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Kitty Softpaws
Kitty Softpaws
Voiced by: Salma Hayek, Frank Welker [meowing noises, uncredited] Foreign VAs
Appearances: Puss in Boots | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
"I'll steal you blind and you'll never even know I was there."
Appears in Puss In Boots. A feline femme fatale cat burglar (literally) who catches Puss' eye.
- Action Girl: Kitty really knows how to wield a sword.
- Ambiguous Situation: As revealed in The Last Wish, 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 Hypocrisy Nod or preferring to bury the emotional hatchet.
- Ass Kicks You: Bumps Puss away with her rump during their dance.
- Awesome Mc Cool Name: Perrito compliments the catchiness of the name "Kitty Softpaws".
- Badass Adorable: She's a cat. One with supreme swordfighting skill.
- Badass in Distress: Being a declawed cat, she needs Puss to save her from falling to her death since she cannot hold unto the beanstalk.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: 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.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Puss after they first meet.
- Broken Bird: 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.
- Cat Ninja: Kitty is sometimes portrayed in a very ninja-esque way.
- The Bus Came Back: Comes back as Puss' deuteragonist eleven years after her last appearance in The Last Wish.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Justified. Kitty has a habit of betraying people because she has deep trust issues due to her Dark and Troubled Past that involved her owners declawing her. However, when she finds people who she can truly trust, she's loyal to a fault.
- Classy Cat-Burglar: A literal example, as she is a cat and a thief.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: In comparison to Princess Fiona.
- 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.
- Personality-wise, Fiona is kind and proper woman whilst Kitty is a cynical brash but understanding and once seductive cat.
- Cool Mask: 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.
- Cursed with Awesome: 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.
- The Cynic: 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.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Her past owners de-clawed her, for reasons that even Kitty isn't sure of.
- Dashing Hispanic: With the sultry, smooth voice of Salma Hayek, her being a classy smooth operator is a given.
- Deadpan Snarker: She is prone to making snide remarks at things and people that annoy her.
- Defecting for Love: She starts out the first movie as a morally ambiguous Femme Fatale 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.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: 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 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. 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.
- Disability Superpower: Being de-clawed made her paws so soft that she can steal anything from anyone without them noticing.
- A Dog Named "Dog": A kitty cat named Kitty.
- Dub Name Change:
- In the French dub, Kitty's last name is "Pattes de Velours" (Velvet Paws).
- In Polish, her first name remains the same, but her last name is changed to "Kociłapka" (which more or less translates to "Little Kittypaw").
- 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".
- Everyone Has Standards: 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.
- Expy: Of Mittens from 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 Con Man to get her food), who both have been declawed by their owners in their Backstory, and accordingly traumatized. The differences are mostly physicals, 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.
- Femme Fatale: 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Gender-Concealing Voice: Kitty is introduced as an unspeaking masked thief and later revealed as female when unmasked. At one point before the reveal, she clears her throat to get Puss' attention, which is delivered in a much deeper voice than her regular speaking voice.
- Handicapped Badass: 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 (pun intended).
- Heel–Face Turn: 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.
- 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.
- Hypocritical Humor: 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.
- Impossible Theft: She's a master of this. Even at the end of the film, she somehow swiped Puss' boots off his feet without him noticing.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: 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.
- Kick Chick: While her paws are a good tool for stealing, she relies more on kicking her opponents with her heeled boots during fights.
- Mama Bear: Kitty becomes protective of Perrito during The Last Wish, even rescuing him from the Bears.
- Manipulative Bitch: Subverted. She is really seductive towards Puss at first to make him join her and Humpty Dumpty on their quest, but she fails.
- Meaningful Name: It was noted she is called Soft-paws 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.
- My God, What Have I Done?: She's clearly regretful after betraying Puss with Humpty Dumpty in the Puss in Boots movie, which leads to her Heel–Face Turn 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.Kitty: You know, when you said Death was after you, I thought you were just being melodramatic!
- Never Be Hurt Again: 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 only for him to appear to backstab her by running off with the map, breaking her heart all over again.
- Retcon: Kitty had a slit on her right ear in the first Puss in Boots. The Last Wish shows no slit on her ear.
- Samus Is a Girl: Puss doesn't realize his rival is female until she removes her mask.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Kitty has a complicated but real romance with the flawed but ultimately heroic 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 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 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 humbling himself and apologzing for his past actions.
- Sweet Polly Oliver: 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 and Puss' awe.
- Talking Animal: A talking cat.
- Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: The main cues of her femininity are her long eyelashes.
- Third-Act Misunderstanding: 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.Kitty: You know, when you said Death was after you, I thought you were just being melodramatic!
- Visual Pun: She's a literal cat burglar. She's also a black cat (with white paws), which is the name of another famous Classy Cat-Burglar.
- Vocal Evolution: 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.
- Waif-Fu: A small cat who's still able to knock out grown human men with one swift kick.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: 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 Commitment Issues led him to leave Kitty at the altar, and when they reunite, they are on very frosty terms. Fortunately, they get together again following Puss’s Character Development.
Perrito
Perrito / Perro
Voiced by: Harvey Guillén Foreign VAs
"You know, I've only ever had one life, but sharing it with you and Kitty has made it pretty special."
"Wanna rub my belly? I need the practice. I'm gonna be a therapy dog someday."
An enthusiastic stray chihuahua who accompanies Puss on his journey to find the Wishing Star.
- A Dog Named "Perro": His name is Spanish for puppy.
- All-Loving Hero: 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.
- Contrasting Replacement Character: To Humpty Dumpty. As Humpty's replacement as the third component of the Power Trio Puss and Kitty are part of, Perrito could not be more different from his precursor:
- Humpty was established as Puss' longtime friend and 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.
- 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 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 Positive Friend Influence that helped the two estranged lovers to reconcile.
- 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 oblivious to the disdain his former owners had for him.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To Donkey.
- Donkey is a non-anthropomorphic talking donkey who only walks on four hooves, while Perrito is a chihuahua (also walks on all fours) can get up on his two hind-legs in most cases when pulling out his descended stomach out for Puss to rub.
- Donkey is a Talkative Loon who never shuts up when told whereas Perrito is talkative, but knows when to keep quiet.
- Donkey can usually bring up sarcastic remarks, yet Perrito shows no signs of it.
- Both Donkey and Perrito had a rough life growing up: Donkey was once sold for magic beans and treated as a party game accessory, bullied in high school, and 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.
- Cooldown Hug: A variant; 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.
- Cute Little Fangs: Has a prominent incisor jutting out from his lower jaw.
- The Cutie: 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 Puppy-Dog Eyes!).
- Dark and Troubled Past: Perrito's family constantly tried to abandon him as a puppy, even attempting to drown him with a sock and weighted rock.
- A Dog Named "Dog": He doesn't have a name, but throughout the film, both Puss and Kitty call him "Perrito", the Spanish word for "puppy". By the end, he accepts it as his name because it's what his friends call him.
- Dogs Are Dumb: A small chihuahua who is not the brightest bulb. However, he's a case of Dumb Is Good, as he's probably the nicest character in the entire Shrek/Puss In Boots franchise.
- Drowning Unwanted Pets: 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.
- Foil: To The Wolf. 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.
- 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).
- Fuzz Therapy: He tells Puss he hopes to be a therapy dog one day, even insisting during their first meeting for Puss to rub his belly. 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.
- From the Mouths of Babes: 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 Sound-Effect Bleep. The worst anybody else gets is the occasional interrupted swearing and both Jack and Mama Bear uttering "crap".
- The Heart: 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.
- Hidden Depths: While Perrito is innocent and optimistic to the point where he is clueless about the horrific implications of his Tragic Backstory, 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.
- Humble Goal: 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.
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness: 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, 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.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: He has very large and very blue eyes, reflecting how innocent he is.
- Innocent Swearing: Doesn't seem to realize he's actually saying swear words when talking to the others. With his past owner calling him "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. Though Papa Bear is amused.
- Keet: He always seems to be a happy-go-lucky, optimistic dog.
- Kindhearted Simpleton: He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he has a cheerful outlook on life and sees the silver lining in everything. To the point where 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.
- Magnetic Hero: Perrito manages to break down Puss' walls, allow Kitty to trust someone, and even get Goldi and the Bears to consider adopting him.
- Mister Muffykins: Averted. Perrito is a chihuahua, but is very friendly and innocent instead of being the typical rageball his dog breed is portrayed as.
- Nice Guy: 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.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: 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.Mama: (picks Perrito up by the scruff) Goldi, is this him?
Goldi: That's a dog in a cat costume.
Mama: (examines Perrito close) Oh yeah! Tricky little bugger. - The Pollyanna: He will always try to find the silver lining in everything 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.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: 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 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.
- Secret Test of Character: 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.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: 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 (albeit with them bleeped out).
- Sound-Effect Bleep: In two scenes, he swears outright, with the latter going into a lengthy cuss-filled insult, but all instances are bleeped out.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: Manages to sneak up on Puss twice without the other noticing.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: 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.
- The Team Normal: 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 surprisingly good at keeping up with the duo.
- Tenor Boy: 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, somewhat more morally flexible.
- The Thing That Would Not Leave: Towards Puss, much to his chagrin. 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.
- Token Mini-Moe: Perrito is the smallest, youngest, and cutest character in the main trio.
- Trademark Favorite Food: He seems to love tuna sandwiches, since he was ecstatic to find one in the Serpent Sisters' wagon.
- Undying Loyalty: He follows Puss (and later, Kitty) through thick and thin, and even gives the three of them the nickname "Team Friendship".
- What Could Have Been: In-Universe. Before settling on Perrito, Kitty and Puss attempt to give some names, which include the following: Chiquito, Chomper, and Jeff.
Introduced in Puss in Boots
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Alexander Dumpty
Voiced by: Zach Galifianakis (Puss in Boots), James Arnold Taylor (SuperSlam, Smash N Crash Racing), John Kassir (SuperSlam, Master Fu)Foreign VAs
Appearances: Puss in Boots
Humpty 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.
In Shrek SuperSlam, he is known as Master Fu and is an unlockable character. In Shrek 4-D, his grave can be seen in the cemetery.note
- Abandonment-Induced Animosity: Humpty Dumpty, it turns out, is pretty sore at his titular childhood blood brother and old friend for abandoning him during a botched robbery years ago; 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.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Despite the near-destruction he caused to his home-town via the Great Terror, Puss is heartbroken over his Heroic Sacrifice to ensure Puss and the golden goose get to safety from dangling over a giant drop.
- Alien Blood: He has yolk instead of blood.
- All of the Other Reindeer: At the orphanage, before Puss came along and befriended him.
- Anti-Villain: 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.
- Beautiful All Along: He's a golden egg beneath his shell.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Humpty's friendship with Puss was because the latter saved him from bullies and didn't ridicule him for trying to find magic beans.
- Big Bad: 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.
- Big Bad Friend: He was never truly evil, just angry at Puss for his betrayal, and redeems himself near the end.
- Canon Immigrant: Appeared in Superslam long before appearing in the series proper.
- Cephalothorax: He's an anthropomorphic egg.
- Chef of Iron: Appears in Super Slam as one in the last story mode scenario.
- The Cuckoolander Was Right: 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!
- Disney Villain Death: 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 no longer a villain at this point, though.
- Egg Folk: He is the popular Nursery Rhyme egg after all. He even bleeds yolk.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
- 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.
- He also becomes very close to the Golden Goose which makes sense with the revelation that she's his family (though none of them knew). In the end he sacrifices himself to ensure her survival.
- 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.
- Forgotten Fallen Friend: 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.
- Friend-or-Idol Decision: Subverted, in that he refuses to let Puss make a Sadistic Choice, and opts to sacrifice himself so he won't need to choose.Puss: I will not let you go, Humpty!
Humpty: [smiling sadly] I know you won't, so I won't make you choose. [lets go of the rope] - Full-Name Basis: 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.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Humpty showed great aptitude for inventing and engineering even as a child. He even invents his own flying machine and waterproof suit. Yes, Humpty's quite the egghead.Puss: Humpty's mind was full of imagination and invention!
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: 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.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Puss both seeing each other as their honorary brother, that is until they had a falling out.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Literally. After he performs his Heroic Sacrifice, Puss finds that he was a golden egg inside.Puss: (smiling sadly) Humpty... I always knew you were good inside.
- Large Ham: As the "Thousand-year-old Egg of Destiny" in Super Slam
- Manipulative Bastard: Even in his youth he was able to manipulate Puss and the townsfolk with relative ease, though his motives were never really that sinister.
- Mythology Gag: In-Universe, 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.
- Never My Fault: 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.
- Only Friend: Puss tells Kitty that Humpty was his only friend at the orphanage that they both grew up in and also became his sworn brother.
- Redemption Equals Death: 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.
- Revenge: His whole "stealing the golden eggs" plan was to get revenge on Puss and his old hometown.
- Secret Character: In SuperSlam, though you'll probably see him fight as an NPC in story mode before unlocking him.
- Spectacular Spinning: His Limit Break in Super Slam, is him rushing about while spinning on his head.
- Tragic Villain: 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. In the end, he did find out. This line sums up how deeply his troubles ran:Humpty: 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!
- You Don't Look Like You: 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.
Mama Imelda
Mama Imelda
Voiced by: Constance MarieForeign VAs
Appearances: Puss in Boots | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Flashback)
The 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.
- Apron Matron: She wears an apron and is the matriarch of the orphanage.
- The Cameo: In The Last Wish, she appears in Puss' flashbacks both times his life is flashing before his eyes.
- Morality Chain: 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.
- Orphanage of Love: 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.
- Parental Substitute: She raised Puss ever since he was a kitten.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: She frequently reminds Puss and Humpty that they can be better than trouble-making delinquents.
Introduced in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Mama Luna
Mama Luna
Voiced by: Da'Vine Joy RandolphForeign VAs
"I am Mama Luna and this your new home. Your forever home."
"Look, I told you health department people, there are no cats here!"
A cat-loving old woman who takes in strays.
- Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: As the resident cat lady, Mama Luna wears a colorful dress with cat figures and heads along with earrings that have pawprints on them.
- Bit Character: 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.
- Blatant Lies: She tells Goldilocks that there are no cats in her house while in the background, her house is overflowing with them.
- Crazy Cat Lady: 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.
- Giver of Lame Names: She gives Puss the name Pickles upon his residency.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: She's 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).
- Meaningful Name: 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".
- Noodle Incident:
- She's had an ongoing feud with a local health department about her keeping cats in her home.
- As Papa Bear stuffs her into the piano, she unperturbedly says this isn't her first time being stuffed into a piano.
- Scatterbrained Senior: She's an old lady with a few eggs short of an Easter basket.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: She's never seen again after Goldilocks and the Bears give her the "piano treatment" as they attack her home looking for Puss.
Ethical Bug
Ethical Bug
Voiced by: Kevin McCannForeign VAs
"Oh, that was horrible! Your wish is horrible! YOU'RE HORRIBLE! You're an irredeemable monster!"
"I sit on your shoulder and judge your actions and the quality of your character. I'm your conscience!"
A talking cricket conscience held among Jack Horner's collection of magical artifacts.
- All-Loving Hero: The Bug looks for the good in everyone, and is not only surprised, but horrified when he realizes that Jack Horner is completely irredeemable.
- An Arm and a Leg: When he finally decides that Horner is Beyond Redemption, 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 Healing Factor, being magical and all.
- Beware the Nice Ones: He earnestly looks for ways he can redeem those he's assigned to, but once Jack proves himself utterly reprehensible, 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.
- Captain Ersatz: Of Jiminy Cricket. The original talking cricket from The Adventures of Pinocchio 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).
- Captain Obvious: 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.
- The Conscience: 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 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.
- Deconstructed Character Archetype: Of The Conscience. The Ethical Bug tries to convince Horner to reflect on his actions and reform. While admirable, he fails to realize that Horner is Beyond Redemption until the latter commits a truly irredeemable act, after which he eventually contributes directly to Horner's death, realizing that the man needs to be taken down.
- Disappointed by the Motive: 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.
- The Dog Bites Back: After spending the whole second act trying and failing to reform Horner and getting flicked away for his efforts, the Bug shows up in the final showdown to provide the final blow.Ethical Bug: [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]
- Earn Your Happy Ending: 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.
- Even the Loving Hero Has Hated Ones: While it admittedly takes him a while to get there, once he realises just how evil Jack Horner is, he actively turns against him and directly leads to his death.
- Expy Coexistence: Jiminy Cricket himself previously appeared in Scared Shrekless, the character on which the Ethical Bug is based on.
- Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: 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 Devil in Plain Sight.
- Good Is Not Soft: He constantly tries to help Horner reform, but after he realizes just what Horner is, he makes his return in the climax flying atop the Phoenix to burn the map and kill Jack.
- Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: 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.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: His voice heavily takes cues from James Stewart.
- The Pollyanna: Takes a very long time to consider Horner beyond redemption and even says he believes there is good in everyone. Downplayed in that he does have a breaking point and turns on Horner in the end.
- Token Good Teammate: 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 The Conscience. However, by being the only good person in the team, the Ethical Bug eventually can't stand Jack's cruelty and calls him out.
- Sealed Good in a Can: 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.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears in a few scenes and is quickly flicked away by Jack. However, he and the Phoenix team up to deliver the final blow on Jack Horner by disintegrating the last piece of the Wish Map.Ethical Bug: Consider this my resignation, mister!
- Survival Mantra: After Jack Horner has committed so many heinous acts that even the Ethical Bug is struggling to find anything good about him:Ethical Bug: There's good in all people, there's good in all people...
- Unexplained Recovery: 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.
- This Is Unforgivable!: 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.Ethical Bug: Oh, that was horrible! Your wish is horrible! YOU'RE HORRIBLE! You're an irredeemable monster!
- You Don't Look Like You: Justified; the Talking Cricket from Pinocchio had already made an appearance in the Shrek franchise in Scared Shrekless, 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.
The Doctor
The Doctor
Voiced by: Anthony MendezForeign VAs
"You're down to your last life. My prescription: No more adventures for you. You need to retire."
"You're in good hands. My hands! I am the village doctor. I'm also the village barber, veterinarian, dentist, and witch-finder!"
The town doctor of the village of Del Mar.
- Bit Character: The Doctor has little screentime, but he has his own distinctive mannerisms and comical moments, and he introduces the main conflict of the film.
- No Name Given: We are never told his name, and he's listed as "Doctor" in the credits.
- Quirky Doctor: Breaks the bad news to Puss (that he only has one life left) and is also the village barber, veterinarian, dentist and shaman.Puss: (to the Doctor) Are you the village comedian as well?
- Renaissance Man: 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.
- Small Role, Big Impact: 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.
Shorts
The Three Diablos
Sir Timeteo "Timmy" Comonterego III, Gonzalo, and Perla
Voiced by: Miles Christopher Bakshi (Sir Timoteo Montenegro the Third, Gonzalo), Nina Zoe Bakshi (Perla)
Three cats that Puss befriends in Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos.
- Badass Adorable: These three kittens earned the name "the three devils". They manage to overpower Puss shortly after he first met them.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: At first, anyway. They may look cute, but behind that exterior lies the minds of cruel, conniving mercenaries.
- Cute Kitten: All three of them are adorable kittens.
- The Ditz: Timoteo is incredibly dull-witted.
- The Dreaded: The most feared mercenaries in the land. The guards are too scared to even enter their cell.
- Enfante Terrible: Before their Heel–Face Turn, 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 Orphan's Ordeal.
- Extreme Omnivore: Timoteo eats a gold coin.
- Food as Bribe: Overlaps with Denied Food as Punishment. 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.
- Freudian Excuse: 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.
- Heel–Face Turn: Puss causes them to perform one.
- Killer Rabbit: They are a trio of kittens who are also hypercompetent mercenaries.
- Odd Name, Normal Nickname: One of them is named Sir Timeteo "Timmy" Comonterego III.
- Orphan's Ordeal: They did not have an easy life as the Whisperer's servants, becoming the amoral mercenaries they are in the present.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: Turns out they can do the exact same "cute eyes" trick as Puss.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: They're Cute Kittens with huge eyes.
- Terrible Trio: Before their Heel–Face Turn, they were a trio of mercenaries.
- The Coats Are Off: 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.
