Puss in Boots
Cat wearing footwear
Puss in Boots is a fairy tale character—a clever cat who wears boots and uses cunning to win fortune for his poor master.
The story, popularized by Charles Perrault in the 17th century, features the cat tricking a king and defeating an ogre through wit rather than strength.
The character has become a stock figure of resourceful trickery in popular culture: He talked his way in like Puss in Boots.
- fairy taleMagical children's narrative
- once upon a timeTraditional narrative opening
- ogreMonstrous man-eating giant
- talking animalsFauna gifted with speech
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
Charles Perrault · sack · whiskers · hat · tail · feather · children's literature · Mother Goose · miller · marquis · Shrek · enchanted objects · claws · deception · adventure · sword · cat · inheritance
- Fictional CatsGarfield, Felix, Sylvester, Tom, Cheshire Cat
- French originsLes Miserables, Three Musketeers, Cyrano de Bergerac, Nikita, The Little Prince
- ShrekShrek, Fiona, Lord Farquaad, Prince Charming, Shrek 2
- Cat Lorecat goddess, familiar, witch's cat, familiars, black cat
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- Animated FilmsShrek, Madagascar, The Croods, Boss Baby, Megamind
Puss in BootsSimple Simon
Foolish, naive person
Chicken Little · Henny Penny · simpleton · Little Red Riding Hood · dupe
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