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You're not from the health department, are you?Puss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022 — Chapter 5 of 22 · 4'02" · B1
Puss Becomes a House Cat, Explained: where dignity goes to die
Out of lives and out of legend, Puss hides in a house full of cats, gets renamed Pickles, and learns the rules of the litter box. He sums up his fall with "this is where dignity goes to die," then meets a dog with no name or home.
What happens
Puss, down to his last life, takes shelter in Mama Luna's home for cats, where he is treated as an ordinary pet, renamed Pickles and made to use a litter box. He mocks his own fall, then meets Perrito, a dog posing as a cat who has no name or home.
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forever homewhere dignity goes to diethe health departmentjust right
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Phrase of the scene
where dignity goes to die
尊严断送的地方；丢脸丢到底的地方
曾经叱咤风云的穿靴子的猫被塞进猫窝、面对猫砂盆，忍不住自嘲说原来这就是尊严断送的地方，语气又酸又好笑。
A karaoke bar at two in the morning is where dignity goes to die.
Also in this scene
- forever home
永远的家（动物被最终收养的归宿）
- the health department
the government office that inspects hygiene and food safety
- just right
exactly right, neither too much nor too little
Everything marked in this scene
26 notes across 50 lines
Your forever home. [chuckles]I bet you never even had a name.But you know what, I have thought of something perfect.present perfect
But you know what, I have thought of something perfect.Brother cats, sister kitties, meet your new roommate. [giggles]Say hello, Pickles.What? Did I say something salty?What? Did I say something salty?It's my second language.Get off me.flap
Get off me.So this is where dignity goes to die.predicative clause
So this is where dignity goes to die.No, no way.You got the scent?exactly right, neither too much nor too little
these ones are just right.Baby! Track that cat.Do you mind?liaison
Do you mind?I'd rather eat.would rather
I'd rather eat.Oh, not a problem.We can eat and talk at the same time.-Uh... okay. Good talk. -Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hang on.liaison
-Uh... okay. Good talk. -Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hang on.Puss Becomes a House Cat, explained
What's really going on
The scene is about a legend learning to be nobody. Puss has gone from a fiesta in his honor to hiding in a house full of cats, renamed after a pickle, and his own comment says it best: "this is where dignity goes to die." But the film is not just making fun of him. Mama Luna's promise of a "forever home" is both a joke and a real offer of safety, and Puss cannot accept either. The turning point is Perrito, who introduces himself with the plain fact that he has no name and no home, and yet is cheerful. That contrast is the film's argument in miniature: the hero who had everything is miserable, while the little dog who has nothing is content.
Theme
IdentityPuss loses his legend and is renamed Pickles, forced to live as an ordinary cat.
FriendshipPerrito, a dog with no name or home, becomes the one companion who accepts Puss as he is.
Listen for
- Get off me — flap
- Do you mind — liaison
- Hang on — liaison
Me, I don't have a name or a home.Perrito's plain self-description, which lands as both sad and oddly cheerful.
So this is where dignity goes to die.Puss's self-mocking verdict on his new life of litter boxes and house rules.
And now it's your home, too.Mama Luna's warm welcome, treating the reluctant Puss as one more rescue cat.
I bet you never even had a name.Her cheerful assumption that the stray cat needs to be named, which becomes Pickles.
What? Did I say something salty?His joke that the word Pickles was mistaken for something offensive or too sharp.
Questions about this scene
Why is Puss given the name Pickles?
Mama Luna thinks he never had a name, so she invents one for him and calls him Pickles, then introduces him to the other cats as their new roommate.
What does 'where dignity goes to die' mean here?
Puss says it while looking at his new life of litter boxes and rules. It is his self-mocking way of saying this is the most humiliating place he has ended up.
Who is Perrito?
He is a dog who pretends to be a cat to stay in the house. He tells Puss plainly that he has no name and no home, and asks for help fitting in.
Why does Puss resist the home Mama Luna offers?
He has gone from a celebrated hero to an ordinary pet being renamed and taught house rules, so even as she promises him a home, he treats the stay as a humiliation and wants out.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish · 22 chapters
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Up next · Chapter 6Hard passA Dog Disguised as a Cat
Chapter 1play double timePuss Crashes His Own Fiesta
Chapter 2lands on his feetPuss Learns He Has Died
Chapter 3bedside mannerThe Doctor Gives Puss His Last Life
Chapter 4laugh in the face of deathPuss Loses to the Bounty Hunter
Watching · Chapter 5where dignity goes to diePuss Becomes a House Cat
Chapter 6Hard passA Dog Disguised as a Cat
Chapter 7bag of bonesStealing the Map to the Wishing Star
Chapter 8the Midas touchThe Fight in Jack Horner's Lair
Chapter 9rip someone offPuss and Kitty Race for the Map
Chapter 10believe in yourselfMeeting the Nameless Dog
Chapter 11stop and smell the rosesThe Map Gives Everyone a Bad Path
Chapter 12the joke's on themPerrito Tells His Sad Story
Chapter 13let one's guard downNever Trust Anyone, Take It from Me
Chapter 14had it comingThe Fight for the Map
Chapter 15left her at the altarPuss Confesses to Perrito
Chapter 16had cold feetKitty Brings Up Cold Feet
Chapter 17play one's cards rightThe Map Goes Missing
Chapter 18larger than lifePuss Meets His Past Lives
Chapter 19scaredy-catDeath Comes for Puss
Chapter 20too good to lastKitty Confronts Puss
Chapter 21bury the hatchetPuss Stops Running From Death
Chapter 22a chip off the old blockPuss Gives Up the WishChapter 5 of 22 · about 68 min to go