Stuff You Didn’t Know About Puss In Boots!

You’ve watched the epic movie (if you haven’t, you should ‘cause you seriously don’t know what you’re missing!) and you know how wickedly sick Puss in Boots is, now its time to breakdown the foil-wielding, kick-butt kitty by spilling some delicious, milky trivia about him!

• Puss in Boots belongs to the orange tabby cat family.
• Puss in Boots is played by Antonio Banderas.
• Apparently, the character and suave of Puss in Boots was inspired by Zorro, which coincidentally is one of his voice actor’s role in the past!
• Puss in Boots was originally a character from Charles Perrault’s book, Le Maître Chat/Le Chat Botté or Master Cat/The Booted Cat.

• Charles Perrault’s book was published waaay back in 1697, making Puss in Boots over 300 years old now! Whoa!
• In the original story, Puss in Boots defeated the ogre by tricking the monster into turning into a mouse. This act of heroism also led to the marriage of our feisty feline to the princess! That would’ve been a seriously rad twist in the 2^nd Shrek movie!
• The Puss in Boots character made a cameo appearance in Tchaikovsky’s ballet rendition of The Sleeping Beauty.
• The first Puss in Boots movie was made back in 1903. It was called Le chat botte or The Booted Cat.
• Disney beat Dreamworks in making the first feature flick of our feral musketeer with a silent, black and white animated short that was made back in 1922.
• Puss in Boots also appeared in a TV series called Cannon Movie Tales. It features Christopher Walken as Puss in human form!