jiang Tiecheng (TW Mandarin), Anton Kobylko (Russian), Nassim al Fakir (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
85[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/perrito.png]]
86[[caption-width-right:230:''"You know, I've only ever had one life, but sharing it with you and Kitty has made it pretty special."'']]
87
88->''"Wanna rub my belly? I need the practice. I'm gonna be a therapy dog someday."''
89
90An enthusiastic stray chihuahua who accompanies Puss on his journey to find the Wishing Star.
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92* ADogNamedPerro: His name is Spanish for puppy.
93* AllLovingHero: Perrito is a genuinely good dog who wants to befriend and help everyone he meets. In fact, his dream is to be a therapy dog.
94* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: To Humpty Dumpty. As Humpty's replacement as the third component of the PowerTrio Puss and Kitty are part of, Perrito could not be more different from his precursor:
95** Humpty was established as Puss' longtime friend and [[SwornBrothers blood brother]] who had known Puss since their earliest days at the San Ricardo orphanage, but became estranged during a botched bank heist that ruined Puss' reputation and made Humpty harbor a grudge against the cat for deserting him at a pivotal moment. By contrast, Perrito had no idea who Puss was when they first met at Mama Luna's, even being oblivious to Puss' career as an adventurer, and quickly attached himself to Puss as his best friend, which Puss was initially annoyed by but grew to accept over time.
96** Humpty was essentially the main reason Puss and Kitty came into each other's lives, having hired the latter to help him recruit the former in his quest to get the golden goose [[spoiler:and get revenge on Puss]], and caused a temporary estrangement between the two cats once Humpty's true motives were brought into the light. Meanwhile, Perrito had nothing to do with Puss and Kitty's unexpected reunion when they both attempted to steal the map to the wishing star, but ended up providing some PositiveFriendInfluence that helped the two estranged lovers to reconcile.
97** Both Humpty and Perrito lived difficult lives, with Humpty feeling like he never belonged in or fit in with the people San Ricardo due to being a talking egg and Perrito being unwanted repeatedly deserted by his former owners, who went as far as to try drowning him to get him out of their hair. That said, while Humpty's angst of feeling like he didn't belong festered into bitterness and drove him to commit unlawful and morally questionable acts, Perrito never lost his childlike innocence and idealism, to this day remaining an as happy and full of life as ever and seemingly [[ObliviousToHatred oblivious to the disdain his former owners had for him]].
98* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Donkey.
99** Donkey is a non-anthropomorphic talking donkey who only walks on four hooves, while Perrito is a chihuahua (also walks on all fours) can [[AnthropomorphicZigZag get up on his two hind-legs in most cases]] when pulling out his descended stomach out for Puss to rub.
100** Donkey is a TalkativeLoon who never shuts up when told whereas Perrito is talkative, but knows when to keep quiet.
101** Donkey can usually bring up [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic remarks]], yet [[NiceGuy Perrito]] shows no signs of it.
102** Both Donkey and Perrito had a rough life growing up: Donkey was once [[WesternAnimation/Shrek2 sold for magic beans and treated as a party game accessory]], [[WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird bullied in high school]], and [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 almost sold for ten shillings]], may have been miserable for him. Perrito was born as the runt of his litter and ended up abandoned by them countless times which he believed they were playing Hide and Seek; despite that, Perrito seems to be unfazed by the trauma he went through.
103* CooldownHug: A variant; [[spoiler:when Puss suffers a panic attack after encountering Death, Perrito calms him down by laying his head on his belly and simply being there for him]].
104* CuteLittleFangs: Has a prominent incisor jutting out from his lower jaw.
105* TheCutie: ''Just look at him.'' Perrito's big, pleading eyes and consistently cheerful demeanor make him the cutest character in the movie (which is saying a lot considering how many times Puss and Kitty both demonstrate their PuppyDogEyes!).
106* DarkAndTroubledPast: Perrito's family constantly tried to abandon him as a puppy, even attempting to drown him with a sock and weighted rock.
107* ADogNamedDog: He doesn't have a name, but throughout the film, both Puss and Kitty call him "Perrito", the Spanish word for "puppy". [[spoiler:By the end, he accepts it as his name because it's what his friends call him.]]
108* DogsAreDumb: A small chihuahua who is not the brightest bulb. However, he's a case of DumbIsGood, as he's probably the nicest character in the entire ''Shrek''/''Puss In Boots'' franchise.
109* DrowningUnwantedPets: He mentions offhandedly that his owners threw him into a sock with a rock and then dropped the sock into a river after repeated failed attempts at abandoning him, but he managed to escape by gnawing a hole in the sock, and then repurposed it as a sweater. He doesn't seem to understand that they were trying to kill him, or at least never seems to dwell on it.
110* {{Foil}}: To The Wolf.
111** They are both canines with Perrito being a Chihuahua and the Wolf being... a wolf. Perrito cares and supports Puss despite how much standoffish he is to him while Wolf hates Puss but does stops hunting him when Puss learns to value life. Perrito went with Puss and Kitty because he wanted to tag along on an adventure with his newfound friends and thus only values the Wishing Star in that his friends will get a wish, while the Wolf only wants Puss dead already and sees the Wishing Star as a means for Puss to keep cheating him.
112** In addition, with their personalities they represent two opposite aspects in the life of Puss, The Wolf is sinister, cruel and sadistic and represents the fear of death, while Perrito is innocent, sweet and gentle and represents the love of life (since it is the one who teaches Puss to value this).
113* FuzzTherapy: He tells Puss he hopes to be a therapy dog one day, even insisting during their first meeting for Puss to rub his belly. [[spoiler:After Puss flees the valley after seeing Death again, Perrito finds him having a panic attack and gently rests his head on Puss's chest. Puss pets him until he calms down.]]
114* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: He's the purest and most innocent character in the series, but he's also the only one to say anything risque enough to warrant a SoundEffectBleep. The worst anybody else gets is the occasional [[CurseCutShort interrupted swearing]] and both Jack and Mama Bear uttering "crap".
115* TheHeart: He is this to "Team Friendship". Without Perrito, Puss would have never learned to value his last life or the friends he's made on his quest. His pure heart is also what gets Kitty to become more open to Puss again.
116* HiddenDepths: While Perrito is innocent and optimistic to the point where he is clueless about the horrific implications of his TragicBackstory, he is still an empathetic character. He wants to be a therapy dog, clearly recognizes that Puss is in distress during his panic attack, and makes a genuine attempt at calming him down. Also, despite coming across as rather dim, he's fluent in Spanish.
117* HumbleGoal: All he wants for in the world is a friend or two to rely on, and even when given to chance to wish for ''anything'', he genuinely can't think of a single thing he could want. This is why the Dark Forest makes his path of "obstacles" a literal walk in the park.
118* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Is unwaveringly positive and kind towards those around him. Kitty can't believe someone with only pure intentions and kindness like him can ever exist. Even his backstory, [[spoiler:where his owners tried to constantly get rid of him and even attempted to ''drown'' him in a river]] leaves him still optimistic. Even the Bear family takes a shine to him and considers taking him in.
119* InnocentBlueEyes: He has very large and very blue eyes, reflecting how innocent he is.
120* InnocentSwearing: Doesn't seem to realize he's actually saying swear words when talking to the others. With his past owner calling him "''[[SoundEffectBleep bleep]]''- for brains" and when reliving his past or calling the Bear family names, his words are covered in bleep noises. Every character looks downright flabbergasted at the words he says. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Though Papa Bear is amused]].
121* {{Keet}}: He always seems to be a happy-go-lucky, optimistic dog.
122* KindheartedSimpleton: He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he has a cheerful outlook on life and [[ThePollyanna sees the silver lining in everything]]. To the point where [[spoiler:his family tried to ''drown him'' when he was younger by sticking him in a weighted sock and throwing him in a river]], and he still views it positively because he got a free sock out of it that he grew into.
123* MagneticHero: Perrito manages to break down Puss' walls, allow Kitty to trust someone, and even get Goldi and the Bears to consider adopting him.
124* MisterMuffykins: Averted. Perrito is a chihuahua, but is very friendly and innocent instead of being the typical rageball his dog breed is portrayed as.
125* NiceGuy: He's sincerely kind and friendly to a fault, seeing the good in everyone regardless of how they treat him, up to and even including trying to ''murder'' him.
126* PaperThinDisguise: Wears a ram-shackled cat hood and tail to sneak into Mama Luna's house for free food. She doesn't seem to notice he isn't really a cat, but the other cats do. Others outside the house aren't convinced either, like Goldilocks when she and the Three Bears are hunting for Puss and track him to Mama Luna's.
127-->'''Mama:''' (''picks Perrito up by the scruff'') Goldi, is this him?\
128'''Goldi:''' That's a dog in a cat costume.\
129'''Mama:''' (''examines Perrito close'') Oh yeah! Tricky little [[ForeignCussWord bugger]].
130* ThePollyanna: He will always try to find the silver lining in everything [[spoiler:to the point that he can get a genuine laugh out of his previous owners trying to ''drown him'' because he managed to live through it.]]
131* PuppyDogEyes: Literally played with. He attempts this since Kitty and Puss showed him. However, he ends up looking constipated and has his eye bulging out of his sockets. During the final battle, he finally manages to utilize this [[spoiler:to distract Jack Horner so the others can get the map and destroy it.]] His design also generally has bigger eyes compared to the rest of the cast, so he is involuntarily doing this trope without needing to do the "big cute-eyed stare" his two cat companions tend to do.
132* SecretTestOfCharacter: Averted. The map's path for him is full of locations that are basically sunshine and rainbows, compared to how dreadfully ominous the map's paths for Puss and Kitty are.
133* SirSwearsALot: Downplayed. He really only swears in two scenes. However when he is in front of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and thinks they're in an insult contest, he goes crazy with the swears [[SoundEffectBleep (albeit with them bleeped out)]].
134* SoundEffectBleep: In two scenes, he swears outright, with the latter going into a lengthy cuss-filled insult, but all instances are bleeped out.
135* StealthHiBye: Manages to sneak up on Puss twice without the other noticing.
136* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Perrito is to Puss what Donkey was to Shrek: an initially annoying sidekick who will not go away that eventually grows on Puss and helps reinforce the moral of the story.
137* TheTeamNormal: Unlike Puss and Kitty, who have been adventuring for years and have skills for thievery and combat, Perrito is an ordinary therapy dog. He's nevertheless [[BadassNormal surprisingly good at keeping up with the duo]].
138* TenorBoy: Perrito doesn't sing, but his high-pitched, youthful voice emphasizes his sweet, idealistic nature, especially in contrast to Puss and Kitty, who both have low, husky voices and are quite a bit more jaded, cynical and, while still heroic, [[AntiHero somewhat more morally flexible]].
139* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Towards Puss, much to his chagrin. [[spoiler:This is also what his previous owners thought of him, as they tried to constantly get rid of him that he obliviously thought they were playing hide-and-seek trying to get away from him. They tried to ''drown'' him as a last resort, which finally separated them from him but just because he became lost for good.]]
140* TokenMiniMoe: Perrito is the smallest, youngest, and cutest character in the main trio.
141* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He seems to love tuna sandwiches, since he was ecstatic to find one in the Serpent Sisters' wagon.
142* UndyingLoyalty: He follows Puss (and later, Kitty) through thick and thin, and even gives the three of them the nickname "Team Friendship".
143* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse. Before settling on Perrito, Kitty and Puss attempt to give some names, which include the following: Chiquito, Chomper, and Jeff.
144[[/folder]]
145
146!Introduced in ''[[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots2011 Puss in Boots]]''
147
148[[folder:Humpty Dumpty]]
149!!Humpty Alexander Dumpty
150!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ZachGalifianakis (''Puss in Boots''), Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor (''[=SuperSlam=]'', ''Smash N Crash Racing''), Creator/JohnKassir (''[=SuperSlam=]'', Master Fu)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Kim Sulocki (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
151!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots2011 Puss in Boots]]''
152[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/humpty_dumpty_6.png]]
153
154Humpty Alexander Dumpty appears in ''Puss in Boots''. He was childhood friends with Puss and tried to get him to rob a bank with him making wanted by the law. Years later Humpty along with Kitty Softpaws convinced Puss to help him get magic beans from Jack and Jill to get the Golden Goose.
155
156In ''VideoGame/ShrekSuperSlam'', he is known as Master Fu and is an unlockable character. In ''Shrek 4-D'', his grave can be seen in the cemetery.
157[[note]]This entry can refer to the video game and movie iterations.[[/note]]
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159* AbandonmentInducedAnimosity: Humpty Dumpty, it turns out, is pretty sore at his titular childhood [[SwornBrothers blood brother]] and old friend for abandoning him during a botched robbery years ago; [[spoiler:albeit one which Humpty outright deceived Puss into accidentally committing, which ruined Puss's old life, and Puss only abandoned him once he realized what Humpty did to him. And he makes it known with several of his actions to manipulate Puss in the movie's present, like getting him unconscious in the desert and drawing the attention of buzzards to him.]]
160* AlasPoorVillain: Despite the [[spoiler:near-destruction he caused to his home-town via the Great Terror, Puss is heartbroken over his HeroicSacrifice to ensure Puss and the golden goose get to safety from dangling over a giant drop]].
161* AlienBlood: He has yolk instead of blood.
162* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: At the orphanage, before Puss came along and befriended him.
163* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Probably the most sympathetic villain in the series. All he wanted was to find a home as he fit nowhere else and lacks the overly malicious nature of other villains in the series.]]
164* BeautifulAllAlong: [[spoiler:He's a golden egg beneath his shell.]]
165* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Humpty's friendship with Puss was because the latter saved him from bullies and didn't ridicule him for trying to find magic beans.
166* BigBad: [[spoiler:In ''Puss in Boots'' he was this the entire time. Though he doesn't lasts in the role before he redeems himself and then is usurped by Jack and Jill.]]
167* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:He was never truly evil, just angry at Puss for his betrayal, and redeems himself near the end.]]
168* CanonImmigrant: Appeared in ''Superslam'' long before appearing in the series proper.
169* {{Cephalothorax}}: He's an anthropomorphic egg.
170* ChefOfIron: Appears in Super Slam as one in the last story mode scenario.
171%% * TheChessmaster
172* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: [[spoiler:His desire to reach the sky and his obsession with the Golden Goose is very much justified, as he was actually a golden egg himself!]]
173* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:In classic Disney fashion, and just like in his fairy tale, he falls to his death, though we only see the fall and the end result. He is [[HeelFaceTurn no longer a villain at this point, though.]]]]
174* EggFolk: He is the popular NurseryRhyme egg after all. He even bleeds yolk.
175* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
176** Despite his actions against him, he clearly still loves Puss as his brother and his main motivation for his betrayal is his anger at Puss for leaving him behind years ago.
177** He also becomes very close to the Golden Goose [[spoiler:which makes sense with the revelation that she's his family (though none of them knew). In the end he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself to ensure her survival.]]]]
178** Downplayed, but he did have some care and respect for Imelda, since she took him in as a child. Puss' assertion that he let Imelda down does make a brief flash of guilt cross Humpty's face.
179* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:In ''The Last Wish'', Puss's mortal fear snaps him back to various key stages in his life, such as receiving his boots from Mama Imelda, his escapade in Far Far Away, and most prominently his bond with Kitty. Humpty is conspicuously absent from this memory reel; you'd think the death of one's brother might spring to mind when facing down one's own.]]
180* FriendOrIdolDecision: Subverted, in that [[spoiler:he refuses to let Puss make a SadisticChoice, and opts to sacrifice himself so he won't need to choose.]]
181-->'''Puss:''' [[spoiler:I will ''not'' let you go, Humpty!]]\
182'''Humpty:''' [[spoiler:''[smiling sadly]'' I know you won't, so I won't make you choose. ''[lets go of the rope]'']]
183* FullNameBasis: Puss calls Humpty by his full name, Humpty Alexander Dumpty, when he meets up with him for the first time in 7 years. During a flashback at the orphanage, we see Humpty introducing himself to Puss in the same manner.
184* GadgeteerGenius: Humpty showed great aptitude for inventing and engineering even as a child. He even invents his own flying machine and waterproof suit. [[{{Pun}} Yes, Humpty's quite the egghead.]]
185-->'''Puss:''' Humpty's mind was ''full'' of imagination and invention!
186* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:He spends much of the movie dancing between heroism and villainy. Humpty is revealed to be alive at the end credits and is residing with the Golden Goose.]] Though the canonicity of end credits scenes are a matter of debate.
187* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Puss both seeing each other as their honorary brother, that is until they had a falling out.
188* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Literally. After he performs his HeroicSacrifice, Puss finds that he was a golden egg inside.]]
189-->'''Puss:''' [[spoiler:''(smiling sadly)'' Humpty... I always knew you were good inside.]]
190* LargeHam: As the "Thousand-year-old Egg of Destiny" in ''Super Slam''
191* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Even in his youth he was able to manipulate Puss and the townsfolk with relative ease, though his motives were never really that sinister.]]
192* MythologyGag: InUniverse, the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" was coined by the townsfolk after Humpty's foiled attempt at robbing the San Ricardo bank. The "king's men" in the rhyme refers to the San Ricardo guards who surrounded and captured him.
193* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:He blames Puss for abandoning him to the guards of San Ricardo, conveniently forgetting that a few minutes previously, he had tricked Puss into helping him rob the town's bank and ruined his reputation.]]
194* OnlyFriend: Puss tells Kitty that Humpty was his only friend at the orphanage that they both grew up in and also became his sworn brother.
195* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:As the Great Terror descends on the town, Humpty helps lead it to the bridge, where he sacrifices himself so Puss can give the mother the golden goose.]]
196* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:His whole "stealing the golden eggs" plan was to get revenge on Puss and his old hometown.]]
197* SecretCharacter: In ''[=SuperSlam=]'', though you'll probably see him fight as an NPC in story mode before unlocking him.
198* SpectacularSpinning: His LimitBreak in Super Slam, is him rushing about while spinning on his head.
199%%* SwornBrothers: Became this with Puss in the past. He had yolk instead of blood, naturally.
200* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:He was never accepted by the others (bar Puss and Imelda) and he knew damn well he was different from everyone else, which led to his identity crisis. His main motivation in the movie is to find the Golden Goose and become rich, but also to find the place he ''truly'' belongs and discover what he truly is.]] [[spoiler:In the end, he did find out.]] This line sums up how deeply his troubles ran:
201-->'''Humpty:''' [[spoiler:I'm a rotten egg! I'm not a person, I'm not a bird, I'm not even a food. ''I don't know what I am!'']]
202* YouDontLookLikeYou: First appeared in ''Shrek: Reekin' Havoc'' as a boss, wearing mostly blue, having blue lips and bulgy eyes; ''[=SuperSlam=]'' gave him stick arms and legs with overalls and gloves; and ''Smash and Crash Racing'' keeps the thin arms and legs and large gloves, but removes his overalls and gives him glasses, then he gets the current look from the film.
203[[/folder]]
204
205[[folder:Mama Imelda]]
206!!Mama Imelda
207!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ConstanceMarie[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Sharon Dyall (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
208!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots2011 Puss in Boots]]'' | ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' (Flashback)
209[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/imelda_11.png]]
210
211The firm but kind-hearted operator of the San Ricardo Orphanage. She was Puss in Boots' adoptive mother and was the one who gifted him his iconic boots.
212----
213* ApronMatron: She wears an apron and is the matriarch of the orphanage.
214* TheCameo: In ''The Last Wish'', she appears in Puss' flashbacks both times his life is flashing before his eyes.
215* MoralityChain: She's the main reason why Puss hasn't turned into an outright scoundrel as he still loves and respects her too much to let her down again.
216* OrphanageOfLove: From what we've seen, Imelda cares deeply for the orphans under her care and does her best to watch over them. That said, she is one adult and can only do so much when it comes to bullying among the children.
217* ParentalSubstitute: She raised Puss ever since he was a kitten.
218* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: She frequently reminds Puss and Humpty that they can be better than trouble-making delinquents.
219[[/folder]]
220
221!Introduced in ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish''
222
223[[folder:Mama Luna]]
224!!Mama Luna
225!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaVineJoyRandolph[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Astrid Assefa (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
226[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luna_1.png]]
227[[caption-width-right:350:''"I am Mama Luna and this your new home. Your ''forever'' home."'']]
228
229->''"Look, I told you health department people, [[BlatantLies there are no cats here!]]"''
230
231A cat-loving old woman who takes in strays.
232----
233* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: As the resident cat lady, Mama Luna wears a colorful dress with cat figures and heads along with earrings that have pawprints on them.
234* BitCharacter: Mama Luna doesn't have a major impact on the plot after the first act, but she has a distinctive characterization and role in Puss' character arc.
235* BlatantLies: She tells Goldilocks that there are no cats in her house while [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]], her house is overflowing with them.
236* CrazyCatLady: Though she does a fine job when it comes to taking care of all her strays, she's definitely a bit kooky, to the point that she eats from the cat food trough from time to time.
237* GiverOfLameNames: She gives Puss the name ''Pickles'' upon his residency.
238* KindheartedCatLover: She's [[CrazyCatLady a kook]], but she's also completely doting to each of the multiple ''dozens'' of cats she has, who all seem pretty well-reared (outside, perhaps, having to share the same litter box).
239* MeaningfulName: Her name is Spanish for Moon. In the past, it was assumed that people became crazy whenever the Moon changed phases, a reference to Mama Luna's scatterbrained personality. Additionally, her name needs a few letters to make the word "lunacy".
240* NoodleIncident:
241** She's had an ongoing feud with a local health department about her keeping cats in her home.
242** As Papa Bear stuffs her into the piano, she unperturbedly says this isn't her first time being stuffed into a piano.
243* ScatterbrainedSenior: She's an old lady with a few eggs short of an Easter basket.
244* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She's never seen again after Goldilocks and the Bears give her the "piano treatment" as they attack her home looking for Puss.
245[[/folder]]
246
247[[folder:Ethical Bug]]
248!!Ethical Bug
249!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kevin [=McCann=][[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Bengt Järnblad (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
250[[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ethical_bug_picture_7.png]]
251[[caption-width-right:285:''"Oh, that was horrible! [[DisappointedByTheMotive Your wish is horrible!]] YOU'RE HORRIBLE! [[YouMonster You're an irredeemable monster!]]"'']]
252
253->''"I sit on your shoulder and judge your actions and the quality of your character. I'm your [[TheConscience conscience]]!"''
254
255A talking cricket conscience held among Jack Horner's collection of magical artifacts.
256----
257* AllLovingHero: The Bug looks for the good in everyone, and is not only surprised, but ''horrified'' when he realizes that Jack Horner is completely irredeemable.
258* AnArmAndALeg: When he finally decides that Horner is BeyondRedemption, Jack flicks him off his shoulder hard enough to take off a leg and a wing, which Jack casually brushes away. Oddly enough, the next time we see him, those limbs seem to have come back somehow. It could be that he has a HealingFactor, being magical and all.
259* BewareTheNiceOnes: He earnestly looks for ways he can redeem those he's assigned to, but once Jack proves himself utterly reprehensible, [[spoiler:he has no issue condemning the man to oblivion. There's even the implication he's been waiting for the perfect opportunity to do so after being flicked away]].
260* CaptainErsatz: Of [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]]. The original talking cricket from ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' was not a bug of conscience for the puppet and was even killed early in the story (though he inexplicably comes back later good as new).
261* CaptainObvious: Played for dark comedy. He realizes that Jack Horner is a horrible person who doesn't value life ''after'' Jack has let several of his men die.
262* TheConscience: He tries to be Jack's, but he's just too immoral to listen to him and even ''gloats'' once the Bug realizes that he's irredeemable. When [[spoiler:Horner is dead]], he tries again to lead the Bears down a more ethical path in leading Jack's pie factory when Baby suggests taking it over, but Baby freaks out at the bug on his nose and Goldi ends up making him fly away as she swats him off.
263* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of TheConscience. The Ethical Bug tries to convince Horner to reflect on his actions and reform. While admirable, he fails to realize that Horner is BeyondRedemption until the latter commits a truly irredeemable act, after which [[spoiler:he eventually contributes directly to Horner's death, realizing that the man ''needs'' to be taken down]].
264* DisappointedByTheMotive: The Ethical Bug is curious as to what Jack's goal is, hoping it'll shed light into his buried noble qualities, only for the latter to reveal that the goal is to claim all the magic in the world and leave everyone in the dust. The revelation only shocks the Ethical Bug by Jack's depraved, evil goal.
265* TheDogBitesBack: After spending the whole second act trying and failing to reform Horner and getting flicked away for his efforts, [[spoiler:the Bug shows up in the final showdown to provide the final blow]].
266-->'''Ethical Bug:''' [[spoiler:''[angrily holding a piece of the map to the Wishing Star while riding on the Phoenix]'' You're looking for something? Consider this my resignation, mister! ''[gets the Phoenix to burn the piece, causing the map to dissipate and send Big Jack Horner to die in the exploding Wishing Star]'']]
267* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After the Bug realizes that Jack can’t be reasoned with, he helps the heroes defeat him and joins Goldi and the Three Bears as they head off to claim his pie factory as theirs, now able to work with someone who actually understands what a conscience is and reformed to boot.]]
268* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: While it admittedly takes him a while to get there, [[spoiler:once he realises just how evil Jack Horner is, he actively turns against him and directly leads to his death.]]
269* ExpyCoexistence: Jiminy Cricket himself previously appeared in ''Scared Shrekless'', the character on which the Ethical Bug is based on.
270* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: While his desire to redeem Jack Horner is admirable, the Ethical Bug is unable to realize that the former is too heinous and selfish to even care about changing for the better. Even when he calls out Jack Horner, the latter can only respond by calling him an idiot for taking so long to realize what it means to be a DevilInPlainSight.
271* GoodIsNotSoft: He constantly tries to help Horner reform, but after he realizes just what Horner is, [[spoiler:he makes his return in the climax flying atop the Phoenix to burn the map and kill Jack]].
272* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:After being flicked away by Jack, it's not too surprising that he burns a small fragment of the Wishing Map in order to permanently destroy Jack's chances of using the star and gloats about it to him beforehand.]]
273* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His voice heavily takes cues from Creator/JamesStewart.
274* OhMyGods: "Sweet Mother of Goose, Jack!"
275* ThePollyanna: Takes a very long time to consider Horner beyond redemption and even says he believes there is good in everyone. Downplayed in that [[spoiler:he does have a breaking point and turns on Horner in the end]].
276* TokenGoodTeammate: Deconstructed. In comparison to Jack Horner and his Baker's Dozen, the Ethical Bug is the only character that stands out by being an actual good hero for being TheConscience. However, by being the only good person in the team, the Ethical Bug eventually can't stand Jack's cruelty and calls him out.
277* SealedGoodInACan: Jack kept the Bug sealed in a bottle for however long he found him before he went to try to use the Wishing Star, and released him assuming that he would eat the Posies. Of course, being the kind soul he is, the Bug had no intention of doing so.
278* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in a few scenes and is quickly flicked away by Jack. However, [[spoiler:he and the Phoenix team up to deliver the final blow on Jack Horner by disintegrating the last piece of the Wish Map]].
279-->'''Ethical Bug:''' Consider this my resignation, mister!
280* SurvivalMantra: After Jack Horner has committed so many heinous acts that even [[AllLovingHero the Ethical Bug]] is struggling to find anything good about him:
281-->'''Ethical Bug:''' There's good in all people, there's good in all people...
282* UnexplainedRecovery: He loses one of his legs and a wing after Jack flicks him off his shoulder, but the next time we see him, he somehow has both limbs intact and good as new.
283* ThisIsUnforgivable: He constantly tries to appeal to the (non-existent) good in Jack Horner, right until he forces his remaining living minions to serve as a human bridge and causes them to fall and die. The Bug finally turns against him and calls him an irredeemable monster.
284-->'''Ethical Bug:''' Oh, that was horrible! [[DisappointedByTheMotive Your wish is horrible!]] ''YOU'RE'' HORRIBLE! You're an [[YouMonster irredeemable monster!]]
285* YouDontLookLikeYou: {{Justified|Trope}}; the Talking Cricket from ''Pinocchio'' had already made an appearance in the ''Shrek'' franchise in ''WesternAnimation/ScaredShrekless'', in which he tries to act as Pincchio's conscience before being smashed and has a more realistic design. However, this version only appears in a scary story Shrek made up in-universe, thus explaining his differences.
286[[/folder]]
287
288[[folder:The Doctor]]
289!!The Doctor
290!!!'''Voiced by:''' Anthony Mendez[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Kardo Razzazi (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]
291[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doctor_7.png]]
292[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're down to your last life. My prescription: No more adventures for you. You need to retire."'']]
293
294->''"You're in good hands. My hands! I am the village doctor. I'm also the village barber, veterinarian, dentist, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick witch-finder]]!"''
295
296The town doctor of the village of Del Mar.
297----
298* BitCharacter: The Doctor has little screentime, but he has his own distinctive mannerisms and comical moments, and he introduces the main conflict of the film.
299* NoNameGiven: We are never told his name, and he's listed as "Doctor" in the credits.
300* QuirkyDoctor: Breaks the bad news to Puss (that he only has one life left) and is also the [[RenaissanceMan village barber, veterinarian, dentist and shaman]].
301-->'''Puss:''' ''(to the Doctor)'' Are you the village comedian as well?
302* RenaissanceMan: In addition to being the town doctor, he's also the barber, veterinarian, dentist, and witchfinder. He sometimes gets confused as to which job he's supposed to be doing.
303* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in one scene, but it’s an important one that sets up the plot: he helps Puss realize he's on his final life and directs him to Mama Luna’s for protection.
304[[/folder]]
305
306!Shorts
307
308[[folder:The Three Diablos]]
309!!Sir Timeteo "Timmy" Comonterego III, Gonzalo, and Perla
310!!!'''Voiced by:''' Miles Christopher Bakshi (Sir Timoteo Montenegro the Third, Gonzalo), Nina Zoe Bakshi (Perla)
311[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/puss_in_boots_the_three_diablos_puss_in_boots_33184319_1280_720.jpg]]
312
313Three cats that Puss befriends in ''Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos''.
314----
315* BadassAdorable: These three kittens ''earned'' the name "the three devils". They manage to overpower Puss shortly after he first met them.
316* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, anyway. They may look cute, but behind that exterior lies the minds of cruel, conniving mercenaries.
317* CuteKitten: All three of them are adorable kittens.
318* TheDitz: Timoteo is incredibly dull-witted.
319* TheDreaded: The most feared mercenaries in the land. The guards are too scared to even enter their cell.
320* EnfanteTerrible: Before their HeelFaceTurn, they were known as feared mercenaries who were able to tie up, beat up and bury Puss in Boots himself alive with no issue at all despite being a group of kittens. Even when Puss manages to recapture them and plans to have them punished, they remain defiant until Puss learns of their OrphansOrdeal.
321* ExtremeOmnivore: Timoteo eats a gold coin.
322* FoodAsBribe: Overlaps with DeniedFoodAsPunishment. Puss offers fish sticks for the Whisperer's location, withdraws the offer after recapturing them, and re-extends it after recovering the ruby. Justified by their source: The Three Little Kittens that lost their mittens.
323* FreudianExcuse: They were mean at first because they're orphans with no family, and that they were taken by the Whisperer, who trained them as ruthless mercenaries before betraying them to satisfy his own greed.
324* HeelFaceTurn: Puss causes them to perform one.
325* KillerRabbit: They are a trio of kittens who are also hypercompetent mercenaries.
326* OddNameNormalNickname: One of them is named Sir Timeteo "Timmy" Comonterego III.
327* OrphansOrdeal: They did ''not'' have an easy life as the Whisperer's servants, becoming the amoral mercenaries they are in the present.
328* PuppyDogEyes: Turns out they can do the exact same "cute eyes" trick as Puss.
329* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: They're {{Cute Kitten}}s with huge eyes.
330* TerribleTrio: Before their HeelFaceTurn, they were a trio of mercenaries.
331* TheCoatsAreOff: The kittens seem innocent, pleasant, and playful enough in chains with their mittens... then they tie up Puss with the chains, free themselves, take the mittens off, and proceed to curb-stomp him.
332[[/folder]]

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