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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022 — Chapter 6 of 22 · 4'03" · B1

A Dog Disguised as a Cat, Explained: Hard pass

Under the porch, a small dog in a cat costume confesses who he really is and begs for the secret to be kept: "Please don't tell anyone. I need this." Puss refuses to get involved and asks to be left alone, while a family of bears storms the hideout looking for him.

What happens

At Mama Luna's, a dog dressed as a cat admits the truth and asks Puss to keep it secret, saying he needs the friends and the food. Puss tells him he wants to be left alone. Meanwhile Goldilocks and the bears raid the cat hideout hunting for Puss, and Baby Bear is ordered to sniff him out.

Asking for helpInterrogationsConfessingSaying noStrangersB1slowother-accentClean
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keep a secretOut with itHard passfull disclosure

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Phrase of the scene

Hard pass

免谈；坚决拒绝

佩里托缠着穿靴子的猫摸他肚皮练手，猫用这个词一口回绝，语气毫不留情又很好笑。

Camping in the rain? Hard pass.

Also in this scene

  • keep a secret

    保守秘密

  • Out with it

    快说；别磨蹭，直说

  • full disclosure

    to be completely honest before going further

  • have someone's guts for garters

    to threaten someone with a severe punishment

Everything marked in this scene

31 notes across 84 lines

Phrase · B1be no expert on somethingSo, I'm no expert, but you don't look like a Pickles.
Phrase · A2look like someone/somethingWell, you don't look like a cat.
Phrase · C1full disclosure

to be completely honest before going further

Full disclosure: I'm not a cat.
Phrase · B1get a little lonelyIt can get a little lonely down there.
Grammar · B1can get a little lonely

get as a linking verb

It can get a little lonely down there.
Phrase · B2one's own little cornerIt's mostly controlled by the rats and the centipedes, but I have my own little corner.
Grammar · B2controlled by the rats

passive voice

It's mostly controlled by the rats and the centipedes, but I have my own little corner.
Phrase · A2come up here for somethingI just come up here for the food and the friends.
Sounddon't tell anyone

elision

Please don't tell anyone. I need this.
Phrase · B1keep a secretSo you'll keep my secret?
Phrase · B1a secret between friendsA secret between friends?
Phrase · B2best friend bondingIt's funny-- despite all this best friend bonding, you're still a mystery to me, Pickles.
Phrase · A2someone's storyWhat's your story?
Phrase · A2something is over...is over.
Phrase · C1hard pass-Rub. -Hard pass.
SoundHard pass

flap

-Rub. -Hard pass.
Phrase · B1a therapy dogI'm gonna be a therapy dog someday.
Phrase · B2I'm glad you askedI'm glad you asked.
Grammar · B1make 'em feel better

make + object + bare infinitive

It'll make 'em feel better. Rub my belly.
Phrase · B1not happening-Not happening. No. -Rub it.
Slang · B1Okey dokeOkey doke. So, what do you want?
Phrase · B1leave someone aloneI want to be left alone.
Phrase · C1out with itOut with it, you old biddy,
Phrase · C1have someone's guts for garters

to threaten someone with a severe punishment

or I'll have your guts for garters.
Phrase · B2sniff someone outOi, Baby, sniff him out.
Phrase · B1do as someone saysDo as she says.
Phrase · B1the safe roomGet to the safe room, just like we practiced!
Phrase · C1leg itOi. She's leggin' it.
Soundleggin' it

flap

Oi. She's leggin' it.
Grammar · B2the first time I've been stuffed

first time + present perfect

Oh! You think this is the first time I've been stuffed in a piano?
Slang · C1buggerTricky little bugger.

A Dog Disguised as a Cat, explained

What's really going on

The scene works because the two animals want opposite things. The dog has spent his life being seen as the wrong species and just needs one place where he is accepted; his plea, "Please don't tell anyone. I need this," is almost painfully sincere. Puss, by contrast, wants only to be left alone and refuses to take on anyone else's problem. His line, "I want to be left alone," is funny because it is so blunt, but it also shows how far he has withdrawn. Against that quiet exchange the film cuts to chaos: Goldilocks and the bears tear through the cat colony, sniffing and threatening, hunting the legend they cannot quite find. The comedy of the raid only sharpens the little tragedy of the dog who just wants to belong.

Theme

IdentityA dog pretending to be a cat is finally honest about who he is, and asks for acceptance.
LonelinessHe lives alone under the porch and begs for the one place where he feels he belongs.

Listen for

  • don't tell anyone — elision
  • Hard pass — flap
  • leggin' it — flap
Please don't tell anyone. I need this.

A plea to protect the one place where he is accepted, showing how fragile his new life is.

I want to be left alone.

Puss's blunt preference for isolation, a sign of how withdrawn he has become.

It's funny-- despite all this best friend bonding, you're still a mystery to me, Pickles.

A joke about forced friendship: they have bonded, yet he still knows nothing about the dog.

I'm gonna be a therapy dog someday.

The dog's earnest dream of comforting people, delivered with total sincerity.

Questions about this scene

What does the dog ask Puss to do?

He admits he is really a dog and asks Puss to keep it a secret, because he needs this new life and does not want to lose it.

Why does Puss refuse to help?

He says he wants to be left alone. He is withdrawn and does not want to be drawn into the dog's problems or his friendship.

What does "Hard pass" mean here?

It is a firm, informal refusal, like saying "no way." It is used to reject the dog's request to rub his belly.

Who raids the cat hideout?

Goldilocks and the bear family storm the colony looking for the legendary Puss in Boots, with Baby Bear ordered to sniff him out.

Why does the raid matter to the scene?

It shows that others are hunting Puss while he hides, so his wish to be left alone is already being broken by the world outside.

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