"Puss in Boots" is a 1934 animated short film directed by

Ub Iwerks Ubbe Ert Iwwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks ( ), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Iwerks grew up with a contentiou ...

and part of the

ComiColor The ComiColor Cartoon series is a series of 25 animated short subjects produced by Ub Iwerks from 1933 to 1936. The series was the last produced by Iwerks Studio; after losing distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934, the Iwerks studio's senior co ...

cartoon series.

Plot summary

Three kittens play

tic-tac-toe Tic-tac-toe (American English), noughts and crosses (Commonwealth English), or Xs and Os (Canadian or Irish English) is a paper-and-pencil game for two players who take turns marking the spaces in a three-by-three grid with ''X'' or ''O''. ...

under the supervision for their father (who wears a belt and shoes) and accidentally fall into the water. A boy saves the kittens from drowning by throwing them his

bagpipe Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, ...

. The kittens' father is grateful and befriends the boy. The

town crier A town crier, also called a bellman, is an officer of a royal court or public authority who makes public pronouncements as required. Duties and functions The town crier was used to make public announcements in the streets. Criers often dress ...

announces that "Who so ever saves the Princess from the nasty ogre, he shall marry her." Signed The King. The boy and the four cats travel to Ogre's cave, where the princess has been transformed into a little white bird and is held captive in a birdcage. During a failed attempt to enter the Ogre's cottage, the boy is discovered and the Ogre transforms him into a little brown bird and he is locked in the birdcage too. The cat hoists up the birdcage from the top of the roof. The rope breaks and the cage falls on the Ogre's head, but the door swings open and allow the birds to escape. The cats fall into the cottage from the roof, and the kittens end up in the cage on the Ogre's head, clawing him badly before he successfully removes the cage from his head, revealing a tic-tac-toe game on his forehead. The outraged ogre corners the cat and threatens him with his transformation liquid. The kittens jump into the ogre's pants, allowing the cats to escape into a rat hole in the wall. The ogre's bottom reveal several finished games of tic-tac-toe. The cat tells the ogre "You're too big and fat for a hole like that. Don't you wish that you could be a rat?" The ogre transforms himself into a rat and goes into the hole where he is captured by the cat. The cat transforms the boy and the princess back to human form. Their kissing is interrupted by a game of tic-tac-toe on the boy's bottom.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Puss in Boots 1934 animated films 1934 short films American animated short films 1930s American animated films Films directed by Ub Iwerks ComiColor cartoons Films based on Puss in Boots