Aesop Animation: Puss in Boots (Patreon)

And now for the title character of Aesop Animation's adaption of Puss in Boots... Puss in Boots! :D

The titular character and sidekick of the movie of the same name, Puss in Boots was originally written as a mischievous yet good natured conman of a talking cat who was adopted by Constantino after his grandfather passed away. Wanting a better life for himself and seeing his chance when Constantino fell in love with Princess Violette, Puss concocted a scheme with the two to make it look like Constantino was royalty to that Violette's father would let her marry his new owner. When there scheme was found out, Puss original proved to be a coward refusing to help Constantino and his village from the dark shapeshifting wizard Pagano. But in the end, Puss's friendship for his new master allowed him to find his courage and trick Pagano into shapeshifting into a mouse and meeting his end via Puss's appetite. Despite Puss proving himself in the end, it was his mischievous, conman persona that producers of Aesop Animation thought fans loved most, and forced that to be the main focal point of Puss's character in the spin-off tv series. This ultimately resulted in Puss' character evolving into a selfish jerk-ass as the series went on, ultimately worsening between him and Violette's friendship in their spare time. It had been Puss that he and the other sell out to Helvira to save their skins, but when Puss' buddy Constantino chose imprisonment and torture over living safely with his friend and loved interest, it was a real eye opener for Puss in how much he had changed for the worse. After Helvira was defeated by Toonman and Puss and Violette were blacklisted for siding with her, the two had no choice but to join Simon Says' acolytes for survival. Despite how humans played a part in changing him, losing everything has made Puss realize losing his best friend was mostly his own fault, and now for once in his life is trying to be a good person by working as a mole for Toonman in Simon's forces in hopes he can make things right and earn back his friend. Whether or not it's too late remains to be seen, but it's Puss's only hope and he's gonna try.

So if Violette is Jasmine and Constantino is Aladdin, that obviously makes Puss Genie. And like Violette Puss's derailment is not meant to be a reflection on Genie but more so how Producers, Writers and Animators focusing on one quality of the character for so long can change them for the worse. Only here Puss actually realizes most of it is his own fault and knowns he needs to make things right after losing everything. So he's trying to do so by way of the only thing that's best about him- being a conman and working Simon from the opposite side. I would think Puss' ultimate goal would be trying to make Violette realize their predicament as their own fault to and try to convince her to help take down Simon for Toonman to prove to Constantino there's still some good in them worth saving. At this point it may be too late, but it's Puss's only hope of regaining his friendship and making things right, so he's going to try. Toonman might help him, but it could take some convincing even for the Animated Ace.

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